American Folly: The Rise Of Idiocracy

[missouriboy]

Jun 6, 2022 23:26:51 GMT ratty said:

Jun 6, 2022 20:56:18 GMT dej said:

I eat second hand grass and is it GREAT. Love it bbq'ed and medium rare. YUM YUM!!! Got one going in the freezers in two weeks. 

Climate vandal!

Our Indoeuropean ancestors were the original cowboys.

[blustnmtn]

This is a demagogue:

nypost.com/2022/07/24/gore-compares-climate-change-deniers-to-cops-at-uvalde/

My immediate instinct is to call him an idiot but upon reflection of his career I must admit he has demonstrated an incredible knack for advancing himself while lacking any observable talent other than self promotion.

[missouriboy]

Jul 24, 2022 15:02:34 GMT blustnmtn said:

This is a demagogue:

nypost.com/2022/07/24/gore-compares-climate-change-deniers-to-cops-at-uvalde/

My immediate instinct is to call him an idiot but upon reflection of his career I must admit he has demonstrated an incredible knack for advancing himself while lacking any observable talent other than self promotion.

Whether or not the accusation is true, Al is looking more and more like his benefactor.

[walnut]

Jul 24, 2022 18:15:48 GMT missouriboy said:

Jul 24, 2022 15:02:34 GMT blustnmtn said:

This is a demagogue:

nypost.com/2022/07/24/gore-compares-climate-change-deniers-to-cops-at-uvalde/

My immediate instinct is to call him an idiot but upon reflection of his career I must admit he has demonstrated an incredible knack for advancing himself while lacking any observable talent other than self promotion.

Whether or not the accusation is true, Al is looking more and more like his benefactor.

A twist on the Portrait of Dorian Gray theme.

[ratty]

Jul 24, 2022 23:18:00 GMT walnut said:

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A twist on the Portrait of Dorian Gray theme.

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The Case for an American Revolution in Morals
The nation’s political and intellectual leaders go from one failure to another. James Hankins, a historian of the Italian Renaissance, blames a lack of virtue.
By Barton Swaim
Aug. 19, 2022 3:19 pm ET

www.wsj.com/articles/the-case-for-an-american-moral-revolution-history-judgement-virtue-politics-regime-constitution-humanists-petrarch-11660919176?st=cqm02iielk825xq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

It’s hard to contemplate American public life in the 21st century and not arrive at the unhappy conclusion that we are led by idiots. The political class has lately produced an impressive string of debacles: the Afghanistan pullout, urban crime waves, easily foreseen inflation, mayhem at the southern border, a self-generated energy crisis, a pandemic response that wrought little good and vast ruin. Then there are the perennial national embarrassments: a mind-bogglingly expensive welfare state that doesn’t work, public schools that make kids dumber, universities that nurture destructive grievances and noxious ideologies, and a news media nobody trusts.