Youngkin/Fetterman ticket sounds interesting. Food for thought.
I do AGREE 100% that politicians are so busy promising utopia and some are wanting it to be so badly that they are believing it. Our local news media is also trying to warp all of us into believing that government can solve everything. Ronald Reagan told me long ago that the scariest words in the English language is “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Still true.
Private charity? IMO Government is needed and necessary, however, do they run anything efficiently or very effectively? NO, big mistaken in expecting them to solve and fix everything.
Debt growth was Raegan’s admitted biggest disappointment. He did shine in so many other areas such as inflation shrunk to 2.5% lowest since Eisenhower while median income rose by over $4,000, not to mention “Tear down this wall.” and freeing the Iran hostages.
In 2024 I was a Missouri delegate for RFKJr to get him on the Missouri ballot as an Independent to allow voters to have a choice in 2024. I never participated in politics until that summer and spent weekend after weekend gathering signatures to get our candidate on the Missouri ballot. As supporters of RFKJr it was outrageous how many states (not Missouri) have the system rigged against Independent parties; that's not a conspiracy it was a witnessed fact. If the voting public saw how rigged the system including judges (in New York) they would be embarrassed and enraged.
By the way a 3rd party candidate doesn't need 50% to win, but perhaps as little as 36%. In 1992 I was able to see Ross Perot in Larimer Co Colorado and voted for him (the only county in the US Perot won). The exist polls surveyed voters in 1992 and determined ~35% would have voted for Perot, but were worried he wouldn't have won. My point if Perot wouldn't have waffled, he really could have won.
Wow! Sounds like a good show again tonight Leland. And I have to agree with you that school should not re- start til after Labor Day. That's how it was when I went to school in the '50's and '60's and that's how it should be now in my humble opinion. And I feel like people/the media, etc. should not be telling the whole world that our supply of weapons have dwindled and we are not prepared for war of any type. Scary! Why would we want the world to know that and possibly take advantage of the situation??!!
Dale, I agree with your analysis of the Iran war. I have also wondered if Trump was told or thought the people in Iran might rise up? I do wonder how are we going to get out of this mess/war.
The problem with a third, centrist, party isn’t ideological. It’s more with the media. You would know better than anyone t that the Murdochs made a fortune by denigrating the left. I am not sure they are true conservatives but they saw and seized a business opportunity to fill a void. Consequently they spend more time publicizing the extreme left just like MS Now ridicules the extreme right. Names like AOC and Omar and Boebert, MTQ, and Mace likely got more publicity than the other 430+ house members combined. Can NewsNation gain enough viewership to make a difference?
Will CNN mount an anti-fake news campaign with legal teeth? Trump can’t simply tough ignore questions he doesn’t like. In fact I believe one reason Harris lost was she was completely unprepared in the Bret Baier Fox interview because she only took softball question in townhalls that were pre-screened for her. Both sides become increasingly insulated and therefore become echo chambers.
To address your comment about the iran war, Trump’s domestic “leadership” tendencies haven’t served him well. He simply assumed this military action would be over in a few days, and didn’t plan for the possibility of a drone war which is like death by a thousand paper cuts with the economic repercussions we currently see. Additionally, because of the bad supposition of a quick victory, he never bothered to sell the war to the American people. Even worse, because of his personality and bravado, he has completely alienated and disrespected the only living men who have held the presidency (he was not invited to the Obama center opening like all the other living presidents.) Because of his disrespect, Trump now reaps the whirlwind. They wouldn’t give him advice now even if he asked for it.
True leadership happens when consensus is built, not by denigrating one’s opponents.
The Murdoch family was split ideologically-Rupert Murdoch has been conservative-why he bought and kept a big money loser in the NY Post to push his ideology. In past year or so there was buyout of some who would be inheritors of his company to keep it conservative. Can see dishonesty in company in how they treated Leland and Stirewalt for being truthful-either in demanding proof of charge of election stolen, or calling a state accurately for Biden in 2020
I wish that the next time someone says, “Everyone has healthcare in Norway,” or anywhere else in Europe, they would also be asked to explain how their system actually works and why they have it.
Their systems are set up very differently from ours in the United States. It starts with work and how healthcare is paid for. Employers and employees contribute. You don't have the same situation where someone works part-time so the employer doesn't have to offer healthcare, or where the employee doesn't contribute toward the system.
You can't simply compare who has healthcare without also comparing who pays for it and how the entire system is structured.
I could go on and on, but then I might need my own show. 😄
Their healthcare as is most of the industralized world is paid for by the government-BTW between Medicare and Medicaid most of our healthcare expenses are paid by the government. Medicare reason why our 65 plus citizens have closer to Western Europe health outcomes than those under 65. Healthcare good in US for over 65
I'm not sure how I feel about a NorthCom Deputy Commander announcing to the world that we are unprepared to defend ourselves. Is it a bluff to make our enemies believe we are weak? Gamesmanship? If only.... I live in Cali where the teacher's union is strong, our public education is poor and marijuana is legal. None of those things used to be true. We have excellent (seriously) Community College programs to try to bring our high school students up to a four-year college standard, promising automatic acceptance at a state university if the student finishes two years at the CC. My daughter completed her general ed at the CC then transferred to the state school. She described the CC as "like high school with smoking." Has America lost the plot?
Youngkin/Fetterman ticket sounds interesting. Food for thought.
I do AGREE 100% that politicians are so busy promising utopia and some are wanting it to be so badly that they are believing it. Our local news media is also trying to warp all of us into believing that government can solve everything. Ronald Reagan told me long ago that the scariest words in the English language is “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Still true.
Yea Ronald Reagan who the deficit exploded in his 8 years in office-of course a few years later Clinton had a balanced budget-last one we've had.
Reagan was a master actor but look what actually happened to deficits in his Presidency.
Who runs, the roads, protects you , not private charity.
Private charity? IMO Government is needed and necessary, however, do they run anything efficiently or very effectively? NO, big mistaken in expecting them to solve and fix everything.
Debt growth was Raegan’s admitted biggest disappointment. He did shine in so many other areas such as inflation shrunk to 2.5% lowest since Eisenhower while median income rose by over $4,000, not to mention “Tear down this wall.” and freeing the Iran hostages.
In 2024 I was a Missouri delegate for RFKJr to get him on the Missouri ballot as an Independent to allow voters to have a choice in 2024. I never participated in politics until that summer and spent weekend after weekend gathering signatures to get our candidate on the Missouri ballot. As supporters of RFKJr it was outrageous how many states (not Missouri) have the system rigged against Independent parties; that's not a conspiracy it was a witnessed fact. If the voting public saw how rigged the system including judges (in New York) they would be embarrassed and enraged.
By the way a 3rd party candidate doesn't need 50% to win, but perhaps as little as 36%. In 1992 I was able to see Ross Perot in Larimer Co Colorado and voted for him (the only county in the US Perot won). The exist polls surveyed voters in 1992 and determined ~35% would have voted for Perot, but were worried he wouldn't have won. My point if Perot wouldn't have waffled, he really could have won.
Yea Larimer County Estes Park
Joe manchin
Wow! Sounds like a good show again tonight Leland. And I have to agree with you that school should not re- start til after Labor Day. That's how it was when I went to school in the '50's and '60's and that's how it should be now in my humble opinion. And I feel like people/the media, etc. should not be telling the whole world that our supply of weapons have dwindled and we are not prepared for war of any type. Scary! Why would we want the world to know that and possibly take advantage of the situation??!!
Schools end for hottest 2 months of the year-which ends a few weeks before Labor Day
Sound like s great show, see you tonight!
Dale, I agree with your analysis of the Iran war. I have also wondered if Trump was told or thought the people in Iran might rise up? I do wonder how are we going to get out of this mess/war.
The problem with a third, centrist, party isn’t ideological. It’s more with the media. You would know better than anyone t that the Murdochs made a fortune by denigrating the left. I am not sure they are true conservatives but they saw and seized a business opportunity to fill a void. Consequently they spend more time publicizing the extreme left just like MS Now ridicules the extreme right. Names like AOC and Omar and Boebert, MTQ, and Mace likely got more publicity than the other 430+ house members combined. Can NewsNation gain enough viewership to make a difference?
Will CNN mount an anti-fake news campaign with legal teeth? Trump can’t simply tough ignore questions he doesn’t like. In fact I believe one reason Harris lost was she was completely unprepared in the Bret Baier Fox interview because she only took softball question in townhalls that were pre-screened for her. Both sides become increasingly insulated and therefore become echo chambers.
To address your comment about the iran war, Trump’s domestic “leadership” tendencies haven’t served him well. He simply assumed this military action would be over in a few days, and didn’t plan for the possibility of a drone war which is like death by a thousand paper cuts with the economic repercussions we currently see. Additionally, because of the bad supposition of a quick victory, he never bothered to sell the war to the American people. Even worse, because of his personality and bravado, he has completely alienated and disrespected the only living men who have held the presidency (he was not invited to the Obama center opening like all the other living presidents.) Because of his disrespect, Trump now reaps the whirlwind. They wouldn’t give him advice now even if he asked for it.
True leadership happens when consensus is built, not by denigrating one’s opponents.
The Murdoch family was split ideologically-Rupert Murdoch has been conservative-why he bought and kept a big money loser in the NY Post to push his ideology. In past year or so there was buyout of some who would be inheritors of his company to keep it conservative. Can see dishonesty in company in how they treated Leland and Stirewalt for being truthful-either in demanding proof of charge of election stolen, or calling a state accurately for Biden in 2020
I wish that the next time someone says, “Everyone has healthcare in Norway,” or anywhere else in Europe, they would also be asked to explain how their system actually works and why they have it.
Their systems are set up very differently from ours in the United States. It starts with work and how healthcare is paid for. Employers and employees contribute. You don't have the same situation where someone works part-time so the employer doesn't have to offer healthcare, or where the employee doesn't contribute toward the system.
You can't simply compare who has healthcare without also comparing who pays for it and how the entire system is structured.
I could go on and on, but then I might need my own show. 😄
Their healthcare as is most of the industralized world is paid for by the government-BTW between Medicare and Medicaid most of our healthcare expenses are paid by the government. Medicare reason why our 65 plus citizens have closer to Western Europe health outcomes than those under 65. Healthcare good in US for over 65
I'm not sure how I feel about a NorthCom Deputy Commander announcing to the world that we are unprepared to defend ourselves. Is it a bluff to make our enemies believe we are weak? Gamesmanship? If only.... I live in Cali where the teacher's union is strong, our public education is poor and marijuana is legal. None of those things used to be true. We have excellent (seriously) Community College programs to try to bring our high school students up to a four-year college standard, promising automatic acceptance at a state university if the student finishes two years at the CC. My daughter completed her general ed at the CC then transferred to the state school. She described the CC as "like high school with smoking." Has America lost the plot?