To the reader who sent me this meme:

I wouldn’t say that Trump’s illegal invasion of Iran was done for “no … reason.”

What he did created world chaos and caused most Americans in particular to suffer.  The more desperate we become, the more likely we’ll be to accept his repeated claims that “Only I can fix it.”

Chaos also helps to justify a claim of a “national emergency” that Trump could use to cancel the 2026 midterms.  If November happens as everyone predicts, this will be the end of his political and legal future.

Destroying renewable energy to further enrich his Big Oil megadonors makes Trump that much more powerful.

We’re in a pathetic position.

I’m not one to say, “I told you so,” but since my adolescence, I predicted that big money in government would soon ruin this country.

 

 

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It’s hard to imagine that too many Trump supporters go to Canada for any reason.

Our neighbor to the north, once a close U.S. ally, now hates our guts–a tough feat to achieve indeed, considering the Canadians are such amiable people.

 

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Most 2GreenEnergy readers don’t live in California, and many don’t live in the United States, so they will be excused for not knowing that the Golden State’s wine industry is falling into the crapper.  Young people are drinking far less wine than they were a few years ago.

Exactly why this is remains something of a mystery.  Are they smoking more pot? Are they drinking more alcoholic sodas? Are they concerned about their health and longevity?

My guess is that they are less turned on by nuance.

They’re not listening to Beethoven; they’re listening to hip-hop. Music doesn’t produce an effect on their spirit; it produces an effect on their genitilia.

They’re not studying Plato; they’re getting their MBAs and going to Wall Street.

They say, “I should have did (something),” and when I want to correct their grammar gently, they want to slap me across the face.

These are different times, and they are not better times.

 

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The civilized world is thrilled to see the Catholic church take on the mantle of environmentalism, especially since the religious right still quotes from the Book of Genesis: Only God can destroy the Earth to justify climate denialism.

 

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I’m not sure that Fox News caused the decline of our nation, but it certainly makes some level of sense.

When I was young, there was no source of “news” that was based solely on the profit to be made by making Americans stupid and mean.  In fact, news in most of the 20th Century really didn’t have any real commercial value, because it wasn’t used to sell drugs and useless crap to elderly, addle-minded white people 24 hours a day.

Thirty years later, we have people who are as addicted to this hate news as alcoholics need another shot of booze.

 

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Some people may be, but, to a person, the foreigners I’ve met are deeply saddened, and terrified of the consequences of the Trump regime.

Their feeling is simply that America re-elected a convicted felon, rapist, and traitor who attempted to overthrow the U.S. federal government.  If we’re willing to do that, we’re capable of anything, regardless of how depraved.

 

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I’ve never understood why those who compose total bullshit like this don’t go for the gusto.  Why 95% and not 99% or 100%?

Trump’s actual approval rating among Republicans is somewhere between 75% and 80%, as can be easily verified by anyone on Earth with a cell phone or computer. That number continues to dwindle, as he faces more pressure regarding the war, gas prices, child rape, etc.

Obviously, the president’s supporters are suckers for his lies, but isn’t this a bit over the top?

 

 

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I get a call every week or so from someone working for a start-up in oil exploration, hoping that I’ll invest.  I guess my name and cell number got collected somehow from various online searches I’ve made.

I’m always quick to explain, “Oh, sorry, I don’t support wrecking the planet, even if I can profit from it.  Neither should you. Bye now.”

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I wish this were true, but most of these people don’t have passports, and many of them can’t afford a bus ticket to a neighboring county in West Virginia, Alabama, etc.

 

 

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To the reader who sent me this: I’m with you, except that I occasionally turn on Fox News so as to understand what these people are feeding to their audience of hateful morons.

 

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