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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Perhaps the greatest challenge to human civilization is how its leaders are chosen.  We want selfless and honest people at the helm, whose ambitions lie no further than the well-being of the common man.

Yet there is no mechanism by which this can be made to happen, since the love of power is generally what motivates people to aspire to the top positions in government.

Worse, as educational standards fall, we get what happened in 2016 here in the United States, where we elected a sociopath to the White House.  And here we find ourselves, seven years later, with Donald Trump still supported by tens of millions of voters.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Regarding the Sons of MAGA shirts here, I have two observations for the company making the offering:

This “organization” seems to have “chapters” only in states whose educational standards are far below the national average.  I’m not sure how many “Massachusetts Chapter” shirts you’re going to sell.

I notice your emblem features a death skull, but this is a fairly oblique (that means “indirect”) reference to whatever your mission actually is.  If you’re threatening to kill every kind and intelligent American, you may want to be more explicit.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Pictured  here are some Ron DeSantis supporters, backing the presidential candidate in his war against Disney and the LGBTQ community. That’s a “White Pride” sign in the back of the photo at left, and a “Make America Florida” sign below.

Can’t we find something more degrading, hateful, and ignorant?

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

I agree with what Bertrand Russell said on the subject: Anyone who believes in eternal punishment for any crimes committed in this life cannot be consider to be completely moral.

Having said that, the meme here is funny.  And, on the serious side, Pat Robertson, who spent his life enriching himself by bamboozling fools certainly deserves to suffer at some level.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Shown here is proof that Trump will continue to prey on his supporters until all but the most emotionally deranged have broken ranks and moved on with their lives.

How many will come to Miami on Tuesday?

More importantly, how many will take up arms in the next insurrection Trump orders, when it becomes clear that he will soon be tried, convicted, and sentenced to prison?  No one has the exact figures, but we have to assume that the number grows smaller by the day.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

From right-winger Charlie Kirk: Every “Republican” running for President should suspend their campaign and go to Miami as a show of support. If you don’t, you are part of the problem. Either we have an opposition party or we don’t. GO to Miami Tuesday, and show solidarty (sic) or we will mark you as part of the oppsition (sic).

I have bad news: the vast majority of Republicans are law-abiding people.  You may have heard the term “law and order.”

Decent people do not oppose holding a common criminal accountable for dozens upon dozens of felony charges, especially espionage, and we certainly won’t elect him to lead our country once again.

Is it remotely possible for Trump to win the Republican primary?  I have to admit that it is.  But if you think that criminality will win a general election with close to 200 million loyal Americans, you’re out of your mind.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

By definition, rhetorical questions are posed without any answer expected.

But what the hell.  I have a minute before my morning walk with my wife.

I hope to leave a country where our kids are avid readers, capable of critical thinking, where even the dullest minds would be extremely skeptical of the crap presented here.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Just when we thought it was impossible for a Republican to make an honest statement, along comes Mitt Romney.

Actually, Trump’s crimes are far more egregious than how they are described here, but at least there is some attempt at decency.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

From this: Within minutes of Trump’s indictment, supporters lit up social media platforms with violent threats and calls for civil war.

It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which Trump goes through the process of being indicted, tried, convicted, and imprisoned that doesn’t involve great violence on the part of his most ardent support base.  Widespread acts of terrorism committed largely by white male Americans appears inevitable.

It’s even harder to imagine a scenario in which Trump doesn’t go down hard.  The DoJ has a 99.6% conviction rate on indictments like the one unsealed yesterday charging the former president with 37 felonies surrounding his criminal mishandling of classified documents.

There will be voices calling for Trump’s most homicidal base to put their weapons down and go home, and these voices will include some prominent and relatively decent Republicans, Mitt Romney to name one.  But sadly, the right-wing media will never back down and admit what every sane person knows: Trump is a bald-faced criminal who must be held accountable for his actions.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Christie makes a point here, but this specific act of corruption is speculation on his part.

Why not go for the throat?  If I were in front of this audience:  According to the indictment, Trump committed treason against his (and your) country.  Are you seriously thinking about putting him back in the White House?

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