Category: Renewables – Politics

Re: the meme at left, I would draw a different conclusion: it’s possible that the United States has lost its appetite for lies, cruelty, and stupidity. Trumpism just may be on its way out.

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Thank you, Bill. Well, there are two good reasons for this: Big cities have lots of people living in them; rural areas are sparsely populated.  It might be worth looking up “city” and “rural.” The people living in cities tend …

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Poor choice. Cincinnati has lots of affluent, well-educated people. Other parts of Ohio would have elected Vance’s brother as king.

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To the reader who sent me this: no one’s offended.  We know we live among racists, and being offended by a racist doesn’t help anything. Perhaps the very greatest thing about being an American is what’s etched at the base …

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The use of the U.S. military against American citizens has been illegal since the Posse Comitatus Act was passed almost 150 years ago. Wouldn’t the Trump administration be well-advised to avoid situations like the one described at left that aggressively …

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There are a couple of remarkable aspects to what our president has written here: 1) As shown in the graph below, the number of SNAP recipients did not increase during Biden’s administration. This year, it’s 41.1 million people, right in …

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The lady who sent me this writes:  Like so many others, I’m not sure how to look back on Dick Cheney … I truly felt that he was a war criminal, and serving the fossil fuel interests made him an …

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To the reader who sent me this: It seems that, over the last 100+ years, our state DMVs have done an admirable job in maintaining safety via their system of deciding to whom they issue drivers licenses and under what …

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To the reader who sent me this:  No, they’re not. That’s because, as most of us learned when we were children, only citizens are eligible for these services. I attribute very little intelligence to congressional Republicans, but this is something …

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Most Trump supporters take him at his word that his presidency has restored the trust of the world’s people and agree that the United States is again a trustworthy friend. The truth is that the planet has an extremely negative …

How Trump Is Regarded Globally Read More »