"This is very interesting. Kind of like watching a movie that I am not in..."
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Where in the world do I start? I was just having a discussion with a friend of mine about how it seems as bad as every week has become, the following week gets even worse. The past two days I have written about some local politics issues. During those two days, I had my topic for today all picked out. It was hard for me to wait to write it, as it was going to be smoking hot. However, as most know by now, everything has been superseded by the events of yesterday. That topic will have to wait for another day.
Before I begin, first let me take an aside. A long time friend of mine is doing something (in my opinion) very risky. He is gambling just about everything to buy an asset. When I asked him why he was doing this, he replied, "It will be my legacy for my kids". However do so, he is going to have to default on his mortgage - in other words, become a deadbeat. Here is a man, who has been responsible his entire life. Now in his twilight years, he is throwing it all away, just to buy this asset. What he fails to understand is this - his legacy is not what he leaves for his children, his legacy is how he is lives his life. And part of how he lives his life is how he honors his commitments.
The reason I bring this up is only for analogy. Yesterday, when all hell was breaking loose in Gaza as well as over the Ukraine, President Bystander was doing the two things he does best - nothing and fundraising. Most everyone I listed to in the media, be they conservative, moderate and even liberal, took a shot at POTUS for going to New York to attend a couple of fund raisers. It was the same M.O. he did after Benghazi (Las Vegas fund raisers) and the border crisis (Texas fund raisers).
So what does this have to do with my long time friend and the asset he is sacrificing everything to buy? Simple. The purpose of the fund raisers is to garner cash to ensure the Democrats hold on to the Senate this November. That way (in the President's mind), he has a better chance to hammer home the rest of his agenda, thereby solidifying his "legacy". However, that is a fool's errand. His legacy is being written right now - how he handles an ever changing and increasingly dangerous world. And his legacy right now is looking much worse than "Carter-ville".
One of the pundits I listened to last night brought up an excellent point (once again). His words: "Either the President just does not care anymore (about his job), or he is putting on the appearance that he does not care." Wow! Does that nail it. Prior to the fundraisers yesterday, he mentioned the shoot down of the Malaysian airliner for 40 seconds and then was back to cracking jokes. All these world crisis issues are too him are mere distractions from what he likes to do.
To quote an old saying, "this guy is a piece of work". I really don't know if we or the world can survive for another 916 days of his presidency. Yes, that is the actual number - 916 days. We are like a plane flying with no pilot. Even a bad pilot is better than no pilot. Our State Department did however, tell the IDF (Israel) to be careful for civilians while in Gaza. I don't remember the State Department ever telling Hamas not to aim their rockets at civilian targets in Israel. Another example of our a very confused and conflicted foreign policy run by, and explained by, children and idiots.
So happy Friday folks. Rome continues to burn and the fire spreads. We continue to reap what we have sown. Those who gambled everything on "Hope and Change" are only getting 50% of what they mortgaged their future (and ours) on. There is no hope, however the changes (all bad), just keep on a coming...
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