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Burned Out on Reality or Who Cares How Kamala Harris Spends $500?
A restlessness is pervading my soul. I’m tired of the horrid news, the insolubility of the issues, the repetitiveness of the ideas and my own inability to do something productive, when hopelessness seems impossible to shake off.
And this morning, I heard all the outrage about Kamala’s disgusting behavior in France when she bought a bowl and a pot at the insane price of $500—how dare she? When our own televisions and refrigerators are stalled indefinitely in storage containers in the ports of our great country.
Actually, and quite honestly, the only thing I found appalling about the Kamala story was that the conservatives were making a big deal out of her decision. Seriously?
Who cares?
We are on the brink of watching serious inflation rise and a gas shortage, dealing with the reality of 82,000 people brought from Afghanistan who were barely, or not vetted, at all, falling into the abyss of Marxism and Socialism, watching the President continue to descend into dementia, anticipating the winter surge of Covid and a new variant—can we please get serious?
Conservatives and Republicans are not well-served by our seizing on every petty action or statement made by the Left. Yes, I know they do it to us. But we are not them. It’s not like we don’t already have enough issues threatening the stability and traditions of our country.
Could we please focus?
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Fox News isn’t Conservative. They are slightly less commie, but they are not Conservative.
Even over “Me and Bobby McGee?”
Yes, I know. That doesn’t mean it didn’t start out as a joke, and then got picked up by legacy media (including Fox, which I don’t consider conservative anyway.)
I’m still convinced the original piece was intended as a satire piece — even kind of making fun of conservative talking heads — or as Rush used to say “demonstrating absurdity by being absurd.”
The problem is that CNN is obsessed with Fox News, and spends more time reporting on “what Fox said” than actually reporting on news. So once Fox picked it up, why it’s “Tan Suit” all over again.
Why can’t we do both? They do.
Big tent?
Does the Left even understand satire? They have no sense of humor.
Let’s just say he sang the former to me. It wasn’t pretty.
Yes, I’m sure my blood is just boiling over this incident………..I’ll try to sit down and calm my nerves so I don’t have a panic attack………..Focusing!…………….
As best I can recall, Me and Bobby McGee was a Gordon Lightfoot song.
I always associated it with Kris Kristopherson but what do I know?
I don’t remember the color TV verse, but
Oh, lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town,
I’m counting on you, lord
Please don’t let me down.
Prove that you love me,
and buy the next round.
Oh, lord, won’t you buy me a night on the town.
Would you like a flan?
You were right. I just thought it was Gordon Lightfoot.
That’s right up there with Cool Hand Luke’s
I don’t care if it rains or freezes
Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car.
Doin’ 90 I ain’t scary
Long as I got the Virgin Mary
Riding on the dashboard of my car.
This is not Bush 41 looking at his watch, which was — being filmed looking at his watch. It’s slightly more than that, but only slightly.
Heads of State only go to Paris for official functions.
Heads of State don’t go to Paris for a vacation.
If they do, they don’t buy $600 worth of expensive cookware.
If they do, they don’t do so after telling their constituents to forgo buying Thanksgiving turkeys.
If they do so, they don’t allow a film crew to film them.
If they do, they make an important political statement for the cameras.
I doubt it was Kamala’s idea to have a film crew. Or to have her purchases be broadcast back home.
Kamala is politically tone deaf, but more than likely she was set up.
Don’t feel bad; I also have trouble telling white guys apart…
Only one of these two white guys was a Rhodes scholar.
I tell people that I was a Rhodes scholar. I graduated from Rhodes High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
Oh, yeah? That’s really close.
I tell people I was a Dusty Rhodes scholar. And I knew a girl after high school who changed her name to Lightfoot.
Mayor Pete’s crew is happy to push her overboard.
Word on the street is that Dr. Jill asked Kamala to pick those items up for her as a favor, and then who called in the cameras.
Is she now the mayor of Chicago?
Cat fight!!
No but she sort of has her eyes.
A Kamala Cook-off!
The thing is, I really liked both of those guys. I had several Lightfoot albums, and Kristoferson’s first two.
I took myself down to the Tallyho Tavern.
They’re all great, but please…“Ball and Chain”
Nuthin’ but chills every time I hear her sing it.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard it before, and I was in high school when Piece of My Heart came out.
Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison…all geniuses and all died way too young, but they made up for a youthful death by living life at 200%.
Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse?