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When Trump Almost Started WWIII
Soon after Trump had Soleimani killed, a liberal friend of mine phoned.
“Was this not the last straw; even for you?” she queried. I could only say that I thought it was most excellent that this henchman of Al Queda and ISIS (or whatever) was finally meeting his Maker.
But World War III? Didn’t I realize that the Hitlerian Trump had killed this terrorist only in order to rile up the Iranians? Then the demonic Trump could finally justify his bringing us into WWIII, which, apparently had been his entire reason for becoming President. My friend continued: as soon as the Iranian President grimaced or insulted Trump, it would be all over and our planet would be an incinerated ball of ash.
I could only answer that I had no idea what she was talking about. Disappointed in my reaction, she let me turn the conversation to non-political events.
After we hung up, I decided to turn on the TV.
On Fox News, Tucker or Hannity was discussing something unrelated to Soleimani’s murder.
So I turned to the lamestream media. Oh my Lordy. Were they ever having themselves a field day. Nothing even close to the killing of Soleimani had ever happened prior to this. I personally could recall at least several political assassinations I had witnessed through news reports during my life: the killing of the leader in the Congo or Nigeria in the late 1950s, the assassination of the Vietnamese leader, Ngo Dinh Diem, shortly before JFK’s assassination, and others.
Anyway, all the Talking Heads on all the TV stations except Fox were discussing the imminence of WWIII. Plus I was amazed to witness the fact that finally, Trump was fulfilling every dastardly prediction that Rachel, Don Lemon or Joy Reid had ever invoked. Boy, was this all really making them gleeful.
I mean, there were Pentagon analysts, foreign correspondents, and every political commentator and pundit announcing the imminent destruction of our planet. Everyone in lamestream media was pretty much suggesting that within 96 hours the entire planet would be toast. And that although normally this thought would make these folks sad, they couldn’t help themselves as they danced around and were joyous that Trump had finally revealed his real colors.
Now, there were a number of people that Obama had killed, if you can remember that far back. I clearly remember the videos of Khaddafi being assassinated, with Hillary Clinton hearing the news and chortling over his demise. But when such dastardly matters were discussed on the telly, it was always pointed out what bad dudes these people were and how the world was safer.
Only in the case of Trump is it allowable for the TV Talking Heads to ignore how the world is a better place without someone like Soleimani in it. Without acknowledging that possibility, the TV executives’ then allowed the TV Fake New-sters to focus on how the President’s action occurred due to a maniacal propensity for wanting world wide devastation and thermo-nuclear war.
How can two opposing sides be so far apart? This is why it is impossible for either side to come together and discuss matters of political importance.
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Published in General
I was watching Fox News yesterday and, within the space of five minutes, two news presenters used the deceptive liberal euphemism, “undocumented immigrants”.
To cash in on being more conservative than its competitors, Fox News doesn’t actually have to be conservative, just a little less liberal.
Liberalism offers what I call “cheap virtue”, sometimes referred to as the laundering of privilege. I was looking at a copy of New York magazine the other day, and was struck by the pages and pages of high fashion ads before you even get to the table of (ultraliberal) contents. Being in favor of helping the poor and needy is a lot cheaper than helping the poor and needy.
P.S.: When I listen to anti-Trumpers, I am often struck by how they seem to think that conservative or pro-Trump media are as influential and pervasive as liberal or anti-Trump media.
Ain’t that the truth!
Glen Beck this morning read a letter from a former ultra-lib who claimed to have gradually noticed the level of hysteria and in one local incident, felt bad that some clutch of people drove a man who stated something mildly conservative completely off a hobby (knitting) website and into severe anxiety. So she began to investigate the hated alternative people herself in spite of warnings to have nothing to do with them….and if the letter is real….ultimately braving an actual Trump rally that came to her area. She was completely shocked at the normalcy of the people there. Even though she still disagrees with some conservative policieis, she admits she was demonizing 1/2 of her own country.
Meanwhile Eridemus has decided to take the slow road with the liberal friend who has gone silent and occasionally sarcastic towards me in spite of overtures of friendship I have continued to extend for the past year. I hate to throw out 30 years when we got along when politics was never the main substance of what we had shared but a year ago I made the mistake of implying that the AOC green deal was too extreme on retrofitting existing buildings. AOC wanted 100% replacement of energy systems in 10 years and I said that would “tear down” when I guess I meant “tear up” the buildings we have ….and that was thrown in my face by the friend recently. I didn’t even recall it but I was jettisoned for one pronoun!!!! I never descended into calling anyone names or even the idea ridiculous, since it is so obviously that without comment. But this otherwise intelligent woman must have been convinced in the past few years, unknown to me, that any deviance from the group think, and one is a Nazi/Supremacist/etc. even though she has known me for decades not to be. Do such people think all of us “others” have gone off some deep end? Where is the force powerful enough to do that? She accused me of consuming Fox News while in fact even if she has more outlets. she gets only one side herself and I’m willing to bet my span is wider (a conservative can’t escape their constant spillage).
It has occured to me that she is a woman living alone with 2 dogs in a small cabin-like house, retired from education where she was surrounded by a prog crowd, whose children are remote or a source of stress.
The only response that has any hope of reaching them is to laugh at them. Ridicule can break through, if anything can.
Yes.
He did, but his Maker gave him a referral.
@Phil Turmel
Today I discovered that she had temporarily banned me from posting in her facebook group….where twice recently I had (politely) defended my position from a couple of her posts about what I thought (which I didn’t think). I refuse to be shown that kind of disrespect so I left the group. I sent her private email that she didn’t need to worry about me communicating again and that I would miss her. I refuse to not be able to be myself or to respond with what she could call some alternative derangement. It wasn’t doormat and maybe wasn’t saintly either but wasn’t ridicule, that I think would inflame it more…..just the mixed up way I felt.
I could almost handle the Left’s reporters and opinion makers continual build up over some new Trump Crisis That Will Finally End Humanity, if there was any remaining hope that sometime soon, Rachel Maddow’s head might explode.
As she does her show, she gets almost to the point it might happen, but then, either her skull is exceptionally strong, or a commercial break allows her to calm down.
I keep thinking something has to give.
What? No virgins?
Good question. Thinking about it though, 70 Virgins aren’t that many when you’re talking about eternity.
I first landed here on Ricochet exactly because of the Liberal Syndrome you mention, that one small deviance – whether actual or merely perceived by the other person – from the overall “group thinks” catechism and you are hated, reviled and then thrown out of the group.
Like some Biblical pariah, one day you are a warm, beloved and trusted friend, and the next day you are thrown into the depths of hell, surrounded by burning pits and rabid wolves to tear you apart.. Forever.
At least the friends I lost only go back six to seven years. To lose a friend of thirty years – Wow!
Actually I recounted, and it’s more like 40 years. And I still have other liberal friends who I can simply share other realms of life with. Something mental is going on with the weird one, but the stress of the media could add extra cracks to a fragile mind, making it think if you are not one of the anointed group then you are a bat from hell.
Franco, it is also true that the Left not only dominates the news stations, they have their fingers in every media pie out there. Turn on a National Geographic show about the oceans, and sooner or later, someone will mention Global Climate Change brought to us courtesy of the average citizen’s use of hair dryers and automobiles.
My spouse agreed to watch the newest version of Anne of Green Gables on Netflix. I persuaded him it would be fun. After all, the 1980’s film adaptation was true to the book, and locked the viewer into the excitement of a young girl with a vivid imagination growing up in the lush landscape of Prince Edward Island. Immediately there was a political message about women’s empowerment tucked into the opening music theme. And later on there was a newspaper boy hawking a daily paper whose headline was “Climate Over Heating!” (Bear in mind the events taking place were after 1890 but before 1905.)
We made it through two full episodes. Then both of us felt like we had consumed enough propaganda for the year.
If they can bastardize that film, think what they can do with fairy tales, legends, and re-makes of any popular film made over the last 75 years.