Why NOT to vote Republican

[iris lilies]

Reason #793b: Project 2025.

https://www.project2025.org/

there is a LOT there. I just skimmed a few pages and I can see where you would like it at all.

[Rogar]

I might substitute “annoying” for “devastating.” You are aware of hyperbole in political speak, right?
and some actions have launched aspects of our country in the wrong direction.

By my vocabulary, annoying and devastating differ by an order of magnitude or more, and would think that would be the accepted difference beyond just common exaggeration. I'm just wondering what examples of policies this particular version of conservativism deem so dire, like the country is in a spiral of near terminal decay due to left policies. And one reason I'm wondering is because the same degree of extreme policy disaster came up in a few recent discussions and just didn't get to that part of things.

[frugal-one]

frugal-one, I know you were being sarcastic, so was I.
Disclaimer: I've never been to Hawaii, don't know anyone who lives there. And I'm indifferent that 10 million was donated by these two.

The fact remains that social media was not kind to Oprah and the Rock (don't know his real name).Why is this so? My meager understanding is that people are waking up by what they see going on. People from all races, economic classes, political affiliations, etc.This is way bigger than Republican vs Democrat.

So what do you perceive to be going on?

[LDAHL]

I have no problem with people donating cash for disaster recovery; but do they really need to show up in person to preen for the media and use up local resources that may be in short supply?

I have no problem with political leaders expressing support for disaster victims; but do they really need to travel thousands of miles to talk about their kitchen fire?

I get the impression that disasters and their victims often get used as backgrounds and props for public relations purposes. Are they serving as beacons of hope or parasites?

[frugal-one]

Elan Musk, ultra right wing nut, in the news a lot lately. Scary discussion about him on Maddow Monday. According to the information she was touting and guest speaker, it appears he is in cahoots with Putin and impeding Ukrainians. The US government is supposedly relying on him too much … SpaceX and other ways.

https://www.nbc.com/the-rachel-maddow-show

[Alan]

Elan Musk, ultra right wing nut, in the news a lot lately. Scary discussion about him on Maddow Monday. According to the information she was touting and guest speaker, it appears he is in cahoots with Putin and impeding Ukrainians. The US government is supposedly relying on him too much … SpaceX and other ways.

https://www.nbc.com/the-rachel-maddow-show

When did it become "ultra right wing" to believe in free speech and being against war? Your link wouldn't take me to the Maddow show you watched but I read somewhere that she took him to task for just that recently so I'll assume I'm on the right track. Did she call him a traitor because he allows his Starlink system to keep Ukraine's civil infrastructure of schools, hospitals, etc., operating free of charge while not allowing its use in the war effort for fear of contributing to a new world war, or did she skip the former and go with the latter?

It's interesting to me to see how the left is gradually re-shaping their world view. When they branded themselves as 'liberal' while espousing illiberal views it was amusing, but during their switch to 'progressive' I can only assume they chose that description because 'fascist' was already taken.

[iris lilies]

I have no problem with people donating cash for disaster recovery; but do they really need to show up in person to preen for the media and use up local resources that may be in short supply?

I have no problem with political leaders expressing support for disaster victims; but do they really need to travel thousands of miles to talk about their kitchen fire?

I get the impression that disasters and their victims often get used as backgrounds and props for public relations purposes. Are they serving as beacons of hope or parasites?

That was the queen of England’s dilemma with the mining tragedy at Aberfan, Wales. The TV series “the Crown” accurately portrayed the queen‘s dilemma. She thought if she visited the site of the tragedy, her visit would take resources and attention away from the people of the village who experienced that horrible mining accident. She did not visit there immediately, and later that was one of the regrets of her reign.

[jp1]

What the Starlink debacle in Ukraine shows is that privatizing of critical infrastructure is a bad idea. The US Military needs to build its own low earth orbit satellite network if such a thing is necessary for our defense and the assistance of our allies. Relying on a network owned by a man who has different goals than the US government clearly failed in this case.

[frugal-one]

When did it become "ultra right wing" to believe in free speech and being against war? Your link wouldn't take me to the Maddow show you watched but I read somewhere that she took him to task for just that recently so I'll assume I'm on the right track. Did she call him a traitor because he allows his Starlink system to keep Ukraine's civil infrastructure of schools, hospitals, etc., operating free of charge while not allowing its use in the war effort for fear of contributing to a new world war, or did she skip the former and go with the latter?

It's interesting to me to see how the left is gradually re-shaping their world view. When they branded themselves as 'liberal' while espousing illiberal views it was amusing, but during their switch to 'progressive' I can only assume they chose that description because 'fascist' was already taken.

Also, Musk is in direct contact with Putin himself... as he admits. Does that not sound strange that a US citizen should be talking directly Putin? It would behoove you to look up that show. I cannot do the explanation justice.

[Alan]

Also, Musk is in direct contact with Putin himself... as he admits. Does that not sound strange that a US citizen should be talking directly Putin? It would behoove you to look up that show. I cannot do the explanation justice.

I consider Rachel Maddow to be a political propagandist who crafts her commentary to suit her audience demographics and doubt that it behooves anyone to seek it out. I prefer listening to people without a brand to sell.