The U.S. incursion into Venezuela is unconstitutional, poorly thought out, and likely to destabilize oil prices, the European alliance, and several South American countries. What could go wrong?
We send a dozen or so helicopters to capture a banana republic president, but we have Putin, who has an international warrant for his arrest, at a US Air Force base in Alaska, and he’s let go. One good thing about Trump, my wife doesn’t cancel out my vote anymore.
I have been struck, as this has unfolded, how it reminds me of the anti-communist fervor of the 1980s. This time, though, the justifications are much more cynical — "they have oil, and we want it." No noble freedom fighting here; in fact, the opposite.
i do not think there was very much nobility in the anti-communist fervor of the 1980s or for that matter, in the 1960s, oil was very much in play then, and yes, the cynicism is baldly blatant. nothing noble here.
yes. for 5the state of consciousness we were in collectively then. my generation, worldwide, became one of the most educated, peasant or rich. this is a key to all of this in a way. i think, as a collective, we are going to have to do better if we get the chance, as we spin out of whatever this is. having been born with the bomb there has always been this shadow over our existence. one planet on a remote galaxy and we seem to be squandering our limited consciousness…am i too grim? i do not mean to be, i just cannot help but think that if there is one way then there can always be another way, perhaps a saner, more compassionate way. i most likely do not have a whole lot of time left on this planet and one always wishes the best for the portal in which we came into being.
One theory that I think has some validity is that Americans became spoiled after they won everything — global power, better health, enviable quality of life, wealth. We got lazy and greedy.
We send a dozen or so helicopters to capture a banana republic president, but we have Putin, who has an international warrant for his arrest, at a US Air Force base in Alaska, and he’s let go. One good thing about Trump, my wife doesn’t cancel out my vote anymore.
I have been struck, as this has unfolded, how it reminds me of the anti-communist fervor of the 1980s. This time, though, the justifications are much more cynical — "they have oil, and we want it." No noble freedom fighting here; in fact, the opposite.
Well, foks, trumpism has exited earth's troposphere and are now in the stratospheric elements heading to lunacy. What's the point of buckling up?
What goes up, must come down. I think we are in the descent phase of Trumpism.
Lord a mercy I hope you're right.
i do not think there was very much nobility in the anti-communist fervor of the 1980s or for that matter, in the 1960s, oil was very much in play then, and yes, the cynicism is baldly blatant. nothing noble here.
There was nothing noble about much of our interventionism before, but at least we TRIED to come up with a plausibly noble justification
yes. for 5the state of consciousness we were in collectively then. my generation, worldwide, became one of the most educated, peasant or rich. this is a key to all of this in a way. i think, as a collective, we are going to have to do better if we get the chance, as we spin out of whatever this is. having been born with the bomb there has always been this shadow over our existence. one planet on a remote galaxy and we seem to be squandering our limited consciousness…am i too grim? i do not mean to be, i just cannot help but think that if there is one way then there can always be another way, perhaps a saner, more compassionate way. i most likely do not have a whole lot of time left on this planet and one always wishes the best for the portal in which we came into being.
One theory that I think has some validity is that Americans became spoiled after they won everything — global power, better health, enviable quality of life, wealth. We got lazy and greedy.