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OK, let's ashume you're right and they are (personally haven't heard it from Dems the way I did from Repubes during the campaign, but I'll go on your premise), I guess there is a better question.TheDemocrats talk about the price of eggs constantly.It just doesn't get any attention. And it shouldn't. The issue now is that two tyrants, one going senile, the other a drug addict, are attempting to destroy this country's democracy and indeed its entire society, education, health, economic stability, the whole thing and the institutions with power to impede them, including institutions they intend to destory, are just going along with it out of cowardice, complacency, and stupidity.
OK, let's ashume you're right and they are (personally haven't heard it from Dems the way I did from Repubes during the campaign, but I'll go on your premise), I guess there is a better question.
How and why are they so much better at connecting that message to the voters than Dems are?
When Republicans were crying about the price of eggs before the election, when they were screaming about Biden's runaway inflation, it moved the needle with voters. Now? Crickets.
OK, let's ashume you're right and they are (personally haven't heard it from Dems the way I did from Repubes during the campaign, but I'll go on your premise), I guess there is a better question.
How and why are they so much better at connecting that message to the voters than Dems are?
When Republicans were crying about the price of eggs before the election, when they were screaming about Biden's runaway inflation, it moved the needle with voters. Now? Crickets.
Aaaaand they get away with it! Trump's Haitian pet-eating lie was incredibly racist (originally from neo-Nazi sources) and he suffered no damage from it. None!They lie more and are more brazen about their deceptions. It's why debates aren't a fair fight. When one side is at least in the vicinity of the truth and the other exists in an alternate reality of its own creation, the discussion isn't on level terms.
The GOP's lies are better-suited for reaching the id, e.g. the verbal diarrhea about "eating the pets." Of course, most people operate from the id -- and aren't very discerning or intelligent to begin with, as George Carlin noted when he said, "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
An acquaintance worked at the Buffalo National River …
I lost my dream job yesterday.
I received the notice of termination around 3:00, then was immediately summoned to HQ to sign papers. I was locked out of my government account before I could print off the email.
The decision to terminate was based on my "probationary" status, I was in the first year of a 4 year IRA funded term position. The park had no say, they just received a list of four employees to terminate.
Did those who made the decision know or care that the main objective of my position is to provide preventive search and rescue education, to keep park visitors safe?
Did they know that I have ashisted with at least 20 SARs and a few recoveries over the last five years?
Did they know that I am part of the visitor and resource protection division, and that I spent my days on the frontline, looking out for the safety of park visitors?
Did they know that I have worked in various roles in the park for five years, including my primary positon of river ranger, upper district fee collector, emergency hire interp at BPVC, and ashisted the concessions division and maintenance divisions as well?
Did they know that I stayed in that GS 5 river ranger job, despite opportunities for more permanent positions because I loved looking out for the safety of people on the river, it's a calling of sorts.
Did they know I spent countless hours picking up trash, probably at least 100 mesh bags full over the 5 years?
Did they know I spent countless hot summer days at Grinder's Ferry, talking to campers and pashing out mesh trashbags, and countless hot, dusty evenings at Gilbert, attempting to control the chaos?
Did they know that I truly loved my job? That I wholeheartedly love the river? That the river is home to me?
They had no idea.
The park also lost the one and only interp staff at the Buffalo Point visitor center, the only fee collector for the upper district and one of only three maintenance staff in the middle district. Tough times.
An acquaintance worked at the Buffalo National River …
I lost my dream job yesterday.
I received the notice of termination around 3:00, then was immediately summoned to HQ to sign papers. I was locked out of my government account before I could print off the email.
The decision to terminate was based on my "probationary" status, I was in the first year of a 4 year IRA funded term position. The park had no say, they just received a list of four employees to terminate.
Did those who made the decision know or care that the main objective of my position is to provide preventive search and rescue education, to keep park visitors safe?
Did they know that I have ashisted with at least 20 SARs and a few recoveries over the last five years?
Did they know that I am part of the visitor and resource protection division, and that I spent my days on the frontline, looking out for the safety of park visitors?
Did they know that I have worked in various roles in the park for five years, including my primary positon of river ranger, upper district fee collector, emergency hire interp at BPVC, and ashisted the concessions division and maintenance divisions as well?
Did they know that I stayed in that GS 5 river ranger job, despite opportunities for more permanent positions because I loved looking out for the safety of people on the river, it's a calling of sorts.
Did they know I spent countless hours picking up trash, probably at least 100 mesh bags full over the 5 years?
Did they know I spent countless hot summer days at Grinder's Ferry, talking to campers and pashing out mesh trashbags, and countless hot, dusty evenings at Gilbert, attempting to control the chaos?
Did they know that I truly loved my job? That I wholeheartedly love the river? That the river is home to me?
They had no idea.
The park also lost the one and only interp staff at the Buffalo Point visitor center, the only fee collector for the upper district and one of only three maintenance staff in the middle district. Tough times.
So to be clear, Mayor Prime skips MLK events in NYC to attend the inauguration. His lawyers (who are a lawyer for Trump and one for Elon) say that the prosecution should be dropped, not because the allegations lack merit but because they are distracting him from fighting crime and illegal immigration. They have a meeting in which he basically says that he will do whatever the administration wants as long as they drop the charges against him. The government lawyers working on the case are admonished for taking notes by their bosses and the charges are dropped. I'm glad that the swamp is drained.