It is no secret that I hold Mike Rowe in very high regard. The man is an entrepreneur, an Eagle Scout, worked and still works a real job, and for what amount he's delved into politics, it has been (truthfully) addressing one of the largest problems facing the US - the education bubble. So when you compare him to the two "best" schlepps the democrats and republicans managed to scrape from the baby boomer barrel this time around for a presidential election, there's just no competition. Mike Rowe would make an infinitely better president than Clinton or Trump.
But before we get our hopes up of a charming, honest Mike Rowe announcing his presidential bid, there's just one minor problem. And the problem is not Mike Rowe himself, but Americans. Americans, frankly, don't deserve Mike Rowe.
As it stands right now, Trump and Clinton are so hated, even within their own parties, I contend any normal, honest person could walk right in and win the election. With financial support form the Peter Thiels of the world, not to mention a GoFundMe account I'm sure would raise millions overnight, Mike Rowe could just walk in in the 11th hour with a clever marketing strategy and steal the election with a write in campaign. But, ironically, that's the easy part. It would be getting Mike Rowe to decide to run that's the hard part.
Think about what Mike Rowe or any normal person would have to give up. Since he is normal that means he likely has a healthy family, normal life, and a job he enjoys. He has his hobbies, interests, and friends. His entire value and happiness is contingent on that life and all of that would go away over night if he decided to run for president.
Instead of working on another documentary like "How Booze Built America" he'd have to deal with the asswipes in congress trying to force some unwanted toxic piece of omnibus legislation into a term limits bill.
Instead of spending time with his dad, he'd have to deal with accusations of racism, sexism, bigotry, ageism, and whatever other "isms" Americans can create as he cuts social spending and tries to balance the budget.
The media would find, if not outright create, skeletons in his closet, ruining his life at home.
Not to mention his prominence would bring out 20 year old (likely false) accusations of rape or sexual assault a la Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, etc., running the risk of legal troubles.
And all for a paycheck that is likely not too much more than what he can muster working in film.
The truth is only people who have nothing else in their lives can endure this baptism by fire because "getting elected into office" is the only thing in life they have. Clinton (both Bill and Hillary) epitomize this with a broken family, a miserable home life, murder and rape accusations, and a machiavellian relationship that is designed for political advancement and not love. I don't care how many millions they make in speeches, they'll never come close to what Mike Rowe and normal people have. And that's just not worth risking on a presidential bid.
Ultimately it is the American public and a "fanning-the-flames" media who are to blame for the outright pathetic presidential candidates we have today. In becoming an entitled and spoiled population, the American public get vehement if any politician dares to hold them up to adult standards of self-supportation and independence. In separating the country by race and gender, any attempt to treat people as genuine equals and hold them up to equal standards begets accusations of racism, sexism, and any other form of "ism" professional victim whores can come up with. And the media, with its abandonment of genuine journalism and its duty as the 4th branch of government, would prefer to get clicks and make money by shelling out yellow, if not outright, brown journalism, even if it ruins would-be honest politicians' personal lives (not to mention, the future of the country).
Joseph Maistre said it best when he said, "You get the government you deserve."
And Americans don't deserve Mike Rowe.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Precious Metals, Brexit, Negative Interest Rates, the Election, and Currencies
Sponsored post, but it's still a good podcast episode if you're interested in currencies and precious metals.
The Father and Grandfather Could Not Be Reached for Comment
Remember, with Government Check replacing dads, we don't need no STIIIINNNNNNKING fathers!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
SJW's Continue Their Destruction of Ballroom Dance
I would take this apart piece by piece but the fact this video had to be made AND the video says "Sometimes you have to hold hands while dancing because, well, that's part of dance" just made me realize merely viewing it in all of its aspy, SJW, awe will be enough to scare any normal people away from ballroom dance.
Again, for those men and women looking to learn ballroom dance, by all means LEARN. But most dance scenes have become mere nerdy, fractions of their formerly great selves.
Again, for those men and women looking to learn ballroom dance, by all means LEARN. But most dance scenes have become mere nerdy, fractions of their formerly great selves.
Monday, October 10, 2016
The Economics of Overpopulation
Armchair quarterbacks and overpopulation theoreticians/conspiracy theorists can file your complaints in the comments section below:
Matt Baldoni Has a Q&A Session About the Bee Gees on Facebook, Oct. 12th
Well now's your chance ladies. You can converse over Facebook with The Great Matt Baldoni on October 12th!
The Knoxville Swing Dancing Association: How SJW's Took Over Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dancing has not only served as a key passion and source of income in my life, but is a skill I recommend every young man learn. Not only is it good exercise, fun, and an excellent way to practice discipline, but it is an invaluable skill in order to attract women. So when I pulled into Knoxville, Tennessee on my latest motorcycling adventure, I decided to check in to see if there was any local dancing, and sure enough there was.
The Knoxville Swing Dance Association.
Usually every major metro area in the US has some sort of group or association that lists all the various ballroom dancing activities going on in the area. Dances, lessons, competitions, etc., and I thankfully had found Knoxville's swing dancing chapter. But before I could get excited enough to pull out and iron my crumpled dress shirt from my saddle bags, something caught my eye:
Their "Code of Conduct."
I had never seen a "code of conduct" before listed on any swing, salsa, or tango site. Usually it was just a calendar, some photos, and some links to some social media. But when I read through their "code of conduct" I put away my crumpled shirt and looked for other plans because it was plainly obvious the Knoxville swing dance scene had been infected with people who were not first and foremost swing dancers, but social justice warriors.
This is a development that I should have seen coming, as I was already familiar with the boom and bust cycle of ballroom dance scenes. This cycle consists of:
1. A new and unique scene truly independent minded individuals explore and pioneer, which
2. Attracts popular kids, SPECIFICALLY attractive women, to the scene as their primary goal in life is to be popular/scene/be validated.
3. Which in turn attracts men whose numbers (and money) now make the scene "hot."
4. Rumor spreads to commoners, regulars, and the not so pretty people, and soon you have a fad on your hands.
5. Rumor further spreads and because of the nature of ballroom dance, nerds, rejects, creepers, feelers, stalkers, green-card seekers, Single Christian Men, basement dwellers, and other less-than-Cary-Grantish-men flood the scene because it's a (presumably) easy way to meet women.
6. These not-so-hot, awkward, creepy, and otherwise, less-desirable men drive away the hot women.
7. Without the hot women, the fuel which fed the fad dies.
8. The hot/cool/rich/normal men leave
9. Leaving MOST ballroom dance scenes at their pre-fad levels as refuges for nerds, dweebs, 50 something divorcees, and other forms of social outcasts.
It is at this point nobody pays attention to the formerly hot ballroom scene because why would you? There's nothing in it for anybody and it's not until the scene goes ghost and is discovered decades later by those pioneering individualists again does the cycle repeat itself. The cycle is complete. There is no new stage to be added.
Except now.
And the reason I say "except now" is because unlike history past we have the millennial generation. And the millennial generation is the first generation to be fully brainwashed into thinking they can't just
"Be a lawyer"
"Be a doctor"
"Run a company"
or
"Be a housewife."
No, they have been fully convinced they they need to
"Be a lawyer" +advocate a social crusade
"Be a doctor" +have a political cause
"Run a Company" +champion Corporate Social Responsibility
or
"Be a housewife" +volunteer for a cause
They simply can't have a profession and that in it of itself is enough to be of service to society. No, they need the ego fix to right some non-existent, fabricated, perceived wrong. They need to go beyond what their career, job, or education is. They need to be heroes, even if they have to make up a problem out of whole cloth, ruining everything good in the process.
And the Knoxville Swing Dance Association has become precisely that.
Why, precisely, is there a disclaimer about "race, gender identities, political opinions, and life choices?" What does ANY of that have to do with swing dancing? Not once in my now 20 years of dancing have I ever struck up a conversation on the dance floor about gender, politics, and a person's opinion about abortion.
Additionally, while I'm fully and ACUTELY aware of "creepers," "stalkers," and "feelers" that plague every dance community, these were largely handled naturally and in house. We didn't need to resort to nominatingGestapo Agents "Community Ambassadors" to wear a swastika rainbow band to go running to the SS the police.
Finally, who died and made these self-ordained shitlords King of the Knoxville swing dance community? I'm aware that events hosted and paid for by the Knoxville Swing Dance Association are under their domain. They can organize an entire SS division and to manage their club however they see fit. But if the first hit you get when searching "Knoxville swing dance" is their site, I wonder if their politics doesn't deter people who just want to....ummmm...swing dance and not suffer a political sermon.
If you operate from the erroneous premise that this club is about swing dancing, then their insistence on bringing politics into dancing is confusing. But if you realize swing dancing is merely a ruse, and they use it to put their egos first, running their little imaginary fiefdoms, then it makes complete sense. Sadly, it is dancing that suffers.
The problem ballroom dancing's SJW infestation presents to normal people who just want to dance (or learn) is two-fold.
One, the politics will drive any normal people away. Not because they're creepers or stalkers, or are necessarily afraid of creepers or stalkers, but who wants to be hawked over by dancing Nazi's or be subjected to a political sermon? I know leftist millennials in charge of this are brainwashed to make politics a mandatory component of everything they do, but normal people (of all generations) don't want politics in EVERYTHING they do. Alas one of the greatest passions a person can have is corrupted.
Two, when the anti-male spin on this Stasi "code of conduct" policy is combined with:
the increasing trend of false rape accusations among the millennial girls
AND
the loosening standards as to what constitutes sexual harassment
AND
the outright threat to involve law enforcement (though I've NEVER seen ANY dance scene come to that!)
it not only puts men in a very grey area, it's enough to send most running for the hills! And the reason is very simple -
No matter WHAT people say, no matter what dancers claim, men learn ballroom dancing to meet, date, get with, court, kiss, hug, fuck, marry (or any combination thereof) women.
Men can act all platonic, holier-than-thou, and eunuch-y they want. In then end ballroom dancing has been, currently is, and always will be primarily a means to meet the opposite sex. But if you're going to lay land mines around for men, making an already challenging challenge more challenging, don't be surprised if men with options don't show up and there's a dearth of leads.
Alas, I believe the introduction of social justice warriors to ballroom dancing will not only break the ballroom dance scene life cycle, but permanently leave it at where it stands today (I'll leave it to my readers to see what I spy with my little eye). The swing dance scene will never recoup its former 1990's greatness. The salsa scene will never see again it's '00's sizzle. Like a supernova being the last stage of a star's life cycle, the social justice warriors swarming around the jettisoned carcass of a once-vibrant ballroom dance scene is its last and PERMANENT stage in life.
Ergo, I suggest no man look for love, romance, sex, or courtship in today's dance scene (unless it's COMPLETELY void of any politics and social justice warrioring). Instead, I strongly recommend you use it to learn how to dance in anticipation of meeting a non-leftst, non-SJW marriage-material woman outside the dance scene who will actually deserve your dancing skills and talents....but if your skills happen to get you laid at a wedding where you're the only ballroom dancer...so be it.
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The Knoxville Swing Dance Association.
Usually every major metro area in the US has some sort of group or association that lists all the various ballroom dancing activities going on in the area. Dances, lessons, competitions, etc., and I thankfully had found Knoxville's swing dancing chapter. But before I could get excited enough to pull out and iron my crumpled dress shirt from my saddle bags, something caught my eye:
Their "Code of Conduct."
I had never seen a "code of conduct" before listed on any swing, salsa, or tango site. Usually it was just a calendar, some photos, and some links to some social media. But when I read through their "code of conduct" I put away my crumpled shirt and looked for other plans because it was plainly obvious the Knoxville swing dance scene had been infected with people who were not first and foremost swing dancers, but social justice warriors.
This is a development that I should have seen coming, as I was already familiar with the boom and bust cycle of ballroom dance scenes. This cycle consists of:
1. A new and unique scene truly independent minded individuals explore and pioneer, which
2. Attracts popular kids, SPECIFICALLY attractive women, to the scene as their primary goal in life is to be popular/scene/be validated.
3. Which in turn attracts men whose numbers (and money) now make the scene "hot."
4. Rumor spreads to commoners, regulars, and the not so pretty people, and soon you have a fad on your hands.
5. Rumor further spreads and because of the nature of ballroom dance, nerds, rejects, creepers, feelers, stalkers, green-card seekers, Single Christian Men, basement dwellers, and other less-than-Cary-Grantish-men flood the scene because it's a (presumably) easy way to meet women.
6. These not-so-hot, awkward, creepy, and otherwise, less-desirable men drive away the hot women.
7. Without the hot women, the fuel which fed the fad dies.
8. The hot/cool/rich/normal men leave
9. Leaving MOST ballroom dance scenes at their pre-fad levels as refuges for nerds, dweebs, 50 something divorcees, and other forms of social outcasts.
It is at this point nobody pays attention to the formerly hot ballroom scene because why would you? There's nothing in it for anybody and it's not until the scene goes ghost and is discovered decades later by those pioneering individualists again does the cycle repeat itself. The cycle is complete. There is no new stage to be added.
Except now.
And the reason I say "except now" is because unlike history past we have the millennial generation. And the millennial generation is the first generation to be fully brainwashed into thinking they can't just
"Be a lawyer"
"Be a doctor"
"Run a company"
or
"Be a housewife."
No, they have been fully convinced they they need to
"Be a lawyer" +advocate a social crusade
"Be a doctor" +have a political cause
"Run a Company" +champion Corporate Social Responsibility
or
"Be a housewife" +volunteer for a cause
They simply can't have a profession and that in it of itself is enough to be of service to society. No, they need the ego fix to right some non-existent, fabricated, perceived wrong. They need to go beyond what their career, job, or education is. They need to be heroes, even if they have to make up a problem out of whole cloth, ruining everything good in the process.
And the Knoxville Swing Dance Association has become precisely that.
Why, precisely, is there a disclaimer about "race, gender identities, political opinions, and life choices?" What does ANY of that have to do with swing dancing? Not once in my now 20 years of dancing have I ever struck up a conversation on the dance floor about gender, politics, and a person's opinion about abortion.
Additionally, while I'm fully and ACUTELY aware of "creepers," "stalkers," and "feelers" that plague every dance community, these were largely handled naturally and in house. We didn't need to resort to nominating
Finally, who died and made these self-ordained shitlords King of the Knoxville swing dance community? I'm aware that events hosted and paid for by the Knoxville Swing Dance Association are under their domain. They can organize an entire SS division and to manage their club however they see fit. But if the first hit you get when searching "Knoxville swing dance" is their site, I wonder if their politics doesn't deter people who just want to....ummmm...swing dance and not suffer a political sermon.
If you operate from the erroneous premise that this club is about swing dancing, then their insistence on bringing politics into dancing is confusing. But if you realize swing dancing is merely a ruse, and they use it to put their egos first, running their little imaginary fiefdoms, then it makes complete sense. Sadly, it is dancing that suffers.
The problem ballroom dancing's SJW infestation presents to normal people who just want to dance (or learn) is two-fold.
One, the politics will drive any normal people away. Not because they're creepers or stalkers, or are necessarily afraid of creepers or stalkers, but who wants to be hawked over by dancing Nazi's or be subjected to a political sermon? I know leftist millennials in charge of this are brainwashed to make politics a mandatory component of everything they do, but normal people (of all generations) don't want politics in EVERYTHING they do. Alas one of the greatest passions a person can have is corrupted.
Two, when the anti-male spin on this Stasi "code of conduct" policy is combined with:
the increasing trend of false rape accusations among the millennial girls
AND
the loosening standards as to what constitutes sexual harassment
AND
the outright threat to involve law enforcement (though I've NEVER seen ANY dance scene come to that!)
it not only puts men in a very grey area, it's enough to send most running for the hills! And the reason is very simple -
No matter WHAT people say, no matter what dancers claim, men learn ballroom dancing to meet, date, get with, court, kiss, hug, fuck, marry (or any combination thereof) women.
Men can act all platonic, holier-than-thou, and eunuch-y they want. In then end ballroom dancing has been, currently is, and always will be primarily a means to meet the opposite sex. But if you're going to lay land mines around for men, making an already challenging challenge more challenging, don't be surprised if men with options don't show up and there's a dearth of leads.
Alas, I believe the introduction of social justice warriors to ballroom dancing will not only break the ballroom dance scene life cycle, but permanently leave it at where it stands today (I'll leave it to my readers to see what I spy with my little eye). The swing dance scene will never recoup its former 1990's greatness. The salsa scene will never see again it's '00's sizzle. Like a supernova being the last stage of a star's life cycle, the social justice warriors swarming around the jettisoned carcass of a once-vibrant ballroom dance scene is its last and PERMANENT stage in life.
Ergo, I suggest no man look for love, romance, sex, or courtship in today's dance scene (unless it's COMPLETELY void of any politics and social justice warrioring). Instead, I strongly recommend you use it to learn how to dance in anticipation of meeting a non-leftst, non-SJW marriage-material woman outside the dance scene who will actually deserve your dancing skills and talents....but if your skills happen to get you laid at a wedding where you're the only ballroom dancer...so be it.
_________________________________________
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Books
Amazon Affiliate
Sunday, October 09, 2016
Trump Wants to Fuck Women and Talks Like a Guy
My thoughts were already, thankfully, written by somebody else.
I'll say it again:
I'd rather have a truthful sinner
Than a lying saint.
I'll say it again:
I'd rather have a truthful sinner
Than a lying saint.
Saturday, October 08, 2016
Episode #168 of The Clarey Podcast!
First Red Pill Album by JR Guerra. Music intro.
Cappy discovers the greatest advancement in motorcycling
Ernst and Young ignoring degrees.
Dragon's Tail and Raleigh.
Conservatives make horrible entrepreneurs.
How to legally fuck with the Sheriff?
AND MORE!!!
In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Cappy discovers the greatest advancement in motorcycling
Ernst and Young ignoring degrees.
Dragon's Tail and Raleigh.
Conservatives make horrible entrepreneurs.
How to legally fuck with the Sheriff?
AND MORE!!!
In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Friday, October 07, 2016
Informal Washington DC Meetup
Howdy All,
Will be making my way north from North Carolina to DC and will be having an informal meet up on Sunday.
McGinty's in Silver Spring Maryland.
Sunday
8PM
Be there and be square.
Cappy
Will be making my way north from North Carolina to DC and will be having an informal meet up on Sunday.
McGinty's in Silver Spring Maryland.
Sunday
8PM
Be there and be square.
Cappy
Thursday, October 06, 2016
When Feminism Jumped the Shark
Why does Laura Parson have a job? Seriously. If this is what she is paid for, by North Dakotan (and likely) federal tax dollars, why does she have a job?
Comparing Economic Penis Sizes for Socialists
Though I've largely given up on trying to convince people about the realities of economics with reason, evidence, empiricism, and logic, for my own personal sake I like to check in on various countries to see which economic models are working. And today I decided I'd check in on the left's favorite exception to the "Socialism Kills Nearly Everything" rule - the Scandinavian model.
To be honest, I was expecting their average economic growth to be slightly better than the US. This was in part because of our pathetic economic growth rate (which does not beat population growth) and Norway's oil (which would not only pull up their average, but is also the single most convenient fact about Scandinavian socialism leftists purposely ignore). But I was surprised to see the left's favorite economic children not even being able to beat the US's already pathetic economic growth:
It should be noted (and the left is already tripping over their organic coffees to point this out) that Sweden is the only country to average a growth rate above 2% (perhaps rape is good for economic growth after all). But that exception considered, the Scandinavian model looks pretty, well, horrible. They're only averaging around a 1% economic growth rate, a rate that is not going to help maintain/realize their socialist utopias, and only 60% their evil capitalist US counterpart.
But before we start breaking out American flags, chanting "USA," smugly assuming this is a point for capitalism, you have to step back and realize...
1. The US is NOT a capitalist nation, but is by all measures a mixed economy model like our Scandinavian counterparts and
2. The above economic growth rates, even Sweden's, still suck.
In short, we're doing a "who's got the biggest economic dick contest" amongst the smallest-dicked economies in the world - socialist ones.
Any visit to the OECD will show there are countries who are much more capitalist than the US and it's socialist sisters. You will also find out these countries have economic growth rates averaging around 4%, 5% even 9%, doubling, tripling, even quintupling the left's lazy economic growth. Russia, China, South Korea, the Baltics, even Mexico, all posting economic growth rates the United States used to.
I've done a much more thorough economic analysis of this, and this development is nothing new or shocking. Lazy people who live and parasite off of a dwindling productive class will result in slowing, and inevitably, contracting economic growth. The government by it's nature doesn't produce anything of value, and as more and more people view it as a source of income, or even employment, any country that pursues this economic policy will end. This isn't opinion, this isn't biased "right wing talk," it's merely pointing out simple economic realities.
Of course, the real problem the West has is not economic, but psychological. We've raised three full generations who are so ignorant and stupid, they actually think they have a right to do whatever they want and food, clothing, and shelter will magically fall out of the sky.
And it will for a time.
But understand this economic "manna from the heavens" is simply other people's work and production being forcefully redistributed by the government. And once the parasitic class out-consumes the productive ability of the productive class, that spigot will be turned off.
And then the real fun begins!
Enjoy the decline!
To be honest, I was expecting their average economic growth to be slightly better than the US. This was in part because of our pathetic economic growth rate (which does not beat population growth) and Norway's oil (which would not only pull up their average, but is also the single most convenient fact about Scandinavian socialism leftists purposely ignore). But I was surprised to see the left's favorite economic children not even being able to beat the US's already pathetic economic growth:
It should be noted (and the left is already tripping over their organic coffees to point this out) that Sweden is the only country to average a growth rate above 2% (perhaps rape is good for economic growth after all). But that exception considered, the Scandinavian model looks pretty, well, horrible. They're only averaging around a 1% economic growth rate, a rate that is not going to help maintain/realize their socialist utopias, and only 60% their evil capitalist US counterpart.
But before we start breaking out American flags, chanting "USA," smugly assuming this is a point for capitalism, you have to step back and realize...
1. The US is NOT a capitalist nation, but is by all measures a mixed economy model like our Scandinavian counterparts and
2. The above economic growth rates, even Sweden's, still suck.
In short, we're doing a "who's got the biggest economic dick contest" amongst the smallest-dicked economies in the world - socialist ones.
Any visit to the OECD will show there are countries who are much more capitalist than the US and it's socialist sisters. You will also find out these countries have economic growth rates averaging around 4%, 5% even 9%, doubling, tripling, even quintupling the left's lazy economic growth. Russia, China, South Korea, the Baltics, even Mexico, all posting economic growth rates the United States used to.
I've done a much more thorough economic analysis of this, and this development is nothing new or shocking. Lazy people who live and parasite off of a dwindling productive class will result in slowing, and inevitably, contracting economic growth. The government by it's nature doesn't produce anything of value, and as more and more people view it as a source of income, or even employment, any country that pursues this economic policy will end. This isn't opinion, this isn't biased "right wing talk," it's merely pointing out simple economic realities.
Of course, the real problem the West has is not economic, but psychological. We've raised three full generations who are so ignorant and stupid, they actually think they have a right to do whatever they want and food, clothing, and shelter will magically fall out of the sky.
And it will for a time.
But understand this economic "manna from the heavens" is simply other people's work and production being forcefully redistributed by the government. And once the parasitic class out-consumes the productive ability of the productive class, that spigot will be turned off.
And then the real fun begins!
Enjoy the decline!
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Can Men Out-Compete the Government for Women?
A better question is "Meh, if it's come to that, would you want to?"
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
Raleigh Meet Up - Cigars and Booze!
Greetings Lieutenants, Economists, and Agents in the Field!
If you happen to be in the Raleigh area going to have a meet up at the Angus Barn's "Wild Turkey Lounge" where we can smoke cigars and drink booze. 730PM, Wednesday. If you happen to be in town stop on by and saw howdy!
If you happen to be in the Raleigh area going to have a meet up at the Angus Barn's "Wild Turkey Lounge" where we can smoke cigars and drink booze. 730PM, Wednesday. If you happen to be in town stop on by and saw howdy!
Monday, October 03, 2016
Why Donald Trump is Doomed to Fail
I had just finished a nerd-econo-blogger-podcaster conference in Cincinnati. It was a great time full of booze, poker, philosophy, economics, and all the stuff that makes for the rare addictive fix intelligent people crave. And while there was general consensus among this meeting of the minds, there was one issue where I was the odd man out.
Hope.
Hope for what?
Hope for the future of America, specifically through Donald Trump.
The reason I was in the single-person minority was because my colleagues genuinely believed that not only is there a chance America can be saved from a Soviet-esque 75 year nightmare, but Donald Trump is going to win the election. They would talk about "what needs to be done" or would start off sentences with "we need to do XXX" as if this Titanic was salvageable. Some even made the (rightful) argument that America, freedom, and liberty were the most noble of causes worth fighting for no matter what the odds.
I was certainly on their side and took no issue as to what "should be" in this world, but where I differed with the consensus was in the realm of practicality. I just don't live in "Shoulda Land."
Ergo, given their majority opinion is likely a good proxy for fellow libertarian, conservative, and freedom-lovers' opinions, I wanted to make the argument why I believe Donald Trump not only will fail, but is doomed to fail. And the reasons are two.
First, despite all of The Don's charisma and refreshingly blunt talk, one has to remember the re-election of Barack Obama. A veritable socialist who FAILED MISERABLY to get the economy moving again, I was convinced any self-respecting American would vote his incompetent ass out of office. Leftist or not, minority or not, male or female, people would realize he not only failed to live up to (unrealistic) expectations, but only worsened the long term financial stability of the US. You throw in Obamacare and I truly thought American would wake the f*ck up and vote him out.
They did not.
And what that taught me was that not only can a conservative never win the presidency ever again with 15% (and increasing) of our population being minorities (who tribalistically vote for socialism), but too high a percent of the population (including whites) are wedded to a socialist ideology to such a zealous level their emotions have totally eclipsed any intelligent thinking they're capable off.
The second, and iron-clad reason The Don is not the second coming of Ronald Reagan, is a variable I'm shockingly surprised nobody has brought up or thought of before.
Congress.
Perhaps it's because I remember the Jesse Ventura administration, but the executive branch does not stand alone. This isn't a monarchy, it's a democracy. And the executive branch (gubernatorial or presidential) has to deal with a legislature. And the legislature, BOTH republican and democrats hate Trump.
This is the real reason any discussion about "President Trump," let alone the "saving of America" is moot and a waste of time. I'm sure people are very excited to see the first non-politician get nominated for a major political party's presidential ticket. And as I drive further south past the Mason Dixon line, it becomes increasingly more apparent. But even if he does get elected...
So what?
You think congress is going to work with him to actually improve things? I, sadly, predict this will go down very much like a Jesse Ventura administration and nothing long term, fundamental, nor genuinely hopeful will come of it.
The truth is minorities are too brainwashed, people are too stupid, and congress is too corrupt to "get the government the WWII generation deserves." And while I know there may be some hope, perhaps wishful thinking, in the end you not only have to financially and physically prepare yourself for a decline with silver, guns, and overseas investments, you need to prepare yourself mentally for what's about to come.
Alas, I suggest you learn to enjoy the decline.
Hope.
Hope for what?
Hope for the future of America, specifically through Donald Trump.
The reason I was in the single-person minority was because my colleagues genuinely believed that not only is there a chance America can be saved from a Soviet-esque 75 year nightmare, but Donald Trump is going to win the election. They would talk about "what needs to be done" or would start off sentences with "we need to do XXX" as if this Titanic was salvageable. Some even made the (rightful) argument that America, freedom, and liberty were the most noble of causes worth fighting for no matter what the odds.
I was certainly on their side and took no issue as to what "should be" in this world, but where I differed with the consensus was in the realm of practicality. I just don't live in "Shoulda Land."
Ergo, given their majority opinion is likely a good proxy for fellow libertarian, conservative, and freedom-lovers' opinions, I wanted to make the argument why I believe Donald Trump not only will fail, but is doomed to fail. And the reasons are two.
First, despite all of The Don's charisma and refreshingly blunt talk, one has to remember the re-election of Barack Obama. A veritable socialist who FAILED MISERABLY to get the economy moving again, I was convinced any self-respecting American would vote his incompetent ass out of office. Leftist or not, minority or not, male or female, people would realize he not only failed to live up to (unrealistic) expectations, but only worsened the long term financial stability of the US. You throw in Obamacare and I truly thought American would wake the f*ck up and vote him out.
They did not.
And what that taught me was that not only can a conservative never win the presidency ever again with 15% (and increasing) of our population being minorities (who tribalistically vote for socialism), but too high a percent of the population (including whites) are wedded to a socialist ideology to such a zealous level their emotions have totally eclipsed any intelligent thinking they're capable off.
The second, and iron-clad reason The Don is not the second coming of Ronald Reagan, is a variable I'm shockingly surprised nobody has brought up or thought of before.
Congress.
Perhaps it's because I remember the Jesse Ventura administration, but the executive branch does not stand alone. This isn't a monarchy, it's a democracy. And the executive branch (gubernatorial or presidential) has to deal with a legislature. And the legislature, BOTH republican and democrats hate Trump.
This is the real reason any discussion about "President Trump," let alone the "saving of America" is moot and a waste of time. I'm sure people are very excited to see the first non-politician get nominated for a major political party's presidential ticket. And as I drive further south past the Mason Dixon line, it becomes increasingly more apparent. But even if he does get elected...
So what?
You think congress is going to work with him to actually improve things? I, sadly, predict this will go down very much like a Jesse Ventura administration and nothing long term, fundamental, nor genuinely hopeful will come of it.
The truth is minorities are too brainwashed, people are too stupid, and congress is too corrupt to "get the government the WWII generation deserves." And while I know there may be some hope, perhaps wishful thinking, in the end you not only have to financially and physically prepare yourself for a decline with silver, guns, and overseas investments, you need to prepare yourself mentally for what's about to come.
Alas, I suggest you learn to enjoy the decline.
Sunday, October 02, 2016
Episode #169 of The Clarey Podcast
Clarey hates the Susan G. Komen Foundation almost as much as he hates breast cancer.
Kentucky may beat Wyoming for dumbest state.
Somalis get free rent in Minneapolis so they can travel home.
Health insurance premiums going up in Minnesota.
Cappy visits the first KFC.
AND MORE
In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Kentucky may beat Wyoming for dumbest state.
Somalis get free rent in Minneapolis so they can travel home.
Health insurance premiums going up in Minnesota.
Cappy visits the first KFC.
AND MORE
In THIS EPISODE of The Clarey Podcast!
Cappy's Kentucky Knoxville Adventure
Greetings Lieutenants!
Just a couple of pictures from my ride from Cincinnati to Knoxville, TN.
This is the FIRST and ORIGINAL Kentucky Fried Chicken.
There's kind of a mural to the Colonel.
That is downtown Knoxville.
And if you're lucky you'll get to have dinner with Dr. Helen and Dr. Glenn of PJMedia and Men on Strike fame.
Just a couple of pictures from my ride from Cincinnati to Knoxville, TN.
This is the FIRST and ORIGINAL Kentucky Fried Chicken.
There's kind of a mural to the Colonel.
That is downtown Knoxville.
And if you're lucky you'll get to have dinner with Dr. Helen and Dr. Glenn of PJMedia and Men on Strike fame.
Saturday, October 01, 2016
Saturday Night Geek Out with the Bechtloff
He's streaming live now, but if you are listening to this post broadcast his rant against the Beatles is epic.
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