February 3, 2025
LATE EDITION
It's time once again for one of our readers' favorite Paying Attention™ special features (Keep those cards and letters coming in):
Much of our current political
milieu can be traced back to disgraced ex-president Richard Nixon who was
forced to resign as the impeachment noose was tightening around his miserable
neck. Actually, some good things came from President Lemonade. Thanks to Tricky
Dick we got inspectors general – non-partisan watchdogs put in place to protect
the American public from abuses perpetrated by government officials – like Nixon – at all
levels. No one was supposed to be immune from oversight.
Ha!
However, the main
culprit responsible for the descent of American political reality is none other
than the erstwhile costar of Bonzo the Chimp – Ronald Wilson Reagan. His trickle-down,
criminal presidency (and let’s not forget all the Alzheimer’s) set the stage
for today’s decrepit, dishonest and greed-fueled Fascist/Trump Party (nee
Republican).
Douchebag
We bring you this
little tidbit on the heels of Trump’s most recent assault on America. After his
Friday Night Massacre a week ago – firing inspectors general who would not forsake
their oaths to the Constitution in favor of pledging allegiance to Don, and
after this past Friday Night Massacre – firing the leadership of the FBI, along
with all agents there who dared apply the law to the leader of the Jan 6 insurrection
against the government. Again, under cover of the weekend, this past Saturday
night Dictator-On-Day-One Don announced massive tariffs (25%) on Canada and Mexico,
along with a less horrific tariff (10%) on China. The Stock Market, which was
thriving right up to the 2024 election of Don, immediately responded by taking
a further dive. While this is not a real indicator of how most Americans
survive economically, it is only the first sign of the horrors to come.
Martin Mull – Eggs
The main reason Don
got elected – fucking egg prices – has done the exact opposite of improving,
which candidate Don promised he would fix very quickly and easily. “When I win,
I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One”. He also said, “I
won an election based on that. We're going to bring those prices way down”. Of
course, the moment he got in office suddenly insisted it would be very
difficult and not something a president can just fix easily. Everything is
about to get much more expensive as we are now embroiled in a self-inflicted
trade war* – mostly with our allies.
Speaking of eggs,
Don is now planning to ignore the burgeoning bird flu that has already resulted
in the euthanizing of 137 million chickens in this country, over the past two
years, in order to try and stop the spread of the virus which has already spread
across species. Dictator-On-Day-One Don will likely stop allowing the infected
birds to be killed so we can have more (and infected) eggs – just like he
thought that not counting cases of COVID-19 deaths would make the virus less
deadly.
Back to the Great Communicator. As the old saying
goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. In that spirit, here is one of
the few valuable statements to come from old Ronny:
Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies;
they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to
declare a trade war against our friends – weakening
our economy, our national security, and the entire free world – all while
cynically waving the American flag.
Though it was not Eisenhower’s dire warning before
him:
In the councils of government, we must guard against
the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced
power exists and will persist.
Or Biden’s more recent warning:
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of
extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire
democracy, our basic rights and freedom, and a fair shot for everyone to get
ahead.
Don, who insisted ad nauseam that only foreign interests would feel the sting of his idiotic tariffs is now telling Americans that “THERE MAY BE SOME PAIN” coming from his ego-driven, thought-free tariffs that will “BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID” (caps his), and is threatening further tariffs if they dare to retaliate, which all countries involved have already indicated they will do.
Hopefully you’re not reliant on things like food, clothing, shoes, booze, medicines, sporting goods, petroleum, household goods, toys, computers, appliances, cars or other threatened items that will surely be affected by Don’s latest disastrous douchebaggery. Other than that, there should be nothing to fret over.
And, as if all this economic mayhem wasn’t enough, Don has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – two years before his term was to expire. Not necessarily because the CFPB was the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, though that undoubtedly made Don’s move that much sweeter; but more importantly, because – as the name implies – it protects consumers. That is a big no-no for Don and his minions.
Rest assured however, that there will be no pain whatsoever for Don and his filthy, stinkin', blood-stained too-well-to-do buddies wringing their hands and our necks.
The smart money is on this not going well for America or Americans.
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*The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal
said that Don has launched the “dumbest trade war in history”. They/we ain’t
seen nothin’ yet.
Before the electrons had even stabilized on this story, Dictator-On-Day-One Don had to back down from his idiotic threat. Though he claimed to have won concessions from Mexico and Canada, he is as is always the case, full of shit. He backed down. He caved. Surrendered. He’s a loser, a phony, a wimp, a bully without the muscle, who ran away to change his diaper at the first sign of fighting back.
We would be remiss if we did not mention the following: Don is mentally deteriorating man-baby narcissist and an unparalleled moron.
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