As regular readers know, I rarely turn TV volume on, instead getting my input primarily from print media. That way, I can take my time, digest what I read and generally receive far more information as opposed to sound bites, clipped or distorted imagery, and over-talk from biased newsreaders or presenters.
And, best of all, I not only haven’t “heard” a word in any kind of commercial in more than fifteen years, I don’t have to bother hitting the mute button when ad’s come on because there was no sound in the first place. While as far as my wife is concerned, she wears a headset and thus, can listen or not as she pleases.
I mention this again today because although I have no clue as to what the incumbent says when he speaks whereas I keep the sound off, I do occasionally glance at the TV screen. And last evening it occurred to me that he seems to hold his ever-present microphone as if it was some kind of “magic wand,” which led me to thinking that perhaps he actually believes that by waving that thing around his delusional wishes for the nation might really come true.
So, having gone that far in my speculating, I gave the matter some more thought and reached a conclusion again that I’ve mentioned here in the past.
At those times, I remembered an extremely bright man who presided over a world leading financial organization that I was fortunate enough to work for near the start of my career. And in a conversation one afternoon, I rambled on about my expectations for huge successes, sincerely sighting all kinds of positive assumptions. As I progressed in my glowing narrative, my listener stopped me at some point and said something like, “You know, Berkey, (that’s what he often called me) one of the most tragic mistakes a person can make is to truly believe their own BS.”
And, I think, that’s one of the biggest problems on the incumbent’s list among the many others. Because as he talks, and talks, and talks, and talks, about a future that has no rationalistic base, when he waves his microphone around it appears as if by that very action he believes something material's actually being accomplished.
Consequently, perhaps I’ve misread him from the very start and he isn’t really a dedicated socialist who wants to bring the U.S. down to third world status by diluting it’s resources, redistributing its wealth and stripping the assets of those still having any left. Because now I see that perhaps it’s not a political belief to begin with, whereas it might be he’s just a plain nutcase having no agenda whatsoever at all.
That’s it for today folks.
Adios
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