The main problem with recognizing one's limitations is to first be able to acknowledge that you have limitations. Biden feels that there is nothing wrong with him and he states that constantly when questioned about his abilities.
That brief video clip says a lot Anyone who sees the blank, puzzled and uneasy look on Biden's face, as well as his statement making clear that his handlers are in charge, will surely let go of any remaining thought that he's still capable of 'leading'.
Yes, he should step down, and/or his handlers should force that; but as others ask, 'Then what?". No one the Party's controllers would be willing to substitute would represent the interests of citizens- that would be too revolutionary. And so, if we're going to have a stuffed suit, vacuous figurehead/ puppet in the White House, perhaps the only reason one might hope the Party would ditch Biden is that the (presumably younger) substitute might actually have a fighting chance against Trump.
Here, I'll just say what I've said for the previous 2 Presidential elections: I can't be disappointed at ANY outcome because, short of a miraculous win by Stein (for whom I'll likely vote), I'm sure to be unhappy in either case as the war machine will continue to eat everyone's lunch and supper, as they 'kill ... Kill ...KILL !''
(with thx to Arlo Guthrie's, 'Alice's Restaurant'.
The country is so screwed up now, and we need somebody to straighten it out...! Is the answer Jesus? Mans got to know his limitations. Dr. Jill will never say step down. I heard she loves the power & prestige too much. As I said before as long as he has a palpable pulse they're putting him out there. But.., truthfully & brutally honest here I wouldn't even consider to let him in his current state watch over my daughter's, let alone the Countries state of affairs, and thankfully they are grown.
He'd be well advised to have a rousing full of Vim & Vigor "State of he Union Address" this Evening March 7th. with well defined goals, or this could be his last..! And.., he's got the whole world watchng-- he needs to hit it out of the Park!!!
Ole Joe did alright for this Lifelong Dem. fiery & fiesty! For the life of me as a apolitical person I squarely can't figure out why anyone would want to enter in a quest for political power nowadays, I'd take my old Walking Stick and keep on walking forever, but that's my opin. only! As a public servant Firefighter, and Veteran I was honored to serve, but Politics thankyou very much I'll pass on that. We all have to find through our limited time here in life what truly matters in this life for us...! Then takes the steps/ measures to realize it. Modern America has some serious problems obviously but none are insurmountable IMHO write letters, witness, do your part in any way, or any small way only you know how you can.
I have no sympathy for genocide Joe. Like LBJ he should not seek a second term....an open Convention is what the Dems need. Open to all so see...no behind close door sausage making. We should be part of the process not subjects to it.
The Rise of The “UNCOMMITTED”: A First step toward making “None Of These Candidates” an option on every ballot for every federal election in 2024?
In Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday, voters in eight States had the option of either directly voting for ~ or writing in ~ “Uncommitted or “No Preference” as their way of loudly protesting the “choices” that the Democratic Party had given them as to who the next President of the United States should be.
Here is how “Uncommitted” [Unc] and “No Preference” [NP] did in those eight States:
STATE VOTES PCT.
North Carolina
NP 88,021 12.7%
Massachusetts
NP 8,817 9.3%
Colorado
Unc Delegate 50,134 8.8%
Minnesota
Unc 45,914 18.9%
Alabama
Unc 11,213 6.0%
Tennessee
Unc 10,461 7.8%
Iowa
Unc 480 3.9%
Vermont
Unc 0 0.0%
This followed the Democratic primary in Michigan last month when more than 100,000 voters cast their ballot for “Uncommitted,” primarily in protest of the Biden administration’s support of Israel in its War against Palestine.
The important ~ in fact critical ~ point here is not how many votes "Unc" or "NP" received, but the fact that the people who cast their vote that way sent a much, much louder, clearer, stronger, and more vital and vibrant message to the “powers-that-be” than they possibly could have by staying home, and not voting at all,
Conclusion: If Voters are getting fed up enough to vote Against all the candidates that their Party is offering them for “choices” in primaries by being and voting “Uncommitted,” how soon will they be fed up enough with America’s whole system of politics, government, and governance ~ and the people running it ~ to vote “None Of These Candidates” in every federal election in 2024?
There is no way that Genocide Joe will be on the ticket. Get ready for a brokered Democratic convention in August. Biden will be "stepping aside" due to "health concerns." The problem for the Dems: No Plan B. The shadow campaign wheels have already started turning: Newsome? Whitmer? Booker? Klobuchar? Come on, give me a break.
I even heard a CBS analyst on the radio last night say, when asked for a November prediction, that Michelle Obama will be the Dems likely pick. We are so screwed.
The DNC should get Biden to step aside. But they won't because winning is all that matters to them even if Biden goes full into dementia. This to them is "saving democracy". These are the people who rule us. It's just sickening.
Lisa Savage's Substack post today ~ "State Of The False Dichotomy Address Is A New Low, Even For Biden" ~ lists some of the mis-, dis-, and mal-information contained in Biden's State of The Union speech, with links that show just exactly how much Bullshit Comatose/Genocide Joe was trying to pass off as Information. [ https://went2thebridge.substack.com/p/state-of-the-false-dichotomy-address ]
As i noted here on BV earlier: It is hard to tell who is least qualified to be the next President of the United States: Biden or Trump. When it comes to being Purveyors of The Lie, they are running neck and neck.
Having read and re-read Biden’s State of The Union address [while keeping a barf bag close at hand], one can only ask: Which of the two is less qualified to be the next President of the United States, Biden or Trump?
And after reading Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s official Republican response to Biden’s logorrhea [with a different barf bag standing by]: If there actually is an election in November, anybody who votes for either Trump or Biden to be that next President will get exactly what they deserve.
As such, we demand, we need, we hunger and thirst for, we live and die by Answers. And not Questions.
We depend ~for our livelihood and wellbeing, for our sanity and security, for our sense of our Self and the Real ~ we depend on the expert, the anchorman, the spokesperson, talk show host, blog spot influencer, reliable source, and, ultimately, The Leader [or Hero, Savior, or Guru] who provides us with All the Answers.
That way, we can make an immediate determination as to whether or not his or her Answers agree with ours. And, if they don't, then, without having to bother with the process of thinking, we can dismiss her or his Answers out of hand and continue our search for The Answers that agree with Ours.
A curious people indeed....
A gnome, a pitiable creature of sorts, stopped looking for the right Answers to The Terror Event of September 11 when he realized exactly how ready and able the government and its media were lo provide exactly those Answers.
So instead, he chose to focus on finding the right Questions. That happened on the morning of September 12. And that happened again with Saddam's WMDs in 2003, the 2008 financial "¢risi$," The COVID Event, January 6, Ukraine, and most recently, Palestine.
Because, he reasoned, if You can ask the right Questions, you will ultimately get to The Truth. Because out of the right Questions The Truth must inevitably emerge.
If, on the other hand, Your focus is on finding the right Answers, all you can get are the Answers You were looking for in the first place.
And what You will get are the Answers that the AnswerMan on the White Horse intends for You to embrace.
If the consensus is that Biden in over his head, suffering from the effects of his advanced age, and - most importantly in this comment - merely mouthing and following the directives of shadowy, behind-the-scenes handlers and shot-callers, is it licit to label him "Genocide Joe"?
I think the key word is complicit. Biden has long been a fanatic in his support of Israel. A Zionist. So in this case his personal views align with those of his handlers. He is complicit in the genocide, therefore "Genocide Joe" doesn't seem too strong to me.
Based on what the United States has inflicted on this Planet over the last 22+ years since 9/11, is calling America a "Genocide Nation" too strong a term?
And what does that make The American Peoples, who have gone completely along ~ without any hesitation or equivocation ~ with first "The Forever War," and now Cold War II turning hot with America's proxy wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and soon, in East Asia?
Are the American Peoples as "complicit" as any elected politician, entrenched bureaucrat, or anointed political appointee in DC for what has happened to this Nation and on this Planet since September 11?
And if that is the case, when the US is brought before an International War Crimes Tribunal, will those same American Peoples be among those charged with, tried for, and convicted of those War Crimes?
And to be quite candid, Bill: i'm more surprised than sorry that You regard all my questions as "badgering."
i would have thought that ~ at least for a professional historian and professor of history ~ there is no such thing as a stupid question. Apparently there is.
Especially when they are considered not an attempt to gain knowledge, but as a means of harassing or "badgering."
Anyhow, I'm not opposed to questions. But I think a comment that contains five or ten questions, as quasi-challenges, is a tiresome technique. I prefer people to make comments.
It's the comment section, not the question section.
Based on my experience in the Army, Bill ~ including 2 years in Vietnam, 2 years in the pre-OPERATION DESERT STORM Middle East, and almost 6 years as a Senior NCO assigned to the Army’s Office of the Inspector General ~ i found that the only “stupid questions” were the ones not asked because, more often than not, of a fear of looking, well, “stupid.”
Or because the person that didn’t ask the question assumed that he already knew the answer. In Vietnam in particular, i saw a number of GIs killed or maimed because nobody in the chain of command had the balls to ask what apparently seemed to them to be a “stupid question.” Usually because they thought their commander or leader thought it was a stupid question.
Also, based on my experience as a Coastal, Offshore and High Seas Sailor ~ across the Atlantic Ocean twice, the Gulf of Mexico seven times, and up the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Seward, Alaska ~ i KNOW there are no stupid questions when it comes to sailboats, gear and equipment, sail handling, and weather. Especially when You are several hundreds of miles from land.
i think Carl Sagan said it best in his book THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD: Science As A Candle In The Dark:
“There are naïve questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION."
i’m sorry You find all my questions to be “tiresome quasi-challenges” Bill. But no longer surprised. From now on, i will refrain from asking any questions, and just make assertions. And will respond to anybody who challenges my assertions with more assertions.
As an example, here is a re-write of that Comment Full of Questions that launched this whole conversation:
Based on what the United States has perpetrated, perpetuated, and thus inflicted on this Planet over the last 22+ years since 9/11, calling America a "Genocide Nation" is not too strong a term.
That makes The American Peoples, who have gone completely along ~ without any hesitation or equivocation ~ with first "The Forever War," and now Cold War II turning hot with America's proxy wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and soon, in East Asia ~ that makes The American Peoples COMPLICIT in all that 22+ years of perpetration, perpetuation, and infliction.
The American Peoples are as complicit as any and every elected politician, entrenched bureaucrat, or anointed political appointee in DC for what has happened to this Nation and on this Planet since September 11.
That being the case, when the US is brought before an International War Crimes Tribunal, those same American Peoples should be charged with and tried for Complicity in the commission of those War Crimes.
Like i said earlier, Bill: If anybody here at BV is not completely clear as to what my views and positions are about Anything, please let me know, and i will show exactly where i have very clearly and explicitly stated them.
And "nobody likes to be badgered with questions," indeed. Especially questions for which they have no answers.
The main problem with recognizing one's limitations is to first be able to acknowledge that you have limitations. Biden feels that there is nothing wrong with him and he states that constantly when questioned about his abilities.
Yes, that's true. Friends, family, trusted colleagues, etc. need to step in and tell him it's time to step aside.
Agree that he should step aside. However, who will take his place?
To be determined at the Democratic convention this summer.
That brief video clip says a lot Anyone who sees the blank, puzzled and uneasy look on Biden's face, as well as his statement making clear that his handlers are in charge, will surely let go of any remaining thought that he's still capable of 'leading'.
Yes, he should step down, and/or his handlers should force that; but as others ask, 'Then what?". No one the Party's controllers would be willing to substitute would represent the interests of citizens- that would be too revolutionary. And so, if we're going to have a stuffed suit, vacuous figurehead/ puppet in the White House, perhaps the only reason one might hope the Party would ditch Biden is that the (presumably younger) substitute might actually have a fighting chance against Trump.
Here, I'll just say what I've said for the previous 2 Presidential elections: I can't be disappointed at ANY outcome because, short of a miraculous win by Stein (for whom I'll likely vote), I'm sure to be unhappy in either case as the war machine will continue to eat everyone's lunch and supper, as they 'kill ... Kill ...KILL !''
(with thx to Arlo Guthrie's, 'Alice's Restaurant'.
The country is so screwed up now, and we need somebody to straighten it out...! Is the answer Jesus? Mans got to know his limitations. Dr. Jill will never say step down. I heard she loves the power & prestige too much. As I said before as long as he has a palpable pulse they're putting him out there. But.., truthfully & brutally honest here I wouldn't even consider to let him in his current state watch over my daughter's, let alone the Countries state of affairs, and thankfully they are grown.
He'd be well advised to have a rousing full of Vim & Vigor "State of he Union Address" this Evening March 7th. with well defined goals, or this could be his last..! And.., he's got the whole world watchng-- he needs to hit it out of the Park!!!
Ole Joe did alright for this Lifelong Dem. fiery & fiesty! For the life of me as a apolitical person I squarely can't figure out why anyone would want to enter in a quest for political power nowadays, I'd take my old Walking Stick and keep on walking forever, but that's my opin. only! As a public servant Firefighter, and Veteran I was honored to serve, but Politics thankyou very much I'll pass on that. We all have to find through our limited time here in life what truly matters in this life for us...! Then takes the steps/ measures to realize it. Modern America has some serious problems obviously but none are insurmountable IMHO write letters, witness, do your part in any way, or any small way only you know how you can.
I have no sympathy for genocide Joe. Like LBJ he should not seek a second term....an open Convention is what the Dems need. Open to all so see...no behind close door sausage making. We should be part of the process not subjects to it.
The Rise of The “UNCOMMITTED”: A First step toward making “None Of These Candidates” an option on every ballot for every federal election in 2024?
In Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday, voters in eight States had the option of either directly voting for ~ or writing in ~ “Uncommitted or “No Preference” as their way of loudly protesting the “choices” that the Democratic Party had given them as to who the next President of the United States should be.
Here is how “Uncommitted” [Unc] and “No Preference” [NP] did in those eight States:
STATE VOTES PCT.
North Carolina
NP 88,021 12.7%
Massachusetts
NP 8,817 9.3%
Colorado
Unc Delegate 50,134 8.8%
Minnesota
Unc 45,914 18.9%
Alabama
Unc 11,213 6.0%
Tennessee
Unc 10,461 7.8%
Iowa
Unc 480 3.9%
Vermont
Unc 0 0.0%
This followed the Democratic primary in Michigan last month when more than 100,000 voters cast their ballot for “Uncommitted,” primarily in protest of the Biden administration’s support of Israel in its War against Palestine.
[ For details, see https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-uncommitted-vote-protests-states-map. ]
The important ~ in fact critical ~ point here is not how many votes "Unc" or "NP" received, but the fact that the people who cast their vote that way sent a much, much louder, clearer, stronger, and more vital and vibrant message to the “powers-that-be” than they possibly could have by staying home, and not voting at all,
Conclusion: If Voters are getting fed up enough to vote Against all the candidates that their Party is offering them for “choices” in primaries by being and voting “Uncommitted,” how soon will they be fed up enough with America’s whole system of politics, government, and governance ~ and the people running it ~ to vote “None Of These Candidates” in every federal election in 2024?
There is only one way to find out.
If the definition of insanity is "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results" , does that mean that the voters are "insane"?
There is no way that Genocide Joe will be on the ticket. Get ready for a brokered Democratic convention in August. Biden will be "stepping aside" due to "health concerns." The problem for the Dems: No Plan B. The shadow campaign wheels have already started turning: Newsome? Whitmer? Booker? Klobuchar? Come on, give me a break.
I even heard a CBS analyst on the radio last night say, when asked for a November prediction, that Michelle Obama will be the Dems likely pick. We are so screwed.
The DNC should get Biden to step aside. But they won't because winning is all that matters to them even if Biden goes full into dementia. This to them is "saving democracy". These are the people who rule us. It's just sickening.
Keep hoping for the moment when they push him out.
Lisa Savage's Substack post today ~ "State Of The False Dichotomy Address Is A New Low, Even For Biden" ~ lists some of the mis-, dis-, and mal-information contained in Biden's State of The Union speech, with links that show just exactly how much Bullshit Comatose/Genocide Joe was trying to pass off as Information. [ https://went2thebridge.substack.com/p/state-of-the-false-dichotomy-address ]
As i noted here on BV earlier: It is hard to tell who is least qualified to be the next President of the United States: Biden or Trump. When it comes to being Purveyors of The Lie, they are running neck and neck.
Having read and re-read Biden’s State of The Union address [while keeping a barf bag close at hand], one can only ask: Which of the two is less qualified to be the next President of the United States, Biden or Trump?
And after reading Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s official Republican response to Biden’s logorrhea [with a different barf bag standing by]: If there actually is an election in November, anybody who votes for either Trump or Biden to be that next President will get exactly what they deserve.
Note: Transcript of Biden’s blather is at https://apnews.com/article/state-of-union-transcript-biden-2024-e84f5134e5201987eb441629aef5240c . Britt’s rant is at https://www.voanews.com/a/transcript-of-the-republican-response-to-the-state-of-the-union-address/7518938.html .
We Americans are a curious people.
As such, we demand, we need, we hunger and thirst for, we live and die by Answers. And not Questions.
We depend ~for our livelihood and wellbeing, for our sanity and security, for our sense of our Self and the Real ~ we depend on the expert, the anchorman, the spokesperson, talk show host, blog spot influencer, reliable source, and, ultimately, The Leader [or Hero, Savior, or Guru] who provides us with All the Answers.
That way, we can make an immediate determination as to whether or not his or her Answers agree with ours. And, if they don't, then, without having to bother with the process of thinking, we can dismiss her or his Answers out of hand and continue our search for The Answers that agree with Ours.
A curious people indeed....
A gnome, a pitiable creature of sorts, stopped looking for the right Answers to The Terror Event of September 11 when he realized exactly how ready and able the government and its media were lo provide exactly those Answers.
So instead, he chose to focus on finding the right Questions. That happened on the morning of September 12. And that happened again with Saddam's WMDs in 2003, the 2008 financial "¢risi$," The COVID Event, January 6, Ukraine, and most recently, Palestine.
Because, he reasoned, if You can ask the right Questions, you will ultimately get to The Truth. Because out of the right Questions The Truth must inevitably emerge.
If, on the other hand, Your focus is on finding the right Answers, all you can get are the Answers You were looking for in the first place.
And what You will get are the Answers that the AnswerMan on the White Horse intends for You to embrace.
If the consensus is that Biden in over his head, suffering from the effects of his advanced age, and - most importantly in this comment - merely mouthing and following the directives of shadowy, behind-the-scenes handlers and shot-callers, is it licit to label him "Genocide Joe"?
I think the key word is complicit. Biden has long been a fanatic in his support of Israel. A Zionist. So in this case his personal views align with those of his handlers. He is complicit in the genocide, therefore "Genocide Joe" doesn't seem too strong to me.
Based on what the United States has inflicted on this Planet over the last 22+ years since 9/11, is calling America a "Genocide Nation" too strong a term?
And what does that make The American Peoples, who have gone completely along ~ without any hesitation or equivocation ~ with first "The Forever War," and now Cold War II turning hot with America's proxy wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and soon, in East Asia?
Are the American Peoples as "complicit" as any elected politician, entrenched bureaucrat, or anointed political appointee in DC for what has happened to this Nation and on this Planet since September 11?
And if that is the case, when the US is brought before an International War Crimes Tribunal, will those same American Peoples be among those charged with, tried for, and convicted of those War Crimes?
Jeff, please, stop with all the questions. State your own views and positions. No one likes to be badgered with questions.
And to be quite candid, Bill: i'm more surprised than sorry that You regard all my questions as "badgering."
i would have thought that ~ at least for a professional historian and professor of history ~ there is no such thing as a stupid question. Apparently there is.
Especially when they are considered not an attempt to gain knowledge, but as a means of harassing or "badgering."
Don't you think there are stupid questions, Jeff?
Anyhow, I'm not opposed to questions. But I think a comment that contains five or ten questions, as quasi-challenges, is a tiresome technique. I prefer people to make comments.
It's the comment section, not the question section.
Based on my experience in the Army, Bill ~ including 2 years in Vietnam, 2 years in the pre-OPERATION DESERT STORM Middle East, and almost 6 years as a Senior NCO assigned to the Army’s Office of the Inspector General ~ i found that the only “stupid questions” were the ones not asked because, more often than not, of a fear of looking, well, “stupid.”
Or because the person that didn’t ask the question assumed that he already knew the answer. In Vietnam in particular, i saw a number of GIs killed or maimed because nobody in the chain of command had the balls to ask what apparently seemed to them to be a “stupid question.” Usually because they thought their commander or leader thought it was a stupid question.
Also, based on my experience as a Coastal, Offshore and High Seas Sailor ~ across the Atlantic Ocean twice, the Gulf of Mexico seven times, and up the Pacific Coast from San Diego to Seward, Alaska ~ i KNOW there are no stupid questions when it comes to sailboats, gear and equipment, sail handling, and weather. Especially when You are several hundreds of miles from land.
i think Carl Sagan said it best in his book THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD: Science As A Candle In The Dark:
“There are naïve questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION."
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question; EMPHASIS added. ]
i’m sorry You find all my questions to be “tiresome quasi-challenges” Bill. But no longer surprised. From now on, i will refrain from asking any questions, and just make assertions. And will respond to anybody who challenges my assertions with more assertions.
As an example, here is a re-write of that Comment Full of Questions that launched this whole conversation:
Based on what the United States has perpetrated, perpetuated, and thus inflicted on this Planet over the last 22+ years since 9/11, calling America a "Genocide Nation" is not too strong a term.
That makes The American Peoples, who have gone completely along ~ without any hesitation or equivocation ~ with first "The Forever War," and now Cold War II turning hot with America's proxy wars in Ukraine, Palestine, and soon, in East Asia ~ that makes The American Peoples COMPLICIT in all that 22+ years of perpetration, perpetuation, and infliction.
The American Peoples are as complicit as any and every elected politician, entrenched bureaucrat, or anointed political appointee in DC for what has happened to this Nation and on this Planet since September 11.
That being the case, when the US is brought before an International War Crimes Tribunal, those same American Peoples should be charged with and tried for Complicity in the commission of those War Crimes.
Like i said earlier, Bill: If anybody here at BV is not completely clear as to what my views and positions are about Anything, please let me know, and i will show exactly where i have very clearly and explicitly stated them.
And "nobody likes to be badgered with questions," indeed. Especially questions for which they have no answers.
It’s either Biden or Trump. Plug your nose and do the right thing. We need to focus on 2028.
We need to survive 2024 before we start focusing on 2028, Ryan.
Pathetic! When will the child watching the emperor showing off his new clothes made of gold cry "Look he is naked"
Thanks Peace, Buzz
Sorry even with my hearing aids turned full blast I can not hear what Biden is saying.
How about sending out as type what he said. Peace! Buzz Davis, Vets for Peace in Tucson
Hi Buzz: All he said was that "I'd better not start the questions--I'll get in trouble."
He was obviously told by his staff not to accept any questions. So, like a good boy, he obeyed the people who are really in charge.