I have studied the absolute best way to take the final journey we all must take. Many different people I knew, who passed during my life, gave me examples. Some were good, some were bad, and some were pretty ugly. I am not happy with any of them, YET.

Probably the least bad way, to go if you got the choice, was the way one of my grandfathers went. The story in the family, and it may not be true, was that he knew he was going, decided to start up the lawnmower and then fell over dead cutting the grass, so my grandmother would not see him die. A neighbor found him. My other grandfather woke up dead in his bed. Not sure that was better, because my other grandmother found him.

I sure as hell do not want to go the way either of my parents went, rotting away in a sick bed for months.

If the massive layoffs and shut downs of '21 did not occur, then Biden's "jobs recovery" would not have been needed.

If the historical spike in inflation had not occurred in '22, Biden "lowering" of the inflation rate would not have been needed.

Trump increased US (thus world) oil production, this lowered the price of oil and the amount OPEC could sell. Energy independence can be defined as being able to supply ones energy needs from domestic sources (ie. not needing to import energy), but apparently you have another definition. Restricting US energy production by Biden had exactly the opposite effect, which Biden foolishly tried to correct not by allowing increased production but by draining the strategic petroleum reserves.

Education was severely set back because the whole concept of remote learning was an under disaster, one which the teacher's unions went to great lengths to drag out as long as possible.

Jobs are also begging to be filled here in the Western Soviet Socialist Republic where I am, mainly due to the fact that the politicians are spending more and more money they don't have, to take care of the ever expanding "needs" of the growing number of people who have decided it isn't worth the effort to even look for a job.

I have no problem with someone who thinks that Biden is a great president who has the country on the right track, I have no doubt you have reasons to believe that. On the other hand, you should acknowledge that other people will have just as many reasons to feel that he is a terrible president that is destroying the country.

Well Blade, the difference between entering Mexico compared to the US you would have to prove since the vast majority of the people trying to get in along our southern border came up from Central and South American and obviously were not only able to cross into Mexico in the south, but were able to traverse across the entire country to our borders. So this point of yours is just BS.

Border walls are appropriate in places, but that is a huge cost, and staffing it would also be huge.

But yes we need to do more both through policy and law and through physical and human infrastructure.

So how do we get congress to act? The President can’t pass his own laws.

If you want to understand things easily, let’s follow the money:

Do you know what the entire budget for the Border Patrol was in 2023? It was a bit over $18 billion.

Do you know what the military budget was?

It was $816.7 billion.

Just think what we could do if for the next five years the Border Patrol budget was increased by $50 billion and the defense budget was reduced by an equal amount.

We just might be able to build all the sections of wall or other deterrence needed and we could at least triple the human component of the wall. Too bad old Trumpy couldn’t get Mexico to build that wall he wanted. Too bad Steve Bannon and his criminal partners didn’t actually use all that money that people donated to them to build the wall, but instead kept much of it for themselves. It doesn’t seem like Trump ever really cared about a wall. It was all for show to get people like you all fired up. Guess it worked.

It takes congress to build a wall. Trump had congress his first two years and did squat. Instead of bitching about it why don’t we elect people that will actually make it happen.

Gosh, you are a failed orange aid gal..


So under Joe the stock market just ended the longest stretch of growth ever, ended yesterday or so... unemployment lowest in 50 years, more jobs created then in any 2 year span, the fastest recovery from the covid down turn in the world, the inflation has gone down for 11 months in a row.. also the best results in the world, do not know where you live, but in Minnesota the jobs are begging and some mfg companies are bringing in refugees to fill the need and providing housing at the same time.. Education was set back more than ever by the secretary of ed put in by the former guy, she did all she could to undermine our education system.. will need much work to fix it.. Several problems converged to make the fossil fuel market overpriced.. one, was trump forcing OPEC+ to cut production for 2 years, and we were never a truly independent energy producer but we may well be in the not so distant future.. the current little bump in gas prices was obvious and well known a few weeks ago when OPEC+ cut production on their own.. so the world moves on, we are looking well but the forces are at work and flux is always happening..

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You most certainly have the wrong slant here. The question is what can the average citizen do to affect the future of the nation? I suggest a few:
1. Become informed on all sides,
2. Vote intelligently not emotionally,
3. Join discussions of the current political scene,
4. Present your political views at every opportunity,
5. Try to bring others to your point of view,
6. Put your congressmen and senators on your mailing list and write them about your opinions,
7. Contribute to worthwhile political organizations.

Or: Stay sitting on the fence, keep your mouth shut, your pen sheathed, and your keyboard silent.