Pretty Good Essay Floating Around Again Today

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

Nice view into what a brain looks like before they go full gimp.

Opioid of the Masses (From 2016)

To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis, and the eventual comedown will be harsh.

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What J. D. Vance Once Knew

Ten years ago, the vice president wrote that one day, voters would realize the truth about Donald Trump. That day has now arrived.

www.theatlantic.com

“During this election season, it appears that many Americans have reached for a new pain reliever,” Vance wrote. “It too, promises a quick escape from life’s cares, an easy solution to the mounting social problems of U.S. communities and culture. It demands nothing and requires little more than a modest presence and maybe a few enablers. It enters minds, not through lungs or veins, but through eyes and ears, and its name is Donald Trump.”

“What Trump offers is an easy escape from the pain,” Vance wrote. “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution. He can bring jobs back simply by punishing offshoring companies into submission. As he told a New Hampshire crowd—folks all too familiar with the opioid scourge—he can cure the addiction epidemic by building a Mexican wall and keeping the cartels out. He will spare the United States from humiliation and military defeat with indiscriminate bombing. It doesn’t matter that no credible military leader has endorsed his plan. He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.”

He added: “Trump is cultural heroin. He makes some feel better for a bit. But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it.”

 

[The_Joker13_rivals]

It’s completely anecdotal, but I have noticed a significant decrease in MAGA dipsh i ts posting pro Trump garbage on social media. Only the most weak minded of the MAGA crowd still continues to spread the lies it seems.

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

It’s completely anecdotal, but I have noticed a significant decrease in MAGA dipsh i ts posting pro Trump garbage on social media. Only the most weak minded of the MAGA crowd still continues to spread the lies it seems.

I don’t see how anyone could possibly look at themselves in the mirror again and see the light after acquiescing to such obvious weakness disguised as strength, let alone submitting to such small minded ideology. But maybe you’re right and they’re waking up a little.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

“Bring out the gimp.”

-Zed, Pulp Fiction (1994)

 

[jimneffer]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

this would be a lot better if it wasn't posted in defense of someone who's entire political brand is criticizing and insulting others.

 

[fatpiggy]

this would be a lot better if it wasn't posted in defense of someone who's entire political brand is criticizing and insulting others.

You sound like a whiner

 

[jimneffer]

You sound like a whiner

new rivals board...same dumb, pointless responses

 

[alaskanseminole]

You sound like a whiner

An tactful response sans name-calling, foul language, insults and deflection strikes you as "whinning?"

Tell us you've not been brainwashed without actually telling us.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

It’s completely anecdotal, but I have noticed a significant decrease in MAGA dipsh i ts posting pro Trump garbage on social media. Only the most weak minded of the MAGA crowd still continues to spread the lies it seems.

Or bots... lots and lots of bots.

 

[tarheelbybirth1]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

 

[Palmerhawk]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

I would love to get Teddy's take on trump, or better yet would love to see teddy confront trump in the arena rhetorically or physically.

Seriously, can you imagine trump authoring a paragraph like this one from teddy?

Trump has the vocabulary and creativity of a rock.

Trust-busting teddy would make short work of trump in every way possible.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

Love the quote.

Roosevelt would have kicked Trump’s a$$ for being a whiny little bitсh who is always playing the victim card and blaming others.

 

[lucas80]

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

- Teddy Roosevelt

"To announce that there be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public".

Teddy Roosevelt - 1918

 

[LiveFreeOrDie97]

Love the quote.

Roosevelt would have kicked Trump’s a$$ for being a whiny little bitсh who is always playing the victim card and blaming others.

I’d pay good money to watch a live stream of the orange lard hike up to Glacier Point where Teddy and Muir had their summit. Good chance some plaque would break loose too for an added bonus.

 

[lucas80]

TR was a good president. It isn't shocking that a dipshit failure of a president like Trump would try and cling to TR like he's the modern day equivalent. I'm pretty sure there were stories floating around a week or two about some giant banner at one of the agencies falsely attributing a quote to TR.