Prior to Pearl Harbor FDR managed to save Great Britain while honouring the letter of his responsibility to act according to the Constitution and the will of the people, as represented in Congress. Reagan did the same for the world: "... Tear down this wall!"
Graham’s word “consequential” and Trump’s claim of being “impactful” don’t address whether the consequences and actions are either positive or negative.
If you use the national polling numbers of Americans that strongly approve or strongly disapprove of Trump’s performance - there is a clear winner between the positive and negative.
Excuse me for making like Robert Smith and jumping someone else’s train…but I always have something to get off my political chest, I mean random thoughts on my beloved Jaywalking in the park…You used to have a colleague over at a formerly estimable political commentary magazine, who also had a talk show in the middle of the a.m. dial. The formerly honorable moralists would refer to North Korea as “the largest concentration camp in the world”…Come to think of it, I cannot remember The D.P. Show railing against the President of the United States shaking hands with the N.K.P.D. Super Commando at the D.M.Z….and unlike Senator Pansy, I mean Lindsey Graham, I have not forgotten about the President’s shitte ng on the graves of over thirty thousand American souls that did not return home sweet home from the disgracefully forgotten war. But like leftists having to come to task with their bigger government hero die hard racists Wilson and all his progressive eugenics beliefs…The Republican Party I have to believe will come to its senses…after The Don finally suffers a fate worse than Nixons, and a Democrat controlled Congress finally successfully removes the mobster, I mean monster in the Bada Bing from the Oval Office…(Here’s still hoping, praying…believing there is another Reagan out there in the political wild ness).
The POTUS palling around with foreign and domestic terrorists will forever be a stain on the greatest country on Gods green earth (another luminary of a former radio network that caught the Trump contagion..but at least M&M kept his deepest integrity went his separate peace). Ah, remember when a luminary used to like to say “The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen”…just as I sure as hell have not forgotten that Pansy was spot on the night of January 6th…only to have Heat Miser reach out and infect him once again. Anywho, gotta run on. Thanks for taking my unwanted rant Onward and Upward. Peace through superior mental firepower
My Dad (1914-1998) had a slightly different version of that joke: "It's like the monkey said when his tail got cut off in the lawn mower -- it won't be long now."
Please don't give up on "reticent," Mr. Nordlinger.
As a great man with fantastic sentences once said, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."
I don’t have one particular memory of President Reagan’s leadership, because there are just too many.
But my favourite way to remember him is as a giant among other large leaders.
It is hard to believe that at one time, Margaret Thatcher, Brian Mulroney, and Ronald Reagan were the leaders of Great Britain, Canada, and the USA respectively, at the same time.
Brian Mulroney convinced Margaret Thatcher to harden her edge on South Africa, Brian Mulroney convinced President Reagan to pursue free trade.
My Dad would tell me when I was young, that we were fortunate in the Western World to have stood on the shoulders of giants. When I think of that phrase, I think of the leadership of the 80s, and softly weep for our future.
‘ Morning Jay. Regarding Margaret Atwood, while the Handmaid‘s Tale was extremely graphic and, at the time, bothered me because I thought that unfairly portrayed republicans and Trump 1.0 (which it turns out actually did fairly portray Trump 1.0 had he been unconstrained by the adults in the room), the new series trying from her other book called Testaments, is extremely good, great acting, it builds on the prior series and in Trump 2.0 unfortunately rings a lot more accurately. Themes of Christian nationalism everywhere, as we are seeing on the rise here, as well as cynicism and naked power grabbing masquerading as righteousness.
The reverse of Gilead’s coin, our current society as played by Canada, may not be perfect, but freedom is better than no freedom every day. Strongly recommended.
Copacetic was a word my father (1917-1998) used regularly. Seeing it in print brought a smile to my face. He was of the generation where intelligence and formal education were not treated as equivalents. He was wise beyond his years of schooling.
Prior to Pearl Harbor FDR managed to save Great Britain while honouring the letter of his responsibility to act according to the Constitution and the will of the people, as represented in Congress. Reagan did the same for the world: "... Tear down this wall!"
A fellow participant in my Cardiac Rehab program says that any morning he wakes up with a pulse is a good one.
Graham’s word “consequential” and Trump’s claim of being “impactful” don’t address whether the consequences and actions are either positive or negative.
If you use the national polling numbers of Americans that strongly approve or strongly disapprove of Trump’s performance - there is a clear winner between the positive and negative.
Thank you for pointing out that "consequences" and "impacts" can be either good or bad (or both at the same time to different audiences).
Your “impacts” is better than my “actions”. Thanks.
Good morning Jaywalker,
Excuse me for making like Robert Smith and jumping someone else’s train…but I always have something to get off my political chest, I mean random thoughts on my beloved Jaywalking in the park…You used to have a colleague over at a formerly estimable political commentary magazine, who also had a talk show in the middle of the a.m. dial. The formerly honorable moralists would refer to North Korea as “the largest concentration camp in the world”…Come to think of it, I cannot remember The D.P. Show railing against the President of the United States shaking hands with the N.K.P.D. Super Commando at the D.M.Z….and unlike Senator Pansy, I mean Lindsey Graham, I have not forgotten about the President’s shitte ng on the graves of over thirty thousand American souls that did not return home sweet home from the disgracefully forgotten war. But like leftists having to come to task with their bigger government hero die hard racists Wilson and all his progressive eugenics beliefs…The Republican Party I have to believe will come to its senses…after The Don finally suffers a fate worse than Nixons, and a Democrat controlled Congress finally successfully removes the mobster, I mean monster in the Bada Bing from the Oval Office…(Here’s still hoping, praying…believing there is another Reagan out there in the political wild ness).
The POTUS palling around with foreign and domestic terrorists will forever be a stain on the greatest country on Gods green earth (another luminary of a former radio network that caught the Trump contagion..but at least M&M kept his deepest integrity went his separate peace). Ah, remember when a luminary used to like to say “The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen”…just as I sure as hell have not forgotten that Pansy was spot on the night of January 6th…only to have Heat Miser reach out and infect him once again. Anywho, gotta run on. Thanks for taking my unwanted rant Onward and Upward. Peace through superior mental firepower
My Dad (1914-1998) had a slightly different version of that joke: "It's like the monkey said when his tail got cut off in the lawn mower -- it won't be long now."
Please don't give up on "reticent," Mr. Nordlinger.
As a great man with fantastic sentences once said, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."
My dad's line is, "as Mrs. Bobbitt said to John, it won't be long now." (For the record, I was already an adult when he started saying it!)
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I don’t have one particular memory of President Reagan’s leadership, because there are just too many.
But my favourite way to remember him is as a giant among other large leaders.
It is hard to believe that at one time, Margaret Thatcher, Brian Mulroney, and Ronald Reagan were the leaders of Great Britain, Canada, and the USA respectively, at the same time.
Brian Mulroney convinced Margaret Thatcher to harden her edge on South Africa, Brian Mulroney convinced President Reagan to pursue free trade.
My Dad would tell me when I was young, that we were fortunate in the Western World to have stood on the shoulders of giants. When I think of that phrase, I think of the leadership of the 80s, and softly weep for our future.
‘ Morning Jay. Regarding Margaret Atwood, while the Handmaid‘s Tale was extremely graphic and, at the time, bothered me because I thought that unfairly portrayed republicans and Trump 1.0 (which it turns out actually did fairly portray Trump 1.0 had he been unconstrained by the adults in the room), the new series trying from her other book called Testaments, is extremely good, great acting, it builds on the prior series and in Trump 2.0 unfortunately rings a lot more accurately. Themes of Christian nationalism everywhere, as we are seeing on the rise here, as well as cynicism and naked power grabbing masquerading as righteousness.
The reverse of Gilead’s coin, our current society as played by Canada, may not be perfect, but freedom is better than no freedom every day. Strongly recommended.
Thank you!
Copacetic was a word my father (1917-1998) used regularly. Seeing it in print brought a smile to my face. He was of the generation where intelligence and formal education were not treated as equivalents. He was wise beyond his years of schooling.
I am sure he would beam with pride to be remembered as such.
Indeed he would!