Bonfire of the inanities
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We rented a convertible in San Bernadino
We were driving for driving's sake
Across the tortured waterless mountains
Through the moonscape of Mono Lake
The lights of earth had faded behind
The stars were fat and sleek
The universe seemed enormous
So how could we be unique?
We scanned the voids for humanoids
And an answer to the question "Why?"
¡Carramba! What were we thinking?
Cause we were borning to die!
To the aliens above we are just tiny anys
They could crush with their giant feet
They could smash our car and mash us into
A little bit of hamburger meat
So let the wind blow through your head
Your thoughts don't matter anyway
We're insignificant, baby
And we're all gonna fade away
We only stopped in Reno for a very short time
But the lights were way too bright
We got tired of spending our winnings
And went spinning out into the night
In the desert we saw this giant man
Exploding like the Fourth of July
Slowly we turned to say "hello"
When he vaporized into the sky
We're feeling like a bunch of hothouse tomatoes
Riding in a bubble-pack box
With nothing between us and a big hungry worm
But this canvas roof and the push button locks
To the aliens above we are just tiny anys
They could crush with their giant feet
They could smash our car and mash us into
A little bit of hamburger meat
And then someday the whole planet'll blow
And we're all gonna suffocate
We're insignificant, baby
And we just think it's great
Insignificant
Get it over
Cut our taxes
Make it so
Marfa Lights
Can't get no
Where's our luggage?
Just say thanks
That oughta do it

"Prejudice" means to pre-judge. I waited until the mouth opened spewing forth inanities..

I said most people don't pay income taxes except payroll taxes. Regarding the rest of their wrongheaded ideas, I can't find amusement in it. A constitutionally limited republic is a fragile thing. It's not the default state for humankind. If the gods or a reliable crystal ball told me the pendulum would swing away from socialism, then maybe I could laugh knowing it's just short-term folly.

I think my cat shows more intelligence than the people who elect Maxine waters

We RESPECTFULLY disagree on this, but for all the reasons AR. Pursued the story line in AS

The intellectuals, like Ellsworth Toohey, don't have to be in political office to wield power.

They know what they want and do a lot of thinking to rationalize it in economics, politics, ethics and more, to form strategies, and to implement all of it. If you think the entrenched, professional in the top universities, the media and other writers, and the political strategists conniving for power, are limited to below average intelligence then you don't know what you are up against. The most dangerous evil is that with superior intelligence.

You are correct.

What has always puzzled me (the same thing is happening in Europe) that what do the elite expect from this? It comes naturally that they think they'll assume power should such an overturning would succeed.

That is how the elite transcends from regime to regime: they must be the winners in control.

The definition of intelligence by the Cambridge English Dictionary:

"the ability to understand and learn well, and to form judgments and opinions based on reason:"

Do you see the left's thinking/actions there?

No, it isn't what creates socialists, which is much more serious and much deeper.

Rubio was the 'earnest young man' who sounded like he 'knew all the answers', but was easily maneuvered and understood almost nothing.

She is a puppet being groomed by the statist left.

As of now, Maxine Waters, who has been a Democrat in Congress for many years, is expected to become chairman of the Financial Services Committee. Is that any better? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/po...

They don't have limited intelligence. They know what they are doing and what they are after.

Hey the BW takes offense from your prejudice.

Since Senator Rubio is young and good-looking, I thought he would be the Republican's best choice, but I forgot his one major (2?) fallacy. He was actually knowledgeable ans could walk and chew gum at the same time. Too bad, he was almost as pretty as her.

she is a piece of work. All I can say is that her supporters must be really low rent people of limited intelligence. Putting her in charge of the finance committee (or any committee) is vertainly going to be interesting. I havent seen any ability apparent in her, other than being able to yell and scream and attract voters in her district.

Why would engage in rampant nihilism destroying your own life to "get it over with"? What do you think would ever cause "a real objectivist" to have "a shot to win"?

Getting a vote in Congress is no joke.

That does not nail what they are about. The are dedicated, ideological collectivists who are militantly doing everything they can to overturn our form of government. They have the backing of the intellectual establishment, which is not ignorant and moronic. They know very well what they are after. For every Ocasio-Cortez jumping up and down there is a ton of money and strategy from the Democrats backing her. It has nothing to do with hair color.

You have completely nailed what both the Democrats and Cortez are about. Somehow, when you add in her jumping up and down like a 12-year old when on stage, she just seems ridiculous.

Yes, you have a point.

However, none of these erstwhile politicians exhibited the complete ignorance to the level which Ocasio Cortez has done.

"It doesn't make them socialists."--Oh, NO-O?!

What the Z voters are not aware of that in a communist country where everything is "free" (schooling, health care, housing, etc), the only way the government (because this is full government control) can sustain this "system" is to spread the expenses evenly, e.g. not only that other people have to pay for it but YOU have to pay for it as well.

Has this nitwit Ocasio-Cortez checked what salaries are in a communist country? In a best case scenario they are one tenth of what workers make in the US or other developed countries, or less.

I bet their enthusiastic steam would diminish considerably if they knew that they would be paid $500 per month vs $10,000-$20,00 or more.

Ask anyone who have been visiting any of the communist countries in Central Europe under Soviet control, why these countries were favorite destinations? They could not buy enough goods to feel even a dent in their vacation expenses. A luxury apartment in the center of the capital was rented for $1 - $10 a month.

It would be useful if they "gimme" crowd would be aware of this fact.

It’s crazy simple. These Z voters want free stuff and want other people to pay more for it.

It's the BINO's that bias the outcome.
Blondes in name only.
Pseudo-blondes.
Bottle blondes with dark eyebrows who tan, not freckle.
;^)