Sunday, January 17, 2016

Current events don't make much sense

Why lift sanctions on Iran when they capture US sailors?  Why lift sanctions on Iran when they act belligerently?  Why lift sanctions on Iran when the additional oil on the market will depress prices still further?  Why support US oil production with super low interest rates?  I tell you, I can't make a lick of sense out of any of this.

First of all, what's the military angle?  You give Iran nukes?  What's the advantage to our side from the military point of view?  It makes no sense.

Also, why send the military into the area and then allow them to be captured?  What's the point of that?  Do they want peace or war?  "They" means our side.  It makes no sense.

What's the economic angle?  Prices are low, why drive them lower?  Does this government want US production to be bankrupted?  Does this government want to bankrupt then nation's finances with super low interest rates, and more loans that cannot be repaid?  What's the point?

That's just Iran and the Persian Gulf.  You could go on with a number of other events as well.  The standoff in Oregon, for one.  A number of these protest movements make no sense to me.  Both on the so-called right and the left.  What do these people want?

Even on the personal side, there's this guy with Uber who got attacked and it was on video.  The guy confessed to what is already obvious, and supposedly apologized for attacking the Uber guy.  Now he is suing the Uber guy for making the video.

Maybe you cannot explain the insanity without appearing insane yourself.

Why make the post then?  I dunno.  Maybe to warn people that the goblins are loose.  Things are getting a bit nutty out there.


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