Obligatory, 1.24.19

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1.25.19:

News just out that the government will be reopened for three weeks.  Well, it looks like a cave.  Unless he has another plan ( possible emergency declaration to build wall ), the whole thing is going to look like a fiasco.

He'd better have a plan that works.  Or it is curtains.

1.24.19:

What to write about today?

The thing on so many minds these days is the shutdown.  Supposedly, the polls are against Trump, so let's have a look at Rasmussen.  He's at 44%.  Although this is down a bit, it is not way down.

The poll also shows the Strongly Approve/ Disapprove at a minus 13 or 14.  That may be significant in that it may represent the commitment of the opposition and the commitment of the POTUS' supporters.  Trump's numbers here have always been in the red, but they are definitely in the red now.

Trump decided not to give the SOTU speech.  This is an error.  A speech is how he can get his point of view out to the public.  It would be hard for the media to censor it, as well.  Therefore, the propaganda edge is with the Democrats, and Trump ceded it to them.

Consequently, I fear that a cave in may be in the cards at some point.  But the opposition doesn't have the necessary votes to override a veto, and the Strongly Disapprove faction doesn't have the majority of public opinion.  The Congress Critters watch those polls, so the POTUS has to keep the polls within bounds, otherwise, there is a strong tendency to cave.  Since he won't get out there and campaign on the wall issue, Trump may be ceding too much to Pelosi, and a cave in may be quivering on the horizon.  Hope I am wrong.

In other matters, I will be doing a check up today.  Maybe the doc will give my only six months to live.  But that's okay.  If I can't pay the bill, he'll give me six more.  yuk yuk

Still working on my off grid, but there haven't been many posts on it.  I'm at a thinking stage, which means not much is happening except between my ears.  The doc can check that too, but I don't expect him to find anything.

One thing more.  I think the Lynching Bee post was really apt for this situation.  Sometimes, the crowd is wrong.  You can try to win the crowd, but when the crowd is wrong, you have to be prepared to go against it.  The other side has no problem with that.  As for so-called conservatives, public opinion is often the excuse for a cop out.