Most polls say we are on the wrong track, but do you know why?

9/19/26:

Where did the Limits to Growth idea come from? Was it one of the Frankfurt School ideas? It has been long known that Marxism seems to take root amongst the poor nations as opposed to the richer nations. As a nation prospers, so does the allure of Marxism.

The Frankfurt School came into being because of this fact. It wasn't supposed to be that way. The Revolution was supposed to be in the rich nations.

So the Marxists started trying to tear down the rich nations. Lo and behold, the USA, being a rich nation, has to be convinced that its properity is a bad thing. So now the population has been indocrinated in this Limits to Growth, and whaddaya know? The USA has suffered from low growth from all these years. It is almost as if that was somebody's IDEA.

So now we've got AI threatening to create all kinds of new properity, and these Marxists just cannot have that. Hence the leftist attack on AI.

Make no mistake. AI just might get DANGEROUS. So can fire. But we didn't abandon fire. If it wasn't for fire, we'd be living in caves with no hope of ever getting out of the caves.

In other words, there's trade-offs. The Marxists don't want us to abandon AI. Nope, they want to control us with FEAR. Then they can control how much the world will grow. It will only grow as much as the Marxists think they need it grow.

Marxists didn't abandon fire. They didn't abandon electricity. They didn't abandon the airplane. Or the internet. Or anything else. But they sure as hell want to be in control. It is about power with the Marxists. If they want to scare people about AI, it is only because they fear losing control.

If we are on the wrong track, it is because we've given the Marxists too much control already. Time to take it back.

8/7/13: The original post is below:

How many of those polls ask why?

Why are we on the wrong track?

I'd bet less than 1 in a million will know the true reason why we are on the wrong track.

If I'd guess about the zeitgeist, the majority might say that the rich is getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.  This is misleading.  The truth is that everybody is getting poorer, but the rich suffer the least.  So, the resentment focuses in on the rich.  Taxing the rich more isn't the answer anymore than killing the goose that lays the golden egg will produce more golden eggs.

I think that we are on the wrong track because the zeitgeist has drunk the kool aid of the Limits to Growth crowd.  So, we end up with politicians who want to spread the wealth as opposed to creating new wealth.  What we get is less wealth and more equality, but that equality comes at a fearful price.  That price will get more and more fearful as the Limits to Growth philosophy becomes hard wired and institutionalized.  We are almost there now.

This Limits to Growth zeitgeist has all but rejected nuclear power.  But the rejection of nuclear power all but guarantees that future growth will become impossible.  Read the link above to see my reasoning upon this subject.  Boiled down to its most salient point is this:  an advanced society requires kinetic energy, which can only be supplied by nuclear energy.  The physics of this cannot be willed out of existence.  It cannot be bargained with or reasoned with.  It cannot be fudged.  There is no other way to continue growth but by embracing nuclear energy.  It's all in the physics.

So, we have to make a choice.  Go backwards into chaos and self-destruction, or forward into a new golden age of growth and prosperity.  The way towards that is nuclear energy.  It is against the paradigm at the moment, but that can change.  The only way to change that paradigm is to get the message out.  You can be sure that the Limits to Growth crowd do not want this message to get out.

Aggressive stupidity

Calling Bullsh-t on James Talarico.

Comment:

That dude is nothing but a BS artist. He has one ad running on the boob tube in which he claims he will do away with ALL gerrymandering.

He HAS to bs'ing really, really hard on that one. The Democrats benefit MORE from gerrymandering than the GOP ever thought about doing. Look at California for crying out loud. If it weren't for California ALONE, the Democrats would have no hope whatever of holding power. Of the 52 or so seats from that state, only a handful are Republicans.

Yep, and it got even worse this election.

Talarico is full of it if he thinks this gets by the Democrats. Of course, what Talarico REALLY means is that the Red states won't be able do anything to redress that imbalance. If it weren't for gerrymandering, the Democrats would go out of business. Isn't going to happen, except maybe for the GOP.

The above link mostly focuses on Talarico's supposed Christianity. Yeah, that's the first thing I noticed about him. He's a total fake. All across the line, totally FALSE.

That's as far from the WORD as it gets.

Why Trump seems unpopular

Not too long after 9-11, blogs were a new thing. It is also before Twitter and Facebook came along and sucked all the oxygen out of the room. There was a guy named Bill Whittle, and he wrote a piece in his blog, which was called Eject! Eject! Eject!

It was largely about the tribes people are in. He called them pink and grey. The pink tribe is basically the left. The grey tribe is basically the so-called right.

Rather than rehash all he said, I want to focus in on a particular stretch of the rather long essay. He spoke of the Vietnam Colonel who said there were basically 3 kinds of people. He said there were 1) wolves 2) sheep, and 3) the sheep dogs.

As you might expect, he pointed out that the wolves feed upon the sheep without mercy. It is the sheep dog that guards the sheep. One thing about the sheep dog. The sheep don't like the sheep dog. The sheep dog seems a lot like the wolf. But the sheep dog never harms the sheep. The sheep dog protects the sheep.

I remember this passage and I think of Trump. Why don't people like Trump? The reason is that he seems too much like the wolf. He does mean Tweets, for heavens sake. The sheep are as frightened of the sheep dog as they are of the wolf. Perhaps the sheep do not understand that sheep dog means no harm, and actually to the contrary. I see Trump like the sheep dog. The folks just don't appreciate the guy, and what he is doing for the country.

Instead, they'd rather listen to the wolves in sheep's clothing. That would be the commies. It isn't the Democrats. There was a time when Democrats weren't out and out wolves. But they now taste the sheep's blood, and they're developing a taste for it. Beware the wolves in sheep's clothing.

The commies are making something of a mistake though. They are being a bit too blunt about their intentions. When James Carveille said to add two states and pack the Supreme Court, then the sheep SHOULD'VE recognized the wolf shedding his sheep costume. That was a grab for power that only a wolf would even think of.

When 9-11 happened, people were looking for a sheep dog. That is where the sheep will instinctively turn when they sense they're in danger. They sure as hell didn't turn to the Democrats. The Democrats have turned to a wolfish state that the commies inhabit. You cannot tell the difference anymore. Indeed, there isn't any difference.

Trump is helping the country. The liars, meaning commies, are trying to convince you to be afraid of the sheep dog. This is a misdirection intended to fool you into trusting them. If they can make a grab for power like this, they should NEVER be trusted.

The Constitution was written in such a way that the sheep can be productive and FREE. The wolves intend to take away the Bill of Rights and the Checks and Balances, which keep the government in check. Why would anything but a wolf want to do away with those protections?

Trump won't do that. But Carville has already spilled the beans. The modern Democrat party WILL do that. They want the sheep to believe that Trump is the wolf, but they lie. Don't believe it. The commies are the wolves. Make no mistake about that.

Won't jip today

The entirety of the Bongino Show..

It's a really big "shoe". That's an old joke about Ed Sullivan. Ed Sullivan, who's he! He was a TV personality way back when the cave men populated the Earth. Impersonators used to mispronounce the word "show" as "shoe" in order to poke fun at Mr. Sullivan. Yep, I'm that old. This was like 50 or more years ago when Sullivan aired his last show.



Ed sullivan introducing the Beatles in 1964. I remember watching that show. Now, I did JIP this video. Way too much irrelevancy on this vid.

Hey, it ain't Russia per se. It is China and the EU

Methinks they're interfering in our elections. Quick, quick! The smelling salts! I think I'm going to faint.../snark

In other words, the pinkos don't mind interference when it benefits them. But their accusations were wrong anyway. That's because they're just a bunch of damned liars.

Texas was admitted as a state via a joint resolution

A short post here to correct some misconceptions about how Texas entered the Union. I've seen it around that folks think this was done by treaty, but a treaty for this end FAILED.

When James K. Polk was elected President in 1844, since he was elected on an expansionist platform, an admission to the Union by treaty could not be accomplished. So another way had to be found, and the Joint Resolution was the solution to that problem.

Why the misconception? Since I'm rather suspcious these days, I'd say someone put it out there deliberately so as to mislead people.

I asked the AI about it, and confirmed it. I figured I knew my Texas History well enough, but a fellow Texan didn't.

If Texans don't know this, how can the rest of the country know it??

Not that that is any excuse.

Can the Democrats add states through joint resolution? Yes, but the AI says that the President can veto it.

Let me tell ya, if there's a way to get around that, the Democrats will look for it.

The safe thing is not to elect them until they stop this kind of nonsense.

People need to take this seriously.

The Bongino Show, ep. 2596

Here's another jip. I skipped over the intro, and got down to business. Bongino asks, what are these guys doing (meaning the Democrats)? It seems that they have nothing real to run on. So they dance and so forth. This is in contrast with Trump, who actually DOES things.

Trump has accomplished real things, but what do the Democrats want to do other than to put the opposition in jail, or to take away any opposition to them at all. Meanwhile, they want to do away with your Bill of Rights, and make voting meaningless, because they'll always win.