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David P Bangtson's avatar

Love to know what a kakistocracy is, as we surely have one.

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Clint Collide's avatar

From my opinion, you can turn on the news anytime of the day or night and see coverage on the kakistocracy posing as a democracy. The Orange Dingus is proof our country is dumber than I thought. So ugh… :-)

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David P Bangtson's avatar

You are so correct. I can only hope that a few politicians grow some balls and that enough MAGAs and other GOP get fed up enough to finally realize how they have been taken.

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Dr Ray Lightbown's avatar

I feel the pain and anger. I am grateful for not living in the US but I do live in the world and the stink of ordure does reach me In Thailand, too.

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Clint Collide's avatar

Thank you, Ray. Sadly, most of the world is impacted in some way to this supposed man’s small mind and heart. I pray for peace and prosperity. Cheers!

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Allen Jackson's avatar

Clint,

Thanks - you have made my day for saying it like it is.

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Clint Collide's avatar

A belated thank you, Allen. Cheers…I needed to get it out of my system.

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Clarke Fountain's avatar

Gosh! Don't mince words amigo...LOL. Since my life doesn't revolve around politics and I understand where you're coming from, it's easy for me to appreciate your jeremiad and your eloquence. We have been an oligarchy since Gen. Washington's time, but it does seem that has been taken to an extreme.

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Clint Collide's avatar

Hahaha...my college government professor used to return my essays with lines like "How do you REALLY feel?" and "Your flare for the dramatic will set the world on fire." So I guess I've been more on the fiery side of opinion...maybe why they're called "hot takes." When I started writing, I intended to write about spring cleaning and such, but the biggest thing I wanted to clean was the toilet bowl that is Washington, D.C. So many gross examples of humanity in such a small area. As for history, I agree...this isn't necessarily a "new" thing, but the severity appears to be at an all-time high. Or low. Depending on your pov. How low can they go? I'm not sure I can handle the answer.

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Mr. Troy Ford's avatar

From the root "fakakta"...?

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Clint Collide's avatar

Hakuna Matata...not Hakuna Fakata...means no worries! 🌈✌️😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbY_aP-alkw

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Douglas Thompson's avatar

Damned it Clint, that's a lot of anger and venom you off-loaded. I can understand it all after all we had BoJo (Boris J) for a couple years in the hot seat, after his running down(?) of the mayorship of London and after all folks knew what a 🤡 he was but still voted for him. Luckily? It's easier in the UK to force changes in the government as well as the natural General Election every 5yrs. NOW get ready for the shenanigans the blob is preparing to rip up sections of your constitutions as a National Emergency, mostly self inflicted(?) from your inglorious leader. It's all far too complicated to a non 🇺🇸 to fathom out, I'm just a simple guy with simple needs. 🫂🫂🫂 to you and all your 🇺🇸 channel supporters. DougT 🇫🇴

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Clint Collide's avatar

Sorry if my vitriol was a bit extra, but I truly hate these anti-everything motherfuckers. They can't evaporate fast enough from the earth for my taste. And not a one of them has a full-length mirror to see how truly ugh-ly they are. Vance...he at least has a hand mirror to apply all the eyeliner. Nothing against men wearing eyeliner if they want to, but anyone that obsessed with hating drag queens, trans women, and women in general protests a little too fucking much in my book. Sending hugs back and cheers. Back to putting together my new desk. Clint is all about spring cleaning and spring renovations today!

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Anton's avatar

Yeah.... What I find amusing is that the anti everyone-who-is-not-a-cis-het-white-male groups can't seem to find a single cis-het-white-male as spokesmen. Nearly every single one makes me run over to my gaydar and hope I can unplug it before the whole thing overheats and melts into a pile of metal and plastic.

More seriously....

For the first half of my life all I heard was how cynical I was and how I was grossly overestimating the percentage of people who were 'not quite right'. I am now aware that I was actually grossly UNDERestimating that percentage.

One of the few bright spots is that the MAGA crowd appears on average to be going under the bus sooner/faster than the non-MAGA.

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Clint Collide's avatar

Uhmmmhmmmm. Some “ladies” doth protest too fucking much.

As for the buses, may all the wheels on the bus go round and round. Some folks have been playing in traffic for far too long. :-p

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