Vasoline and Monistat, An Investment in the Future?

Once again, not to be mistaken for Tuesday's With Morrie, it's time for Tuesdays With Trump...

From a Naybob of IT regarding the recent inauguration.

A friend in Europe – "You have my commiserations on your loss America."

That Naybob's rejoinder...

"Team by team, reporters baffled, TRUMPED, tethered, cropped"  

Any time a new administration comes into office, there will be some complaining about the new president’s cabinet picks. But we’re seeing something extraordinary happening now. Donald Trump’s cabinet brings with it a combination of ethical problems, inexperience, hostility to the missions of the departments its members are being called to lead, and plain old ignorance that is simply unprecedented. This is shaping up to be nothing less than the worst cabinet in American history. - Washington Post

Rejoinder continued as in "It's the end of the world as we know it"...

"World serves its own needs, Don't mis-serve your own needs, Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength,The ladder starts to clatter, With a fear of height, down, height, Wire in a fire, represent the seven games, And a government for hire and a combat site." - REM - End of The World

Now our related Natterings... 

Over at a financial forum...


StJL - "the Dems bailed out W. during the financial crisis and Obama was paid back with the back of a shovel. I expect that it will get worse unless the Dems suffer from battered wife syndrome!"

That "battered syndrome" like a "vote for change", might be missing the point and we keep beating this drum for good reason.

The sense of having a real say, and possessing actual agency, is very empowering, and very rare, for members of the lower-middle class and the working class today. - Charles Hugh Smith

The election was not influenced by Russian hackers, as it was stolen long before those "precious" votes were even cast.  Why? The insular electorate co-opted their "agency" long ago.

"Democracy in the United States is so corrupted by money that it is no longer recognisable as democracy. You can kick individual politicians out of office, but what do you do when the entire structure of politics is corrupt? Turn to the demagogue who rages into this political vacuum, denouncing the forces he exemplifies. The problem is not, as Trump claims, that the election will be stolen by ballot rigging. It is that the entire electoral process is stolen from the American people before they get anywhere near to casting their votes." - George Monbiot

Those who were entrusted with said agency, have been quietly buggering the public in backrooms for decades. When one has allowed these transgressions to occur for so long, why should those doing the buggering, show any respect, mercy or change a damn thing?  

Since the election and inauguration, hope is high.  For the moment, our guest Naybob gets the last word.... 

Change? Who are you fooling besides your self? Entertaining the illusion of a "voice" in the "choice" being offered, leads to a delusion on the part of its beholders. It's status quo, assume the position and get ready for more of the same.  A wise investment in the future, Vasoline and Monistat chafing gel?

TBD.