Doug Macgregor has started up a Twitter account. Should prove to be a very handy resource. Perspective: Douglas Macgregor @DougAMacgregor President Putin, in contrast to us, is not impulsive. He's not emotional. He's moved very deliberately and very cautiously. He
I'm not convinced that most people have caught on to the Ukraine grift. For most normies, it's not even on their radar. As for Trump, his and our tragedy is that assuming he is not arrested/has the election stolen/loses in a straight fight to Biden (all strong possibilities), it is very unlikely that he will take on the Deep State in DC and win. The DS is too strong and he just doesn't have the stability of character and political nous to drain the swamp.
The massive voter fraud that stole the 2020 election from Trump has not been addressed by the GOP, let alone resolved. So, even if the good Colonel is wrong and we do get to Nov next year, it doesn't mean we're out of the woods. As an outsider, I think some kind of societal breakdown that results in a split might be a good thing.
Before the 2024 election. I think things are going to implode in Washington, our economic financial condition is fragile and will come home to roost in ugly ways, but we won't be lucky and nothing will change. We will have a phony election and carry on with a Potamkin government. We need a crisis to redirect. We won't get it. This is the way America ends, not with a bang but a whimper. (T S Eliot)
There are so many balls in the air right now that it’s extremely difficult to make any assessment of our situation which is totally satisfying-not sure that’s the best word, but it fits as well as any-but I’m leaning toward Macgregor’s cataclysmic outlook. While it’s not a wholehearted “leaning”, I think that so many bad political and military decisions have been made, so many destructive domestic and fiscal policies have been implemented without any thought to the long term implications and pretty much saying, “We’ll deal with those problems down the road” that the expected inflection point may prove to be a lot more unpleasant than anticipated.
I have to say that I have wondered about 2024 as well and given the pathetic display that the political class has been putting on, I’m not getting a warm fuzzy feeling.
Case in point is Miss Lindsay’s tone deaf response to the crowd in SC, “you wanna talk about something we can agree on?”-seemed to smack of the smarmy insouciance that characterizes everything coming out of DC- both parties.
The clock continues ticking and the sign up ahead sure looks like it says ROAD ENDS.
Russia is run by a very old fashioned, pedantic kind of politician: one who actually cares about his country. The nations of the West are run by identikit globalists, fresh from the DAVOS assembly line. They all look the same, speak the same, hate the people they rule and are completely detached from reality.
My feeling is that it is impossible to underestimate the contempt the average citizen feels for Washington DC and all the critters in it. Just wait till the economy collapses. War...what war? Ukraine....where's that? The law....? Dunno, but better carry a gun just in case, legal or not. And don't never talk to police, FBI or the media.
It's the same trend everywhere - a vast disconnect between the rulers and the ruled. We have had two more examples this weekend: The riots in France and Graham's reception.
I think Colonel Douglas Macgregor's take on the domestic US situation regarding urban violence/criminality reveals a weak spot for him (wish Angelo Codevilla was still among us) - our current crime/violence gradient is negative, yes, but both highly localized to well known city-areas and no where near as intense as the period from the 1970s through the 1990s. New risks associated with a dissolved southern border risk cartel-like violence, but again, localized. Not a good situation, but far from driving its own ugly nation-wide civic spasm.
You're looking for DC-based solutions. There aren't any. You can't reform the system. It's broken. Even at the state levels, things are probably screwed. The only solution is for ordinary people to start ignoring DC and building communities and allegiances from the bottom up.
I'm not convinced that most people have caught on to the Ukraine grift. For most normies, it's not even on their radar. As for Trump, his and our tragedy is that assuming he is not arrested/has the election stolen/loses in a straight fight to Biden (all strong possibilities), it is very unlikely that he will take on the Deep State in DC and win. The DS is too strong and he just doesn't have the stability of character and political nous to drain the swamp.
The massive voter fraud that stole the 2020 election from Trump has not been addressed by the GOP, let alone resolved. So, even if the good Colonel is wrong and we do get to Nov next year, it doesn't mean we're out of the woods. As an outsider, I think some kind of societal breakdown that results in a split might be a good thing.
Before the 2024 election. I think things are going to implode in Washington, our economic financial condition is fragile and will come home to roost in ugly ways, but we won't be lucky and nothing will change. We will have a phony election and carry on with a Potamkin government. We need a crisis to redirect. We won't get it. This is the way America ends, not with a bang but a whimper. (T S Eliot)
There are so many balls in the air right now that it’s extremely difficult to make any assessment of our situation which is totally satisfying-not sure that’s the best word, but it fits as well as any-but I’m leaning toward Macgregor’s cataclysmic outlook. While it’s not a wholehearted “leaning”, I think that so many bad political and military decisions have been made, so many destructive domestic and fiscal policies have been implemented without any thought to the long term implications and pretty much saying, “We’ll deal with those problems down the road” that the expected inflection point may prove to be a lot more unpleasant than anticipated.
I have to say that I have wondered about 2024 as well and given the pathetic display that the political class has been putting on, I’m not getting a warm fuzzy feeling.
Case in point is Miss Lindsay’s tone deaf response to the crowd in SC, “you wanna talk about something we can agree on?”-seemed to smack of the smarmy insouciance that characterizes everything coming out of DC- both parties.
The clock continues ticking and the sign up ahead sure looks like it says ROAD ENDS.
And a third-party ticket will go nowhere fast. Better to subsume one of the two. Man, I miss Rush.
Oh, man, so do I.
The Russians are a lot smarter than most people give them credit for. Much smarter than these goobers in the DC Cartel.
Russia is run by a very old fashioned, pedantic kind of politician: one who actually cares about his country. The nations of the West are run by identikit globalists, fresh from the DAVOS assembly line. They all look the same, speak the same, hate the people they rule and are completely detached from reality.
My feeling is that it is impossible to underestimate the contempt the average citizen feels for Washington DC and all the critters in it. Just wait till the economy collapses. War...what war? Ukraine....where's that? The law....? Dunno, but better carry a gun just in case, legal or not. And don't never talk to police, FBI or the media.
It's the same trend everywhere - a vast disconnect between the rulers and the ruled. We have had two more examples this weekend: The riots in France and Graham's reception.
Very true, C. I wonder what the 2023 version of that would be? Let them sip Latté? Let them eat oysters?
I think Colonel Douglas Macgregor's take on the domestic US situation regarding urban violence/criminality reveals a weak spot for him (wish Angelo Codevilla was still among us) - our current crime/violence gradient is negative, yes, but both highly localized to well known city-areas and no where near as intense as the period from the 1970s through the 1990s. New risks associated with a dissolved southern border risk cartel-like violence, but again, localized. Not a good situation, but far from driving its own ugly nation-wide civic spasm.
He's identified the trend and its probable outcome. His timing might be off.
Thanks for your comments re: Macgregor and the 2024 elections, Mark. Agreed, especially about the economic angle.
You're looking for DC-based solutions. There aren't any. You can't reform the system. It's broken. Even at the state levels, things are probably screwed. The only solution is for ordinary people to start ignoring DC and building communities and allegiances from the bottom up.