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How did we get to this dire state of affairs? : Comments
By Alon Ben-Meir, published 4/8/2020As I survey our state of the Union, I feel deeply troubled and dismayed, wondering why and how we here in America got to this dire state of affairs in which we find ourselves.
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Posted by individual, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 8:20:50 AM
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Wait a minute, why is this Alon, watsisface talking as if he is in America?
Is OLO an American entity, or what? And even further again, why are we even entertaining anything to do with the US? I thought OLO was an Australian forum. For me that has a lot to do with the standing of this medium. Can anyone explain or elaborate? Posted by ALTRAV, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 10:54:50 AM
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How many dead due to Covid-19 in the US?
160,000? Maybe Trump has evidence of a much lower number - that will get him elected. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cdc-director-acknowledges-hospitals-have-a-monetary-incentive-to-overcount-coronavirus-deaths?fbclid=IwAR0-ziREUsf0DUdwzL0uHAffo6J7_0mHb9YMPa8qxkdaxqxDbW0L8ZdMkk0 Posted by JF Aus, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:51:32 PM
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Electing Joe Biden will change very little.
Biden is every bit a war-monger as the most hawkish of the Republicans. He pushed hard on Yugoslavia and Iraq and practically every other illegal US invasion of his time. He’s a big supporter of the rapacious US military-industrial complex and is highly unlikely to touch the Pentagon’s 700 billion dollar budget. He’s already ramping up aggression and hostility towards China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela and promises a far more hardline and confrontational approach than Trump ever has. Layered over his war-mongering is his obvious dementia which is a most dangerous combination for a president with his finger on the red button. Biden will do nothing to unify his nation or the world. The circus that is US politics will continue and its sick, obscenely-unequal and deeply-polarised society will in all probability further sink from its current state of failure and malaise to one of total collapse. Australia needs to stand up to American bullying and its hegemonic ambitions and stop helping it beat its war drums. We need to end our role of playing deputy sheriff to this erratic predator and start forging an independent foreign policy and developing mutually-cooperative trade relations with the rest of the world. Any fawning to Biden will be as dangerous and self-destructive as our present cosying-up to Trump. Posted by Bronwyn, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 12:54:43 PM
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Dear Bronwyn,
What a frightening scenario. What a dismal choice for the Americans - between one psychologically disturbed individual to one with dementia? Perhaps any change can lead to a better outcome than the one they have currently. Surely it can't get any worse. I agree that Australia needs to develop stronger relations with its neighbours. But I do feel empathy for the US because they really don't deserve the mess they've currently got. With Biden, if he picks the right Vice President - he can always step aside in the future if things get too bad for him health wise and the Vice President will be able to take over. It has happened in the past with good results Posted by Foxy, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 2:01:26 PM
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Hi Foxy,
There is no shortage of admirable choices: Kamala Harris, Susan Rice and Michelle for starters, perhaps in a variety of positions. - Susan Rice as Secretary of State, for example. I think they would all be tough enough to clean out the Trumpf Swamp, although it may take a full presidential term, 2024-2028, to complete. Whoever gets the job, they will be burdened for many years by enormous inherited problems, so the ratbags here will have many years of happy sniping and whingeing ahead of them. I'm still angry about the vicious attacks on that wonderful man, Eddie Jaku. Bastards who attack him, sitting on their arses in comfort, are like weevils in the flour. Love, Joe Posted by loudmouth2, Wednesday, 5 August 2020 2:49:40 PM
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If anyone has evidence that the state of affairs was caused by conservatives then they should provide it !
Let's face it, the ordinary people never have a say until election whereas the Progressive leftists are in our eyes & ears every second of the day. They have hijacked Education, they infiltrated Media control AND they have no sense ! People who think can see that but since Education has deteriorated even thinkers are becoming scarce !
There's your dire state of affairs !