Update from the Heartland
No.1242
27.10.25 – 2.11.25
Blog version: http://heartlandupdate.blogspot.com/
To all,
[the person who shall no longer be named] continues to do what he has always done. The leopard cannot change his spots. The orange one does what the orange one does. I find my efforts to illuminate his myriad foibles, flaws, transgressions, violations, and abuses have become tedious and a waste of my precious time. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. And so it goes. The MAGAts voted, and they have exactly what they wanted—destructive chaos, a dysfunctional federal government, insulting our international friends and allies, and a U.S. Constitution being carved up like a plump holiday goose.
Comments and contributions from Update no.1241:
Comment to the Blog:
“You and I vote from a sense of obligation. Others understand only that there are two major parties, and ‘if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.’ The MAGAts stand for something, however insane. The DNC Democrats don’t stand ‘for’ anything, and haven’t since Clinton. I hope they might mean something next year, based on Mamdani, AOC, and others, but the DNC has opposed all progressives.
“No name has proven that he’s a dangerous buffoon, twice more. We already knew that. We need someone to stand in contrast to him.
“I support Mamdani for the same reason New Yorkers do: he offers to address the issues that affect real people like me. Most of Wall Street hates him, of course, because he wants them to pay their fair share of taxes. The only problem I have about that is that the AI bubble is about to burst and decrease billionaires’ incomes.
“Re last week’s discussion: the other problem about disarming Hamas is that it leaves Palestinians with no defense at all against Israel.”
My response to the Blog:
Well said and agreed. The midterms next year will be crucial and may well be pivotal. The NYC mayoral election may well be a litmus test for next year. We shall see.
Yes, oh so true, however, he is the properly and duly elected president. I do not blame him for his buffoonery. I blame all of those citizens who have chosen to ignore his gargantuan character flaws to vote for him and to enable him, and the 18M citizens who chose not to vote in 2024. They carry the responsibility for what has happened. That man has been what he is since childhood; he has not changed and will not change. Yet, good citizens (and some bad) voted for him and still support him. They want chaos, so we have chaos.
If I lived in New York City, I would vote for Mamdani as well. We need compassion, understanding, and respect. I am all in favor of fair share. I want those who are capable, to pay the same effective tax rate as me. Just because they are wealthy, does not make them royal or even special.
The people of Gaza would be far better off without Hamas in any form. It is up to the rest of us to stop the right wingers in Israel from attempting to subjugate the Palestinians. They deserve their own sovereign state. An armed Hamas is not a defense organization; it is a terrorist group. Please remember Hamas attacked Israel, just as Russia attacked Ukraine; not the other way around.
. . . with follow-up comment:
“The Orange Menace isn’t a new phenomenon. Those behind him and their kind have always known that a significant percentage of the population can be used via their fear of the ‘other,’ with the other being any handy target. Here we are again.
“The elections are fascinating, if a bit scary.
“I don’t like Hamas at all, but the Palestinians need protection from Israel and their co-conspirators here.”
. . . along with my follow-up response:
No, he most definitely is not. He has been who he is for all his adult like and probably most of his childhood, thanks to his parents who enabled him. Quite so. Like any accomplished con-man, he has studied a body of American people and played directly to their predilections. He has sold them worthless snake-oil and convinced them it is a wonderful elixir and cure-all; and, they believe.
Scary indeed. The MAGAts are a clear minority of the electorate, and yet, because they consistently vote, they appear to be a majority. I suppose many people do not directly feel or care about the actions of the federal government, so they say why waste my time becoming informed and voting. I feel a much larger responsibility to the republic. I can find no positive in the destructive chaos that man has induced in our (not his) government and this once grand republic.
Israel did not attack Gaza and Hamas. They reacted to defend themselves. Hamas is a terrorist organization. The illegal and ill-advised settlements on the West Bank should be absorbed by and transferred to Palestine. The inhabitants of those settlements should be given a choice, move to Israel or become Palestinian. Unfortunately, Palestine has no effective defense or law enforcement organization, so they would be dependent on an international force presumably from the Arab States with back-up from Europe and the United States.
My very best wishes to all. Take care of yourselves and each other.
Cheers,
Cap :-)
