The Daily Dose/February 28, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
USA! USA!: The downside to another Trump Administration is not so much his policies. Some have merit, though you can go argue their merits on your own time. No, the downside is that America is going to have to suffer through four more years of substandard presidential leadership.
Let’s Go Live To The White House: As we see repeatedly, Trump’s concept of leadership is bullying and blustering his way to what he wants, regardless of merit or whether or not it is in accordance with established US policy, tradition, and law, and whether or not it’s constitutional. He throws mud against a wall and sees what sticks.
Fly In The Ointment: This is not out of the Leadership 101 manual and America remains a partisan, fractured, and bickering mess. Nothing of substance is going to get done.
USA! USA! II: America really hasn’t been led by an elected president since Kennedy said let’s go to the moon. Johnson got caught in the Vietnam crosshairs. Nixon resigned in disgrace, Ford – not elected, of course – did well under circumstances the Son of Man would’ve found challenging. Carter appeared overwhelmed, while Reagan was the most managed president to that time, an influence that is still felt today because nobody speaks plainly and from the heart anymore. Everyone has to stay on message.
Dry, Technical Matter: George Bush was gracious but couldn’t get reelected and lied when he said “No new taxes”. Clinton produced our last balanced budget, but it was always something with him; George W Bush lied to get us into war. Obama talked a good game but left the country much as he found it. Trump’s first term saw, among other things, a COVID response so incompetent he will always have blood on his hands. Biden wanted his party to be all things to all people, and America merely marked time under his watch.
Here We Go Again: Now Trump is back, and we can’t really complain about it because we elected him. We elected him despite two impeachments, an insurrection, a felony conviction, despite the fact we know he is a lying, ignorant, blatherskite.
Fly In The Ointment: Now, the man who believes the moon is part of Mars and that the American Revolution was won when we secured British airports witlessly wants Canada as the 51st state and says Ukraine started its war with Russia.
The Bottom Line: So say goodbye to the prospect of America getting any substantive leadership the next four years. We are going to get four years of blather, lies, and mismanagement. Four years of ignorance. At least two years of Congress standing by and cooing at all this despite the fact they know better. All of us know better, but we elected this nonsense anyway. We deserve everything we get.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is back in the game. Today’s Diary.
That doesn’t sound very romantic, but such matters are a compendium of needs and when two people have what the other needs – like US citizenship – things happen…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1525 – Aztec King Cuauhtemoc is executed on the orders of conquistador Hernando Cortez while on an expedition in southern Mexico. Cortes, a Spaniard, had conquered the Aztec empire in 1521 and suspected Cuauhtemoc of wanting to kill him. Some histories say Cortes’ suspicion was unfounded and that he felt guilty afterward and suffered from insomnia.
In 1960 – The United States wins the Olympic ice hockey gold medal with a 9-4 victory over Czechoslovakia in the final game of the medal round at the Squaw Valley Winter Games. It was the first of two Olympic titles for the US, while Canada earned its second of four silver medals and the Soviet Union earned its only bronze medal. The Olympic ice hockey tournament did not use a single-elimination bracket tournament to determine its champion until the 1992 Albertville Games.
In 1970 – Simon and Garfunkel is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of six consecutive weeks with Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was the sixth of eight Top 10 hits for the group and their third and final #1. The song went to #1 in five other countries, including Indonesia and Great Britain, was Billboard’s #1 song of the year and their 5th-biggest of the decade. The song won five Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But for the chosen, there is no choice.
Saul Bellow
Ravelstein
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The US Navy’s – indeed, the world’s – first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), in commissioned, active service from 1961-2012.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What country won the most gold and overall medals at the Squaw Valley Olympics? – Answer next time!
