I am done with stupid people. Just done.

[PJMcK]

8. I"m with you!

We gave up on network news decades ago and now cable goes in the ash can. They were all wrong and why pay for crap?

Print media? My decades long favorite, The New York Times is dead to me. Same for WaPo and LA Times.

In the past week, I've decided to abandon three friends I've known a long time because of their support for Trump. Because they live in an alternate reality, we have no commonality so there's no point in trying to relate to one another. Simply put, fuck 'em.

We're looking at opportunities in other countries since the re-ascendence of Trump-- and other authoritarians around the world-- signals troubled times ahead. There is an historical example a mere 90 years ago.

The diminishment of public education has dumbed-down several generations of Americans to the point that far too many people lack critical thinking skills. They don't have a civics knowledge of how our governments work. Many were raised in some level privilege by so-called helicopter parents and have developed a laissez-faire perspective of our country. This is one of the profound effects of Republican efforts to mess up public education. The Founding Fathers knew that an educated public was necessary for a functional democracy. After all, if you don't know about your leaders, how can you choose them?

Meanwhile, I've always loved your screen name. Wetyin's Colony might be a swell place to retire to.