Boothe
@boothegregory.bsky.social
Cynic, skeptic, jaded smart-ass with a quick wit & a sharp tongue.
Not part of a "group": I'm an individual, the smallest minority.
Views and opinions are my own & usually wrong.
I don't suffer from insanity...I rather enjoy it!
Not part of a "group": I'm an individual, the smallest minority.
Views and opinions are my own & usually wrong.
I don't suffer from insanity...I rather enjoy it!
The hubris of these people is astounding. They assume that because they have money & fame that they are smarter than the rest of us. Being shrewd, cunning & amoral isn't 'smarter', but it does give them an advantage over people capable of love & compassion that hold strict moral & ethical values.
February 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The hubris of these people is astounding. They assume that because they have money & fame that they are smarter than the rest of us. Being shrewd, cunning & amoral isn't 'smarter', but it does give them an advantage over people capable of love & compassion that hold strict moral & ethical values.
At one time it was a Constitutional Republic. Returning to that model that would fix a lot of things. What we have seems to be a pseudo-socialistic bureaucracy that pays lip service to the Bill of Rights. It's morphing into an AI driven technocratic surveillance state run by the top 1% of the 1%.
February 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At one time it was a Constitutional Republic. Returning to that model that would fix a lot of things. What we have seems to be a pseudo-socialistic bureaucracy that pays lip service to the Bill of Rights. It's morphing into an AI driven technocratic surveillance state run by the top 1% of the 1%.
A lot of our small towns are decaying in the U.S. We have a lot more of problems with drugs & theft rural areas now too. The criminals know there's less police presence so they move out here. The key thing keeping it from getting much worse is the 2nd Amendment. Getting shot is a powerful deterrent.
February 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A lot of our small towns are decaying in the U.S. We have a lot more of problems with drugs & theft rural areas now too. The criminals know there's less police presence so they move out here. The key thing keeping it from getting much worse is the 2nd Amendment. Getting shot is a powerful deterrent.
Every government does that. I don't think I would have included Frisco in the showcase list though.
February 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Every government does that. I don't think I would have included Frisco in the showcase list though.
The major media corporations are in it for the money. When your ratings drop so does profitability. Like any other business they will cut their losses if the show isn't popular enough. You either market what the viewers want or go under. It's that simple.
February 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The major media corporations are in it for the money. When your ratings drop so does profitability. Like any other business they will cut their losses if the show isn't popular enough. You either market what the viewers want or go under. It's that simple.
I assume you're referring to the BYD Seagull with a $10K price tag. Many, if not most, of the Chinese EVs are in the $30K to $50K range. Which are cheaper than Western counterparts but still not cheap. Granted, they have a lot of cool features, but aren't suitable for those of us in rural areas.
February 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I assume you're referring to the BYD Seagull with a $10K price tag. Many, if not most, of the Chinese EVs are in the $30K to $50K range. Which are cheaper than Western counterparts but still not cheap. Granted, they have a lot of cool features, but aren't suitable for those of us in rural areas.
You are correct. I've watched a couple of guys who lived in China for years & exposed what it's really like outside the showcase cities there. Oddly their YouTube channels were demonetized & don't show up in searches now. I've seen similar videos on rural Russia. It's bad in both places. Very bad.
February 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You are correct. I've watched a couple of guys who lived in China for years & exposed what it's really like outside the showcase cities there. Oddly their YouTube channels were demonetized & don't show up in searches now. I've seen similar videos on rural Russia. It's bad in both places. Very bad.
I get your point, but by the most liberal standards RR is in the top 10% (most likely top 5%). I agree with you on the top tier technocrats & would add they only want a small percentage of us, their servants, in shacks or pods. They want the rest of us off the planet altogether. ☠️
February 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I get your point, but by the most liberal standards RR is in the top 10% (most likely top 5%). I agree with you on the top tier technocrats & would add they only want a small percentage of us, their servants, in shacks or pods. They want the rest of us off the planet altogether. ☠️
Don't worry, Capt. Ketamine will fix all this in due time with AI functionaries instead of human bureaucrats & brain chip implants to assuage our depression & anxiety over "the reset". I'm confident that he won't take any government contracts & make billions more to do it either... (/sarc)
February 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Don't worry, Capt. Ketamine will fix all this in due time with AI functionaries instead of human bureaucrats & brain chip implants to assuage our depression & anxiety over "the reset". I'm confident that he won't take any government contracts & make billions more to do it either... (/sarc)
The Trumpmuskians, making backyard laying hens great again! 😏
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Trumpmuskians, making backyard laying hens great again! 😏
Then you will need to cut environmental & safety regulations to the bone, employ people at little more than slave's wages & build more coal fired & nuclear power plants for cheap energy, just like China. That's the sad truth of it.
February 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Then you will need to cut environmental & safety regulations to the bone, employ people at little more than slave's wages & build more coal fired & nuclear power plants for cheap energy, just like China. That's the sad truth of it.
A big part of that was due to the fact that the U.S. dollar was still backed by gold. Now we're feeling the effects of monetary inflation via debt backed currency. Returning to sound money would improve things for us a lot. The money changers will not allow that. They run on a system of "Just Us!"
February 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A big part of that was due to the fact that the U.S. dollar was still backed by gold. Now we're feeling the effects of monetary inflation via debt backed currency. Returning to sound money would improve things for us a lot. The money changers will not allow that. They run on a system of "Just Us!"
Trickle down economics & capitalism may not have worked to well for you and me, but RR seems to have down alright with it.
February 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trickle down economics & capitalism may not have worked to well for you and me, but RR seems to have down alright with it.
The CCP claims "communism", but it's just a more authoritarian pseudo-socialistic technocracy than the U.S. Don't worry, we're catching up. Their billionaires are made by consent of the govt., same as here. Their cars are cheap & "better" because of lax environmental & safety regulations.
February 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The CCP claims "communism", but it's just a more authoritarian pseudo-socialistic technocracy than the U.S. Don't worry, we're catching up. Their billionaires are made by consent of the govt., same as here. Their cars are cheap & "better" because of lax environmental & safety regulations.
The same applies to sociopaths & psychopaths. They judge others based on what they would do or have done in a given situation. It's also how they get over on those of us with moral & ethical standards. Since we won't do evil, we often naively assume they won't either. That can be a fatal mistake.
February 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The same applies to sociopaths & psychopaths. They judge others based on what they would do or have done in a given situation. It's also how they get over on those of us with moral & ethical standards. Since we won't do evil, we often naively assume they won't either. That can be a fatal mistake.
Let me clarify my stance. I don't think "all" govt. workers are psychos, etc. But there are demonstrably more in "public service", especially high up. Where the head goes, the body follows. The real problem are those who will go along to get along. The "I was just following orders..." crowd.
February 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Let me clarify my stance. I don't think "all" govt. workers are psychos, etc. But there are demonstrably more in "public service", especially high up. Where the head goes, the body follows. The real problem are those who will go along to get along. The "I was just following orders..." crowd.
IIRC private lines did not even become available to us (rural Virginia) until 1974 or so & were very expensive. We still used the same old "basic black" rotary dial phone in '77 when I joined the Air Force. Pushbutton phones & answering machines (cassette, of course) were "high tech" back then. 🤣
February 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
IIRC private lines did not even become available to us (rural Virginia) until 1974 or so & were very expensive. We still used the same old "basic black" rotary dial phone in '77 when I joined the Air Force. Pushbutton phones & answering machines (cassette, of course) were "high tech" back then. 🤣
Same thing here (U.S.). Local calls were covered under basic phone service. But long distance calls were billed by the minute. We were rural, so "local meant" anything within ~15 miles from us. We wrote letters to out of state family, in cursive no less. Long distance calls were "emergency only".
February 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Same thing here (U.S.). Local calls were covered under basic phone service. But long distance calls were billed by the minute. We were rural, so "local meant" anything within ~15 miles from us. We wrote letters to out of state family, in cursive no less. Long distance calls were "emergency only".
I'd rather not imagine anything of the sort. However, let's do Epstein's 'client' list & see what shakes out. That would probably reduce the size of government post haste. I'm not holding my breath for that one though. The wolves of DC protect their own.
February 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I'd rather not imagine anything of the sort. However, let's do Epstein's 'client' list & see what shakes out. That would probably reduce the size of government post haste. I'm not holding my breath for that one though. The wolves of DC protect their own.
We had a party line when I was growing up. I doubt many people even know what that is these days. Under no circumstances were we to make a long distance call without parental permission. You could rack up a heck of a bill in short order! The "good ol' days", right?
February 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
We had a party line when I was growing up. I doubt many people even know what that is these days. Under no circumstances were we to make a long distance call without parental permission. You could rack up a heck of a bill in short order! The "good ol' days", right?
There were just as many grifters, opportunists, narcissists & psychos (percentage wise) trying to use the government for their personal piggy bank, insider deals & land speculation as there are today. But the govt. wasn't as big, nor as powerful so they couldn't do as much harm here or abroad.
February 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
There were just as many grifters, opportunists, narcissists & psychos (percentage wise) trying to use the government for their personal piggy bank, insider deals & land speculation as there are today. But the govt. wasn't as big, nor as powerful so they couldn't do as much harm here or abroad.
It's not a new problem. The Anti-Federalists were fighting over these same issues against the Federalists clear back in the late 18th / early 19th centuries. Thank God they got the Bill of Rights passed. If they hadn't & Hamilton et al had had their way we'd be better off under the Crown!
February 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
It's not a new problem. The Anti-Federalists were fighting over these same issues against the Federalists clear back in the late 18th / early 19th centuries. Thank God they got the Bill of Rights passed. If they hadn't & Hamilton et al had had their way we'd be better off under the Crown!