03-27-2020, 04:48 PM
(03-27-2020, 09:32 AM)David Horn Wrote:(03-26-2020, 11:36 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Tonight’s Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC focused a lot of attention on a lack of leadership coming from the federal government leaving the 50 states and various government agencies competing for critical resources. Rachel put a lot of emphasis on this lack of finding out where there was the greatest need, and making sure there was a response there. The Massachusetts governor was among those that complained that time and man hours were being wasted trying to get resources which ended up going to the highest bidder. Valid contracts which the states thought answered their needs vanished when the source found a higher bidder.
That reminded me of something Trump said a few days back. Coordinating the response would inconvenience those who were making the resources available. In other words, Trump could stop the price gouging, but the elites making a profit off of death asked him not to.
Rachel and MSNBC were not attributing a profit motive, only a lack of needed leadership, but if I am begining to wonder, perhaps so should others.
When, if ever, will the media call this obvious spade a shovel? All the pussy-footing around and being "balanced" and "fair" has created a chasm of doubt Trump fills with lies every day. This has to stop!
Trump loyalists are unreachable -- witness Warren Dew on this forum as an example. They need to reach as many of the rest as humanly possible. Fox and rest of the Trumpist media aren't bound by that now archaic code, and it's long past time for others to act accordingly.
isn't the 4T perspective that it's not that one side wins the other side over, it's just that most people stop listening to one side ... it seems that's what's happening right now ... seriously, who cares what they think at this point ...
"But there's a difference between error and dishonesty, and it's not a trivial difference." - Ben Greenman
"Relax, it'll be all right, and by that I mean it will first get worse."
"How was I supposed to know that there'd be consequences for my actions?" - Gina Linetti
"Relax, it'll be all right, and by that I mean it will first get worse."
"How was I supposed to know that there'd be consequences for my actions?" - Gina Linetti