Great observations Mr Carter, but we live in the era of uninvited "information" with the tech to shovel the shite to our phones. Might be a worthy startup for some company to develop an app that shields us from that stuff.
Totally agree. If I may add... Trump is a successful businessman which absolutely requires truth. He spews hyperbole all the time, but when things matter he is a very transparent dude. I remember many occasions during his first term where courts instructed him about how a policy of his wasn't constitutional and he simply said "Okay, thanks. New direction team."
Contrast that with most others, namely Chuck U Schumer or Mitch McConnell.
It seems that there are few negative consequences to lies.
When the world is comprised primarily intrafamilial transactions and private interpersonal commercial transactions - telling lies has tremendous negative consequences.
As more of our daily transactions move to government sector space, the transaction mechanism becomes more and more impersonal. It's hard to hold people accountable in 1:Many relationships.
I don't see things changing until the vast majority of the populace embraces a far greater level of self-reliance and personal accountability.
Same experience here having moved to a battleground state 2 years ago. It is amazing what tripe the ads are and so dumb.
The solution to this may be a series of robust debates that abandon the 2 minute "gotcha" format and are thoughtful presentations of distinct plans with a 30 slot -- domestic policy, foreign policy, governing philosophy.
We need to refocus on the issues and not the personalities and name calling.
The "swamp," deep state, career politicians need to cling to power. At any cost. I was surprised (not really) by the outright lies about totally verifiable things. Like the Charlottesville lie, the Puerto Rico joke (proves liberals/progressives have no sense of humor. Puerto Rico has a real trash problem. That was the joke. It's actually funny.) The oft-repeated 'suckers and losers' lie.
The dishonest deceitful mudslinging is beyond belief. This is the worst it's ever been.
From Harris and Walz proclaiming that Donald Trump will enact a nationwide abortion ban and lock up his opponents in camps to all other kinds of nonsense, it's just utter insanity and they should be held liable.
Major mainstream media sources used to be held accountable for being truthful and there is no accountability now in that industry and they have lost all credibility as they have become nothing more than shills for the Democrat Party.
Elon Musk really did save this election, if not the country. So many political ads flat out libeled opposing candidates that X (and other blogs) were the only ways the truth could be known. I am no lawyer, but it seems that libel laws could and should be applied after elections. Unfortunately, the liability for the direct ads would be to "Committees for ..." which wouldn't exist after the election. BUT, many of the libelous ads were produced by NGOs who (a) have deep pockets and (b) aren't going anywhere. If nothing else, then their legal bills would put a dent in next elections' ad budget.
On the different issue of voter fraud. Why not require all precincts to report what they have ON midnight of election day. Any votes not counted by then would be set aside. If voters are upset by that, then they need to hold their local officials to account in the next election.
With such a rule, there'd be no way for any one side to know how many dead people they need to raise to win an election., and cheating would be much harder.
Forget about it. Not going to happen. And maybe, just maybe, the lying in the ads backfired for some portion of the electorate, perhaps even motivating some of them to vote against the Donkeys, so had the opposite effect to what was intended? If so, let them continue to self-destruct. Perhaps it was my imagination, but towards the end of the campaign I was wondering whether the frequency of ads and the shifting the content and tenor of the ads (the old ones weren't working, so let's try this approach) were an indication of desperation and the ultimate outcome. Perhaps I am imagining things, or I was just dreaming, but one day in the final stage of the campaign there was one ad with a strong male voice saying the name Jeffrey Epstein, and then 'he was there' (apparently referring to DJT). I heard it several times in one day, and then never again. Strange.
Great observations Mr Carter, but we live in the era of uninvited "information" with the tech to shovel the shite to our phones. Might be a worthy startup for some company to develop an app that shields us from that stuff.
Totally agree. If I may add... Trump is a successful businessman which absolutely requires truth. He spews hyperbole all the time, but when things matter he is a very transparent dude. I remember many occasions during his first term where courts instructed him about how a policy of his wasn't constitutional and he simply said "Okay, thanks. New direction team."
Contrast that with most others, namely Chuck U Schumer or Mitch McConnell.
It seems that there are few negative consequences to lies.
When the world is comprised primarily intrafamilial transactions and private interpersonal commercial transactions - telling lies has tremendous negative consequences.
As more of our daily transactions move to government sector space, the transaction mechanism becomes more and more impersonal. It's hard to hold people accountable in 1:Many relationships.
I don't see things changing until the vast majority of the populace embraces a far greater level of self-reliance and personal accountability.
Same experience here having moved to a battleground state 2 years ago. It is amazing what tripe the ads are and so dumb.
The solution to this may be a series of robust debates that abandon the 2 minute "gotcha" format and are thoughtful presentations of distinct plans with a 30 slot -- domestic policy, foreign policy, governing philosophy.
We need to refocus on the issues and not the personalities and name calling.
JLM
www.themusingsofthebigredcar.com
How about Joe Rogan conducts a series of three hour interviews of both top candidates at the same time….
The "swamp," deep state, career politicians need to cling to power. At any cost. I was surprised (not really) by the outright lies about totally verifiable things. Like the Charlottesville lie, the Puerto Rico joke (proves liberals/progressives have no sense of humor. Puerto Rico has a real trash problem. That was the joke. It's actually funny.) The oft-repeated 'suckers and losers' lie.
Enjoy reading your level headed approach to issues.
Great follow on X is @saras76 to keep us all laughing - just found her. #KeepItUp !
The dishonest deceitful mudslinging is beyond belief. This is the worst it's ever been.
From Harris and Walz proclaiming that Donald Trump will enact a nationwide abortion ban and lock up his opponents in camps to all other kinds of nonsense, it's just utter insanity and they should be held liable.
Major mainstream media sources used to be held accountable for being truthful and there is no accountability now in that industry and they have lost all credibility as they have become nothing more than shills for the Democrat Party.
Elon Musk really did save this election, if not the country. So many political ads flat out libeled opposing candidates that X (and other blogs) were the only ways the truth could be known. I am no lawyer, but it seems that libel laws could and should be applied after elections. Unfortunately, the liability for the direct ads would be to "Committees for ..." which wouldn't exist after the election. BUT, many of the libelous ads were produced by NGOs who (a) have deep pockets and (b) aren't going anywhere. If nothing else, then their legal bills would put a dent in next elections' ad budget.
On the different issue of voter fraud. Why not require all precincts to report what they have ON midnight of election day. Any votes not counted by then would be set aside. If voters are upset by that, then they need to hold their local officials to account in the next election.
With such a rule, there'd be no way for any one side to know how many dead people they need to raise to win an election., and cheating would be much harder.
I’m waiting for Apple to give me an AI that filters and deletes political ads.
No need to have them taken off the air. They lose their value if no one believes them. What we need is caveat emptor.
Too bad u moved from Illinois all the ads were about abortion. I would watch and laugh at them. Tg
They would never be able to pass an anti abortion bill here. Plus governor fatty would never let it happen.
Forget about it. Not going to happen. And maybe, just maybe, the lying in the ads backfired for some portion of the electorate, perhaps even motivating some of them to vote against the Donkeys, so had the opposite effect to what was intended? If so, let them continue to self-destruct. Perhaps it was my imagination, but towards the end of the campaign I was wondering whether the frequency of ads and the shifting the content and tenor of the ads (the old ones weren't working, so let's try this approach) were an indication of desperation and the ultimate outcome. Perhaps I am imagining things, or I was just dreaming, but one day in the final stage of the campaign there was one ad with a strong male voice saying the name Jeffrey Epstein, and then 'he was there' (apparently referring to DJT). I heard it several times in one day, and then never again. Strange.