What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?

[sneakypete]

I think things will start lookng up when we start reading about more rioting BLM/Antifa casualites. 

@catfish1957

That would surely cheer ME up.

[Victoria33]

Oftentimes lately, the daily events we discuss here just seems so surreal to me, like a fairy tale from Mother Grimms (without the lessons of Aesop) regardless of whether I'm sober, drunk and/or stoned.  I seem to be lost perpetually in a world that makes no sense what so ever and I'm running out of things to do to keep me preoccupied.
 Anyway I removed the time expiration on the Misery Poll.

@corbe
@Gefn
@sneakypete
@mystery-ak   

Poll: "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"

corbe, your poll is, "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"  I will make this post about just me in the midst of this virus.

1.  I can't walk due to my right knee collapsing with major pain, therefore the virus isn't stopping me from leaving my house; my knee is stopping me.

2.  Tomorrow, a knee surgeon will take water out of my swollen right knee, then inject hyaluronic acid into the knee as he did one week ago tomorrow.  If this doesn't allow the knee to work without major pain and collapsing, I will have knee replacement as everything has been tried for 8 months to save this knee.  The surgeon does not want to operate on an elderly person, which I am, but it will be surgery or never walk independently again.

3.  The knee replacement will happen in a hospital where COVID-19 patients are.  I know that is true since Bob had to go there a few weeks ago and there were 10 patients with that virus.  Since numbers are going up here, they likely have more of these patients, not less.

4.  My level of current misery is a 20 on a scale of 1-10.

Don't want to have surgery where virus patients are.
With knee replacement, have to go to physical therapy for months.

Doc says it will take six months or longer to completely get over knee replacement.

Unfortunately, @sneakypete, you can't do this for me, have your knee replaced instead of mine, but I know you would, if you could.   

[sneakypete]

My level basically never changes because I truly don't give rabid rat's ass what anyone else thinks. I make an honest effort to live my life the way I want to live it,and need neither permission or approval to do so as long as I remain without shouting distance of the law.

I also make an honest effort,even if I occasionally fail,to be fair to everyone and to treat almost everyone equally. With certain exceptions,of course. For example, no man that wants to live a peaceful home life treats other women like he treats his sweetie,and any that does deserves the mountain of grief that will be unloaded on him.

[sneakypete]

@corbe
@Gefn
@sneakypete
@mystery-ak   

Poll: "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"

corbe, your poll is, "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"  I will make this post about just me in the midst of this virus.

1.  I can't walk due to my right knee collapsing with major pain, therefore the virus isn't stopping me from leaving my house; my knee is stopping me.

2.  Tomorrow, a knee surgeon will take water out of my swollen right knee, then inject hyaluronic acid into the knee as he did one week ago tomorrow.  If this doesn't allow the knee to work without major pain and collapsing, I will have knee replacement as everything has been tried for 8 months to save this knee.  The surgeon does not want to operate on an elderly person, which I am, but it will be surgery or never walk independently again.

3.  The knee replacement will happen in a hospital where COVID-19 patients are.  I know that is true since Bob had to go there a few weeks ago and there were 10 patients with that virus.  Since numbers are going up here, they likely have more of these patients, not less.

4.  My level of current misery is a 20 on a scale of 1-10.

Don't want to have surgery where virus patients are.
With knee replacement, have to go to physical therapy for months.

Doc says it will take six months or longer to completely get over knee replacement.

Unfortunately, @sneakypete, you can't do this for me, have your knee replaced instead of mine, but I know you would, if you could.   

@Victoria33

Hah! I need at least 4 myself. Two to replace the junk ones I have thanks to having been a career paratrooper,and a couple of spares because I am no longer as graceful as I once was.

Every morning when I wake up,getting out of bed is an adventure. First,I have to make sure everything is working,and then I  had to determine how well it is working at that moment,and then try to convince it all to work together. NOT as easy as it used to be.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, Aside from watching the savings swirl around the drain, the uncertainty if I will ever work another well as a geologist, not getting enough hours on the current job, I'm still a mite optimistic. The job is outside, no contact, and essential, so maybe that will improve.
But overall, some scattered videos have shown me a couple of things. Aside from the looting and burning riots, the numbers at these demonstrations don't seem to be as great as the Media are trying to portray. It's a typical Bolshevik tactic of saying you are in the majority when actually your numbers are relatively few. Sure, some show up for something to do, the lockdowns have been tough, but others are tired of the BS, are tired of being played (as Blacks generally are at this point) and are, I believe tired of the petty tyranny of feeling unable to speak their minds against any of this crap, even as they watch their businesses or jobs go up in smoke.
People are getting tired of do-nothing politicians who have allowed lawless zones to proliferate, are tired of the destruction of memorials, which no longer have to have anything to do with slaves, and just want their lives back without all the crap. A growing number of whites, despite the media BS, are saying "Hell NO! I'm not taking a knee. I never owned or mistreated anyone, and I'll be damned if I'm kissing anyone's ass just because it is darker than mine."

So, I think the "revolution" is more fake news, not that destruction and death hasn't accompanied it, just that it doesn't have the broad based support the media would have us believe. When (as in @DCPatriot  's video) a black woman with an apparently hand crafted (not slick preprinted) sign is holding up something that says "Stop pretending that you give a F***", there is a narrative we are not getting from the media, where what bleeds leads and fire is above the fold. (Good news may be found, occasionally, in the legal notices).

We are not getting the whole story, and what we are getting is seriously skewed. So, there's hope. Keep your powder dry and get in your range time just in case, but put a mite more faith in The Almighty. We'll survive all this, too.

[DCPatriot]

Well, Aside from watching the savings swirl around the drain, the uncertainty if I will ever work another well as a geologist, not getting enough hours on the current job, I'm still a mite optimistic. The job is outside, no contact, and essential, so maybe that will improve.
But overall, some scattered videos have shown me a couple of things. Aside from the looting and burning riots, the numbers at these demonstrations don't seem to be as great as the Media are trying to portray. It's a typical Bolshevik tactic of saying you are in the majority when actually your numbers are relatively few. Sure, some show up for something to do, the lockdowns have been tough, but others are tired of the BS, are tired of being played (as Blacks generally are at this point) and are, I believe tired of the petty tyranny of feeling unable to speak their minds against any of this crap, even as they watch their businesses or jobs go up in smoke.
People are getting tired of do-nothing politicians who have allowed lawless zones to proliferate, are tired of the destruction of memorials, which no longer have to have anything to do with slaves, and just want their lives back without all the crap. A growing number of whites, despite the media BS, are saying "Hell NO! I'm not taking a knee. I never owned or mistreated anyone, and I'll be damned if I'm kissing anyone's ass just because it is darker than mine."

So, I think the "revolution" is more fake news, not that destruction and death hasn't accompanied it, just that it doesn't have the broad based support the media would have us believe. When (as in @DCPatriot  's video) a black woman with an apparently hand crafted (not slick preprinted) sign is holding up something that says "Stop pretending that you give a F***", there is a narrative we are not getting from the media, where what bleeds leads and fire is above the fold. (Good news may be found, occasionally, in the legal notices).

We are not getting the whole story, and what we are getting is seriously skewed. So, there's hope. Keep your powder dry and get in your range time just in case, but put a mite more faith in The Almighty. We'll survive all this, too.

@Smokin Joe     

[Idiot]

@corbe
@Gefn
@sneakypete
@mystery-ak   

Poll: "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"

corbe, your poll is, "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"  I will make this post about just me in the midst of this virus.

1.  I can't walk due to my right knee collapsing with major pain, therefore the virus isn't stopping me from leaving my house; my knee is stopping me.

2.  Tomorrow, a knee surgeon will take water out of my swollen right knee, then inject hyaluronic acid into the knee as he did one week ago tomorrow.  If this doesn't allow the knee to work without major pain and collapsing, I will have knee replacement as everything has been tried for 8 months to save this knee.  The surgeon does not want to operate on an elderly person, which I am, but it will be surgery or never walk independently again.

3.  The knee replacement will happen in a hospital where COVID-19 patients are.  I know that is true since Bob had to go there a few weeks ago and there were 10 patients with that virus.  Since numbers are going up here, they likely have more of these patients, not less.

4.  My level of current misery is a 20 on a scale of 1-10.

Don't want to have surgery where virus patients are.
With knee replacement, have to go to physical therapy for months.

Doc says it will take six months or longer to completely get over knee replacement.

Unfortunately, @sneakypete, you can't do this for me, have your knee replaced instead of mine, but I know you would, if you could.   

Praying for you @Victoria33

[Bigun]

I have resigned myself to the fact that the Republic I grew up loving is history and now plan to try and enjoy what little remains of my life here on this earth.  I do worry about what will become of those I leave behind.

[catfish1957]

I have resigned myself to the fact that the Republic I grew up loving is history and now plan to try and enjoy what little remains of my life here on this earth.  I do worry about what will become of those I leave behind.

Same here.  I just hope there is a location of refuge for my descendents, because this country is becoming a hell hole. 

[roamer_1]

1.  I can't walk due to my right knee collapsing with major pain, therefore the virus isn't stopping me from leaving my house; my knee is stopping me.

2.  Tomorrow, a knee surgeon will take water out of my swollen right knee, then inject hyaluronic acid into the knee as he did one week ago tomorrow.  If this doesn't allow the knee to work without major pain and collapsing, I will have knee replacement as everything has been tried for 8 months to save this knee.  The surgeon does not want to operate on an elderly person, which I am, but it will be surgery or never walk independently again.

3.  The knee replacement will happen in a hospital where COVID-19 patients are.  I know that is true since Bob had to go there a few weeks ago and there were 10 patients with that virus.  Since numbers are going up here, they likely have more of these patients, not less.

4.  My level of current misery is a 20 on a scale of 1-10.

Oof. I know about that... the chronic knee thing, I mean... I know all about that...

 

[libertybele]

Same here.  I just hope there is a location of refuge for my descendents, because this country is becoming a hell hole.

I feel the same way.  The glimmer of hope that I saw under Trump to lead us in a more positive direction and keeping our Republic in tact has dwindled significantly.  I fear for my kids and grandkids. My kids, especially the oldest holds this country dear; most of the grandkids are too young to realize what is going on and understand. I'm kicking myself everyday for not moving to a more rural and secluded area ... I didn't want to leave family behind.  At least though, perhaps they would have had a safer area to come to.  Too late now.  We don't have the health nor the energy to pick up and get out.

[libertybele]

@corbe
@Gefn
@sneakypete
@mystery-ak   

Poll: "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"

corbe, your poll is, "What is the Level of your Current Misery, Politically (or otherwise)?"  I will make this post about just me in the midst of this virus.

1.  I can't walk due to my right knee collapsing with major pain, therefore the virus isn't stopping me from leaving my house; my knee is stopping me.

2.  Tomorrow, a knee surgeon will take water out of my swollen right knee, then inject hyaluronic acid into the knee as he did one week ago tomorrow.  If this doesn't allow the knee to work without major pain and collapsing, I will have knee replacement as everything has been tried for 8 months to save this knee.  The surgeon does not want to operate on an elderly person, which I am, but it will be surgery or never walk independently again.

3.  The knee replacement will happen in a hospital where COVID-19 patients are.  I know that is true since Bob had to go there a few weeks ago and there were 10 patients with that virus.  Since numbers are going up here, they likely have more of these patients, not less.

4.  My level of current misery is a 20 on a scale of 1-10.

Don't want to have surgery where virus patients are.
With knee replacement, have to go to physical therapy for months.

Doc says it will take six months or longer to completely get over knee replacement.

Unfortunately, @sneakypete, you can't do this for me, have your knee replaced instead of mine, but I know you would, if you could.   

@Victoria 33 -- I am faced with a similar problem; supposed to go in for a couple of heart procedures -- risky and even riskier as I'll have to be on blood thinners --- then there's the whole COVID thing on top of that.

Focus on yourself -- think ahead and picture yourself feeling better and getting through all this.  Positive positive positive thinking right now is a must!  Lots of prayer too.

[skeeter]

I have resigned myself to the fact that the Republic I grew up loving is history and now plan to try and enjoy what little remains of my life here on this earth.  I do worry about what will become of those I leave behind.

I don't know what gave me the idea the age of the sovereign individual would last forever - its not how the human race rolls.

But as always God is in control & we already know how this story ends.

[catfish1957]

I don't know what gave me the idea the age of the sovereign individual would last forever - its not how the human race rolls.

But as always God is in control & we already know how this story ends.

Till then, I hope Ayn Rand's vision comes to fruition.  Many Briefers here embody that spirit.  In fact, I'll venture many of the younger ones here will be happy residents of Galtville, when this whole sorry mess finally crumbles.

[Gefn]

@Victoria33

I’d gladly go through your surgery in your place for you too.

Feel better, you are a dear lady. I don’t want to see you suffer. Kisses to you and Prissy.

 

[aligncare]

The first time a day goes by without my hearing the words Corona or virus on the news, my misery index will plummet. Except of course unless it’s a beer commercial or an ad for Windows operating system 

[skeeter]

Till then, I hope Ayn Rand's vision comes to fruition.  Many Briefers here embody that spirit.  In fact, I'll venture many of the younger ones here will be happy residents of Galtville, when this whole sorry mess finally crumbles.

There will always be that kind, the other certainty about the human race.

[sneakypete]

Same here.  I just hope there is a location of refuge for my descendents, because this country is becoming a hell hole.

@catfish1957

Russia. HUGE country with a very low population per acre,and vast resources.

They have also been through the full cycle of this "revolution to install communism/fascism",and are over it. Regardless of the lies told,the typical Russian citizen KNOWS where this crap leads.

[GrouchoTex]

The first time a day goes by without my hearing the words Corona or virus on the news, my misery index will plummet. Except of course unless it’s a beer commercial or an ad for Windows operating system 

 

[Smokin Joe]

I have resigned myself to the fact that the Republic I grew up loving is history and now plan to try and enjoy what little remains of my life here on this earth.  I do worry about what will become of those I leave behind.

Not content with that, I'm sowing the seeds of the next American Revolution if the Communists prevail.

[Smokin Joe]

@Victoria33 @libertybele I will keep you ladies in my prayers.

[berdie]

Well, misery isn't a word that is what I feel.

However, on a scale of one to 10 (10 being the  highest) I'm at an 11. Worried about my family, check. Worried about my country, check. Amazed at the destruction being allowed, check. Deeply concerned about COVID, check. Concerned about the economy, check.

Worried that we are being told the truth by the media...check, check, check.

But on the bright side (a one) getting away from the news is a great mood elevator.

[corbe]

   My knob just went up another notch. 
   I was just refused service at my local lickher store (Spec's) because I wouldn't wear a mask.  Of course I have a backup plan and being a white guy, it doesn't involve arson, it's called 'delivery'.

[Smokin Joe]

   My knob just went up another notch. 
   I was just refused service at my local lickher store (Spec's) because I wouldn't wear a mask.  Of course I have a backup plan and being a white guy, it doesn't involve arson, it's called 'delivery'.

Takes you back, doesn't it? Paying some guy to bring you a few bottles from the liquor store? Reminds me of my misspent youth.

[Applewood]

@catfish1957

Russia. HUGE country with a very low population per acre,and vast resources.

They have also been through the full cycle of this "revolution to install communism/fascism",and are over it. Regardless of the lies told,the typical Russian citizen KNOWS where this crap leads.

@sneakypete

I used to correspond with a Russian fella for a few years after the breakup of the Soviet Union.  He told me things really didn't change.  The so-called former communists like Putin are still communists.  Yes, they have elections now, but he said they are fixed.  And from time to time, opposition candidates "disappear."

It's a shame because I understand there is plenty of unspoiled land, natural beauty  The Russian guy sent me some photos.  Beautiful.

Lost touch with this guy -- for all I know he could be in a gulag somewhere.  Anyway, from what I heard from him and others, I don't think I'd want to live there.

[berdie]

   My knob just went up another notch. 
   I was just refused service at my local lickher store (Spec's) because I wouldn't wear a mask.  Of course I have a backup plan and being a white guy, it doesn't involve arson, it's called 'delivery'.

I don't blame you. But I would file this in the "no shirt, no shoes, etc."
 file.

What you could do, and I have done, is paint mouths on your masks. I have a smiley mouth, a frowny mouth and a generic straight mouth face. Kind of conveys my mood.

My brother, who can really draw well, drew a snorting bull. He's a bar tender and got lots of laughs..and additional tips.

Sometimes ya just have to make your own fun.

 

[corbe]

   Mayor issued the proclamation late last night, mandatory next Monday, no penalties/fines for not wearing one but all the companies were on board 5 days ahead, another testament to our corrupt Chamber of Commerce. 
   As San Antonio/Austin area goes so does my little town, too. 
   Just one more major inconvenience that has become the 'new' normal.  We're not getting the 'old' normal back and man that was quick.

[aligncare]

@sneakypete

I used to correspond with a Russian fella for a few years after the breakup of the Soviet Union.  He told me things really didn't change.  The so-called former communists like Putin are still communists.  Yes, they have elections now, but he said they are fixed.  And from time to time, opposition candidates "disappear."

It's a shame because I understand there is plenty of unspoiled land, natural beauty  The Russian guy sent me some photos.  Beautiful.

Lost touch with this guy -- for all I know he could be in a gulag somewhere.  Anyway, from what I heard from him and others, I don't think I'd want to live there.

And this differs from the United States how?

We’ve got a stealth state run media, massive political corruption, we’ve got socialist corporations and oligarchs and wealth transference and government social experimentation.

Except for a few superficial differences we’ve become them.

[Axeslinger]

   My knob just went up another notch. 
   I was just refused service at my local lickher store (Spec's) because I wouldn't wear a mask.  Of course I have a backup plan and being a white guy, it doesn't involve arson, it's called 'delivery'.

My gov just announced mandatory masks for all.   I just ran the numbers.   My state has a population of ~10.5M.  53k cases, 2300 fatalities.

That’s 0.5% have the disease.  And 0.011% (PERCENT!!!) have died. 

Currently I’m leaning towards some civil disobedience.  Either that, or this is how I’m wearing my mask:

[Applewood]

   Mayor issued the proclamation late last night, mandatory next Monday, no penalties/fines for not wearing one but all the companies were on board 5 days ahead, another testament to our corrupt Chamber of Commerce. 
   As San Antonio/Austin area goes so does my little town, too. 
   Just one more major inconvenience that has become the 'new' normal.  We're not getting the 'old' normal back and man that was quick.

I think once people get really tired of this nonsense, you will see an all-out rebellion.  Then those face masks, social distancing and the rest will go away. 

Already I think there are cracks in the WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE mantra.  Here in western PA, the media allies of the Democrat/socialist leadership have, for several days now, been trying to scare people by reporting an uptick in COVID cases.  Then tonight one of the local stations had an interview with two medical directors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).  One of them said that UPMC has actually seen a downturn in the number of COVID cases.  The other man said  that they believe the alarmist reports are omitting certain facts -- namely, that the vast majority of new cases are patients with very mild symptoms and in some cases, there are no symptoms at all. 

I think people are slowly realizing that all this scary news is bogus.  As they do so, you will see a lot fewer masks, and all that other "new normal" nonsense will be gone too. 

[240B]

This is a literal description of my life right now.
I have become a refund manager, refunding tons of crap to Amazon that I would NEVER buy sober.

[corbe]

    You need to renew your subscription to P0rnhub, @240B

[240B]

    You need to renew your subscription to P0rnhub, @240B

I've only been to PornHub once or twice.
And even then it was only for the articles.
Why are so many of you guys pushing this?
Are you getting paid by them?
Never heard so much about PornHub ever, except on this site.

(but seriously, anyone who 'subscribes' to any porn site is a fool. you are putting your email/cellphone on dozens of lists, domestic and international, you probably do not want to be on)

[Smokin Joe]

I think once people get really tired of this nonsense, you will see an all-out rebellion.  Then those face masks, social distancing and the rest will go away. 

Already I think there are cracks in the WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE mantra.  Here in western PA, the media allies of the Democrat/socialist leadership have, for several days now, been trying to scare people by reporting an uptick in COVID cases.  Then tonight one of the local stations had an interview with two medical directors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).  One of them said that UPMC has actually seen a downturn in the number of COVID cases.  The other man said  that they believe the alarmist reports are omitting certain facts -- namely, that the vast majority of new cases are patients with very mild symptoms and in some cases, there are no symptoms at all. 

I think people are slowly realizing that all this scary news is bogus.  As they do so, you will see a lot fewer masks, and all that other "new normal" nonsense will be gone too.

Well, one thing about stuffing COVID patients in nursing homes. You can't kill all those old folks a second time.
That means they have to find another way to panic people. Look for percentage increases in states where new case counts were low...It makes the numbers even scarier.

Considering nothing about the "New Normal" was normal, people aren't buying it.

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

I used to correspond with a Russian fella for a few years after the breakup of the Soviet Union.  He told me things really didn't change.  The so-called former communists like Putin are still communists. Yes, they have elections now, but he said they are fixed.  And from time to time, opposition candidates "disappear."

It's a shame because I understand there is plenty of unspoiled land, natural beauty  The Russian guy sent me some photos.  Beautiful.

Lost touch with this guy -- for all I know he could be in a gulag somewhere.  Anyway, from what I heard from him and others, I don't think I'd want to live there.

@Applewood

Not true. They are now capitalists,and are more focused on acquiring and keeping personal wealth than they are anything else. Communism is truly a thing of the past there,except for a VERY few knuckleheads,and by now most of them have died out.

[Applewood]

@Applewood

Not true. They are now capitalists,and are more focused on acquiring and keeping personal wealth than they are anything else. Communism is truly a thing of the past there,except for a VERY few knuckleheads,and by now most of them have died out.

@sneakypete

Russia is still for all practical purposes a dictatorship.  Putin isn't going anywhere anytime soon. 

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

Russia is still for all practical purposes a dictatorship.  Putin isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

@Applewood

Yeah,sorta mostly true.

BUT........,consider the fact that in today's world,a benign dictatorship gives the normal citizen a pass to live their lives the way they see fit,as long as you don't cause trouble.

Which is more than you can say for most alleged Democracies these days,including our own.

[Smokin Joe]

@Applewood

Yeah,sorta mostly true.

BUT........,consider the fact that in today's world,a benign dictatorship gives the normal citizen a pass to live their lives the way they see fit,as long as you don't cause trouble.

Which is more than you can say for most alleged Democracies these days,including our own.

Well, as long as you aren't too successful, either. Then it's go directly to jail and forfeit your assets.

[Applewood]

@Applewood

Yeah,sorta mostly true.

BUT........,consider the fact that in today's world,a benign dictatorship gives the normal citizen a pass to live their lives the way they see fit,as long as you don't cause trouble.

Which is more than you can say for most alleged Democracies these days,including our own.

@sneakypete

Sorry, but I'm no fan of dictatorships -- benign or otherwise. 

And I still consider Russia as our enemy.  Would never trust Putin.

[Cyber Liberty]

I've only been to PornHub once or twice.
And even then it was only for the articles.
Why are so many of you guys pushing this?
Are you getting paid by them?
Never heard so much about PornHub ever, except on this site.

(but seriously, anyone who 'subscribes' to any porn site is a fool. you are putting your email/cellphone on dozens of lists, domestic and international, you probably do not want to be on)

That's what "burner" gmail addresses are for....and never pay more than free.

[Smokin Joe]

@sneakypete

Sorry, but I'm no fan of dictatorships -- benign or otherwise. 

And I still consider Russia as our enemy.  Would never trust Putin.

I don't trust any of OUR politicians, so why would I trust anyone else's?

[roamer_1]

@Applewood

Not true. They are now capitalists,and are more focused on acquiring and keeping personal wealth than they are anything else. Communism is truly a thing of the past there,except for a VERY few knuckleheads,and by now most of them have died out.

Nah Pete... It's the same thing happening all over... Elitists want to reign - It ain't about being rich to them... It's about grinding people under their heel. Communism has always been nothing but a cover to return to feudalism. The right of kings and lords.

And capitalism without its ethics is crony-capitalism - What better way to cut out your competition and secure your fortune than to have the government do it for you?

So put socialism together with crony-capitalism and what do you get? A return to feudalism and mercantilism - Just exactly what has been the norm for aeons.

An unethical people will get the government they deserve.

[roamer_1]

@Applewood

Yeah,sorta mostly true.

BUT........,consider the fact that in today's world,a benign dictatorship gives the normal citizen a pass to live their lives the way they see fit,as long as you don't cause trouble.

Which is more than you can say for most alleged Democracies these days,including our own.

Yes, a benign king os the best form of government... The problem is, kings die. Then what?

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

Sorry, but I'm no fan of dictatorships -- benign or otherwise. 

And I still consider Russia as our enemy.  Would never trust Putin.

@Applewood

Russia isn't Putin,any more than America was Obomber.

[sneakypete]

I don't trust any of OUR politicians, so why would I trust anyone else's?

@Smokin Joe

And there it is. Putin and his followers followed the model of American Presidents like Clinton and Obomber when they set their new system up after the collapse of Communism.

[sneakypete]

Yes, a benign king os the best form of government... The problem is, kings die. Then what?

@roamer_1

Historically,the nobility get together and fight it out to determine who the next King will be.

[Applewood]

@roamer_1

Historically,the nobility get together and fight it out to determine who the next King will be.

@sneakypete

Or they pass the crown on to the firstborn son, if there is one. 

[roamer_1]

@sneakypete

Or they pass the crown on to the firstborn son, if there is one.

That's the thing. And the son is seldom of the cut of the father... The norm becomes a 'nobility' with pomp and little more, as history attests. And sooner or later comes a tyrant, with all the mechanisms in place for immediate ascension. And terror reigns complete.

That is the problem with a benevolent kingdom.

[sneakypete]

@sneakypete

Or they pass the crown on to the firstborn son, if there is one.

@Applewood

And the current Kings children have had bodyguards their entire lives. There were good reasons for this.

[Victoria33]

Praying for you @Victoria33

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@sneakypete

Well, potato, went yesterday to get shots in both knees.  I have a high tolerance for pain and am not afraid of needles, being an EMT.

Wore a face shield instead of hot N95 mask.  That was accepted by the three who check patients before they go into the main waiting room.

The shots were horribly painful this time and I have had numerous shots in the right knee before, but these shots were so bad, I had to control myself and not yell out loud.  Doc kept asking me if I was okay, and I said "yes", each time because I had to have these shots.

What I did not know is what he said after the shots were over.  He said,
"Wait six to eight weeks to see if these shots work. If they do not, come back then."

So, here I sit with a right knee that is painful from the shots and from being bone on bone and collapsing, and wait 8! weeks to see if they worked.   

Do you, potato, (and maybe @sneakypete) have time to be a "servant" in our house to bring me whatever I need/want all day?  It will help if you are not white, so I can get "extra points" from whichever group is for/against "servants".   

Thank you for prayers.