Posted on 10/03/2024 7:54:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Hurricane Helene has wrought deadly and destructive havoc across the South and Appalachia, killing dozens and doing billions in property damage. Fast on Helene’s heels, we now have another disaster hitting the U.S.: The longshoreman strike that now threatens to shut down much of the U.S. economy.
And very conspicuously, Joe Biden did nothing about it. No jawboning. No ideas. No attempt to cool tempers and bridge differences to get a deal. Apparently Biden’s leaving it to others as he whiles away the remainder of his only term as president at his beloved Rehoboth Beach vacation home.
Kind of like his administration’s reaction to the devastation from Hurricane Helene, the second-deadliest hurricane of this century. A complete failure.
As for the port shutdown, Biden as president has the authority and political clout to help mediate a dangerous strike that has both economic and national security implications. But he did nothing to stop the potentially devastating walkout. He apparently has left it in the hands of anonymous aides and incompetent Cabinet members to deal with the mess.
They are failing spectacularly. Yes, Biden did nothing. Nor did Vice President Kamala Harris, a likely preview of what’s in store if she becomes president. How about Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg? Is he on a second paternity leave? If not, why has he done zip about this?
How about Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo? Don’t the nation’s ports have something to do with “commerce”?
Here was her response when asked about it in a television interview. “I have not been focused on that,” she said in a CNBC interview, in which she was appearing as a campaign “surrogate” for Harris.
“Not been focused”? Is that a sick joke? That’s her job. No, instead of doing her job, she’s chosen instead to join Harris’ election campaign, while still being paid by public tax dollars. By the way, the strike could cripple our economy, costing by some estimates as much as $4.5 billion a day.
Yet, as a surrogate for Harris, Raimondo in an MSNBC interview called for Donald Trump to be “extinguished for good.” By using those words, she was in essence calling for Trump to be killed. With Trump having had two serious assassination attempts in the last two months, such comments can only be thought to invite another mentally unstable leftist to have another try.
In her words you can see the burning, irrational hatred that the deranged left has for Trump — and by extension, his “deplorable” supporters (who happen to live in the areas most affected by the hurricane, and who will also bear the brunt of the strike).
And right now, their votes might be all that’s standing in the way of absolute, one-party rule for the Democrats.
Raimondo’s words seem to reflect the Democrats’ new modus operandi: whip up hate, let the country go to Hell, and count on all the reliable media’s lefty bootlickers to make excuses for your failures and incompetence. Then seize even more power.
It’s all about power, not good governance. In Raimondo’s case, she should be fired forthwith for her dereliction. But, of course, she won’t be. And neither will any of the rest of the do-nothings in the Biden administration.
Which is an enormous problem.
Right now we face serious threats to global stability and the U.S.’ leadership: China’s threats against Taiwan and its other neighbors. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its bullying of Eastern Europe. Iran’s nuclear threat, which grows by the day, and its continued use of terrorist proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah to further its goal of becoming a global nuclear power.
Domestically, Americans must reckon with continued surges in out-of-control illegal immigration, along with threats to their constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms.
Add to that runaway inflation, soaring housing and energy costs, an explosion in federal spending that has pushed U.S. total debt well beyond the once-unthinkable level of $30 trillion, a surge in crime, elevated drug deaths, and awful schools, to name just a few of the problems we’ve seen worsen under the Biden administration.
Biden held the reins of power in his hands for almost three years and failed miserably. Now, as he dodders off into the sunset, we’re seeing his “Cabinet,” which has met once in the last 11 months, fail at its job, too.
We’d call this a clown show, but after a clown show most people laugh. This isn’t funny at all.
The level of incompetence in this administration, from the top down, is stunning. It’s almost as if it’s trying to fail. America, only you can fix this. At the ballot box.
Biden could invoke Taft-Hartley to stop the strike for an 80 day cooling off period, but then he figures he might lose some labor support. So instead he lets the supply chain well run dry.
It is clear that the ports need to automate to get rid of the union death grip on productivity.
What the denizens of this hive of scum and villainy have in common is a blindered, laser-focused drive for power for the purposes of self-enrichment and partisan hegemony. Competence is not even close to a criterion for hire; in fact, it's a hindrance.
Oh the Unintended Consequences of electing Democrats.
They will blame it on Trump and Global Warming and half of the country will believe them.
The left hates the USA and especially red parts of the country. They see an opportunity to exploit the tragedy for their benefit and the human suffering does not bother them at all. Just look at their actions. They will also say Trump cut the government ability to respond which is their usual tactic of blaming others for what they are doing themselves.
Hope the dollar can stand up to the economic pressures undermining it. If Kam is elected, a good chance the dollar will no longer be the World’s reserve currency, absolute chaos will erupt. Might be a good idea to stash some beans and rice for a long term food supply. Melanie just costed Don several million votes.
Kam would never be elected without vote fraud
WHY ARE THEY NOT SCREAMING ABOUT STOPPING VOTE FRAUD
That is what is going to get her into office.
THAT AND ONLY THAT
Where is Joe Biden in that picture?
October Surprise!
-PJ
Because it is likely an orchestrated problem for Ms Kamunism to solve just before the election. I smell play acting.
That’s exactly right.
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