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Decline and Fall of America? Not Yet
Wall St Journal (not behind paywall) ^ | David Mamet

Posted on 11/24/2024 3:37:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux

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1 posted on 11/24/2024 3:37:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
David Mamet, I've never heard of him, but he's a good writer, thanks.

2 posted on 11/24/2024 3:46:06 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: RoosterRedux

Love David Mamet... Such a mensch...

In his honor:
2024...
1. First prize: A new Cadillac presidential limo (Trump/Vance)
2. Second prize: A set of steak knives suitable for hormone-free beef and/or bear meat (RFK Jr.)
3. Third prize: You’re fired (Biden/Harris)


3 posted on 11/24/2024 3:48:32 AM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

You’ve heard of him. He’s the famous playwright.


4 posted on 11/24/2024 3:52:38 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Emerson (paraphrased): "If you strike at the king, don't fail." The Democrats failed. )
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To: irishjuggler

LOL.......cute.


5 posted on 11/24/2024 3:53:08 AM PST by Liz (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to RULE. (H.L, Mencken))
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“The dumbing down of America”. “I saw it on tv, so it must be true”. Ok, this has been going on for a long time, probably since snake oil, billboards, cigarette commercials, commercials in general, for ex: “margarine is better for you than butter, and eggs are going to give you a heart attack”. Or, “spray this on your dandelions, it’s harmless to everything else”. It’s still run amok propaganda. But I think a large part of our country is getting tired of all the bs and has become more skeptical of government, and media in general. Question authority, it may be right, but not necessarily.


6 posted on 11/24/2024 3:55:59 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: RoosterRedux
You’ve heard of him. He’s the famous playwright.

No, sorry, I'm ignorant and stupid. I've never heard of him.

7 posted on 11/24/2024 3:58:49 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: RoosterRedux

It is the Left in America that is declining and falling. The Right is still saying things that the left did 30 years ago, but will not anymore. They no longer believe in free speech, in questioning authority, or even protecting the innocence of children. They’ve lost their desire to even live in a free and Biblically moral society, like they’ve sold their souls to the devil.


8 posted on 11/24/2024 4:03:07 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet


9 posted on 11/24/2024 4:10:32 AM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: RoosterRedux
On November 5, 2024, the USA and the rest of the world dodged a bullet NUCLEAR WAR.
10 posted on 11/24/2024 4:19:28 AM PST by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America! Trump won because good TRiUMPhed over evil.)
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It is the Left in America that is declining and falling.

Every 25 to 50 years, conservatives have to fight a new enemy. It was the the slaveowners, then the eugenists, Nazis, and Communists. The woke left is the new enemy and it has infiltrated all institutions, including every Western government, the Catholic church, and most Protestant churches. It never ends.

11 posted on 11/24/2024 4:22:44 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Savage Beast

We hope. Those lefty turd rollers are even now, in a lame duck session, trying to make a mess of it.


12 posted on 11/24/2024 4:53:48 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: RoosterRedux

One of the best movies written by Mamet is Oleanna (1994). It is about a college professor, crazed female student and the Red Guard out to destroy him. It is quite prescient. It predicted the excesses of #METOO and today’s left wing campus culture. Worth a watch.


13 posted on 11/24/2024 5:26:04 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: RoosterRedux

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14 posted on 11/24/2024 5:26:29 AM PST by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Savage Beast

“He kept us out of war”


15 posted on 11/24/2024 5:40:05 AM PST by Locomotive Breath
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“The co-opted liberal electorate was terrified that any deviation would result in destruction of its protective unit. “

Democrats bought a lot of votes with government power. Whether it was using government to punish enemies, a contract, a job, a welfare check or an abortion, Dems bought their votes and loyalty. Unfortunately for them inflation and the cost of living undermined the entire scheme.

It’s curious that Dems under estimated the backlash coming to open borders and the LGBLT agenda. To Dems, I bet they thought it was just another expansion of coalition which always worked for them before. They thought wrong.


16 posted on 11/24/2024 5:40:10 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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Nothing is beneath them. Prying the W’s from typewriters when George W. Bush became President was petty but is about what you’d expect from such lowlifes. Starting a war—even a nuclear war—to sabotage the incoming Trump Administration is also not beneath them. Nothing is.


17 posted on 11/24/2024 5:42:29 AM PST by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America! Trump won because good TRiUMPhed over evil.)
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To: Locomotive Breath

Yes, and Trump can’t get in the White House soon enough.


18 posted on 11/24/2024 5:43:20 AM PST by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America! Trump won because good TRiUMPhed over evil.)
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The historical reference flew right over your head as I knew it would

“He kept us out of war” was Woodrow Wilson’s campaign slogan in 2016.

On April 6, 1917 we were at war with Germany and were sending troops to Europe.

See if you get this one

“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”


19 posted on 11/24/2024 5:56:04 AM PST by Locomotive Breath
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To: RoosterRedux
Excellent article - thank you!!

:^)

20 posted on 11/24/2024 6:23:32 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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