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Old 03-16-2020, 10:16 PM
 
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The problem is...why would a good leader get into politics? It naturally attracts the lazy and corrupt.
We need a leader like Rick Grimes...
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Old 03-16-2020, 10:55 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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This is a scary prospect for me as a young adult, but it is true.

The major world leaders simply aren't leaders.



Trump has lied, downplayed this, and failed to get proper testing and equipment ready in proper numbers. Trump cared more about the economy than then solving this crisis.

Biden on January 31st called Trump a racist and a xenophobe for imposing travel restrictions on Wuhan to US flights when he should have been encouraging Trump to do more. Biden cared more about being "woke" to an insane degree and scoring political points than solving this crisis.

The WHO refused to call it pandemic for the longest time and also criticized Trump as fearmongering for his January travel restrictions out of Wuhan. The WHO cared more about feelings than solving this crisis.

Italy had elected leaders criticizing Trump's travel restrictions and urging their citizens to hug people coming in from China to combat racism. Italy cared more about being hyper-PC than solving this crisis.

Xi is blaming this on the US army. He cares more about remaining a dictator for life in China than being honest.

I could go on and on.


There is no one at the wheel.

You have no one to govern, but yourself.....
Scary isn't it.
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Old 03-17-2020, 02:18 AM
 
Location: New York
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The problem is...why would a good leader get into politics? It naturally attracts the lazy and corrupt.
I agree with you. Political office was never meant to be a career.

Career politicians are our problem. They have made their power the key to their success which is on the backs of the tax payers. The worst kind of scum.

We need:

- term limits
- ban all retired politicians from becoming lobbyists. No more revolving door.
- Ban all industry executives from becoming unelected officials who are beholding to their former employers and taking those positions to self-serve.

I am sick of politicians going in broke and coming out multi-millionaires!!!



Can you imagine how this virus gig would have played out under HRC?


She would have phoned it in and gone back to sleep.







They are fleecing the sheep
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Old 03-17-2020, 02:24 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Originally Posted by QuakerBaker View Post
This is a scary prospect for me as a young adult, but it is true.

The major world leaders simply aren't leaders.



Trump has lied, downplayed this, and failed to get proper testing and equipment ready in proper numbers. Trump cared more about the economy than then solving this crisis.

Biden on January 31st called Trump a racist and a xenophobe for imposing travel restrictions on Wuhan to US flights when he should have been encouraging Trump to do more. Biden cared more about being "woke" to an insane degree and scoring political points than solving this crisis.

The WHO refused to call it pandemic for the longest time and also criticized Trump as fearmongering for his January travel restrictions out of Wuhan. The WHO cared more about feelings than solving this crisis.

Italy had elected leaders criticizing Trump's travel restrictions and urging their citizens to hug people coming in from China to combat racism. Italy cared more about being hyper-PC than solving this crisis.

Xi is blaming this on the US army. He cares more about remaining a dictator for life in China than being honest.

I could go on and on.


There is no one at the wheel.
Just to put this in perspective, should the rest of the world have isolated America when we were patient zero for swine flu?
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Old 03-17-2020, 03:03 AM
 
Location: DFW
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Always remember, you are responsible for you. We do have great leaders.

What you want is a Militant Father like a Stalin, Hitler, Minh who will declare Martial Law and restrict your freedoms.

We do have great leaders. Stop the fear. You must be too young to recognize this.
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Old 03-17-2020, 03:06 AM
 
Location: DFW
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We need a leader like Rick Grimes...
The lesson with Rick Grimes is you are responsible for being your own leader and protecting your own family.

No one else can do for you what you can do.
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Old 03-17-2020, 03:06 AM
 
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I dunno what is meant by "serious leaders" but there are no shortages of psychopaths. In the private sector (corp. world) we can avoid them and/or deny them control. With the public sector we can only hope they dont fix their gaze on us.
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Old 03-17-2020, 06:47 AM
 
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Everyone, be careful that your heart does not pine for a dictator. I am afraid that you will get one someday.

If we continue to value health and safety over liberty, we are already far down that road.
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Old 03-17-2020, 09:48 AM
 
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Everyone, be careful that your heart does not pine for a dictator. I am afraid that you will get one someday.

If we continue to value health and safety over liberty, we are already far down that road.
A good leader is a servant leader. One who views the people as their boss. Rather than the current view where Trump/Kusher refer to us as "customers".
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Old 03-17-2020, 09:52 AM
 
Location: 500 miles from home
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Originally Posted by QuakerBaker View Post
This is a scary prospect for me as a young adult, but it is true.

The major world leaders simply aren't leaders.



Trump has lied, downplayed this, and failed to get proper testing and equipment ready in proper numbers. Trump cared more about the economy than then solving this crisis.

Biden on January 31st called Trump a racist and a xenophobe for imposing travel restrictions on Wuhan to US flights when he should have been encouraging Trump to do more. Biden cared more about being "woke" to an insane degree and scoring political points than solving this crisis.

The WHO refused to call it pandemic for the longest time and also criticized Trump as fearmongering for his January travel restrictions out of Wuhan. The WHO cared more about feelings than solving this crisis.

Italy had elected leaders criticizing Trump's travel restrictions and urging their citizens to hug people coming in from China to combat racism. Italy cared more about being hyper-PC than solving this crisis.

Xi is blaming this on the US army. He cares more about remaining a dictator for life in China than being honest.

I could go on and on.


There is no one at the wheel.
It's likely always been true. Try not to think about it. I feel like the Trump Administration, with Pence in charge, is now taking this seriously.

Wuhan lied out their ****** and Xi likely will continue to do so.
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