Kimo (frequent contributor James “Kimo” Rosen), you lied.
Around a year ago you wrote your final political piece.
That’s what you said.
Politics is just too caustic and you would write about it no more.
Being that you’ve re-branded yourself as a humor writer, I guess politics is fair game.
It’s still the same Kool-Aid-soaked lies, or at least cherry-picked half-truths.
Lies are at the center of your political party, the Republican Fascists of America, and I wouldn’t expect anything different from you.
OK, let’s talk about some of those subjects related to high inflation and other mistakes of President Biden. Gasoline prices are related to four major reasons: supply and demand, buyers of the market, a cartel and market psychology.
As for America, any legitimate economist would say the president has very little power over the price of gasoline.
Maybe suspending the federal tax at the pump. Also at the pump, the Keystone XL pipeline doesn’t come into the reason why gas prices are so high. The XL would’ve carried tar-sand oil from Alberta to refineries on the Texas Gulf. That gasoline would be loaded on tankers and shipped overseas.
Talking points of oil-soaked politicians and oil companies as to high prices and all B.S. I’m not going to address everything you stated, but I’ll add one more and on this one I agree with you: the Afghanistan withdrawal was a disaster. In the end it was a miracle at what was accomplished, but the lead-up was full of mistakes and lives were lost. Bagram airport should’ve been kept and used as the base of withdrawal.
It was away from a population and easier to protect. The most important mistake was the bungled intelligence of the power of the Afghan army to secure the country. At that point most of the country was controlled by the Taliban, and there was a 20-year history of the Afghans not being able to do the job, so why was it thought that the line could be held?
JFK in the Bay of Pigs disaster took the blame, and Biden should have done likewise. So who is going to run for president? I think Biden will run, but I hope not. I don’t think the VP is the best candidate, but it’s two years away and with that a lot can and will happen.
As for your side, there’s a better than 50% chance that your little-boy snake-oil salesmen liar-in-chief will run again. Or just take the money and run away or maybe be in jail. The other Trump actors would probably be crucified by the Donald. Trump Jr. That was the one funny thing that you wrote. He does a pretty good Mussolini, puffing up his chest. Well, that about does it, and here’s my last thought. If your dog could talk he would say, “cool it on the Kool-Aid and cut the crap.”
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Mark Perry is a resident of Lihu‘e.
