North Carolina should rename itself Israel
so it will get 20 billion dollars in aid
-to quote Jose Vega, who faced down Paul Smugman Krugman and a group of panelists who were talking about the economy last fall. I just saw this video for the first time and wanted to share in case you haven’t seen it. Vega prepared for this well- he didn’t miss a line, wasn’t fazed by the people trying to stop him, yelled loud enough that only his voice was understandable, and to top it off, calmly and quietly said to the cops wrestling him out of the room, “All right I’m good. We’re good!” Heh- New Yorkers.
Maybe you’re not a fan of rude interlopers taking the spotlight during a civil panel discussion at a university lecture hall or city hall auditorium, and I get that- I can’t stand interrupters- but this guy is good, one truth bomb after another, for less than three minutes, and then he was done and the panelists and guests could get back to their Chardonnay and Brie intermissions and panel discussions on how to invest their millions while, on our dime, Gaza is leveled, Ukrainian oligarchs buy property in Miami, and people go hungry, lose their houses to foreclosures, and negotiate the growing number of potholes on the side streets of the Bitterroot Valley.
In his short tirade, one thing he suggested might be coming soon was war with Iran. That hasn’t happened and thank God, but I think that drum needs to be continuously beaten, because we need to tell our betters that the people are sick of the wars and we’re not getting behind another one, in Iran or anywhere.
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By the way, I was attempting to make a composite of the flag of North Carolina and Israel so I went to Grok, and to get started asked it to draw me the flag of North Carolina. This is what Grok gave me:
What the deuce?
So I just made my own on Power Point. I think it looks pretty good; we could make a composite Israel/US State Flag for every state. It might be visually appealing and certainly would be more honest.
Jimmy- Hey Paa. Tell me what do the colors of our flag stand for?
Father- Well Jimmy, the colors represent our values as Texans. Red stands for bravery, white for purity and blue for loyalty.
Jimmy- How about that blue star on the white part?
Father- Well, that’s the star of Rempham. The inner hexagon is the shape of the permanent storm on the north pole of Saturn, or you could just say Satan’s Hexagon. Anyway, it stands for how our taxes are spent. Do you understand?
Jimmy- I guess so, paa.
here’s the link to the youtube video in case the above doesn’t play.
“We’re good. We’re good.”
None of us are “good” or should be “good” as long as elected and unelected people control our lives for their benefit.
It's sad people have to revert to this rather than have an open convivial debate. What was even worse were the plebes in the audience trying to silence him more willingly than hearing what he was saying, all truthful by the way, but the expletives sadly always compromise the message. Nonetheless kudo's for having the nerve to say what needs to be said. Unfortunately we live in a totally ignorant society that continues to allow the NYT et al to continue to spew it's garbage and propaganda. Nowadays you don't need an IQ test to judge a persons intelligence but instead, listen to where they derive their information. Simply put, it's there for the taking. Stupidity.