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18 thoughts on “Lawyers, Secretaries and Crack Addicts”
Eric McGeer
I completely agree with the assessments of Joe Biden and that brood of his. When Dr Jill (Lady Macbeth) Biden tried to enlist sympathy for poor Hunter, I thought these are people who feel no one’s pain but their own and who never hesitate to make others’ lives miserable or worse as long as it profits them. Sorry to be blunt, but they epitomize so much of the false empathy of the left, and it will be good never to hear their names again.
Robert Hare, formerly of British Columbia university, wrote extensively on this from his research into psychopathy. He believed many, many of them go into politics and many also end up as company CEOs. Most of his interesting work was researched back in the 1970s and ’80S.
It appears that with the Obama and Biden presidencies, most if not all Hare’s described traits were met. “Dr.” Jill included.
Thanks. I enjoyed listening. I hope the American people are getting concerned enough about our existence that they will pay attention to the issues and start making rational decisions before it is too late if it’s not already too late. It’s great to listen to the rationale you are able to reveal. If average Americans will just pay attention and think a little bit maybe they will vote the Marxist communist democrats out.
Hunter won round 1 and round 2 in US House of Representatives vs Hunter. He will likely win all future rounds with the feckle, excuse me corrupt, DOJ. Then should Trump win 2024 election Hunter will receive a full pardon from daddy Joe!
Comer erred when he failed to offer Hunter to come before the committee that day, put him under oath and let the panel question him as limited as they could. Call his bluff so to speak.
I suspect Hunter would have run away, much the way he did when GA rep Greene was given her time to speak.
You equate personal injury lawyers to ambulance chasers; i.e., until you need one. It must have been a painful endeavor for Trump to appear majestic and be equanimous. Some things I dislike about Trump that you never mention: he favors 0% interest rates, company stock buybacks, abandoning the fiduciary rule and adding almost 8 trillion to the debt. I’m 12 years older than you and grew up in a white middle class area in Queens NY and witnessed racism firsthand. DEI-WOKE is payback, but the axiom: “two wrongs don’t make a right” is still valid. I’ve been a conservative all my life, but not a fanatic. Ironically, I have a grandson who just became a pilot and fortunately no shortage of career opportunities. Kept comment brief as possible, I think. Regards, Robert
There is nothing wrong with stock buybacks–leftists somehow started to characterize them as somehow evil, and people picked up on it. If a company’s stock is undervalued and it has excess cash, a buyback enhances shareholder value a lot better than putting it in the bank, or diviending it to shareholders, or investing in a substandard project.
Robert. Why did you just not come out and state your anti Trump stance without adding all the fluff. Congrats to your grandson but please explain why this has anything to do with your comment on Trump…….this rhetoric is becoming excruciatingly boring.
Yes, lawyers and personal injury lawyers are one of our biggest problems. Look in DC and throughout society and you see more lawyers ruining everything.
Do you truly believe that “DEI-WOKE is payback” and, ergo, excusable racism?
What about the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that ended 58 years of Jim Crow institutionalized racism?
What about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that outlawed discrimination against Blacks and protected their right to vote?
What about the trillions of dollars in government largess – ie. AFDC, food stamps, housing subsidies, etc. – that Blacks have received since the 1960’s?
What about the institutionalized reverse racism, better known as Affirmative Action, that Blacks have directly benefited from in employment opportunities and college admissions?
I understand that “Lawyers, Secretaries and Crack Addicts” was Warren Zevon’s first version of that lyric, but it didn’t fit the rhythm as well as “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”.
Thank you Victor for eloquently articulating sediments many of us feel. I can’t help but think that a very large segment of this country’s citizens are living with a suppressed rage bordering on despair seeing how the current political class is systematically dismantling and subverting the framework and fabric that has held this country together. I’m truly grateful for the time, effort and calm delivery you put into your presentations and I want to express my appreciation for all you do. “Deus illuminationem quaerentibus lucem”
Thank you for your continued work. My oldest daughter is currently a sophomore at Hillsdale college and I have you to thank. I grew up in Michigan and knew of Hillsdale, but had lost track of it’s efforts. I read your book “a case for Trump” and became further invested in your work as I and my father are WWII buffs. We as a family, per your presence at Hillsdale reviewed what Hillsdale was doing and it became my daughter’s number one pick.
As a clinical psychologist of 30 years, I am grateful for your work as it brings clarity to my father, me and now my daughter’s generation, in a very corrupt and therefore confusing world.
I dislike beating a dead horse but continue to do so!
Prof. Hanson, on his most horrible day, is more worthy of consideration than any current commentor. Advanced degrees illustrate a course of study, not necessarily the presence of common sense. Prof. Hanson exudes common sense.
What, in these perilous times, should we take from the narratives of Prof. Hanson? Direction, on our political support or next vote in a forthcoming election. Or the actions that should be considered in response to more egregious policies by Democrat office holders and administrators?
I, for one, am antipating a pretextual declaration of an Emergency again necessitating government rule by mandate, or a declaration of Martial Law by the Federal government to terrorist incidents by Antifa or uprisings by terror cells which have infiltrated the country illegally through policies of Joe Biden. Take your pick.
Having a peaceful national election in 2024 could be an anomaly rather than an expected right of citizenship.
The Democrats have created a virtual Carnival for the people. Where Biden is the barker at the shooting gallery where the American people are the row of moving wooden ducks being shot at for prizes by the progressives on the firing line.
I dislike beating a dead horse but continue to do so!
Prof. Hanson, on his most horrible day, is more worthy of consideration than any current commentor. Advanced degrees illustrate a course of study, not necessarily the presence of common sense. Prof. Hanson exudes common sense.
What, in these perilous times, should we take from the narratives of Prof. Hanson? Direction, on our political support or next vote in a forthcoming election. Or the actions that should be considered in response to more egregious policies by Democrat office holders and administrators?
I, for one, am antipating a pretextual declaration of an Emergency again necessitating government rule by mandate, or a declaration of Martial Law by the Federal government to terrorist incidents by Antifa or uprisings by terror cells which have infiltrated the country illegally through policies of Joe Biden. Take your pick.
Having a peaceful national election in 2024 could be an anomaly rather than an expected right of citizenship.
The Democrats have created a virtual Carnival for the people. Where Biden is the barker at the shooting gallery where the American people are the row of moving wooden ducks being shot at for prizes by the progressives on the firing line.
I completely agree with the assessments of Joe Biden and that brood of his. When Dr Jill (Lady Macbeth) Biden tried to enlist sympathy for poor Hunter, I thought these are people who feel no one’s pain but their own and who never hesitate to make others’ lives miserable or worse as long as it profits them. Sorry to be blunt, but they epitomize so much of the false empathy of the left, and it will be good never to hear their names again.
Spot on. Wish I had said as much.
Robert Hare, formerly of British Columbia university, wrote extensively on this from his research into psychopathy. He believed many, many of them go into politics and many also end up as company CEOs. Most of his interesting work was researched back in the 1970s and ’80S.
It appears that with the Obama and Biden presidencies, most if not all Hare’s described traits were met. “Dr.” Jill included.
Thanks. I enjoyed listening. I hope the American people are getting concerned enough about our existence that they will pay attention to the issues and start making rational decisions before it is too late if it’s not already too late. It’s great to listen to the rationale you are able to reveal. If average Americans will just pay attention and think a little bit maybe they will vote the Marxist communist democrats out.
Hunter won round 1 and round 2 in US House of Representatives vs Hunter. He will likely win all future rounds with the feckle, excuse me corrupt, DOJ. Then should Trump win 2024 election Hunter will receive a full pardon from daddy Joe!
Comer erred when he failed to offer Hunter to come before the committee that day, put him under oath and let the panel question him as limited as they could. Call his bluff so to speak.
I suspect Hunter would have run away, much the way he did when GA rep Greene was given her time to speak.
When JFK had his brains blown out, he was not riding in a bubble top limo.
Do you ever listen to what you say?
You should learn to listen better and educate yourself more; you obviously didn’t understand the reference.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/11/19/would-a-bubble-top-have-saved-kennedy-more-answers-from-the-strange-story-of-jfk-s-lincoln-limo/
You equate personal injury lawyers to ambulance chasers; i.e., until you need one. It must have been a painful endeavor for Trump to appear majestic and be equanimous. Some things I dislike about Trump that you never mention: he favors 0% interest rates, company stock buybacks, abandoning the fiduciary rule and adding almost 8 trillion to the debt. I’m 12 years older than you and grew up in a white middle class area in Queens NY and witnessed racism firsthand. DEI-WOKE is payback, but the axiom: “two wrongs don’t make a right” is still valid. I’ve been a conservative all my life, but not a fanatic. Ironically, I have a grandson who just became a pilot and fortunately no shortage of career opportunities. Kept comment brief as possible, I think. Regards, Robert
There is nothing wrong with stock buybacks–leftists somehow started to characterize them as somehow evil, and people picked up on it. If a company’s stock is undervalued and it has excess cash, a buyback enhances shareholder value a lot better than putting it in the bank, or diviending it to shareholders, or investing in a substandard project.
Robert. Why did you just not come out and state your anti Trump stance without adding all the fluff. Congrats to your grandson but please explain why this has anything to do with your comment on Trump…….this rhetoric is becoming excruciatingly boring.
Yes, lawyers and personal injury lawyers are one of our biggest problems. Look in DC and throughout society and you see more lawyers ruining everything.
It’s a low-life profession, to put it mildly.
Robert,
Do you truly believe that “DEI-WOKE is payback” and, ergo, excusable racism?
What about the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that ended 58 years of Jim Crow institutionalized racism?
What about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that outlawed discrimination against Blacks and protected their right to vote?
What about the trillions of dollars in government largess – ie. AFDC, food stamps, housing subsidies, etc. – that Blacks have received since the 1960’s?
What about the institutionalized reverse racism, better known as Affirmative Action, that Blacks have directly benefited from in employment opportunities and college admissions?
Haven’t we given enough?
we tried to correct the mistakes of the past?
I understand that “Lawyers, Secretaries and Crack Addicts” was Warren Zevon’s first version of that lyric, but it didn’t fit the rhythm as well as “Lawyers, Guns, and Money”.
Thank you Victor for eloquently articulating sediments many of us feel. I can’t help but think that a very large segment of this country’s citizens are living with a suppressed rage bordering on despair seeing how the current political class is systematically dismantling and subverting the framework and fabric that has held this country together. I’m truly grateful for the time, effort and calm delivery you put into your presentations and I want to express my appreciation for all you do. “Deus illuminationem quaerentibus lucem”
Well and admirably said, and true.
Victor,
Thank you for your continued work. My oldest daughter is currently a sophomore at Hillsdale college and I have you to thank. I grew up in Michigan and knew of Hillsdale, but had lost track of it’s efforts. I read your book “a case for Trump” and became further invested in your work as I and my father are WWII buffs. We as a family, per your presence at Hillsdale reviewed what Hillsdale was doing and it became my daughter’s number one pick.
As a clinical psychologist of 30 years, I am grateful for your work as it brings clarity to my father, me and now my daughter’s generation, in a very corrupt and therefore confusing world.
Please continue your efforts.
Dr. David NieKamp
I dislike beating a dead horse but continue to do so!
Prof. Hanson, on his most horrible day, is more worthy of consideration than any current commentor. Advanced degrees illustrate a course of study, not necessarily the presence of common sense. Prof. Hanson exudes common sense.
What, in these perilous times, should we take from the narratives of Prof. Hanson? Direction, on our political support or next vote in a forthcoming election. Or the actions that should be considered in response to more egregious policies by Democrat office holders and administrators?
I, for one, am antipating a pretextual declaration of an Emergency again necessitating government rule by mandate, or a declaration of Martial Law by the Federal government to terrorist incidents by Antifa or uprisings by terror cells which have infiltrated the country illegally through policies of Joe Biden. Take your pick.
Having a peaceful national election in 2024 could be an anomaly rather than an expected right of citizenship.
The Democrats have created a virtual Carnival for the people. Where Biden is the barker at the shooting gallery where the American people are the row of moving wooden ducks being shot at for prizes by the progressives on the firing line.
I dislike beating a dead horse but continue to do so!
Prof. Hanson, on his most horrible day, is more worthy of consideration than any current commentor. Advanced degrees illustrate a course of study, not necessarily the presence of common sense. Prof. Hanson exudes common sense.
What, in these perilous times, should we take from the narratives of Prof. Hanson? Direction, on our political support or next vote in a forthcoming election. Or the actions that should be considered in response to more egregious policies by Democrat office holders and administrators?
I, for one, am antipating a pretextual declaration of an Emergency again necessitating government rule by mandate, or a declaration of Martial Law by the Federal government to terrorist incidents by Antifa or uprisings by terror cells which have infiltrated the country illegally through policies of Joe Biden. Take your pick.
Having a peaceful national election in 2024 could be an anomaly rather than an expected right of citizenship.
The Democrats have created a virtual Carnival for the people. Where Biden is the barker at the shooting gallery where the American people are the row of moving wooden ducks being shot at for prizes by the progressives on the firing line.
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