Who’s running the country

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Dear Editor,

(This letter was originally written Feb. 7, 2023, the morning of the recent State of the Union address.)

Tonight, President Biden will give the State of the Union address.  Before that moment even arrives you can predict the glowing accolades he will heap upon himself and his administration.  He will sally forth an exaggerated list of legislative and executive accomplishments that will have most of us scratching our heads and Pete Buttigieg smiling, but in his mind, they will be noteworthy.  He literally has convinced himself he is doing a great job.  His media pals are equally dedicated to selling the ‘snake oil’ too; a fantasy that tells all of us that America is greater because we spend more money on more unworthy causes than any nation on the planet.  While America heaps money on a corruption-filled Ukraine, twists our arms to buy electric vehicles, absorbs millions of illegal immigrants, promotes the worthiness of medical protocols and vaccines that probably damage American’s health more than they improve it, while our streets become more unsafe and law enforcement more disenfranchised, our dollar’s buying power erodes, and our education system lures our children with drag queens and gender dysphoric promoting propaganda.

This past week, ‘Mr. Amtrak’ was challenged by an unmanned Chinese intelligence platform traversing the entire country.  With unknown intentions it should have been shot down as soon as it entered our airspace; a figurative ‘no-brainer.’ But nope, our DoD allowed the craft to fly over America’s heartland accomplishing an unearned political and military victory.  The guy that used to drive a truck for a living, went to black churches Sundays and synagogues Saturdays, raised by Puerto Ricans, taught at the University of Pennsylvania, and plagiarized numerous speeches could not muster the words “shoot it down” till mid-week (if you can even believe that).  Rather than admit Joe was sleeping and missed his opportunity, the WH counters with “It happened during Trump’s WH too.”  Trouble is, no one in Trump’s administration knows anything about it; not John Radcliffe or Mike Pompeo, not even John Bolton (no Trump fan).  Besides, the Trump-haters would have leaked it to the press in a ‘NY minute.’

I suggest we are not being led by a doddering grandfather that can’t tell truth from fiction, but more likely, a committee of disreputable lackeys behind him, sworn to keep propping him up at every fall.  America deserves better.

PS: Finally challenged to do the right thing, in the weeks following, the Biden White House eventually ended up taking down three more “objects” supposedly without recovering anything useful about their mechanics, origin or purpose.  Making it clear it’s not about security, it’s about the illusion of security.

Dan Schnieders

Jefferson City