Day: August 6, 2025

06 August 1945

Today is the 80th anniversary of the nuking of Hiroshima…..then a second bomb was dropped on 09 August on Nagasaki…..which according to some ended the Second World War.

But there are some historians that believe the bomb was unnecessary to end the war…..there were many prominent people that did not agree with Truman and his decision….

“In 1945 Secretary of War Stimson, visiting my headquarters in Germany, informed me that our government was preparing to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. I was one of those who felt that there were a number of cogent reasons to question the wisdom of such an act. … The Secretary, upon giving me the news of the successful bomb test in New Mexico, and of the plan for using it, asked for my reaction, apparently expecting a vigorous assent. During his recitation of the relevant facts, I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of ‘face.’ The Secretary was deeply perturbed by my attitude.” —Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.” —Herbert Hoover

“[T]he Japanese were prepared to negotiate all the way from February 1945 … up to and before the time the atomic bombs were dropped; … [I]f such leads had been followed up, there would have been no occasion to drop the bombs.” —Herber Hoover

“I told [Gen. Douglas] MacArthur of my memorandum of mid-May 1945 to Truman, that peace could be had with Japan by which our major objectives would be accomplished. MacArthur said that was correct and that we would have avoided all of the losses, the Atomic bomb, and the entry of Russia into Manchuria.” —Herbert Hoover

“MacArthur’s views about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were starkly different from what the general public supposed. When I asked General MacArthur about the decision to drop the bomb, I was surprised to learn he had not even been consulted. What, I asked, would his advice have been? He replied that he saw no military justification for the dropping of the bomb. The war might have ended weeks earlier, he said, if the United States had agreed, as it later did anyway, to the retention of the institution of the emperor.” —Norman Cousins.

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2021/06/05/who-opposed-nuking-japan/

There were many reasons not to drop the bomb…..then why was the decision made?

Was it to impress the USSR?

Was it to flex our military muscle to the world?

Why was the decision made?

Any thoughts?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Is There A GOP Internal War Brewing?

Little by little the news is that there is trouble brewing within the GOP….some say it is for the soul of the party….there also seems to be cracks forming in the undying support for Donny and his brand stupid.

GOP Townhalls are becoming contentious….the people are staring to fight back against the policies of the party….

Shouts of “Vote him out!” echoed through a packed Nebraska town hall on Monday as Rep. Mike Flood struggled to defend President Trump’s policy and tax bill—and faced an audience ready to challenge every word. About 750 attendees made their dissatisfaction clear during the event at Kimball Hall in Lincoln, descending into heckling and loud boos as the Republican attempted to explain provisions of the so-called “big, beautiful bill,” particularly its changes to health care and Medicaid. As audience members questioned how the Republican could vote to take health care away from Nebraskans, Flood sought to address what he described as misinformation about the bill, per ABC News.

He tried to walk through health care aspects, emphasizing that the bill’s Medicaid changes wouldn’t affect disabled individuals, seniors, pregnant people, or anyone considered vulnerable. A key flashpoint was the bill’s stance on Medicaid coverage for working-age adults. “If you are able to work, and you’re 28 years old and you choose not to work, you don’t get free health care in America. If you are in this country illegally, you do not get free health care in America,” Flood said, drawing a vocal negative reaction.

Discussion turned heated again as tax policy came up. While Flood highlighted provisions like no tax on tips or overtime and pitched the law as a middle-class tax cut, audience members instead called for higher taxes on the wealthy and repeatedly chanted, “Tax the Rich!” Flood pushed back, contending that taxing high earners, as proposed by Democrats, would not fill budget gaps and would hurt job and business growth. But he “was continuously drowned out by the raucous crowd,” per ABC. “How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?” one attendee asked, per CNN, drawing cheers from the crowd. Another said Flood was complicit in a “fascist machine.”

Well that guy was about as popular as a turd in a punchbowl.

All that does not mean the MAGA idiots will disappear just that is some sort of tug of war going on with the young Republicans…..

Young Republicans are split over the future of the party, with two warring factions seeking to position themselves as the true MAGA warriors ahead of a weekend vote for control of the party’s youth arm.

On Saturday, young party members will converge in Nashville, where they’ll decide between two slates to lead the Young Republican National Federation: Grow YR, led by current YRNF Chair Hayden Padgett, and the insurgent Restore YR campaign, led by New York State Young Republicans Chair Peter Giunta.

The brawl between the two slates is both personal — including interpersonal clashes and squabbles over hotel loyalty points and committee assignments — and ideological, with both sides looking to prove their loyalty to President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. But the fight is also a microcosm of a schism ready to burst in the party at large, which is already delicately trying to chart a course for its post-Trump future.

Restore YR, which is seeking to unseat the current leadership in an effort to “restore trust, opportunity, and unity,” has won the endorsements of hardcore MAGA firebrands like Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), longtime Trump ally and convicted felon Roger Stone, Florida GOP Chair Evan Power, and Turning Point Action Chief Operating Officer Tyler Bowyer, who was one of several “fake electors” in Arizona in 2020.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/02/maga-future-young-republican-national-convention-00488361

I feel it should go further than the ‘young’ Repubs…..thinking conservatives need to redraw the lines of the party…..this MAGA crap is killing the nation and its people.

What do you think should be the focus?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Democrats–Lacking Inspiration

For a couple of months I have been posting on why I think the Dems are nothing but a fart in a hurricane.

They have said that they will change directions to come more in-line for the working masses….and yet I have seen nothing but some banter and a few lame-ass ideas.

What do many party members think?

Many Democrats see their party as weak or ineffective, according to a new poll that finds considerable pessimism within their ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, though a small but significant share describe the GOP as greedy or generally bad. The poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in July reveals warning signs for both major parties as the political focus shifts to elections in New Jersey and Virginia this fall and the midterm contests next year, the AP reports

Respondents were asked to share the first word or phrase that came to mind when they thought of the Republican and Democratic parties. Overall, US adults expressed a dim view of both parties, with about 4 in 10 using negative attributes such as dishonest or stupid. But nearly nine months after Republican Donald Trump won a second presidential term, Democrats appear to be harboring more resentment about their party than do Republicans. Democrats were likelier to describe their own party negatively than Republicans. Republicans were about twice as likely to describe their own party positively.

Democrats say: “They’re spineless,” Cathia Krehbiel, 48, of Indianola, Iowa, said of her party’s leaders. “I just feel like there’s so much recently that’s just going abhorrently wrong. And they speak up a little bit and they roll right over.” Overall, roughly one-third of Democrats described their party negatively in the open-ended question. About 15% described it using words like weak, or apathetic, while an additional 10% believe it is broadly ineffective or disorganized. Only about 2 in 10 Democrats described their party positively, with roughly 1 in 10 saying it is empathetic or inclusive. An additional 1 in 10 used more general positive descriptors. Jim Williams, a 78-year-old retiree from Harper Woods, Michigan said he typically supports Democrats but is disappointed with the party and its murky message. He feels much worse about the Republican Party, which he said “has lost it” under Trump’s leadership. “All he does is bully and call names. They’ve got no morals, no ethics. And the more they back him, the less I like them,” the self-described independent, said of Trump.

Spineless pretty much sums it up for me.

But yet Donny’s poll numbers are sliding downward so one would think that Dems numbers would be on the rise, right?

You would think but not so fast….

A greater share of voters view the Democratic Party unfavorably than at any point in the past 35 years of Wall Street Journal polling—63%. The Journal‘s latest poll, conducted this month, found that 33% of respondents hold a favorable view of the party. The other side also is in negative territory, though the results were better, with a majority of voters viewing President Trump unfavorably by a 7-point margin and the Republican Party coming in 11 points under the break-even point. Even when respondents disagree with Trump on issues, they have more faith in the GOP to resolve them in Congress than in Democrats, per the Hill.

Democrats have planned town halls during the House recess to build opposition to Trump, with an eye toward winning big in next year’s midterm elections as they did in his first term. The Journal suggests its poll indicates possible problems with that strategy. More voters identified as Democrats than Republicans at that time. That’s flipped since, though the GOP lead is only 1 percentage point in the new poll. Democrats still have a 3-point advantage when voters are asked if, should the election be held today, how they’d vote in a congressional race. But in 2017, Democrats led on that question by 8 percentage points.

The poll found Trump with an approval rating of 46%; it was 40% at the same point in his first term. A Gallup Poll released last week put Trump at 37%, which is his low point for this year and pushing his worst showing ever at the end of his first term, 34%. On a series of issues, Gallup found the president’s approval ratings in the 30s and 40s, topping out at 42% on dealing with Iran and falling to 29% on the budget.

But yet another poll states a confusing stat….

More Americans now identify with the Democratic Party than with the Republican Party, reversing the trend of the past two years, according to a new Gallup poll. The shift — a common phenomenon following a presidential election — is largely due to political independents reassessing their loyalties.

The Democrats’ renewed advantage also comes despite the fact the party suffers from an all-time low favorability rating among the public. The results are based on quarterly telephone interviews of at least 3,000 U.S. adults. They have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Here is a breakdown of the results.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article311549201.html

These types of contradictory statements is why I tell people not to trust polls….they are a momentary snapshot and are not valid next week.

I still have not seen any substantive work done by Dems that would give anyone a vote of confidence in their sincerity to make change.

Do you see anything?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

“Probably Not”

That was the answer Donny gave when asked if he would run again….it is sweet music to the ear and mind but is probably all BS.

President Trump didn’t rule out running for a third term in a wide-ranging interview with CNBC‘s Squawk Box on Tuesday. He boasted that he had received the “highest vote in the history of Texas, a record that they say won’t be beaten unless I run again,” prompting the question, “Are you going to run again?” He replied “Probably not,” adding, with a laugh, “Probably not, I’d like to.” Trump has repeatedly mentioned the possibility of running for a third term since he started his second term in January, though doing so would require a constitutional amendment supported by two-thirds of the House and Senate and ratified by three-quarters of the states, USA Today reports.

“I’d like to run. I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” Trump said. “You know why? Because people love the tariffs.” Squawk Box‘s Joe Kernen pushed back against Trump’s poll numbers claim, saying, “Overall poll numbers, you don’t have the best you ever had in overall poll numbers.” Trump replied that he was at 71% overall and “94% and 95%” among Republicans. When Kernan countered that some polls had his approval rating down in the 30s, Trump said, “But they’re fake polls, Joe, I had a lot of fake polls.” It’s not clear where Trump got the 71% number, Mediaite reports. Even the pollsters friendliest to Trump haven’t put him above 50% recently. The RealClearPolitics poll tracker puts Trump’s approval rating at average of 45.9%.

He has the ‘best poll numbers he ever has”?

What a delusional POS.

But let’s say he holds true to the lie and does not run again….that would open the door for that massive gasbag Vance…..then the question will be asked who (for now) would be his opponent?

So, what are the results? Well, the Emerson College June poll suggests that Vice President JD Vance is currently the leading contender to succeed President Trump as the Republican nominee in the 2028 presidential election.

Vance is currently backed by 46% of Republican voters — leaving other high-profile names like Marco Rubio at 12% and Ron DeSantis at 9% trailing far behind.

And July’s national poll – conducted by Emerson College between July 21 and 22 – surveyed 1,400 registered voters, and pitted Vance against three possible Democratic candidates: former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

In a hypothetical matchup with Buttigieg, Vance holds a narrow edge with 44% of support to Buttigieg’s 43%, while 13% of voters remain undecided.

Against Ocasio-Cortez, Vance leads 44% to 41%, with 15% undecided. The widest gap emerges in a potential race against Newsom, with Vance garnering 45% of the vote to Newsom’s 42%, and 13% still undecided.

“A key takeaway from the ballot tests is that about 13% of the electorate remains persuadable, while the other 87% have already settled on a party preference,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said.

(vt.co)

87% have already made up their minds on their choices…..that should freak you out because we are 3+ years away from the election in question and already people have decided….I know it is early and things can change on the ground…..but to already have made up your mind this early illustrates to me just how lazy and uninformed the public must be.

Do I have a choice at this early stage?  No I do not….I am not really impressed with anyone mentioned.

How about you?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”