“You can’t have a million-dollar goal with a minimum wage work ethic.” Stephen C. Hogan, Actor
January 10, 2024, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say ‘We did it ourselves,’” philosopher Lao Tzu wrote in the 6thCentury.
That sounds true, but Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin have gone too far with “people barely knowing their leaders exist.”
In December and January, Joe didn’t know where his head military honcho was. (Which isn’t completely surprising, since he can never remember the man’s name.)
Joe wasn’t around, either, but we’re used to that.
He was vacationing with Dr. Jill in St. Croix. Lloyd Austin’s second in command, Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks was on vacation in Puerto Rico.
Nobody knew where Austin was. And, oddly, nobody missed him. That's disturbing. Suppose Hamas wanted to talk to him. Or Joe.
The story that finally unfolded was that Austin had prostate cancer. And that on December 22 the secretary had surgery, was under general anesthesia, then was rushed back to Walter Reed, and into the intensive Care Unit on January 1 to deal with complications from the surgery
He’s still there. And World War III is still brewing.
Austin didn’t notify Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks, or Joe about his illness or hospitalization, either in December or January. That's wrong. But what to do? Are you really going to kick a sick man when he's down? And fire him?
Nonetheless, even though Austin has an impressive resume, he doesn't seem to have a clue about the requirements of his current job: Keeping America safe. And telling his superiors when he's on the operating table.
We already know that most of the critical officials in Biden’s administration don’t know how to do their jobs.
Doors are falling off Boeing airplanes, and Mayor Pete has nothing to say.
VP Kamala hasn’t lifted a finger to perform any of her assigned duties, but now is focused on selling her own signature jasmine-scented candles, bearing her office’s seal.
And has a non-disclosure agreement with the candle-maker.
Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas isn’t bothering to do that: enforcing Security for the Homeland.
And White House spokesman John Kirby is better at obfuscating the facts, defending and protecting the indefensible, than he is at his job, “Coordinator for strategic communications at the White House.”
I guess these jobs seem so easy, that the office holders don’t even bother doing them.
It’s probably why every Tom, Dick and Michelle think they can be president of the U.S., while the same people wouldn’t dream of applying for a job as a backhoe operator when they didn’t know how to operate one.
But Michelle Obama sees nothing untoward about her being president. And to be fair, she and Joe do have a lot in common, and he is already president.
Neither may not know the nuts and bolts of the Constitution, or how to control the Ship of State, but they both know how to turn a buck.
Michelle and Barack came into the White House with little more than the metaphorical clothes on their backs. Now, they own mansions, rub shoulders with the elites on Martha’s Vineyard, and are worth millions.
But fame hasn’t changed Michelle and Barack.
Their recently released end-of-world film, Leave the World Behind, expressed the same racial beliefs they have always held, since they were communicants at the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church.
In the first film of the Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, their main character says to her father, “If the world falls apart, trust should not be doled out easily, especially to white people.”
We know Michelle and other black Americans, like her husband, Eric Holder, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, etc., are consistent in never having much good to say about their country.
We’ve seen them too busy complaining about how slavery has limited them. About how racist America is.
We’ve seen them too disdainful to praise the country where they have succeeded in such spectacular fashion.
What other experience would Michelle Obama possibly need to be considered for the highest office in our land.
Hold the line, America.
Stay strong, Patriots.
Pray for Donald.