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Source: Morning of 11/9 after Election Night Drawing 9/11 Comparison « CBS Boston

From the hysterical headlines pouring forth from the major media outlets after the Trump electoral victory you’d think that the people voted for someone who drowned kittens for amusement. Here’s a sample of the hysteria:

American Muslims react:

Celebs move:

Lady Gaga, Miley:

Science at risk:

Earth to stop spinning:

Ok, I made up the last one, but the chorus of moaning, bleating  and wailing is deliciously comical and familiar if you’ve ever been around kindergartners, except that this is happening with supposedly grown adults.  Recall that 8 years ago, a person was ushered into office with little to no political experience, certainly no useful business experience, whose orotund promises of halting the oceans’ rise and unifying the races was met with nary a blink  among rational people.

Contrast this to the new President elect who, while also lacking in political experience has actually achieved substantial success in life, contributing and participating in the classic American dream.  Protests against the Trump election are actually protests against their fellow Americans.  This wasn’t a result imposed by royal fiat; they are protesting the judgement of their fellow neighbors. We don’t recall crying and protests in the streets and campuses in 2008.  It’s the old cliché that it all depends on whose ox is being gored.

There’s a TV ad in which people drive around in a car shaped like a dog, depicting the degree to which people can become “smell blind”. Lost among the dire bleats of the snowflakes is the underlying reality that a large segment of the populace figured out that the place stunk.  That large segment of the population are more concerned with legitimate employment, exploding debt and national security than with safe places and rude language.  As we’ve mentioned previously, it was about turfing people who were professional politicians…on both sides of the political aisle.  This election was as much about cleaning house as it was personalities.

As an example, the governor elect of Missouri is Eric Greitens, a political neophyte, but an ex-Navy Seal and businessman who ousted a politico with 22 years of political tenure.  Tammy Duckworth, a democrat and former soldier, ousted Mark Kirk, a Republican in Illinois.   And of course Trump, whose lifetime of business experience, bested Clinton with her lifetime of shuffling papers and rubber chicken dinners.  Political office was never intended to be a career vocation.  People didn’t so much vote for Trump as they voted against cronyism.

If the election of Trump followed 8 years of peace in the world, full employment, reduced debt, societal harmony and of course falling sea levels, we can see the angst of the snowflakes who fear that will all change.  In fact, it’s just the opposite.  The election result will not only put a halt to cronyism, it hopefully stops the spread of delusion.

Source: Mariah Carey reportedly demanding ex James Packer to pay for her home | Fox News

Normally, the lifestyles of the vain and vapid aren’t of interest here since it contributes little to thoughtful experience.  However, it’s difficult to avoid exposure to the breathless stories of their latest romances or sightings or iffy outfits,  since they occupy prominent exposure in all on-line news sources.  While some may actually possess some level of desirable talent, we note that luck is a big part of their success in life.

Notwithstanding the propaganda of the hard work ethic that we are taught to believe, it can be difficult to overcome the inherent advantage some people have simply by virtue of the birth lotto.  Anyone who denies that attractiveness is the HOV lane to success is delusional. If you are fortunate enough to have been born with an inherent talent for music, you are doubly blessed, at this time in history and in this culture.

A third important factor is geography.  While being attractive and blessed with music talent are advantages, it wouldn’t be if you were born in, let’s say, Afghanistan.  Having the dual charms of attractiveness and an aptitude for music affords those lucky individuals in Western culture,  a fairly exalted status; so much so that they are detached from the concerns and realities of the fans who put them there.

The delusion sets in and they actually believe that not only are they charmed, they are entitled to be so at whatever the cost to whomever.  This is reinforced by the army of acolytes who tells them so.

We contrast the demands of Mariah towards her estranged boyfriend to the circumstances of the wife of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un.  She hasn’t been heard from for over 7 months.  Something tells me that it isn’t rent and support demands that are keeping her from the limelight.  We don’t know if she has any musical talent, but it certainly was her misfortune to be born in Korea.

The whining entitlement of Ms. Carey is not that surprising other than the sheer scale of her chutzpah.  We are used to multi million dollar divorce settlements and other large scale damage awards based on entitlements. The real jarring reality is that this view of what she’s entitled to is merely a grotesque version of how society at large views things.  We’ve gone downhill  from the “greatest generation” of 50 years ago to the me, me, me generation of today. You can’t swing a cat these days without hitting someone or some group who feels entitled to some slice of life’s pie merely by claiming such.

Like Mariah’s once powerful voice that could elegantly hit the highest octaves, the bleating of the entitled just sounds like her aged voice now: Shrill.  It’s very sad that her once large voice has been overshadowed by her much larger hands.