by Jonathan Reisman

Americans are grappling with an unappealing Presidential choice, an underperforming economy, an untrustworthy media, and an unclear path forward. Early summer has brought fog, thunderstorms, and drama to our political community theatre.

The fog is familiar for Down Easters. It is a regular feature of our environment, reducing visibility. It usually keeps things a little cooler, but it has not been helpful (at least to me) this political season. It is possible that more fog makes President Biden feel more at home, so it may be helping him. 

I am sure we will soon see stories that climate change is causing more fog. Like the “link” to extreme weather, it does not have to be true or backed by the data as long as it is repeated often enough and without any pushback. Local examples of climate alarmism agitprop purveyors would be WLBZ Channel 2, Maine Public, and our very own Sunrise County Economic Council. 

The proffered “solutions” are always more solar panels, windmills, electric vehicles, something called “net zero,” vastly more expensive energy and electricity, and vastly less freedom and prosperity. Asking questions like “How much global warming will this prevent?” and “How much more expensive will gas and electricity be?” are signs of denying the planetary holocaust privileged white humans are responsible for. Deniers exhibit a dangerous propensity for independent critical thinking and failing to believe the gospel according to the New York Times and the rest of the legacy media. For everyone’s safety and security, Deniers should be isolated from the rest of the country because critical thinking is both dangerous and potentially contagious. We need social distancing, public health lockdowns, and mandated experimental vaccine education to combat this existential threat of bad weather caused by carbon dioxide.

The thunderstorms included the Presidential debate and the political theatre that followed:

Continuing and increasing calls from “moderate” Congressional Democrats (like Jared Golden) for Biden to drop out and Harris to step up.

Biden’s gaffe-filled “Big Boy” press conference. If that did not convince you that all this is right-wing propaganda and Joe is more than capable of doing the job for four more years, you need a vaccine booster shot and at least a short trip to reeducation camp.

A brief resurgence of the 1981 Clash hit “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” which featured the following prescient lyrics:

“…Should I stay or should I go?

If you say that you are mine

I'll be here 'til the end of time…

…Well, come on and let me know

Should I stay or should I go?....

….If I go there will be trouble

And if I stay it will be double

So come on and let me know…”

The thunderstorms are loud, but I wonder whether the most relevant quote is not actually from Macbeth: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Meanwhile, amidst all this drama (it’s not clear whether it’s a comedy, tragedy, or both), the once and possibly future President/Dictator/King is set to reveal his VEEP around Bastille Day in what appears to be a remake of The Apprentice. I hope he picks Marco Rubio, declares his residency in New York or New Jersey, and saves Gov. Burgum to be the next Secretary of Energy. Of course, that probably means he will pick Senator Vance.