WORD OF THE DAY

What do u mean by Echo?

1 : the repetition of a sound that is caused by reflection of sound waves. 2 : the sound that is due to reflection of sound waves.

Slang

1. To have the same event occur again in similar fashion so as to confuse the situation

Example

To manipulate someone into doing something that someone else did to protect themselves and then point the finger at that someone.

To cast a stone in a glass house and then convince, manipulate or otherwise threaten someone else to do it so they can get out of trouble by saying it was the other person

FACT OF THE DAY

What percentage of presidents were lawyers?

While about 60 percent of all U.S. presidents since Independence have been lawyers, just four of the last 10 presidents have been lawyers. In the mid-19th century, around 80 percent of the U.S. Congress were lawyers.

Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 25 were lawyers. Of the 55 framers of the Constitution, 32 were lawyers.

How important is it to have effective counsel or even to be able to retain counsel, in a country designed by lawyers, it’s extremely important. The old adage by the greatest President to ever serve- ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID: A man who represents himself, has a fool for a client.

The importance of effective counsel can not be over stated, but in recent times, that principle has been slowly eroded to where even any overt interference just gets shrugged off. This is where the word Elite comes into play. Only the elite can get effective counsel. Everyone else has become a second class citizen but they still want your tax money.

Aaaaaaaaanecdote!

What do people do when they marry a person that legally changed their full name to a single name? Do they they just drop their last name? Do they hyphenate with a blank in the middle? Do they get to choose a number for a last name like 7? Do they use the other person’s first name as their last name?

IMO: MENTAL DISEASE v. CRIMINAL CHARGES

There was a comment made that sexual assaults on adults and children was the affliction of a mental disorder. I completely disagree. I feel that any sexual assault is a criminal matter, especially on children, and all sexual assaults of a vile nature is the only reason why the death penalty should remain in place. It seems that some people feel that a sexual assault can be cured by an aspirin and some head shrinking… I think that sexual assaults derive from a person’s lack of caring about anyone else but themselves, like most crimes. Lack of empathy coupled with a ton of narcissism and a craving for power and the mindset that they want complete control and that they like to humiliate other people, which lets them get the release they want.

The question is if, the ones that do the vile assaults, like on any minor or on any person that is facing harsh legal trouble, that if these people know right from wrong, which they do, and if so, they should be tried, sentenced, then put to sleep, the deep sleep, the sayonara slumber, the permanent perpetuity. No cop outs, no bullshit.

And it’s my opinion that anyone that calls sexual assaults a mental disease is looking for an easy out.

alpha november ECHO charlie delta oscar tango ECHO

I’m a product of an inner city school system but tried my best to reach average intelligence, most say you almost did it, so it should be of no surprise when I was an art gallery and I didn’t understand the motif of the art and it looked like a person with a blindfold threw up on the canvas that someone called me a Philistine…… I looked around and said “No, I’m Hispanic, maybe that guy, he looks middle eastern”.

Didn’t find out later that it was an insult. I stand by my criticism, it was called the vomit artist or Jackson Pollock, one of the two. I didn’t understand it, but I’ve seen it before, when my son decided that coloring inside the lines was for losers.

IMO: GREAT TIME TO BE AN AMERICAN

So proud of how this administration has handled the Ukraine situation. They have stepped up and, short of going knuckles up themselves, have supported and dared a bully to take them on while levying some strong sanctions and supporting Ukraine with military aid. All the while working with the European Union and not trying to overshadow them. I think it was handled really well to date and hopefully it has the intended results it is trying to achieve. At least I can be in awe of how this country can step up when it needs to.

I always said that a common foe was needed to bring (almost) everyone together, I always thought it was going to be an attack from Mars, well, who knows, maybe Putin is a martian. Still have those detractors though. LOL, I have a feeling they would be on the martians’ side if Mars did attack.

This whole thing is crazy, it should be a perfect time to come together as a nation and find common ground, so imagine my dismay when the one party that is staunchly anti-communism, staunchly anti-socialism, since the days of “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall” Ronald Reagan, starts to take the side of the “President” of Russia and tries to make him some kind of folklore hero that is carrying out some kind of justice, to be fair though, it’s only a select few and not the majority. This is how far the division in our politics has sunk. I have said it before, that these political opponents, with their cancel culture of each other and their ever expanding hatred of each other, will ruin this country over petty shit that can be resolved over a few beers. No one should take the side of a bully over attacking a smaller country that is attacked because they are simply weaker or smaller. This a bad omen. Hopefully we can snap out of it. I am glad to see that some people like Romney and Cheney are trying to help the party keep focus. The old adage of the enemy of my enemy comes to mind, who knew that some people would pick Russia over their own citizens as the lesser enemy. BTW, the guy that said that was taken out by the enemy he supported. A little history reminder.

WORD OF THE DAY

Zelenskyy

Slang term

Meaning: One hell of an impressive leader; A politician that fights for his constituents

Notable quotes:

“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky after being asked if he wanted to be evacuated by the U.S.

Sentence:

I’m voting for that person, they’re a Zelenskyy

mannysblog opinion;

This former comedian turned Ukranian President is no joke.

Notable mentions:

Wladamir Klitschko – Former Heavyweight champion and all around nice guy when he’s not knocking you out, volunteers to take up arms to defend his country

Vitali Klitschko – Former Heavyweight champion and all around nice… you get it … volunteers to take up arms to defend the city he is Mayor of…

All the Ukranian people – Showing why freedom is important by trying to make it grow with the blood of their opposition (hopefully)

WORD OF THE DAY

Primadonna

Literal definition:

pri·ma don·na

/ˌprēmə ˈdänə/

noun

noun: primadonna

  1. the chief female singer in an opera or opera company. Similar: leading soprano leading lady diva star protagonist heroine principal singer female lead songbird
    • a very temperamental person with an inflated view of their own talent or importance. modifier noun: prima-donna “the prima-donna behavior of some of the stars”

mannysblog opinion:

While ego is essential at times and has had its part in history, the vanity of oneself is obstructive if you don’t know how to control it… your ego.

Notable phrases of a primadonna:

“we can do whatever we want”

“Laws are meant for you not me”

Some examples of primadonna’s:

Gentile, Mussolini, Hitler and anyone that forces themselves on a woman due to her legal trouble and isn’t worried about going to prison. Stop trying to justify your behavior…