For the first two days at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, two Mason jars of pinto beans had been casually set on a table to measure support for the war in Iran, and for much of the event, the bean count was close, with a few more “yes” pintos than “no” pintos.
Then at some point late Thursday, or perhaps in the wee hours of Friday morning, a huge infusion of beans materialized to tip the scales toward giving war a chance.
Rigged or not, the unofficial poll, featured in a booth set up by a group called Republicans for National Renewal, captured the week’s events as the organizers of CPAC — which in recent years has served as a platform for America First anti-interventionists — have tried to keep the faithful on the White House bandwagon. That wasn’t easy as gasoline prices soared, stocks sagged and Americans wondered how long the military action might last.
CPAC is almost indistinguishable from an Amway sales conference. Everyone there pretending to be on board with the current thing because they just don’t want to be caught holding the bag. Just a parade of grifters looking to extract another buck out of you.
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Any Metal Gear fans in here familiar with Sundowner from Metal Gear Rising Revengence? “Give war a chance” is literally straight from that game lol.
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For the first two days at this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, two Mason jars of pinto beans had been casually set on a table to measure support for the war in Iran, and for much of the event, the bean count was close, with a few more “yes” pintos than “no” pintos.
Then at some point late Thursday, or perhaps in the wee hours of Friday morning, a huge infusion of beans materialized to tip the scales toward giving war a chance.
Rigged or not, the unofficial poll, featured in a booth set up by a group called Republicans for National Renewal, captured the week’s events as the organizers of CPAC — which in recent years has served as a platform for America First anti-interventionists — have tried to keep the faithful on the White House bandwagon. That wasn’t easy as gasoline prices soared, stocks sagged and Americans wondered how long the military action might last.
I hear the click of a brain chip inserting.
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CPAC is almost indistinguishable from an Amway sales conference. Everyone there pretending to be on board with the current thing because they just don’t want to be caught holding the bag. Just a parade of grifters looking to extract another buck out of you.
Any Metal Gear fans in here familiar with Sundowner from Metal Gear Rising Revengence? “Give war a chance” is literally straight from that game lol.
America first?
No, new wars!
SHORT TERM PAIN FOR LONG TERM GAIN!!!!!111