President Biden thread

10 hours ago, nursel56 said:

I guess you recognized yourself in my post to tmb? OK.  You regularly link Biden's outward behavior as some type of proof that he has dementia.  I've taken care of a number of people who's bodies were twisted like a pretzel and were not able to utter a coherent word, and who had IQs over 140.

You want to simplify the complex brain/body systems and all the ways they can go wrong to the point you can declare unequivocally that Biden has dementia? I'm not playing, and you only diminish yourself when you do. One has to wonder what you would have to say about Stephen Hawking if you only knew how he looked. 

And no, I don't judge Trump that way.  When he was elected, I didn't claim an obnoxious blowhard is disqualified to be president.  His rhetoric was often offensive, but we've seen that before in the public square. I see his outward behavior, and have wondered from the beginning whether it's his idea of showmanship, if there was some sort of strategy behind his actions. The old "game theory" metric that cropped up from time to time.

I didn't wish he would fail, just because he's Trump, and neither did many Democrats at first. It's over years of observing all of his behavior that leads me to believe he's a corrupt narcissist. There are dismaying amount of instances when Trump appointees tried to corrupt the executive branch. Anything to make the boss look good.  

My last two paragraphs were about Biden and his cabinet, not Trump. I was elaborating to tmb's point as follows:

 

 No, obviously I don't have proof of his dementia or can say unequivocally he has it.   It's my opinion that at the very least, his cognitive abilities have declined rapidly.  This is based upon watching him in public over the decades.  You can look at videos of him past and present and easily see he isn't what he was.  He's a long ways from when he was appointed to the Naval Academy, or finished at the top of his law school class.

You certainly are judging me by my one opinion, aren't you?  

I suspect one day we'll learn more about behind the scenes of the Biden White House.  And,  I won't be surprised if after the midterms his health suddenly becomes a bigger concernto Democrats.  We shall see.

8 hours ago, nursel56 said:

This isn't the first time you've accused somebody of lying here on allnurses. I wonder why that would seem like a probability to you.

To answer your question, yeah I sure did!  Anyone familiar with actually being a nurse knows that outpatient clinic nursing and private duty nursing (as well as many other specialties )give us an opportunity for longtime nurse:patient relationships where you would certainly know all aspects of that person's personality.

I'll never forget one in particular who would have to dose himself with 10mg of Valium and a good amount alcohol just so he could sit reasonably still on the exam table. Even then he struggled to control his extremities. He wrote the most beautiful poetry I can remember, but only able to scrawl about 15 words on each page. 

 

I love when people throw out the "as a nurse you should know" line.  Talk about diminishing yourself.  Are you yourself familiar with all types of nursing?

Your example shows that someone who took valium and a few swigs of alcohol can write poetry.  Not that you've taken care of many people in bad shape who still have a IQ over 140 (about 0.4% of the population, Maybe way overestimated). 

Your story does seem unbelievable.  For one, it seems that taking an IQ test would be way down the list of priorities for such a population.  But, I could be wrong.

3 hours ago, Tweety said:

I believe that the poster somehow knew the patient's IQ unless it was more of a generalized statement like "I knew he had a high IQ".  

To me the post was to "not judge a person's insides by their outsides".   But really with politicians isn't that all we have.  We'll never really know them.

Good or bad people will judge a person's insides by their outsides.  Someone will see "a sad elderly man with dementia" and provide examples as such and dismiss their humanity.

I recently visited my mother who was giving my father and sister a hard time and turned out it was medication related and when the medication was stopped her head began to clear.  But still she has dementia, forgetful, and multiple medical problems.  She was recently in the hospital with a broken arm and hopefully the nurses didn't look at "a fat frail old demented lady".  I know she has a story.  She married a soldier at 19 and left occupied Germany to come to Texas as a new bride with a child and no formal training in English.  She lost her father and saw her country defeated and destroyed to rubble.  She has a story.  We all do.

I recently saw a TikTok from a woman with a trach talking about how people don't talk to her but to people around her as if she doesn't understand when she might be a very highly intelligent person that can contribute to the conversation.

I try to stay out of making fun of people about their gaffes, but will comment and sometimes scratch my head (I still want to know what "covfefe" means).  I don't post insulting memes on my social media and you might remember I advocated for people to stop calling Trump "the orange one" because of his appearance, never made fun of his weight or hair.  There's plenty of else to criticize him for without judging him from his outside.

 

 

Making fun of his gaffes and pointing them out are two different things.

With Biden, the gaffes used to be that's "Joe being Joe", and people on both sides laughed a bit.  But, now they're different and are frequent.

This last one was him spelling out "dot" that was written on the teleprompter as part of a web address.   I find it just as concerning that with the web address, someone thought it necessary to spell out the dot instead of simply writing the address as the rest of us would read it.

3 hours ago, Tweety said:

Biden to release more oil in US.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/18/oil-prices-biden-to-announce-release-from-strategic-petroleum-reserve.html

 

It's actually the rest of what they already said would be released.  

"So far this year, the White House has released about 165 million barrels of crude from the SPR, out of a total that it said would be around 180 million. The announcement of an additional 10 million to 15 million barrels on Wednesday would represent the culmination of the current release."

17 hours ago, nursej22 said:

How is the president supposed to control inflation, when at least some of it is corporate greed?

https://Twitter.com/repkatieporter/status/1582475617723113472?s=21

Ahh, poor Joe. I thought that was one reason to elect Democrats, because they fight corporate greed?  Are you saying they're actually helpless?

37 minutes ago, nursej22 said:

I am saying that critics of Biden are demanding he fix inflation as if it is some simple switch to flip, when in reality, it is a worldwide phenomenon , with many factors. And the corporations, so beloved by Republicans, are profiting from the pain suffered by the public, with little if any, criticism. 

 

Many were led to believe that Biden was the guy to lead us through the post pandemic phase.  Some said and still say inflation is to be blamed on Trump.  

If nothing can be done, why you were sold the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act?

So called  "Corporate Greed" isn't new.  It is a known factor.

At least we agree that Biden's actions aren't working.  Where I disagree with you is that it's simply a worldwide problem, and that there is nothing that can be done.

Much like "greedy" corporations do, if the one at the top can't get it done, get someone new.

And, yes, generally speaking and with some exceptions, I do love corporations, even though I'm not a Republican.