April 01, 2025

APRIL FOOLS DAY: An Opinion

 





"You can fool all the people some of the time
and some of the people all the time,
but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

________________________________Abraham Lincoln________________________________


Could be, Mr. Lincoln was so off base when he said this. He could not have envisioned about 170 years into the future that we'd be a nation of so many fools, so many people so easily fooled. If indeed he said this at all.  It's generally attributed to him, suggesting it was said either during the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates ~ or perhaps a few years earlier at the 1856 Republican Convention. Regardless of the if-or-when, many historians and documentary evidence tend to question this today.

Yet, here we are!  Way too many people fooled "back in November" and still being fooled each and every day by the Number One Fool who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (except for every weekend down in Florida, how's that for government waste?) ... the Foolish Aides who indulge and accede to his every word or whim ... supported by more Fools in the Senate of Silence, and even more Fools in the House of Representatives who bend and capitulate in fear, mere marionettes on strings ... and let's add in all the Fools in the Cabinet, with their pasted-on smiles and nodding, bobbling heads ... "April" Fools Day? ... It's not just for April anymore is it?


"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government,
then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools."

___________________________________Plato_____________________________________














16 comments:

  1. ha... that is so true.. and we hope karma will do the job...

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  2. This is very true and I feel so sorry for the people of your country who can see what is happening.

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  3. We certainly have started a bad road down hill. Abraham Lincoln would be appalled.

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  4. The only wonderful thing about this post is your beautiful April blog header, Juney!

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  5. Agree, and remain astonished! Absolutely gorgeous new blog header, June!

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  6. I agree ~ sad state of affairs and getting worse ~ June are beautiful ~ hugs,

    Oh wow! What a lovely place to visit and take photos of the sweet doggies ~ all adorable ~ hugs,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  7. juney chowder…noe foolin…yur april chowder headerz pawsum 🌸🌼🍀💚😺
    N all sew, afturr ree veewin film footage, N noe tissin several foul callz waz knot correct,
    ore called, in de furst place, itz been dee termined de fightin irish ☘️ act shoo a lee DID
    win de nationalz championz ship game 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

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  8. And it's only the first day of April - how much worse can it get????

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  9. We agree, Juney and Mom. It's disturbing and heartbreaking to see our democracy being torn apart.

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  10. Abraham Lincoln was a wise man. He is my favorite president of all time. He was a cat lover. XO

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  11. Those are wise words by you and those you quoted. We keep wishing we could wake up from this nightmare and it would all be over.

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  12. Charlee: "There's a reason why everyone still remembers that Plato guy thousands of years later."
    Java Bean: "Ayyy, because kids still like to play with the fake bread dough he invented?"
    Charlee: "No ..."

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  13. Our world is very scary right now, in many ways.

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  14. He is getting by with some of the people some of the time

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  15. He did not win the popular vote. Too bad that's not what counts.

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