Theo the Trump Employee Episode 28 Relative Youth

                Theo is on his way to work at an address that changes all the rules.  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; this address has long been considered the place where the most powerful man in the world lived.  Lately, however, Theo has found that people have forgotten this.  Working at the White House is enjoyable for Theo but being in the trenches of the largest political battle in American History does take a toll on you.  Paradoxically, Theo goes to college bars to take the fight to the enemy at the capital of their influence; the university.  To be honest, he is doing this to anger liberals as the constant examples on twitter of liberals physically attacking people with all sorts of weapons because they differ from them ideologically is something he wants to experience.  Unfortunately for him, the worst thing to ever happen to him is someone took off his pin supporting George W Bush and threw it across a bar.  Theo was 18 when this happened so was the same age as these college kids.  At 35, he certainly was not anymore.  Perhaps it was the advanced age that controlled these liberals but that didn’t make sense to him because college kids tend to only respect their professors but not other elders.

                Today, Theo is going to George Mason University.  He sits at the bar and orders a drink.  It doesn’t take long for him to see a group of college kids talking about the latest non-story that the media desperately tries to make one.  The allegation on this one is that Donald Trump, while on the phone with the new Ukrainian President Zelensky, made a promise that bordered treason in exchange for them to investigate Joe Biden.  Theo is well aware of the accusation and the backlash of it.  He walks up to the group and asks, “Have you guys every heard the story ‘the boy who cried wolf?”

                There was an awkward pause and a male replied, “Yes, it’s kind of famous”

                “Right, I love children’s stories.  They are meant to teach valuable lessons”

                “Yea Dude, they’re cool and all but we’re not kids.  Hence we’re in a bar”

                “That term is relative but whatever.”

                “Yes, I know the story”

                “Tell me then, what is the moral of the story?”

                “Don’t lie because when you tell the truth nobody will believe you.”

                “Yes, I also like to think of it from the villager’s point of view.  If someone constantly lies to you, you shouldn’t think them to be credible”

                “Yea, I guess that’s another message you can get from it.”

                “I’m only asking because after Joy Behar was cheering on the View about how they got Trump now because he told Mike Flynn to talk to the Russians, we found out that Mike Flynn was already the NSA director and it was his job to talk to foreign officials so it was a non-story.  Then the same mainstream media told you that Don Trump Jr. was given a secret code from Wikileaks that he could access the dirt on Hillary except he never read the e-mail and it was spam and died quickly.  For three years, all these ‘we got him now’ stories about Trump have fizzled into nothing and yet you believe this latest one.  In the Boy who Cried Wolf, it only took being lied to twice for villager’s to figure it out.  I’ve lost track how many times they’ve done this and yet you people still fall for it.”

                “Aside from quoting children’s story, do you have any evidence?”

                “Oh, of course.  To qualify as a ‘whistleblower’’ you have to have actually hear or see the information you’re reporting on.  This guy didn’t.  He admits he wasn’t on the phone call with the president.  By the way, why do you think that of all the people that listen in on President Trump’s conversations with Ukraine, none of them saw anything wrong with it?  Anyway, this guy heard a rumor that Trump made this treacherous promise to the Ukrainian president.  That makes him just as credible as you since you also heard this rumor.”

                “So, you believe Trump’s BS about fake news?”

                “Yes, I do but that’s not really the issue since even fake news admits this.”

                “What are you talking about?  CNN says….”

                “Pull up the article”

                The student does so and Theo holds out his hand for the phone.  The guy gives it to him, which surprised Theo. Theo scrolls toward the end of the article where one of the last few paragraphs states, ‘he didn’t haven’t direct knowledge of the communication’  Theo highlights the line on the phone and hands it back to him.  The guy’s group looks over his shoulder and the guy shows it to them. He scrolls up to make sure it’s the correct article.  Theo utters, “It helps to read the whole article.”

                The boy has an embarrassed look on his face so a girl he’s with jumps in, “It still needs to be reported on.”

                “Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m very glad it was”

                “Okay, but why since you seem to be a Trump supporter?”

                “Because it exposes Biden’s corruption in Ukraine.  Now, that’s what people, especially the President, keep talking about.  If he just said it out of the blue it would have been off and looked as a petty cheap shot against the leading candidate to be the nominee in next year’s election.  But, since the mainstream media brought up Ukraine, it’s a perfect opportunity for Trump to mention it.”

                “People are still calling it a cheap shot against Biden since he’s scared Biden will beat him.”

                “Yes, I know but the argument isn’t as strong.  If it was, that’s what you guys would have been talking about.”

                “Well Adam Schiff wants to get a transcript of the conversation”

                “Yes, because Schiff was spot on with the Russian collusion and how damning the Mueller report was.  Again, Boy who Cried Wolf.  How many times does it take?”

                “Are you against him getting it?”

                “Of course I am.  It’s not in the purview of congress to review the legality of what the president tells a foreign official”

                “If you have nothing to hide, why would you care?”

                “Stalin said the same thing.  It’s because people twist anything around to make it seem worse than it is.  Look at all the stories I mentioned.  They’d do the same thing.  When Romney was running for president, they made the word ‘binder’ a chauvinistic term.  American University advised their professors that correct grammar is racist.  There’s a movement that referring to a group of people as ‘guys’ is anti-women.”

                “You do know that you’re talking to college students so we think that too”

                “No, the binder thing was from seven years ago.  What do you think of it now?”

                “I guess that one didn’t catch on.”

                “That’s my point, congress will look at the transcript, make up that a word he used is a hate word and you guys will believe it.”

                “Are you saying we can’t think for ourselves?”

                “Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying.”

                “You don’t even know us.  You can’t make judgments”

                “See, that is a talking point from the leftist indoctrination on college campuses.  To prove my point, you just told me that you believe all those examples I gave really are hateful terms.  However, when I referred to this group as ‘guys,’ none of you batted an eye.  You didn’t even notice.”

                They all looked around and the third and final member of the group opined, “We were just being polite.”

                “I’m sure you were that’s why you guys look confused right now”  They all smiled as did Theo.  In a way, he was glad that they didn’t fall for it twice.  To Theo’s point, however, still nobody said anything.  He continued, “You don’t understand how dangerous this is.”

                “What?”

                “The fact the mainstream media and the intelligence community are in cahoots to undermine and take down a duly elected president of the United States.”

                “Okay, so educate us.”

                “The intelligence community is supposed to work with presidents to give him the best verified information possible so he can only act on correct information.  If the intelligence community is trying to sabotage him and they give him bad information in order to set him up to fail, then something catastrophic can happen.”

                “That’s a little extreme”

                “Is it?  The intelligence community told President Bush that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction so we engaged in a prolonged war with Iraq based on faulty information.  You don’t think that’s a bad thing?”

                There was silence.  Theo used it to buy another round of drinks for them.  That eased the tension between them.  The first boy who spoke responded, “Alright, I guess I understand why it’s bad if the intelligence community is setting up the president but what’s the harm in a transcript?”

                “You’ll handicap the presidency because congress will never stop.  They’ll want to do it with every single phone call the president makes.  Decisions need to be made quickly.  Bogging down every conversation until 400 some odd people have read and commented on the transcripts means nothing will get done.  Make no mistake about it, that’s all the Democrat congressman want to do, stall Trump from implementing his policy because the more successful he is, the harder it will be to beat him in 2020.”

                “This is pretty conspiratorial”

                “How about this?  You go to a school named after one of our founding fathers that helped draft the constitution.  Maybe you’ve heard of that document.  In it, it states that Congress doesn’t have the power to usurp the power of presidential authority.  The president pushes back on the legislative branch encroaching and attempting to usurp the power of the executive branch is not obstruction but the constitution at work.”

                “Isn’t it their job to see if what he’s doing is legal?  What about the push back from the legislative branch when the executive branch tries to usurp their power?” the girl fired back

                “The legislative branch makes the laws.  The Executive branch reviews and vetoes it if he likes.  The legislative branch can then override the veto if they so choose.  To directly answer your question, no, it’s not the legislative branch’s job to see if what he’s doing is legal; that’s for the judicial branch.  To answer your second question, yes the constitution does provide for the legislative branch to push back against the executive branch if the executive branch encroaches or tries to usurp the power of the legislative branch.  So tell me, what law is the president trying to make with this Ukraine conversation?  After all, making laws is the legislative branch’s job”

                The girl put her head down.  She knew she couldn’t even spin this.  She shyly remarked, “I guess it would be the judicial branch to review this”

                “Wrong.  It’s not a legal question.  They are quoting the law Title 50 30-33 that a subordinate of the DNI can speak out and report a violation.  That, however, doesn’t apply to the President.”

                The guy who did the least talking announced, “Come on guys, let’s go to a different bar, this one sucks”

                The three of them start walking away and Theo yells out, “You didn’t really mean ‘guys’ did you?”

                All three of them stop dead in their tracks.  They lowered their heads and shook them and continued to walk out.  Theo goes back to the bar with a smug expression on his face.  A girl sits next to him.  She comments, “That was pretty impressive.  Three on one and you won.”

                “Just remember I was the one”

                “I know.  I’m congratulating you.”

                “Well, thank you.  What’s your name?”

                “I’m Holly”

                “I’m Theo” as he extended his hand, which Holly shook.

                Holly had beautiful green eyes, short brown hair and a toned body.  As it was a humid day in DC, she was wearing short shorts so Theo could see her legs were toned with strong calf muscles.  He assumed she was a runner.  She noticed him sizing her up and she flirtatiously asked, “Do you like what you see?”

                “Yea, you’re a beautiful woman”

                “Thank you.  Though, I’m not sure how much of a compliment that is.  Tell me something, does it bother you to be the oldest person in a bar?”

                “Not really”

                “Almost like you purposely go to bars to bait college students into political debate”

                “Yea, it seems that way.” Theo replied nodding with a look on his face that made it seem like she didn’t just hit the nail on the head but it was occurring to him for the first time.

                “Tell you what, I’ll indulge you.  If you win the debate, I’ll let you kiss me.  But if I win, I get to slap you across the face.”

                “Who’s judging?”

                “It needs to be clear and unmistakable”

                “Ah, so it’s probably going to end in a draw since neither one of us will probably concede.”

                “Do you want to try to get a third person to judge?”

                “Pretty girl like you vs. a fat bald man like me?  Not to mention young girl who is their peer and goes to their school against an old man like me who, as you just pointed out, doesn’t seem like he fits in in this crowd.”
                “What’s wrong?  You afraid of a challenge?” Holly challenged as she leaned into him. 

                “Well, as pointless as it seems, I’ll accept your challenge because, like you said, I am here to debate so the ramification of the debate is irrelevant.  It’s the exchange of ideas that I was looking for so I win either way.”

                “Can I ask why you enjoy the exchange of ideas?”

                “Yes, you can.  I would answer that that’s what college is supposed to be.  They have lost their way lately so I do my part to bring it back.”

                “That seems reasonable enough.  Very admirable of you” the last sentence was laced in sarcasm.

                “So what do you want to debate?”

                “Oh, I get to pick the topic?”

                “But of course.”

                “Pretty arrogant of you.”

                “Not really.  You came her and issued the challenge.  You seem to want this fight.  I think you have something to say.”

                “You complement Trump and support him.  He always runs his mouth about how great the economy is and how the tax cuts have worked.  It only helped the rich though.”

                “Oh, that was a mistake little lady”

                “Don’t patronize me”

                “Can we change the bet that if I win, we go somewhere private and you let me take a body shot off your ass?”

                “Deal”

                “What you just said is completely false.  The lower income brackets have been growing by almost six percent but the top bracket is rising by less than three.  The poor are growing twice as fast as the rich.”

                “Unfortunately for you, the US census just came out and it proves my point because the middle class has shrunk”

                “I guess you didn’t bother to check the census as to why it shrank.”

                For the first time, Holly looked unsure.  She hesitantly came back with, “Well, isn’t is common sense?  They became poor.”

                “I’m not good with these little technology things.  Pull up the census for me.”

                Holly does so and gives her phone to Theo.  Theo says, “I’m going to show you that the middle class shrank because people moved up in income brackets so middle class people became wealthy.  In fact, more people went from middle to wealthy than went from poor to middle.  Hence, the shrinking”

                Theo finds the relevant data and shows it to Holly, “Look people making $35,000 or less has decreased by 1.2% since 2016.  Now, let’s look at $50K to 100K.  Oh look, it went up by 0.8%.  How do you think this happened?  Did they come from Mars?”

                “Well, inflation could help”

                “Like you said, I’m an old man.  What does that say in tiny letters at the bottom of the graph?”

                Holly frowns, “It says ‘adjusted for inflation’”

                “What do you suppose that means?”

                Holly glares at him.  “You’re cherry picking.” Holly snatches her phone back and pulls up another stat, “See, look Medicaid enrollment declined in 2018.”

                Theo extended his hand and Holly hesitantly gave it back.  The look on his face made it seem like he knew how to counter this.  He pulled up another statistic, “See, worker earnings went up 3.4%.  What happens to poor people is when they make more money, they get less benefits from Medicare.  If they make too much, they lose Medicaid payments all together.  Why exactly do you consider this a bad thing?  Do you socialist liberals really like government so much that you get offended if people are able to provide for themselves and no longer need the safety net provided by tax payers?”

                “You don’t have to be insulting” Holly complained

                “It was just a question.  Why do you think it’s bad for people to make their own money and get off of welfare and Medicaid and opt to either pay for their own insurance or opt out?”

                “I see your point.”

                There was an awkward silence.  Holly sighed, “I really thought I was standing on firm ground”

                “Next time, don’t let someone else interpret the data for you.  When you hear a stat, ask yourself why?  Or then what?”

                “I mean, what you’re saying makes sense.  Trump always brags how the unemployment rate is at its lowest point in 50 years.  Lowest unemployment rate for blacks and one of the lowest for Hispanics.  This is consistent with what you’re saying.  People previously unemployed so on Medicaid, got a job and no longer needed it.  That’s why it’s so low.  People kept doing this.”

                “It all seems to be related and makes sense” Holly looks over at Theo and saw a smile on his face.  Theo raises his eyebrows.  Holly closes her eyes and unbelievably shakes her head.  Theo’s face goes stoic and he calmly inquires, “Is there any response to any of my points or any rebuttals you’d like to make?”

                “No” she pronounced hesitantly

                “Do you think I won?”

                “I think you’re doing to me what you claim others did to me.  You interpreted the census for me.”

                “Ah, so you think if you go back to your professor, he’ll show you how I was full of shit.”

                “Yes”

                “I warned you about this.  There’s no real judge.”

                “I don’t make the first move”

                “That’s very old fashioned of you.”

                “No, don’t believe the hype. Women still like confidence in a man to make the first move.”

                “Good to know.”

                There was a moment of silence and then Holly decried with obvious frustration in her voice, “If you called me old-fashioned and your just old then I’m not sure where the disconnect is.”

                Theo laughed.  He enjoyed messing with her.  He finally decided to stop playing coy and leaned in.  Holly glanced down at his hands to see if he was wearing a ring or if there was any indication that he had one on usually.  Seeing none, she leaned in and pursed her lips.  Theo ran his top lip over hers and slipped his tongue out his partially open mouth.  Holly met his tongue with hers and they kissed for a about 15 seconds before Holly pulled back and declared, “Ok, that’s enough.”

                “So, where should we go for the body shot?”

                “What’s wrong with right here?”

                “I don’t think you’re allowed to in a bar”

                “Wear a thong?  Lower your pants?  No, you are, you just can’t get naked.”

                Theo doubted this was true but he looked over and saw an open booth.  He shrugged his shoulders and posed, “There’s an open booth over there”

                Holly got up and sat in the booth while Theo ordered a shot of tequila, a lemon wedge and a salt shaker.  Theo walked over to the booth and placed the items on the table.  Holly condescendingly asked, “You didn’t ask for permission did you?”
                “No, but I still think you’re wrong.”

                “What’s the worst that can happen?  The bouncer kicks us out?  Who cares?  How long were you planning on staying anyway?”

                Theo contemplated this for a moment and realized he didn’t have an answer.  He was planning on leaving after the last drink he had anyway.  Holly smiled at him and gave him the same look she had earlier.  Theo nodded and remarked, “Well, I may have won the first debate, but you won the last one.”

                “Don’t worry.  I won’t cash in.  I did mean the first debate not subsequent ones”  Theo hadn’t noticed that Holly had undone her shorts.  She lowered her shorts to expose her thong and lied on her stomach. 

                Theo licked her right butt cheek and poured salt on the moistened area.  He placed the shot of tequila in her anus.  He then licked the salt off and grabbed the shot glass in his mouth and snapped his neck back emptying the tequila down his throat.  He grabbed the lemon slice and bit down on it to eliminate the taste.  As he turned to the side, he noticed a crowd had gathered and phones were out.  He looked back at Holly who had already pulled up her pants and sat up zipping and fastening the button.  The crowd dispersed now that the show was over.  Theo looked at Holly apologetically since she had to go to school here.  If Holly had noticed the crowd, she didn’t show it on her face.  The apologetic look left Theo’s face and he announced, “Well, I’m going to leave on that high note”

                “I’m going to stay a little longer.”

                “What are you drinking?”

                “Rum and coke”

                Theo went to the bar and ordered a rum and coke and closed his tab.  He brought over the drink and handed it to Holly.  She thanked him and got up and wrapped her arms around Theo “Bye Theo”

                “Bye Holly, it was nice meeting you”

                “Likewise.  I like that after our little discussion, you felt the need to kiss my ass.”

                Theo chuckled, and released Holly.  He walked out of the bar and headed toward the subway to take him home.  While on the train, Theo saw a man that had to be in his mid to late 50s.  He was reading the Wall Street Journal and folded it up and shook his head.  “Fucking Trump” he snapped

                Theo gave him a confused look and queried, “Why do you say that?”

                “You a MAGA guy?”

                “I am”

                “Very rare in these parts”

                “Yea, but I’ve never been normal”

                “Look, I’m a Republican. I just don’t think it’s very presidential for a president to be tweeting and going after everyone that says something negative about him.  He’s a pussy.”

                Theo laughed and shook his head, “You can’t call him a pussy.  He’s the only guy that fights back.  The Republicans tried nominating goody goodies that take the high road.  Hell, Romney was actually a Mormon.  They had nice haircuts.  They were well mannered.  The worst word they said was ‘binder.’  You know what happened to them?”

                “Don’t say it”

                “They lost.  Trump won”

                The man shook his head, “Look, it’s a generational thing.  You’re a young guy, you’re okay with it but an old dude like me cringes with the stuff he says.  Calling a POW a loser when he never served bothers me.  A lot.  I have a son in the military so I’m a little sensitive on this.  Trump had his father get him out of serving.  He shouldn’t be calling veterans losers”

                “Trump is like Patton.  Patton said, ‘it’s not the object to die for your country, it’s to make the other son of a bitch die for his.  Trump doesn’t respect the people who got captured.  He wants the people that captured the enemy.  He wants the guys who grab the enemy by the nose and kicks him in the ass”

                The elderly man raised his voice and yelled back “Wow, you really turned that one around!”

                Theo smiled and lowered his tone, “I just don’t understand how you can call him anti-military.  He said something about one veteran but the last two years he gave the military a raise.  He’s been very pro-military.  He was just anti-McCain.”

                “He’s dead.  He can’t defend himself.  Just shut up.”

                “I don’t think Trump has said anything since McCain passed.  McCain gave the dossier to the DOJ to try to justify it.”

                “Steele exposed the FIFA scandal”

                “That doesn’t give him the right to lie about the President of the United States”

                “Look, you’re not going to convince me.  I’m not going to convince you.  I do like his policies.  I have to admit, some have been good but that doesn’t justify his tone and tweeting and attacking everyone that disagrees with him.”

                “Do you understand the fight that we’re in? He’s attacked by the intelligence community, the media, never-Trumpers.  We have communists taking over the Democrat Party.  This is an existential fight for our country and your nitpicking his tone of voice and tweeting?”

                “You do agree that he’s a braggart and a bully right?”

                “Yes, I do but I’m okay with it because of the policy”

                “Furthermore, all Trump-supporters say is about what Democrats did”

                “Yea, because it exposes hypocrisy.  You’re okay when Democrats do it but when a Republican does it, you crucify him.”

                “Well, that’s the point right?  We are supposed to be above the Democrats gutter and underhanded tactics”

                “That hasn’t worked.  We consistently lose.”

                “Now wait, the parties have alternated president since before you were born probably.”

                “No, I was born the year Raegan was president and George H.W. followed him.  Two Republicans”

                “Alright so I was close, but if you were born in 80, then you were what? 12 when George H.W. became president?  So, it’s fair to say that since you’ve been cognizant.”

                “To make your point even stronger, I was born when he was re-elected.”

                “Oh, 84, so now you’re 8”

                “Yes”

                “Okay, so my point is valid.  H.W. Bush, Clinton, W Bush, Obama, Trump.  Seems like all you’ve known is alternating”

                “None of them were socialists.  Never do I remember openly communist people campaigning.  It was always that there was nominal differences between the parties so your everyday life didn’t change based on the result of the election.  I’m not so sure if that’s true in 2020”

                “Whose fault is that?”

                “Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlib, Elizabeth Warren, AOC…”

                “And your boy Trump”

                “Well, I will admit Trump does have a way of making everyone stupid.  They no longer hold back their animosity but his opponents, the left ones I mean, don’t even veil their libelous, scandalous, treacherous ways.”

                “Okay, so we agree he’s polarizing”

                “I will concede that”

                “Alright, that’s good.  Yelling at the Fed I don’t think he should do either”

                “Look, I agree.  I’m an economist.   I think the disconnect between us is I think that the bigger fight necessitates a battle field morality.  When there are bullets flying at you, you don’t care if the guy next to you cheated on his wife.”

                “Oh, I don’t care who he sleeps with and if he wants to hang out with super models”

                “I don’t mean that.  If you don’t think we’re in an existential fight then peacetime morality applies and Trump’s rhetoric can’t be excused but if you believe, as I do, we are in an existential fight against the left, then you can look past it.”

                “What do you mean by the existential fight?  Cold War Part 2?”

                “That’s part of it but the other part is that the Democrats have consistently had a three-pronged attacks.  The first one is to win elections.  When that fails, they make the courts legislate from the bench and if that fails, they intimidate corporations.”

                “Yes, liberals do like protesting corporations.  Lately they have been on prong 3 as you describe.  I’ll give you that.”

                “How can you as a Republicans be against President Trump for completely eliminating number two as an option?”

                “You mean the two Supreme Court justices?”

                “No, that’s the tip of the iceberg.  He just appointed two more judges to the 9^th circuit which was the most liberal circuit in the country.  Now, not so much because 10 out of the 29 of them are Trump appointees.”

                “Well, they have given him a lot of static with the border wall. That’s what I mean though; he’s thin skinned and goes after everyone that opposes him.  As President, he should be above that”

                “That’s only 10 of them.  He’s nominated 150 nominees to the federal judiciary.  He has 43 appellate nominees that are being pushed through.  Even his losses he’s turned to wins.  In January the liberals successfully stopped Bumatay from getting on the 9^th circuit.  He just tried again and got him confirmed.  He’s a fighter and he’s a winner and that’s what we like.”

                “Look, I get it.  Like I said, I’m not opposed of his actions”

                “But actions are supposed to speak louder than words”

                “Well, with him it’s close”

                “But, just think if he gets reelected and he does in five years what he has in three. He’ll have 300 judges that will protect us from Democrats for a generation long after Trump leaves office.  If you really want to stop the Democrats, you have to re-elect him if not just for the judges alone.”

                “I get your zeal and I admire it.  Young people should be involved but like I said, I just can’t get there with you.  And then you have the whole climate change debate”

                “Oh, that’s a whole different story.”
                “Oh, is it now?”

                “Yea, I mean, during the Climate Change strike, the Democrats in Iowa held a cook out where they cooked 10,500 steaks”

                “You have a problem with steaks?”

                “No, I love steaks but I don’t tell other people to stop eating meat.  I like it, and I want everyone else to enjoy it.  I don’t protest that everyone should quit eating meat and then have an event where I cook 10,500 steaks”

                “Well, I’m not saying I’m going to give up meat but when I go outside, I can feel the heat scorching me a lot more than it used to”

                Theo gave him a puzzled look, “And you don’t think age has something to do with that?” He gave him a hurt look.  Theo felt a little bad but it was a completely justifiable comment.  He decided to get back to his original point, “Look, I just don’t understand that you’re old enough to remember the global cooling scare of the 70s yet you still give credence to climate change” The elderly man chuckled.  Theo felt that was an invitation to continue, “I just don’t like that the Democrat theory is that it’s okay for them because they know better but everyone else it’s reprehensible.  Democrats actually think they aren’t individuals too.  When you point out that they have a problem with carbon emission buts they all fly private jets to these climate conferences, they unapologetically say that ‘individual decisions don’t matter.’  What is the problem if not a collection of individual decisions?  Who’s to say that when these ‘individuals’ that are Democrats aren’t in power, they won’t be corrupted by the same problems they claim ‘individuals’ suffer from?”

                “You make a valid point but what about the hole that was in the Ozone.  Then we sent Fluorocarbons up and closed it”

                “Key word ‘was’ that proves my point.  Nature takes care of itself.  We are too insignificant to effect nature.  We can’t even kill things we want to kill.  You have invader species that we can’t get rid of yet we can take out the entire Earth?  As for your example, they make up a problem and then when nature fixes it, they claim victory.  I point out that Siberian Tigers were supposed to be extinct by the year 2000 yet aren’t and they claim it’s because they raised awareness.  Same thing, inconvenient truth had the polar bear as their mascot and it was prevalent in the movie.  By the sequel, they never mentioned polar bears at all because their population increased by 6X between the two movies.  Again, you point this out, and they credit the movie.  Like if I say that Hawaii will be under water by tomorrow unless I snap my fingers on this train.” Theo snapped his fingers “Now, tomorrow I claim that when Hawaii is still there, would you believe me?”

                “That’s a little oversimplification”
                “No, it’s not.  it’s the same concept”

                “Well, you can’t prove a counter-fact.  Obviously we don’t know what would have happened if we didn’t put Fluorocarbons in the atmosphere so there’s no point discussing it.”

                Theo arrived at his stop and extended his hand.  “I really enjoyed this conversation.  I hope you didn’t take it personal.  We need more civilized debates like this in society.”

                “Personal? Are you kidding” as he shook his hand, “I didn’t take offense to anything you said.”

                “Me neither. Have a good night sir”

                “You as well.”

                Theo went home and chuckled to himself.  It was interesting how his night started as the old guy and ended with being the young guy. 

 

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