# Stop Panicking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [June 28, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447 "2024-06-28T15:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 72
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447/1421 "2024-11-19T19:36:07Z")
It just looks like they are even stupider than me and there are a lot of people smarter than me who could be organized well enough to prevent excessive damage. And Individual-ONE wants to vet the DoD leadership to insure that they are loyal to him – but what general is going to say to the team that he thinks Individual-ONE is an idiot? Military leaders are by design trained in deception. If they see him as a foe, they will almost certainly not say that to him. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447/1422 "2024-11-19T22:57:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I was looking over the Project 2025 document, and it gives a tiny bit of hope, in that the text is clean and well composed, There are editors that do that for a living. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447/1423 "2024-11-19T23:43:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > There are editors that do that for a living. Then it is somewhat disconcerting that RWers who are famous for treading upon their own genitalia have managed to engage the services of someone who knows their gluteus maximus region from a hole in the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447/1424 "2024-11-19T23:54:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Then it is somewhat disconcerting that RWers who are famous for treading upon their own genitalia have managed to engage the services of someone who knows their gluteus maximus region from a hole in the ground. …there are entire _think-tanks_ devoted to preparing and writing legislation that is just copied-and-pasted all around the country. Did you ever wonder why Republicans always seem to be on the same page? Its because another think tank literally prepares a daily set of talking-points. They are _so far ahead_ of where people imagine they are. The people you see every day are _stupid_. But that’s by design. Stupid people do what they are told. And can sell a lie better than anyone. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447/1425 "2024-11-23T21:37:08Z")
Every time the urge to panic starts to overtake me, I remember sage words of Supertramp [![](https://i.discogs.com/iVKWkR1lFu8FEPzWfPn1lpvUriqGYcfg5OAyMfgTyTs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMzgw/MTI4LTE0OTYzNzky/OTgtNTc2Ni5qcGVn.jpeg) ](https://i.discogs.com/iVKWkR1lFu8FEPzWfPn1lpvUriqGYcfg5OAyMfgTyTs/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMzgw/MTI4LTE0OTYzNzky/OTgtNTc2Ni5qcGVn.jpeg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-panicking/1003447.md?page=71)