In the context of the news that American employers are at last going to enforce “no vaccine, no job”, and the other bit of news that a single sailor lit a fire that destroyed a billion dollar US warship, the following forward from an Indian-American friend bears repeating whether it came from the lips of Bill Mahler or not. > A very sobering message, especially to our politicians (Republicans and > Democrats) in Washington. "Real Time" host Bill Maher closed his show Friday > night by sounding the alarm on China's growing dominance over the United > States. Why are Americans sleeping?...We aren't sleeping, we are spending > our time teaching and assisting little boys how to become little girls!!! > And, if we aren't busy doing that we have the Secy of Defense, responding to > an order from the 'commander' in chief, designing stylish new uniforms for > pregnant 'soldiers'. > > > "You're not going to win the battle for the 21st century if you are such > silly people. And Americans are all silly people," Maher began the monologue, > alluding to a "Lawrence of Arabia" quote. > > Do you know who doesn't care that there's a stereotype of a Chinese man in a > Dr. Seuss book? China," he said. "All 1.4 billion of them couldn't give a > crouching tiger flying f--- because they're not silly people. If anything, > they are as serious as a prison fight." > > Maher acknowledged that China does "bad stuff" from the concentration camps > of Uyghur Muslims to its treatment of Hong Kong. > > But he stressed, "There's got to be something between an authoritarian > government that tells everyone what to do and a representative government > that can't do anything at all." > > "In two generations, China has built 500 entire cities from scratch, moved > the majority of their huge population from poverty to the middle class, and > mostly cornered the market in 5G and pharmaceuticals. Oh, and they bought > Africa," Maher said, pointing to China's global Silk Road infrastructure > initiative. > > He continued: "In China alone, they have 40,000 kilometers of high-speed > rail. America has none. ... We've been having Infrastructure Week every week > since 2009 but we never do anything. Half the country is having a > never-ending woke competition deciding whether Mr. Potato Head has a d--- and > the other half believes we have to stop the lizard people because they're > eating babies. We are such silly people. > > "Nothing ever moves in this impacted colon of a country. We see a problem and > we ignore it, lie about it, fight about it with each other, endlessly > litigate it, sunset clause it, kick it down the road, and then write a bill > where a half-assed solution doesn't kick in for 10 years," Maher explained. > Then the half-assed bill is forgotten. "China sees a problem and they fix > it. They build a dam. We debate what to rename it." > > The HBO star cited how it took "ten years" for a bus line in San Francisco to > pass its environmental review and how it took "16 years" to build the Big Dig > tunnel in Boston, comparing that to a 57-story skyscraper that China built in > "19 days" and Beijing's Sanyuan Bridge, which was demolished and rebuilt in > "43 hours." > > "We binge-watch, they binge-build. When COVID hit Wuhan, the city built a > quarantine center with 4,000 rooms in 10 days and they barely had to use it > because they quickly arrested the rest of the disease," Maher said. "They > were back to throwing raves in swimming pools while we were stuck at home > surfing the dark web for black market Charmin. We're not losing to China, we > LOST. The returns just haven't all come in yet. They've made robots that > check a kid's temperature and got their asses back in school. Most of our > kids are still pretending to take Zoom classes while they watch TikTok and > their brain cells fully commit ritual suicide." Out teacher's unions are > finding every single way to keep themselves on the payroll, but keep students > out of the classrooms. WAKE UP AMERICANS!! That means ALL of YOU. > > Maher then blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, accusing him of > degrading school standards by eliminating merit and substituting a lottery > system for admittance to schools for advanced learners. Our country is > going down the toilet. > > "Do you think China's doing that, letting political correctness get in the > way of nurturing their best and brightest?" Maher continued. "Do you think > Chinese colleges and universities are offering courses in 'The Philosophy of > Star Trek, 'The Sociology of Seinfeld,' and 'Surviving the Coming Zombie > Apocalypse'? Can this be real? Well let me tell you, China is real. And > they are eating our lunch. And believe me, in an hour, they'll be hungry > again." > >
