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Aussie105

(7,100 posts)
Mon May 5, 2025, 06:34 AM May 5

Of Drop Bears and Gully bulls . . .

Two legendary Australian wild animals that will kill you!

The Drop Bear - looks like a Koala bear, but will sit in a tree and pounce on any person walking by, and commence to kill them in a most dreadful manner.

The Gully Bull - a wild bull that have escaped the herd, and lives predominantly in gullies to stay out of sight. Will attack anyone who comes near.

Frightening, right?

The simple truth is, that neither exist.
Koala bears eat gum leaves, and digesting them has them permanently stoned and renders them slow and harmless.
Gully Bull - a play on words, 'gullible' - get it?

Now anyone who has that explained to them smiles, and will never again believe in any tall tales that they come across.

Now to my main point:

Trump is a sad old man, limited in both mental faculties and communication skills.
And he has every right to be, given his background, his poor diet, his too-helpful doctors willing to fake reports of his fitness, mental state, as well as supply 'needed' drugs.

In any other country, he would be in sheltered care, 24/7 supervised care, out of harm's way, no danger to others or himself.

So how come people won't believe that he really shouldn't be where he is currently?
So how come he has so many people around him, people who are unpleasant, nasty, out to destroy the country, incompetent at the jobs their titles imply?

Why does the message that Trump is a danger to the country, not an usher-in of a New Golden Age in America, not the Messiah, not have a solid foothold?

(Australia voted - the party that tried some Trumpy style hyperbole found that they shot themselves in the foot.)

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Of Drop Bears and Gully bulls . . . (Original Post) Aussie105 May 5 OP
Because... 2naSalit May 5 #1
We should require all citizens to vote or be fined like they do in Oz. librechik May 5 #2

2naSalit

(97,315 posts)
1. Because...
Mon May 5, 2025, 06:50 AM
May 5

There is a significant number of Americans who are flat out stupid and proud of it.

librechik

(30,880 posts)
2. We should require all citizens to vote or be fined like they do in Oz.
Mon May 5, 2025, 06:57 AM
May 5

None of this would have happened. Good on you!


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