QUESTION: Thank you so much for your insight and for Socrates~~~I am wondering why you lend any energy at all to Ocasio~~~she is both stupid AND dishonest~~~yet I think from my experience reading you that you may have some logic.

Tnx, JGE

ANSWER: She actually has a greater following than Schumer or Pelosi, and they seem to be letting her run wild. My discussions in Washington were enlightening. There are many people in the Democratic Party who actually think their people want more taxes and agree with her New Green Deal. Their corporate sponsors will run in the other direction. The real damage is being created because this only adds to the polarization we see in 2020. Long-term, there is ZERO hope of ever getting back to a normal government. We have entered the realm of hate politics.

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I am in the fashion industry and it becomes painfully obvious that there are cycles in fashion. You have mentioned before the economic correlations of the rise and fall of women’s skirts and how men’s ties widen and then narrow. What do you make of this year’s fashions that seem to be very political and disturbing?

Anonymous designer

ANSWER: It certainly appears to be in line with our cycle of civil unrest. I must admit, the black face one is one thing, but the hoodie with the hangman’s noose is hard to explain as just coincidence. The designer for Burberry claimed to be following a “nautical” theme. I can only take a guess at this one and assume it reflects the polarization within society. There are clearly cycles in fashion. There were cycles in fashion among women that are clearly identifiable even on the coinage.

COMMENT: I confess. I use to be a Democrat. I can no longer accept this insanity. This new green deal is just stupid. I like how you are unbiased. That is so rare these days. You should turn this into a TV network to compete against FOX and CNN just taking the middle ground.

Thank you

LM

REPLY: This New Green Deal is just beyond all belief. It has to be raised by someone like AOC because anyone with any intelligence would see it for what it is — complete insanity. If the Democrats are really going to let her dominate the party, then they are courting their own destruction. Eliminating all air travel will result in massive starvation. If there is a plague that begins in Africa, doctors cannot fly there to help. It is not even practical enough to warrant a debate.

You are not the first to suggest creating a middle of the road REAL news station. We would need some real money-backers for that.