{"id":74136,"date":"2021-11-11T02:56:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=74136"},"modified":"2021-11-11T02:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:57:52","slug":"74136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=74136","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The moron is the problem, and now he complains about it?<br \/>\nI&#8217;m coming to the conclusion that the people actually running things don&#8217;t care about this, because they <em>want<\/em> us to see a senile puppet who anyone can tell isn&#8217;t really in charge of anything but doing what he&#8217;s told, and rub our noses in their belief that nothing can be done about it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2021\/11\/10\/biden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463\">Biden: Can you believe how much things cost right now? Including gas?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wait until Grandpa Simpson here finds out who the president is. Won\u2019t he be surprised to learn where this particular buck stops.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe his staff should tell him that Jimmy Carter\u2019s still in charge. It wouldn\u2019t be far from the truth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_4\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CJyj4sTuj_QCFYSlAAAdDZcAfQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/slm.hotair\/articles\/300x250_4_0__container__\">The RNC had fun snipping short soundbites from Biden\u2019s remarks this afternoon about <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/ed-morrissey\/2021\/11\/10\/shocker-bidenflation-hits-31-year-high-hammers-households-on-broad-swath-n428272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this morning\u2019s brutal inflation report<\/a>. The only good news for Democrats today is that a presidential address on the topic means the White House is now officially taking this problem Very Seriously. Hand-waving about \u201ctransitory inflation\u201d isn\u2019t going to cut it anymore, not after last week\u2019s election results.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. The president is now admitting it, and making a bunch of Republican attack ads in the process:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden: &quot;Did you ever think you&#39;d be paying this much for a gallon of gas?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aqi36NkfI1\">pic.twitter.com\/aqi36NkfI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1458550507425996807?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1458550205301854217&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fallahpundit%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fbiden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463&amp;sessionId=52b0b2f4dcbee708fd4f78b6d1db6fe52c5907df&amp;siteScreenName=hotairblog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1458550205301854217\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1458547533274394626&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fallahpundit%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fbiden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463&amp;sessionId=52b0b2f4dcbee708fd4f78b6d1db6fe52c5907df&amp;siteScreenName=hotairblog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1458547533274394626\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The RNC is right about wages. The number on your biweekly paycheck may be inching up but not as quickly as prices are:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1458431507907874819&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fallahpundit%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fbiden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463&amp;sessionId=52b0b2f4dcbee708fd4f78b6d1db6fe52c5907df&amp;siteScreenName=hotairblog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1458431507907874819\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_5\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CPbNwMTuj_QCFUqCAAAdIEcN7Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/slm.hotair\/articles\/300x250_5_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1458550504171003913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assured his audience<\/a>\u00a0that he\u2019d spoken this week with major retailers like Walmart and shipping leviathans like UPS and FedEx and they told him that the stores will be stocked this holiday season. I hope he\u2019s right for everyone\u2019s sake, including his. A toy shortage before Christmas is a trivial problem in the grand scheme of things but a major political problem potentially as it\u2019s the sort of thing voters will remember when forming a judgment about whether their lives are better under the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, what about supermarket shelves? Will they be stocked too or will it be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/thanksgiving-dinner-staples-might-be-hard-to-find-thanks-to-supply-chain-issues-11636453800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pizza for Thanksgiving this year<\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By the end of October turkeys were over 60% out of stock\u2014lower than the same time last year by more than 30 percentage points. A spokesperson for Butterball LLC, one of the largest U.S. turkey processors, said the company has been experiencing similar labor and supply challenges as other organizations and industries\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Essential ingredients might not be the only things absent from Thanksgiving dinner this year. Guests traveling will be faced with car rental and gas prices the highest they have been in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Rental-car fleets have experienced shortages for months, and are expected to continue into the holiday season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019d be nice at least if families could gather for Thanksgiving with confidence that they\u2019ll be safe from COVID as they sit down at the table to carve the tofurky they bought at the last minute because the real thing wasn\u2019t available. But there\u2019s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-19-test-at-home-coronavirus-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shortage of rapid COVID tests too<\/a>, thanks partly to the FDA\u2019s inexcusable bureaucratic sluggishness in approving new tests for the market and partly to Biden\u2019s administration having taken steps to address the test shortage\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/white-house-promises-rapid-covid-19-tests-amid\/story?id=80351004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far too belatedly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, his solution to the inflation crisis involved two wholly predictable points. First, never forget that it\u2019s not really his fault. It\u2019s COVID\u2019s, and globalization\u2019s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1458551205614039045&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fallahpundit%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fbiden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463&amp;sessionId=52b0b2f4dcbee708fd4f78b6d1db6fe52c5907df&amp;siteScreenName=hotairblog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1458551205614039045\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also your fault, sort of:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1458549778388762630&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fhotair.com%2Fallahpundit%2F2021%2F11%2F10%2Fbiden-can-you-believe-how-much-things-cost-right-now-including-gas-n428463&amp;sessionId=52b0b2f4dcbee708fd4f78b6d1db6fe52c5907df&amp;siteScreenName=hotairblog&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1458549778388762630\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Second, and coincidentally, the way out of the crisis is precisely the same policies that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/biden-claims-infrastructure-bill-will-reduce-price-of-goods-amid-high-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats preferred<\/a>\u00a0before inflation really began to bite:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Biden said the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in the House of Representatives on Friday will lower the price of consumer goods, in a speech at the Baltimore port on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with other plans that I\u2019m advancing, this bill is going to reduce the cost of goods to consumers, businesses, and get people back to work, helping us build an economy . . . where everybody\u2019s better off,\u201d Biden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_7\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CIeM5MPuj_QCFTOPAAAd6vEPvQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/slm.hotair\/articles\/300x250_7_0__container__\">He hasn\u2019t given the country the hard sell yet on how the reconciliation social-welfare mega-bill will also somehow reduce inflation, but it\u2019s coming. He sketched out the argument in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/allahpundit\/2021\/11\/10\/is-manchin-about-to-tank-the-reconciliation-bill-over-inflation-n428309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement he issued this morning<\/a>\u00a0following the inflation news. Soon American media will be overflowing with talking points about how the only way to ease rising prices is to inject another $1.75 trillion in spending into the economy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Think Joe Manchin will buy it? Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The moron is the problem, and now he complains about it? I&#8217;m coming to the conclusion that the people actually running things don&#8217;t care about this, because they want us to see a senile puppet who anyone can tell isn&#8217;t really in charge of anything but doing what he&#8217;s told, and rub our noses in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=74136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74138,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74136\/revisions\/74138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}