Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence. I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.
“I only speak American.” ~~ Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense in the Trump malAdministration
Years ago when I lived in Mississippi, I rented an apartment in what was then a brand new complex. Overtime it filled up with families with children as the complex was very close to the elementary school and middle school for Brandon, MS. Leaving my apartment, one weekend afternoon there were a handful of kids playing on the landing outside my apartment. I said something to them in Spanish. The kids were at just the right pre-teen age to be sassy. One of them told me, “You need to speak American.”
One would think the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America would have more sense than a sassy 10 year old. One would think…
The occasion of his remarks was at a meeting of Latin American leaders. Marco Rubio, another light-weight, had spoke before him and delivered some of his remarks in Spanish. When it came Hegseth’s turn to speak, he delivered this gem.
I truly believed that El Pendejo deliberately chose the worst possible people for each of his Cabinet positions. May Baal save us all.
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