Chinese weather ballon????

[Johnny Kieran]

Trouble with these kind of things is, they can fail. Who's to say it wouldn't drop in height and a plane fly into it? They must have something on them that can bring them down, or there'd be thousands of them floating about? If a plane came down on a town and people were hurt, it would be a tragic accident, but an unmanned thing, that's a bit different.
Makes me wonder how the covid was exported from China?

[happy daze john in oz]

The latest from sleepy Joe.

'No they were not Chinese, we do not know who owned them or what they were, could have been weather balloons, or experimental ones, or maybe scientific, we just do not know"

So go tell that to who ever owns them when they come looking for money for them.

[James Curry]

John you really do not like Joe Biden why?

[Des Taff Jenkins]

John.
I saw the interview with Biden on TV last night, don't worry your not the only one who thinks he's an idiot, they were making fun of him on the news from the States, flapping balloons at him. No way would I fly over the States, you may get a missile up the backside. And yes they have done it before with a fully loaded plane over the Atlantic but that time it was fired from a destroyer, no survivors, and No court case
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

James, it is not that I dislike him, I just think he is not competent enough at times.
The manner of that speech about the balloons was kids stuff the way he said it.

[James Curry]

I do think it is a mistake if he runs again hate the term he is to old, sorry. But anyone who stops that idiot Trump would get my vote if I had one.

It has been many many years since the USA have had what I would call a statesman . Perhaps the last one who actually acheived anything worthy of note was Bill Clinton, but even then he let the great office of US President down. Concerning the UK well less said about respected PM's the better.

[Rodney Mills]

Would somebody on this site tell me who had been an admirable leader of Australia, UK, and the USA. *Not in history but in your lifetime since your age of 21 and have the vote. If no one previously elected, give me the name of someone who should have been elected.
*
I get my opinion of the UK, Australian and Canadian prime ministers from my only sources, newspapers, T.V., radio, weekly magazines, all these are slanted by either an organization or an individual powerful owner's point of view. I am not a socialist, therefore. I do not read socialist news, so my view I admit is slanted.

Though a card-carrying capitalist, (Visa card with a line of credit I don't need, and a zero-balance owed) and having lived in Australia and Canada and born in the UK and visited each country many times, I do not comment on their politics, because I know my news source is slanted by the opinion of my news sources.*

Because as an American capitalist, though I voted for Biden, and to use an American expression, I wouldn't vote for "Trump to be Dog Catcher."

I happen to think Biden is doing a pretty good job with what he has to work with, a slim majority in Congress. *I do think he is too old to run again, he would be 86 by the end of his next term, the same age as I am now. *I walk 2 miles every day up and down hills and do exercises amongst which are three sets of 35 pushups accompanying nine other exercises. I am physically fit and mentally alert and have to do.my own cooking, housework, laundry and shopping, and I'm bloody pooped at the end of the day. Eighties*are too old to work such*a powerful and demanding job as President or Prime Minister or a widower for that matter.* I give him this run, but commencing next year, he's got political troubles. * The democrats in all probability will lose control of the senate and congress and he will be unable to get anything done. It's a struggle now with*the barest of majorities.

In my view the maximum age for a world leader is seventy, and annual physical and mental testing after sixty-five and subject to public scrutiny.

One of the greatest orators was Winston Churchill, he had a speech impediment, a lisp.* Biden suffered from*stuttering as a child and through therapy*was able to eventually control it.* Biden suffered*and still to slight degree suffers with a stutter.* In spite of this public speaking handicap, he won six terms as a United States Senator, Vice-president to President Obama and elected President.* He has passed legislation*as President despite having a one vote majority with one democratic*senator who refused to vote on any social issue proposed.

Fortunately, in the Senate, the vice-president is the presiding*officer and in case of a tie she has a vote, and most of Biden's bills have been able to be enacted.* This will end in January as he will lose*his majority and govern as a minority president.*

If your claim to fame for a successful politician*is oratory skills, most of you would have fallen in love with Hitler had you been born earlier in Germany.

What you do not obviously understand about U.S.A. politics is "The President proposes, the Congress disposes." That is the simplest explanation of how our system works. If Congress, either or both of the houses, Senate and Congress vote down a proposed law by the president, the president's proposed law is dead. This is in our constitution to protect against Kings and dictators.

Cheers, Rodney*

[James Curry]

My pick would have been John Smith who was leader of the Labour party before Tony Blair. Sadly John Smith died. For the Conservative party I would have thought Michael Heseltine, he detested Thatcher he knew exactly what that woman was. Also thought Kenneth Clarke was a good speaker.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Rod.
Don't take to much Umbridge over what people say about the US presidents, they expect it as the leaders of the {Free World] which unfortunately reflects on them. more than any other world leaders. my pick was Roosevelt
My pick for the best to have represented Australia is Whitlam, if it was only for the Medicare system he introduced.
Des

[Des Taff Jenkins]

See A Club in I think it was Ohio has complained that their balloons are being shot down, they are only small fun balloons that they put in cheap radios worth a couple of Dollars, huge cost to bring them back to earth.
Des