[ExI] well, that stuff really is expensive

[John Clark]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*>> … Dwayne was right: Napoleon is a much better analogy for the current
> POTUS … spike*
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> *> I thought of one which might be an even better comparison: Ulysses
> Grant.*
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*Hmm... When Ulysses S Grant was a boy he wanted to buy a neighbor’s colt,
his father agreed he could try to buy it but told him to offer $20 first,
raise it to $22.50 if refused, and go up to the full asking price of $25 as
a last resort. Grant rode right up to the owner and blurted out: "Papa says
I may offer you twenty dollars for the colt, but if you won't take that, I
am to offer twenty-two and a half, and if you won't take that, to give you
twenty-five". The owner of course immediately took the full $25, and the
story became a joke around the village and the local boys teased him about
it for years. *

*So yes, there are similarities between Donald and Grant, another one was
that like Donald, Grant's cabinet was full of people who were corrupt, but
there has never been any evidence that Grant himself was corrupt and in
that way he was very different from Grant because Donald is ground zero in
the corruption explosion occurring in Washington DC today. Donald is
leading the corruption parade. And despite his mental shortcomings Grant
was a pretty good general, but Donald was never good at anything except for
self-promotion. *

*John K Clark*
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