Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared on the DC narrative shaping program hosted by swamp gatekeeper Chris Wallace. Within the interview Buttigieg was questioned about why West Coast port backups are worse now than before the White House announced their solution to operate ports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Buttigieg proclaimed the ports are being impacted by the pandemic, and ships stuck in China are the reason why ships are sitting off the coast of California. Yeah, try to square that circular logic. LOL. The scale of incompetence, even in common sense politispeak, is off the charts. The illogical statements by this guy are legendary; however, he outdid himself today.
Eventually Pete weaves his way through fourteen nonsensical catch phrases to get to a point where he proclaims nothing in the supply chain will start being more efficient until everyone is vaccinated. And yes, it appears that he is so stuck in pretzel-speak, Buttigieg actually believes that.
All of that said, I wouldn’t post this for review if it wasn’t for the ‘hard-hitting‘ segment from Wallace that comes right after. You just gotta watch (prompted):
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The southern border is in crisis, food inflation is skyrocketing, transportation and logistical supply chains are a mess because of emissions and regulation, store shelves are empty, gasoline is ridiculously expensive, the blue-collar working class is getting crushed, the vaccination mandate is wreaking havoc on jobs, airlines and employment for first responders, overall national anxiety is at a high point, the economy is in a free-fall and two-thirds of all Americans now say the administration is incompetent. Along comes Chris Wallace with the hard-hitting question about what Pete and his husband are doing with their twins for Halloween.
Lets Go Brandon !
As noted, and as previously outlined, the issues with the backlog of the California ports have absolutely nothing to do with rapid unloading of ships and container vessels. The issue is the inability of California truckers to move those containers. The problem is a shortage of CA emission compliant internal transportation trucks to move the containers out of the port and into the U.S. mainland.
As a result… the politically expedient goal to get rid of the optical problem (the ships) by offloading containers into a California port system, that is already overwhelmed with tens-of-thousands of containers, is only making the original issue exponentially worse. More people are now starting to understand the internal issue that has been created by recent California laws, rules and regulations.
Daniel Greenfield at Front Page Magazine has a solid outline of the emission compliance issues and the problem of independent truckers not being able to work in California:
Front Page Magazine – […] Over the summer, the California Trucking Association actually went to the Supreme Court to fight AB5 and allow owners and operators to use independent contractors. The CTA listed 70,000 owner operators. In the years since AB5, Ubers have become scarcer and more expensive, which is what the law was actually designed to do, but the consequences to the trucking industry have been far worse albeit invisible to most people until now. While truckers are still protected from AB5, many in the industry are not willing to bet their future on SCOTUS.
AB5 was not only the assault on the trucking industry by California Democrats who were aggressively trying to unionize the industry and to impose environmental regulations on it.
Last year, the California Air Resources Board issued a press release boasting that it had taken a “bold step to reduce truck pollution”. The bold step required switching to electric trucks.
“We are showing the world that we can move goods, grow our economy and finally dump dirty diesel,” Jared Blumenfeld, California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection, sneered.
[…] Last year, California’s DMV began refusing to register thousands of trucks with an estimated 100,000 trucks under threat. With “green” trucks costing $70,000 more, this was a non-starter for already troubled independent owner-operators and even larger companies.
[…] Biden called for ports to operate around the clock, but that’s not going to magically bring back thousands of trucks or truckers. California Democrats still haven’t changed their regulations and without that, there’s no incentive or even legal structure that would allow trucks to operate. (read more)
This is more than tone deaf. This is a criminal conspiracy paid for by big Pharma.
Don’t give credit a conspiracy to plain stupidity.
Have to disagree. While there was stupidity by many in the beginning, we are beyond that now. With all the information we now have readily available, all who were once merely stupid and incompetent are now evil.
After one full year into the coup, all such distinctions are academic:
“Stupidity is the same as evil, when you judge by results.”
Margaret Atwood
h/t John Farnam
Degenerate and absolutely morally deprived individual.
This is one sick man.
DD
He got his job because it ticked a box for the Democrats’ warped priorities. Competency, honesty, and intelligence were not factors.
Both of them are.
Good ol Pete should read this
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-been-driving-trucks-20-years-ill-tell-you-why-americas-shipping-crisis-will-not-end
I think the writer of that article made some good points but it was to more of “we need more unions”.
He totally missed the part that California laws are a major roadblock for truckers.
Licenses and certain types of trucks to take the goods prom the ports.
Environmental regulations etc….
The writer offered no solutions to the ridiculous wait times…..piss poor mgmt, typical government BS
He’s a TRUCK driver. Not a port authority.
That is some top quality commie propaganda! Wouldn’t expect anything less from Butt-gig!
Truly a mentally ill inferiority complex Harvard Mckinsey – Commie Rhoades beta who has gotten his axx kicked his whole life and now has petty tyrant power. You can’t get dumber than this moron.
With the exception of the CoMandarin Chief.
Just smart enough to remember his lines as he regurgitates his party’s speaking points. Keep to the script no mater what. Such a good little useless idiot. He will be disposed of after he’s served his purpose.
It is finally coming out they are trying to hold are lives hostage if we don’t see things their way.
So the plan is to starve us out.
Internal DC power games über Alles.
To hell with the US economy.
What absolute drivel. Just another chance to target the un”vaccinated” as the nation’s problem.
In a perfect world there would be a media type person that would push back with something along the lines of “this wasn’t happening with the Trump Administration and a lot fewer people were vaccinated then”.
He passed away in February.
Once had occasion to visit the ruins of Pompeii. It was fascinating to see how the elites then had indoor plumbing. The pipes carrying water were all made of lead. Many attribute this as a root cause of their madness. This is at least a logical excuse. The elite today…naturally nuts, methinks.
Inbreeding
Intelligence probably follows a bell curve, low on the left side and high on the other with most of us somewhere in the middle. It seems like the so called elite live in the low, left side. And you can’t fix stupid, what the hell are we to do?
Why are they nuts? The answer is, obviously, Ivy League education — especially that “Yale thing,” as Yale is the school of closet h0mos3xuality, c0caine, and treason…
George “Crossbones” Bush answers “Yes” to at least two of those offers.
This guy is full of shit! During the entire pandemic we never had a port backlog, maybe some issues with packaging and TP as we navigated this “pandemic” but no port backlog that I can remember. Also, are consumers buying more? I feel that buying has slowed down due to costs…..
Alfred E Neumann is both stupid and repellent. What a creepy parasite.
I noticed he followed up a few of those lies with – Right?
As if he’s wondering aloud if anyone is actually buying the crap flowing from his mouth.
Ahh nope.
Actually LMAO ? knowing he’s so far down the rabbit hole he’s lighting farts to see a curve in the tunnel.
The stupidity of this administration knows no bounds. If you see any congressional member or government official just point and laugh ?
Not much of a backlog as everyone was slowed down during said pandemic. Now that things are cooking again the production was ramped up in anticipation of our end of year holidays spending spree. Ships need to be offloaded months before the holidays in order to pack the warehouses to meet the impulse shopping demand. This is all above and beyond normal economic activity.
I know I am buying close to nothing but essentials like food and everyday living essentials. I’ve been doing it for about the last 20 months.
Could anyone else be a bigger moron…..don’t answer that.
I’m sorry, I have to answer. Have you considered Eric Swalwell?
We could spend an entire thread no that subject.
The Incompetent Adminstation
Love PJT gave em a full F.
His jest of wanting them to do well and right by Americans is a nice gesture but they’re Commies
They are going to dress kids up in traffic cone costumes? That’s f!@#$$%^ stupid as S%^&. As to the topic Pete is stupid as S%^&.
Yep, they actually did it…
Transportation SecretaryPete Buttigieg dressed his newborn twins as traffic cones for Halloween, telling CNN on Sunday that “they’re infrastructure, basically.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/579330-buttigieg-to-dress-his-twins-as-traffic-cones-for-halloween
Not a conspiracy theorist BUT is candy corn (or is it traffic cones??? ? the new KKK?) Just saying… Look at that photo — scary!
Damn. I knew there’d be photos.
I’ll wager that taxpayer $$ were spent on this.
Torquemada would understand this mindset perfectly.
The devil is at work, and heretics have cast an evil spell over our ports.
You see why the vaccine mandate was needed to cast out the witches?
Next, we try the dunking pond and the rack.
And if the vaccine kills you it proves you weren’t a witch. Or a Republican. Same thing.
Another low IQ commie.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-been-driving-trucks-20-years-ill-tell-you-why-americas-shipping-crisis-will-not-end
I’ve Been Driving Trucks For 20 Years, I’ll Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End
I have a simple question for every ‘expert’ who thinks they understand the root causes of the shipping crisis:
Why is there only one crane for every 50–100 trucks at every port in America?
I’m a Class A truck driver with experience in nearly every aspect of freight. My experience in the trucking industry of 20 years tells me that nothing is going to change in the shipping industry.
Let’s start with understanding some things about ports.
Outside of dedicated port trucking companies, most trucking companies won’t touch shipping containers. There is a reason for that.
Ah, but something HAS changed; whereas there was not a port problem 3 months ago, now there is a severe problem – this is not due to a long standing shortage of machines but a political game being played by California’s CARB and their green new destruction of anything fossil fuel.
Happened to talk to a guy who operates a crane in one of the California ports while recently on vacation…he stated that they are moving everything they have and are setting records…the problem lies inland according to him. When containers come into port they are moved inland to warehouse/distribution areas. Those areas are not moving product out resulting in the ports backing up and ships sitting in the ocean waiting to offload their containers. Covid has absolutely nothing to do with this…and blaming vaccination status is jumping the shark. Who controls the distribution network once containers leave port?
Doesn’t seem like any other ports in the world are having any issues
Hard hitting journalism at its best. After three months off with “paternity” leave, Chris is worried about Pete’s lack of sleep. one would think he actually had the baby!
That little kid Pete is quite comical. Dumb as a sack of hammers.
This is what passes as a Transportation Secretary?
More like a woke trans-secretary.
Apparently being able to take a big pickle up the poopshoot qualifies you to have his job.
These people are insane.
This administration just jumped the shark or….
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sharknado+youtube&t=iphone&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DM-pXDoe5a0E
This is the kind of idiocy this administration is pushing, lies & fear in an MTV package:
Oh, dear Lord, is MTV still on the air…thought they would have all turned to salt by now!
I think it wall to wall reality shows these days…
Has there EVER been a more totally incompetent group than Biden and his Secretaries?
This administration will go down as the worst ALL TIME. It’s not even close!
They are not incompetent , this is by design.
1st who cares about him , his husband and children!! He could give a flying sh*t about me and mine and the country!!
This guy ought to be beaten senseless, tarred and feather put on a donkey and run out of town!!
He is an incompetent bumbling, idiotic fool who fits in with the same types of treasonous enemies of the American State!!
These democrats need to be hounded and harassed the very same way that they did to members of the Trump Administration!!
This guy is an incompetent lying, cheating – fake, phoney and fraudulant leftwing traitor!!
I do care and worry about the babies. They’re innocents in this madness…
Putin got one right.
Not for long! This little boy and little girl will be the strangest creatures you have ever laid you eyes on in about 4 years.
Already they are being programmed.
So sad but it is reality.
Shear f’ng lunacy – every single day.
The pandemic will never end while it can still be used as a political weapon. Team joebama will make sure of it.
In other butt-gig news:
After Paternity Leave, Pete Buttigieg Says ‘Nobody Gets Everything That They Want’ On Dems Dropping Paid Family Leave
https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-paternity-leave-pete-buttigieg-says-nobody-gets-everything-that-they-want-on-dems-dropping-paid-family-leave
Yet, you got yours! Two months on ‘paternity’ leave because you have no birthing apparatus, and cant lactate. Only the very weak minded will accept that.
Clown parade.
So then its never going to happen!
If ships are stuck in China wouldn’t our ports be empty instead of jammed with ships????
Now you stop that logical thinking!
Yes, correct
Hey now, don’t rock the boat…
NOTE: Thank you Pete for providing reinforcement for my lessons learned presented below. Pete, you and every American with an IQ above 45 knows the primary reasons for the stack up at the CA ports are0 1. CA regulations regarding port administration/operations, 2. regulations regarding trucks and drivers, 3. Over dependence of foreign product production, 4. Labor regulations favoring union labor, and federal/state taxing.
RAPE, PILLAGE, PLUNDER; AMERICA YOU’VE BEEN HAD!
NOTE: First, my thanks to President Trump for his role in exposing the entire military/industrial/political/deep state complex and the swamp they employ. Last, my thanks to Little Joe, Crying Chuck, Loony Nancy, and so many others in the swamp. Special thanks to each of you for reinforcing my lessons learned throughout your years in politics. Little Joe do you remember the time we listed you, Billy Clinton, and a whole gaggle of politicians as subjects in that international drug trade investigation? Hint, it was during your first term in the Senate. Why don’t you impress the folks by explaining the term, ‘Green Lining?’ Little Joe you also have my congratulations in that you are one of the three subjects who have gone on to be President of the United States of America!
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
This article reinforces the confession/lessons learned first presented in 1989 (most presented in 1989, rest added during President Obama’s last two years in office) to the citizens of this old soldier/cop/mercenary’s community while serving as their police chief.
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
A Soldier/Cop/Mercenary’s Confession/Lessons Learned
* Soldiers (ground combat soldiers, that is) do not fight first and foremost for their country, the flag, motherhood, girls back home, or apple pie! Before all else, soldiers engaged in ground combat fight for their fellow soldiers and their unit. Why? Because in every war/police action/whatever including WWII the strategies and tactics adopted by mostly incompetent/corrupt military and civilian managers (notice I said managers not leaders) were/are designed to maximize the profits of the military/industrial/political complex with little regard for the those personnel charged with employing the same. In short, the American soldier has been/is nothing more than a “mercenary” since 1969 with the creation of the “All Volunteer Army (VOLAR)”.
* The Seven C’s of Leadership according to a survey of 1646 Vietnam era ground combat veterans listed of the order of their importance (according to the vets) are; Candor, Competence, Consistency, Commitment, Courage, Compassion, and Courtesy. The reason the soldiers in the survey chose the word “candor” is because to them candor encompasses both omission and co-mission. To a combat soldier lack of absolute candor, be it co-mission or omission, are equal sins! In short, soldiers expect/demand absolute candor from their leaders before all else. Note: The democrats have proven they are masters of co-mission, while republicans have proven they are masters of omission!
* The American people are the most effectively lied to people in modern times thanks primarily to politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, and the media.
* Arrogance plus ignorance equals stupidity (A + I = S).
* The greatest threats to the American people are the corrupt and/or incompetent politicians/bureaucrats/academicians found at every level of government/academia, and the majority of the American so-called media.
* The American Profession of Arms and our brothers/sisters in the Blue have failed to protect the American people from all of their enemies, both foreign and ‘most especially’ domestic.
* There are only two primary requirements to be a career soldier and/or cop in America. One must be smart enough to do the work and dumb enough to take the job.
* American soldiers and police officers must in addition to mastering all of their professionally mandated tasks learn to accomplish the same with at least one arm tied behind their backs and their vision impaired 50% or more.
* Far too many of the politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, and media types I have encountered during my years as a soldier/cop/mercenary I most kindly refer to as; self-serving, witless, cowards. Note: I originally referred to the aforementioned folks as; “Self-serving, witless, cowardly, pissants!” After retiring to the deep woods I dropped pissants once becoming acquainted with the little guys; in that I learned pissants are not self-serving nor witless, and certainly not cowards!
* After carefully watching the whole of the political class since May of 1960, I can say without reservation that most of the group will sell their souls and our bodies just to remain in power.
* Want to see what the United States of America will look like if the left takes control of the government? Take your pick: New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or the complete packages; California, New York, Illinois, etc, etc, etc…..
* If the so-called Progressive movement continues unchecked a number of able veterans are going to be presented with a challenge/decision. Are the American people worth another drop of our sweat and/or our blood?
* The end goal of the elites and their minions is not (nor ever has been) socialism, communism, or capitalism. The elites of the world have used all manner of ideologies, religions, terrorism, brute force, etc. to drive the masses/peasants/serfs/whatever in one direction. That direction leads to one of the oldest forms of human control ever employed in the history of mankind. That form of human control is Feudalism!
Soldier/Cop/Mercenary, Retired
PS All of the lessons learned above (save the last three, which were added during Obama’s last two years in office) and the four mentioned below were written for the prelude of a book titled: “Rape, Pillage, Plunder; America You’ve Been Had!” (After Obama was elected to his second term I added; “And It’s Your Own Damn Fault!”). The book has not been published in that the Department of Defense has denied four requests to publish the same due to classified information they claim is in the book. That so-called classified information primarily deals with the number of politicians and bureaucrats sitting at the federal, state, county, and city levels of government during the Carter years who made the list of subjects in an investigation of the international drug trade and money laundering. Three of those politicians went on to be President of the United States of America. Four of the original lessons learned will remain unpublished in that I do not believe most of the Americans alive today can handle the level of anxiety that might be generated from their exposure. Few Americans can imagine the lengths so many have gone to destroy this nation just since President Eisenhower’s last year in office. I say that because that was the year I joined the army and have stood witness to the destructive policies first initiated by the Kennedy administration with folks like his brother Robert and Robert McNamara (Mac the Knife- soldier’s nickname for the #$%) laying the ground work for administrations that followed! Thus the reason for the two part prayer I said immediately upon learning that President Kennedy had been shot. First I prayed that God would spare him and second that the shooter was not a soldier from my unit nor any other military unit!
This just tells you it isn’t about cranes, trucks, trains, warehouses or any other hard asset – it’s about making sure every person in America knows who is in charge and where we all fall in the societal structure. This was intentionally created and will be prolonged until we are beaten into submission or there is a MASS uprising and these bonds of tyranny are thrown off.
I’m in favor of mass uprising! The other alternative doesn’t look as attractive.
Which of these makes more sense?
The Backlog Crisis will not be resolved until…
A. Every American gets vaccinated.
B. Every American eats tomatoes twice a day
C. Every American listens to Ted Nugent songs at least once a week.
D. Every American votes DEMS and RINOS out of office.
E. B, C, and D
Not D
You missed the memo
voting is a illusion
I understand: in some places things are still honest.
We shall see Tuesday in Virginia: if McAuliffe wins, that will be more evidence that 2022 and 2024 could be worthless without a Revolution which deposes all DEMS in charge of elections.
Shipping companies will switch ports to get their products through. California can’t keep up? There’s always Washington and Oregon on the Pacific side.
Takes a bit longer to get there, but Florida is open for business.
FJB
Trying to mandate a vaccine will make things even worse. Pete is an idiot, just a gay guy for the diversity photo.
Fine! I’ve got 6 months of food stored for my family. Working on my garden and working on growing my own meat. My chickens are laying 14 eggs a day! I don’t need useless crap from Walfart (China). If I need stuff I’ll scrounge it or I’ll make it! The stuff I make may not look pretty but it’s better quality than the crap from China.
Guys and gals. Support your LOCAL rancher/ farmer. Grow your own food ( you can do it if you try). Stop buying useless crap that you don’t need. There’s a cost to not participating in this clown show. If you own a business then advertise that you hire anyone regardless of vax status. The US we used to know is gone. Fine! It’s been cancerous for decades anyways. Sometimes you have to cut it out so new, healthy growth can occur. Alternate economy.
If this wasn’t so destructive it would cause laughter at the sheer stupidity on display. This is right behind the current administration claiming that the President has no influence on gas prices – after he’s done everything possible to cut the supply.
Incompetence ‘R’ Us.
Does that include Congress, the US Postal Service and illegals?
Seriously!!!??? THIS is what passes for journalism these days? I hope the invites to the “best” parties in DC are worth it because Chris Wallace just sunk to a new low for sycophantic kiss-assery in this segment, which is pretty amazing, considering how low the bar already was!
I get the idea Chris and Pete are on the same “team”.
Softball questions!
Every day more nonsense from these people.I can hardly stand it any more.We need Trump now more than ever.
I don’t think we should be sitting around looking for a savior from man. Nobody is coming until Christ returns. There has never been a time when a politician has saved anything. EVER. When things have gotten desperate, it has always been the people that have pulled themselves through. If you look through history it’s always been the people (through Gods grace) that have ever done anything of substance. Trump ain’t coming. Nobody man is. Grow your own food, network locally and build community.
It is not even possible to “vaccinate” every America, even if the entire now “belongs to the fascist Democrat Party” American military were to be mobilized and sent on Seek And Inject missions.
Buttplug is a dumb as a box of hair
Wreaking havoc…. No other phrase to better describe what tptb are up to at this stage of their plan.
Not sure who disgusts me more, Buttplug or that hack Wallace.
I’m butt gagging from this BS.
He would have a hard time managing a highway rest-stop bathroom……
And that’s where all his buddies hang out, knowing the layout like the back of their …
Puke.
Wallace the pedo enabler makes me ?
Pete the pedo makes me puke ?
Puke.
You just gotta watch…
Barf!!!!
.. fool me twice, damn you’re good.
Chrissy and Petey sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…??
Even this incompetent pos, can’t possibly believe the crap he’s spewing . He needs to go back on maternity leave and learn how to boil his nipples before breast feeding.