One of the problems with a strategy based on false assumptions is that at some point it is destined to fail. One of the best examples of this was the spectacular collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge. Leon Moisseiff designed it to give the bridge a sleeping appearance without utilizing stiffening trusses. The bridge followed all the safety standards of the time during the design and construction and its “oscillations” were considered to be falling within acceptable limits: Unfortunately, all those safety standards were based on false assumptions.

Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge: A Case Study – The Constructor

The bridge was doomed from day one and only lasted 4 months. The video of “Galloping Gertie,” even before the famous collapse, revealed problems that were increasingly impossible to ignore. Yet some people still tried to cross the bridge at the worse possible time anyway. You can see them clearly; they are the ones running for their lives.

It is interesting to contrast this with the Mackinac Bridge, which spans the gap between the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. I remember taking the ferry across the straits of Mackinac while the bridge was being built. The five-mile trip took about an hour, but we often spent hours waiting in line to board the ferry. Imagine waiting in line for 8 to 10 hours in freezing temperatures to take an hour-long turbulent ferry ride. Easy for me because it happened to our family on more than one occasion.

Today, we are seeing imminent failure on the horizon, due to questionable planning based on false assumptions. While the liberal left and their fawning supporters in the media have desperately tried to conceal the obvious, the cover-up is falling apart faster than the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

It turns out that criminals are, well, criminals, and “hoping” they will stop being criminals if you pretend, they are not really criminals has not exactly been a great success.

Anyone remotely familiar with the tradition of election fraud in large metropolitan areas controlled by Democrats was not surprised by what happened during the 2020 election. The surprise was the willingness of so many supposedly smart people to pretend that what was obviously true was “misinformation.”  That is particularly true when so many people, including Democrats, acknowledged that widespread vote by mail was a receipt for systemic fraud. The theoretical absence of voter fraud was supported by the reluctance of courts to get involved in election disputes. But pretending something did not happen does not mean it did not happen. It just means that at some point the truth will become too obvious to ignore. Ironically, it turns out that Democrats who recently felt betrayed by the system may have produced the evidence that was too strong even for liberal judges to ignore. The more we learn about the 2020 election, the more obvious who has been lying about it. Now Democrats have a fundamental problem in that not only did they support someone as plain awful as Joe Biden, but they also had to resort to wholesale cheating to push him over the starting line. Earth to the liberal left, if you are going to lie and cheat to get someone elected, try to limit your choices to someone at least potentially competent.

The attack on Israel by Hamas opened a lot of eyes. While all Muslims are not terrorists, and not all terrorists are Muslim, it is ridiculous to pretend there is no relationship with Islam and terrorism. The most important question is this. What would have happened if Israel wanted to wipe out the Palestinians in Gaza? The answer is they would have succeeded because Israel is clearly capable of doing exactly that. Instead, Israel vacated Gaza and even removed the graves of previous Jewish settlers. What would have happened if Hamas took control of Israel? The answer is that they would make Hitler look like an amateur.

Look around you. There are galloping Gerties all around. At least some of them will fail. This failure is likely to be spectacular. Every time liberals have taken over a country things have deteriorated to the extent that it becomes impossible to ignore. They always lose big time in a future election. The only exception is in countries where liberals manage to eliminate fair and honest elections. Sound familiar?

TDM