Below is my column on Fox.com on the bizarre controversy surrounding New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his suggestion that he was housing an illegal migrant in his home. It is a new version of Murphy’s Law on how virtue signaling can turn into a virtual nightmare for Democrats over immigration.
Here is the column:
For years, engineers have cited Murphy’s Law that “anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” The law is attributed to aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr. from the 1940s. However, this week, the law seems re-written by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who is under fire after suggesting that he may be sheltering an undocumented woman above his garage.
Murphy was being interviewed by the liberal group Blue Wave New Jersey and thrilled his Democratic base by indicating that he had given sanctuary to an undocumented person in his home. It was a curious moment when, after promising sanctuary, Murphy not only appeared to out his guest but then taunted ICE to come and try to take her.
After seemingly staking out the immigrant like a sacrificial goat in a lion hunt, Murphy’s virtue signaling summoned the authorities. And now, the Iceman Cometh.
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan vowed to “look into” the Governor’s house guest.
The interview illustrated how some strive to prove their progressive bona fides at the cost of those they claim to be protecting. It is akin to the good people of Martha’s Vineyard singing to undocumented persons just before shipping them off to a distant military base.
Of course, Murphy appeared to struggle with calling her an undocumented migrant, let alone an illegal alien. Instead. she was described by the governor as a person “whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to.”
Murphy explained how
“Tammy and I were talking about – I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to. And we said, you know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage.”
You could almost hear the cooing from the crowd. Murphy then added the taunt to the tell: “And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”
Of course, the most important “details” for the woman are her status and location.
The most important detail for Murphy was to suggest that he and Tammy have a real live undocumented person housed above their cars. Not a poster or pamphlet on undocumented entry, but a real undocumented person. Of course, what can be lost in such moments is not just the person’s identity but her humanity. She did not seem like a real person at all . . . more like some prop or novelty item to brag about.
What was so striking about the interview is that ICE is not generally rounding up undocumented persons. Rather they have focused on aliens who have committed criminal acts. While Murphy and others have issued chest-pounding declarations to defy the federal government, the public is overwhelmingly in support of the effort. Murphy previously declared that he would “fight to the death” against Trump’s agenda.
A recent poll by The New York Times and Ipsos found that an astronomical 88 percent of citizens supported “deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have criminal records.”
Within days of the Trump Administration coming into office, thousands of such targets were located and arrested.
For other immigrants, there is still a comfort in numbers. With millions allowed into the country under President Biden, most are keeping a low profile in the knowledge that they are not the priority for ICE.
However, when a governor openly taunts the government and advocates the use of private homes as sanctuaries, he forces the hand of the government.
It is even more problematic if this is the governor’s public residence or under the protection of state officers. Murphy may be using such state resources to violate federal law.
It was not clear what the status of Murphy’s guest was. The governor’s breathless account of his own courageous stand suggested that she would be subject to deportation, if discovered.
Under Section 1324 of Title 8 of the United States Code, it is unlawful when anyone “conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation.”
That is when Murphy’s law kicked in with a vengeance.
After his boast about “hav[ing] her live at our house above our garage,” a close associate later suggested that it was all a type of liberal projection. It is now claimed that he never actually made the offer to the person, but “mentioned to someone else that they could move in if they want, so I think that’s where some of the misunderstanding was.” The source also added that “The person wasn’t undocumented. The person was a legal resident of the United States of America.”
Ok, let’s get this straight. Murphy did an interview with a liberal group on how he agreed to “have her live at our house above our garage” but could not share any other details to be safe. Nevertheless, Murphy warned about the reception if “the feds com[e] in to try to get her.” Yet, his associate is now claiming that there is no harbored illegal to get. Not only was she never in the garage, but she is perfectly legal and is not subject to deportation. It was like Murphy bragging that he has Chris Christie living above his garage. It is hardly the stuff of Harriett Tubman and the Underground Railroad.
The bizarre controversy, however, has greater importance in what Murphy was struggling to convey. He and other governors are pledging to bar any cooperation with the federal government in the deportation of unlawful immigrants. The latest example was Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who pledged to continue to defy federal enforcement even at the loss of substantial state aid.
As with Murphy’s faux resident refugee, the declarations in states from Illinois to New Jersey to Massachusetts will force the hand of the federal government. While the federal government cannot “commandeer” state officials in the enforcement of federal law, it also does not have to subsidize those officials in frustrating enforcement efforts. The Trump Administration is expected to move to block funds for sanctuary states and cities. So, in addition to billions being spent on housing and benefits, these states will lose billions in federal aid.
What is most striking is that it never mattered if the Murphy claim was true or not. For many, it was another “I am Spartacus Moment” from a New Jersey Democratic politician that fell comically flat.
Gov. Murphy’s law should be a cautionary tale for all of his Democratic colleagues in state houses. Virtue signaling can summon costs not just for themselves but for their states.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Governor Murphy is “Putting illegal aliens above cars” . . . literally !
Here’s a fun one! USAID was paying Politico! “The corruption was endless”
I’m waiting for a genius-level Anonymous to explain how having US taxpayers foot the bill for Leftist propaganda in the US is actually foreign humanitarian aid.
Hmmm. Even worse, maybe $32 million. ZeroHedge just put up a story on it:
According to government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico – which laundered the Hunter Biden ’51 intel officials’ propaganda during the 2020 election – received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various US agencies during the Biden years.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/politico-ny-times-propped-millions-dollars-us-government
Floyd,
This is the kind of corruption Trump and Musk promised to expose!! Would either Politico or NYT still be in business without what is basically a Democrat bailout using taxpayers money?
I bet Turley does a story on this.
@Floyd
I think so too, but it won’t just apply to white people, so . . . ?
So Jon, I’ve taken to putting a time warp on to your push pieces of late, picturing them through the representative lens of a lawyer in the early third Reich not so subtly selling his country out. This trash installment fits nicely in that pantheon.
In other news: an unelected Elon Musk manages to seize control of the treasury, calls humanitarian aid through USAID evil, manages to commit the biggest bank heist in U.S. history and all you do is merrily finger pop your b hole in public about it.
Nice work.
Fun Fact: @Politico received USAID funds.
Everything makes sense now. pic.twitter.com/YkkrXhbOui
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025
Of course you still go on Twitter. Maybe Musk will one day let you lick his ass like you want to.
Ignore the fact of the matter and reality. Politico and NYT were getting funds from USAID to keep them propped up and putting out Democrat talking points. I wonder what other corruption will Musk and DOGE uncover? Let us wait and see!
Once again (twice, thrice…) leftists demonstrate the intellectual powerhouses that they/Dem are.
Small wonder they/Dem have to rely on bots to do their bidding for them/Dem.
Maybe it really is Chris Christie in the attack. He probably won’t stop eating, won’t stop talking, and won’t leave. That would explain why Murphy is trying so hard to get rid of him. Dumb like a fox.
Attic.
Whether this woman is real or faux, regarding “the point that they are trying to get it to,” there are several such points: official ports or points of entry to the United States. Barring that, persons like her are illegal aliens under United States Code, Titles 8 and 18, not “migrants,” “immigrants” or “undocumented immigrants.” (Even the Constitution uses The A Word!) And, as Professor Turley notes, the Governor, if she is real, has some federal law issues too.
Depriving these jurisdictions of federal funds is a brilliant tactic. It gives political challengers – including GOP candidates – a wedge issue in the next election. The people who vote Dem, but are not ideologues, will see the light once they feel the heat, financially speaking of course.
Couple of thoughts… “…these states will lose billions in federal aid.” As they should. Let “Lefty and Friends” pay for their own generosity to Aliens (the US Code term for people in the US who aren’t citizens or lawful visitors) from their own pockets. Second, can we please stop the charade of calling them ‘immigrants’? It’s terribly disrespectful to the people who patiently waited their turn and arrived via US Immigration Laws and procedures.
They are invaders.
Haven’t the Democrats now gone beyond virtue signaling and drifted off into delusional behavior or childlike stubbornness? (In the professor business, we’d call this errant pedantry.) Putting aside Murphy’s maid, it seems the sanctuary cities want to protect their criminal illegals, but if ICE apprehends one of them, e.g. a murderer or rapist, they never want them back.
I cannot, for the life of me, understand elected officials, or anyone for that matter, protecting invaders and putting them above citizens. They are facilitating the invasion of the Country.
It boggles my mind.
lgbmiel – see below. Some deep-blue jurisdictions have populations where a majority of the voters are literally insane. Ithaca is one of them but there are many others. These electorates will vote for insane and ridiculous governmental policies. Opportunistic politicians will perceive that and create policy accordingly, as their main goal is election, then reelection.
You hit the nail on the head! Some of these people are literally insane. We have always called members of the other side “crazy”, and in the past, that has simply been hyperbole. But it ain’t hyperbole any more. Not with some people clamoring to castrate kids, to open the borders, to refuse Voter ID, to opt for DEI while complaining about structural racism. It’s crazy.
The other day, I posted a video about the black debate champions from several years ago, wherein their debating skills were non-existent. It was just hollering and jabbering and rapping. Horrible. Anyway, the youtube algorithm picked up on it, and I got another video of some white kids doing the same thing. Once again, horrible, but this is where some of the insanity comes from. Go to about 12:00 in –
What the heck is that???
Supposed to be the 2008 Cross Examination Debate Association National Tournament??
Looked and sounded like an angry poetry reading….did everyone snap their fingers instead of clapping when he was finished? Like the Beatniks did in Greenwich Village during the 50s?
Rap!
# They’re speaking in tongues…
I lived in Canandaigua, NY for 2 & 1/2 years — 2/2021-10/2023. Canandaigua is one and a half hours northwest of Ithaca. I loved living there! So beautiful and the people are simply amazing. I’m working very hard to get back there to my grandchildren and son. I saw tons of Trump signs. Tons and more than a few ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ banners and F Joe Biden yard signs.
I know that they do this, my brain just can’t understand why. Crazy and insane are hard for me to comprehend.
It’s quite simple, really. Apportionment is based on residents within the Congressional district, and the Census counts everyone, legal or not. How many seats in the House (and Electoral College votes) would CA, as an example, lose if non-citizens weren’t counted?
And in Ithaca, NY, the Tompkins County sheriff is knowingly releasing criminals onto the street who have federal detainers on them, because they refuse to cooperate with the feds – so if that means putting the public in danger, and putting federal officers who arrive on scene to retrieve the criminal (only to find he’s not detained) in danger, so be it.
https://cornellsun.com/2025/02/02/justice-department-investigates-tompkins-county-sheriff-over-release-of-undocumented-immigrant/
Maybe that’s why they call Ithaca “ten square miles surrounded by reality.” The policy being followed was approved by a vote of the county board of representatives. The population there is almost exclusively made up of the other 12% who disapprove of deporting criminals who are here illegally.
I get a kick out of watching leftists scream and squirm.
I get a kick out of abusing Trump voters. Anyone that stupid deserves it. Additionally, it’s therapeutic for lefties. If righties can’t afford eggs, let them eat tofu.
LOL. I got an education in spite of the Leftards that infested my Ivy League university. And we live quite well, thank you. So abuse away champ.
OldFish,
They cannot abuse winners. And their version of abuse is like something a six year old would do.
UF, I was thinking the same. How is he going to ‘abuse’ us? If he means physically…well, yeah, they are pretty violent…but, that’ll get one arrested. He sounds like he is in dire need of psychological help.
So, what form of abuse will he inflict…?
lgbmiel,
What form of abuse will he inflict? Well, with his six year old mentality, he calls us names, claims we are stupid, uses dumb language like MAGAts or similar. Oh. My. The abuse. I am so hurt. /sarc
Meanwhile, all we have to do is point out all the MAGA winning!! Musk and DOGE just exposed the Democrat corruption of using USAID for their political agenda.
How marvelous!!
Yes, it is marvelous.
He’s going to use words to abuse us? That is very concerning because words are violence dontcha know…
Old fish, with ALL due respect, you spelled Chump wrong…
“Spartacus” Murphy needs to experience the joy of 18 USC 111. Thank you, Jonathan, for an excellent article. Please keep them coming. Greg
Oh please, 18 USC 111?ealyl now, you think we’re impressed?
This commenter here is a bores.
Skyraider, yeah right. A Childs moniker.
Dear Mr. Turley, the best line in your article was “her humanity is lost..” Perfectly stated. Thank you!!
This is absurd. Trump is running rampant over federal law and the Constitution, and Truley writes a column on such a trivial issue. Good on the governor for helping someone in need.
The good professor can write about anything he wants. It is his blog. If you dont like it, no one is making you come to his site.
NotReallyaFarmer, joins us once again from his tractor using his very powerful wi-fi.
He is in top form reading all the comments and commenting obsessively while driving his tractor and putting out feed for the livestock
A true master of multitasking.
It is called 5G. It was negative five degrees this morning. With the wind chill, negative twenty to thirty. Those are dangerous temperatures. Just as President Trump decision to hold his inauguration indoors, we did the bare minimum, sealed up the barns and got back indoors. Better to err on the side of safety.
Upstate NY?
Upstate NY? As someone said of grave danger, is there any other kind?
NotReallyaFarmer
Obviously you feel compelled to rationalize your delusions with elaborate confabulations.
A common defense mechanism used by people who live in a fantasy world.
Negative five degrees is not an elaborate confabulation but a fact in reality.
NotReallyaFarmer
The temperature may be real, but you are unfortunately compelled to create a more elaborate confabulation around that in terms of your imagined activities.
That often happens with people suffering from your condition.
A tiny shred of truth is used to build a more elaborate confabulation that is more consanant with your delusions.
Fantasy world crybaby loser?
How’d that Panama invasion work out, loser?
Why is that anonymous so ridiculous and absurd?
lgbmiel,
The ridiculous and absurd is the only thing he has. Rather sad, really.
It is called Histrionic Personality Disorder.
A malady most often found in children, but is not uncommon with adults who have ARB, as our friend Lawn Boy Elvis Bug has.
Like Dr. Evil’s father in the Spy who Shagged Me? Continuous rambling on and making wild claims about things such as inventing the question mark a strange kind of malaise … That kind of crazy?!!
@lgbmiel
Anonymous is a troll, and they use several accounts under various aliases as well. They post here all day, every day, have for years, and most of us assume they are paid to do so. Don’t let it discourage you. Ridiculous and absurd is the point for them, the are paid to foment chaos. Just is what it is. Please join in the conversation in spite of that fact. Nobody takes them seriously.
James
There is a widespread belief that there is a group of trolls being paid to disrupt the conversations on this site.
The clinical term for this belief is paranoia.
It is a fundamental feature of cult behavior.
@Anonymous
That doesn’t work anymore. Go blow.
Thank you very much, James. James is my brother’s name.
I’m really enjoying Professor Turley’s blog and the stimulating conversations. I sometimes take myself too seriously, but I will attempt to keep myself under control, lol.
Tractors are awesome. I can move landscape material, level ground, dig holes, put in fence posts, move 1000lb bales, unload a trailer, pull out stumps, push over trees, spread lime or seed, pull a trailer, and, maybe most importantly of all in this current political climate, operate a pretty substantial woodchipper. My neighbor has a backhoe and many acres should certain disposals be required.
Another fool. It deems JT’s article as trivial. For one second, think of why he posted this column. Just think why.
You’ll never figure it out.
I can take a guess: “Franke” is an illegal alien with a criminal record who wants to remain free to victimize others? “Franke” is Governor Murphy? “Franke” is the illegal alien living above the guv’s garage? “Franke” is the governor of Wisconsin? Am I close?
@Anonymous
🥱🥱🥱
That’s just the point. Murphy wasn’t helping someone in need. He was just pretending to in order to signal his bona fide virtue. And, it was all for naught!
Fun Fact: @Politico received USAID funds.
Everything makes sense now. pic.twitter.com/YkkrXhbOui
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025
” Trump is running rampant over federal law and the Constitution, ”
Intelligent people can provide evidence. Are you intelligent?
Yes, Gov. Healey and Mayor Wu would like us to do the same. In the meantime, a “migrant” was allegedly raping his daughter in a stated funded shelter (and allegedly before) and she became pregnant. Apparently authorities were notified of this last spring. And they moved him from that shelter to another all-adult shelter. Apparently he was just arrested this January–how ludicrous is that? I question if she is his daughter or if could she be being trafficked? Where is her mother? Did something happen to her? DNA test could certainly give some answers. No matter what, she apparently is younger than him. Then as I continue reading there is another migrant charged while rape of a child. Where are Healey and Wu?
Where are Schumer, Watters and Jeffries on this? They want to take it to the streets? In my 75th year, what have I got to lose? I’ll meet you there Schumer, Watters and Jeffries.
Funny how JT doesn’t’ want to talk about all the great things trump has done in 2 weeks.
So was invading Palestine on your wish list for trumps first actions in office? Come on be honest. Did you think this was a first month priority of the guy you voted for? Do you support sending the military to Gaza?
Be honest here all those that think MAGA. How does this help you sitting in your comfy chair. Invading Gaza.
“We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.”
Gee, sending EOD to dismantle unexploded ordnance so more people dont die. How terrible. Whole lot better than that pier Biden built for a few millions and then it failed.
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area, do a real job, do something different.”
You have got to be kidding me. I’m sure the Palastinians will welcome us with open arms right?
trump was certainly correct when he said he could kill someone on 5th avenue in NY and his supporters would nothing.
Take the scales off your eyes. The Canadians hate us, the Mexicans do not trust us, the Chinese are going to raise prices for everything you buy and you think trump can do no harm. Amazing. Blind as a bat.
Canadians hate us. Who cares. Trump got them to secure their border. Same goes for the Mexicans. I buy American.
Canadians hate us. Who cares. Trump got them to secure their border. Same goes for the Mexicans. I buy American.
Never been to Canada. I went snow skiing once at Lake Placid, and my group of friends discussed crossing the border into Canada (Montreal) while there, 2 hour drive. Interestingly no one had any good reasons to go to Canada other than to say we crossed the border. I’ve been to Mexico many times. Was always happy to leave. Dirty. depressing, poverty at terribly high levels, little boys and girls used by their destitute parents to beg from tourists. Just awful. The only Mexican product I enjoy is Patrón Tequila which was recently purchased by Bacardi which was founded in Cuba, 19th Century.
As for Gaza, the following suggestion sounds about right:
“I support Israel 100%. I would love to see the Palestinians somewhere else, as far away from Israel and any sane government as possible. I hear Antarctica is a nice place if you are dressed properly.”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/05/sorry-but-trump-is-wrong-on-resettling-palestinians-in-jordan-and-egypt-n3799492
Estovir,
Canada needed to do their part to stop the flow of drugs into America. I do not think that is unreasonable.
Good on ya and the Tequila. Tried it once and never again! Every once in a blue moon, I will enjoy a Modelo dark.
Hamas has got to go. The Palestinians, I have a degree of empathy for them. Why is it none of their Arab neighbors seem to want them?
Why is it none of their Arab neighbors seem to want them?
Islam is the religion of peace so I havent a clue why Arab neighbors would reject fellow jihadists, fatwas, and builder of tunnels under hospitals hiding explosives
“The Palestinians, I have a degree of empathy for them. Why is it none of their Arab neighbors seem to want them?”
For many it will be a return to their familial homeland. The Jews , the indigenous people of the land, were referred to as the Palestinians before WW2 and sometime after. Politics created a new Palestinian, most of whom were from Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
Upstate and S. Meyer,
Perhaps I am off in the wilderness somewhere but when I read about Trump’s plan to rebuild Gaza I thought immediately of Japan after
WWII. No people on earth hated Americans more than the Japanese. Now, largely because we helped rebuild the country after it was devastated by the war, they are among our strongest allies. Would it not be interesting to have a strong ally in addition to Israel in the middle of the middle east?
“Invading Gaza.”
That happened on Oct. 7. And it wasn’t Gaza.
I would be more impressed if he invited a friendly group from the Tren de Aragua to stay at his house and perhaps offer his daughter as a date!
Gov. Murphy will now appreciate that life has drastically changed with the Biden administration gone and adults with backbones now in charge.
Mel Gibson described it (Trump and his second term) best….and beautifully: “Daddy’s home and he’s taking his belt off”.
Again leftists show their true colors…all fluff, no buff.
Really, think murphy is a dumb as you?
So this is the big story of the day.
REALLY!!!
Elon Musk and a bunch of hackers in their teens and early twenties are ransacking government systems, and Turley has no thoughts.
Two observations.
Firstly, Turley is clearly doing the bidding of Rupert Murdoch in distracting the MAGA mob from reality.
Secondly, you suckers are falling for it.
You people are so stupid, brainwashed and indoctrinated that you cannot, or will not see what’s going on.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
You should really write your own blog. That way you could write about whatever you want.
Anonymous 9:15AM -I think you need to sit down and have a Black Russian or 2 then put your feet up and relax. The DOGE is an office in the President’s office that was created by Barack Obama and taken over by Trump and renamed the DOGE. Obviously this DOGE had presidential oversight or Obama would never have created it and I guess if it was good enough for Obama then any right thinking Democrat should be on board for anything it does. Besides contemplate that much of what is being doing by Muck not will likely show up in the Budget Reconciliation Package and no subject to a Filibuster.
GEB
Interesting suggestion about alcohol.
You are obviously well into the soothing abyss of delusion and confabulation caused by Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
As such you are obviously incapable of rational thought or discussion, so there is little to be gained from further interactions.
Anonmous9:49AM-Aha seems like I hit a nerve and there has been a reaction. Seems like this anonymous wants to swear off on interaction. Sound like the Joe Biden at the podium without his Teleprompter. Your lame attempt at using medical terminology is quite laughable. The Black Russian saves you from having to spend a lot of money on a psych evaluation and then gathering up the very expensive prescriptions for you personality disorder complicated by the delusions you are witnessing . Sad .
GEB
Just for the record regarding medical terminology, without engaging further in regard to your delusions.
I am a retired physician.
M.D. 1983
Ph.D. 1979
Can you cut the string I am holding before you? You cut a string that doesn’t exist. Wernicke-Korsakoff
Anonymous:
I speculate the educational institutions you attended (Ph.D. / M.D.) offered courses in Logic and psychological reasoning, or for lack of a better description Common Sense which you seemed to avoid. A caution to GEB, if the punch Anonymous threw landed you should be on the look-out for symptoms’ Aphasia.
Anonymous 10:21
Bs Biology 1970 Emory University
MD 1974, Honors and AOA, Lang Medical Publications Award
3 years Internal Medicine Residency Baylor College of Medicine
2 Year Fellowship Pulmonary & Critical, Baylor offered it to me, No application needed
Voted Oustanding Fellow by Pumonary Faculty BCM
Offered a faculty Position but Declined
Multiple Terms on Board of Directors of large Multispecialty Group
Part of the group that set up Open Heart Surgery in our community that continues to this day
Medical Director of HMO that I helped set up for our group, public rated as Highest quality care in our state
President of Hospital Staff
Chief of Medicine for Kaiser Health Plan in Texas, also chief of utilization review and quality assurance
President of County Medical Society – negotiated a contract with Medicaid for all adult providers to take a minimum number of patients so all adult medicaid patients had care.
Award from American Association of Nurse Practitioners for 15 yrs of mentoring nurse practitioners
Lifetime achievement award from my group
Expert witness on Occupational lung disease in multiple cases
Selected for multiple review boards in malpractice cases in our state
Published also
And I still have a sense of humor which you do not.
GEB
Interesting that you feel compelled to regale us with an exhaustive recitation of your credentials.
However, this does not exclude the possibility that you are an alcoholic.
Perhaps you are feeling threatened and insecure about your problems, and believe that this comprehensive outburst somehow proves that you are not an alcoholic.
Very interesting.
Anonymous2:18PM
So now you go about accusing people of being alcoholics because of your own deficiencies. You really do have some issues but Rest easy. My life is just what a person does when they are living and involved. There was a lot of fun and fulfillment and also sadness and tragedy when you take care of critically ill people. I feel very fulfilled and happy. But I do have a problem with supercilious physicians who think that their degree makes them so superior to the people they care for instead of expressing empathy and caring and help them work through their illness. Those physicians tend to be embittered and unpleasant to be around so I avoided them. Luckily I worked with large numbers of physicians and nurses and others who were quite dedicated to their patients and their profession and each day was a challenge and yet still worthwhile.
I listed those points because getting a medical degree is only a start and then you live your life in medicine and do oh so much more. I never had time to drink but certainly had to pull enough physicians out because of the drinking and inappropriate behaviour. You get to do that sort of thing when your fellow physicians elevate you to President of a Hospital staff or a Chief of Medicine. Nothing like going to training sessions to learn how to intervene and then monitor. Interventions are definitely not my favorite thing to do. Some we save and some we did not. Almost without fail they were unpleasant people but you still tried to save them.
Is your everyday unpleasantness a cry for an intervention?
Hmmm
Why do you feel the need to obsessively and exhaustively recount your credentials.
Seems a bit defensive and perhaps an indication of insecurity.
All I did was point out your confused thinking about Trump and Musk.
You responded with a suggestion that I take to drinking. I have never taken a drink in my life, but you obviously have. I don’t even know what a Black Russian is made from.
It is reasonable to assume that a history of alcohol consumption could lead to confused thinking.
You of all people should know that when taking a social history, a patient’s answer regarding the amount of alcohol consumed can safely be multiplied by a factor of at least 2 to 3 if not more.
Anonymous 5:37
Kahlua + Vodka, 1 to 1, but varies on your taste. Very simple to remember. Your diagnostic skills have obviously deteriorated since your retirement. And you do know about assumptions. I hope that was not a key part of your diagnostic workups otherwise you would have left a trail of dead and dying. Much of my consulting practice was cleaning up other physicians messes. Just like I am doing now with your over the top ravings. But this grows tedious and since your arguments have moved into the 1 Trick Pony Phase,
I will bid you Adieu and finish reading The Professors recent book. Fascinating!
Seek help soon.
“Very interesting.”
The only thing “interesting” here is the pathology of your armchair psychologizing.
Perhaps that proves that you have replaced reason with vicious smears.
GEB,
Good way to own the anonymoron!!
UpstateFarmer-there is more coming. Thanks.
“and Turley has no thoughts.” Sounds very premature. Guess this anon thinks JT is at his beck and call.
The proper response to this anon: “There are none so blind as those who will not see.”
No. Musk is looking for the ransacking by the Biden administration! Treasury processes $6+ trillion of payments now. And you want to let it be! Billions have been processed to our enemies; the billions to Ukraine pass through these systems; how many dead people are receiving SS checks; Medicare and Medicaid fraud goes through this system; etc. Next for review- IRS- did we get $80 billion in new collections from new staff; what Federal employees have not paid their taxes; etc. Wake up?
@Anonymous
Sure. Because the 20 year-olds running the White House since 2020 were so great, and gifted us with such gems as ‘Dark Brandon’. Yippee, ‘grownups’. Didn’t you mean to post this on Blue Cry (I can be infantile too)? Did your employers understand at all why the modern left lost? Do they really intend to simply double down?
You aren’t convincing anyone over 25, and even among the elite, we pay those people’s bills. Yawn.