Tool Time: Vintage 80s Edition

May seem too hard on too old leaders.

Let's look at the tools of various worldly octogenarians. 

US President Joe Biden has access to the "nuclear football" & bully pulpit, but he'd best not use either of them at age 80. 

Pope Francis holds the keys to the Roman Catholic Church, yet at 86 can seldom find them amid Vatican wealth, archives, scandals, & clutter. 

Senators Diane Feinstein & Chuck Grassley, both 89, & Mitch McConnell 81 are elders of their respective political parties, often immobilized by acute dementia. 

Into her 80s, Nancy Pelosi wielded power as Speaker of the US House of Representatives before passing its navel-gazing gavel to fellow La La Land Californian Kevin McCarthy. 

For many decades, GOPons aimed for a veto-proof SCOTUS & Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, using stupid excuses, let their dreams come true by waiting to die at 87. She was exactly a Notorious RGB Judess. 

Octogenarian musicians on various instruments: Paul McCartney 81, Mick Jagger 80, Ringo Starr 83, Paul Simon 81, Bill Wyman 86, Art Garfunkel 81, Manfred Mann 82, Brian Wilson 81, Graham Nash 81, Judy Collins 84, Bob Dylan 82, Al Jardine 81, Phil Lesh 83, Mike Love 82, Smokey Robinson 83, Garth Hudson 86, Jorma Kaukonen 83, Engelbert Humperdinck 86, Tom Jones 83, Chubby Checker 81, Neil Diamond 82, Mike Pinder 81, Graeme Edge 80, Eric Burdon 82, Billy Cox 81, Mark Lindsay 81 & a few more. 

Mom & Dad lived full lives to 84 & 82. She was an adept homemaker & librarian. He knew insurance & risk management. They raised 9 children, no Nobel laureates, scientists, lawyers, officials, church or sport Cardinals.

Neighborhood octogenarians include a Taijiquan swordsman I call Sifu, Dr. Au who uses acupuncture needles & an ancient scale & master baster Roy's turkeys are most moist, improved penmanship too. 

I asked Bing ChatGPT-4, "Caucasian octogenarians hold inordinate wealth & power, due to unfair tax laws, Electoral College, gerrymandering, AARP lobbying, Citizens United SCOTUS ruling & other factors. If tachyons indeed travel backwards in time, do you think this error can be fixed?" 

It replied, "I’m not sure how tachyons could help fix unfair tax laws, Electoral College, gerrymandering, AARP lobbying, Citizens United SCOTUS ruling & other factors. 

However, tachyons are hypothetical particles that move faster than the speed of light and travel backwards through time. They are not just the stuff of science fiction but are the stuff of “hard” science.

As for the other issues you mentioned, they are complex and multifaceted. The Electoral College is a system that was established by the US Constitution to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Gerrymandering is a practice that involves manipulating electoral district boundaries in order to benefit one political party over another. AARP is a nonprofit organization that advocates for people over the age of 50. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court that held that corporations have First Amendment rights and can spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns.

I hope this helps clarify things for you. Let me know if you have any other questions." 

The whole world can sure use young new blood, a breath of fresh air away from the stale fumes of most old farts who did little to improve our lives. 

In Hawaiian: 

Mea Hana Manawa: Puka Kahiko 80s 

E nānā kākou i nā mea hana o nā ʻano octogenarians honua.

Hiki i ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika ʻo Joe Biden ke komo i ka "pōkole nuklea" a me ka pulpit bully, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻohana i kekahi o lākou i ka makahiki 80.

Paʻa ʻo Pope Francis i nā kī o ka hale pule Katolika Roma, akā i ka makahiki 86 hiki ʻole ke loaʻa iā lākou ma waena o ka waiwai Vatican, nā waihona, nā hōʻino, a me ka ʻāhuehue.

ʻO nā Senatoa Diane Feinstein lāua ʻo Chuck Grassley, ʻelua 89, a me Mitch McConnell 81 he mau lunakahiko o ko lākou mau ʻaoʻao kālaiʻāina, pinepine ʻole ʻia e ka dementia nui.

I loko o kona mau makahiki 80, ua hoʻohana ʻo Nancy Pelosi i ka mana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻomalu o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻAmelika ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāna puʻu piko i ka hoa La La Land Kaleponi Kevin McCarthy.

No nā makahiki he nui, ua manaʻo ʻo GOPons i kahi hōʻoiaʻiʻo veto SCOTUS & Lunakanawai Hoa Ruth Bader Ginsburg, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumu naʻaupō, e hoʻokō ʻia kā lākou mau moeʻuhane ma ke kali ʻana e make ma 87. He Kaulana RGB Judess ʻo ia.

ʻO nā mea kani o octogenarian ma nā mea kani like ʻole: Paul McCartney 81, Mick Jagger 80, Ringo Starr 83, Paul Simon 81, Bill Wyman 86, Art Garfunkel 81, Manfred Mann 82, Brian Wilson 81, Graham Nash 81, Judy Collins 84, Bob Dylan 82, Al Jardine 81, Phil Lesh 83, Mike Love 82, Smokey Robinson 83, Garth Hudson 86, Jorma Kaukonen 83, Engelbert Humperdinck 86, Tom Jones 83, Chubby Checker 81, Neil Diamond 82, Mike Pinder 81, Graeme Edge 80, Eric Burdon 82 & kekahi mau mea hou aku. 

Ua ola ʻo Māmā a me Pāpā i nā ola piha a hiki i ka makahiki 84 & 82. He mea hana hale a me ka hale waihona puke ʻo ia. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻinikua a me ka hoʻokele pilikia. Hāpai lākou i nā keiki 9, ʻaʻohe hale pule a me nā Kadinala, nā luna a i ʻole nā ​​​​loaʻa ka Nobel. 

ʻO ka poʻe octogenarians o ke kaiāulu he kanaka pahi kaua Taijiquan aʻu i kapa aku ai ʻo Sifu, ʻo Kauka Au nāna i hoʻohana i nā nila acupuncture a me kahi unahi kahiko & ʻo ka haku baster Roy's nā ʻūlū ʻoi aku ka maʻemaʻe, i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka penikala.

Ua nīnau au iā Bing ChatGPT-4, "ʻO ka Caucasian octogenarians paʻa i ka waiwai nui a me ka mana, ma muli o nā kānāwai ʻauhau kūpono ʻole, Koho Balota, hoʻopaʻapaʻa, AARP hoʻopaʻapaʻa, Makaainana Hui SCOTUS hoʻoholo a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe. hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ka hewa?" 

Pane ia, "ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea e hiki ai i nā tachyon ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kānāwai ʻauhau kūpono ʻole, Koho Balota, hoʻopaʻapaʻa, AARP hoʻopaʻapaʻa, Makaainana Hui SCOTUS hoʻoholo a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.

Eia naʻe, ʻo nā tachyon he mau ʻāpana kuhiakau e neʻe wikiwiki aʻe ma mua o ka māmā o ka māmā a hele i hope i ka manawa. ʻAʻole lākou wale nā ​​mea o ka ʻepekema moʻolelo akā ʻo nā mea o ka ʻepekema "paʻakikī".

ʻO nā pilikia ʻē aʻe āu i ʻōlelo ai, paʻakikī a paʻakikī. ʻO ke Koleke Koho He ʻōnaehana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke Kumukānāwai o ʻAmelika e koho i ka Pelekikena a me ka Hope Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO hoʻoponopono kahi hana e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā palena ʻāpana koho i mea e pōmaikaʻi ai kekahi ʻaoʻao politika ma luna o kekahi. He hui waiwai ʻole ʻo AARP e kākoʻo ana i ka poʻe ma luna o 50 makahiki. ʻO Makaainana Hui v. Komisina Koho Balota Federala he hoʻoholo nui ia e ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i manaʻo ʻia he kuleana ko nā hui i ka hoʻololi mua a hiki ke hoʻolilo i nā kālā palena ʻole ma nā hoʻolaha politika.

Manaʻo wau e kōkua kēia i ka wehewehe ʻana iā ʻoe. E haʻi mai iaʻu inā he mau nīnau ʻē aʻe kāu."

Hiki i ka honua holoʻokoʻa ke hoʻohana i ke koko hou ʻōpio, kahi hanu o ka ea hou mai nā ʻuhu palahu o ka hapa nui o nā momona kahiko i hana liʻiliʻi i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ko mākou ola.