Somehow I doubt you will have to wait long.

 

I was not overly optimistic about this administration, but I did not think government or park employees would need to go rouge to get out information in less than a week into the administration into order to get scientific facts out to the public.

 

I guess the sales for 1984 have really spiked this week.

 

i did. and people said I was paranoid.

 

i did. and people said I was paranoid.

What does one have to do with the other?

 

 

Anyways back on topic, these first 5 days feel like the longest 5 days ever.

Just wait until they start virtually giving away federal lands, which we can never get back....

Edited January 26, 20179 yr by Mike Sixel

 

Anyways back on topic, these first 5 days feel like the longest 5 days ever.

Yeah ... I split off all those WWII comments to form a separate thread. It was a pretty lengthy discussion, good in its own right, so gave it its own thread.

Any WWIII comments should still stay in the Trump thread, though.

 

Just wait until they start virtually giving away federal lands, which we can never get back....

 

Is it too much to ask Teddy Roosevelt to come back with his big stick and haunt him?

 

Do you think Trump realized comparing oneself to Andrew Jackson might not be all positive, esp. when he is issuing orders that have Native American issues?  

 

I am not sure what would be worse, Trump having such a superficial knowledge of history that he is not familiar with  Andrew Jackson's well-known dark side, or embracing him because of it.

 

Any WWIII comments should still stay in the Trump thread, though.

Oh, thanks for being ever so cheery this morning!!

 

Any WWIII comments should still stay in the Trump thread, though.

I think the War with Mexico will come first ... forcing them to pay for a wall he wants to build ... yup ... free/cheap labor ... that's how it works for him. Or better yet ... let's contract Mexico to build it, then file for bankruptcy so we don't have to pay for it, thus, they are on the hook for it.

I think the War with Mexico will come first ... forcing them to pay for a wall he wants to build ... yup ... free/cheap labor ... that's how it works for him. Or better yet ... let's contract Mexico to build it, then file for bankruptcy so we don't have to pay for it, thus, they are on the hook for it.

Either way, I'm confident he has a plan.

So in 6 days he got an ally to cancel a diplomatic visit and all the senior level employees at the State Department have resigned. Diplomacy is off to a flying start.

 

Either way, I'm confident he has a plan.

You are being sarcastic, right?

The next 4 years

 

 

The next 4 years

 

Yeah ... but the speed is off. This won't happen in slo-mo.

 

Do you think Trump realized comparing oneself to Andrew Jackson might not be all positive, esp. when he is issuing orders that have Native American issues?  

Are you kidding me? I hammered at the Jackson/Trump comparison for months as a reason to never, ever vote for Trump.

 

Andrew Jackson was a bad, bad man. And I'm not even talking about his military actions before he became president. He was a lying, awful toad of a human being.

 

Yeah ... but the speed is off. This won't happen in slo-mo.

Over the course of 4 years this is exactly what it will seem like. In your dreams this is going to flash before your eyes.

 

Over the course of 4 years this is exactly what it will seem like. In your dreams this is going to flash before your eyes.

I think we'll be done in a year ... and then that train crash will be replaced with desolate, barren landscape, with prison fencing around it.

You are being sarcastic, right?

Yes. He talks with no meaning. He is a terrying combo of bad ideas, narcissism, no impulse control, and general ineptitude.

The general ineptitude is helpful.  In my work, I do a lot of immigration stuff and, if nothing else, he telegraphing of his ****ty actions has really helped us highlight concerns immigrants face.  

 

His fear mongering of Syrian children has to be the lowest point for the White House in a very long time.  I cannot get over how ****ing awful you must be as a human being to see these children and say, 'nah, it's too dangerous to bring them here.'  There better be a special layer of hell for men like that.

 

The general ineptitude is helpful.  In my work, I do a lot of immigration stuff and, if nothing else, he telegraphing of his ****ty actions has really helped us highlight concerns immigrants face.  

 

His fear mongering of Syrian children has to be the lowest point for the White House in a very long time.  I cannot get over how ****ing awful you must be as a human being to see these children and say, 'nah, it's too dangerous to bring them here.'  There better be a special layer of hell for men like that.

 

Those kids represent exactly what we want to do to help the Middle East in general.

 

Well, unless you really are a racist I guess.

 

His fear mongering of Syrian children has to be the lowest point for the White House in a very long time.  I cannot get over how ****ing awful you must be as a human being to see these children and say, 'nah, it's too dangerous to bring them here.'  There better be a special layer of hell for men like that.

Don't be such a bleeding heart. It's a well-established fact that the only way to prevent children from growing up to become our enemies is to tell them they're not welcome and that they are our enemies.

 

Don't be such a bleeding heart. It's a well-established fact that the only way to prevent children from growing up to become our enemies is to tell them they're not welcome and that they are our enemies.

If you go to 4:00 here ... the comedian actually makes a pretty good point

 

Jim Jefferies is awesome. His bit on America and guns is hilarious.

 

The general ineptitude is helpful.  In my work, I do a lot of immigration stuff and, if nothing else, he telegraphing of his ****ty actions has really helped us highlight concerns immigrants face.  

 

His fear mongering of Syrian children has to be the lowest point for the White House in a very long time.  I cannot get over how ****ing awful you must be as a human being to see these children and say, 'nah, it's too dangerous to bring them here.'  There better be a special layer of hell for men like that.

 

I'm not proud of the actions of my fellow Evangelicals this election cycle, but I suspect this would be an issue where a massive wedge could be driven if it is opposed correctly. Not all, perhaps not even majority, but enough to cause serious cracks in the coalition.

 

Plus, as you said, it is just a terrible, evil position to take.

The entire senior staff of the State Department has resigned en masse.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/

Edited January 26, 20179 yr by Craig Arko

The entire senior staff of the State Department has resigned en masse.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/

Appears not by choice.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html

 

Appears not by choice.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html

I wonder if they're accepting resumes?

How do they expect to actually run these departments? There are A LOT of things unique about STATE that some random manager can't know about at all.....

 

edit: we'll just have to rely on life-long "lazy" federal employees, I guess...

Edited January 26, 20179 yr by Mike Sixel

Is this the draining of the swamp part, or the falling into the abyss part?

 

Hard to tell.

 

Is this the draining of the swamp part, or the falling into the abyss part?

 

Hard to tell.

Yes.

 

Or No.