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Post by Ela on Jan 20, 2017 23:39:10 GMT
. I don't get the impression that he really wants to do all of the work that being president entails. I agree with this. I voted for him, because I am just fed up with the gridlock in Washington, and I don't mean the traffic. I voted anti-incumbent in every field. I even voted for the democrat running against Phil Roe, i'm sick of lifetime politicians, making more a year retired than I do in a decade. I doubt he's going to end gridlock in Washington, but I guess now we'll see what kind of president he will be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 0:51:55 GMT
I agree with this. I voted for him, because I am just fed up with the gridlock in Washington, and I don't mean the traffic. I voted anti-incumbent in every field. I even voted for the democrat running against Phil Roe, i'm sick of lifetime politicians, making more a year retired than I do in a decade. I doubt he's going to end gridlock in Washington, but I guess now we'll see what kind of president he will be. Us over here on our island in the Pacific reckon that he's probably going to be impeached before his term is up. Assassination attempts are inevitable and not because of who the man is, but simply because of the position he's occupying. It's a fear every president has to live with. I'm a bit concerned about the rest of the government, but what I learnt about James "Mad Dog" Mattis surprised me a bit. He's apparently a commander who instructs his troops to be well versed in the culture and history of whatever region they're in combat and believes in engaging the mind before the gun. He's called the Warrior Monk by some. Irrespective of what happens I think Trump will probably be remembered by the words "American carnage". If he becomes all talk and no action as he claims of his predecessors and people just shrug it off, then what you've got there is a cult of personality and a much bigger problem wherever you stand. The best course of action from here on in, I think is to hold him accountable just as you would any other candidate. If they make poor decisions, then let them know it's a poor decision as American citizens. You're not a police state, you have the right to object. And as Alan Moore pointed out: Look to changing the minds of your fellows, they may not be so cheery to stay aboard the bandwagon when the actual decisions come through.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 0:54:06 GMT
He knows who his audience is and he plays them like a fiddle. 100%. Maybe he's able to criticise Meryl Streep's talent after all after all as the guy is clearly one hell of an actor. For a billionaire who has never had to want for anything to be able to convince millions of blue collar workers he has their interests at heart and, odder, that he's somehow representative of their plight is one hell of a performance. He's used immigrants and Chinese steel to build his hotels for decades yet he gets believed when spewing his America First rhetoric on perhaps the least engaged and least questioning supporter base going. He's been a democrat, and friend of the Clintons, when it suited over the decades and has seemingly developed these right-wing tendencies in his 60s....almost as if they're one big put-on. Yet his "see no evil, hear no evil" fanbase don't look too deep into his pre-campaign beliefs, because they know they'll not like what they see.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 1:07:20 GMT
i'm sick of lifetime politicians, making more a year retired than I do in a decade. So the solution is to vote for a man who makes more in a day than you do in a decade instead....makes sense. This isn't Mr Smith Goes To Washington. He's not some plucky upstart coming to rattle cages. This is, to continue the Jimmy Stewart motif, more It's A Wonderful Life - and we're all about to see what life would be like if the world didn't have George Bailey in it.
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Post by icecreamdf on Jan 21, 2017 2:47:24 GMT
My parents are going to tomorrow's woman's march on Washington tomorrow with some family friends. I haven't seen the friends in a while, but apparently they are terrified, and are already talking about leaving the country if Trump sets up a Muslim registry. They were born in America and have lived here all their lives, but they don't want to end up in an internemnt camp.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2017 2:57:56 GMT
My parents are going to tomorrow's woman's march on Washington tomorrow with some family friends. I haven't seen the friends in a while, but apparently they are terrified, and are already talking about leaving the country if Trump sets up a Muslim registry. They were born in America and have lived here all their lives, but they don't want to end up in an internemnt camp. Tell your parents and their friends to be careful, the rioting there is pretty violent at the moment. Make sure that they know to have a way out of the city if things go sideways.
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Post by ulyssessarcher on Jan 21, 2017 6:37:28 GMT
i'm sick of lifetime politicians, making more a year retired than I do in a decade. So the solution is to vote for a man who makes more in a day than you do in a decade instead....makes sense. Difference is, until today, Trump hasn't gotten ahold of a penny that I earned. He made his money in the private sector, not by being a Washington "fatcat".
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Post by ulyssessarcher on Jan 21, 2017 7:06:55 GMT
My parents are going to tomorrow's woman's march on Washington tomorrow with some family friends. I haven't seen the friends in a while, but apparently they are terrified, and are already talking about leaving the country if Trump sets up a Muslim registry. They were born in America and have lived here all their lives, but they don't want to end up in an internemnt camp. With all the violence that happened today, I hope they manage to stay away from it, tomorrow. I will say this about your post. In my religion we have to deal with the Westboro Baptist Church. A group who call themselves Christian, but act anything like. A group I have stood off against more than once. When a religion spurs radicals, it is up to the members of that religion to put an end to them. We have battled Jim Jones, David Koresch, and have had to deal with Jim and Tammy Faye, and Jimmy Swaggart, just to name a few. And if I knew, or had thoughts, that one of my own kids were about to commit a crime, I would call the police on them myself and they know this. What I am saying is, if a religion wont own up to, and clean up their own messes, then that religion is going to have to deal with the repercussions. I'm not for internment camps, and don't think there would be more than a really small minority of people who would support them, in any form. But a religion that claims that all infidels must die, and has supporters of this claim is as bad as a small number of Christians who believe that prostitutes, homosexuals and adulterers should be stoned, just because they were thousands of years ago. Neither of those claims are right, but with extremists believing they are, those who are not extremists are going to have to step up and clean up their own house. I will not support any registry on religious grounds, and I don't think the American people have any thing to worry about there, and unless Trump can enact one on a Presidential order, and I don't think he can, then it would never get any headway going at all in congress.
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Post by icecreamdf on Jan 21, 2017 8:20:22 GMT
My parents are going to tomorrow's woman's march on Washington tomorrow with some family friends. I haven't seen the friends in a while, but apparently they are terrified, and are already talking about leaving the country if Trump sets up a Muslim registry. They were born in America and have lived here all their lives, but they don't want to end up in an internemnt camp. With all the violence that happened today, I hope they manage to stay away from it, tomorrow. I will say this about your post. In my religion we have to deal with the Westboro Baptist Church. A group who call themselves Christian, but act anything like. A group I have stood off against more than once. When a religion spurs radicals, it is up to the members of that religion to put an end to them. We have battled Jim Jones, David Koresch, and have had to deal with Jim and Tammy Faye, and Jimmy Swaggart, just to name a few. And if I knew, or had thoughts, that one of my own kids were about to commit a crime, I would call the police on them myself and they know this. What I am saying is, if a religion wont own up to, and clean up their own messes, then that religion is going to have to deal with the repercussions. I'm not for internment camps, and don't think there would be more than a really small minority of people who would support them, in any form. But a religion that claims that all infidels must die, and has supporters of this claim is as bad as a small number of Christians who believe that prostitutes, homosexuals and adulterers should be stoned, just because they were thousands of years ago. Neither of those claims are right, but with extremists believing they are, those who are not extremists are going to have to step up and clean up their own house. I will not support any registry on religious grounds, and I don't think the American people have any thing to worry about there, and unless Trump can enact one on a Presidential order, and I don't think he can, then it would never get any headway going at all in congress. I expect my parents will be okay. This is suppossed to be a peaceful protest. I think we all hope that there is no more violence. I know about the Westboro Baptist Church. I went to Walt Whitman High School, and the Westboro Baptist Church decided that Whitman was gay. I don't think he actually was gay (not that it matters) but they decided to protest at my school. They ended up sending half a dozen protesters while some of the students staged a counter protest that had over 500 participants. I decided not to go, because I'm pretty sure that attention was exactly what the Westboro Baptists wanted. Anyway, I would never blame all Christians for the actions of those nutjobs. I don't think that Christians have any more responsibility for the Westboro Baptists than the rest of us do. I would certainly never support creating a Christian registry, or banning Christians from immigrating into the country until they can figure out what is going on with the Westboro Baptists. I don't think it is likely that Trump will be able to create a Muslim registry or a Muslim ban or anything like that. However, he is doing damage just by discussing these things. Islamophobia has been a huge problem in our country since at least 9/11. When the president of the United States makes islamophobic comments, it signals to other people that their islamophobic beliefs are acceptable. Hate crimes and hate speech against Muslims have increased recently, as a direct result of Donald Trump.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 21, 2017 20:22:29 GMT
If yesterday was an example of our democracy in action with the peaceful transfer of power of one administration to another, then today's marches around the country are shining examples of free speech in action. Over half a million marching in Washington DC alone.]Thank you.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jan 22, 2017 0:32:16 GMT
Hearing a US inauguration speech where the incoming President quoted two movie villains: Bane from Batman: The Dark Knight Rises and Colonel Miles Quaritch from Avatar.
Not sure whether this made my day or didn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 10:19:31 GMT
If yesterday was an example of our democracy in action with the peaceful transfer of power of one administration to another, then today's marches around the country are shining examples of free speech in action. Over half a million marching in Washington DC alone.]Thank you. One question: If it was Hilary who won, would you be saying the same thing about an anti-Hilary protest? Anyway, funniest thing about the Women's March is that 53% of women voted for Trump.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 12:51:31 GMT
If yesterday was an example of our democracy in action with the peaceful transfer of power of one administration to another, then today's marches around the country are shining examples of free speech in action. Over half a million marching in Washington DC alone.]Thank you. One question: If it was Hilary who won, would you be saying the same thing about an anti-Hilary protest? Anyway, funniest thing about the Women's March is that 53% of women voted for Trump. It'd be a bit odd to have a Women's March against a female president. If anything, there may have eventually been a series of anti-war solidarity protests and as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful (duh) I reckon there'd be similar reactions. True, but that doesn't quite cover the reaction in Europe, Asia, Oceania and even other parts of America like Canada and Mexico. It shows that this isn't just about the United States, it's about a greater global concern. The protesters here in Australia are fighting One Nation, those in Germany wish never to see another nightmare like the one that was born in their country ever again, those in India are continuing their protest against people turning a blind eye to getting raped in the street... Each culture has their own grim heart from which this springs, but the spark has been the inauguration of the latest president. It was you, America. This kind of movement has never happened in this way before, there has never been a worldwide protest unified through digital media across nations, languages, and cultures. We learn about each other as we learn about ourselves and from the perspective of these protesters, we as a species will need to do so much better than we have actually done. The United States of America has done what was thought to be impossible -- it has made a global culture of solidarity. We are responsible for the actions of our governments and our governments will be swayed by the actions of our people. It may be brief and for all I know it may soon be forgotten, but for the first time in history, our tiny island Earth has moved in unison from Africa to Antarctica. One day, we may actually be able to exist not as fractured tribes, but as a cohesive whole strengthened by a unity without uniformity. It's a truly exciting prospect.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 22, 2017 14:54:00 GMT
If yesterday was an example of our democracy in action with the peaceful transfer of power of one administration to another, then today's marches around the country are shining examples of free speech in action. Over half a million marching in Washington DC alone.]Thank you. One question: If it was Hilary who won, would you be saying the same thing about an anti-Hilary protest? Anyway, funniest thing about the Women's March is that 53% of women voted for Trump. Yes I would because when it comes to the 1st Amendment, I am strictly non-partisan.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 22, 2017 15:01:53 GMT
One question: If it was Hilary who won, would you be saying the same thing about an anti-Hilary protest? Anyway, funniest thing about the Women's March is that 53% of women voted for Trump. It'd be a bit odd to have a Women's March against a female president. If anything, there may have eventually been a series of anti-war solidarity protests and as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful (duh) I reckon there'd be similar reactions. True, but that doesn't quite cover the reaction in Europe, Asia, Oceania and even other parts of America like Canada and Mexico. It shows that this isn't just about the United States, it's about a greater global concern. The protesters here in Australia are fighting One Nation, those in Germany wish never to see another nightmare like the one that was born in their country ever again, those in India are continuing their protest against people turning a blind eye to getting raped in the street... Each culture has their own grim heart from which this springs, but the spark has been the inauguration of the latest president. It was you, America. This kind of movement has never happened in this way before, there has never been a worldwide protest unified through digital media across nations, languages, and cultures. We learn about each other as we learn about ourselves and from the perspective of these protesters, we as a species will need to do so much better than we have actually done. The United States of America has done what was thought to be impossible -- it has made a global culture of solidarity. We are responsible for the actions of our governments and our governments will be swayed by the actions of our people. It may be brief and for all I know it may soon be forgotten, but for the first time in history, our tiny island Earth has moved in unison from Africa to Antarctica. One day, we may actually be able to exist not as fractured tribes, but as a cohesive whole strengthened by a unity without uniformity. It's a truly exciting prospect. Exactly. Change is built on dissent. And if that was day two of a Trump administration, well, that was as impressive a display of dissent as I have ever seen. The key, as you allude to, is maintaining that passion & energy. Of focusing that passion & energy into change. I'm fond as saying we get the government we vote for. If those people who marched take that energy & passion and turn it into votes. Change can come pretty quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2017 15:56:47 GMT
One question: If it was Hilary who won, would you be saying the same thing about an anti-Hilary protest? Anyway, funniest thing about the Women's March is that 53% of women voted for Trump. It'd be a bit odd to have a Women's March against a female president. If anything, there may have eventually been a series of anti-war solidarity protests and as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful (duh) I reckon there'd be similar reactions. True, but that doesn't quite cover the reaction in Europe, Asia, Oceania and even other parts of America like Canada and Mexico. It shows that this isn't just about the United States, it's about a greater global concern. The protesters here in Australia are fighting One Nation, those in Germany wish never to see another nightmare like the one that was born in their country ever again, those in India are continuing their protest against people turning a blind eye to getting raped in the street... Each culture has their own grim heart from which this springs, but the spark has been the inauguration of the latest president. It was you, America. This kind of movement has never happened in this way before, there has never been a worldwide protest unified through digital media across nations, languages, and cultures. We learn about each other as we learn about ourselves and from the perspective of these protesters, we as a species will need to do so much better than we have actually done. The United States of America has done what was thought to be impossible -- it has made a global culture of solidarity. We are responsible for the actions of our governments and our governments will be swayed by the actions of our people. It may be brief and for all I know it may soon be forgotten, but for the first time in history, our tiny island Earth has moved in unison from Africa to Antarctica. One day, we may actually be able to exist not as fractured tribes, but as a cohesive whole strengthened by a unity without uniformity. It's a truly exciting prospect. If I'm honest the problem is that there isn't much sexism in the UK or the US, so they're just victimising themselves, in my opinion. What they should be protesting is the terrible evils that people commit towards women in Saudi Arabia and certain other eastern countries.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 22, 2017 15:58:25 GMT
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Post by icecreamdf on Jan 22, 2017 17:54:30 GMT
It'd be a bit odd to have a Women's March against a female president. If anything, there may have eventually been a series of anti-war solidarity protests and as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful (duh) I reckon there'd be similar reactions. True, but that doesn't quite cover the reaction in Europe, Asia, Oceania and even other parts of America like Canada and Mexico. It shows that this isn't just about the United States, it's about a greater global concern. The protesters here in Australia are fighting One Nation, those in Germany wish never to see another nightmare like the one that was born in their country ever again, those in India are continuing their protest against people turning a blind eye to getting raped in the street... Each culture has their own grim heart from which this springs, but the spark has been the inauguration of the latest president. It was you, America. This kind of movement has never happened in this way before, there has never been a worldwide protest unified through digital media across nations, languages, and cultures. We learn about each other as we learn about ourselves and from the perspective of these protesters, we as a species will need to do so much better than we have actually done. The United States of America has done what was thought to be impossible -- it has made a global culture of solidarity. We are responsible for the actions of our governments and our governments will be swayed by the actions of our people. It may be brief and for all I know it may soon be forgotten, but for the first time in history, our tiny island Earth has moved in unison from Africa to Antarctica. One day, we may actually be able to exist not as fractured tribes, but as a cohesive whole strengthened by a unity without uniformity. It's a truly exciting prospect. If I'm honest the problem is that there isn't much sexism in the UK or the US, so they're just victimising themselves, in my opinion. What they should be protesting is the terrible evils that people commit towards women in Saudi Arabia and certain other eastern countries. You really think that there isn't sexism in the US and UK? It isn't as extreme or as evil as in places like Saudi Arabia, but it still exists and is still a major problem.
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Post by elkawho on Jan 22, 2017 18:08:51 GMT
It'd be a bit odd to have a Women's March against a female president. If anything, there may have eventually been a series of anti-war solidarity protests and as long as the demonstrations remained peaceful (duh) I reckon there'd be similar reactions. True, but that doesn't quite cover the reaction in Europe, Asia, Oceania and even other parts of America like Canada and Mexico. It shows that this isn't just about the United States, it's about a greater global concern. The protesters here in Australia are fighting One Nation, those in Germany wish never to see another nightmare like the one that was born in their country ever again, those in India are continuing their protest against people turning a blind eye to getting raped in the street... Each culture has their own grim heart from which this springs, but the spark has been the inauguration of the latest president. It was you, America. This kind of movement has never happened in this way before, there has never been a worldwide protest unified through digital media across nations, languages, and cultures. We learn about each other as we learn about ourselves and from the perspective of these protesters, we as a species will need to do so much better than we have actually done. The United States of America has done what was thought to be impossible -- it has made a global culture of solidarity. We are responsible for the actions of our governments and our governments will be swayed by the actions of our people. It may be brief and for all I know it may soon be forgotten, but for the first time in history, our tiny island Earth has moved in unison from Africa to Antarctica. One day, we may actually be able to exist not as fractured tribes, but as a cohesive whole strengthened by a unity without uniformity. It's a truly exciting prospect. If I'm honest the problem is that there isn't much sexism in the UK or the US, so they're just victimising themselves, in my opinion. What they should be protesting is the terrible evils that people commit towards women in Saudi Arabia and certain other eastern countries. I completely agree with you there.
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Post by ulyssessarcher on Jan 22, 2017 18:35:58 GMT
Woke up and found out Yordano Ventura was killed in a car crash. A starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, and a gentleman I got to meet in Greeneville when he was playing Rookie league ball.
He was driving drunk! No, this forum is not the place for politics, and this statement is not political, it's just fact.
If you are stupid enough to drink any little amount of alcohol, and get on the road, then you are an idiot! I hate it that Yordano died, and at the same time, I'm thankful that he didn't kill anyone else with his stupidity, and the fact that a close friend of his, Julio Tavaras who was a top prospect in St. Louis, was killed drunk driving, and another friend Jose Fernandez, who was an all star pitcher with the Miami Marlins was killed while boating drunk, didn't teach this young man a damn thing. I hope that people will wake up and realize, just a little alcohol can affect your judgement bad enough not to be able to control a half ton killing machine that can reach over 100mph.
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