Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

[MaizeRage]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Sh**. I get paid to fu** with traffic. And I'm NOT a protester.

Aren't you in Illinois? You weren't the guy that said "50-mile stretch of I-90........four bulldozers oughta do it", were you?

Oh yeah, and the Trump team totally isn't suggesting we do internment camps......but I mean, there is precedent for it.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Sh**. I get paid to fu** with traffic. And I'm NOT a protester.

I have Chris Christie for you on line 1, Chris Christie on line 1....

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

The law is about protesting. Not being a whiny little *****.

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Erdogan in Turkey and Trump in U.S: Two egomaniacs with repressive tendencies who do not make this world a better or safer place.

And no, I'm not equating Trump to Erdogan. But they are troubling in some similar ways.

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Don't forget the trump of the Philippines. Duerte

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Don't forget the trump of the Philippines. Duerte

Yeah, there is no shortage of bad players out there, but I bring up Erdogan because Turkey is so strategically situated with a very complex role in the diplomatic, military and economic dynamics in the middle east, Europe, the rest of Asia, Russia, and the U.S. Trump must handle that situation expertly because Turkey is very important to our interests (as it is to many others, hence the complexity), and we have not been given much reason to believe that he is up to the task. In fact, judging by what we have seen of him these last 12 months, he is perfectly ill-suited, and our best hope is that he comes through on his promise and "hire the best people" who are capable of not f*king it up in a very bad way. The stakes in that game are huge. Even bigger than a 3:00 a.m. Tweetwar about ***-grabbing.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Just imagine what the next Congress and their Trumperor will try.

Rights and liberties are only paper, and the type of criminal now in the ascendant likes nothing better than to burn paper.

We'll see whether the Federal courts can withstand the tidal wave of horror these sh-tstains will send their way.

Glass houses, sir. Take a good look at what the past couple administrations have been doing with the Constitution these past few years...

[Wisko McBadgerton]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Only $35 an hour? Pffft. Not quitting my day job.

The trick is to get the whole family out on the streets. Just two hours a night of good ol' fashioned family (of four) together time, shouting down the evil conservative overlords five times a week, would get you an extra $70k a year, or $280k over four years. For the super ambitious, spending just 30 hours a week nets your family $210k/yr or $840,000 over Trump's first term.

The problem I imagine that would crop up then would be how to keep these folks from turning into Republicans for 2020.

[joecct]

The trick is to get the whole family out on the streets. Just two hours a night of good ol' fashioned family (of four) together time, shouting down the evil conservative overlords five times a week, would get you an extra $70k a year, or $280k over four years. For the super ambitious, spending just 30 hours a week nets your family $210k/yr or $840,000 over Trump's first term.

The problem I imagine that would crop up then would be how to keep these folks from turning into Republicans for 2020.

Cash? Do I get a 1099?

[dxmnkd316]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Yeah, there is no shortage of bad players out there, but I bring up Erdogan because Turkey is so strategically situated with a very complex role in the diplomatic, military and economic dynamics in the middle east, Europe, the rest of Asia, Russia, and the U.S. Trump must handle that situation expertly because Turkey is very important to our interests (as it is to many others, hence the complexity), and we have not been given much reason to believe that he is up to the task. In fact, judging by what we have seen of him these last 12 months, he is perfectly ill-suited, and our best hope is that he comes through on his promise and "hire the best people" who are capable of not f*king it up in a very bad way. The stakes in that game are huge. Even bigger than a 3:00 a.m. Tweetwar about ***-grabbing.

Fair enough. And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I also want to remind people of the ongoing diplomatic struggles in the South China Sea. That, for me, is kind of like a silent or cold version of the Middle East. We've relied on the Philippines to be our ally in the territorial claims being made by China. That's a critically important stretch of water. Wikipedia says that around 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic goes through the SCS. That's a lot of commerce. Turkey is extremely important, but we often forget just how important this diplomatic battle is with China.

[Wisko McBadgerton]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Cash? Do I get a 1099?

Personally I would incorporate the family as a political non-profit and not worry about it.

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Glass houses, sir. Take a good look at what the past couple administrations have been doing with the Constitution these past few years...

omfg.

[burd]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Fair enough. And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I also want to remind people of the ongoing diplomatic struggles in the South China Sea. That, for me, is kind of like a silent or cold version of the Middle East. We've relied on the Philippines to be our ally in the territorial claims being made by China. That's a critically important stretch of water. Wikipedia says that around 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic goes through the SCS. That's a lot of commerce. Turkey is extremely important, but we often forget just how important this diplomatic battle is with China.

Good points dxmn. We do forget, especially since many of us, myself included, take a Eurocentric view of the world.

[aparch]

Aren't you in Illinois? You weren't the guy that said "50-mile stretch of I-90........four bulldozers oughta do it", were you?

No, I was the one on site counting to make sure they did only use four bulldozers for the whole project.

I have Chris Christie for you on line 1, Chris Christie on line 1....

One quick FOIA-free phone call and I could have helped him get his results instead of the e-mails he was part of.

[Wisko McBadgerton]

Re: Campaign XXVI: The Drumpf World Order

Fair enough. And I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I also want to remind people of the ongoing diplomatic struggles in the South China Sea. That, for me, is kind of like a silent or cold version of the Middle East. We've relied on the Philippines to be our ally in the territorial claims being made by China. That's a critically important stretch of water. Wikipedia says that around 1/3 of the world's shipping traffic goes through the SCS. That's a lot of commerce. Turkey is extremely important, but we often forget just how important this diplomatic battle is with China.

It's been suggested (mostly by righties but not quite entirely) that in January, Trump will ascend to the position of the Third Most Powerful Man in the World -- right behind Xi Jinping and Putin. I don't subscribe to that myself but I do see the point.