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POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

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And I think of myself as a non-violent anarcho-syndicalist hyper-liberal. But I think the acid test is when was the last time you voted D (for me, R) for Congress or the President? My answer is: never. So that makes me, despite myself, a thoroughgoing Democrat. :)

non-violent? The South would disagree.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Trump = "Chainsaw Al" for Washington. By failing to appoint a number of positions, or putting direct opponents like Scott Pruitt at the head of the EPA, he's effectively treating large swathes of government as layoffs and R&D cuts.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

non-violent? The South would disagree.

1) That was obviously a joke.

2) As I have said, I am no longer going to make any joke like that. We're too close to Rwanda even to play around.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

I said a while back, good, bad, or indifferent, Trump is coming in and running things differently --> as a business, as a CEO; not like a politician.

That's his story, but I don't see anything "CEO" about Trump's behavior. I see rampant cronyism, deceit, and disrespect for anyone who isn't in his immediate family or inner circle. He's not a CEO, he's a Bad Emperor.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

What "fix" does the CEO have in mind?

Trump's made some (I'll be extremely polite) "interesting" picks in Perry and Carson for Energy and HUD. Then again, if Trump views those as "distressed" portions of this business, he's done exactly what I've seen other CEOs do: Put in a boss out of their depth, or a boss "with an ax", to make those organizations fail so they can be shut down, or just come in and chop chop chop away.

Carson's out of his depth and there to "fail" HUD so it can be shut down; Perry's the ax man to whack Energy; that's what I see.

Alternatively, if the weekend news reports are true and Trump plans to soon announce his goal of the US dominating the world energy markets, putting Tillerson in at State is precisely a CEO move.
But- what is his plan to fix the broken parts. Those agencies are there because there is a problem that needs to be addressed. The HUD- I can kind of get (altho I have zero respect for Carson who whored himself out, knowing he would fail and affect millions of lives). His constituency- rural, white folk do not get a bunch of housing from the gubmint.

The EPA? Thinking past next week (OK, I know he isn't capable of thinking past if people are talking about him before lunch) the health affects alone will cost us millions of $$ fairly quickly. Anyone who is as old as he is should remember the affects of not dealing with things. Not to mention the law suits for allowing things to harm people. The $$ spent on Resp issues alone are staggering. Think the Atlanta Olympics when they shut down private transportation and the ER visits for resp complaints plummeted and then went right back up whe people could drive again.

OK, I know. I am being logical and Trump can't think that far ahead but someone should figure it out. Again I think Darwin- do this stuff and hopefully it kills off the stupid people except the not stupid people suffer too. Even the old white guys with no conscience (who will be dead sooner than w will) must sometimes think of their offspring
 
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Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

... or putting direct opponents like Scott Pruitt at the head of the EPA, he's effectively treating large swathes of government as layoffs and R&D cuts.

Yup.
Like I said, Perry at DOE, and Carson at HUD; yours is another perfect example.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Make America great again- cede leadership internationally, cede cutting edge developments that are the future money makers, cede the moral high ground. I am increasingly unclear what exactly is going to be left that is great.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

But- what is his plan to fix the broken parts.

You assume he wants to "fix" anything.
He may believe they are doing more net harm (lawsuits, bureaucracy, red tape) than good (health effects saving) and just plans to shut 'em down. Heck, that's what he spewed on the campaign trail.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

You assume he wants to "fix" anything.
He may believe they are doing more net harm (lawsuits, bureaucracy, red tape) than good (health effects saving) and just plans to shut 'em down. Heck, that's what he spewed on the campaign trail.

I wish Trump worked as hard at being President as you do finding a way to legitimize his actions.
 
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Make America great again- cede leadership internationally

If it were just this, I could at least see the sense of it. But unfortunately even as Trump is retreating on scientific and ethical fronts, he's pouring more treasure into the Imperial Storm Trooper white elephant.

By the time he's done soldiers might be the only employed people left in the nation.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

I said a while back, good, bad, or indifferent, Trump is coming in and running things differently --> as a business, as a CEO; not like a politician.

Here's one person's take, namely, David J. Shulkin:
  • Veterans Affairs Secretary in the Trump administration,
  • Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Health in the Obama Administration




Trump's behaving like a CEO. And CEOs are notorious for wanting to move fast when they believe the organization is failing, and for making mistakes and having to go back and fix them.

rotflmao

What kind of drugs are you on, man?
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

You assume he wants to "fix" anything.
He may believe they are doing more net harm (lawsuits, bureaucracy, red tape) than good (health effects saving) and just plans to shut 'em down. Heck, that's what he spewed on the campaign trail.
Well, the net effect will beggar us because people who are helped by these agencies aren't going to conveniently move to another country (altho that is looking like a dam smart option) or die quickly just to make it easier. I may not be brilliant but I can't comprehend how these people cannot think past "I don't like it. What does it do?" Even the most stupid person has to be able to figure out that this is going to cost a boatload of cash just to maintain the political position (lawsuits)and if it does stick the aftermath will cost a gagillion dollars in fall out just from healthcare needs alone (EPA does a ton that is healthcare related and if people aren't housed their medical outcomes suck- all resulting in more utilization). I thank God I retired from practice. The medical system is going to look like a Holocaust. We don't have the resources to manage things now.

and I hear the grammar horse neighing but medical people don't write goodly English
 
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Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

I wish Trump worked as hard at being President as you do finding a way to legitimize his actions.

Legitimize? How about "attempt to understand and interpret".

Did I just say it takes an interpreter to understand Trump? :D
 
Legitimize? How about "attempt to understand and interpret".

Did I just say it takes an interpreter to understand Trump? :D

So Spicy, when you take the podium in an hour, are you going to let the press record the briefing, or will the media have to resort to police sketches again?
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Well, the net effect will beggar us because people ...

Just like the news leads with the plane crash and not the millions who arrived safely, the harm the EPA, or HUD, or < agency here > has (allegedly) done is what people know about.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

So Spicy, when you take the podium in an hour, are you going to let the press record the briefing, or will the media have to resort to police sketches again?

I'm waiting for the day that daily press briefings are links to the White House YouTube channel.
They'll answer questions submitted in the comments section via follow-up Tweets.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Just like the news leads with the plane crash and not the millions who arrived safely, the harm the EPA, or HUD, or < agency here > has (allegedly) done is what people know about.
may be true but it will still beggar us. Never read The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire but I think we are watching the modern interpretation of the Cliff Notes.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Was thinking over the weekend as I skimmed over pieces about the health-lack-of-care bill that young kids should look at becoming funeral home owners. That is one industry that will be getting a huge increase over the next decade or so.
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Was thinking over the weekend as I skimmed over pieces about the health-lack-of-care bill that young kids should look at becoming funeral home owners. That is one industry that will be getting a huge increase over the next decade or so.

It's actually not a bad idea, even NOT taking the health care bill into account. The Baby Boom generation is going to pass on in the next few years....that's a LOT of people....
 
Re: POTUS 45.12: Dan, does it take courage when encountering the covfefe?

Was thinking over the weekend as I skimmed over pieces about the health-lack-of-care bill that young kids should look at becoming funeral home owners. That is one industry that will be getting a huge increase over the next decade or so.

And emergency room docs and staff and collection agencies.
 
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