It strikes on both sides, as far as bringing it to a halt, I have not noted any real efforts by the establishment Republicrats to get anything done, or to support Trump, they just wait for the flak to start and then do what they were going to do anyways. Their so called "Health Plan" is an example.

As a Right Wing Revolutionary I find the Dimms and Progressives more deplorable everyday. They are trying to grind the present republican government to a halt. As the most recent event of the of the senator being shot, a cry goes up to ban guns. Then they found out that the perp was one of their own. Just don't come to Arizona, we show no mercy for their kind.

As a person, he has been very energetic in supporting sci fi fan films and projects that the studios just do not want to make. He has donated his name and time to many of those projects as well. It is when he gets to the social side of stuff he sort of veers off the road, and I have posted alternate views on his FB page when he does. At least he does treat people who disagree with him with respect, even when he uses a lot of labels and names in his original tweets and posts.He has very strong social views and defends them strongly. I can't not like the guy for just that, I can disagree with him though.

Nice guy?

Nice. George Takei is a nice guy, who I really liked as an actor, but I do not agree with his social outlook. He talks a lot about the evil right side, and uses as many negative terms as the people he castigates.Good point!

Guess you're right. About halfway through that 21-year career, I got used to the idea that fellow corrections officers will go to jail (the first step toward criminal court).
Never any of their spouses.

With your experience it should have occurred to you long ago.

" The universe doesn't joke around. The officer who saved bigoted, homophobic Rep. Steve Scalise during baseball practice was a black lesbian.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 17, 2017"

And the assassin who shot both human beings (and others) was a Sanders supporter. The "universe" didn't do it.

LOL! I have always thought that telemarketers deserved something like maybe being strangled. But I must say that a stretch in prison is a wonderful idea. The ones with the foreign accent who tell me that my computer has problems really deserve to be on death row.

LOL!
Now that I'm composed, I'd like to add that I once read somewhere that the essence of humor is the unexpected.
That reply may not have been meant to be humorous but it was truly unexpected.

Sent, thank you.

Thank you, trust the private sector to produce what government cannot. Something that works.

Hope the coworker's wife is now a prison resident.

Nomorobo works. They keep a black list of numbers. When one of them calls you it rings once then stops. http://www.nomorobo.com/

It works in conjunction with your telephone service provider. Within the time of the first ring the number is automatically checked, and if it's blacklisted the call is dumped, but the called ID shows up in your phone. You can report new ones and you can whitelist for any problem that may arise.

PM your email address and I'll send it.

I do too..another government failure: The do not call registry...

I have to find that, I need a attention grabbing ring tone for my work phone....Darth Vader isn't cutting it...

I'm all but plagued by telemarketers I see on my caller ID before I press a button so I don't have to hear the home phone ring.
So you better believe that Evil Hag cackle ring tone his piqued my interest.
Nevertheless, I know for a fact that some telemarketers make multiple calls all at once and take on the first "hit" to answer.
When I worked at that prison for 21 years,a coworker told me his wife did just that for a living.

There's a Limbaugh recording of the Hillary cackle you could you use as a ring tone on your phone :-( You would never answer your phone again.

Thanks. I had forgotten those two.
Glad I thought to look back at this page.

Yes. And now the technology exists to see that we slowed down to look at that, so we must want more of it, and it routes us by more accidents to rubberneck at.

I am sure it is a carefully crafted gift. My point was they missed the bus with Trump,he did hit on all your points, and that was what resonated with people. There was also some air of honesty, in that he was honestly screwed up, and he never seemed to care, almost in a "take me or leave me" attitude. Really, the guy did NOT need to be president, I think he got to the point when he dipped his fingers in, and the pull of the current was too strong. Now he is neck deep in attacks of all kinds, and I think he will start his own wars back, Comey being the start of it. He is going to dig and dig until he piles up so much crap from Obama and his gang it is undeniable, and then move on to his real agenda by hammering his own crowd of clowns.

Like driving on a major highway at 5mph for 2 hours only to find out it was everyone looking at the pretty car burning on the other side of the road.

EWV, I do agree with your points, that is my experience with government as well. It also goes with what I see at the national level, I would cite healthcare as an example of the imposition of a system controlled by government and both parties are now trying to own it through rules catered to their patrons. We get stuck in the bottom paying for all their power moves. You do see the same thing in state levels, Oregon is trying to pull a fast one on everyone by imposing the sales tax that was defeated by public vote in Novemebr, by legislation, and they may well get away with it, because it is largely to keep the PERS system from going bankrupt for a few more years. Both parties are now leaning towards it, despite the voters saying NO. The Republicans just want to use it for their pet projects, while the Democrats cover it up as needed for the damn children (which is their often, overworked excuse that always seems to play well). There is usually people at the end of that government chain, although my experience is they rarely give a damn about the individual.

That is indeed the problem, when you have created such a powerful tool and it unites in a common effort to decieve. Before the internet, you had hundreds of papers, all with mainly a local agenda, and maybe an overarching one (such as support the major party), and now, they all can support a major "movement". In this case, they have aligned with the Progressives and are proceeding to write the narrative, truth be damned.