Yes I can! The Left is not only disregarding the Constitution they are ignoring the rule of law entirely. Calling Hammurabi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of...

The nudge to the left left left has been actively tearing down the principles that founded the country for a long time... can you say "Sanctuary City/State"

America's greatness depends on freedom and our freedom has been eroded by government practically ever since there was government.

Trump's promise of fewer regulations, lower taxes and better trade agreements speak to more freedom and less government.

Unfortunately protective tariffs while popular with the uninformed will, in the long run, prove detrimental to our economy.

"transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People." is such a declaration of freedom and self sufficiency that I cannot help but cheer every time I think of it.

America's greatness has always depended on freedom. That freedom has been eroded by government ever since there was government - and especially since the beginning of the 20th Century.
Trump's speech mirrored his campaign rhetoric and was largely pro-freedom. A glaring inconsistency is his his advocating of protectionist tariffs.
But his speech pales in front of his actions. His firing of several top level managers in the State Department signals a new beginning of integrity and fairness and will help the US regain its former reputation amongst nations. His use of Twitter to eliminate the adversarial press is long overdue.

It was refreshing because Mr. Trump didn't blow sunshine up anyone's skirt.

Yeah, I really should have done some Google first. I probably forgot that on purpose.

Doesn't change what I was saying about the Donald but I still have to give you the point about the CIA and the initial Benghazi reports.

Thanks for the reminder, ScoJ.

I think because Trump has no core values based on a coherent philosophy he is inconsistent. He is prone to centralized control by elitist experts but also thinks businesses need to be free to make decisions and since public schools are all messed up people need a choice. His nationalism scares me but some of his random positions are pretty good. I don't think he is concerned by contradictions.

Donald Trump is not incoherent and confused. He only says whatever needs to be said at the moment, much like Hillary Clinton. He expects that the short-term nature of the collective memory will never hold him to his previous statement.

Yeah - the Susan rice or whatever her name is was citing a report prepared by James Clapper and the CIA director at the time. The same roles also had the Nigerian yellow-cake uranium BS that Bush 43 sent Colin Powell to the UN with.

The CIA, NSA, and FBI have some very dedicated career staffers, but, like any government agency - don't underestimate the level of incompetence of a huge percentage of the people, nor the politicization of the leadership. You only get an appointed executive position if you are significantly hooked-up to the political apparatus of the sitting POTUS. You don't get significantly hooked-up to the apparatus without being willing to lie, cheat, steal, or tow the party's bullshit line of the day.

Out of the piles of people employed, basically, we can expect about 30-35% are competent and the rest the place wouldn't know if they bothered to show up every morning or not.

Craftsmen tools made by Armstrong were great. Buying cheap crap that last ten minutes and goes in a landfill is not great.

America has always been great, but has been in a death spiral since people started arguing that trivial jobs should get them a color TV (now large flat screen TV).

When people start working for what they produce, it will be great again. As long as they keep thinking the world owes them a living, it will be a mess.

I personally agree that we can not and should not compete "heads up" against a society that engages in involuntary servitude to an extreme. We should assign a price to what they refuse to fund, and tariff their goods.

If part of Trump's message is not we need hard workers and discipline he may succeed, but it will not be great.

Dude, I swear I'm not trying to be an ass.
There's no good reason to just keep going back and forth at each other,
but I gotta say No. I don't remember the CIA saying it was a YouTube video. I remember Obama saying that, I remember the state department saying that. I remember Susan what's-her-face going around all the news talk shows saying that. I remember Hillary lying to grieving families about it - knowing it wasn't true!.

But no, I don't remember the CIA saying that.
Did they? I could have spaced it. Wouldn't be the first time. Can you provide a link or something?

Re: “He appears to be just as much of a statist as his predecessors . . .”
Vs: “I think there is some potential to unleash some positive results by freeing business of some of the burdens of over regulation and taxation. I also think that getting control of education back in the hands of local groups, public and private is needed.”
The second part appears to contradict the first.

I understood you perfectly. I'm saying there is a big difference between having a feud with the political leadership versus a disagreement with 50,000 people or whatever.

Remember when the CIA was positive that Benghazi was a spontaneous combustion event after some Kansas farmers posted some video on YouTube?

Let `s shoot for government held to Constitutional standards. Trump claims he will do that, we shall see. Mike Pence goes a long way to quiet my initial instincts that Trump was simply Obama - for the other side.

I would add:
Outcome-Based Education of the Clinton Era.
Goals 200 of the Bush Era
Common Core of the present
Kids were taught entitlement, but little academics, and became adults who voted and sent their children into children into the hell hole schools to get more goofy liberalism.

Also, the Basel Bank meetings which discouraged savings, as the Fed gave banks all the money they needed.

You seem to be missing my point, Sco,

I wasn't arguing whether our intelligence agencies were capable and trustworthy - though I believe they are.
I was pointing out Trumps claim of a media created "feud" is absurd on it face - as evidenced by his own tweets.

But, again, if you didn't already see that there's nothing I can say.

mes·mer·ize
hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them.
synonyms: enthrall, hold spellbound, entrance, dazzle, bedazzle, bewitch, charm, captivate, enchant, fascinate, transfix, grip, hypnotize

The problem with separation of economy and state is that it is impossible under our current political and legal system. Large political campaign contributors, including lobbyists, will always have more influence over our elected representatives than the rest of us. And if you take away their right to spend their money promoting their preferred candidates, you also take away their freedom of speech. As things stand now, it’s a no-win situation.

only if they don't f$^k it up like they did the movie!

There is a very substantial difference between the 100s of presidential appointments in agency leadership and the permanent civil servants.

On Jan 20, the appointees were handed boxes with their crap and sent on their way.

Formula to be great again: The federal government protect us from our enemies abroad and maintain a system of law and order so disputes could be settled. That is all we need.

It would be the greatest TV series of all time.

Hi Stru,

in·co·her·ent
expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.
synonyms: unclear, confused, unintelligible, incomprehensible, hard to follow, disjointed, disconnected, disordered, mixed up, garbled, jumbled, scrambled, muddled;

For just one example of dozens...
On numerous occasions, in his own tweets, he denounced the intelligence services. Then, in front of their memorial for fallen heros no less, he claimed his feud with them was created by the media.

That to me is incomprehensible and confused.

But seriously,if you didn't already see it that way, nothing I say will change your mind.
You say your were not a supporter, but he is the only option.
Sounds like a supporter to me.

I'm good. I'm out.

When did America stop being great??? When we became so prosperous that we stopped parenting our children and morphed into us ending up with generation after generation which are less equipped to face struggles put against us. Political Correctness has turned America, from a country that used to face adversity and brought us dizzying amounts of solutions to many problems, into a country of young people that are so self-important and can't interact in a one-on-one situation. Now the problem that most families face is how to get their adult children to move out on their own..

I get your points. I would have added many other horrific decisions such the internment of the japanese american population, Sarbanes Oxley which directly was responsible for the beginning of the most recent financial crisis, TARP, Stimulus, we can go on and on. the AIA which significantly has weakened patent law. there's so much more-but that Trump will be America's savior? right.

How many people in today's Amerika know the meaning of the word "morality"? And you wanted Trump to campaign on it?