And now for the next act: How do we remove Trump and get a real politician we can control in office? (says the real politicians). There will be more..for sure...
Well, that is also my routine, it is the mainstream media trek that is the most distasteful. Yahoo in the last 9 months has done this huge slide to just skewed reports for the most part. Google isn't much better...
TC is a lot more aggressive and better at dealing with the loon idiots, that is true. Megyn went to the dogs with her war with Trump and then trying to manipulate everything with her shadow written book deal. I do not like Hannity much, but he at least stays with his beliefs.
Feeling secure and being secure are two different things. A lot of these problems were present 60 years ago but they were well hidden from the public. The fact that they are in the open and being discussed and contested is a big improvement.
I believe it was Mark Twain who said "Those who do not read the newspaper are uninformed and those who do are misinformed." It seems today's MSM is the same thing on steroids.
I read back in the '70s that the Russian people were learning how to "read between the lines" and other techniques to glean the truth from Pravda. The Americans are doing the same today, but it still takes a rational mind to sort it all out.
Am I the only one who gets the feeling the nation is already gone? It feels like we are still here geographically. But, we're a populace of easy marks, easily manipulated by media and social media. Our schools are a joke. Our dams are failing. Our roads are crumbling. We act like we prefer to not have any sovereignty. Lawmakers here openly talk of "mommy laws" where they want to take the kids. Taxes and regulations are horrendous against small business. We have one guy in office who actually talks like he'd like to reverse it and we see headlines like this.
Nothing surprises me anymore, really. But, it does make me sad. I think back to days when my grandpa was alive. We'd listen to a little news on the am radio, go fishing, and feel secure that we had some nice freedoms to enjoy. Now it just feels like a big mind f&*% living here.
Maybe a national referendum would be in order. The liberty-loving people all agree somehow to populate some states together, and leave the liberals to have the others. Secession without civil war (could never happen actually). I am tired of listening to liberal media nonsense and no longer watch or listen to "news". I helped elect Trump, he IS president, and I want him to do the best job he can for the next 4 years.
I am disgusted by the leftist liberals. As far as I am concerned I want nothing further to do with people who supported Hillary. They are to be ignored intellectually and fought at each and every turn. The country is ready for a real revolt.
Democrats are on a path to self destruction, led by their own delusional fantasies that they represent truth and the will of the American people (well, at least the ones that count in the big coastal cities and Hollywood). The danger for them is that their faithful lapdog, the media, is beginning to see that endlessly spouting propaganda has destroyed their credibility, and their monetary value.
When the financial barons behind the big media organizations realize their profits are seriously cratering, the way the media reports is going to change. Therein lies the coming minefield for the Democrats, as the media starts to criticize them as "the party of NO" like they did the GOP during the Obama years.
Impeachment is out, since the Republicans control the House, and Trump has committed no "high crimes and misdemeanors," as spelled out in the Constitution. The other route is the idea that the President can be declared mentally unfit. That has always represented a problem, since the exact mechanism for that declaration has never been spelled out. Woodrow Wilson was undoubtedly incapable of carrying out his Presidential duties after a serious stroke, but no one in Congress was willing to move to declare him incompetent, even when it was obvious the First Lady was acting as the de facto Executive. FDR was obviously seriously ill and in a mental fog during the last year of his term until his death, but no one really wanted Truman to take over.
The other problem for the Democrats is that even if they could somehow take Trump out, Mike Pence becomes President. As an arch conservative, their interests would likely fare even less under a Pence presidency. Things don't get better for them under a President Ryan either, so the only way to change history to the Democrats advantage is a mass assassination that takes out every Republican in the chain of succession. Once the new cabinet is in place, that's a dead end as well, because at least one cabinet secretary is always kept isolated as the designated survivor.
Life is complicated, which is a fact the Democrats seem unable to grasp.
We have a way to remove presidents, this is more trash on trying to put road bumps in Trump's agenda that the American people want. Congress should have the same rules as the president, term limits, not a ticket to wealth and riches. Perhaps then we could have statesmen instead of the political class who try to jam down our throats how to live, think, and act.
Arguably pertinent quotes from wise men in the past:
“Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups.” - George Carlin
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." - Robert A. Heinlein
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte
“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.” ― Harlan Ellison
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.” ― Bertrand Russell
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” ― Harlan Ellison
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” —Albert Einstein
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Do not ever say that the desire to “do good” by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.” —Ayn Rand
“I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.” -Leonardo daVinci (and many people in Galts Gulch)
Politians are used to getting their own way. Either by hook or by crook, they will try to abort this uncooperative President. So I am not surprised they are trying to redefine terms in their favor. However, amendments to the Constitution are not interpreted by the Legislature, but by the Judicial. And they better have a compelling argument to set up this new committee besides just kicking out a President they don't like, because if it works, they need to realize the blade cuts both ways and eventually the pendulum swings the other way and your candidate will have their neck on the block.
Again me dino is thinking of those yapping Chihuahuas a now deceased relative used to keep. Wanting you to go away, they'd (loud minority) yap their heads off while on their hind legs dancing and twirling and jumping up and down. Watch out for the one who'd sneak up and nip at your heels while you cover your ears to shut out all that terribly loud yap yap yapping. Lately me dino has been shamelessly ad hominem calling Democrats the Jackass Party (due to (1).their mule symbol and (2) them).. Today I thought about changing that name to a certain breed of yapping dog. But it occurred to me that readers would think I was probably talking about illegals from a Mexican state just across the border.
Let Shepard Smith rant on. How many people do you think will watch him? Remember: Megyn Kelly left Fox, and Tucker Carlson, her replacement in the slot, doubled the ratings for that slot. What does that tell you?
I try to absorb the big picture by periodic visits to three sources: the mainstream media, Fox News and Trump's own statements (and tweets). This makes me better informed than those who only access sources that agree with their views.
In some ways I am a news junkie and therefore suffering from extreme withdrawal symptoms. I want to know what events are taking place in the world at large, my country, state, county and village. I am concerned that I will be an ignorant fool if I do not know what is going on among my fellow inhabitants. Once I have this knowledge, I am interested in the views of others regarding the importance and significance of these acts. It is distressing to me that others opinions and agendas are so entwined with the reporting of events that I can never be sure I am separating facts from opinion correctly. Since I cannot personally witness every event on earth, I am in constant doubt and feeling like the ignorant fool that I am trying to avoid.
Speaking of personal observation: I have been a participant or witness in a few, insignificant, events that were reported in the media and every single report was different from what I experienced. Not once have I read or heard what I saw or heard, sometimes in small ways but sometimes materially different. I would believe it is me and I live in an alternate universe but others have the same experience and this is getting more frequent.
I'm not sure, Shepard Smith (I am no fan of his) is calling him a loon, several other outlets are following suit, coupled with this bit, I would be careful assuming the bulk of the country supporting him will be enough. Most of what he says is the same think most people are saying. The Russia story so pandered about is really fake news, just like the DNC hack "by Russia" was fake news. They spin the story their way, and it becomes truth, as no outlet will change it, since then they look fake. Yet the story, as put out by them, was fake, it was a factual story, maybe, but it was spun in the direction they wanted, trashing the truth, and making it fake. The media is afraid of Trump because he can make his own news without them, therefor, all their power to control the mainstream opinion is now trashed. That scares them more than a crazy president. ow they are fishing, and in less than 30 days we have our first article " Trump may have committed his first impeachable offense". They play lawyer, judge and jury, then try to go sell it, and if it doesn't stick, they try another. I am sick of all media at this point, as I have yet to find one, ONE TINY reporter, who will just report the damn facts, and not "their opinion".
While the Dems and the mainstream media publicly indulge their fantasies, Trump's approval ratings are moving up. In trying to destroy Trump, they are only destroying what's left of their credibility.
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Yapping Dog Yellow Journalism.
Me dino just experimenting here.
Nothing to patent yet I reckon.
I read back in the '70s that the Russian people were learning how to "read between the lines" and other techniques to glean the truth from Pravda. The Americans are doing the same today, but it still takes a rational mind to sort it all out.
Nothing surprises me anymore, really. But, it does make me sad. I think back to days when my grandpa was alive. We'd listen to a little news on the am radio, go fishing, and feel secure that we had some nice freedoms to enjoy. Now it just feels like a big mind f&*% living here.
When the financial barons behind the big media organizations realize their profits are seriously cratering, the way the media reports is going to change. Therein lies the coming minefield for the Democrats, as the media starts to criticize them as "the party of NO" like they did the GOP during the Obama years.
Impeachment is out, since the Republicans control the House, and Trump has committed no "high crimes and misdemeanors," as spelled out in the Constitution. The other route is the idea that the President can be declared mentally unfit. That has always represented a problem, since the exact mechanism for that declaration has never been spelled out. Woodrow Wilson was undoubtedly incapable of carrying out his Presidential duties after a serious stroke, but no one in Congress was willing to move to declare him incompetent, even when it was obvious the First Lady was acting as the de facto Executive. FDR was obviously seriously ill and in a mental fog during the last year of his term until his death, but no one really wanted Truman to take over.
The other problem for the Democrats is that even if they could somehow take Trump out, Mike Pence becomes President. As an arch conservative, their interests would likely fare even less under a Pence presidency. Things don't get better for them under a President Ryan either, so the only way to change history to the Democrats advantage is a mass assassination that takes out every Republican in the chain of succession. Once the new cabinet is in place, that's a dead end as well, because at least one cabinet secretary is always kept isolated as the designated survivor.
Life is complicated, which is a fact the Democrats seem unable to grasp.
“Never Underestimate The Power Of Stupid People In Large Groups.” - George Carlin
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." - Robert A. Heinlein
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
― Harlan Ellison
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
― Bertrand Russell
“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
― Harlan Ellison
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
—Albert Einstein
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Do not ever say that the desire to “do good” by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”
—Ayn Rand
“I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.”
-Leonardo daVinci (and many people in Galts Gulch)
Wanting you to go away, they'd (loud minority) yap their heads off while on their hind legs dancing and twirling and jumping up and down.
Watch out for the one who'd sneak up and nip at your heels while you cover your ears to shut out all that terribly loud yap yap yapping.
Lately me dino has been shamelessly ad hominem calling Democrats the Jackass Party (due to (1).their mule symbol and (2) them)..
Today I thought about changing that name to a certain breed of yapping dog.
But it occurred to me that readers would think I was probably talking about illegals from a Mexican state just across the border.
Speaking of personal observation: I have been a participant or witness in a few, insignificant, events that were reported in the media and every single report was different from what I experienced. Not once have I read or heard what I saw or heard, sometimes in small ways but sometimes materially different. I would believe it is me and I live in an alternate universe but others have the same experience and this is getting more frequent.