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"President" Ryan Takes Over

Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago to Politics
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This weekend Trump gave a speech at a rally. He read that lady and the snake poem again whereas the lady nurses a half frozen snake back to health and the snake bites her. Asked why, the snake said "You knew I was a snake."
The poem was being applied to a sneaky Muslim terrorist. While Trump read that, me dino was in my Easy Boy saying, "Apply that to Paul Ryan! Paul Ryan! Don't you know what you have for mess-siss-siss-ssing around with Paul Ryan?"
But no-o. Trump has stated Ryan's doing a wonderful job. Evidently, Trump has been getting bit while not knowing it.
The article in the link bears that out. What is NOT funded according to Daniel Horowitz's analysis of the Continuing Resolution to fund the government for the rest of the Fiscal Year?
The border wall.
What is being funded?
Sanctuary cites.
The refugee program gets $3.1 billion, the same as it did under Obama.
Green energy programs you'd think Trump would eliminate receives a modest increase.
Click the link to read the rest.
You'd have thought the Evil Hag had won the election. Horowitz writes "this is the way it always goes with President Ryan. Ryan's budget brinkmanship strategy is to wait until the government is about to run out of spending authority, then demand that conservatives cave in on the Democrats' priorities."
Me dino is thinking that if Trump really wants to drain the swamp, first demand Ryan resign as Speaker and publicly identify and fully expose all the RINOs who help Ryan play his deceptive political games.
Trump needs to drain his own home swamp first.

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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    What I'm saying is that when dealing with congress you are not dealing with the cream of that crop in most cases..They are adhering to the preconceived playbook and will never deviate from that, because in reality, they have no core beliefs. They will use whatever advances their cause whether or not it is best for the people.just so long as it's good for the party and them. That is why, when it comes to party loyalty the Democrats beat the Republicans every time.
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  • Posted by GaryL 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    We should not need Rush to inform us of those realities. Politics in and of itself is a filthy business fraught with corruption on all sides and just about every one of them are for sale at the right price. None of them become millionaires on their government salaries but most do get rich.
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  • Posted by JohnJMulhall 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Herb7734 - you are accurate. As an elected city+ representative, I went to DC on many occasions and only ONE (1) congresscritter didn't have to rely on the staff to discuss city difficulties and public transit. Poor showing in the 80s, some better with the newbys, but...
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  • Posted by JohnJMulhall 8 years ago
    Perhaps ALL the snakes need to be exposed and the Dims be replaced, the RINOs can be the secondary targets.
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  • Posted by NealS 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    In a new book, "Enhanced Interrogation", CIA contractor James Mitchell talks of his time as an interrogator of al Qaeda leaders and alleges that their plan was not to destroy the U.S. militarily but to use lax immigration laws, weak politicians and procreation to take the nation down from the inside. How can we argue this concept? Do we perhaps to make some constitution changes? Do we have the "right" to enforce our borders? Do we have a say in what our children are being taught? Should we be required to obey our laws, or is that only for part of the population? Should we allow ignorant dissent? If the people want and even vote for a dictatorship or some other kind of rule, do we have to allow it? Will the masses prevail? Who will comprise the masses (in the US) in the future? Selfishly, I am actually thankful that I'm in the checkout column (just 75), what's happening to America today is very painful to me.
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  • Posted by Texaswildfire 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Speaker of the House of Representatives is second in line of succession.

    The President pro tempore of the Senate is third in line.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I have an ancient degree in Journalism. Way back then I was taught at Troy State University that defamation is not a criminal but a civil matter that protects private citizens.
    Public figures have far less protection from, say, those trashy tabloids you see sold at grocery stores or from anyone else.
    It's hard to enlighten citizens indoctrinated by lib educators and misled by crooked tinhorns propped up by the corrupt mainstream media.
    There's only so much that conservative commentators like Rush, Hannity, Levine, Savage and all the right wing email from various sites I get can do.
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  • Posted by wiggys 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    keep in mind he did try to start smaller businesses and they failed. he did not listen to those who did make the big gains for him.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Everyone is complaining. Maybe I should complain about all the complaining. Watch this~
    Listen up, folks! There's too much complaining going on from both the left and the right and I'm complaining about it.
    Everyone take a chill pill or I'll really complain! Yeah, you'll really be sorry when I really complain!
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  • Posted by NealS 8 years ago
    Frustrating to say the least. Are we willing to take the chance by not reelecting those in our party that are proving to be weaklings and cowards? The primaries are just as, if not more, important as the general elections. And somehow we need to put a stop to this prejudiced media that really should be in our courts trying to defend themselves for their treasonous "reporting". I find nothing in the constitution that allows the media to slander and put forth so much prejudiced and false information. And there's got to be a law against a people's representative calling our president a scumbag (a very unpleasant person who has done something dishonest or unacceptable) without spelling out specifics, other than dishonest and cowardly rhetoric. Are these the kind of people anyone wants representing them? Unfortunately the other side does. What can we do to enlighten them (the voters) without becoming like them ourselves?
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    What's a Thino? I tried to look it up.
    One Gulcher here wrote that Ryan is more into working on his~thino?~physique than doing his job.
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  • Posted by JuliBMe 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Hi, Dino! LOL, I'm in California. My vote is overwhelmed by stupidity.

    I wasn't thinking you were giving up. I was bouncing off your initial broaching of the subject. I'm just hearing a lot of complaints about the CR. A LOT. It just seems people, in general, are losing perspective already.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    "So much of this is Kabuki theater"
    Exactly.
    "It would not surprise me to see a later tell all book that discloses this is all a sham, and that Trump and Schumer staged their public warfare while working together behind the scenes."
    Yes. I would not be surprised if they did some joint staging. I would be shocked if they took it seriously, if any of them in a private moment honestly said, "I'm engaged in a monumental high-stakes pitched battle based on ideologically differences." The truth is more like "What can I feed the media and commentators that is really insignificant but that they can twist into the biggest news story ever, which keeps them and me employed."
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years ago
    Of course our Dino is correct. But it starts one to wonder, why does the swamp need draining on both sides at all? Have we become so inured to corruption that we expect it as a matter of course? Shouldn't we be more outraged instead of shrugging our shoulders as if to say that's the way it is, and has been for many decades? The ultimate result is that we get Senators like comedy writer Al Franken reciting questions put together by his staff and read to the person he is questioning as if he never saw the questions before. Congressmen and Senators should be paragons. Not only better and more honest but knowledgeable in the Constitution and history of our country. What do we have instead? A motley crew of mostly people who couldn't tell you anything without their staff figuring it out for them. People who cannot string two sentences together in order to form a paragraph. We don't have what we need in Washington, but what we are willing to settle for.
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  • Posted by KevinSchwinkendorf 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    I read/heard once that Paul Ryan is into "P90X" workouts. Maybe he should spend more time working for the People who elected him (and President Trump) and less on his physique...
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino has not given up hope. Trump has a very long swim in a swamp before him, hopefully for eight years. I voted for Cruz in the primary, by the way.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    He has some. Trump can launch Tomahawks for a selective military strike and write executive orders, but that's not what I'd call real power.
    I agree that thre GOP should changed its name to GOA~Grand Old Appeasers. They've been doing that long enough.
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  • Posted by wiggys 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    actually I suspect that he benefitted from good people doing his bidding. he is and has shown to be a "showman" and is enjoying as did 0 being in the perpetual spotlight.
    the only thing good about him being president is that h is not.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years ago in reply to this comment.
    On the radio shortly before the presidential election, I heard Rush Limbaugh admit to having an epiphany over the existence of many selfish power hungry professional political pigs in the GOP he once cherished.
    He even said some Republicans in Congress hoped the Evil Hag would win so they could "keep their power and their fiefdoms."
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