Re: Trump II

[JoeKitchen]

 

The president declares an emergency and direct FEMA to respond.

But that response is way too little:

It's rather unfortunate, but PR is a victim of timing.  First came Houston, then FL, and now PR; our feelings on this have become numb.  Just look at CNN coverage; it's not even making the main news strip on their website. 

Not to mention FEMA is pretty much out of money, so the president can not really do anything without congressional approval on additional funding. 

So, like I said earlier, you are trying desperately to make an issue for Trump that is not really his fault. 

This is not an excuse for Trump's tweets, but it is just the fact of the situation. 

I'd rather pay attention to something about Trump that Trump can really act on, such as how he is dealing with N Korea.  I live in Philly, too far for North Koreas missiles, so I'm more perturbed by this.  But Chicago is at the outer reach; I would be worrying about other things if I lived there or West. 

[texshooter]

Knee Draggers don't see themselves as sharing a country.  So it should come as no surprise they would treat national symbols of pride (such as flags, anthems and monuments) as bothersome potholes in the road to socialist paradise. 

Karl Marx -- "The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got."

[JoeKitchen]

David Brooks pretty much nails it in the New York Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/opinion/abbie-hoffman-donald-trump.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion-columnists

It has to be admitted that Donald Trump is doing exactly what he was elected to do.

He was not elected to be a legislative president. He never showed any real interest in policy during the campaign. He was elected to be a cultural president. He was elected to shred the dominant American culture and to give voice to those who felt voiceless in that culture. He’s doing that every day.

What’s troubling to me is that those who are the targets of his assaults seem to have no clue about what is going on. When they feel the most righteous, like this past weekend, they are actually losing and in the most peril.

I read this article and thought, maybe. 

Now I just saw how Spike Lee went off on NFL owners for taking a knee while still blacklisting Kaepernick (whom most sport analysts say is past his prime and plays in a way no longer applicable), calling them hypocrites. 

Now I think, more then likely we are seeing the demise of the "meritocratic establishment," although Spike Lee is perpetually angry and this could just be another one of his spats.   

[Chris Kern]

You might argue that Republican representatives in Congress are wealthy by themselves and would vote for it out of self-interest, but that has nothing to do with Trump.

Indeed: I've seen no evidence, based on his vague public comments about it, that Trump actually has any clue what is included in the tax "reform" framework that has been submitted to the Congress in his name.

And, frankly, I'm skeptical about whether the tax proposal was crafted to serve the personal financial interests of Republican members of the House of Representatives or the Senate, either.  While few of them are living from paycheck to paycheck, even fewer could be characterized as among the very rich who would benefit from the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax or the estate tax.  (By the way, it's worth noting that the Democratic members of Congress, on average, aren't exactly hovering at the poverty line, either.)

I suspect the Republican tax bill was crafted primarily to benefit major donors to Republican congressional re-election campaigns.  Trump and his heirs might save many millions if Congress were to implement these proposals, but probably that is just lagniappe.

[Chris Kern]

You might argue that Republican representatives in Congress are wealthy by themselves and would vote for it out of self-interest, but that has nothing to do with Trump.

And, frankly, I'm skeptical about whether the tax proposal was crafted to serve the personal financial interests of Republican members of the House of Representatives or the Senate, either.  While few of them are living from paycheck to paycheck, even fewer could be characterized as among the very rich who would benefit from the elimination of the Alternative Minimum Tax or the estate tax.  (By the way, it's worth noting that the Democratic members of Congress, on average, aren't exactly hovering at the poverty line, either.)

I suspect the Republican tax bill was crafted primarily to benefit major donors to Republican congressional re-election campaigns.  Trump and his heirs might save many millions if Congress were to implement these proposals, but probably that is just lagniappe.

[pegelli]

Did you ever see some of those women without their facial and body garb?  Be thankful they cover up. 

It's not always nice what is under the garb