President Trump's First Hundred Days

Just wondering if you think Hillary in the white house would help prevent this.

 

Corporate globalists want it all, make the decisions, and reap the profit across the planet.

 

I think it's admirable that you're all about preserving patrimony of the Founding Fathers. I would like to discuss protecting our sovereignty. I think this can be accomplished in a civilized fashion. I think that we should be examining our policy around immigration. Are we being charitable? Shall we be a sanctuary of sorts? Who qualifies to get in now?

 

Tell me your definition of a patriot.

Tell me what you THINK you know about our Founding Fathers. I think that you have no clue of their core tenets.

Denigrating our military is a tactic of the left. You do remember Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and their Students for a Democratic Society and their contempt for our military don't you? How about the Port Huron Statement?

Trump and I have utmost respect for our servicemen. To imply contrary is a wholly unjustified cheap shot.

You were coned by a consummate con artist. The entire Clinton Crime Cartel ought to be in Guantanamo.

Tell me precisely how I was conned by Donald Trump. Be specific.

 

Hart-Celler instituted the intentional reconfiguration of our country and, more importantly, its culture.

 

This is so far wrong that it's completely laughable. Conservatives are non-interventionists. Forcing political constructs upon other countries is a tactic of leftists, which includes liberals and neocons.

 

I don't think working with other countries is the working definition of globalization, or that's a really nice way to sugarcoat it. As it stands, globalism means the entire globe coming under the rule of one organization, which in our case would be corporatism. It doesn't mean at all nations working together in a sensible fashion while maintaining their sovereign identity.

It's pretty insipid to say globalization is in general a good thing. Corporate globalization is not a good thing. Corporations just want the cheapest labor possible. They will bleed every country dry if that means making a profit. They have proven themselves to be totally irresponsible to the citizens of the world and to the environment.

 

They were running a remote agricultural country with a small population, which had no international accomplishments or international respect. Not in any way similar to the world power that emerged during WWII.

 

And of course corporations are a non-person legal entity. A puff of smoke for victims to drag into court. I've worked for several corporations, usually as a contractor and barely given any notice. But I have seen enough to say that while they are a non-person entity, they do tend to take on personality traits of their founders. I'm usually an outside observer because I don't have a stake. I do my bit and leave.

But career corporate stooges are a culture unto themselves. And many of them trade high level jobs as often as you'd expect a diner cook with a coke habit. And yet, they stay up in the clouds, with all their chums, milking the corporate beast while feeding it the blood of people from the floors below.

I think corporate class posturing is really the most disgusting thing to see. Even worse than politics since the rules are completely different. Corporations are the ultimate expression of human arrogance. Their policies and procedures define how their founders' personalities become eternal. Eternally greedy, self-serving and shameless.

Naturally I expect to catch GOP mud for thinking like this. After all, I do my best to drain every nickel I can from greedy corporations. Not because I'm personally greedy. Heck no. I don't own anything, it all belongs to Jane, my wife. And I go to work disguised as any other corporate dork. It keeps them from suspecting my pot habit which keeps them from discovering that I'm a psychopath.

It's all about the layers.

 

None of this is going to happen. There will be no wall, 11 million illegals won't be deported, billions won't be spent improving America's aging infrastructure. I told my 'Trump buddies' during the campaign that I hope they have a reason to vote for him other than his many promises. Anyone that thinks he will be able (or willing) to deliver on any of this must be out of their minds.

 

MeAgain. Trump also said he would take care of injured vets. Something that either party has done up to this point and I think it's fucking pitiful. If you are going to ask someone to put thier limbs on the line you should at the very least pay for that limb to be replaced and any other medical needs he might have.
Sure we will have to wait to see if he does it.

As for the things he said...I am thinking that part of that was to grab headlines because he didn't have the money that some of the other candidates had from superpacs and corporations donations.
The pow and similar comments were also about half the reason I didn't vote for Trump. That being said words mean nothing to me. Action is the only thing that does. Now let's see if he puts into action what he said he will.

 

Good Evening, Moonglow,

It is impossible for a conservative to become a dictator, for they are mutually exclusive constructs. Conservatives believe in maximum individual freedom and minimal government. Dictators can retain power through only oppression and fear.

Dictatorships (all totalitarian constructs) always arise from the left. Almost without exception, dictators seize power by exploiting people's natural proclivities for greed: believing that they're going to receive the fruits of others' labor and capital that others have risked. This is why our politicians' espousing class warfare is extremely dangerous. The French Revolution began as class warfare. It ended after many who thought they were going to receive free stuff were introduced to Dr. Guillotin's head removing contraption. Hence, you have to be very careful of what you wish for because you might just get it. When you do get it, it'll probably be what you didn't expect. Obamacare is a classic example of getting that for which you hadn't wished.

Obama is close to a dictator that our country has had. He continually flaunted his legacy while disregarding our constitution. What he couldn't achieve legislatively, he operationalized via executive order. As we know, only congress has constitutional authority to legislate. I have no clue of how many executive orders Obama as issued. In contrast, President Washington issued only one: his Neutrality Act (nonintervention). At that time, congress believed Washington's executive order was illegal because only congress had authority to create law. So it passed President Washington's Neutrality Act legislatively whereupon it became law: Americans were proscribed from becoming involved in internal affairs of other countries.

Trump has repeatedly said that he is going to reestablish the rule of law, which is a conservative tenet that liberals and neocons believe does not apply to them. A Dictator would protect Hillary from the rule of law. A conservative would want her processed as an ordinary alleged criminal.

Trump is the complete opposite of a dictator, for no dictator can believe in the rule of law.

I hope this helps.

 

Well, thank you for your very civil, helpful reply here. It made me feel a little better...and I am really hoping for the best for all of us....

 

Amen.

Trump wants vets to have what we know as PPO insurance. They won't have to wait for availability of a VA physician. They can see any physician they desire (just like our politicians at our expense), and vets' medical care will be paid by government. President Trump is the ONLY politician of whom I'm aware who has actually pledged to help our vets, and who has pledged to provide them with quality healthcare. God bless him for that!

We can drastically reduce the VA. Instead, vets should be able to go to direct providers. If they want to continue their educations, they should be able to access college entrance counselors with tuition fees paid by government. Ditto for home loans.

Vets should never have to wait for medical/psychiatric treatment that they require.

Our vets ought to be treated better than our politicians.

 

Hi Moonglow,

You're welcome.

I hope your Veterans Day weekend is your best ever.

Take care,

LB

 

How does that invalidate any part of our constitution?

As far as international accomplishment: whipping the most powerful military in the world at that time was pretty damned impressive.

Our constitution is as valid today as it was on 17 Sept 1787 when Madison wrote it.