[kj] Trump

[Neil Perry]

:-)

Yes, until there is a permanent, 100-metre wide, 3,000-kilometre long
hurricane along the
entire length of the border with Mexico, I refuse to believe it.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 13:39, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Trump can barely control his own hair.
>
> Alex in NYC
>
> On Feb 27, 2019, at 7:32 AM, Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So Trump is controlling the weather... how is he doing that, exactly?
>
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 01:54, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I also didn't vote for Trump - or Clinton.  I thought both were shitty
>> candidates and I couldn't in clear conscious cast a vote for either
>> candidate. The first time I've ever left the Presidential selection empty.
>> Not that it matters, living in California I think something like 90%+ voted
>> for Clinton.  I am supremely pissed off at the Republican party for have a
>> great opportunity to address the issues with ObamaCare and totally blowing
>> the chance.  As far as I'm concerned, both parties can kiss my chocky
>> starfish.
>>
>> I think Trump's turned out be every bit as lousy (certainly stupid) a
>> President as expected, but I also think some decent things have happened on
>> his watch.  Joe Cosenza brought up a few things in his reply.  Nobody can
>> argue the economy is humming along even despite the China trade war.  I
>> think he's shined a light on the horrible immigration (legal and illegal)
>> situation in this country regardless of how silly his argument for a "wall"
>> comes off.  I live in Southern California, I see firsthand how unregulated
>> illegal immigration from Mexico is a drain on local resources.  The funny
>> thing is, the Obama administration was actually more draconian in deporting
>> aliens and was also a proponent of "building a wall" but that got nowhere
>> near the attention Trump gets on the issue.
>>
>> One of the things I don't see discussed much pro or con in regards to
>> Trump's tenure, is how he has perhaps inadvertently (just by the way he
>> does things) exposed just how fucked up and impotent the Federal government
>> has become.  I also don't get how a lot of people that have fixated on
>> Trump to the point he seems to dominate their every waking moment.  Sure,
>> hate the guy but seriously, with some people it's pathological.  It has
>> crept into every online forum I traffic in no matter how non-political some
>> of those forums may be.  The whole deal with Jussie Smollett is a microcosm
>> of what I'm talking about.   I think some people are going to jump off
>> bridges when the Mueller investigation (finally) wraps and calls for
>> anything less than Trumps' crucifixion.
>>
>> I'm old enough to vividly remember the days of Nixon and Carter... a lot
>> of shit people complain about right now is first world problems compared to
>> some of the nonsense back in the early to late 70's.  Like those goofs,
>> we'll all get through the Trump era.  The thing to be aware of, as we've
>> been seeing every election cycle things and candidates seem to swing
>> farther and farther to the extreme right and left.  I would not be
>> surprised if we get an ultra-progressive Liberal like an Alexandria
>> Ocasio-Cortez who is 180 degrees the flip side of Trump but equally stupid
>> and potentially damaging to the country as POTUS within a decade.
>>
>> Then again, the way our society is going, I wouldn't be surprised with
>> Civil War and the US splitting up like the Soviet Union in the 90's in our
>> lifetime.
>>
>> ++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>
>> From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of
>> jpwhkj--- via Gathering
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> Thanks for responding - interesting points.
>>
>> One follow-up from me.  You say you didn't vote for him.  Did you vote at
>> all (in the 2016 PE)?  And if so, who for (if you don't mind telling us)?
>> And crucially - why?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jamie
>>
>>
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