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Anteater 05-05-2017 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832375)
Ant spends all of his time of the defensive.

Ant: really?

Chula Vista: woe is me, cry cry, whine whine *insert lame Trump meme*

Anteater: hey look at these other stories that are happening at the same time as all the obvious Trump ones

Chula Vista: REEEEEEEEE!11111

On another note, seeing Trump praise Australia's health care was rather interesting.

Lucem Ferre 05-05-2017 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1832394)
Chula Vista: woe is me, cry cry, whine whine *insert lame Trump meme*

Anteater: hey look at these other stories that are happening at the same time as all the obvious Trump ones

Chula Vista: REEEEEEEEE!11111

On another note, seeing Trump praise Australia's health care was rather interesting.

Trump is a ****ing moron. That's all we saw. If people didn't realize it then, they must realize it now.

Anteater 05-06-2017 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 1832398)
Trump is a ****ing moron. That's all we saw. If people didn't realize it then, they must realize it now.

He's a moron and a loser, but he's also a master entertainer. :)

Key 05-06-2017 08:00 AM

I think the main thing Trump has accomplished in his presidency so far is how often people will say the same things about him. I don't even read about him anymore because it's the same stuff. Why put yourself through depressing nonsense when you don't have to? I'm already depressed enough.

OccultHawk 05-06-2017 08:20 AM

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...=1000384943080

This American Life compares the Trump phenomenon to the downfall of Cantor and the campaigns of Pat Buchanan.

rostasi 05-06-2017 09:08 AM

George Will [yes, George Will(!)]:

George Will On Last Word: Trump Has 'Dangerous Disability'

The original article from Will - a guy who is soooo excessively conservative and arrogant most of the time.
Many people are amazed that he actually wrote this piece (and that he sat down with Lawrence O'Donnel :D).

Trollheart 05-06-2017 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1832239)
Kyle breaks down Trumpcare 3.0



When I read this first for a moment I thought it said "Kylie breaks down Trumpcare"! :laughing: Mind you, that might make just as much sense...
Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1832370)
nobody cares

the gov is spying on everyone all the time

let me know when Trump is proposing the discontinuation of any of it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832375)
Ant spends all of his time of the defensive.

Ant: really?

x2 for both of these. Honestly, when the subject at hand seems to be Trump ****ing over the American people for their health cover, it seems totally disingenuous, defensive and to be honest a little insulting to be grinning about whether or not Obama was spying on him. :rolleyes: Priorities?
Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1832431)
He's a moron and a loser, but he's also a master entertainer. :)

Just the sort of person you want in charge of the Free World (TM), right? :rolleyes:

Anteater 05-06-2017 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1832448)
x2 for both of these. Honestly, when the subject at hand seems to be Trump ****ing over the American people for their health cover, it seems totally disingenuous, defensive and to be honest a little insulting to be grinning about whether or not Obama was spying on him. :rolleyes: Priorities?

Just the sort of person you want in charge of the Free World (TM), right? :rolleyes:

1. Except complaining about what Trump is attempting to do with health care at this point is pointless and the equivalent of beating a dead horse. Either the Senate will get it amended enough to where it will be more comprehensive (not that the ACA is that good either at the present moment: they'd be better off trying to fix what we already have probably) or they'll just reject it at the last minute. Rand Paul's paranoia about Obama is at least moderately funny in comparison.

2. Trump's unpredictability on the world stage has proven to be, at least to me, the one thing about him that's compelling. Enemy nations can't wrap their heads around him so when you see stuff like China putting pressure on North Korea as a "consequence" of Trump's words and actions you realize there might be something to that old "4D chess" meme after all. Very different from past administrations but maybe not bad in the long run.

rostasi 05-06-2017 09:44 AM

Sorry, I don't want a leader of the free world who baffles with
bullshit and incompetence - especially one that doesn't realize
that he's doing this.
Dangerous? - yes.
"Compelling"? - not wanted.

Anteater 05-06-2017 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 1832454)
Sorry, I don't want a leader of the free world who baffles with
bullshit and incompetence - especially one that doesn't realize
that he's doing this.
Dangerous? - yes.
"Compelling"? - not wanted.

Honestly, this criticism easily applies to the last few administrations too. They just had better mouthpieces and didn't antagonize the media.

rostasi 05-06-2017 10:03 AM

for your always-encrusted paintbrush:

https://www.magentocommerce.com/mage...ine-icon_1.png

Trollheart 05-06-2017 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1832451)
1. Except complaining about what Trump is attempting to do with health care at this point is pointless and the equivalent of beating a dead horse. Either the Senate will get it amended enough to where it will be more comprehensive (not that the ACA is that good either at the present moment: they'd be better off trying to fix what we already have probably) or they'll just reject it at the last minute. Rand Paul's paranoia about Obama is at least moderately funny in comparison.

2. Trump's unpredictability on the world stage has proven to be, at least to me, the one thing about him that's compelling. Enemy nations can't wrap their heads around him so when you see stuff like China putting pressure on North Korea as a "consequence" of Trump's words and actions you realize there might be something to that old "4D chess" meme after all. Very different from past administrations but maybe not bad in the long run.

If I were to pick three things I wanted in a leader (and yes, it matters to us too, as apart from anything else he's going to try take on our low corporate tax rate) I think entertaining would not be on the list. At all.

Anteater 05-06-2017 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 1832462)
for your always-encrusted paintbrush:

https://www.magentocommerce.com/mage...ine-icon_1.png

I dunno if you should be brushing off the last few decades of history like that. Trump didn't occur in a vacuum as much as the Democrats would like to believe otherwise.


Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1832468)
If I were to pick three things I wanted in a leader (and yes, it matters to us too, as apart from anything else he's going to try take on our low corporate tax rate) I think entertaining would not be on the list. At all.

Entertainment is one of those things that's nice to have. Kind of like how Bill Clinton played the sax. :D

Trollheart 05-06-2017 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1832470)

Entertainment is one of those things that's nice to have. Kind of like how Bill Clinton played the sax. :D

Good leadership, fairness, courage, statesmanship, intelligence, compassion, understanding of his job and that of others, understanding of the world around him ... Nope: don't see entertainment there. Kind of like saying what you want from a band is that they like kittens. It helps if they know how to play their instruments first, and it's a hell of a lot more important. A president can be entertaining, to a degree, but this ain't a popularity contest nor a reality show: this is the big one, reality. Real life. And it's ****ing serious.

Anteater 05-06-2017 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 1832472)
Good leadership, fairness, courage, statesmanship, intelligence, compassion, understanding of his job and that of others, understanding of the world around him ... Nope: don't see entertainment there. Kind of like saying what you want from a band is that they like kittens. It helps if they know how to play their instruments first, and it's a hell of a lot more important. A president can be entertaining, to a degree, but this ain't a popularity contest nor a reality show: this is the big one, reality. Real life. And it's ****ing serious.

Did Obama demonstrate any of these qualities when millions of Americans lost their livelihoods in the aftermath of the Recession yet he chose not to go after Wall-Street despite having the power to do? Or hold anyone to anything resembling accountability? Trump is gonna have to work pretty hard to top that one.

At the end of the day, Trump is just an example of Peter's Principle at work. Means well maybe, but way over head and not detail oriented enough to make anyone happy. Even his fellow rich will hate him in the long run since he's also talking about breaking up the big banks.

At the same time, he's not devoid of the qualities you've mentioned: he's just dug himself into such a deep hole that there's no way for him to come out of this in a positive light. Kind of like how people felt about Bush after the Iraq War.

See, I never had any amazing expectations for Trump to begin with (seeing as I didn't vote for him). Hard to be disappointed in somebody when everything about him is a big ? mark even to people in his own tax bracket. I would have been thrilled if he could have improved the ACA, but I knew it was a longshot.

Chula Vista 05-06-2017 11:23 AM

Ant, once again, trying to defend the fact that he's kissing Trump's ass. As usual.

Obama inherited the recession thanks to GWB. He relied on numerous economic advisers on how to handle things and ended up fixing it as best as any person could have under the circumstances. Both my 401K and home value recovered as a result.

Re: Unemployment. Companies that had been operating fat prior to the economic collapse were simply forced to learn how to operate a lot leaner. After the economy recovered were they simply suppose to re-hire everyone back? Can't blame that on the president.

Obama left office with one of the top 5 highest approval ratings of any president. Trump has the absolute worst approval rating after his first 100 days and has managed to piss everyone off (except for Ant) in the process.

Glad that ammuses you.

Anteater 05-06-2017 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832478)
Obama inherited the recession thanks to GWB. He relied on numerous economic advisers on how to handle things and ended up fixing it as best as any person could have under the circumstances. Both my 401K and home value recovered as a result.

So because you benefited then the millions of other people out there who didn't should just eat shit? Typical Chula: 0 reading comprehension (must have missed my last few posts), 100% hypocrisy.

The stimulus package came at the tail-end of the Bush administration. Obama had the opportunity to build on it and failed miserably. There are countless people who have still not recovered from that disaster. What has Trump done in his first one hundred days that even remotely compares to that?

The rest of your post isn't even worth commenting on.

Anteater 05-06-2017 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1832571)
Ahahaha what

No, my man, they just think he's a monkey

If there's anything "they can't wrap their heads around" it's how US sent this drooling infant to represent them

But that's the funny part: they still gotta play ball. :thumb:

Anteater 05-06-2017 02:38 PM

http://images.gr-assets.com/books/13...21l/880654.jpg

Anteater 05-06-2017 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1832606)
Oh cool some racism

Don't cut yourself on that edge.

Trollheart 05-06-2017 05:28 PM

Better
https://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l...ld3fo1_500.gif

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 05-06-2017 06:31 PM

wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookie

damn muricans

Anteater 05-06-2017 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1832672)
Edgy because I pointed out that "joke" was racist as ****?

I mean, a fortune cookie? Theyre Korean anyway you twat

A wok is a Chinese cooking vessel, so I thought I was doing a clever play on words considering this is China and North Korea. If that's racist then you need to lay off the liberal uber-PC culture Koolaid.

OccultHawk 05-06-2017 06:56 PM

Actually, Koreans are known to wok the dog.

Blank. 05-06-2017 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1832680)
Actually, Koreans are known to wok the dog.

Before or after they wok the cat?

Anteater 05-06-2017 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 1832679)
Woks are not even popular in Korea!

And the phrase only makes sense in relation to N Korea not China

It'd all be excused if it was clever, but it's just racist I guess that's what passes for funny want to do some Asians can't drive jokes next

North Korea is the meat between two pieces of bread here. So no, it was clever and you are wong.

DwnWthVwls 05-06-2017 07:21 PM

https://i.imgur.com/eNtlu1r.jpg

Key 05-06-2017 07:25 PM

George Will column: This president does not know what it is to know | THEIR OPINION | richmond.com

Quote:

WASHINGTON — It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about Donald Trump’s inability to do either. This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability. It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft of information and married to stratospheric self-confidence.
And if you don't know George Will, you'd know that he is the furthest from liberal that you can be.

rostasi 05-06-2017 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiiii (Post 1832690)
George Will column: This president does not know what it is to know | THEIR OPINION | richmond.com[/url]

Post #5195

Stephen 05-06-2017 07:39 PM

stephen-colbert-offensive-trump-joke-fcc-investigation

My hope is that this will result in legal precedent stating that Trump's mouth is only good for one thing.

DwnWthVwls 05-06-2017 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 1832694)
Post #5195

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rostasi (Post 1832446)
George Will [yes, George Will(!)]:

George Will On Last Word: Trump Has 'Dangerous Disability'

The original article from Will - a guy who is soooo excessively conservative and arrogant most of the time.
Many people are amazed that he actually wrote this piece (and that he sat down with Lawrence O'Donnel :D).


Key 05-06-2017 07:44 PM

I don't see the problem.

Chula Vista 05-06-2017 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 1832529)
So because you benefited then the millions of other people out there who didn't should just eat shit?

Qualify this statement with some facts. I already addressed the unemployment bit, which is what the GOP loves to cling to.

Come on Ant, step up.

401K and home gains benefited a huge majority of the country. Don't be dense. Stop trying to make it personal to justify your Trump love.

Anteater 05-06-2017 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832788)
Qualify this statement with some facts. I already addressed the unemployment bit, which is what the GOP loves to cling to.

Come on Ant, step up.

401K and home gains benefited a huge majority of the country. Don't be dense. Stop trying to make it personal to justify your Trump love.

I did step it up. Remember that lovely Vice article you didn't bother to read a few weeks back? It addresses everything I've brought up and more, but you wrote it off and continue to stick your head in the sand. You just choose to ignore what's convenient to you and then put out idiotic statements that apply to you in partisan terms (see bolded). You made this personal and I have qualified my statements on numerous occasions, including how I actually view Trump. You have no imagination and can't come up with anything, so it's "anyone who disagrees with me is a Trump supporter / a member of the GOP" as usual from you.

I'm critical of Trump, but I don't hate him. I'm critical of all politicians, and people like Obama especially since I held him at a much higher standard than Trump and voted for him twice. You are critical (at a kindergartner's level anyway) of Trump and his allies but hate them mindlessly and remain less-than-critical in regards to key individuals in your political camp who created Donald Trump as we see him today. You don't seem to get this distinction or choose not to see it.

You should try resorting to better tactics, because this mindless cliche liberal "burn the witch" garbage mentality makes you look infinitely more stupid than anything I've brought up in this thread over the past six months.

Chula Vista 05-06-2017 11:14 PM

You lost all credibility by quoting a site like Vice in the first place buddy.

Go slink away. The Trump ass stink on your lips is repuslive.

Anteater 05-06-2017 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832798)
You lost all credibility by quoting a site like Vice in the first place buddy.

Go slink away. The Trump ass stink on your lips is repuslive.

Lol...you (based on your last few posts) have the reasoning abilities of a turnip and posses such a low level of reading comprehension that you make Donald Trump look like an Academic Decathlon champion. Do you see why everyone gives you such a hard time now? If you'd actually read what is posted before you respond out of spite, it would make such a difference.

Prove that I'm wrong about you. It wouldn't be that hard if you gave it some thought.

Frownland 05-07-2017 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 1832695)
stephen-colbert-offensive-trump-joke-fcc-investigation

My hope is that this will result in legal precedent stating that Trump's mouth is only good for one thing.

Not a big deal since they investigate any situation on TV or radio in the event of a complaint, that's what they're there for.

I don't understand why people are upset over that joke. The most offensive part is that he used the term cock holster instead of dick holster, which is clearly the more natural sounding insult that has better flow to boot.

Chula Vista 05-07-2017 11:19 AM

I disagree with your points of view, therefore:

- I'm right and you're wrong.
- I'm smart and you're dumb.
- I can comprehend and you can't.
- My points are sensible but your's aren't.
- I read your posts but you don't read mine.

Ant in a nutshell.

Anteater 05-07-2017 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 1832900)
I disagree with your points of view, therefore:

- I'm right and you're wrong.
- I'm smart and you're dumb.
- I can comprehend and you can't.
- My points are sensible but your's aren't.
- I read your posts but you don't read mine.

Ant in a nutshell.

Take out the bolded text and you'd be at least a smidgen closer. Oh well. ;)

At some point you'll learn how to be reasonable instead of leading every one of your posts toward me as "GOP shill / Trump lover" because you don't have an actual argument and can't be bothered to read a simple article because your "too good" for it. Until then, I'll treat you like a child because you have the thought process of a child.

Chula Vista 05-07-2017 12:08 PM

Again, I don't log in here like I'm walking into a high school debate class. You state your opinions, I'll state mine.

TO ME, you continuously come off as a Trump apologist/deflector.

Completely fine by me if you don't see it that way.

Step up your game - it's been over 10 posts since you blamed something on Obama in order to deflect Trump criticism.

In other news: Where the hell is Kellyanne Conway? She's been MIA for over a month.


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