guy incognito Posted May 24 Posted May 24 1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said: How to win friends and influence people... 1 1 Quote
smr-nj Posted May 24 Posted May 24 I will say this: every time I think this man can’t get more despicable …. he does. There evidently isn’t a low point that he can’t achieve. I suppose that’s notable. I just can’t believe that people who are currently in the military are looking at this man and not feeling like there’s something that they need to do. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted May 24 Posted May 24 From the videos of the speech I've seen response was tepid at best. It was almost a rerun of the BSA speech 8 years ago. 1 Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted May 25 Posted May 25 A friend shared this with me. Is there any truth to the stuff about the courts? I would think that would require changing the constitution. Quote
HighOPS Posted May 25 Posted May 25 15 hours ago, guy incognito said: Reading the full transcript I think it was supposed to be "not" spread democracy at the point of a gun. The next sentence talks about what it is to do. It's an unfortunate error and one that would have been corrected in the public record in the past if the president wasn't already violating the emoluments clause, sending people to foreign prisons for civil infractions without due process, violating the Impoundment Act and Article I daily, ... Quote
Tiger337 Posted May 25 Posted May 25 8 minutes ago, HighOPS said: Reading the full transcript I think it was supposed to be "not" spread democracy at the point of a gun. The next sentence talks about what it is to do. It's an unfortunate error and one that would have been corrected in the public record in the past if the president wasn't already violating the emoluments clause, sending people to foreign prisons for civil infractions without due process, violating the Impoundment Act and Article I daily, ... That's what I heard too. Quote
mtutiger Posted May 25 Posted May 25 He's known him "a long time", yet he's shocked that Putin's bombing the ever loving **** out of Kyiv. It's farcical Quote
chasfh Posted May 26 Posted May 26 On 5/24/2025 at 5:28 PM, smr-nj said: I will say this: every time I think this man can’t get more despicable …. he does. There evidently isn’t a low point that he can’t achieve. I suppose that’s notable. I just can’t believe that people who are currently in the military are looking at this man and not feeling like there’s something that they need to do. Military people are not generally the biggest supporters of the idea of democracy. Quote
romad1 Posted May 26 Posted May 26 33 minutes ago, guy incognito said: It’s Festivus again. He’s got the nuclear codes. Quote
romad1 Posted May 26 Posted May 26 2 hours ago, chasfh said: Military people are not generally the biggest supporters of the idea of democracy. They swore oaths to the Constitution. I would have said “They swore oaths ….….Dickhead” if i weren’t so open minded and magnanimous. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted May 26 Posted May 26 (edited) 2 hours ago, romad1 said: They swore oaths to the Constitution. I would have said “They swore oaths ….….Dickhead” if i weren’t so open minded and magnanimous. I’m not trying to be a dickhead, and I certainly don’t mean 100% of all military people, which, I could see why you’d take that from what I posted. But as you know as well as anyone, not everyone who swears an oath to the Constitution embraces all its principles. After all, this president and his personal party’s elected representatives all swore oaths to the Constitution. How seriously do you think they are taking that oath? The military itself is anything but a democracy. Nobody is asking grunts for their votes on how the military should be run, and that’s the way it should be, because of the unique role the military fulfills. But that certainly must also be a big draw for a high percentage of the leadership who would like to impose the military’s brand of dictatorial command-and-control on the civilian population as well. Michael Flynn is a pretty good example of that. That’s what I meant to imply by what I said. Edited May 26 by chasfh Quote
romad1 Posted May 26 Posted May 26 42 minutes ago, chasfh said: I’m not trying to be a dickhead, and I certainly don’t mean 100% of all military people, which, I could see why you’d take that from what I posted. But as you know as well as anyone, not everyone who swears an oath to the Constitution embraces all its principles. After all, this president and his personal party’s elected representatives all swore oaths to the Constitution. How seriously do you think they are taking that oath? The military itself is anything but a democracy. Nobody is asking grunts for their votes on how the military should be run, and that’s the way it should be, because of the unique role the military fulfills. But that certainly must also be a big draw for a high percentage of the leadership who would like to impose the military’s brand of dictatorial command-and-control on the civilian population as well. Michael Flynn is a pretty good example of that. That’s what I meant to imply by what I said. Huge distance between the grifters who command them and the people who serve. 2 Quote
LaceyLou Posted May 26 Posted May 26 4 hours ago, guy incognito said: It’s Festivus again. I suppose we should be grateful that he didn't 'honor' people like my Uncle Bill, who gave their lives for their country, by calling them suckers and losers again. 3 Quote
chasfh Posted May 26 Posted May 26 2 hours ago, romad1 said: Huge distance between the grifters who command them and the people who serve. It’s the grifters who command them that I think we should be concerned about. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 8 hours ago, romad1 said: Huge distance between the grifters who command them and the people who serve. In the US military I would guess more people learn to lead by actually leading than by just issuing orders than most any other place, which certainly doesn't preclude there being a share of little Napoleons there. But those little Napoleon's are just as drawn to the business world and maybe even more to domestic hierarchies like policing. They are a ubiquitous social hazard. Quote
romad1 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 6 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: In the US military I would guess more people learn to lead by actually leading than by just issuing orders than most any other place, which certainly doesn't preclude there being a share of little Napoleons there. But those little Napoleon's are just as drawn to the business world and maybe even more to domestic hierarchies like policing. They are a ubiquitous social hazard. the amount of stress that people are under in conflict drives a requirement to weed out the venal and the weak. It doesn't necessarily weed out the egomaniacs. 1 Quote
mtutiger Posted May 27 Posted May 27 On 5/25/2025 at 8:36 AM, HighOPS said: Reading the full transcript I think it was supposed to be "not" spread democracy at the point of a gun. The next sentence talks about what it is to do. That's a "defeated Medicare" level ****up. I'm sure Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson are on it lol Quote
romad1 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 (edited) Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner - The New York Times We got him dead to rights! File this with the other things we have him dead to rights on. Quote Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary. Edited May 27 by romad1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted May 27 Posted May 27 52 minutes ago, romad1 said: Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner - The New York Times We got him dead to rights! File this with the other things we have him dead to rights on. There's nobody to charge him. The DOJ won't go after him. Who's left? Quote
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