Trump Administration Predictions (2 Viewers)

[The_Doc_Man]

it reminds of folks that know nothing about making gumbo, claiming the roux is the secret to a great recipe.

Just for the record, from someone whose wife and mother-in-law are/were Cajun from Chac Bay, Louisiana - well within Cajun country - I will tell you "first you make a roux" is NOT just a trivial bit of advice. A gumbo without a decent roux is more likely to be called "thin soup" and whatever you used for stock, it won't be enough. You will rue the day you try to make a gumbo without a roux. And if you claim you can do without a roux, you'll be chased by the rou-gar-ou. (It's a Cajun werewolf.)

I'll grant that a good stock is ALSO necessary - but don't sell the roux short.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I even knew a guy that directed a bunch of former housewives on the building PT boats.

Add to your list that you now know someone whose father, during WW II, built liberty ships for Higgins shipyards and later, when it was deemed the USA had enough Liberty ships, my father helped Delta Shipyards build PBYs for the Navy. Just to clarify, Higgins also built landing craft for the amphibious invasion forces, but Dad was on the Liberty ship project. Andrew Higgins did both for the war effort.

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@Thales750 - You are on delicate ground here. You keep returning to use of the word "Nazi" - but you were warned a few months ago about abusing people by associating that term to them. Be VERY careful how you used that word, because if you use it as a member pejorative, that is one of the more extreme insults. If you point that 4-letter word at a member, it is grounds for suspension or other moderator action. If you use it ONLY for historical reference - and CLEARLY for that purpose only - then you are inside the guidelines, even if only barely so.

We've had a couple of language complaints on the forum recently and Jon has reminded us that with the new UK laws governing web sites, he could be personally responsible if someone complains to the appropriate authorities. We just lost one Access web site. Let's not lose another. Your warning is public because folks need to see we are serious about protecting the forum through pro-active warnings.
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[AccessBlaster]

When you've lost the argument, the only thing left is insults.

 

[RogerCooper]

Let's Play Everyone's Favorite Game Show

FIND THE SOCIALIST

This week two prominent American politicians announced policies. One of them is an avowed socialist. The other spends a lot of time bashing socialists. Let's see if you can guess which one came from the socialist. Please guess before you look it up.

A. Rezoning a large industrial area to allow housing to be built by the private developers.

B. Making the building of a road to a mine conditional on giving the government a 10% share in the mine.

This should be easy as I assume everyone here is good at identifying socialists.

 

[NauticalGent]

Trying to get folks to see that either party is just one side of the same shitty coin is a daunting task.

The illusion of choice is strong...good luck

 

[The_Doc_Man]

This should be easy as I assume everyone here is good at identifying socialists.

It IS easy. Just find the folks who have an insatiable desire to spend someone else's money. Particularly on things that don't benefit the populace as a whole, but rather only benefit small groups of dubious need.

 

[Pat Hartman]

to Portland, Oregon, which Trump claims has been taken over by left-wing “domestic terrorists.”

And what exactly would you call the The terrorists who take over the city and block traffic and loot stores on a regular basis?

 

[AccessBlaster]

Trying to get folks to see that either party is just one side of the same shitty coin is a daunting task.

The illusion of choice is strong...good luck

Extra points for knowing, but what's the alternative? Ron Paul? He's 90 that ship has sailed.

 

[Pat Hartman]

The part of Nazism that I am referring to, is the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party during the early part of the 1930s.

I know that because clearly there is nothing Trump and Hitler have in common except for their ability to work a crowd and that is why calling Trump Hitler or a Nazi is ridiculous and is simply a way to use a curse word without getting banned. Your comparison has nothing whatsoever to do with who the Nazis are and what they did. You think that because Trump can work a crowd that that makes him a Nazi??????????? Clinton was pretty good at working a crowd. So was Obama. Your lack of knowledge of history is showing. Throwing Nazi and Hitler around the way you do makes them completely meaningless and proves that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Are you prepared, in your obvious hatred of south-of-the-border people,

Your ignorance is bubbling out again. You obviously cannot tell the the difference between legal and illegal immigration but the real issue is that you think all illegal immigrants come from "south of the border". It's a little like the bigotry of low expectations when the left thinks that blacks are incapable of finding their way to a DMV to acquire a photo ID so they can vote. Therefore, they always vote against enforcing photo ID to vote. That gives them the opportunity to register Illegals to vote and get them to the poles. Who's the racist here?

 

[RogerCooper]

It IS easy. Just find the folks who have an insatiable desire to spend someone else's money. Particularly on things that don't benefit the populace as a whole, but rather only benefit small groups of dubious need.

Doc_Man, which do you think was the avowed socialist? Neither exactly involves spending someone else's money.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Meanwhile Trump keeps having the government take shares in private companies so he can exert control over them. Much like Mamdani's idiotic city-owned grocery stores on a larger and stupider scale.

Trump is becoming a politician and that is really too bad. The government should not be picking winners and losers and needs to stop taking over private businesses. Among other things, Trump need to get on the stick and cut Fannie and Freddie loose instead of trying to figure out a way to keep some of the revenue stream.

 

[NauticalGent]

Extra points for knowing, but what's the alternative? Ron Paul? He's 90 that ship has sailed.

Nothing can be done. Had Ron Paul ben elected, he would have met his death within 6 months as has every POTUS who dared to mess with the money. There is no alternative, this has to run it's course and all we can do is hope it doesn't hurt too bad.

The first time I read Directive 10-289 in Ayn Rand's book, I thought "That's a little dramatic, even for her". Now, I think we are getting closer to it at at an alarming pace...

 

[Pat Hartman]

Directive 10-289

Does anyone notice how much the worst bills passed by Congress follow this model of saying the opposite of what they will actually do. The "Affordable Care Act" is one of the most famous and Congress had to "vote to pass it before they could know what was in it".

I am not now a Republican (although I have to be registered as something in order to vote in primaries so at this time, I choose to vote in Republican primaries. I used to vote in Democrat primaries and switched in 2016 so I could vote against Trump in the primary). I have never been a Republican. And based on the fecklessness of the current crop of Republicans, I will never be a Republican. They are weaklings who hide in corners when Democrats call them names and end up voting to support Democrat policies rather than upholding their campaign promises. That's pretty much why they all hate Trump with a purple passion. He exposed their fecklessness.

Atlas Shrugged should be required reading again along with 1984 and Brave New World.

 

[RogerCooper]

Atlas Shrugged should be required reading again along with 1984 and Brave New World.

Atlas Shrugged is not very good as a novel. Check out Ayn Rand's novel "We the Living" if you want some good writing.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Doc_Man, which do you think was the avowed socialist? Neither exactly involves spending someone else's money.

There are a few answers I could give here.

1. Don't know
2. Don't care
3. Don't wish to play games

I'll take door #2, Monty.

 

[Thales750]

Were you in a cryogenic coma when Portland erupted and had a "no police" zone for quite a while? BLM and Antifa took over downtown Portland.

That was years ago doc that ain't today.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Atlas Shrugged is not very good as a novel.

I am aware of that. The first time through I was too engrossed in the story. Subsequent readings made me much more critical of her style.

This should be easy as I assume everyone here is good at identifying socialists.

Given the way the question is framed, I'm guessing that B can be attributed to Trump. Trump has never been a Republican. He has always been a Democrat. That may explain some of the stupid things he does/says.

 

[Thales750]

Were you in a cryogenic coma when Portland erupted and had a "no police" zone for quite a while? BLM and Antifa took over downtown Portland.

Also doc this is some of your hypocrisy right here you can say that the left is a bunch of wacko terrorist but if I say maga in any general terms at all you take offense to it. Some of the people on this very thread generalized about lefties, and in so many ugly and inaccurate ways and you have yet to say one word about that.

 

[Thales750]

Just for the record, from someone whose wife and mother-in-law are/were Cajun from Chac Bay, Louisiana - well within Cajun country - I will tell you "first you make a roux" is NOT just a trivial bit of advice. A gumbo without a decent roux is more likely to be called "thin soup" and whatever you used for stock, it won't be enough. You will rue the day you try to make a gumbo without a roux. And if you claim you can do without a roux, you'll be chased by the rou-gar-ou. (It's a Cajun werewolf.)

I'll grant that a good stock is ALSO necessary - but don't sell the roux short.

Oh, I didn't say it wasn't important, I said it was not a secret. rue is a fairly common first thing you learn thing in making gumbo. Stock varies from one chef to another from one old grandmother to another that's why the three of us me, my brother, and his son actually share how we make stock and we all have slight variations in the way we make roux but roux is absolutely a systematic process. I do agree with you though it needs to be right.

 

[Pat Hartman]

but if I say maga in any general terms at all you take offense to it.

But your references to MAGA are always wrong and insulting.

Some of the people on this very thread generalized about lefties and so many ugly and inaccurate ways and you have yet to say one word about that.

When the left doesn't call out their crazies, then they support them. We're pretty sure that not all Democrats think the way you do. There are still rational Dems left but they never speak up. Guess that's because they're afraid you will cancel them MAGA people don't support extremists.