I don't care about this specific story. Let me shorten the exchange for you:
Jersey Girl: Why don't people believe Trump on this?
EA: Trump lies constantly about this sort of thing. That's why.
There you go.
Tell me why you included me in the above mock exchange, please?
Okay, listen. I'm on overload right now for in real life reasons, so let me make a half assed attempt to comment as follows. The point of what I posted was NOT to ask why people don't BELIEVE Trump on a thing. The point was that the media can not be depended upon and people are hypocritical af.
If you'll kindly explain why you did that mock dialogue, I'd appreciate it.
(not yelling in caps, too lazy to emphasize any way else)
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Some Schmo wrote: So, Mr. Elephant? What say you? How do we know your information is correct? What are your superior sources? You doing the Holy Ghost again these days?
i gave you the dildo explanation. obviously i am washed in the blood of the lamb and filled with the holy ghost.
Oh! The holy ghost is doing you!
My mistake.
Well then... it was all Clinton. Had nothing to do with any other factors except how bad Clinton was. When the holy ghost tells you a thing while he's "filling" you, you better listen.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Jersey Girl wrote:Search online or on youtube, for the words, "Steve Harvey coon" and watch how many hits you get. Notice how many African American's are up Harvey's butt for meeting with Trump. Notice how many are saying they would NEVER meet with Trump.
First off, they're unwilling to meet with the man who has the power to influence their lives? AYFKM? So what, they're content to NOT meet with him and suffer the guy whom they think is as racist POS for FOUR YEARS? Again, AYFKM? Four years, why? So they have four years to bitch about stuff?
They basically criticize Steve Harvey for going when invited to discuss improvements in urban areas. Steve Harvey is branded a coon.
So on MLK Day, Trump meets with MLK 3. Is MLK 3 a coon also?
Open your eyes, folks. Open your eyes.
And John Lewis refuses to show up at the inauguration as well as 40+ Dems? People are going to stage protests?
Where in the bloody hell is the peaceful transition of power that the Dems were harping on when Trump implied that he might contest the election results?
FFS, the hypocrisy is so thick you couldn't cut through it with a chain saw and a coupla sticks of dynamite!
Do you remember the first Obama election? The protests by folks carrying rifles? The threats to water the tree of liberty with blood. The threats to resort to second amendment remedies? The huge run on guns and ammo?
Not attending an inauguration does not interrupt the peaceful transition of power. Protesting does not interrupt the peaceful transition of power. Power will be transferred peacefully on Friday. If someone uses violence to try and disrupt it, I hope they are arrested, tried, and punished. But power will be transferred without Ds and Rs having a shootout.
But give up my right to protest? Not happening, Jersey.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
Res Ipsa wrote:Do you remember the first Obama election? The protests by folks carrying rifles? The threats to water the tree of liberty with blood. The threats to resort to second amendment remedies? The huge run on guns and ammo?
No sir, I don't. I was up to my eyeballs in something else. Same thing with his second term. It's all a blur.
Not attending an inauguration does not interrupt the peaceful transition of power. Protesting does not interrupt the peaceful transition of power. Power will be transferred peacefully on Friday. If someone uses violence to try and disrupt it, I hope they are arrested, tried, and punished. But power will be transferred without Ds and Rs having a shootout.
But give up my right to protest? Not happening, Jersey.
Fair enough.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Ah, gotcha. And I'm not pointing out the past to say "they started it." I'm saying all that stuff happened and we still had a peaceful transfer of power.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
If anyone wishes to field these questions, be my guest.
1. Did John Lewis claim that this was the first inauguration he wouldn't attend? If so, did he lie?
2. How do we take John Lewis's claims regarding Trump being an illegitimate president in light of the wiki leaks about the DNC's screwing over of Sanders? Was Hillary Clinton an illegitimate candidate?
3. How do we take John Lewis's recent statements regarding the work of MLK in relation to his boycotting this inauguration when MLK 3 didn't seem to have a problem himself meeting with Trump?
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Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Res Ipsa wrote:Ah, gotcha. And I'm not pointing out the past to say "they started it." I'm saying all that stuff happened and we still had a peaceful transfer of power.
I hear you.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Some Schmo wrote: Well then... it was all Clinton. Had nothing to do with any other factors except how bad Clinton was.
you are almost there, schmo. almost.
it is not just that she was that bad. her badness was a factor. her poor campaign, also a factor. this gives nothing to trump, only that she was the runner-up in the majority of states.
assigning all sorts of pejorative crap on those that chose not to vote for her was not helpful during the campaign and is not helpful now. there was a poll of people that were considering the two major party candidates, and that poll revealed that she was not the winner. we call it an election here in america. not sure what canadians call it. our elections are kinda like a poll, but it includes more than a small sample and with the exception of some hanging chads, the conclusions are not subjective.
i think i love polls now. thanks.
"Rocks don't speak for themselves" is an unfortunate phrase to use in defense of a book produced by a rock actually 'speaking' for itself... (I have a Question, 5.15.15)
Another question no necessarily related to any of the above, but it's been on my mind. Have the other PE's all formed their cabinets as quickly pre-term as Trump is doing? Is this unusual or typical? I've wondered about this, anyone got an answer?
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb