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46700. wabbit - 11/13/2016 3:35:00 PM I've been saying all week that as bad as things are going to be for women, people on fixed incomes, anyone who is sick and not wealthy, and anyone who isn't some approximation of orange, the thing that scares me more than anything is what his administration is going to do to the environment. Sarah Palin as Secretary of the Interior? Harold Hamm running energy? omfg. Who knows if the EPA will even survive?
And can someone explain to me why coal miners get to be coal miners because that's what their fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers did? Here in New England we hear this from fishermen all the time. Hey, wake up and smell the 21st century, you weren't born with the right to be a commercial fisherman. 46701. wabbit - 11/14/2016 12:52:59 AM I guess if you can't get GHW Bush, or Jeb Bush, or even the shrub, you may as well go for Billy Bush. What the hell, make him Press Secretary, why not? 46702. judithathome - 11/14/2016 1:03:30 AM Ironically, the people who are going to be most hurt by the Trump election are the ones who voted for him.
No kidding...I said to someone yesterday at a party that too many Trump voters had watched too much Apprentice and not enough C-Span.
They have no idea how Big G government works... 46703. judithathome - 11/14/2016 2:18:31 AM Breaking News: Reince Priebus chosen as Chief of Staff for the Donald...Bannon chosen as Chief Stratigest and Senior Counselor.
This country is doomed.
What next? Kelleyanne Conway as White House Spokes(wo)man??? 46704. Ms. No - 11/15/2016 3:39:47 AM Arky -- heard Howard Dean is throwing his hat into the ring to be head of the DNC again. Looks like we've got someone we can root for! 46705. judithathome - 11/15/2016 6:01:32 AM Don't hold your breath....though I would love Dean as Dem. Chair again, the money is on Keith Ellison.
Dean said today that it is a full-time job and I think he's right. When he took it on before, there was a Republican President, Senate, and House and when he left, there was a Democrat President, Senate and House.
But of course, they are probably going to choose Ellison... 46706. judithathome - 11/15/2016 6:03:59 AM PS: I would LOVE to see Dean in the office. But the Dems seem to be making so many mistakes these days, I fear they will go for the flash and not for the sensible thing to do. 46707. arkymalarky - 11/15/2016 6:52:35 AM True No! I think both would do a good job and another man from South Carolina whose name I can't recall but who I recognized threw his hat in today also. There are two or three more interested. What I found interesting about what Howard Dean said was that he would be glad to work on the infrastructure which is what they need anyway. They need to get directly to the people. I said it already, but it really struck me going to that Democratic rally that they just weren't doing anything. They didn't plan anything, make phone calls, nothing 46708. judithathome - 11/15/2016 7:04:29 AM Rachel is reporting on the unbelievablevisit the other day to meet the (real) President and Trump's son-in-law was there with Trump...he asked someone, just as a point of interest, how many people in the President's staff would be "staying on"...shocked, the person told him "None of them"....
They didn't even KNOW that!! They must be viewing this as "learning on the job" training...starting at the most basic level.
This does NOT bode well....not at ALL. 46709. judithathome - 11/16/2016 1:53:34 AM So. Tonight Keoni and I decided to say Fuck It about the elction and have, for dinner, the things we had put together for Election Night and have them while watching, on National Geographic, the first episode of Mars.
We had different cheeses, crackers, caviar, grapes, smoked salmon, etc...and champagne.
The series shows the first manned misson to Mars...in 2033...and though we won't live long enough to actually GO there...we can dream. 46710. Jenerator - 11/16/2016 5:17:53 PM Hi everyone. It's been a while.
This election season had me exhausted! When it came down to the two major party candidates, I simply couldn't vote for either.
I really hate how people are handling the election result, too.
46711. arkymalarky - 11/16/2016 6:32:29 PM How is everything? Great to see you and so good that you stopped in to say hello!
I like when people express themselves and exercise their rights. Protests and dissent have never bothered me even when I don't agree with them. The only way we protect our freedoms is to utilize them.
I Understand how a lot of people feel like you do; what stresses me the most though is it seems that nobody on his team has a clue what they're doing. That may work out okay, but it's not comfortable knowing that the person in charge doesn't know how to do the job, especially in the nuclear age. 46712. judithathome - 11/16/2016 10:16:14 PM Well, at the rate his team is failing to fill open offices/appointments, and knowing he has 4,000 positions to go...he might think about foregoing a dinner out and buckle down and get this ONE job done before thumbing his nose at tradition.
All I can say is, we expected...and got...appointments and hirings before Obama took the oath of office. And even Bush, Jr. had things well in hand...I don't expect this president to mirror anything like that.
Obama had at least served in the Senate before. And GW Bush had run a STATE before and whether that was a nightmare or not, he had SOME knowledge of how government worked and it served him...I won't say for "well" or "not"...but he also had competent people around him who filled the gaps.
Just as with the Apprentice "hirees", the winning was all there was...very few of them were heard from again. Unfortunately, we're stuck with this "apprentice" for the next 4 years and have to make the best of it or we'll go mad and/or kill ourselves. 46713. judithathome - 11/16/2016 10:16:56 PM Oh, and "HI!", Jen! Good to see you! 46714. winstonsmith - 11/16/2016 11:21:49 PM My 16 year old daughter participated in the high school walkout and protest march in downtown Portland. I hate how conservative relatives of mine have been posting things on Facebook about how the kids are a bunch of ungrateful slackers who can't even vote. My daughter is a straight-A student who is in choir, the debate team, all honors classes. She works her ass off and will be a hardworking asset to this society. She was one of the students who gave a speech downtown at Pioneer Square. She understands that Trump won the election and will be President. She is unhappy with many of the inflammatory things he said during the campaign and is giving voice to her concerns. It's true, she was unable to vote in this election and it is frustrating for her. She will for sure vote in the next one though. 46715. judithathome - 11/16/2016 11:28:40 PM Props to your daughter and tell her (which I am sure you HAVE) to keep fighting the fight!
These kids like her are going to inherit this country and they definitely have a right to be worried about what is going to be "left of it".
46716. winstonsmith - 11/16/2016 11:48:15 PM Thanks Judith!
Hi Jen! 46717. Trillium - 11/17/2016 7:07:31 PM The following is long, and reading it will take more than the usual attention span.
Consider the following link (written by someone working in mental health who clearly doesn't like Trump, yet remained relatively rational)
Slatestarcodex: You Are Still Crying Wolf
46718. judithathome - 11/17/2016 7:53:15 PM and reading it will take more than the usual attention span.
...I guess I'd better just skip it then...probably far too complicated for me to grasp!
Sheesh
If you could, please refrain from posting War and Peace. I get all those Russian names sooo mixed up...
46719. Trillium - 11/18/2016 9:19:48 PM No problem. Here's something much shorter, more succinct, laced with plenty of profanity. Anti-Trump so most here are allowed to listen to it
British comedian Jonathan Pie
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