Hard to have a in depth conversation about anything when all the members are of one ilk. And why do you speak of this now? Oh, Trump won and we have a Republican Congress, that is why. But how come you don’t have the same energy and desire about California governance? Your party has a super majority here. Your party just voted a five billion dollar a year tax increase and raised the registration fees on every motor vehicle. Seems to me if you wanted to have a conversation you might discuss that. But you don’t. Therefore, you are stuck in your ideology and are simply trying to get Republicans to feel guilty for their beliefs. My goodness California has had a democrat Assembly most of my 66 years and only one, 1996, did the Republicans have a majority. And only by one. So how come you never speak up about that disparity?
The reason is because you want it all. Total power over all of us that disagree with your socialist theories. Looking at California and the country we see what you are really all about. In my view Trump is a breath of fresh air. He is not a politician and that threatens you. He is kind of a loose cannon in comparison to the politics of the left. Makes me happy. The reason there are democrats and Republicans (and many other fringe groups) is because like the old saying “birds of a feather flock together”. That is shown to us every day. That is why people of the same pollical bent join their party. Why people of the same racial makeup live in the same places. Why rich and poor have their own places. It is human nature. I am sorry to say, I have no faith the democrats here and across the country are sincere. They are simply trying to be relevant.
Also the same day, a column by a Benjamin Avansino discussed us having “empathy” for each other in politics. Well sure, but how far does that get a bill that needs fifty one votes to pass? The issue in politics is victory for your ideas and your side. We all listen to each other and we do exhibit empathy, but it still boils down to a majority. All else is fruitless. Look again at California. Does anyone think the democrats care a whit about the feelings of the Republicans? Hardly. They have a super majority and do not need to show any empathy and they don’t. So we get a true “one sided” result. Socialist/communist. And now they have a bill to allow the hiring of communists in our state government. Do you think the protests of the Republicans matter? Nope.
Politics has been said to be war without bloodshed. I think the reason we have parties in America is because the “world views” are so different. Republicans are for smaller government, lower taxes, accountable bureaucrats and individual freedom. The democrats are the opposite. How do you square those differing views? By a majority vote. So at least the country has a slim majority of my party while these people have a super majority here in the state. Empathy? No, victory. You can have cordial discussions and refrain from yelling and rioting to get a victory. Unfortunately, we see that missing with the democrats. I challenge you to produce one riot by Republicans. All are from the left and that makes their discussion about “empathy” a hoax and disingenuous.
America has always been divided politically. The Revolution saw only 25% of the country in war, the rest were on the fence and not involved. That is the deal, make war with words and gain majorities. No bloodshed. And that is why we are such a great country.
Seems to me the "Best Minds" failed to show up under Jerry Brown.
ReplyDeleteGasoline and Diesel prices are hovering around $2.79 each. March lows for diesel were $2.21 and $2.49 at the Arco station off Sierra College.
ReplyDeleteWhat will they be after Brown's tax hike and what percentage will registration fees rise?
I got a break from registration fees from $375 to $129 on my F250 King Ranch a couple of years ago by switching to DP (Handicapped) plates.
Well that is cool. We have to work hard to outsmart the government when they are after our money.
DeletePelline got all excited about these comments. You cannot make this stuff up./ Must be lonely in Nevada City.
DeleteTruly a hero in his own mind.
DeleteIt wasn’t so long ago that Republicans in Congress cared about how a president comported himself in office. They cared a lot! The president is, after all, commander in chief of the armed forces, steward of the most powerful nation on earth, role model for America’s children — and he should act at all times with the dignity his station demands. It’s not O.K. to behave in a manner that demeans the office and embarrasses the country. Shirt sleeves in the Oval Office? Disrespectful. Shoes on the Resolute desk? Even worse. Lying? Despicable, if not impeachable.
ReplyDeleteYou must be referring to Obama
DeleteBill Clinton was as you described. And BJs too!
DeleteNow seems like a good moment to update the standards. What do Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders think a president may say or do and still deserve their enthusiastic support? We offer this handy reference list in hopes of protecting them from charges of hypocrisy in the future. They can consult it should they ever feel tempted to insist on different standards for another president. So, herewith, the Congressional Republican’s Guide to Presidential Behavior.
ReplyDeleteIf you are the president, you may freely:
ReplyDelete• attack private citizens on Twitter
• delegitimize federal judges who rule against you
• refuse to take responsibility for military actions gone awry
• fire the F.B.I. chief in the middle of his expanding investigation into your campaign and your associates
• accuse a former president, without evidence, of an impeachable offense
• employ top aides with financial and other connections to a hostile foreign power
• blame the judiciary, in advance, for any terror attacks
• call the media “the enemy of the American people”
• demand personal loyalty from the F.B.I. director
• threaten the former F.B.I. director
• accept foreign payments to your businesses, in possible violation of the Constitution
• occupy the White House with the help of a hostile foreign power
• intimidate congressional witnesses
• allow White House staff members to use their personal email for government business
• neglect to fill thousands of crucial federal government positions for months
• claim, without evidence, that millions of people voted illegally
• fail to fire high-ranking members of your national security team for weeks, even after knowing they lied to your vice president and exposed themselves to blackmail
• refuse to release tax returns
ReplyDelete• hide the White House visitors’ list from the public
• vacation at one of your private residences nearly every weekend
• use an unsecured personal cellphone
• criticize specific businesses for dropping your family members’ products
• review and discuss highly sensitive intelligence in a restaurant, and allow the Army officer carrying the “nuclear football” to be photographed and identified by name
• obstruct justice
• hire relatives for key White House posts, and let them meet with foreign officials and engage in business at the same time
• promote family businesses on federal government websites
• collude with members of Congress to try to shut down investigations of you and your associates
ReplyDelete• threaten military conflict with other nations in the middle of news interviews
• compare the U.S. intelligence community to Nazis
• display complete ignorance about international relations, your own administration’s policies, American history and the basic structure of our system of government
• skip daily intelligence briefings
• repeat untruths
• lie
If you’re a Republican legislator, stick this list on the fridge and give it a quick read the next time you get upset at a president.
I have never read a list of unadulterated Bull Shit that compares to this.
DeleteThe writer is a complete idiot.
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DeleteStill the President. I support him as many of the things you list are bogus. I could probably get a list twice as lng on Obama. So buckle up knuckle head and prepare for eight years of fun.
ReplyDeleteYour boy is circling the drain....
ReplyDeleteHe is draining the swamp so you could be mistaking that. He is doing just fine. He is really getting you libs all aflutter.
DeleteYour fair haired boy is draining the swamp, and President Swamp Creature is circling the drain in that swamp. Job well done. Make America Great Again - flush Trump!
DeleteNo he is flushing your ilk. Go Trump!
DeleteKeep telling yourself that. It makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteNot telling myself anything. It is happening. And it is great! Liberals are apoplectic and making themselves look and act paranoid. And Americans see it. Keep it up and make his reelection even easier.
DeleteAs Obama said "elections have consequences". Clinton getting beat and President Trump appointing replacements to the Supreme Court was reason enough to elect him. Must suck to be a lib post election.
ReplyDeletePresident Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State.
ReplyDeleteThe information Trump relayed had been provided by a U.S. partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government, officials said.
The partner had not given the United States permission to share the material with Russia, and officials said that Trump’s decision to do so risks cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the Islamic State. After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and National Security Agency.
“This is code-word information,” said a U.S. official familiar with the matter, using terminology that refers to one of the highest classification levels used by American spy agencies. Trump “revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.”
Who invited Paul Emory?
DeleteAll in the meeting say Trump did not so you fell for more fake news.
DeleteThe revelation comes as Trump faces rising legal and political pressure on multiple Russia-related fronts. Last week, he fired FBI Director James B. Comey in the midst of a bureau investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Moscow. Trump’s subsequent admission that his decision was driven by “this Russia thing” was seen by critics as attempted obstruction of justice.
ReplyDeleteSorry you are falling for all that fake news. There is no there there. And it will be shown to b so but the left will keep trying.
DeleteOne day after dismissing Comey, Trump welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key figure in earlier Russia controversies — into the Oval Office. It was during that meeting, officials said, that Trump went off script and began describing details about an Islamic State terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft.
ReplyDeleteFor most anyone in government discussing such matters with an adversary would be illegal. As president, Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets, making it unlikely that his disclosures broke the law.
“The president and the foreign minister reviewed common threats from terrorist organizations to include threats to aviation,” said H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser, who participated in the meeting. “At no time were any intelligence sources or methods discussed and no military operations were disclosed that were not already known publicly.”
The CIA declined to comment and the National Security Agency did not respond to requests for comment.
All fake news, just like they say there is dissension in the White House as spoken by anonymous sources. You libs fall for anything.
DeleteBut officials expressed concern with Trump’s handling of sensitive information as well as his grasp of the potential consequences. Exposure of an intelligence stream that has provided critical insight into the Islamic State, they said, could hinder the United States’ and its allies’ ability to detect future threats.
ReplyDelete“It is all kind of shocking,” said a former senior U.S. official close to current administration officials. “Trump seems to be very reckless, and doesn’t grasp the gravity of the things he’s dealing with, especially when it comes to intelligence and national security. And it’s all clouded because of this problem he has with Russia.”
Fake news. Trump is not dumb bit the left thinks he is even though they have never done anything but suck off of the taxpayers since college.
DeleteIn his meeting with Lavrov, Trump seemed to be boasting about his inside knowledge of the looming threat. “I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day,” Trump said, according to an official with knowledge of the exchange.
ReplyDeleteTrump went on to discuss aspects of the threat that the United States only learned through the espionage capabilities of a key partner. He did not reveal the specific intelligence gathering method, but described how the Islamic State was pursuing elements of a specific plot and how much harm such an attack could cause under varying circumstances. Most alarmingly, officials said, Trump revealed the city in the Islamic State’s territory where the U.S. intelligence partner detected the threat.
No one knows what was said as there was no one in the meeting who Trump doesn't trust. Anonymous fake news.
DeleteThe Washington Post is withholding most plot details, including the name of the city, at the urging of officials who warned that revealing them would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities.
ReplyDelete“Everyone knows this stream is very sensitive and the idea of sharing it at this level of granularity with the Russians is troubling,” said a former senior U.S. counterterrorism official who also worked closely with members of the Trump national security team. He and others spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the subject.
The identification of the location was seen as particularly problematic, officials said, because Russia could use that detail to help identify the U.S. ally or intelligence capability involved. Officials said that the capability could be useful for other purposes, possibly providing intelligence on Russia’s presence in Syria. Moscow and would be keenly interested in identifying that source and possibly disrupting it.
Russia and the United States both regard the Islamic State as an enemy and share limited information about terrorist threats. But the two nations have competing agendas in Syria, where Moscow has deployed military assets and personnel to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
No one in the meeting that talked. All fake news.
Delete“Russia could identify our sources or techniques,” the senior U.S. official said. A former intelligence official who handled high-level intelligence on Russia said that given the clues Trump provided, “I don’t think that it would be that hard [for Russian spy services] to figure this out.”
ReplyDeleteAt a more fundamental level, the information wasn’t the United States’ to provide to others. Under the rules of espionage, governments — and even individual agencies — are given significant control over whether and how the information they gather is disseminated even after it has been shared. Violating that practice undercuts trust considered essential to sharing secrets.
The officials declined to identify the ally, but said it is one that has previously voiced frustration with Washington’s inability to safeguard sensitive information related to Iraq and Syria.
Fake mes. You people are too much. And all this copy/paste will be deleted from now on. I like the words from the poster, not some DailyKos article.
DeleteOnly truth from Breitbart and Russian Television will be tolerated here.
DeleteReally? How do you know that?
DeleteOmg. The left is untethered.
ReplyDeleteDelusional they are as Yoda would say.
DeleteMy goodness, the liberal fools posting to day need to receive an inoculation for rabies immediately, or it may be too late as the disease has fried what brains that are left.
DeleteHey heh heh heh heh
ReplyDeleteKarma is a bitch
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/16/slain-dnc-staffer-had-contact-with-wikileaks-investigator-says.html
ReplyDeleteBarry, bad link.
Delete---Rich had been at Lou’s City Bar a couple of miles from his home until about 1:15 a.m. He walked home, calling several people along the way. He called his father, Joel Rich, who he missed because he had gone to sleep. He talked with a fraternity brother and his girlfriend, Kelsey Mulka.
DeleteAround 4:17 a.m., Rich was about a block from his home when Mulka, still on the phone with him, heard voices in the background. Rich reassured her that he was steps away from being at his front door and hung up.---
It took him 3 hours to walk a couple of miles?
Cartoon at the top shows the pure propaganda that has been regurgitated by your ilk forever.
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