Vox Populi – 02-15-2019

Hi ad!

pinkpantheroz

nothing much! Having a few probs with my late Mum’s estate in Ireland. very hard to communicate with government there.

pinkpantheroz

Apart from that, my Range Hood over the cooker blew up!

pinkpantheroz

$150 later, fixed!

pinkpantheroz

Evenin’ gents.

glenn

what do you think of your Governor endorsing — what’s her name?

pinkpantheroz

hi glenn!

pinkpantheroz

Or, in your case, buenos tardes,PPO.

glenn

OoooooK

pinkpantheroz

tardes = afternoon?

pinkpantheroz

Kamala, thats it.

pinkpantheroz

Same old, same old, Ad. How about you?

glenn

Si.

glenn

Gabh Raibh Maith agat! ( Ta muchly in Irish!)

pinkpantheroz

Since we’re now in “emergency mode” I figure I’d better brush up on my Spanish!

glenn

Where’s my Aussie – Korean dictionary?

pinkpantheroz

Murph!

pinkpantheroz

PPO–Hope that means what I think it means!

glenn

Murph!

glenn

Ad–so who is your choice for the primary?

glenn

Hello….hats off to Ad for this inspired post from the Planet…. “The Art of the Deal” JAN 2018: Dems offer Trump $23 billion to build wall and fix DACA. Trump refuses. DEC 2018: Trump is offered $1.6 billion for border security. He refuses, shuts down gov’t. FEB 2019: Trump signs bill with only $1.3 billion for fencing repair but no wall.

MurphTheSurf3

glenn – it means thatnk you. The other one I won’t share!

pinkpantheroz

Ad–believe it or not, it’s raining here too. Luckily, the temps are moderate.

glenn

Ad, Caesar et sum jam forte, Brutus et erat

pinkpantheroz

Murph–it’s the Art of the Deal–lying bully style.

glenn

I spent the morning at my local watering hole…a quasi bar/grill/coffee shop…that serves my far flung rural neighborhood. Today the place was quite a bit more crowded than usual for a weekday morning. Why? The PRESIDENT was going to declare a NATIONAL EMERGENCY and HIS PEOPLE were there to make their support clear. There were about 50 people. Retirees, farmers. the unemployed, and the self employed. They hoped to see the free-wheeling, unbound CAMPAIGN TRUMP and that is what they got.

MurphTheSurf3

If you saw the event you know how insane it all was. He dodged his own announcement and then undermined the logic of it. He made wild claim after wild claim. He cited events (like generals who said keep their budget building funds, being told by Pres. Obama that he nearly went to war with N. Korea, and much more) that never happened. He was antagonistic and insulting to his predecessors, the Congress (both parties), and the press. AND THE CROWD CHEERED at the watering hole…..CHEERED, CHATTERED AND CHOMPED AWAY at this “unbelievably great speech.” I sat at a back table and there a few others in the room who appeared to be doing what I was doing….skeptically watching the performance and then taking in the crowd.

MurphTheSurf3

Murph, you can’t fix stupid

pinkpantheroz

I posted a discussion starter at Yabberz that pulls together psychological and neurological info to explain the behavior I just described. I find it intriguing and it explains a lot to me.

MurphTheSurf3

First lawsuits filed against Trump’s national emergency order by 3 texas landowners!

pinkpantheroz

Take a look at your leisure if the topic is of interest.

MurphTheSurf3

The lawsuits will come raining down….I cannot imagine Roberts supporting this and that would seal the deal. I even doubt the Gorsuch would.

MurphTheSurf3