Trump :: The Presidency - Part Deux (Electric Boogaloo)

So I go away for a few days and you guys repainted the place.

 

Popcorn, Please!

 

No, we haven't had this situation before.
It's actually low-hanging fruit among the things we can criticize Trump about.

 

Well that isn't politically motivated or anything.

 

You'll love what we did to the girl's forums.

 

LOL

 

Socrates predicted this 2400 years ago. We are so brainwashed that we are used to thinking very higly of democracy. But Socrates made the point that voting in an election is a skill and not a random intuition. And like any skill it needs to be taught systematically to people. Only the ones who had thought about issues rationally and deeply should be allowed to vote. We have forgotten this distinction between intellectual democracy and a democracy by birthright. We have given the vote to all without connecting it to wisdom. And we have preferred to think of democracy as an unambiguous good - rather than as something that is only ever as effective as the education system that surrounds it. Socrates also predicted where this would inevitably lead to: demagoguery.

So historically speaking thats nothing new.

 

I know at least two people who voted leave but have regretted it ever since.

One is a life-long marxist who was thrown out of the labour party back in the 80's but has realised that Jezza's version of labour is more likely to lead to permanent tory rule, (he thought the disruption would mean the left would come storming back into power and we'd become a marxist utopia ).

The other is a bit of a dozy cow who thought, as I say, it was a typical 'euro vote' and nothing would happen even if we DID vote to leave

Actually, I roll my eyes at that last one but, to be fair, that is still a possibility because the euro area is so fragile they don't really need any shocks than is necessary. Since the depth of the banking crisis the US economy has recovered about 15%, the UK about 8-9%, the EU, as a block, hasn't grown at ALL so it would be more sensible to just leave most things, (tariffs, banking arrangements, customs arrangements, etc.), largely as they are. Of course, as you fellas and we have shown, people sometimes don't do the 'sensible' thing, do they

Having said that I think most people just want it sorted now one way or the other. The disruption itself is doing damage.

 

Will all those "savings" get plowed back into the NHS?

 

For the comedic value...

 

On this side of the pond, we keep a tally...

https://twitter.com/trump_regrets

Really sorry I voted for you , just embarrassing already let the rich and poor bite the bullet already F##k the wall

— Samuel Albert (@salbertzz) March 19, 2017

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@realDonaldTrump why in the hell would you and your money hungry cronies just did something that can never be forgiven and I voted for you.

— David E Lewis (@ThaBuzzKill) March 18, 2017

You're an embarrassment of the highest order. I voted for you, uge mistake. PLEASE RESIGN

— Boss Tweed (@bosstweed123) March 18, 2017

 

Kilmeade is the reason hot coffee needs a warning label on the cup saying; "Warning; coffee is hot".

 

Who is responsible for making it undrinkable before the third degree burns occur?

 

It's almost as if this president is making Whitelandia even more economically insecure.

 

Na, Chinese. Douchebag Americans don't go to Paris anymore. But douchebag Chinese sure as hell do.

 

I think we've spent those about 3 times now. Mind you, when we get rid of the jocks there'll be another £10Bn p/a to top it up so maybe it will.

Of course, whether there really are any savings to be made is another matter. My guess is, probably not.

 

This is highly disturbing.

Just heard Fake News CNN is doing polls again despite the fact that their election polls were a WAY OFF disaster. Much higher ratings at Fox

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2017

It's standard Trump to be sure, but it's still not right.

 

Trump's war on the press/truth will end in victory, and thus the U.S. occupying an alternate reality, as for example North Korea does (although presumably not so extreme), or in abject defeat. The result is up to us.

 

I dunno, man. His approval ratings are garbage, and after two years, blaming Hillary and Obama isn't going to fly with his supporters.

Let's see how the repeal bill does in the Senate.