President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

I don't think there was anything wrong, nor did I mean to imply it. If I were in that guy's shoes, I'd rather have the President's group ahead of me than behind. What if one of the Secret Service guys is a real slow play hater? I just thought it was funny. A new golf excuse for the 19th hole. "I was going great, but the President of the United States really threw me off my game!"

 

GOP Rep: Tax cuts for those who don't need them > healthcare for those who need it.
Because the poor are lazy and unworthy of assistance. Nice Christian family values.

 

That was my thought. Have no idea if courses were shut down for other presidents.

Of course, this is Trump. He wants his club members to pay for food and beverages in the clubhouse.

 

Me, too, but I guess the high rollers get a little perk.

 

He wasn't even closing Mar-A-Lago during his visits. IIRC, he's even crashed a couple of wedding receptions.

 

He might miss a few bucks if he did that. That's not why he became President.

 

Saw this post on another board.
Naturally, my first thought was to bring it here.

People were different only a half-century ago. Personal character, reputation, responsibility, good name, honesty and service to the community meant much. Today, it's dog-eat-dog, everyone for himself. Communities have become so diversified along every possible demographic that there is no cohesion anymore. And, the government keeps driving wedges into every possible difference in people it can identify; gender, age, social class, race, religion, sexual preference, weight, intelligence, education, place of birth and a dozen other major differences. It protects the government since the absolute prerequisite to revolt is unity of the people. With the people squabbling among themselves and unable to unify toward a common goal, government is free to tax, spend, borrow and pass all the punitive laws it wishes without fear of public backlash. Government is keenly aware that more governments fall to internal revolt than military conquest, and before anyone thinks it couldn't happen here, remember that we've already had two revolutions in the short time we've been a nation. Keeping the people oppressed while preventing them from unifying is the current strategy to keeping government in power.Americans are big in talking about their "freedoms." Next time, ask them to list those freedoms. Freedom from public debt, excessive taxation, intrusive government into private affairs, freedom to receive medical care and medicine like every other Western and "communist" country? Just what kind of freedoms do people expect from their government? Government knows everything you do from bank deposits to phone calls.

 

A somewhat confused message. It's government that makes sure medical care and medicine are available in all those other countries. And it's not just the government that knows all that shit about your private life.

 

It's not easy being a Jewish dyke.

 

It's not so much that people were different a half-century ago as lots of people didn't count as people. And lots of people today really miss that.

 

You keep trolling me with shit like this and Imma go all Slate Star Codex on your ass.

 

Jennifer Rubin: Selling cruddy health care is harder than you think