[Vengeance]

Cheesewiz, on 19 January 2017 - 09:22 PM, said:

Anyone else watching the starting events? I missed Wreath laying. Welcome concert is now.

I am not going to watch anything to do with the inauguration.

[Obdigore]

Vengeance, on 19 January 2017 - 09:40 PM, said:

Cheesewiz, on 19 January 2017 - 09:22 PM, said:

Anyone else watching the starting events? I missed Wreath laying. Welcome concert is now.

I am not going to watch anything to do with the inauguration.

This.

Did you know Trump, or at least his transition team, is supposed to put up candidates for over 600 positions in front of congress, and another 2000 that they appoint without congressional approval?

Did you know that to date, Trump's transition team has given congress 30 names for appointment?

Did you know that a month ago Trump's transition team sent a letter to every single Obama appointment telling them to be done on 12:01pm, January 20th (when Trump takes over)?

Did you know that today they are asking a couple hundred to stay on, because they are a bunch of morons who have no idea what they are doing?

Did you know that Trump's corporation employs less than 100 people?

This is absolutely idiotic.

[worry]

It's insane. Just after the election it was revealed the Trump team didn't even know that they were supposed to hire a new West Wing staff.

[Gorefest]

I dont see the planet going to 2020 to be honest.

[worry]

Indeed. This year alone is going to make a corpse of hope. This is the future: http://www.ecowatch....2195804679.html

[worry]

To add even more to Obdi's post: http://www.politico....ositions-233880

Spoiler

[Mezla PigDog]

Urgh. I'm watching it. I hadn't planned to but the baby asleep and I need to crash on the sofa. It's hard to believe it is going to be real.

I remember watching Obama's first inauguration when I was working in NJ. A lot of the black people in the office were crying and it felt like a huge moment. This one is just frickin weird.

My hope for life now is that when the nukes fall me and my family would like to be at the epicentre.

[Aptorian]

Sat and watched bits of the inauguration while my dad rambles on about the coming of the end times.

Crazy speech. Some of it was really inspiring and promising, some of it was awkward and weird and then there was the stuff that sounded like the delusions of a madman.

I will congratulate the American malazites when you in 4 years time are living in a post-human civilization where poverty, crime and inequality has been illiminated .

This post has been edited by Apt: 20 January 2017 - 05:38 PM

[amphibian]

More like all the Goldman Sachs executives will steal tons and tons of money, all arts funding will be cut (providing 0.02% of the targeted 10 trillion budget cuts), all school meal programs for poor kids will be cut (30 million kids affected by this), tens of millions lose their medical insurance coverage, our infrastructure falls apart, our nuclear weapons become as unsecure as those of the former USSR, and even worse things happen.

[Abyss]

Trump 2017 01 21 inaug crowd:






Obama 2009 inaug crowd:

[Nicodimas]

Everything is going be just alright. Hopefully great. I know I know a lot of you are were the opposite side that was felt 8 years ago. Doom and gloom. We made it through Obama...I mostly didn't agree with his policies. Some I still do. Some I didn't then, but came to understand through time.Not trying to rehash old wounds here. Just like you all tell me other people feel differently and have different belief concepts the same applies here.

I didn't vote for the guy, I'm being positive about it cause you can't really wish against America. I think also due to policy of over 40 years he is being handed a tougher version of America to take over. Mountain of debt, endless wars, Etc. It will be interesting to see how he take issues head on as he seems to like too. Interesting. I don't envy trump... Obama etc for the positions they were honestly given and decided to take over.. If you think about it both are being handed lesser forms of what America should and could be....But maybe that's really ignorant too as the machine is quite complicated.

I hope he just takes on the big issues head on. It will probably look quite a bit situation normal (extend and pretend ).. 4 years from now. I am secretly groaning over well quite a bit , but we should all be positive.. America will shine through in the end. There's quite a bit of his experience that he could bring to the table..I mean with Trumps level of ego and narcism he is going to try really really hard to be remembered as a great president. You may not agree with his exact attributes, like that talented athlete who's the same for reference, but let's see how he approaches and executes the process.

I believe the biggest lesson that could be learned over the next 4( 8 years) with the left ideology that just maybe perhaps that could just walk away from the fed being quite so empowering. More statehood power. Power of we the people...That's what this experience will hopefully teach us all. The founders probably would have something much more poignant to say here about modern America. I can always hope.

..... To the truly left on this board. Do an about face and recognize all the good your guy did while in office. Your stronger people then all that. America is the pinnacle of modern civilization. One of the best things about us Americans is we know we got to keep growing.

To making America great again.


(Hedge accordingly-keep prepping-some things are out of everyone's control)

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 20 January 2017 - 06:13 PM

[Aptorian]

Abyss, on 20 January 2017 - 05:51 PM, said:

Trump 2017 01 21 inaug crowd:






Obama 2009 inaug crowd:

Everybody knows the public movement behind Obama was much greater than Trump's but that comparison is pretty bad. One is zoomed in tight and cropped to emphasise the crowd.

[HoosierDaddy]

We've overcome Civil War, Great Depression and Recession. Idiot presidents, wildly aggressive presidents, purely neutral presidents. Assassinations, plots and conspiracies.

It'll be a rough go, but we'll move forward as always.

Fuck Trump and his cronyism, 2018 midterms here we go!

[HoosierDaddy]

Cheesewiz, on 20 January 2017 - 06:53 PM, said:

It was a more filled then that.

When I see Pence I can't help but think he will be 46. Kinda like those jokes going around he has to step up after Trump quits in a week.

A small part of my brain was waiting during his speech and a colum of servicemen were behind him that he'd give the signal for them to snatch up Clintons and others. He didn't. We will be ok. Doom n gloom gets us no where except stressed out.

Pence would have lost his Indiana governorship had he ran. Nope. Not going to happen.

"A small part of my brain was waiting during his speech and a colum of servicemen were behind him that he'd give the signal for them to snatch up Clintons and others. He didn't. We will be ok."

Everything about this statement is so fucking ridiculous it needs mentioned. The IDEA that the President would imprison his fucking opposition is as anti-American as it gets. The fact that you were WORRIED about it says that this fucking idiot has no place wielding power on any level.

This post has been edited by HoosierDaddy: 20 January 2017 - 06:58 PM

[QuickTidal]

And then THIS happened.

[HoosierDaddy]

Cheesewiz, on 20 January 2017 - 07:03 PM, said:

Calm the fuck down. I never said I was worried about it.

My emotional level is approximate to the level it needs to be.

Have fun in the land of the rich and the home of the rich (and sycophants).

[Aptorian]

HoosierDaddy, on 20 January 2017 - 06:49 PM, said:

You can see the streets you dumb shit. It doesn't matter if it's zoomed in. Every time you post in politics I can smell the 4Chan coming off you.

Are you posting this from Canada? I wasn't aware Canadians were allowed to be this hostile.

Cheesewiz, on 20 January 2017 - 07:10 PM, said:

Pressure grenades going off in DC at protest. Damn that just got violent live on fox

Pressure grenades seem to be going off in this thread as well.

This post has been edited by Apt: 20 January 2017 - 07:21 PM

[Vengeance]

Remember this is a civil discussion thread. Emphasis on civil from both sides.

Don't make me lock this thread up till Monday.


- Vengeance (admin)

[HoosierDaddy]

Apologies all around.

[Macros]

I assumed Stone Cold was going to sort things out for you all