US may have killed Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani

[AM64]

Will Trump fire and fury today or draw a line in the sand?

Maybe

 

[luthervol]

Do the Dems really think that it helps them in middle America to have the squad up there, with Omar speaking to the Iran situation?

They are well aware that it doesn't help them in middle America. That's the price paid for a big and diverse tent.

 

[VolStrom]

They are well aware that it doesn't help them in middle America. That's the price paid for a big and diverse tent.

Ah yes, F the middle of the country stance.

 

[lawgator1]

He's so bad even NC should be embarrassed that he's from SC?

Doh!

 

[AM64]

Pelosi Too Busy to Take Pence's Call...Which Was to Inform Her of Iranian Missile Attack

Tell him I'm busy and I'll call him back......what a D-bag these Dims are.......these D-bags are detached from reality.

Pelosi's buddies gave her an impeachment wedgie, and she's still too drunk with power to get it unstuck ... or possibly it's the continued botox use that has her semi-paralyzed. In any case she seems to have her hands full.

 

[luthervol]

Ah yes, F the middle of the country stance.

Who said that? The fact that you equate diversity and a big tent with F'ing the middle of the country speaks volumes.
And that, folks, is where we are.

 

[1972 Grad]

Ah yes, F the middle of the country stance.

Yep. They wrote off the white working man some time ago.

 

[Sandman 423]

Trump's unpredictability is good in a situation like this, where our military strength is for the most part overwhelming. It would be a tremendous liability in a situation of parity, where the other side might strike preemptively due to exactly what you say -- his unpredictability.






I prefer him not to react.

Doesn't mean I'm going to let it slide, having listened to people criticize Obama's red line situation just because he made the mistake of going to Congress, first. The criticism of him for that has been so unfair -- I am just pointing out the hipocrisy of the Obama haters on the issue because Trump has done effectively the same thing Obama did, but without the excuse of having sought Congress' ok, first.

Congratts on a thoughtful post!!!!

 

[VolStrom]

Who said that? The fact that you equate diversity and a big tent with F'ing the middle of the country speaks volumes.
And that, folks, is where we are.

They are well aware that it doesn't help them in middle America. That's the price paid for a big and diverse tent.
So you think that the heartland of America is just not worth the "diverse tent" of the rest of the country?

 

[AM64]

Getting what done? The biggest can in the road is the national debt.
Trump is increasing it at a rate greater than any previous president. Get 'er done.

Who put all the entitlements in place, luther? You know the ones that seem to grow exponentially in cost as the population grows more linearly - those are some big cans your buddies put in the road with no visible means of financial support. Of course, you still believe programs like those will do things like improve health and actually reduce the need for healthcare so costs will go down - which of course is never the case. Liberal programs just like illegal drugs lead to dependency which leads to increasing cost ... always.

 

[luthervol]

They are well aware that it doesn't help them in middle America. That's the price paid for a big and diverse tent.
So you think that the heartland of America is just not worth the "diverse tent" of the rest of the country?

I think they would love to have middle America in the tent, but if having Omar represent a district and occasionally speak on a national stage forces some out of the tent, then so be it; and at the point the fault doesn't fall on the democrats.

People who are uncomfortable with diversity know in which tent they find the most comfort.

 

[luthervol]

Who put all the entitlements in place, luther? You know the ones that seem to grow exponentially in cost as the population grows more linearly - those are some big cans your buddies put in the road with no visible means of financial support. Of course, you still believe programs like those will do things like improve health and actually reduce the need for healthcare so costs will go down - which of course is never the case. Liberal programs just like illegal drugs lead to dependency which leads to increasing cost ... always.

Which makes it all the more odd that the rate of increase in the national debt is ALWAYS highest under republican administrations.
Trump is doing more than his part to continue that trend.
Go figure.

 

[luthervol]

Yep. They wrote off the white working man some time ago.

It's more that they reluctantly accepted the fact that some proper policies and stances would unfortunately alienate certain segments of the white working man demographic.

 

[AM64]

You think if we completely removed ourselves from the ME we wouldn't have anything to worry about with Iran?

It would be interesting to keep our oil and gas for ourselves, stop dabbling in globalism and world price setting/gouging, and then see who finds it necessary to worry about Iran and the rest of the sandbox. But that's just me; I'd like to see us control what our own little part of the world and let others take are of their parts. Stop worrying about parts of the world we can't change or control, and deal with our own problems, but we have to send globalism to hell to make that come true.

 

[05_never_again]

Which makes it all the more odd that the rate of increase in the national debt is ALWAYS highest under republican administrations.
Trump is doing more than his part to continue that trend.
Go figure.

How many times have I had to explain to you that Congress, the House in particular, has power of the purse? The party (if any) controls Congress, rather than the Oval Office, is more salient when talking about debt/deficits.

If you look at it that way, you'll see that deficits explode and contract under both parties. The last time there was no deficit (late 90s), it was actually Republicans who controlled Congress.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

How many times have I had to explain to you that Congress, the House in particular, has power of the purse? The party (if any) controls Congress, rather than the Oval Office, is more salient when talking about debt/deficits.

If you look at it that way, you'll see that deficits explode and contract under both parties. The last time there was no deficit (late 90s), it was actually Republicans who controlled Congress.

You can't teach the loony left anything.....they think they know it all already......and then shut down your speech.

 

[AM64]

Which makes it all the more odd that the rate of increase in the national debt is ALWAYS highest under republican administrations.
Trump is doing more than his part to continue that trend.
Go figure.

Never considered the whys and wherefores related to the cyclic trend? When someone maxes out he credit card, somebody else winds up having to repair the damage. Somebody has to repair things like military and structural neglect after dims have spent the money on feel good projects. Can you name one lasting effect from obama's shovel ready projects other than the related debt?

 

[luthervol]

How many times have I had to explain to you that Congress, the House in particular, has power of the purse? The party (if any) controls Congress, rather than the Oval Office, is more salient when talking about debt/deficits.

If you look at it that way, you'll see that deficits explode and contract under both parties. The last time there was no deficit (late 90s), it was actually Republicans who controlled Congress.

Props on the astute explanation.
I guess it's all just a very bizarre coincidence then.
and didn't we just have two consecutive years were repubs controlled everything? Interesting.............

 

[allvol123]

Never considered the whys and wherefores related to the cyclic trend? When someone maxes out he credit card, somebody else winds up having to repair the damage. Somebody has to repair things like military and structural neglect after dims have spent the money on feel good projects. Can you name one lasting effect from obama's shovel ready projects other than the related debt?

Cash for clunkers.

 

[luthervol]

Never considered the whys and wherefores related to the cyclic trend? When someone maxes out he credit card, somebody else winds up having to repair the damage. Somebody has to repair things like military and structural neglect after dims have spent the money on feel good projects. Can you name one lasting effect from obama's shovel ready projects other than the related debt?

Reagan is the Daddy of credit card debt.
Check out what happened to the average family debt under Reagan.
He did the exact same thing on a national level.

 

[Septic]

MSM doesn't distinguish love or hate for Trump. All they're doing for the Democrats is digging your hole deeper.

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That probably felt good to type out and the yahoo's who "liked" it were likely saying "damn right" under their breaths as they frantically smashed the like button. Unfortunately, your reply to my post is as relevant as the price of a pair of flip flops in the Himalayas.

Seriously, wtf are you rambling about? Did you reply to the wrong post?

 

[C-south]

Never considered the whys and wherefores related to the cyclic trend? When someone maxes out he credit card, somebody else winds up having to repair the damage. Somebody has to repair things like military and structural neglect after dims have spent the money on feel good projects. Can you name one lasting effect from obama's shovel ready projects other than the related debt?

I saw a sidewalk get rebuilt, tore apart, and rebuilt again while a lot of guys stood around and watched.

 

[Septic]

Reagan is the Daddy of credit card debt.
Check out what happened to the average family debt under Reagan.
He did the exact same thing on a national level.

Meh, Bush put the Iraq war on credit. It was never budgeted for...

 

[Septic]

I saw a sidewalk get rebuilt, tore apart, and rebuilt again while a lot of guys stood around and watched.

Head out to the midwest, you can watch federal tax dollars get deposited directly into the bank accounts of farmers without them even lifting a finger.

Also, sidewalks are a local government thing.

 

[C-south]

Head out to the midwest, you can watch federal tax dollars get deposited directly into the bank accounts of farmers without them even lifting a finger.

Also, sidewalks are a local government thing.

And those local governments had to apply for the grants or lose the money.