tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8919646939308900097..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Donald Trump's Rope-a-DopeStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78122539745339865632017-03-02T04:32:18.987-08:002017-03-02T04:32:18.987-08:00Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCD said... The punchlin...Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCD said... The punchline: Trump is your president, too, Ares...<br /><br />Sure, it's a great experiment, just one I would never choose. I'll continue doing my duty no matter who is the president, paying my taxes, which apparently will soon be lower, so that's a bonus.<br /><br />But more seriously since I consider Trump the president of chaos, and that the bigger world will soon be swallowed up by the expanding fog of fake news, it suggests all we can really do is try to create as much positive order close to home, and face our own chaos demons and they seem all too happy to keep the focus on the big bad clown. <br /><br />I'm sure more liberal will see this too pretty soon.<br /><br />And overall it does seem affluent city folks in general have less to lose under a President Trump. That's where all the money already is, and where all Trump's magical reduced taxes will reside. If only we could slow down the creation of new debt, I'd feel positively safe.<br /><br />I suppose I should worry what Trump supporters will do when it finally becomes apparent that he scammed them good, but its not like no one was warned. Everyone knew Trump was a scoundrel from day 1, no need for secret tapes to prove it. He was the scoundrel who was supposed to take down the other scoundrels, while of course that never works. Things will fail like we've not seen in 80 years, but it won't be the rich who will pay, or not those who know how to avoid debt.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21681121458358157592017-03-02T04:22:26.289-08:002017-03-02T04:22:26.289-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-18648131562719603582017-03-02T03:10:54.616-08:002017-03-02T03:10:54.616-08:00Ares Olympus @March 2, 2017 at 12:21 AM:
Another ...Ares Olympus @March 2, 2017 at 12:21 AM:<br /><br />Another one of your hidden talents, Ares: humor. You should go do open mic night this Monday at a Twin Cities comedy club. I'm sure you'll build as big an audience as you had with your blog. <br /><br />Why aren't you doing your blog anymore? It needs you, and your legion of readers is despondent at the lack of attention you've been paying them. Make yourself great again.<br /><br />The punchline: Trump is your president, too, Ares...Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43858948988196488262017-03-02T03:08:07.792-08:002017-03-02T03:08:07.792-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73672649013394134192017-03-02T00:21:10.087-08:002017-03-02T00:21:10.087-08:00Dennis said... Ares, If someone gave you a dollar ...Dennis said... Ares, If someone gave you a dollar to get a clue you would spend it on someone else's used chewing gum.<br /><br />Dennis, I'm confused. Are you mixing me up with your used-gum salesman president? He already bought it, and you bought him, so that makes you the buyer.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-58525155386527868942017-03-01T12:06:56.773-08:002017-03-01T12:06:56.773-08:00There are a lot of dopes in our nation's capit...There are a lot of dopes in our nation's capital. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68431736821262149342017-03-01T12:02:20.312-08:002017-03-01T12:02:20.312-08:00Are Olympus @March 1, 2017 at 6:37 AM:
I eagerly ...Are Olympus @March 1, 2017 at 6:37 AM:<br /><br />I eagerly await your answer to the incisive question posed by Dennis in his comment of 7:07 AM. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-12794779180943740732017-03-01T09:32:50.222-08:002017-03-01T09:32:50.222-08:00SS: "For now, Democratic politicians are stun...SS: "For now, Democratic politicians are stunned..."<br /><br />The most telling moment, IMO, was when Trump said:<br /><br />"My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America."<br /><br />Democrats couldn't clap for that. Tells me everything I need to know about their constituency when I enter the voting booth.<br /><br />And Nancy Pelosi was kind of sad. She apparently thought she was invited to a Mardi Gras costume party hosted by President Bush, and dressed as a suffragette. Poor old thing. But I see she's still favoring Wilma Flintstone designer beads. They say long term memory is last to go. I hope she's not a patient at the VA and has good care. Be a shame if she wandered off when nobody was watching.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-27261337717743140902017-03-01T08:20:58.486-08:002017-03-01T08:20:58.486-08:00"Could it be that he had been playing rope-a-..."Could it be that he had been playing rope-a-dope, colluding with his enemies in crafting the image that they wanted to see, only to wait until they had completely exhausted themselves? "<br /><br />As Bugs Bunny often said, "Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold be!"Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81420613056518232472017-03-01T07:07:13.012-08:002017-03-01T07:07:13.012-08:00Ares,
If someone gave you a dollar to get a clue y...Ares,<br />If someone gave you a dollar to get a clue you would spend it on someone else's used chewing gum.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90996301791373632562017-03-01T06:37:13.278-08:002017-03-01T06:37:13.278-08:00I'll grant he sounded more presidential than h...I'll grant he sounded more presidential than he has in the past. Having a speech and the ability to read it faithfully is a good sign.<br /><br />Transcript here.<br />http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/donald-trump-speech-transcript-full-text/<br /><br />I see Trump didn't promise Mexico will pay for the wall:<br />--> "We will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border. It will be started ahead of schedule and, when finished, it will be a very effective weapon against drugs and crime."<br /><br />And Trump doesn't seem to expect any tax increases to pay for his wall, in fact the reverse:<br />"My economic team is developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the middle class."<br /><br />And engineering companies like I work for should be cheering for more infrastructure spending, but how is this increase going to be paid for? By more debt of course, and largely the same sort of debt the Democrats under Obama would have been pushing for, although perhaps there will also include infrastructure auctions where we'll privatize more roads and bridges into tolls? That wouldn't be like Eisenhower at least:<br /><br />---> "Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program --- the building of the interstate highway system. The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding. ... To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States -- financed through both public and private capital --- creating millions of new jobs."<br /><br />And on healthcare, Trump's two big points are what ACA already does, although obviously insufficiently on tax credits or subsidies for the middle class.<br /><br />---> "Here are the principles that should guide the Congress as we move to create a better healthcare system for all Americans: First, we should ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage, and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in the healthcare exchanges. Secondly, we should help Americans purchase their own coverage, through the use of tax credits and expanded Health Savings Accounts --- but it must be the plan they want, not the plan forced on them by the Government."<br /><br />And he rejects the unpopular but necessary requirement that everyone be insured. But I suppose the key here is that Trump will allow "lower quality" health care plans that are more affordable premiums, but more useless for what people actually need so death panels.<br /><br />---> "Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for America. The way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance, and that is what we will do."<br /><br />He ends with his "biggest heart" request to dream big, and its "mostly harmless" but also "mostly empty". This is what you used to tell college graduates before they graduated with more debt that the average house cost a couple decades ago.<br /><br />"I am asking all citizens to embrace this Renewal of the American Spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country. And I am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment and -- Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future."<br /><br />Also we're on the cusp of a $20 trillion dollar national debt. I'm sure it'll be exciting for some to see the cuts that will be coming including jobs, as long as it ain't mine, right?<br /><br />How much chaos can we carry? And we don't know how much is already baked into the pie.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com