Originally posted by MitchbSC: Jeb! on the milk carton. OMG. I just choked on a cracker laughing at that.
Oh that IS funny!!
December 01, 2016, 09:16 PM
Delmag Tech
If youd have ever suggested that I was going to read 1170 pages of a thread- If you'd have suggested that I've have such a reaction to said thread, and the election its been about, I'd have told you that youre flat out nuts.
It felt good to watch that video at the Carrier plant. And it feels good to see that the man is keeping promises before he even gets into office.
If I'm not mistaken, about this time in Obama's post election, I believe he was spending time planning his apology tour around the world.
I really have a renewed hope that things are going to change for the better.
December 01, 2016, 09:16 PM
wcb6092
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Originally posted by parabellum: Seriously- what the fuck did Barack Obama do in the interim period between his election and taking the oath of office? Not a Goddamned thing that I can remember, except a bunch of puerile yammering about stopping the rise of the oceans.
He was AWARDED the Nobel Prize.
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December 01, 2016, 09:22 PM
4x5
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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
I guess the Russians won't be buzzing any more destroyers.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 4x5, December 03, 2016 11:23 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ
December 01, 2016, 09:29 PM
wcb6092
Watched Trump's rally tonight and I believe he is really going to make good on the promises he campaigned on.
Not a typical politician.
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December 01, 2016, 09:43 PM
Sigfan Roy
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Originally posted by sigmonkey: How do you tell the four branches of the armed services apart?
When a helicopter flies over the base...
Squid (points to sky): "There goes a helo."
Zoomie (points to sky): "There goes a helicopter."
Grunt (points to sky): "There goes a chopper."
Jarhead (points to sky): "Ooh!... ooh! ooh!..."
What about the 5th branch?
Semper Paratus
December 01, 2016, 09:44 PM
bigdeal
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Originally posted by Tonyny: 2.) Second, I don’t really like the conservative method of using tax incentives to stop companies from moving factories abroad. I prefer tariffs, but I guess this is better than nothing.
This is what always gets us in trouble. There is nothing wrong with lowering what corporations pay in taxes (whether by rate tax rate reductions or rebates). Ultimately, corporations do not pay taxes, they simply pass them along to us. I for one would argue for a 'zero' tax rate for corporations, regardless of their size.
And as to tariffs, the fed's have been essentially doing that with tax rate increases and onerous regulations for the past eight plus years, and the economy has absolutely sucked for it. You cannot beat on companies financially, making them noncompetitive, and expect them not to off shore jobs.
If Trump is successful with the agenda he ran on (i.e. reducing corporate tax rates overall, and rolling back regulations), it should energize the economy and provide real growth for a change. That's why both the stock market and the consumer optimism indexes are way up right now.
----------------------------- Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter
December 01, 2016, 09:47 PM
Bassamatic
Yeah, Trump gave a great speech tonight in Ohio. He accidentally "spilled the beans" about Mattis, read the teleprompter for most of the time but went off script just enough to keep it fun.
It's so obvious to me that Trump loves these rally's that I kind of expect to see them continue on past January. OK, maybe not.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
December 01, 2016, 10:03 PM
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You can't run an operation setting behind the desk. You have to get out and talk to people, exchange ideas and see things for yourself.
He has done a great job doing this and I think it will continue. But the Secret Service had better double their force or they will not be able to keep up with him.
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December 01, 2016, 10:04 PM
colomtn
With the appointment of General Mattis President elect, Donald Trump be like:
My grandfather voted republican until the day he died, now he votes democrat.
December 01, 2016, 10:12 PM
safespot
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Originally posted by MitchbSC: Jeb! on the milk carton.
bwahahaha
December 01, 2016, 10:23 PM
Bigboreshooter
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Originally posted by Hound Dog: It's going to be interesting to see how the world reacts to a real Alpha-male President for a change. Even Bush Jr wasn't this proactive and ambitious.
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. Luke 11:21
"Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." -- George W. Bush
December 01, 2016, 11:06 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by jsbcody: Since Mad Dog is going to be the Secretary of Defense.....can we change it back to the Department of War? Just saying that would cause a few of our enemies gulp in nervousness.
I'm all for it!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
December 01, 2016, 11:33 PM
Delmag Tech
I should have been in bed over an hour ago, but the speech in Ohio simply couldn't be turned off.
adding: Pence says that the leadership of Carrier told him that what was driving them out of the country more than anything else was an avalanche of red tape coming out of Washington DC.
December 02, 2016, 08:13 AM
JALLEN
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Originally posted by sdy: video of Trump announcing Mattis selection at:
adding: Pence says that the leadership of Carrier told him that what was driving them out of the country more than anything else was an avalanche of red tape coming out of Washington DC.
That is basically what drove Lockheed out of Burbank where it was founded in the '30's. It wasn't JUST the high cost of housing for employees, or the long commutes, or the state tax burden, or the crappy schools in the area, but the overwhelming overbearing regulation of everything. Employment regulations, building regulations, zoning, everything was "Mother, may I?" with permit fees, review fees, application fees, reassessments, boards, appeals, reviews. To move a drinking fountain in an office building required an environmental impact report, bathrooms were regulated down to the location of toilet paper holders, size and location, and handicapped access.
Marrietta, Georgia was different. Off they went.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
December 02, 2016, 08:53 AM
sdy
maybe the Clinton Foundation can use them in their charitable disaster relief efforts.
They already were effective as disaster relief in the U.S. because they weren't used.
December 02, 2016, 08:57 AM
parabellum
Just replace the first "A" with an apostrophe, and then add a picture of Donald Trump.
M'dam President. Maybe put a "Not" at the top for the whiners. Not M'dam President.
December 02, 2016, 09:09 AM
ridewv
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I don't see any that'd fit the woman in blue.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
