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This (Original Post) mac56 Apr 2020 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #1
Kick. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #2
Wise words Cirque du So-What Apr 2020 #3
Hard to do when the head jackass is pResident and all the other jackasses bow down to him liberalla Apr 2020 #10
K and R Solomon Apr 2020 #4
Thanks! nt Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #5
K & R. iluvtennis Apr 2020 #6
With a couple of exceptions, we have nothing but jackasses in the Trump administration. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #7
I didn't know there were any exceptions. n/t. NNadir Apr 2020 #9
The name Tony Fauci ring any bells ? Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #21
The guy's been there forever, going back to Bush I. Trump had nothing to do with him. NNadir Apr 2020 #22
Excuse me . . . Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #23
Excuse me, nominally he CAN fire him, but if he did, it would only inflame the groundswell... NNadir Apr 2020 #24
In all fairness, Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #25
Don't count on it. NNadir Apr 2020 #27
Would that be . . . Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #28
It could be. I'm not familiar with the excellent and true quote, or very much... NNadir Apr 2020 #36
Brilliant. K&R crickets Apr 2020 #8
I had to steal that! SnowCritter Apr 2020 #11
Kick & recommended. William769 Apr 2020 #12
Nicely done. johnthewoodworker Apr 2020 #13
KNR niyad Apr 2020 #14
The 25th Amendment comes to mind. marble falls Apr 2020 #15
Is it time for our party to change mascots? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #16
I love it ! mgardener Apr 2020 #17
K&R Beartracks Apr 2020 #18
K&R Blue Owl Apr 2020 #19
Very true, but... MarianJack Apr 2020 #20
K&R MustLoveBeagles Apr 2020 #26
Wow.. perfect analogy. Cha Apr 2020 #29
What were they going to do with that poor little donkey? Bayard Apr 2020 #30
Fuck "This" threads hangaleft Apr 2020 #31
THIS mac56 Apr 2020 #33
Don't click on 'this' threads. Simple solution amuse bouche Apr 2020 #39
That used to be my solution Chowlie Apr 2020 #40
Kick! burrowowl Apr 2020 #32
Oh thank God,... I thought they were going to eat the damn thing. magicarpet Apr 2020 #34
K & R malaise Apr 2020 #35
K&R bdamomma Apr 2020 #37
Yeah, what do we do when the jackass is 100% in charge and detonating charges on purpose? n.r lark Apr 2020 #38
Pretty sure that is not what is happening. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2020 #41
I'm pretty sure they meant cannabis_flower Apr 2020 #42

Lonestarblue

(9,874 posts)
7. With a couple of exceptions, we have nothing but jackasses in the Trump administration.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 12:11 PM
Apr 2020

The Jackass-in-Chief has ensured that nothing but jackasses could be hired for his administration, and now we are all trying to tiptoe through the landmines of the coronavirus while federal jackasses run through the fields planting landmines.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
22. The guy's been there forever, going back to Bush I. Trump had nothing to do with him.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:44 PM
Apr 2020

In fact, I'm sure the orange pig would fire him if he could. He is one of the few people on the stage with that lunatic who directly and openly states, albeit too gently, that the moron has no idea what he's talking about.

He is not a member of the Trump administration. He's a professional who Trump hasn't found a way to fire.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
23. Excuse me . . .
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 10:55 PM
Apr 2020

trumpie absolutely COULD fire Tony and has told aids that he would like to, but is afraid of the backlash.

Obviously you have never worked for the federal government. POTUS can fire/or pressure to cause to be fired ANYONE in federal employ. My last job, after the NAVY, was for the U S Public Health Service. And yes, I know and worked with Tony Fauci.

Also, when you work for the federal government, you ARE a part of the administration. When you walk through the door of your agency every morning, the FIRST thing you see is a picture of your boss, the president of the United States.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a federal agency under the broad umbrella of the U S Department of Health and Human Services (USHHS).

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
24. Excuse me, nominally he CAN fire him, but if he did, it would only inflame the groundswell...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:02 PM
Apr 2020

...against him.

You missed my point entirely.

Now it is possible that Trump is stupid enough to do it, but the fact is that he's a cowardly little freak and I have the feeling that he knows his world is crashing big time.

I think it quite possible as a result of this disaster, he may die in prison, and I think he's hearing that for the first time in his stupid life.

Trump has been firing professionals in the State department, the EPA, the Education department, everywhere. That's well known.

But here...here...here...

There are even some very, very, very, very stupid Magats who are turning against him. He's terrified by that little guy.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
25. In all fairness,
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:11 PM
Apr 2020

you said, "I'm sure the orange pig would fire him if he could."

That's what I was taking issue with in my post.

trumpie will never see prison.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
27. Don't count on it.
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:21 PM
Apr 2020

I hate to go full Godwin, but...

At one point, Adolf Hitler ruled all of Europe except Spain, the UK, Sweden and a slice of Russia, either by "alliance, or by actual occupation.

The little shit ended his life in a tiny room in a tiny bunker with a gun barrel in his moutyh ranting like the sick little lunatic he was.

Trumpie is not competent as Hitler was.

More recently Milosevic, another one who considered that he was immune to justice, died in prison.

Ceausescu was arrested while fleeing and summarily shot.

All of these above dictators were more powerful in their countries than the little piece of shit.

Trump makes Richard Nixon look like a choir boy. When this is over, there'll be no one who was ever a Magat, just like there were no Nazis.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
28. Would that be . . .
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 11:38 PM
Apr 2020

"Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility"

That Godwin ?

Too bad teachers no longer teach subjects like critical thinking and reasoning and logic.

He should be required reading.

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
36. It could be. I'm not familiar with the excellent and true quote, or very much...
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 07:58 AM
Apr 2020

...detail about the writings of Michael Godwin, but it's an excellent quote to keep in mind.

On another note however, I'm not sure how one can really teach critical thinking. One may expose people to the consequences of not doing so, something now happening on a national scale, but my feeling is that one can be encouraged to do it, but one must learn it on one's own.

At least this has been my personal experience. Looking back over my long life, I realize that for many years in my youth, I let other people think for me. I only learned about critical thinking when I began to look more deeply into some things I accepted rather blindly and recognized that they were not true.

It was relatively late in my life when I came to that realization.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
18. K&R
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 02:04 PM
Apr 2020

Wish the Republicans would control their jackasses. They certainly do have a fine tradition of carrying them though. Kinda makes them ALL jackasses.

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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
20. Very true, but...
Fri Apr 3, 2020, 09:14 PM
Apr 2020

...I'm not going to carry a jackass like Dolt45 and his dimpled "239" pound ass on MY back EVER!

#notmypresident

RESIST

Bayard

(21,801 posts)
30. What were they going to do with that poor little donkey?
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 01:14 AM
Apr 2020

Seriously. Doesn't look like he could carry much.

There has to be a Democrat donkey joke in there somewhere.

 

hangaleft

(649 posts)
31. Fuck "This" threads
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 02:25 AM
Apr 2020

Nothing personal, but I hate “This” threads. Write a meaningful subject, please.

Chowlie

(49 posts)
40. That used to be my solution
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 09:32 AM
Apr 2020

until every fourth post was a “This[various optional punctuation]”. Then I gave up. I think titles are just hard for some people, and that’s ok.

magicarpet

(13,935 posts)
34. Oh thank God,... I thought they were going to eat the damn thing.
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 07:15 AM
Apr 2020

Wait a minute you can't eat the damn thing.

That's a protected species.

Its the mascot for the de-mock- - - RAT party. The donkey and the rat,.. we got thems bases covered,... Okay ?



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