tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8002299076312062688..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITS OUT SOME STUPIDITY -- AFTER A WHILESteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-22656640138562615892016-12-18T18:37:02.884-05:002016-12-18T18:37:02.884-05:00"Let's forget all the ideological crap an..."Let's forget all the ideological crap and concentrate on making money" would actually be a far more benign approach to policy than the one pursued by recent administrations. But unfortunately Trump's addiction to aggression-as-strategy is likely to overcome his avarice, especially when countries like Iran and China start to exploit his chronic insecurity.<br /><br />And needless to say the first terrorist attack on an offshore Trump property, striking at both his private and his public interests, will trigger a response that will be blackly humorous but also potentially disastrous.Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64450520733550906232016-12-18T17:04:34.656-05:002016-12-18T17:04:34.656-05:00The Constitution requires of the President that &q...The Constitution requires of the President that "he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."<br /><br />Appointing people who are committed to doing the exact opposite is a violation of the President's Constitutional duty, and provides the clearest possible reason to remove him from office.<br /><br />Of course, Ronald Reagan did the same thing, and no one in power dared say one word about this; impeachment is reserved for Democrats that get blow jobs. So, of course, nothing will happen about this. At least, however, it provides one more sign of how much the Conservatives that constantly preach about the founders and their intent, really care about the Constitution, when it gets in their way.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68843096022608433612016-12-18T14:36:58.425-05:002016-12-18T14:36:58.425-05:00Besides "KACHING!", in times of dispute/...Besides "KACHING!", in times of dispute/conflict/confusion, their guiding principle will be WPOTLTM - Whatever Pisses-Off Liberals The Most!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79830435262402855802016-12-18T14:02:38.280-05:002016-12-18T14:02:38.280-05:00Poor punditocracy, so desperately trying to cram t...Poor punditocracy, so desperately trying to cram the incoming disaster into the usual safe templates rather than face the unnerving truth of what's barrelling toward us all. Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-31142487906410414302016-12-18T11:48:11.217-05:002016-12-18T11:48:11.217-05:00I do think that Tocqueville had the number of the ...I do think that Tocqueville had the number of the incoming administration and its enablers:<br /><br />"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?”<br />Alexis de Tocqueville<br />Letter to Ernest de Chabrol, June 9, 1831bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.com