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  • rustneversleeps
    rustneversleeps The Motel of Lost Companions Posts: 2,209

    a president who calls terrorists "bad dudes". did you all elect the Big Lebowski?

    no interest in the horrific situation in canada?
    no, I'm currently WAY too obsessed with america and my blind hatred of such.
    tell me something i dont know....
    I always find it so interesting that americans that hate when non-americans criticize, or even just discuss, american foreign policy issues, which, like it or not, effect the globe, seem to be the first to defend their government's right to get involved in all the world's business.
    on second read, you are thinking way too much. have a doob and relax.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    So here's my train of thought. My grandpa's family moved to the United States from Germany in 1925 with my grandfather in the womb. Now, we're talking like 6 or 7 years after WWI where a main member of the alliance of the other side was...shocker, the German Empire. Germany was very unstable after the war and that lead to the unfortunate rise of Hitler.

    Now, let's put that very situation into place but with Donald Trump as the President. You're coming off the largest war in modern history, the new Germany is terribly unstable with a rise in extremism and facists...would he ban Germans from coming into the United States who are fleeing from a country in ruins?
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    So here's my train of thought. My grandpa's family moved to the United States from Germany in 1925 with my grandfather in the womb. Now, we're talking like 6 or 7 years after WWI where a main member of the alliance of the other side was...shocker, the German Empire. Germany was very unstable after the war and that lead to the unfortunate rise of Hitler.

    Now, let's put that very situation into place but with Donald Trump as the President. You're coming off the largest war in modern history, the new Germany is terribly unstable with a rise in extremism and facists...would he ban Germans from coming into the United States who are fleeing from a country in ruins?

    I'm thinking he would probably align himself with the fascists, join the third reich.

    "Hitler is, like, a really smart guy, I like him" -1930's Trump
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,391

    a president who calls terrorists "bad dudes". did you all elect the Big Lebowski?

    no interest in the horrific situation in canada?
    no, I'm currently WAY too obsessed with america and my blind hatred of such.
    tell me something i dont know....
    I always find it so interesting that americans that hate when non-americans criticize, or even just discuss, american foreign policy issues, which, like it or not, effect the globe, seem to be the first to defend their government's right to get involved in all the world's business.
    on second read, you are thinking way too much. have a doob and relax.
    That's the problem with the world - too much thinking.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762

    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    I heard that as well. Trying to pry more info out of my source for that.
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    ^^^
    i feel a HUGE protest coming on
  • An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    I heard that as well. Trying to pry more info out of my source for that.
    The rumor is that Trump intends to roll back an executive order put in place by President Obama which prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, and perhaps go even further to allow a broader range of discrimination against LGBT people based on ‘religious freedom’.
    http://www.towleroad.com/2017/01/anti-lgbt-executive-order/
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Good grief if that's what it is. God help us all.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177

    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    I heard that as well. Trying to pry more info out of my source for that.
    The rumor is that Trump intends to roll back an executive order put in place by President Obama which prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, and perhaps go even further to allow a broader range of discrimination against LGBT people based on ‘religious freedom’.
    http://www.towleroad.com/2017/01/anti-lgbt-executive-order/
    Sounds like something Pence would do. Between Bannon and Pence we're in for a hell of a ride. Fuck them both, and fuck the orange tyrant. It is going to be a long 4 years whether the fat orange guy lives that long or not.
    (BTW, whether he lives or not was not a reference to violence. I think he looks as unhealthy as I've ever seen him, and the stress will continue to pile on. I think he's going to die of natural causes before anyone could ever plot something).
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    I think he just likes to be a headline everyday so he spaces everything out.

    Tomorrow night tune in for my big announcement on the supreme court!

    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    Read federal funding for adoption agencies may be impacted. Two of our best friends have 2 beautiful daughters and couldn't be better parents. This is all so sad
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,973
    Just can't stop thinking of this..............


    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Socialist.
    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    Falling down,...not staying down
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Kat said:

    Just can't stop thinking of this..............


    First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Socialist.
    Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Jew.
    Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

    Yup. We definitely need to keep this in mind and stay vigilant.

    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491

    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    Heard that as well.....

    What the FUCK??????
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478

    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    You're thinking of this wrong. It's pro religious freedom....and throw in pro business too.

    We should have all knew this was coming.
  • ^^^
    Funny you mention business,
    Latest tweet,
    The American dream is back. We’re going to create an environment for small business like we haven’t had in many, many decades!
  • ^^^
    Funny you mention business,
    Latest tweet,
    The American dream is back. We’re going to create an environment for small business like we haven’t had in many, many decades!

    YAY!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,617

    An anti-LGBT executive order coming down the pipeline.

    What. Is. Happening?

    I heard that as well. Trying to pry more info out of my source for that.
    Had a heads up on this one several weeks ago. This is one Pence wants for sure.
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    a homophobe is such because that person is afraid he will not be able to control his impulses around a openly gay person.
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