The hate is so thick you can cut it with a knife!
You don’t lose elections because you are pleasing “We, The People.”
The Captain
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More importantly, the core theme of the present administration is not about liberalism, neo or old, but about running the government more inline with the Constitution.
Please explain to me how Trump is running the government more inline with the Constitution?
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Now get this. Trump is negotiating against himself. He hasn’t even sat down with China and he is already lowering his Tariff. The incompetence is astounding. I am starting to think he might be having the first signs of dementia.
President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States could lower tariffs on China to 80 percent ahead of a meeting this weekend between his top aides and their counterparts from Beijing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/09/trump-china-tariffs-switzerland/
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Ken Griffin says it all.
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I didn’t call you an idiot. I said you were gaslighting.
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The latest lame lament.
The Captain
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I think we are well past first signs.
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Ooh, alliteration! Gaslighting the gullible doesn’t goose our greatness. Instead, it incites ignoramuses.
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“Gaslighting” is the latest WOKE LEFTIST smear against arguments they cannot contradict with good old fashioned rhetoric. The post you accused of gaslighting was a detailed response to Fool @flyerboys with whom I often disagree but cannot under any circumstance be called an “ignoramus.” I believe @flyerboysi deserves an apology.
The Captain
YES! And much of the corruption is right out in the open. I’m sure what we don’t know (yet) is even worse. Corruption is democracy poison. And Trump is DEEPLY corrupt.
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I stand corrected, I should have said “attempted gaslighting”. I strongly agree that @flyerboys is no ignoramus.
As for the term, it’s been in use since the 1930s, with its use increasing in the mid 2010s. I wonder what else occurred during that time that would explain this…
As for using it instead of rhetoric, that’s fair.
You said the current administration’s core theme is running the government more in line with the constitution. This is clearly not the case, but you haven’t explained why you said this. Please provide examples.
I’m giving you the benefit of doubt. You strike me as a smart fella. Me suggesting you are gaslighting implies that you know better.
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What is clear is that we disagree.
The Founding Fathers crafted a brilliant Constitution. Political interest often collide with the intent of the Constitution. SCOTUS has the job of protecting the Constitution.
- Does the Constitution mandate open borders?
- Does the Constitution mandate that bureaucracy instead of Congress shell enact law?
- Does the Constitution mandate that judges should have executive power?
Never forget the warning, “If you can keep it!”
Maybe others know worser.
The Captain
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No the Constitution does not mandate open borders. It is silent on the issue, and for the first century that’s exactly what we had. Then some restrictions were put in place by laws, not the Constitution, and that’s where we’ve been ever since. (However we do not have “open borders” and have not had for some time, although we have had varying degrees of enforcement, which is a different thing.)
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No the Constitution is clear that Congress makes the laws. Owing to the complexity of issues, however, they have passed some of the authority to bureaucracies, lest no laws ever get passed because of arguing over details.
The first bureaucracy in the US was mandated in 1789, so that’s pretty much “Founding Fathers” territory, run by Alexander Hamilton (ditto), and was the Treasury Department, which then set policies and goals including the National Bank (not spoken of in the Constitution) and many other issues germane to the finances of the Republic. And thereby lifting the petty arguments out of Congressional halls. -
No, the Constitution does not give judges Executive power. Neither does it give the Executive judicial power, but that was pretty much settled in 1803 (pretty close to “Founding Fathers” territory) when it was ruled that the Judicial decides what the law is , not the Executive (nor, frankly, Congress.) If that is not the Judicial’s job, then there is no reason to have it as a Federal branch, which the Founding Fathers clearly did establish.
You’re welcome. I hope this answers your questions, most of which you could have found in a 6th grade Social Studies textbook.
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I remember going across the Canadian border as a kid and just being passed right through. I also remember going across the Mexican border in the 80’s without to much fanfare. Although I did have a friend and his wife, from Illinois, who was of Mexican descent. When the border asked me if I had anything to declare I said just these two Mexicans. That wasn’t a smart move. They pulled us out of the car and searched it. I don’t think I would try that in todays climate.
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Interestingly, my post about the regime decreeing it does not want criminal prosecution of criminal regulatory violations, has been yanked.
Steve
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Do American 6th graders know how to read?
The Captain
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One-fifth of Illinois adults are functionally illiterate, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That means they cannot understand the meaning of sentences, locate information on pages or complete simple forms, all of which would affect their abilities to hold many jobs.
In Cook County, 25% of adults are functionally illiterate…
In Chicago Public Schools, the largest school district in Cook County and Illinois, just 22% of 11th-grade students were proficient in reading in 2023 and 19% in math, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report card. Yet ISBE reported the 2023 four-year graduation rate in CPS was 82.9%.
DB2
You probably should have used Louisiana if you wanted to show illiteracy. But here is a better look at the United States. The average Illiteracy across the US is 21% so take that all into account. But the south seems to have the highest rates.
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B, b, b her emails, errr…I mean Chicago and Cook County!
Pete
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