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Post by mollycoddle on Nov 17, 2018 13:57:32 GMT
Pelosi is effective.. and everyone knows that. she is a master politician, and is the daughter of a politician. she holds onto the votes.. and knows her group. so people make her out to be.. another old white woman.. but she is dynamite.. and an easy target to hate. she has those "san francisco values"--like respect, helping those who are poor and hungry and other things typical of a catholic grandmother. she has raised great kids.. and I really respect her, even if I don't agree 100% .. she navigates both the conservative and progressive side of the party. out here the greatest complaint is that she is too conservative...and cautious. Pelosi has always irritated me because IMO she is not good in interviews and makes verbal gaffes which are exploited by the right. That said, this is no time for a newbie. She is a master legislator and vote counter, and we need her as Speaker. Trump and McConnell will be dangerous foes, and right now, experienced leadership is called for.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 17, 2018 15:19:36 GMT
That is the GOP mantra in a nutshell. HELP YOURSELF. As if everyone is an able-bodied, able-minded, middle-aged, middle-income worker. Kids, old people, emotionally challenged people, mentally challenged people DO NOT EXIST in their "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" world. Of, if they do, they should be helped by their (equally challenged) families. 'They' forget that many jobs are now gone, many survivors have lost EVERYTHING, their cars = no transportation.. they walked out! Many hours will be spent trying to get papers in order, their possessions are gone. I have to replace my DL, I can lay my hands on my birth certificate, marriage license and all the added 6 points needed to gt it. 'They' are clueless just like dt saying you need a picture ID to buy cereal!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 21:38:22 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
“Trump is asked if the seeing the devastation from the California wildfires has changed his opinion on climate change.
Trump: "No. No. I have a strong opinion: I want great climate." (via CNN)”
Idiot.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 21:48:43 GMT
trump...
“You gotta take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forest,very important...I was with the President of Finland...he called it a forest nation and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem."
Well first California is not Finland. And as someone who lives in the area of the Wine Country fires of last year, it’s not the leaves but the dry grass and shrubs. So stable genius how do propose they “rake the floors” here ?
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Post by ntsf on Nov 17, 2018 21:55:43 GMT
I am sorry that Farley, the cartoon, is no longer here. it was a local SF comic. and it had characters like the bears in yosemite and "Tidy Kamp Person".. with her sidekick Lisa. it was a lady in an RV that would camp in Yosemite and offer for a fee to "clean" your campsite of all forest litter, dirt, rocks and clean it to bedrock. it was a hoot!! camping without dirt, stones or bugs. any of that nasty stuff. turnip would have thought her brilliant.
it turns out that there has been lots of logging and timber thinning east of Paradise. didn't save things. those who don't know what ecology and ecosytems are should keep their mouth shut and listen to experts. it is a complex situation.. and climate change is a major part of it!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 21:59:36 GMT
I am sorry that Farley, the cartoon, is no longer here. it was a local SF comic. and it had characters like the bears in yosemite and "Tidy Kamp Person".. with her sidekick Lisa. it was a lady in an RV that would camp in Yosemite and offer for a fee to "clean" your campsite of all forest litter, dirt, rocks and clean it to bedrock. it was a hoot!! camping without dirt, stones or bugs. any of that nasty stuff. turnip would have thought her brilliant. it turns out that there has been lots of logging and timber thinning east of Paradise. didn't save things. those who don't know what ecology and ecosytems are should keep their mouth shut and listen to experts. it is a complex situation.. and climate change is a major part of it!!! I really do miss Farley and the Fog City Dumpster.
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Post by coffeetalk on Nov 17, 2018 22:09:11 GMT
trump... “You gotta take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forest,very important...I was with the President of Finland...he called it a forest nation and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem." Well first California is not Finland. And as someone who lives in the area of the Wine Country fires of last year, it’s not the leaves but the dry grass and shrubs. So stable genius how do propose they “rake the floors” here ? There aren't enough words to express how much I despise this man.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 22:42:04 GMT
Henry Winkler....
“I just bought my rake! I feel so much safer .”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 17, 2018 22:44:33 GMT
Well first California is not Finland. And as someone who lives in the area of the Wine Country fires of last year, it’s not the leaves but the dry grass and shrubs. So stable genius how do propose they “rake the floors” here ? He did say he saw on TV the firemen racking small trees/bushes while the fire was right above them. He does not understand that the small trees become BIG trees in the forest. Isn't much of the land there Federal? How could anything be worse than everything is gone in Paradise and maybe 1000 people gone?!
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Post by pjaye on Nov 17, 2018 22:49:33 GMT
“You gotta take care of the floors. You know the floors of the forest,very important...I was with the President of Finland...he called it a forest nation and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things and they don't have any problem." Of course it makes perfect sense to take advice on forest fires from Finland, given that the climate there and in California is so similar.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 17, 2018 22:56:21 GMT
Of course it makes perfect sense to take advice on forest fires from Finland, given that the climate there and in California is so similar. Like Finland is half the size of Texas!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 23:12:50 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 18, 2018 0:12:08 GMT
Pruitt taught him well!
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Post by Enna on Nov 18, 2018 8:13:39 GMT
Thought of us Finns raking our forests gave me some laughs this morning. No, Trump, we don't do that. People rake their yards and cities their parks, but that's it.
Although we are small country, most of Finland is forest. Even the idea is ridiculous.
I think our winter might be the biggest reason we don't have fires usually. Fires usually don't like snow that much. And even our summer are usually pretty rainy. But -last summer was really hot and dry and we did have a fire that burned some summer homes. So even with all that raking we are not perfect.
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Post by wellway on Nov 18, 2018 9:11:38 GMT
A cursory look at a map of Finland would show that it has a lot of lakes, a lot. So Californian.
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Post by gar on Nov 18, 2018 9:27:41 GMT
A cursory look at a map of Finland would show that it has a lot of lakes, a lot. So Californian. Plus there's the temperature thing
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Post by Enna on Nov 18, 2018 10:12:39 GMT
A cursory look at a map of Finland would show that it has a lot of lakes, a lot. So Californian. The land of thousand lakes. 😊
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Post by pjaye on Nov 18, 2018 10:21:42 GMT
Trump toured some fire area, one place is called 'Paradise" but the demented orange one couldn't even get that right.
OMFG. The locals have to correct the president about the name of the town he is visiting by yelling it out to him...twice. And "it's worse than it looks on TV"...words fail me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 10:24:14 GMT
He's such an idiot, He makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth.
I'm sure the Finns are kept very busy raking their forest floors........
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Post by Enna on Nov 18, 2018 11:51:41 GMT
Even our President had to say something. And one of the biggest newspaper made an article in English.
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Post by hop2 on Nov 18, 2018 13:02:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 13:44:14 GMT
It just blows someone's mind at the difference between the first two and the third doesn't it?
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Post by hop2 on Nov 18, 2018 14:02:56 GMT
It just blows someone's mind at the difference between the first two and the third doesn't it? yeah a real ‘one if these things is not like the others’ The other two, ( different parties ) both have: A grip on reality Some self awareness Desire to serve the people Empathy Class Critical thinking skills to realize they need to change course in some ways
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Post by imsirius on Nov 18, 2018 15:16:15 GMT
I see Eric and Daddy share a brain cell....one. Smh
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Post by imsirius on Nov 18, 2018 15:24:39 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 18, 2018 15:47:06 GMT
Even our President had to say something. And one of the biggest newspaper made an article in English. Thank you to your president!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 15:50:07 GMT
So dipshit donnie gave an interview to Chris Wallace that is being shown today. Wallace asked ds donnie why he hasn’t’t been to visit the troops in Afghanistan. Well he is very busy and you know he was against the war in Iraq. So Wallace pointed out this was about the soldiers and ds donnie said you’re right and things are being planned and he is incredibly busy...
President Obama took office in January and made his first trip to Iraq in April of that year.
So incredibly busy trump is really a coward. And he has no sense of duty.
Or as Chris Lu put it...
“On why he hasn’t visited troops in war zones, Trump: “I’ve had an unbelievable busy schedule.”
A little less “executive time” and campaign rallies. A little more time being commander-in-chief.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 18, 2018 15:52:38 GMT
How dare you eric trump?!?!?!?! He was not just a journalist, he was a LEGAL RESIDENT of the United States!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 18, 2018 15:53:59 GMT
Or as Chris Lu put it... “On why he hasn’t visited troops in war zones, Trump: “I’ve had an unbelievable busy schedule.” A little less “executive time” and campaign rallies. A little more time being commander-in-chief.” Worth repeating again and again!!
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