View Full Version : How Does It Feel To Be Conned - BIGLY?
Athos
Feb 3, 2017, 11:57 AM
To thunderous applause, the conman-in-chief first told his deplorables he would build a wall and Mexico would pay for it. Mexico, of course, declined the honor. So, like any con-man, Trump changed his tune.
It became Congress would fund it and Mexico would RE-IMBURSE the US for the wall. Hmmmm. How?
Trump would add 20% to Mexican goods coming into the country. Umm, the added 20% would be paid by the American consumer. Uh, oh. Back to the drawing board.
The current con (a good con-man never gives up) is that Congress will fund it BY CUTTING BACK ON EXISTING PROGRAMS. Of course, he hasn't bothered to list those programs. That would be politically dangerous.
So, in the end, his "plan" is for the US to pay for it.
Even the most die-hard Republicans are staring to wonder about this fraud in the White House.
smoothy
Feb 3, 2017, 12:45 PM
Trump
Acceptance
Resistance
Disorder
Don't you lefties think its past time you sought out some couch time with your psychologists?
tomder55
Feb 3, 2017, 01:02 PM
Thinking people realized that it is always the consumer or taxpayer who pays . The only question is this ...... is it worth it to the taxpayer to pay for a physical barrier on the Mexican border . The answer is yes . The rest of his bs about tariffs and border taxes is economy wrecking pablum. If he busts up NAFTA then we'll go back to the disasterous WTO provisions.
He and his protectionist minions don't get it .Maybe labor rates plays a role in the decisions by American companies to open up shop in Mexico . But a much bigger factor is that Mexico has many more free trade agreements than we do ;so it is easier to get their products into other countries .
Now the moron also told Mexican President PenaNieto that he would send US troops to help combat the "bad hombres" there . If it were me ,I would've told Trump to not bother because I am inviting the Chinese to build a military base on the border .
BTW ,the border wall has been part of the budget for years .
talaniman
Feb 3, 2017, 02:15 PM
You wasted a ton of money on a fence and haven't learned your lesson yet. You think those Mexicans haven't already figured out how to get over, under, around and through a wall? No wonder the right is so easy to con.
BTW ,the border wall has been part of the budget for years .
Bush spent that money years ago, thought you knew.
ScottGem
Feb 3, 2017, 02:16 PM
Trump
Acceptance
Resistance
Disorder
Don't you lefties think its past time you sought out some couch time with your psychologists?
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Trump is doing the same things that have failed over and over again.
We do think you righties, need to get your heads out of the sand and understand the harm Trump is doing to the country.
tomder55
Feb 3, 2017, 02:22 PM
The money is wasted because it was budgetted in and not spent on building a wall. You lefties loved it when Evita and Chucky Schmucky ,Joe Biden ,and yes ,even the emperor ,got tough on immigration and championed a wall .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezaw-g6TIQI
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/26/when-wall-was-fence-and-democrats-embraced/QE7ieCBXjXVxO63pLMTe9O/story.html
Athos
Feb 3, 2017, 02:25 PM
But a much bigger factor is that Mexico has many more free trade agreements than we do ;so it is easier to get their products into other countries .
Now the moron also told Mexican President PenaNieto that he would send US troops to help combat the "bad hombres" there . If it were me ,I would've told Trump to not bother because I am inviting the Chinese to build a military base on the border .
BTW ,the border wall has been part of the budget for years .
BINGO! on the getting products into other countries.
BINGO! again. The Chinese military base. I needed a good laugh today.
One thing never mentioned about this whole drug/wall thing is that without American demand for drugs, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
tomder55
Feb 3, 2017, 02:35 PM
Bush spent that money years ago, thought you knew.
nice revisionist history . But not so. Bush signed the bill in 2006 ;the last year of a Republican Congressional majority . But revisions in the law because of DHS concerns and Bush's squishy policies regarding immigration stalled the barrier into the emperor's term. Then the emperor boasted about completing the barrier when in fact he added about 30 miles of fencing ;and a bunch of vehicle barriers that people can easily hop over . Then he mocked the Republicans claiming they wouldn't be happy until there was a moat with alligators . No the money wasn't spent on a wall ,and it certainly was not spent on border security .
talaniman
Feb 3, 2017, 05:28 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006
The Republican Party's 2012 platform highlighted the fact that the rest of the double fencing was never built and stated that "The double-layered fencing on the border that was enacted by Congress in 2006, but never completed, must finally be built."[7] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006#cite_note-7) The Washington Office on Latin America (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Office_on_Latin_America), claims on its Border Fact Check (http://borderfactcheck.com/) site that the extremely high cost of complying with the Secure Fence Act's mandate—estimated at US$4.1 billion, or more than the Border Patrol’s entire annual budget of US$3.55 billion—was the main reason that it was not fulfilled.[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006#cite_note-8) In short, Congress failed to continue to fund the project past the initial $1.2 billion procured, in order to finish building the fence.
Like I said they ain't got no mo' wall money. I ain't got none nether! You got some? Maybe Trump will float us a loan!
paraclete
Feb 3, 2017, 08:00 PM
Like I said they ain't got no mo' wall money. I ain't got none nether! You got some? Maybe Trump will float us a loan!
Don't worry, Tal, them tax hatin' repubs will tax somethin' to get some money, maybe they will tax illegals by way of taxin' remittances, it's simple enough, a 0.25% tax on all money leaving the country should do it, be hardly noticeable, exchange rates move more than that every day, and best of all, it's not discrimatory
Fr_Chuck
Feb 3, 2017, 08:15 PM
Really the only people who think Republicans have lost any faith, is the news who seems to make the news up.
And just a wall, will not stop, but it will take electronics, guards, air patrol and more. Like they do in most other nations.
But a much easier way. Just make it a serious crime to hire anyone, without proper papers. No air travel, no buying a car, no license, no bank account without legal papers. Then the illegals will have no reason to come. No welfare unless you are a citizen. Green card holders are not allowed welfare, why should an illegal get it.
Really the only people who think Republicans have lost any faith, is the news who seems to make the news up.
And just a wall, will not stop, but it will take electronics, guards, air patrol and more. Like they do in most other nations.
But a much easier way. Just make it a serious crime to hire anyone, without proper papers. No air travel, no buying a car, no license, no bank account without legal papers. Then the illegals will have no reason to come. No welfare unless you are a citizen. Green card holders are not allowed welfare, why should an illegal get it.
smoothy
Feb 3, 2017, 08:27 PM
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Trump is doing the same things that have failed over and over again.
We do think you righties, need to get your heads out of the sand and understand the harm Trump is doing to the country.
Bwaaaahaahahaha
Do YOU actually believe the economy has been doing great the last 8 years? Do you think these imbeciles protesting and making total a#$es out of themselves have ANY moral superiority? If you are willing to IGNORE the Election fraud and vote rigging the DNC and the media were caught red handed doing is any way right... then Scott, you really aren't nearly as smart as I thought you were. And I did honestly think you were smarter than that.
Trump has done NOTHING to harm this country yet.. everything he has done so far is good and needed. And I for one hope he does EVERYTHING he promised. I'll be behind him the whole way and so will most of the country...asnd if the left thinks they can spread the violence.....lest they remember, they have only gotten away with this in heavily gun controlled places where the populace is mostly unarmed. MANY of us are in states were we have a legal right to open carry, and even more have CC permits...and we ARE armed..and know how to use them. And won't tolerate these degenerates destroying property in OUT cities and OUR states.
And WE also have the right to self defense of ourselves AND our property...by any means we deem necessary...including lethal force. Many states we only have to FEEL threatened. SO these lefty anarchists would be in line for one hell of a swift and brutal payback if they try what they did in Berkeley, DC or Ferguson.
So get over it... Hillary DIDN'T get to steal the election she never earned the right to run in... Trump won because nearly 90% of the US Landmass wanted him in office (look at the county by county map of who won....its MOSTLY red).... The idiots in NYC and Kalifornistan have absolutely no concept of what the rest of the country wants... or even what it needs. And thank god the founding fathers were smart enough to foresee the future enough they put the Electoral College into the Constitution.
And don't get any cute ideas that you can change it... we have more than enough states sick of leftyland we can force a Constitutional convention and remove California from the country. And there isn't ANYTHING they could do to stop it. And no overstepping leftist judge who thinks they have a right to legislate from the bench could stop it.
If the left wants to play hardball...we can show them what real hardball is....and trust me..they don't want to go there.
And by the way....the left wing whack job that thought they can be cute overrule the immigration ban? ALL those visa are already canceled..and so none of them can travel legally without getting new ones..and no news ones are being issued...and NO judge anywhere can do anything at all about it...Check and mate.
smoothy
Feb 3, 2017, 08:48 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006
Like I said they ain't got no mo' wall money. I ain't got none nether! You got some? Maybe Trump will float us a loan!
We stop ALL federal funding to Sanctuary Cities or states... cut OFF all welfare to immigrants who really have no RIGHT to get it, and the able bodied lazy people... cut off all funding to any college who denies free speech to conservatives like Berkeley did... we have more than enough money to build any wall we need.
THat wall serves the country a far greater purpose and value to the country than ALL of the money wasted on the fat and lazy.
After all the left claims the economy has never been better under Obama...there really is no need for food stamps and welfare then plenty of jobs out there for anyone who asks for one.
excon
Feb 4, 2017, 07:22 AM
Hello:
Show me a 50' wall, and I'll show you a 51' ladder.
excon
smoothy
Feb 4, 2017, 03:16 PM
51 foot ladder doesn't stop a .308 Rifle bullet
Wondergirl
Feb 4, 2017, 04:18 PM
51 foot ladder doesn't stop a .308 Rifle bullet
If you're going to have shooters all along the border, you don't need a wall.
smoothy
Feb 4, 2017, 08:08 PM
If you're going to have shooters all along the border, you don't need a wall. We need both.. that will stop the illegals and severely curtail the drug traffickers... Neither have ANY right what so ever to violate our borders. They want to come here, go home, apply legally and wait your turn.
Wondergirl
Feb 4, 2017, 09:31 PM
We need both.. that will stop the illegals and severely curtail the drug traffickers... Neither have ANY right what so ever to violate our borders. They want to come here, go home, apply legally and wait your turn.
What do you plan to do with the US citizens who buy, distribute, and use the drugs?
paraclete
Feb 5, 2017, 12:06 AM
What do you plan to do with the US citizens who buy, distribute, and use the drugs?
It's a good question and dump hasn't announced his plan for that. No doubt he will contine the useless War on Drugs
tomder55
Feb 5, 2017, 04:59 AM
But a much easier way. Just make it a serious crime to hire anyone, without proper papers. No air travel, no buying a car, no license, no bank account without legal papers. Then the illegals will have no reason to come.
There are already laws to that effect. The thing that will be new is enforcement .
No welfare unless you are a citizen. Green card holders are not allowed welfare, why should an illegal get it.
I recently read the sponsor papers that brought my wife's family into the country . It clearly stated that the deal was that they would not be a burden on the social system . I know immigrants coming through Ellis Island (which processed up to 10,000 people daily in the early 20th Century ) were detained until they had ,money, travel tickets, or someone they knew sponsoring them .
smoothy
Feb 5, 2017, 03:40 PM
What do you plan to do with the US citizens who buy, distribute, and use the drugs?
The one good idea Chairman Mao had was perfect for that.. and it was effective, very effective.
Wondergirl
Feb 5, 2017, 03:51 PM
The one good idea Chairman Mao had was perfect for that.. and it was effective, very effective.
Even the Christian white males?
smoothy
Feb 5, 2017, 08:33 PM
Even the Christian white males?
Stopped almost all of the opium dens and abuse that were rampant before then. If there were some Christian white males caught up in it... that was their own doing.
Wondergirl
Feb 5, 2017, 09:17 PM
Stopped almost all of the opium dens and abuse that were rampant before then. If there were some Christian white males caught up in it... that was their own doing.
Doubt we'll get that far. Bannon has the apocalypse in mind instead.
smoothy
Feb 5, 2017, 09:57 PM
Doubt we'll get that far. Bannon has the apocalypse in mind instead.
Nah.. only liberals believe that... everything to them is like it is with teenage girls... the world is coming to to an end because they got a zit... drama queens about everything.
Wondergirl
Feb 5, 2017, 10:00 PM
Nah.. only liberals believe that... everything to them is like it is with teenage girls... the world is coming to to an end because they got a zit... drama queens about everything.
You must not keep up with Breitbart stuff.
smoothy
Feb 5, 2017, 10:11 PM
You must not keep up with Breitbart stuff.
I do know 95%+ of the people posting on line really have no clue about how often and how much they are deceived by the media... even though most now finally see its been happening, they don't really have an idea how bad the bias is at times. But you know the old saying ignorance is bliss and they prefer to cling to that than accept reality and go to great lengths to rationalize it.
Lot like teenagers with birth control. Reject everything people try to tell them (because they are smarter than those boring people are).. then act surprised when they find themselves knocked up. At some point you tell them believe what you want... doesn't change reality.
paraclete
Feb 5, 2017, 11:40 PM
.. doesn't change reality.
Let's talk about reality. Does reality exist in Washington these days? Or has the whole thing taken on the appearance of the serriel? Governance by twitter, what a strange concept. It seems there is a bad case of I think therefore it must be so, or in the ancient way, so let it be written, so let it be done
talaniman
Feb 6, 2017, 04:51 AM
The Donald believes that all he needs is a royal decree, not realizing there are 3 equal branches of government. What's disturbing is the right wing thinking they are the gauge of reality and everyone else is wrong.
The reality is that the right wing loonies are people too, and Americans, have rights, and are going nowhere... and are noisey as hell! A challenge for us all for sure!
ScottGem
Feb 6, 2017, 08:12 AM
No I don't think the economy has been doing great the last 8 years, but I do KNOW that it has improved over the mess the big banks made of it.
No, I'm not willing to ignore election fraud, but I do need to see proof of wide scale fraud. So far I haven't seen any. Oh sure there have been scattered instances on BOTH sides. But nothing that would affect another other than a small local election. You claim they were caught red handed, but I have seen no proof of it.
Yes Trump has done plenty to harm this nation. He has polarized things even worse that under Obama. He is trampling on the Constitution and has lied and lied to the American people.
we have more than enough states sick of leftyland we can force a Constitutional convention and remove California from the country. And there isn't ANYTHING they could do to stop it.
And if you believe that, than you are sicker than I thought you were. You are advocating a destruction of this country. And that just proves my point that Trump has been harming this country, if right wingers believe they can take down the country.
Oh and you are wrong, none of the visa were revoked, they were just suspended. Holders of those valid visas are starting to arrive.
The "left wing whack job" was a respected CONSERVATIVE jurist.
Frankly, it make me sick to my stomach to read this hate filled garbage you are spewing. This is NOT what America was built on, this is not the values that the Founding Fathers wanted for this country. This is not the rule of law that most of us hold dear. You are advocating overthrowing the this country to get what you want. And that is not going to happen!
excon
Feb 6, 2017, 10:40 AM
The one good idea Chairman Mao had was perfect for that.. and it was effective, very effective.Hello smoothy:
Why go back to ancient history?? You could have just referred to the Trumpwannabe president of the Philippines.. He's MURDERED 10's of 1,000's of drug users..
I WOULD post a link, but you'd just call it fake news, so why bother?
excon
smoothy
Feb 6, 2017, 10:54 AM
I don't disagree with that part of what he's doing in the Philippines either.. if that's what it takes to put an end to drug crimes... and all the other crime that happens as a result. Drug dealing or drug abusing is rarely ever a crime that occurs in a vacuum. Most abusers don't fund their addiction from their own earnings exclusively. And the victims of those people have rights.
Put them on notice...that the crackdown is coming...they need get themselves straight before then or suffer the consequences afterwards.
Wondergirl
Feb 6, 2017, 11:09 AM
I don't disagree with that part of what he's doing in the Philippines either.. if that's what it takes to put an end to drug crimes... and all the other crime that happens as a result.
Unfortunately, killing them won't stop the drug use and trade and crimes. Humans are clever beings who always find a way.
talaniman
Feb 6, 2017, 11:18 AM
I don't disagree with that part of what he's doing in the Philippines either.. if that's what it takes to put an end to drug crimes... and all the other crime that happens as a result. Drug dealing or drug abusing is rarely ever a crime that occurs in a vacuum. Most abusers don't fund their addiction from their own earnings exclusively. And the victims of those people have rights.
Put them on notice...that the crackdown is coming...they need get themselves straight before then or suffer the consequences afterwards.
Didn't learn a thing from Prohibition did you?
excon
Feb 6, 2017, 11:26 AM
Didn't learn a thing from Prohibition did you?Hello tal:
Look.. The ONLY reason prohibition failed, and the ONLY reason the Drug War IS failing, is because our namby pamby leaders haven't cracked down HARD enough.. We simply NEED more killing..
Bwa, ha ha ha ha..
excon
Wondergirl
Feb 6, 2017, 11:30 AM
"Fear is the highest fence."
https://sites.google.com/site/inkwizardercom/essays/on-fear-and-fences
smoothy
Feb 6, 2017, 11:43 AM
Yada, yada yada... Typical liberal arguments. I catch some homeless junkie on my property they are getting shot. I don't care WHAT their problem is... then made a mistake NOT staying in DC or MD in liberal land. I catch a criminal on my property.. he's never going to commit another crime because he's leaving in a body bag. I don'[t care what his problem is... he made a mistake not dealing with it and not staying in DC or Maryland in liberal land.
Some left wing wackos decide to "protest" in our neighborhood... the first person who gets out of line gets shot... because this isn't DC or Maryland and they made a mistake leaving liberal land. We have the right to open carry WITHOUT a permit... and we are a Shall ISSUE state so its not hard to get one... and we have the RIGHT to use lethal force in self defense. And at least half of my neighbors feel the same way too.
People with long criminal records.. tough... I'll give someone busted once a chance, but if you have a BUNCH of offences on your rap sheet... you don't get any. I have no sympathy for anyone who needs illegal drugs to get though life... I really have no sympathy for alcoholics who aren't making an effort to get sober either.
THere is no "right" to commit crimes... and there is no "right" to commit crimes against others.
talaniman
Feb 6, 2017, 12:53 PM
Smoothy, you are talking crap, no doubt keyboard courage, because we all know you would call a cop before you took a penitentiary chance on shooting somebody. You may be a racist and a hater, and a crazy fool to boot, but endangering your lifestyle ain't in you.
In short you are running off at the mouth, and calling names... AGAIN.
paraclete
Feb 6, 2017, 02:18 PM
Unfortunately, killing them won't stop the drug use and trade and crimes. Humans are clever beings who always find a way.
Have you ever seen a dead person taking drugs, if you have there must be a lot of zombies out there, in the phillipines hundreds of thousands turned themselves in
Wondergirl
Feb 6, 2017, 02:23 PM
Have you ever seen a dead person taking drugs, if you have there must be a lot of zombies out there, in the phillipines hundreds of thousands turned themselves in
But dead people have relatives and friends. Never fear. The Philippine president won't be around forever. As long as humans roam the Earth, there will be illegal drug activity.
paraclete
Feb 6, 2017, 04:06 PM
But dead people have relatives and friends. Never fear. The Philippine president won't be around forever. As long as humans roam the Earth, there will be illegal drug activity.
Yes there are a lot of slow moving dopes out there
Wondergirl
Feb 6, 2017, 04:22 PM
Yes there are a lot of slow moving dopes out there
Fresh blood will keep drug trafficking and drug use alive.
paraclete
Feb 6, 2017, 06:23 PM
Fresh blood will keep drug trafficking and drug use alive.
Fresh blood is the result of drug trafficking, the time has come to stop locking addicts up, give them the option of a gun and take out your dealer, the problem would be gone in a month
Wondergirl
Feb 6, 2017, 06:52 PM
Fresh blood is the result of drug trafficking, the time has come to stop locking addicts up, give them the option of a gun and take out your dealer, the problem would be gone in a month
That won't work. Has been tried and then eventually failed. Every. Time.
tomder55
Feb 7, 2017, 12:45 PM
Fresh blood is the result of drug trafficking, the time has come to stop locking addicts up, give them the option of a gun and take out your dealer, the problem would be gone in a month
sayeth Digong Rodrigo Duterte
paraclete
Feb 7, 2017, 02:47 PM
That won't work. Has been tried and then eventually failed. Every. Time.
It is under trial at the moment but it hasn't failed, and it has never been tried among an armed population
Wondergirl
Feb 7, 2017, 03:17 PM
It is under trial at the moment but it hasn't failed, and it has never been tried among an armed population
Many of those armed are the drug traffickers. So we're all going to shoot at each other? OK Corral all over again. Last man standing wins? Guess I'd better get my concealed-carry permit so I can grocery shop while armed.
paraclete
Feb 7, 2017, 07:36 PM
Many of those armed are the drug traffickers. So we're all going to shoot at each other? OK Corral all over again. Last man standing wins? Guess I'd better get my concealed-carry permit so I can grocery shop while armed.
Yes that is an excellent suggestion, while you are there lay up some provisions for the siege, because unless you do this you will be overrun by drugged out zombies and mad Muslims