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I think you know what I meant by "make me"

 

It radiates.

 

Can't help yourself.

 

Hey now, I'm merely using terminology that our president uses on the reg.

 

Ummmm, he means it as a compliment?

All you guys have been arong about him from the beginning it seems. Maxine Waters must be his favorite.

 

Couldn't even resist calling out mags.

 

What fun, another conversation derailed by 3 pages on what the definition of an insult is.

 

From North to South: The Rise of a New Strain of Socialist Ignorance

Socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed major gaps in her understanding of basic government (PanAm Post).
She is the intellectual heir of the presidential candidate, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who shook the Democratic party with a call for “democratic socialism.” Like him, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to offer everything for free to voters, financed by the taxes of others.

The triumph of Ocasio-Cortez exposes not only her academic deficiencies, but those of a whole generation, thanks to the standardization of the equation that brought with it strong features of state indoctrination.

Hillary Clinton herself said she lost to Donald Trump because “Bernie offered free ponies for everyone.” And that is the new trend within the Democratic Party, particularly when appealing to young people, to pretend that the state will finance health, education and even housing, whatever the cost, even despite destroying the entire Republican structure.

In a recent video broadcast on social networks, elected lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained that Democrats need to regain control of “the three chambers of Congress.”

Then she corrected herself, and claimed they needed to control the three chambers of the government, but misidentified those three.

That is to say, the congresswoman-to-be did not know the basic structure of the republic that demands that none of the three powers have more power than another, so that there is a separation of powers.

These are: executive (presidential branch), legislative (parliament), and judicial.

Her video exploits belie her ignorance. In the case of a bicameral system, as its name suggests, two chambers, not three, are required to approve legislation: The House of Representatives as the voice of the people, and (originally) the Senate as the voice of the states (senators were originally appointed by state legislatures until the 20th century, when they were popularly elected).

In another event during her post-election tour, she said before cameras that in January she will be “inaugurated” the 3rd of January, and will start signing laws on the 4th, when, in fact, the legislators are not inaugurated and do not sign laws: that function corresponds to the president.

But the ignorance of the legislator is not limited to political knowledge: it also extends to the economic sphere, since she speaks of “free stuff” when it comes to state services, despite its enormous tax cost; this, despite having a graduate degree in economics.

So the question arises: is her lack of economic knowledge for real…or is it feigned for electoral reasons?

Then, a few weeks ago when they consulted the elected legislator about what should be done in case that the Supreme Court reverses the ruling (Roe vs Wade) that allowed the legalization of abortion at the federal level, she responded: “we should abolish the Supreme Court.”

Actor James Woods, who has faced threats of constant expulsions from social media for his conservative political criticism, argues that “the power of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should not be underestimated.”

In addition, he insists that “socialism, although it is a poison, is a deeply seductive political drug.”

She is three months away from assuming her office, and has no way to pay the rent for her DC apartment. This event should be used as propaganda to reflect the shortcomings of her generation.

She gave up her job in a bar to undertake a political crusade consisting of taking power, and demanding that the state, with its citizens’ taxes, finance the health, education, and housing of citizens.

That is, instead of setting an example, being the voice of a generation that strives to get ahead and contributes to the economy and therefore to society, she comes to the government demanding everything for nothing.

Ocasio-Cortez defended herself against the ridicule by claiming that the Republicans, instead of “drooling” over her statements, should have the courage to take her on the point they want to highlight: “they do not believe that the state health service is a right.”

That is to say, for her, the problem is not that she does not know what her job consists of or how the government works: the real problem is the lack of socialized medicine.

But both ignorance and contempt for republican institutions are not limited to Ocasio-Cortez. Also this week, another Latina woman, senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former president of Argentina, called the division of powers obsolete and proposed to “update” it. And her appeal focused mainly, like Ocasio-Cortez, on underestimating the judicial branch (very convenient for those who have outstanding criminal charges against them.”

Both are the reflection of the contemporary left: more focused on the appearance, the ethnicity, the sex, of their candidates than their proposals. Because this fits with their rhetoric of victimhood, and the state as the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-giving father of all.

Article by Mamelo Fiallo first appeared at Panampost.com. Read the original.

 

Ignorance like hers in a position of power is dangerous, but it's her followers that are scary-stupid.

 

When you throw out terms like ignorance and stupid followers of her's are you referring to Ivanka or Melania?

 

I feel the same about Trump and his followers.

 

Kennedy: Ocasio-Cortez 'Doesn't Have a Working Knowledge of Basic Economics'
Dem socialist makes faulty claim about Pentagon spending.

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was called out this week for claiming a reported $21 trillion in Pentagon accounting errors could fund Medicare-for-all.

Ocasio-Cortez, who will represent New York's 14th congressional district starting in January, cited a Nation story about how $21 trillion in "Pentagon financial transactions" between 1998 and 2015 could not be documented or explained.

“$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon.”

$21 TRILLION of Pentagon financial transactions “could not be traced, documented, or explained.”

$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T.

That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon.

And that’s before our premiums. https://t.co/soT6GSmDSG

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 2, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez was roundly criticized -- even by left-leaning outlets like The New York Times and Vox -- and The Washington Post awarded her claim “four Pinnochios.”


"The $21 trillion is not one big pot of dormant money collecting dust somewhere. It’s the sum of all transactions — both inflows and outflows — for which the Defense Department did not have adequate documentation," the Post explained.

The "Outnumbered" panel reacted on Tuesday, with Harris Faulkner remarking, "You've got to have your facts straight."

Faulkner said Ocasio-Cortez often gives her opponents "low-hanging fruit," pointing to her infamously not knowing the three branches of government, and when she spoke about Israel's "occupation" of Palestine.

"I guess it's funny, but it's not. And it shouldn't just be Republicans or people who are politically different than she is who are giving her grief over these items," Faulkner said. "It should be within her own party, because she's being held up as somebody who could really be a big voice in the future."

Kennedy said Ocasio-Cortez lacks a working knowledge of basic economics, which makes it impossible for her to explain how her democratic socialist policies would work in practice.

"It's the downfall of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, because it's built on a foundation of yogurt."

She said Ocasio-Cortez cannot explain why socialist economic policies would benefit the country because she doesn't understand how money and wealth are created.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/12/...-pentagon-could-fund-medicare-all-outnumbered

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/al...ful-house-commitee-in-charge-of-taxation-laws

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez eyes powerful House committee in charge of taxation laws
By Lukas Mikelionis | Fox News

Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not yet been sworn into Congress, but she’s already eyeing a seat at one of the most powerful House committees in charge of taxation laws.

The Democratic Socialist’s spokesperson confirmed to Vice News that she will seek a seat on the House Ways and Means committee, which is traditionally packed with seasoned legislators with experience in writing tax code.

The effort to get on the committee indicates the progressive Democrats’ growing ambition to bring forward actual progressive bills to the vote, as the committee is instrumental in making that happen.

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Ocasio-Cortez, together with other freshmen Democrats, has been pushing for grand policies, including Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. Both measures would need to go through the committee before it could be subjected to a vote.

But the Democratic leadership may not be so quick to embrace the rising star of the party and instead opt out for a centrist Democrat who would utilize the membership of the committee better.

Rep. Tom Suozzi, who represents New York’s 3rd district, is also eyeing for the seat, the Intercept reported. He’s deemed a more conservative Democrat, who doesn’t share the hostility of corporations with the progressive wing of the party.

“I’m very progressive on a lot of different issues, in support of the Green New Deal, immigration, both those issues, as well as on issues related to poverty,” he told the outlet. “Am I fiscally conservative? Yes, I’m fiscally conservative.”

Ocasio-Cortez's bid for a seat at the committee may also raise some eyebrows following a number of blunders concerning policies she’s advocating.

She was recently called out by various fact checkers for suggesting that a reported $21 trillion in Pentagon accounting errors could fund most of her proposed “Medicare for all” health care program.

Multiple fact-checkers and even liberal publications that provide sympathetic coverage of the New York Democrat, slammed her suggestion, noting that The Pentagon’s accounting errors aren’t actual sums of money that could be spent on other programs.

The Washington Post said the comment was “swing and a miss!” and awarded her claim “four Pinnochios.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/al...ful-house-commitee-in-charge-of-taxation-laws

 

This post has to make the jlprk best of the week!

 

No more black square toilet seats? The horror!!!!!!!!!

 

uh, Socialist are not new. Neither is their game.