^^^^.... "You often get the feeling that he doesn't really think about what he does," "Trump's presidency is on a path similar to his ownership of businesses. I feel like he's just gonna basically bankrupt the country," he said. a potus with no political background; or knowledge of politics... ~!~
^^^got a good chuckle out of that. ...got a good chuckle out of this too; http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-presidency-thought-easier-article-1.3111456
...lol...can't believe Republicans are so delusional as to consider this as a "victory". https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...64dc781686f_story.html?utm_term=.56a4b92ac644
passed by a vote of 217 to 213, close close.... does anyone in Congress have a clue to what this is- "we have to pass it to know what's in it", (N. fkngidiotPelosi) I hope to hell they don't fk this up, as it's been fkd up time and time again.... Just got my Wife's insurance fixed, (another-aCA administration problem). Had to totally start all over with her insurance, new doctor's, new specialist referrals; and just got the ball rolling in the right direction, with no promise this vote will not fk her insurance up, all over again, and again, and again.... like a dog chasing my tail...
still, there's one person dumber than Trump in D.C., still.... “You will glow in the dark on this one,” - “So don’t walk the plank, especially unnecessarily.” a sad indictment on the voters of california, to elect such an ignorant despicable person as Pelosi, Feinstein, or worse yet: Maxine Waters... from what I'm hearing, $8 billion to help people with preexisting conditions pay for their health-care costs; is a short change joke...!!! more like 30 Billion or more required...
...yup, these ass hats have absolutely no idea what the actual figure should really be...they're simply guessing. They're panicking and embarrassed because they made us a promise and so far, have failed to keep it. So now they're relegated to frantically throwing some shit against the wall and simply waiting to see what sticks...the Dems are laughing at them and rightfully so...as a result, the GOP stands to get their brains beat out in the midterm elections.
imagine running a business on future financial figures, that have not been proven out, (only proven to be insufficient), let alone accurate. When the expert analysts are already saying; before the ink is let, such a 8 billion $ figure is insufficient. Why in the hell would those who know better, allow those who don't; to proceed without correcting an errant figure. Wouldn't such reckless financial accounting be enough to seriously fk any business up, enough one's business could not succeed with future ventures, rather guaranteeing business crippling. Smells like the prime lending mortgage scandal of a different coat/sort.... for a businessman who only knows to throw money at a problem, while living with his head in the sand, knowing literally nothing other than how to get into the pockets of taxpayers to fund his own ventures, Trump is lost, no doubt a man like a fish out of water, out of his element...throw money at the prob, then file bankruptcy, let the taxpayers bail out another billionaire, fkng with America's Treasure trough now, much more fun than spending his own... Hopefully we may have enough voters to have a voter's spring uprising; eliminate the fat cats, the dumb shits, and instill term limits...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-epa-idUSKBN16N0E1 this will single handedly destroy Los Angeles, and is already a major concern in the city of devils... back to 1977 standards with no state governing body to regulate air; as it's cleaner than its ever been. For those who don't remember 1981. I got on an airplane at LAX in mid Oct. For a month prior, LA had the worst smog alerts in its history. Visibility was only 50 feet; for over 2mos in the metropolis, driving freeways was worse than in an early am foggy darkness. The air stunk like gas, fumes, shit, stench, it wasn't blue rather brown and grey. As soon as the planes nose gear lifted, one could not see the runway lines, only the strobe lights. I landed in JFK that evening, only to see the National News, with LA's smog being the #1 Story. In the next 2 weeks, I ventured on to KC, and Seattle, Tucson also. In all locales the main story for the next 2 weeks was LA's blinding smog. To make a long story short, the EPA w/the AQMHD (air quality management health district), enacted legislation to clean the air up in the early 80's. The state with the aide of federal funds cleaned up the air, and polluting businesses. By doing so, the state mandated specific chemicals mostly used in manufacturing processes, to be eliminated, with outrageous fines for use of said chemicals. This drove away numerous big businesses who used these chemicals, and labeled Calfornia as a non-business friendly state. Hughes electronics and aircraft, relocated to Phoenix, along with 250,00 employees. Lockheed Burbank bulldozed a 5 mile long facility, and moved the work they had to Dallas, with 45,000 employees. McDonald Douglas closed shop after decades in Long Beach. On and on it went, until Ca chased out billions of $$$ in manufacturing businesses. Now the air is clean, and business has never been the same, tho' LA's sustained, and rebuilt its technology base with jobs of another sort, less manufacturing of large products, or toxic products. With the lack of EPA regulations, LA will be the next Shanghai, as far as shit for air quality, where will the other large cities fall....? Why use unleaded gas, why not pour your used radiator fluid in the gutter, car batteries in the trash, asbestos in a landfill....? These are the things the EPA and CA/AQHMD have corrected, as well as regulations for jet engines, cars, industrial power units with emissions. Let's be pompous and screw Al Gore over, no problem, but let's keep this nation clean, not return it to a raped land, with moguls gloating how the paper business is booming, the nations economy rolling in high gear again, with record toxic air; fresh waters, an ocean that's full of oil, poisoned fish, and all waters are as polluted as the Mississippi, where no fishing is allowed, whadda shame... "Turning back the clock to 1977 will not 'Make America Great Again'. It will 'Make America Gag Again,'" said Conrad Schneider, the advocacy director at Clean Air Task Force.
http://e360.yale.edu/features/in-th...mental-rollback-california-stands-in-defiance for a liberal, I've long kinda' liked this guy. Like when he ran against billybob in 1992, and ran on a maximum of $100 dollar donations, with no CPAC funds. Or his flat 15% tax fee, for all classes... Or- Term Limits, what a concept, ....long prior to the others trying to spout the same thing decades later... “We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers, and we’re ready to fight,” Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco in December. Then, referring to Trump administration threats to cut funding for climate change research, Brown said, “If Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite!” What’s at stake in this face-off is California’s ability to maintain its own relatively rigorous environmental laws and regulations as the Trump administration loosens environmental provisions at the federal level. Implicit in the battle is a striking reversal of roles, in which environmentalists who once championed federal power over states now support states’ rights, while Trump appointees who once argued for states’ rights consider how to squelch California’s renegades. Neither side is likely to emerge with an all-out victory: While the Trump administration may use budget cuts, deregulation, and legislative pruning to box in the state, experts say, it has no way to prevent California from continuing on an independent path in key environmental domains. The Trump administration’s greatest point of leverage against California’s environmental policies is the air pollution waiver given to the state in the 1970 Clean Air Act. The waiver acknowledged the state’s severe smog problem and the precedent-setting car emissions regulations California devised to reduce air pollution by allowing the state to establish more stringent standards than the federal government’s. Since then, a dozen other states have agreed to follow California’s emissions policies, which means that about 40 percent of American cars are covered by its rules. That number is so large that car manufacturers generally design all their vehicles to meet California standards instead of producing one model for California regulations and another for federal ones. The result is that California’s policies drive technological change in the transportation sector, not just nationally, but internationally. Iowa's bipartisan push to become a leader in wind energy. Read more. The Trump administration could also seize on a California policy it opposes, such as the state’s opposition to immigrant deportation, to justify cutting federal funding to the state, creating a budget crisis that would hinder California’s ambitious energy programs. Trump threatened such cuts earlier this month in response to proposed state legislation prohibiting state and local law enforcement officials from upholding federal immigration laws. “If we have to, we’ll defund,” Trump told Fox News interviewer Bill O’Reilly. “We give tremendous amounts of money to California. California in many ways is out of control.” But using such a blunt weapon to punish the state could threaten California’s economy, the sixth largest in the world, and could impede the vast economic expansion that Trump has promised his policies will deliver. The Trump administration could hamstring California’s energy programs by cutting funding for a broad range of federal energy programs that support national laboratories, universities, and private companies. If, for example, the U.S. Department of Energy decides to cut funding for energy efficiency, California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which focuses on energy-efficient technology, might be vulnerable. Or the administration could cut the Energy Department’s loan guarantee program, known for funding the failed solar company Solyndra, but also instrumental in the success of many other companies, including Tesla, the electric car and energy storage manufacturer based in Palo Alto. The administration could also reduce or eliminate the federal tax credit system for renewable energy, but that would risk opposition from a number of Republican-controlled states that benefit from it. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said last year that if Trump tries to cut the wind energy tax credit, “He’ll do it over my dead body.” Iowa produces one-third of its electricity from wind power and is the nation’s third- leading generator of wind energy; California is second. On top of that, the state is carrying out a pioneering reorganization of its electricity grid, and in the process has become a test ground for developing renewable energy. The California Public Utilities Commission has directed the state’s utilities to develop demonstration projects with smaller companies that use local energy resources such as rooftop solar, batteries, and smart water heaters and thermostats, thereby avoiding the need for major infrastructure investments in things like new substations and transmission lines. The state is also expanding its grid market to neighboring states to increase the grid’s flexibility during times of production overcapacity. For example, daily electricity demand increases in Arizona when people get home from work, a time when California may have an overabundance of renewable energy that it could sell to Arizona. Because the sun sets in the two states at different times, peak electricity demand in Arizona (near the end of the day) may overlap with peak solar production in California (near the middle of the day). Even as California faces regulatory headwinds from the Trump administration, it is riding strong economic and technological tailwinds that favor its goals of weaning its economy off fossil fuels. The administration seems bent on one last lucrative gulp at the fossil fuel trough. But as climate change intensifies, the desirability of fossil fuel use probably will continue to decline, and in any case, the steadily dropping cost of renewable energy will make it increasingly likely that wind energy, solar power, and other renewables will gradually supplant fossil fuels. In that case, California will be in prime position to reap the benefits of its policies.
...^^^Matts, I'm not buying Trump's assertion that hamstringing the EPA is a win...the cutbacks will result in payroll reductions that are a drop in the bucket when compared to the overall budget...I'm also a believer that fossil fuels do more harm to the environment than they help the economy.
...I cannot believe what I'm seeing from the GOP... they are too stupid to even save themselves from themselves.
...I'm also a believer that fossil fuels do more harm to the environment than they help the economy What? Im curious what economy would exist without fossil fuels?
It's a profound statement and stood out, which is why I asked the question. It's your belief and I was trying to understand it.
The "fossil fuel" Matts and I were talking about was coal...as far as gasoline, the only reason it is still the primary fuel for autos is because the oil companies want to suck every penny they can out of it before other "cleaner" options are put to use.
^^^^^^ having Oil Baron's in high positions of our govt, from G.W. Bush, to Cheney, now Tillerson, is not necessarily a good thing for alternative fuels, or building an economy without oil, or less of it.... and yeah Comey has no credibility left...
