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Then he will MAGA!!!!!!!!
I think it will be a declaration of intention and his reasoning why. He has it shined up now. Question is will N.P. blow a fuse. Will she show up? He's got this.
Any one else notice a non-elected politician will be giving the rebuttal to the State of the Union?
But like the guy or not, it's the president of the US discussing his ideas with us. Everyone in the country with a TV should turn it on and watch or listen on the radio if you dont want to see half the humans in attendance stand and applaud like Sony Michelle just scored a touchdown with 7' to go in the super bowl and the other half look like KC fans about 5' into OT 2 weeks ago.
Im not a fan of the guy, but Ill watch it with an open mind to hear his ideas unfiltered and get a sense of what he feels is important the next 2 years.
FYI - for the same reason, I'd encourage folks to suck up the discomfort and listen to the rebuttals. You dont have to like it, but it's worth hearing.
Listen to Abrams explain to the American People, how she was "whitewashed" out of the Election? Nah, I'm good...
That’s the problem regardless of what you think about Trump. Because Incase you left leaning guys have been asleep, most of what Trump wants and has promised, seems to be only contradicted by the senate and congress.
Sure, you can go to places that vote party lines, and find average citizens that disagree with him. But, if you get into average America, the large majority finds his policies right in line with the most pressing issues threatening this country today. Whether they like him or not.
Sadly the other team will tell their people what to think and they will begin to think it even if they didn't when listening to the President. Then the next week of spinning and brainwashing...Again.
My buddy "Massachusetts-Will" recently posted the way that is done and some great techniques to sell it. ( whatever your selling) He's not the bad guy, just the messenger. I stand with him. I bust his nuts enough to show that opposition is in open season, with no bag limit, even in Ma. -Pi
That I'd watch on pay per view.....
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Thus country and politics is broken. Trump is our only chance to fix it, but the issue is the Rs have almost as much to lose as the Ds
SSSHHHH...it's OK, sheeple...none of what the Orange Man says is true, or relevant!
There isn’t one Dem for open borders. Period. No wall is no wall.
This is a man that spends most of his time watching tv and tweeting.
Foreign affairs? He doesn’t even consult his own advisors.
He’s a sham. The SOTU will be his platform to sell his wall. It won’t work. He won’t change anyone’s mind and it will be all bluster and pointless.
Tonight, when Trump mentions: — "Family values," remember children in cages. Separated from their mothers.
—"Fiscal responsibility," $1.5T in tax cuts for the rich. With no benefit to the middle class
—"America first," concessions to Putin & Kim. And lies about ISIS being defeated.
—"Border security," a useless wall.
—"Unity," attacks on Schumer and Pelosi and being president only for his base with no interest in unifying this nation.
Pelosi keeps sucking on her wooden dentures... And the smirk on her face when Trump mentions the walls of the specials like her.
They don’t even know what hit them....
Bernie went red and cried. Priceless.
Nancy : She was reading it to find out what's in it. That's a first. What a goof.
A WIN for TRUMP. A WIN for AMERICA. Big Loss for the Socialist ... Well Done Mr. President!
CBS NEWS POLL: 76 percent of viewers approved of what they heard in Pres. Trump's #SOTU speech; 72 percent said they approved of Pres. Trump's ideas for immigration. pic.twitter.com/VXJ09v6DKv
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 6, 2019
When will the bowlibs and Blatherskiting Never Trump Butt-Hurt Mavericks learn..
When was the last time you heard a sitting President say this in a speech of this significance?
Democrat Stacey Abrams gave her party’s official response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and claimed that his policies were hurting the American economy.
Speaking before an almost entirely female audience — which stood silently throughout — Abrams declared: “The Republican tax bill rigged the system against working people. Rather than bringing back jobs, plants are closing, layoffs are looming, and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living,” she claimed.
Great speech. Gold star on everything but the N Korea claim.
Hahahaha.
President Trump has come a long way, and he did a good job of getting away from "We do great things, the best things, the bestest of the best things in fact". He made the liberal Dems look really bad on his points regarding socialism and abortion. Personally, I think too much time was devoted to the criminal justice reform for a SOTU, but it made for a nice story line or two.
KSflatlander, I don't get information from a side, but if you struggle with that, then by all means be sure to keep yourself in check. The "rebuttal" should not really even be a thing, as there is no official purpose as far as I know. It is about nothing more than political posturing, regardless of whether it is the D's or R's presenting. Of course there is plenty of political posturing in the SOTU as well, but at least there is a reason for the address. The SOTU is the President's address, that is it and that is all.
One of my favorite moments was celebrating Buzz Aldrin!! Think about it... millennial retards are still arguing that the earth is flat and the moon landing was fake, and here is a real American Hero who stood on the moon and planted the American flag. Even better, Trump celebrated future missions on American-made rockets! For those who remember gathering with family to watch the 1970's Apollo moon missions, this had to give you a chill. American is back in the space race!!
Trump put it all out there, a reminder of his accomplishments (that the pundits said couldn't be done) and an equally bold vision for the future. Strong support of the border wall and patriotism, protecting American interests both at home and abroad. No waivering on our friendship with Israel. How the Democrats still hold a majority of the jewish vote I will never understand.....?? Trump standing up to Iran and Russia and China. Even some success in North Korea and some small possibility for a major breakthrough!
Lots to celebrate on the economy, but does he really have to list every race and color for record low unemployment ever time he talks? I get it. Record low unemployment. Does it really help to play the "Identity politics' game and list black unemployment, latino, asian unemployment, women's unemployment, disabled unemployment, etc. I hate dividing America into categories of color. We are all Americans. Unemployment is record low for left-handed people, too. I get it.
If I had to critique anything, I thought the dig about the Mueller investigation was pretty vain and self-serving, and I don't recall hearing much about our commitment to the NATO alliance (other than our allies now paying more). And it remains to be seen if we can actually get out of these wars in Iraq/Syria/Afghanistan without the whole thing falling apart and becoming worse than when we started.
I think the Dems in the audience wearing silly Halloween costumes exposed themselves well for anyone watching, with the childish antics and grimacing over any Trump success. And I hope someone releases a copy of those fake white papers to see what Pelosi was pretending to read. Ha! Best of all, Trump called out the far left dream of Socialism, and forced the audience to show their true allegiance with the cameras rolling! Well done, Mr. President.
Well played, Sir!
One of my favorite moments was watching Kamal Toe Harris shaking her head in self defiance as she listened to President Trump unveil his list of accomplishments. Also seeing a close up of old Bernie turning red as the whole audience applauded no to socialism!!
Illegal immigration is morally wrong, it drives down livable wage for the workers, increase the deficit on the social programs, medical care, education, crime and overall living standards and the DNC were sitting on their hands for approving this.
We have homelessness in our major cities that is not being address but the emphasis is on the illegals. If one of us send our underage kid off unintended to another country or state we would be charged with child abandonment and why is it acceptable for illegals to do it?
The DNC has moved to the socialist agenda and glad Trump called it out for what it is.
Matt
Feel free to separate my words out of context and try to dismantle. However, I’m sure you get the point I’m making. HA/KS’s statement was moronic.
Yes, he involved a few people and parts of American history to remind current Americans what separates us from everyone else. What makes our democracy unique. Good literature involves proof of your claims. Good communication to a nation does as well when you have had such a belligerent effort to erase that history.
Some of those poor women probably believed their actions were vindicated by what you say. However, I’m betting most everyone of them believed it was a win win for making an inuendo statement about Trump.
Have we not learned the dangers in idolizing sex, race, party, or a host of other things? I’d think so by now we’d all be able to say the problems this whole world has is based on the premise that special treatment and recognition is the first step towards creating a problem.
Women as a group, deserve no more celebration then men when it comes to what’s been sacrificed.
The whole "Women's March" has turned into nothing, but an anti-Trump rally...with every other "faction" piling on, and joining in. The White Suits had nothing to do with "Suffrage" IMHO...it was nothing more than a Political Statement.
If they were all in Solidarity for Women's rights, why not stand and applaud for "ending human trafficking/sexual assault"?
I'll tell you why not...Political posturing.
The State of the Democratic Party: Hurting#SOTU pic.twitter.com/jrrDBZRlCe
— Carpe Donktum?? (@CarpeDonktum) February 6, 2019
Both sides have some good people. Wow. If that is somehow racist, then so is wearing white to Congress in winter.
I agree with you that the comparison to wearing white outfits by Congresswomen in attendance at the SOTU to KKK attire is a bit ridiculous. Some of the same folks defending the wearing of MAGA hats at a pro-life rally now find it fair to criticize this? Wow!
Love the way the left picks and chooses the sanity of what is to be read into "symbols"...... which they also feel is theirs to pick and choose....
FWIW...... pretty sure that "comparison" was sarcasm and a joke..... if it's one thing liberal leftists lack..... it's a sense of humor..... they are humorless and literal... even if they have no idea what they are being literal about.... "Perpetually offended" is the best description I have heard. They LIVE to be offended. It's their super power.....
Mine is I couldn't care less if they were offended..... suck it up buttercup, man up (using the mansplaining dialect.....hopefully even more offensive.... )
We won't be equal until the underdog/minority/disadvantaged get on with it. So they keep the fire burning. Just get on with it.
Point out injustice as it comes up. People that separate themselves ( IE: the white suits) are not accepting that there are others that are and have been fighting for them all along. They are falsely drawing an artificial circle as if no one else can relate. That's just ridiculous because most people can sympathize with injustice regardless of the specifics.
Secretary!?!? She isn't a Cabinet member. Madam Speaker is the only thing she'll be for the next two years but now and going forward she is a putz.
You know someone's had their azz handed to em when their best defense is "well, it really didn't count....."
Trump’s SOTU was a very good speech and his delivery was the best I seen out of him thus far.
Habitat for Wildlife's Link
""The rise in farm bankruptcies represents a reckoning for rural America, which has suffered a multiyear slump in prices for corn, soybeans and other farm commodities touched off by a world-wide glut, made worse by growing competition from agriculture powerhouses such as Russia and Brazil. ""
Curt Hudnutt, who oversees rural banking for Rabobank North America, one of the biggest U.S. farm lenders, said that while its losses have been minimal so far, the bank’s farm-loan portfolio is deteriorating and he expects bankruptcies to increase among U.S. farmers this year.
“We thought 2019 would be the year things turned around,” said Mr. Hudnutt. “Then the trade dispute happened and that really put a damper on things.”
Nathan Kauffman, Omaha branch executive at the Kansas City Fed, called the recent rise in bankruptcies modest. He said that while further increases are likely, he doesn’t anticipate a sharp jump in filings, though the downturn in agriculture could drag on for years to come.
The slump in commodity prices followed a period of historic profitability in the Farm Belt, which left operators with significant cash reserves. Interest rates, while on the rise, have remained relatively low. Farmland values, a major factor in a farm’s net worth, have declined modestly, as demand for land continues from fund investors and large farms that are still well capitalized.
Nationwide, chapter 12 bankruptcy filings are below highs reached in 2010, when commodity prices dropped following the U.S. recession.
Keep licking KS's boots, he needs the help.............
As is often the case, bias exists on both sides...
Trade disputes are having an impact is a factual statement, regardless of what other variables are at play. You and Slade made assumptions...
Cancer untreated will cause a slow painful death. Chemo and radiation treatment is more discomfort in the short term, to offer a real chance at long term survivability.
I agree with your statement. Why does sharing an article have some conclude anything other than it is sharing facts?
Many are concerned with our debt, but Farmers may need more assistance. Point being there are trade-offs.
Everything every politician does will effect others, sometimes in a positive way, sometimes not.
As I never suggested any blame, that is why I shared the article in it's entirety.
Look at it like the battle against terrorism and radical Islam. Someone might post an article saying that our intervention just makes them angrier and creates more terrorists. But that ignores the current untenable situation where groups of radical islamists are trying to kill us, would happily kill ALL of us if afforded the time and opportunity to do so.... and only our greater aggressive intervention and risk of short term discomfort can possibly stop our certain long term destruction.
Let's just have honest discussions and recognize not everything done is 'great' for everyone, especially in the short run.
Habitat for Wildlife's Link
Maybe micro and macro are intertwined?
Probably just me out if sync again with the mindset here, but it is State Of...somehow trade, farming seem just a wee bit more important to the State Of to me than investigations. Hey, that's just me though. I accept we disagree and that's OK.
SMH though at all of the folks having an opinion without any skin in the game. Similar to the other thread where a guy in KY is trying to tell a CO land owner about wolves. Lots of experts, mainly getting their information on-line.
Wore me out a long time ago...
Thanks for noticing. As spike pointed out on a recent thread, Kevin would either respond to my comment on that thread or wait until a later one to pounce. He can't help himself. But, I will try to explain my reasoning in good faith.
Kevin,
Our purchase of our farm, like most major decisions in life, had multiple forces at play. Certainly recreational value was a high priority, as was my desire to have a 'Sand County' experiment of my own, being dedicated to wildlife conservation. Always though, as with every decision we have made that has a major potential impact on our future, long term finances were considered. The desire to be a income generator in later stages of life was, and remains a high priority for us. This no doubt is the kind of advice you extend to your professional clients.
The purchase was made during our peak earning years. At that time, we knew for the farm to be a revenue generator 10-15 years down the road we would have to "invest" in the quality of the land. You see, it was cash rented for 40 plus years and abused. No one wanted to farm it any longer, and with 60 acres of tillable only able to grow fescue for hay, there would not be a great return.
So, I made the decision to enroll it in CRP. What you call subsidized assistance, we have spent more each year improving the habitat, more by at least 2X. Those subsidies have provided spillover benefits to many, who do not pay for them. Please go look at my 'Things in Common' thread to see the amount of deer using just a small parcel of the property. My surrounding neighbors have all leased their land, and are receiving a higher dollar in rent because the word is out.
Other benefits include the multitude of non-game species that utilize the land, and might be completely gone in the area as only less than 3% of native grass prairie remains today. Please google to see the hundreds of species that need tall prairie grasses for suitable habitat.
The filtration provided by prairie grasses helps minimize agricultural herbicide and pesticide run-off. With up to one third of the root masses dying every year, no other plant life produces as much under-ground bio-mass as does prairie grasses. The benefits to agriculture in the future you can project intuitively no doubt. The air quality is also improved.
CRP also takes land out of crop production, thus having a supply effect on the market for crops-boosting farm revenue for others. No doubt one of the reasons the government does it, a positive side effect being the benefit to wildlife.
I can go on, but I assume a smart man like yourself knows all of this already. My point, actually witnessing first hand the money coming in from the government, versus the money going out-society at large is receiving benefits at a minimum commensurate with the "subsidy" received. I do not think of it as a subsidy, but rather a partial payment for work done that benefits others more than it does me.
OK, so to the part of 'adapt or die'...farmers surrounding us now are begging to rent our farm because of the investments I have made. Not just the bio-mass, but also spreading tons and tons of lime, adding nutrients as soil test recommend etc. Being close to retirement, I will need to calculate farm revenue from growing crops with as much certainty as possible, which is not much, and compare this to a "guaranteed" revenue stream of 15 years from CRP renewal, if available.
As you know I bet from all the sage advice you give your clients, crop prices, at least in the short run, have impacts on land values. I turn 60 next Friday, Robin is 62. We only have the short run. So far our farm has returned at least an equal growth as our other retirement assets. Decisions must be made wisely. To me and my way of thinking, this is a different kind of skin in the game. I will be disappointed in myself if the final decision for our farm is weighted more towards financial return than it is a commitment to conservation.
I will predict you will no doubt respond with another one of your parsed word responses trying to prove something. I didn't really write this essay for you, but any one else who might have cared enough to see why trump's position on trade is of special concern to myself and others right now. Yes we will all be affected, but some more than others. It is not whining, but an attempt to make a well informed decision.
I meant to add you sound like a liberal for being offended by my opinion. Thin skin for sure, but I say this knowing you will take another shot. Flail away...
A) Prove I have complained. Pointing out a decision has an impact is not complaining. It is food for thought and discussion, except in your world.
B) What makes you think I cannot handle short term fluctuations in my investments? Have I ever shared anything with you that you have enough information to make that call? No, so I suggest you actually shut up Kevin.
If everything goes OK, we would like to bequeath the land as a conservancy, we are considering it. An act like that has tax implications, and timing makes a difference. And no, you do not have enough knowledge to offer advice. Just sit down, you are not even close to being the smartest guy in the room. Neither am I, but smart enough to know who to listen to and it is not a retail CFP.
No where else in this world could a populist, previously labeled liberal, be elected on conservative promises, by a republic of people that are fed up with the abuse of their democratic government. Except America. God Bless men
offensive is when the potus actually has to say that in a speech due to the leftist lunacy in leadership we have been experimenting with
I've got KPC the first round, within the first minute. Fista-cuffs or debate.
Justin, typical no class act on your part, a phony all the way through. God bless.
Thanks for the PM Ryan. All options are out there, but only if Robin will be fine after I am gone. Once locked in it cannot be reversed, so we need to be sure. Still too young yet.
You strut around the CF with your repeated declarations of wanting debate, using any and all inflammatory methods necessary to get it, and then twist it as if you were unfairly labeled or attacked. It's grown old and used up. Juvenile even. So, I figured I'd drop down to that level and be juvenile too. Simply, you like taking pot shots at people. So, I returned the favor.
I love honest debate, and believe an honest individual would recognize that sharing as much personal information as I did was exactly for that purpose.
I also think an honest person would recognize not only my areas for improvement, but their own as well and, that of another who constantly parses words to annoy people, claiming at times words mean something, other times they don't. ;-) words like strut and juvenile are inflammatory, right? Practice what you preach?
But, if you are sincere about both improving, let's do it. Maybe we can react with PMs to each other before posting juvenile attacks like we both did?
Just be aware of what I've said here as I've said it about 50 times now. I truly do not care what you think of me, my faith, my actions, etc.... Because you seem to have your own impressions of all this that you like to gossip about in your PM's. I know why you are mad. I know why you feel like I'm judgmental. I'm not ignorant or blind to any of that. So, just continue along those lines. Because I have little time or, the mental fortitude to debate what you turn every debate we've had, into.
I'm not trying to be mean. I'm not trying to be hard hearted. I'm just well aware that life is too short to try and spend my time talking with people that have no intentions of doing so without feeding their ulterior motives.
You take care. I wish you no harm. I'm just not going to participate in your games of folly. Good night and God Bless
I did not send you a PM. I would not again as I said the last time. As I said above you are a phony. I also am not trying to be mean, just point blank honest.
You are a blind man. On this thread I was the second person who wrote shut up, but as always you only challenge someone who disagrees with you. I learned that in our exchanges, both open and in PMs. You cannot change, and yes I am convinced your beliefs allow you to be judgmental of others while being blind to your own faults. We do not debate Justin, you take a personal shot like you did on this thread, a shot which has nothing to do with the discussion. When challenged back you play victim, yet Trump your hero gets a free pass for not letting challenges go unanswered. You are one of the most inconsistent individuals I read here, belittling people and then pretending you are not being mean.
I assume no one I know only except over a forum really cares what any one thinks. You should assume the same.
I sincerely wish you no harm as well, I will respond to your cheap shots, again, I recognize you cannot help it. And I cannot help standing up to bullies.
Kevin, my biggest concern is that my farm, even left in a conservation trust, may prove futile due to surrounding farm practices, multiple pipelines etc. that can cause the habitat to become fragmented. If so, our goal of leaving it to benefit wildlife would become marginalized.
Maybe that offers insight into many factors being considered.
Again, I claim no expertise, but am aware of land going through this process by close friends of more than 20 years.
I guess I will admit my shot back about a retail CFP was fueled by your economics comments. See, exactly the reaction I keep pointing out Trump gets.
Sincere thanks.
