Rants and Raves

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5159758]So let's put the cards on the table: Trump is not a successful businessman. He has been a successful con artist and grifter his entire adult life.

For instance, his tax records show he makes money from the IRS because his businesses lose money. He went bankrupt three times in the casino business (of all things); he has been a tax fraud, business fraud. Let's not forget Trump University, charity fraud and, not to put too fine a point on it, he has bragged about his sexual predation on women and then allegedly paid for their silence.

Trump promised he'd "bring back coal," rebuild our infrastructure and make shuttered factories hum anew. Well, coal didn't come back, nor did a slew of good-paying factory jobs, even before the coronavirus pandemic. Most jobs created on his watch have been lower-paying, non-industrial jobs.

Trump's hustle included elevating the all-American baseball cap as his campaign symbol in 2016 and again this year. "Make America Great Again" was stitched in white letters on the red headwear. The MAGA cap was the perfect metaphor for his fleecing the working class. Many, if not most, of the caps were Chinese-made.

The same label was on the Donald J. Trump Collection, his line of menswear.

While he stumped the country, especially in high unemployment communities with shuttered factories, he vowed to staunch the flood of US jobs to China and other cheap labor countries overseas, he was making a bundle off Chinese-made duds.

Trump's populism was as phony as his orange hair hue. The whole thing was a schtick, carefully calculated to mask what he really is: a liar, a grifter and a cheap hustler of the I've-got-mine-screw-you persuasion.[/QUOTE]Now compare all of your glorious achievements in life (sigh) to those of Trump. You're not even qualified to smell his farts, but that should be your new goal in life.

[QUOTE=Niteluvr;5159995]I'll start with my dental hygienist in Duluth. [/QUOTE]Upstairs, at the top of the stairs take a right. That guy hires a lot of hot Koreans. And the one Latina is pretty cute too. Song? is my favorite.

[QUOTE=PunkedLife;5159595]When people have nothing constructive to add to a conversation or your speaking too much facts but are still unwilling to admit defeat they resort to shaming tactics such as personal insult. It's quite pathetic and actually only shows they aren't worth arguing or speaking to. Very low IQ actions.[/QUOTE]Pointing out a debilitating medical condition is just stating the obvious. Maybe you think this drooling shadow of his former self is up to the task? You are fool if you try to ignore the obvious dementia of this old washed up political hack. Thankfully he did not accomplish anything as in NOTHING in 47 years in Washington. We can only hope he keeps up his 47 inning no hitter. You and Sgt. George deserve what you are about to get. Buckle your seat belt and lube your asshole. Here comes VP Harris and AOC. Two of the most evil and wrong headed cunts in the country. But what about demented Joe. A very minor speed bump is all he is.

[QUOTE=MTWilliams911;5160377]Pointing out a debilitating medical condition is just stating the obvious. Maybe you think this drooling shadow of his former self is up to the task? You are fool if you try to ignore the obvious dementia of this old washed up political hack. Thankfully he did not accomplish anything as in NOTHING in 47 years in Washington. We can only hope he keeps up his 47 inning no hitter. You and Sgt. George deserve what you are about to get. Buckle your seat belt and lube your asshole. Here comes VP Harris and AOC. Two of the most evil and wrong headed cunts in the country. But what about demented Joe. A very minor speed bump is all he is.[/QUOTE]There isn't a person on this planet that could make this country more of a laughing stock then what he accomplished these last 4 years. How your wall going BTW? Also how much of it did the Mexicans pay so far? So I'm sure Biden won't cheer people to attempt a coup or applaud white supremists kkk members. The few guys things you do usually tend to get glossed over when everything else you did was a complete shit show. It's been a circus out here. I'm still waiting for his tax documents to be seized as soon as possible.

[QUOTE=Jeffinnatlanta;5160373]Upstairs, at the top of the stairs take a right. That guy hires a lot of hot Koreans. And the one Latina is pretty cute too. Song? is my favorite.[/QUOTE]Wrong office and no idea as to which place you're referring. I'm only one of three American customers. If you don't speak Korean, you won't be a customer.

[QUOTE=MTWilliams911;5160377]Pointing out a debilitating medical condition is just stating the obvious. Maybe you think this drooling shadow of his former self is up to the task? You are fool if you try to ignore the obvious dementia of this old washed up political hack. Thankfully he did not accomplish anything as in NOTHING in 47 years in Washington. We can only hope he keeps up his 47 inning no hitter. You and Sgt. George deserve what you are about to get. Buckle your seat belt and lube your asshole. Here comes VP Harris and AOC. Two of the most evil and wrong headed cunts in the country. But what about demented Joe. A very minor speed bump is all he is.[/QUOTE]As both left and right extremes scream 'dementia' which one of these two dudes is better with words: Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Depending on which candidate you support, the answer seems crystal clear; but if you want evidence, go to their words.

Analysis:

[I]Last year Factba.se analyzed all of the unscripted words spoken by the last 15 U.S. presidents in the first 986 days of their presidencies. They used the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test, which the U.S. government uses to ensure readability of government documents. It calculates the number of words per sentence and the number of syllables per word, which together determine the grade level that someone is speaking or writing at.

The results were somewhat surprising. Barack Obama, whom conservatives love to tag as elitist, was right in the middle of the pack, speaking at an eighth-grade reading level. During George W. Bushs presidency, he was consistently labeled a simpleton, but he was only 11th on the list, scoring higher than both his dad and FDR. At the top of the list? Herbert Hoover, who spoke at an 11th-grade level through the Great Depression. [B]Trump ranked by far the lowest, speaking at a fourth-grade reading level.[/B]

In 2008 the Global Language Monitor analyzed Bidens and Sarah Palins sentences in their vice presidential debate, and found that Biden spoke at an almost eighth-grade level, which would place him toward the bottom of the presidential list: between Bush 41 and FDR, though still higher than Trump.

[B]By each of these imperfect metrics, Biden comes out atop Trump.[/B] [/I]

[URL]https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/joe-biden-trump-language-speeches-reading-level-20200916.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;5160515]As both left and right extremes scream 'dementia' which one of these two dudes is better with words: Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Depending on which candidate you support, the answer seems crystal clear; but if you want evidence, go to their words.

Analysis:

[I]Last year Factba.se analyzed all of the unscripted words spoken by the last 15 U.S. presidents in the first 986 days of their presidencies. They used the Flesch-Kincaid grade-level test, which the U.S. government uses to ensure readability of government documents. It calculates the number of words per sentence and the number of syllables per word, which together determine the grade level that someone is speaking or writing at.

The results were somewhat surprising. Barack Obama, whom conservatives love to tag as elitist, was right in the middle of the pack, speaking at an eighth-grade reading level. During George W. Bushs presidency, he was consistently labeled a simpleton, but he was only 11th on the list, scoring higher than both his dad and FDR. At the top of the list? Herbert Hoover, who spoke at an 11th-grade level through the Great Depression. [B]Trump ranked by far the lowest, speaking at a fourth-grade reading level.[/B]

In 2008 the Global Language Monitor analyzed Bidens and Sarah Palins sentences in their vice presidential debate, and found that Biden spoke at an almost eighth-grade level, which would place him toward the bottom of the presidential list: between Bush 41 and FDR, though still higher than Trump.

[B]By each of these imperfect metrics, Biden comes out atop Trump.[/B] [/I]

[URL]https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/joe-biden-trump-language-speeches-reading-level-20200916.html[/URL][/QUOTE]Kudos for keeping us informed about the intellectual prowess of this so called "stable genius".

[I]There are those that think I’m a very stable genius. Okay? I watch my words very, very closely.~ Donald Trump, 10/2/19. [/I] Seriously?

[QUOTE=PunkedLife;5160453]There isn't a person on this planet that could make this country more of a laughing stock then what he accomplished these last 4 years. How your wall going BTW? Also how much of it did the Mexicans pay so far? So I'm sure Biden won't cheer people to attempt a coup or applaud white supremists kkk members. The few guys things you do usually tend to get glossed over when everything else you did was a complete shit show. It's been a circus out here. I'm still waiting for his tax documents to be seized as soon as possible.[/QUOTE]He got a lot of the wall build and the additional money that was flowing into the federal coffers from the tariffs, etc. Under his presidency could have paid the cost but Queen Nancy decided she had better plans for that money and none of it benefitted your or me.

Trump's speech before the capital riot has been thoroughly analyzed and nothing in it encouraged storming the capital or in anyway, be violent or destroy property. If he had, those clips would be on almost every news channel in America. Whereas, Biden said Antifa was an idea while Portland and other cities were burning because of Antifa. Trump did not actually cheer or applaud members of the KKK, go look at what he said yourself and for just a minute, change Trump to Biden, Harris, Clinton (pick a Dem) and see if you would still believe what CNN is spoon feeding you.

Tax issues are on both sides, Al Sharpton still owes on his back taxes from when he was in Congress and Charlie Rangel was forced out for not paying taxes. And the Biggie. The law does not require the release.

If the Dems had tried, just for a little bit to work with him over the past 4 years instead of spending every waking minutes and far TOO much of your and my tax dollars chasing nothing burgers, we all might be better off.

[QUOTE=SgtLurker;5160850]If the Dems had tried, just for a little bit to work with him over the past 4 years instead of spending every waking minutes and far TOO much of your and my tax dollars chasing nothing burgers, we all might be better off.[/QUOTE]Will this statement be accurate for the Republicans in four years? Or will they do everything possible to obstruct the Biden administration? We need to come together as a country and put aside party politics. Is anyone ever going to start the process? I for one am not optimistic.

With Joe Biden at the Helm and Schumer / Pelosi / McConnell as the OOD's the ship of State is on a dangerous course. Sit back and listen to the fore flushers flush. Donald Trump fulfilled his commitments to public. The Professional Politicians never do. Professional Politicians always blame the other guy for why they cannot do what they said they will do.

[QUOTE=ComTech42;5160905]With Joe Biden at the Helm and Schumer / Pelosi / McConnell as the OOD's the ship of State is on a dangerous course. Sit back and listen to the fore flushers flush. Donald Trump fulfilled his commitments to public. The Professional Politicians never do. Professional Politicians always blame the other guy for why they cannot do what they said they will do.[/QUOTE]Well, I voted for Donald in his second election (voted for Hilary in his first) because the Biden alternative didn't appeal to me from a long term economic prosperity perspective. Yes, I thought he mostly tried to do what he promised during his first campaign and did a pretty good job until the debate fiasco which obviously just got worse. Not sure I've seen it mentioned, but it certainly appears that The Donald has completely lost his cookies. Babbling up until the end that Mike will fix it. Completely unhinged and detached from reality. I think his mental lapse eclipses even Richard Nixon which is a high bar to exceed. His family and enablers should have sought medical treatment before this latest collapse.

Unfortunately, all you got is not much. We call it name calling. A sign of ignorance and simple mindedness. Suggesting that the center (you call them leftists) are not pro-American as any other group is, naive. Your ilk likes to call progressives, centrists, liberals, or Democrats "leftist. " Two things are true, 1) we are not "leftists" and 2) You don't know what a leftist is!

ARG.

[QUOTE=HobbyMan51;5159784]It's Sgt. George again. Anything new from Sgt. George? No, sorry. It's just TRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMPTRUMP again and again and more lies from Sgt. George. Trump is gone, Sgt. George. In a week you will kneel down and suck Mighty Joe's dick just like the good little America-hating leftist that you are. We all know what you are, Sgt. George. Sucks to be you.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=ComTech42;5160905]With Joe Biden at the Helm and Schumer / Pelosi / McConnell as the OOD's the ship of State is on a dangerous course. Sit back and listen to the fore flushers flush. Donald Trump fulfilled his commitments to public. The Professional Politicians never do. Professional Politicians always blame the other guy for why they cannot do what they said they will do.[/QUOTE]That would be your version of history. He did very few if anything positive for the country. He fucked things up at that border and increased the numbers of people coming to it. He rode the Obama economy despite his efforts to screw it up with trade bans and tariffs. He ballooned the debt and deficit with his absurd tax policy. Really? He's a world wide embarrassment to the American people. Did I mention his lying and inaction regarding the global pandemic? Please, name one thing he did right?

ARG.

[QUOTE=JMAbacus;5161153]Well, I voted for Donald in his second election (voted for Hilary in his first) because the Biden alternative didn't appeal to me from a long term economic prosperity perspective. Yes, I thought he mostly tried to do what he promised during his first campaign and did a pretty good job until the debate fiasco which obviously just got worse. Not sure I've seen it mentioned, but it certainly appears that The Donald has completely lost his cookies. Babbling up until the end that Mike will fix it. Completely unhinged and detached from reality. I think his mental lapse eclipses even Richard Nixon which is a high bar to exceed. His family and enablers should have sought medical treatment before this latest collapse.[/QUOTE]While I can see why you feel that way, he is not at all unhinged and is very much in touch with reality. So many have failed to understand his way of doing things and one of them is to shoot straight from the lip, something that doesn't always look good or serve him well but that is just the way the man is wired. They think they have destroyed him. They are completely wrong. In the meantime, you are right about Biden who not only will not be a one term "president" but not even a one year "president". A complete and utter joke. Now for more myopic and idiotic comment from Sgt. George. As the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, so shall Sgt. George inevitably appear with his leftist lunacy but even Sgt. George knows the deal with Biden.

Our democracy has been replaced.