What Did President Trump Do Now?

The Batlord · 03-24-2017, 11:03 AM

Edit: mother****.

Anteater · 03-24-2017, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Ant plays the following cards:

1. I know someone who was in the FBI therefore what I post has more merit.

2. I use to conduct polls therefore what I post has more merit.

3. My assumptions have more merit than your assumptions.

No-one said that anyone loves the ACA. Nice try though. What the poll states is that the the majority of those asked, who identified themselves as republicans, said they think the ACHA is departing too radically from the ACA.

Did you read the updated CBO report that was issued yesterday? Trumpcare is even worse that what they first reported now that they have studied the changes being made to try and get it to pass the house.

(is this where I'm supposed to post a smilie to show that I'm just having fun with all of this?)

Correct: what I say has more merit than you (in this particular argument) because I have more real world experience and know a wide range of people whom I actively communicate with and learn from, which in this case includes an FBI veteran. I sincerely apologize if you don't like that. You may not be having fun, but I love this stuff.

You are a pretty smart guy, but I also realized a long time ago that we'll probably never agree on anything outside of music.

As for Trumpcare, I had a wait and see attitude coupled with a high degree of skepticism. The skepticism I had proved to be well warranted. You didn't need to sell me on that.

**Frownland** · 03-24-2017, 02:59 PM

My best friend is an architect so I can design and build you a house for you if you want.

Anteater · 03-24-2017, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My best friend is an architect so I can design and build you a house for you if you want.

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Originally Posted by elphenor

My assumptions about biochemical engineering are totally meant to be taken seriously because I like know people and stuff life experience man

As Chula likes to say, swing and a miss.

**Frownland** · 03-24-2017, 03:04 PM

As the MB tradition of making metaphors confusing and hyper-specific goes, I think it might be the pitcher.

Chula Vista · 03-24-2017, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Correct: what I say has more merit than you because I have more real world experience.

1. All of your information is second hand news from people who shouldn't be sharing the information in the first place.

2. You haven't a clue about my real world experience so **** off with your assumptions and your arrogance.

Trump just ordered Paul Ryan to yank the ACHA bill because it was going to fail miserably. The republicans had 7 years and 1 day to figure out how to repeal the ACA. They have campaigned for that entire time and have won seats on the premise they were going to do it once Obama was out of office. Trump guaranteed he'd get it done. Guaranteed it over and over again. Trump has a majority in the house and senate.

FAILED MISERABLY.

Ryan and Price already have tire tracks across their butts. Trump's next few tweets should be very amusing.

Anteater · 03-24-2017, 03:21 PM

Well since we want to talk about metaphors and analogies...

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Mr. Drumpf decides he's going to invest in real estate tomorrow. Does it make more sense for Mr. Drumpf to-

1. Consult with a maven who has over three decades of experience in commercial real estate investment or-

2. Throw money into X type of property he saw highlighted in some article he read about in CNN's Business section.

This is the difference between getting your information secondhand and thirdhand. In the context of what we're talking about, my skepticism of the FBI is based on secondhand information from a close friend who knows that world very well. If we can't respect real world experience and learn from it, then what can we value? Chula, however, thinks thirdhand information is better than secondhand and wants to debate me. By default, he loses.

Firsthand would be if I were an FBI agent myself.

/end-of-lesson

**Frownland** · 03-24-2017, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Trump just ordered Paul Ryan to yank the ACHA bill because it was going to fail miserably. The republicans had 7 years and 1 day to figure out how to repeal the ACA. They have campaigned for that entire time and have won seats on the premise they were going to do it once Obama was out of office. Trump guaranteed he'd get it done. Guaranteed it over and over again. Trump has a majority in the house and senate.

I think that they spent more time in the past seven years zeroing in on how bad ACA was as a political move than actually crafting policy. Hopefully this will be a kick in the pants that leads to a more coherently constructed policy. Better to own up to your mistakes before they have any real-world effect than to stubbornly push it through because of promises. It's like the new season of Rick & Morty: they said it would be here already and while it sucks that it's not, I would rather they take their time and make something worthwhile.

**Frownland** · 03-24-2017, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

This is the difference between getting your information secondhand and thirdhand. In the context of what we're talking about, my skepticism of the FBI is based on secondhand information from a close friend who knows that world very well. Chula thinks thirdhand information is better than secondhand and wants to debate me. By default, he loses.

Is he involved with the case itself? It's only secondhand information if he is. Also it's a lot a bit illegal but whatever.

Chula Vista · 03-24-2017, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

In the context of what we're talking about, my skepticism of the FBI is based on secondhand information from a close friend.

Your close friend is an idiot for sharing FBI information with a pleeb.

Paul Ryan just on TV blaming the ACA for why the ACHA crashed and burned. Word is that Trump is PISSED PISSED PISSED.

Raise your hand if you'd like to be a republican in Trump's cabinet right now.

Bottom Line:

Victory for the elderly.
Victory for those dealing with substance abuse.
Victory for the low income families.
Victory for those with mental health issues.

Major loss for the wealthy, the health care CEOs, the republicans, and most importantly, the Blowhard In Chief.

Highly doubt Melania is going to get any anytime soon. Trump's dick just took a major ass kicking and needs time to try and recover.

Think about this: Trump's presidency, barring impeachment, will be 1,461 days. Think about all of the **** that has gone down in his first 100 days.

He's not even served 7% of his term.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	My best friend is an architect so I can design and build you a house for you if you want. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	As the MB tradition of making metaphors confusing and hyper-specific goes, I think it might be the pitcher. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x