As far as I know there is nothing available to replace the one peg ladders and cranes, and the people who climb them to pick cherries, nectarines, plums, apricots, apples, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, pluots, and peaches. Nor is there mechanization available to replace the pruners of said trees, nor the viticulturists who attend the grape vines taking cuttings and making grafts. There are no robots to drive the tractors, spray for insects and disease, mix the fertilizer, and hoe the weeds. There is no robot to oversee the watering. There are no robots running the fork lifts out in the field or in the cold storage facilities. No robots drive the loaders or trucks, or the water trucks that keep the dust down. There are no robots who grade and sort the fruit, who make special packs for east coast high end markets. There are no robots to wrap the fancy packs in tissue or lay the grapes carefully in the styrofoam insulated lugs, close the lids and seal them while attaching a barcoded label with the variety name, harvest date, field crew, and individual packer number. There is no robot available to taste the fruit to see if its sugar content is right, or look for rot and disease.

Other than that, we can get along fine.

Some of it in line with Parker’s “Trojan Horse” theory.

Assuming they aren’t the dead voting Democrat, as they usually do, or aren’t shipped in from Democrat urban fiefdoms in those primary elections.

I was speaking of presidential politics only. The reaction was to Romney’s loss.

It’s much easier to “unify” the right in more local races. The calculus is very very different, as are the issues and the demographics of each state. Presidential races have a whole different dynamic, and a very different strategy, and need to “unify” the party over a much greater area.

Plus, the 2014 victories were a sort of last-ditch effort of a right that was already exhausted and angry at the GOP. I didn’t make up that prediction based on reading a crystal ball—I based it on the rage I was already seeing people exhibit during the Romney campaign. The 2014 election was people saying, “This is your very last chance, GOP.”

I also think their expectations for what the GOP could do or would do were always unrealistic. But that’s another issue.

MD C Hold ings $10,800 (larg est donati on)
A ubu rn Man or Hol ing $8,100
Milwa ukee Rhe uma tology Center $5,400
Dor ya USA $5,400
Em erge ncy Care Dyn amics $5,400

the others on the top 20 list are:
Her itage Bag Co
HH Wi lliams Tru cking
Ralph Lauren
Mer idian Ca pital
US D ept of De fense
Berk shire Hat haway ($3,450)
Obj ect Syste ms Gro up
US Na vy
On e H our Ac
Tig er Glob al Man agement

in 2014/2016
#3 – Woodforest Financial Group $112,500 / $111,500
#4 – Goldman Sachs $69,350 / $69,350
#5 – Morgan Lewis LLP (law firm) $67,550 / $67,550
#7 – Sullivan & Cromwell (law firm) $58,900 / $60,113
#8 – Baker Botts LLP (law firm) $45,413 / $45,413
#9 – Jones Day (law firm) $44,500 / $44,500

lots of others… like
Wapiti Energy
Moncrief Oil International
Mason Capital Management
Credit Suisse Group
Mansefeldt Investment
Hunt Companies (real estate)

I certainly agree the Eric and the others on this list who talk about activism. Our GOP leaders just don’t seem to get it, like Romney’s failure to close with and destroy Obama at the third debate. To borrow Abba Eban’s gibe at the Arabs, we never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

My issue is that as this goes along, Trump becomes less stable and less deserving of having his fingers on nuclear weapons and federal agencies. The guy openly threatens people and makes outrageous comments about violence while on the campaign trail! Seriously, what happens when other world leaders treat him like the big-mouthed, bratty bully that he is? What happens when segments of the US population don’t like or approve of him? If he even begins to turn into the childish despot that appears to be inside, trying desperately to get out, then what?

Hillary is a cold murderous corruptocrat of the worst order, but even with her Benghazis and private servers, and the far lefty-left compost pile she surrounds herself with, her potential for disaster is actually a bit less.

I simply don’t believe a word Trump says. He’s a pathological nutjob trying to get elected. I would trust the promises of a car salesman at a low-end car lot more than I trust him to actually believe in, much less follow through, on anything this lifetime Democrat and friend of the Clintons says when trying to get angry Republicans to vote for him.

Yes, I do believe there are some positives. He likely doesn’t hate the US as much as some lefty liberals do. He might make better Supreme Court choices, which would be especially nice if the GOP still owns congress. But can’t we get a sane responsible adult Republican in office?

Just remember – if he goes nuclear (figuratively or literally) – no one will remember that Trump is not even really a legitimate Republican. He’s spent his whole life as a Democrat backing leftist and big government causes. But if he gets elected as a Republican the blame for his actions will rest on us. He wants to represent us and I don’t trust him to not ensure that there’s not another GOP president for a generation.

Simple.