We’re laughing at the reaction – odds are good turnbull will be dumped by his own party within 3 months.

OpenTheDoor said…
While I agree with you to a point Stilt, in times of indecision I try and remember what my father would say.
He was a quiet thinker and when he uttered the occasional proclamation, it was usually worth listening to.
He lived through the Great Depression as a hand on a dairy farm, arising at 4 each day to milk cows and if the weather was OK in the cold, muddy fields of WI, on his hands and knees, planting onions or potatoes, 50 cents for a 10 hour day. Two wars, 6 kids and the loss of one. The only son of immigrant parents, his father was born in 1865, a war casualty with one leg. His father died before he ever hardly knew him. No other relatives of any kind other than his mother and sisters.
A self taught man, he could speak 4 languages and finish the crossword puzzle while eating breakfast, using a pen. Being a life long church goer, I never heard him utter one word against his fellow man, except once. He openly had black friends, in the South, during the ’50s, the last word I would use to describe him was racist or bigot. Just learning to read, I asked my mother what “colored” over the bubbler in Penny’s meant, bending to take a drink from it she said: “Not a damn thing!” only time I ever heard her curse.
Having been in N. Africa for 5 years, during WWII, he spoke Arabic, self taught, like all his other skills. I don’t know what he did, he never spoke of it, he had a draw full of medals and no stories to go with them.
The group of people he told me to never trust or allow near me or my loved ones? Muslims, not people from the middle east but Muslims.
He never knew any love from his father so, I never knew any overt examples of it either. His Idea of together time was me at the other end of a two man saw, cutting firewood. When I asked him why, when there was a chainsaw in the shop, he replied: “You cannot talk over a chain saw.” This was his idea of love, imparting life lessons and wisdom from the other end of a two man saw. I still have that saw, hanging over the doorway of my shop, when I need to think, still talk to the saw.
So, if you don’t mind, I’m going with his hard won wisdom and Trump’s bombast, let’s get a handle on this before inviting anymore ticking bombs into the last land of the free.
sincerely, Door
December 9, 2015 at 7:00 AM

Ned said…
Wow – if this were a health -related matter, such as a vector being imported in meat which ended up killing 14 people and sickening another 20, TPTB would stop the import immediately. As far as it being a constitutional issue, where in the constitution is the right to emigrate without regulation listed? I missed that part.

“Let’s face it – this administration’s system for vetting people coming into our country failed spectacularly in the case of the San Bernardino killers. As did domestic intelligence efforts intended to ferret out terrorists in our midst before they strike. And in the aftermath, Barack Obama once again bloodlessly lectured a frightened country – claiming that Islam had nothing to do with the violence, that the refugee “widows and orphans” entering our country are no more dangerous than tourists, and that the steps he’s already taking to protect us from terror (so unsuccessfully) are all that is necessary.”

“Let’s review a few fun facts. As president, B. Hussein skipped the majority of his intelligence briefings including the one immediately following the debacle in Benghazi. Barry also had nothing but foreign policy failures, and repeatedly placed the blame on his intelligence agencies.

So why should Trump – or the rest of us – invest our trust in the intelligence agencies who failed to see the rise of Isis? Who missed nuclear weapons development by Iran during our negotiations? Who were unable to connect the dots preceding Putin’s many successful aggressions – as well as those of China and North Korea.”

And this unforgettable pair as well.

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(I only went shopping for one cartoon, but it’s kind of like stopping in at the mall for just one little thing)

I can assure you that that statement of mine was not based on the WaPo report. It was based on what Trump himself and/or his own people have said or tweeted, and/or what they have described as having happened.

I have also made it crystal clear that I think the MSM would treat him the same way no matter what he said and did. However, I continue to wish he didn’t give them quite as much ammunition.

ALL politicians in Australia are farther left than any US Republican. Turnbull may be from the Liberal (theoretically more conservative) party, but ideologically he’s farther left by a long shot than Trump. – John Guilfoyle

There are surface comparisons to the two men- both successful businessmen before turning politician, both have large egos, both will go low to win. No, it wasn’t particularly an insult.
You are aware that Trump would never be considered conservative here. He formed a unique populist coalition that may re-define politics for some time if it works.
Yuge support from social conservatives, yet supports workplace protections for transgenders and gay marriage. His pledge to nominate someone like Scalia to the supreme court sealed the support.
Yet his protectionist, economic liberal proposals are going to be roundly fought by many folks commenting on this blog. For those to pass, he’s going to need democrat support. I happen to be someone who favored global free trade who’s come to recognize it’s failings. Trump can’t be defined in the traditional conservative-liberal continuum. Where does a populist-nationalist fit?