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  • SeattleUte
    Faith crisis consultant
    • Nov 2008
    • 20837

    #4021
    Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
    This emoji is so ironic. Do you only read fantasy?
    When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

    --Jonathan Swift

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    • Maximus
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 6012

      #4022
      Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

      Where did he say, "I want to be dictator."

      Trump says all kinds of reprehensible things. He's not going to be dictator.
      what do you think I want to be like xi means? maybe I should try being president for life, what do you think that means?

      sure, he probably cant .

      the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he is someone the country needs protecting from and is a wanna be dicator. you seem to be saying he is wrong.

      https://apnews.com/article/milley-tr...56f91e9556d8e#

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      • BlueK
        Senior Member
        • May 2011
        • 7177

        #4023
        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

        Where did he say, "I want to be dictator."

        Trump says all kinds of reprehensible things. He's not going to be dictator.
        In a democracy those in power or striving to get power should be called out for saying reprehensible things. But we shouldn't because it's inflammatory or offensive to those who worship him like a God?

        Only one side should tone down the rhetoric because Trump is who he is. Same kind of argument that says we should allow Putin to run roughshod over Europe because standing up to the destabilizing disrupting force he is might cause war. I'm sick of such bullshit.

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        • SeattleUte
          Faith crisis consultant
          • Nov 2008
          • 20837

          #4024
          Originally posted by Maximus View Post

          what do you think I want to be like xi means? maybe I should try being president for life, what do you think that means?

          sure, he probably cant .

          the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he is someone the country needs protecting from and is a wanna be dicator. you seem to be saying he is wrong.
          He didn't exactly say that even taking what you posted at face value and without context. I trust CNN as much as I do Fox (and watch neither).

          If your point is that it would be better to not have a president who wishes he could be dictator I agree with you. But I would not be surprised if others have wished that secretly or that they all do.

          But it's not possible for him to become dictator.






          When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

          --Jonathan Swift

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          • Maximus
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2009
            • 6012

            #4025
            no other president, private wishes or not, trusts foreign enemies over our own national security experts and advisors or has tried to overturn elections

            (basically I think he'll leave europe and ukraine to putin since he trusts putin)

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            • SeattleUte
              Faith crisis consultant
              • Nov 2008
              • 20837

              #4026
              Originally posted by BlueK View Post

              In a democracy those in power or striving to get power should be called out for saying reprehensible things. But we shouldn't because it's inflammatory or offensive to those who worship him like a God?

              Only one side should tone down the rhetoric because Trump is who he is. Same kind of argument that says we should allow Putin to run roughshod over Europe because standing up to the destabilizing disrupting force he is might cause war. I'm sick of such bullshit.
              I don't think in this epoch any presidential election is an existential threat to us. Claims that it is are in bad faith and irresponsible. Propaganda.
              When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

              --Jonathan Swift

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              • Bo Diddley
                Senior
                • Jul 2012
                • 18766

                #4027
                Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

                I don't think in this epoch any presidential election is an existential threat to us. Claims that it is are in bad faith and irresponsible. Propaganda.
                Agreed

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                • BigPiney
                  Huge Member
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 12354

                  #4028
                  Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post

                  This emoji is so ironic. Do you only read fantasy?
                  You are such a pompous ass.

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                  • frank ryan
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 12316

                    #4029
                    If I'm Trump, I switch my campaign rhetoric up to a more unifying, less militant tone. I think he could lock it up that way.

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                    • The_Tick
                      Made something of myself
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 7281

                      #4030
                      Originally posted by frank ryan View Post
                      If I'm Trump, I switch my campaign rhetoric up to a more unifying, less militant tone. I think he could lock it up that way.
                      Even if he does, will anyone on the left believe him? Will anyone in his own party follow his recommendations? I think it is doubtful on both fronts.

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                      • Moliere
                        One man.....one pie
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 27845

                        #4031
                        Originally posted by BigPiney View Post

                        You are such a pompous ass.
                        Don’t compliment him
                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                        • BlueK
                          Senior Member
                          • May 2011
                          • 7177

                          #4032
                          Originally posted by The_Tick View Post

                          Even if he does, will anyone on the left believe him? Will anyone in his own party follow his recommendations? I think it is doubtful on both fronts.
                          Being unifying isn't something Trump does. Only one side is expected or implored to be civil. The other gets a pass because Trump will be Trump and the Alex Jones types who are now basically mainstream in the conservative movement don't operate that way.either. It's their whole point not to.

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                          • Uncle Ted
                            The Big 12 money shot.
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 28853

                            #4033
                            Confidence in the government is going to reach an all time low… this was a major screw up and the experts are all confirming it.




                            Even to the point experts are wondering if the SS snipers’ hesitation was intentional… (“stand down” order was given)



                            Hillary really messed up this one.

                            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                            • Maximus
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 6012

                              #4034
                              OK ted

                              4dbe9deeb5f5665cdc6cea5d4334fd98be-06-infowars-alex-jones.rsquare.w400.jpg

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                              • USUC
                                Chronic Poseur
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 8781

                                #4035
                                Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                                Confidence in the government is going to reach an all time low… this was a major screw up and the experts are all confirming it.




                                Even to the point experts are wondering if the SS snipers’ hesitation was intentional… (“stand down” order was given)



                                Hillary really messed up this one.

                                Why is it that the common human trait of incompetence is never a viable option for conspiracy theorists? Hits too close to home?

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