Builder
 
  3  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 07:22 am
@bobsal u1553115,
A sphinx? I never saw a sphinx on my last tour of mars. Grrrrrrr, etc.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 07:26 am
@Builder,
Did you get the red ticket or the blue ticket? Those with a red ticket got to see the sphinx. The blue ticket is given to the sane.
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izzythepush
 
  1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 07:30 am
@Builder,
They're a very secretive bunch in Slough, you've probably not collected enough sweet wrappers to be allowed to see the sphinx.
Builder
 
  1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 07:32 am
@izzythepush,
I must admit that coupled with the jet lag, those martian martinis kinda rocked me for most of the trip.
gungasnake
 
  -2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 08:12 am
@Builder,
Quote:
A sphinx? I never saw a sphinx on my last tour of mars. Grrrrrrr, etc.


Raw NASA image:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/00787/mcam/0787ML0034320000400491E01_DXXX.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t31.0-8/10713996_952564108106327_3138730241070028783_o.jpg

In the same area:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/1548013_952525881443483_5232065898298604577_o.jpg
gungasnake
 
  -1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 08:13 am
I may be weird, but I don't make **** up.....
parados
 
  3  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 08:13 am
@hawkeye10,
Gosh. Why doesn't Trump hire an expert to grow hair on his head? After all, any problem can be solved if he can hire an expert. Drunk

Trump is an idiot that thinks there is a simple solution to a complex problem. The world is filled with those people and none of them ever solved anything.
izzythepush
 
  1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 09:46 am
@gungasnake,
gungasnake wrote:

I may be weird, but I don't make **** up.....

No, someone else does that. You're daft enough to believe it.
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monizla
 
  2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 10:57 am
@McGentrix,
But even with a cabinet of experts, Donald Trump's area of expertise isn't running a country. He puts a lot of his time and effort into proposing changes to the economy, but hasn't made any clear stance on any other major issues. Either way, the president is also relied upon to be the Commander in Chief of the military. I personally don't believe that Donald Trump would be an effective leader of any military power, and would be an altogether poor choice from a military standpoint
McGentrix
 
  -1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 12:14 pm
@monizla,
monizla wrote:

But even with a cabinet of experts, Donald Trump's area of expertise isn't running a country. He puts a lot of his time and effort into proposing changes to the economy, but hasn't made any clear stance on any other major issues. Either way, the president is also relied upon to be the Commander in Chief of the military. I personally don't believe that Donald Trump would be an effective leader of any military power, and would be an altogether poor choice from a military standpoint


Which President past has an area of expertise of running a country? It is early in the campaign for candidates to be giving specifics and he has made clear stances on many topics. For example, he thinks Jeb is "low-energy" and some of the others are "losers". Pretty clear stances.

What experience does Obama have to make him a reliable Commander in Chief? If you talk to military personnel he hasn't really been that good as a CiC.

Trump has experience in leading, interacting with foreign countries and leaders, making economic choices that profits himself and his companies, and is an excellent orator. Imagine if the US was his company and he was in charge of making it great again. I believe he can.
Frank Apisa
 
  2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 12:29 pm
@McGentrix,
McGentrix wrote:

monizla wrote:

But even with a cabinet of experts, Donald Trump's area of expertise isn't running a country. He puts a lot of his time and effort into proposing changes to the economy, but hasn't made any clear stance on any other major issues. Either way, the president is also relied upon to be the Commander in Chief of the military. I personally don't believe that Donald Trump would be an effective leader of any military power, and would be an altogether poor choice from a military standpoint


Which President past has an area of expertise of running a country? It is early in the campaign for candidates to be giving specifics and he has made clear stances on many topics. For example, he thinks Jeb is "low-energy" and some of the others are "losers". Pretty clear stances.

What experience does Obama have to make him a reliable Commander in Chief? If you talk to military personnel he hasn't really been that good as a CiC.

Trump has experience in leading, interacting with foreign countries and leaders, making economic choices that profits himself and his companies, and is an excellent orator. Imagine if the US was his company and he was in charge of making it great again. I believe he can.


I'm gonna just assume you are kidding here, McG...or that you have gone nuts.

Trump has the oratory skills of a guy who is going to come in last in a high school freshman year class officers contest.
hawkeye10
 
  -2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:10 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Quote:
Trump has the oratory skills of a guy who is going to come in last in a high school freshman year class officers contest.

So you say. He has written a book on the subjects, and collects $1 million+ per speech, I would say you are the delusional one.

Oh, and he is winning, with no commercials, and with no one else writing speeches for him. He is winning by talking. That must be some good talking. Obviously the problem here is your concept of good talking, not Trump's talking.
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hawkeye10
 
  -2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:14 pm
@monizla,
Quote:
But even with a cabinet of experts, Donald Trump's area of expertise isn't running a country.

We rarely elect people who have no politics positions in their resume, and when we do they are usually generals, so putting Trump in the chair would be a risk. But we dont know that he cant do it, I have heard no convincing argument that generals are the only amateurs who can do this job. If you have one then lay it on us.
hawkeye10
 
  -1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:16 pm
@parados,
Quote:
Gosh. Why doesn't Trump hire an expert to grow hair on his head? After all, any problem can be solved if he can hire an expert.

Gosh, it works for him on many levels, so why should he change it. Drunk
farmerman
 
  2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:40 pm
@hawkeye10,
hes blowing away now that were into the last 2 months of 2015. So why bother with making him look human
I predict he will be yesterdays wrapping paper by JANUARY
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engineer
 
  3  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:51 pm
@hawkeye10,
My issue with Trump is not his lack of political experience. Someone successful in business works for me. The problem is that his positions are pretty much ludicrous. His tax plan explodes the deficit and his immigration plan consists of building a wall. I question some of his personality traits as well. He thinks debate means hurling insults at his opponents and the moderators and he thinks the President was born in Kenya.

I respect Trump's business accomplishments, both his real estate successes and his entertainment endeavors the same way I respect Carson's medical achievements, but in both cases, their acumen in their areas of expertise clearly don't translate well into understanding real world problems. I'm even good with the "I'll get experts to do that" line, but you have to have enough background to be able to take their advice. In Trump's case I think he just doesn't have a broad enough background (and if I'm honest, I don't think he is very smart.)
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 01:52 pm
@Builder,
Quote:
coupled with the jet lag,


Wouldn't that be more accurately called 'rocket lag'? Just askin. Saw the sphinx. MAG-nificent rack on that creature.
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bobsal u1553115
 
  1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 02:01 pm
@gungasnake,
Nope you don't make 'em up, you hallucinate them. Seriously, sparky, don't believe every damn thing you google.
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hawkeye10
 
  -2  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 02:12 pm
@engineer,
Quote:
. The problem is that his positions are pretty much ludicrous. His tax plan explodes the deficit and his immigration plan consists of building a wall.


He will not be king, and he will still arrive to a Washington that is almost completely broken thus unable to make major moves, and the nation is still deeply divided ...a almost no one is willing to work together to get things done. I dont think you need worry that Trumps ideas happen at any time in the foreseeable future, so why are you worried about Trumps ideas?

Quote:
I question some of his personality traits as well. He thinks debate means hurling insults at his opponents and the moderators and he thinks the President was born in Kenya.
If what you are doing is not working then do something else, anything else. And I think Trump would be perfect for Washington right now, he is brilliant, he works will with others, he hires people for their talents, he can separate fantasy from reality, he can prioritize, and he is difficult to corrupt.

Quote:
In Trump's case I think he just doesn't have a broad enough background
He works all over the world with all kinds of people, he has his HQ in a very liberal big city with huge egos and with big government lovers, he has his HQ in a state that is very divided and corrupt politically...and he has made a go of it for a very long time. What more relevant experience could you want with Washington as it is?

Quote:
and if I'm honest, I don't think he is very smart.)
And you say it that way because someplace in your head you know you are wrong. The guy is intellectually brilliant, he will be the smartest person in the chair since Clinton, and he knows how America works and does not work, and he is a great tactician, and he can read people like nobodies business, and he know when and how to delegate, and he knows how to run an operation, and he knows how to b frugal (look at how little he is spending to win the campaign!) and on and on. There are legit reasons to say that you dont want Trump, but that he is not smart is not one of them.
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mcmanaz
 
  1  
Tue 3 Nov, 2015 10:48 pm
@monizla,
I agree with you completely, Trump is knowledgeable on business not running any sort of political office. He is going to want to run our country like a business. Business focus on getting bigger and stronger. This is done by taking out competition or buying out competition. This is going to cause us to enter into wars we do not want to be in, with countries that are our allies.
 

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