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That's a great post, wm. Thank you.

As I noted earlier...
And we can safely add...

If Trump and right wing media were not on a vengeance campaign against the reporting done by the Washington Post, Lash would have written posts on the Amazon workplace precisely this number of times...0.

But shucks, perhaps I'm wrong. She may have written scads of posts on this matter prior to Trump's attacks on media generally and the WP specifically.

And shucks, perhaps she might now even point us to those posts (or the relevant ones on Walmart, or any others).

I have her on ignore so if she does such a thing, could someone please let me know.

Almost 100% negative activity by the president can't be that good for the country. If Trump behaved more like a president and less like a twit he might actually get better media coverage. Every day provides examples — yesterday he was going to militarize the southern border. Until his staff had to walk back the threat because apparently Trump doesn't understand the law. How is the media supposed to turn that sort of ignorance into anything positive?

Exactly.

Who says it is negative activity? The news is responsible for facts not opinions.


Obama and Bush did it, why can't Trump? Do you know the history of our military on our border? Check out 1919.



Mexico was a security risk then, and it is now.
http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/Matthews_op22.pdf

I missed your response, I didn't mean to ignore it. It's sometimes tough to keep up with this thread.



First of all, you failed to include in your quote of my comment the part where I wrote I don't care whether or not he is a Christian, any more than I cared whether or not he was born in America. Perhaps I needed to reiterate several comments I've made over the years about his origins: I never cared whether or not he was born in America. I think the provision requiring a president to be a native-born citizen is outdated and of no value. Having been born in Kenya or Indonesia would not have made him a better president in my view and it would have been a silly way to deprive him of his clear election victory if it could have been proven. The only importance his birthplace could have to me would center on his honesty, which is the only importance the nature his faith has.

Secondly, it's silly to refer to him as a stranger. I know more about him (in part due to his own autobiographical books) than I do the vast majority of my fellow Americans. He wanted me to know about his life: His origins, his parents, his grandparents, his schooling, his athletics, many of his likes and dislikes, most of his opinions on everything from policy to movies, and his faith.

I can't see any reason at all to question a stranger's faith, but as I think I just made clear, Obama is not a stranger to me or anyone else in America and most of the world.

As for questioning the faith of someone I know, I think it's important to define "questioning." I do "question" Obama's faith but I make no judgment of the import of his lack thereof. If I am correct and he doesn't believe in God (let alone Jesus Christ) it's of no import to me and not even in respect to the fact that it would mean he has "lied" about it. I also think he "lied" when he initially said he firmly believes marriage is between a man and a woman, and I know he lied when he said I could keep my doctor. Everyone lies and politicians lie more so than anybody else...in this Obama is no exception. As a result, the fact that he may have lied is, in and of itself, of no import. I don't expect anyone to tell "the truth" 100% of the time. Context and intent are of import. Lying about his views on same-sex unions or his faith would have been committed to assist him in getting elected. Every candidate does this and if I have to disqualify Obama or any other Democrat for doing so, I have to disqualify every Republican candidate.

Now lying about faith or views on same-sex marriage may be of importance to some or even many, but it's not to me. Lying about a very important aspect of a significant domestic policy (Obamacare) so as to deceptively assuage concerns of voters is of a lot of importance to me and I think it speaks very poorly of Obama the president and Obama, the man.

Regardless, if he did lie about being a Christian, it's not important to me because believing in God is not required for my vote or support. I know a great many people who are fine, upstanding and deeply moral people who don't believe in God. An atheist can be a great president and a devout Christian can be a terrible one.



It certainly seems to me that you are, once again, someone who didn't really bother to read what I wrote but made assumptions and then launched your swift boat.

I wrote this




I also wrote



And you are doing the same thing as her. You are bemoaning the questioning of Obama's faith and turning around and questioning Trump's.



But I'm not, are you, and if you are why are you ignoring your own admonition about questioning someone's faith?

Neither you nor anyone else knows what goes on in Trump's mind when he is alone with God (assuming he actually believes in and prays to God). I don't, but I do know that he would not be the first sinner to act in public as if he is unrepentant or in denial of his sins, but in private, is begging for forgiveness from God.

I'm not God, I'm not a Christian, and Trump is not someone I personally care for. Whether or not he is seeking forgiveness from God for lying is immaterial to me. The point I was making in the comment you quoted is that no one can tell from outward appearances what someone believes about God, their personal sins, and their desire for forgiveness.



Keep in mind I was responding to Sullivan's piece and the importance she placed in the religious sentiments verbally expressed by Obama. She seems to think that they were enough to prove his faith. That's nonsense.



Of course, it was not and I'll admit no such thing. I would though tell you to shove something up your ass for your arrogant insult, but I won't, because you've simply allowed your partisan passion to override your intelligence.

Writing that it is more than possible that someone (and you can even read "Trump" here if you like) can be ignorant of religious dogma and clearly a sinner can also be a true Christian in the sense that he believes in God, that Jesus Christ died for his sins, and that he seeks forgiveness of his sins, is not arguing that Trump is a true Christian. Surely you are not so dense as to not see this? I can't read Trump's mind and have no way of knowing what his thoughts are about God and his sins.

Similarly, writing that someone (And, again, read "Obama" if you'd like) who is able to recite the Bible chapter and verse and remains faithful to his wife doesn't prove that he is a true Christian in the sense that I described above. Again, it's hard to believe you don't understand this. Maybe you have zero understanding of Christianity. Faithfulness to one's spouse and knowledge of dogma doesn't make one a Christian.

There is also nothing in what I posted that a reasonable person without a political ax to grind can interpret as my arguing that someone who fits the definition of a True Christian is perforce in possession of greater moral character than someone who is not. If you think there is point it out.

I could be wrong but I seem to recall posts of yours that indicate you are either atheist or agnostic. If so it would seem you have an incongruent, and somewhat romantic notion of what a True Christian is. I'm not a Christian but I believe in God and yet I don't think the term means anything more than what I outlined. Even if one believes that total adherence to the teachings of Christ renders a state of moral perfection, no one has or ever will achieve that state. By the definition you seem to be using, Jesus was and is the only True Christian that earth will ever see.

If you are a Christian, then you need to re-evaluate your thinking on what a True Christian is, unless you believe a man or woman on earth can somehow achieve a perfect state of grace and, in essence, become Christ. If you do think that, I find it fascinating and would love to hear more of your thoughts. In the meantime, I'll accept a simple apology for your insulting pomposity.

‘princess’

smh

New tariffs from China. Soybean, electronics, cars, beef, medical devices, fruits, nuts, dishwashers. 25% to 50% Folks, just look at everything you buy. Good luck trying to find items NOT made in China. Its about time tRump is slapped with the reality that he does not control the world! Will he learn anything from it? Probably not! but the rest of us will be paying for it.

He is letting China know they do not control the US. Hysterics are not necessary.

TPM

So, heck, that's as cool as can be.

The Office of Congressional Ethics has asked the House Ethics Committee to TPM

What the heck is the world coming to when a politician can't just take a bunch of money from anywhere handy and use it for himself and his family? This is taking liberal political correctness too far!

This guy really is a world-class dipshit

Walker hit the nail on the head. That rhymes with dead.

Bezos awarded $10 billion no bid contract with the Pentagon.

Welcome to BezosWorld. Leave your privacy, workers rights, and hopes for your future at the door.

https://amp.businessinsider.com/amazon-trump-wins-pentagon-contract-2018-4?__twitter_impression=true

The Pentagon is close to awarding a cloud services contract worth as much as $10 billion to Amazon, even as President Trump attacks the ecommerce giant from the White House, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.

The Pentagon has not yet publicly announced a winner of the highly sought-after, 10-year contract to provide cloud services to the Department of Defense as it overhauls its IT systems - a process it's calling the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program.

In fact, the DoD is not yet officially done with its request-for-proposal process. It has agreed to release another RFP on April 9.

But behind the scenes, some Department of Defense agencies are so sure that Amazon will be awarded the contract that they are preparing for a transition to GovCloud, which is Amazon's cloud infrastructure designed specifically for government use, according to this source.

"I can't imagine any possible way that the deal could be stopped," this person said, adding that it's "only waiting for the contract start date to be officially announced."

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Prospect

That's a dangerous course. China has quietly been buying up US busineses and financial instrumenbts for years. They may actually be in a place where they can crash our economy now, they own so much of it. Trump better walk extremely carefully here. Which he never does. They had clearly been thinking about what to do if he increased tariffs and had made plans, and there are a lot of American businesses will be impacted and be out for Trump's head. And he never thinks these things out. He just trusts his gut,. Which is getting paunchier by the day.

He don't know Trumpies too well, do he?

Rather laughable, isn't it. It's almost as if he didn't promise his largest donor that he had a strategy to destroy public-sector unions through "divide and conquer". And, golly, what do you think he might come up with as evidence he has a positive story to tell about his administration. There's a better-than-average chance he's going to get moyderd in November.

But a thing to note here is "the Far Left is driven by anger and hatred". You point to the obvious - What the **** did Trump run on? What the **** is he continuing to do every day? What does Hannity do every day? We're already seeing a lot people on the right trying to run with this story - Trump is criticized and attacked only because those on the left have an irrational and partisan hatred for him (Lash tried to pull that one earlier). That story is going to ramp up bigtime until November. Walker knows he's in danger so he's getting an early start.

Have or have you not wished people dead? What do you think is not hateful about that?

Also one hateful quote from Hannity or Trump will help your credibility.

Did Obama think his ME policy through or his inaction against Russia? Nobody's perfect.