[A little more than a week until the big spectacular at the nations capitol. Given all the ongoing fireworks surrounding Trump and the floundering Democrats, I suppose we can continue staying involved in this 'Prelude to the Afternoon of a Yawn'. gjr]

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318 responses to “Sandbox – 11jan17”
Fish
I thought Trumps ascendancy was a prelude to the second coming. Especially with the biblical proportions of his proclamations. Gonna make America Great again.. Can anybody tell me when was “again”?
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Putin better back Calexit. That is great news. He would feel right at home with the 60’s hippies who all they did was recycle the 30’s Socialists.
Seriously, I was and do to this day wish the wackos tear down Hetch Hetecy. The assholes got a exemption to the Endangered Species Act and diverted zero water to our fish. All the water goes to the Abomination by the Bay. Screw them. Laws were made for other people, not the people in Pelosi’s district. Tear it down and show the entire world what crazies run amok in California along the coast. Opps, too late. Everybody knows. Nevermind.
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Paul.. Before LIBS screwed it all up. Remember. LIBS had control of both houses for decades.
Al gore had it right. The Internet (he did invent it,, right?) would be the LIBS demise.
The free flow of info isn’t the democrats friend.
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Give me a series of years Walt that prescribe to the Great America Trump drones about.
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That s for Walt and Bill
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 January 2017 at 03:30 PM
I thought Trumps ascendancy was a prelude to the second coming.
Again Paul he can hardly be worse than the existing presidential place holder! Trump gets bonus points for getting the left as spun up as they they are though!
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Oh Paul, when? Helpful hint: First of all, we only have one President at a time. When begins after he becomes our President. Then add 18 months to 2 years until things start working through the economy. That is 18 months to two year AFTER bills are on his deck to sign and you got to allow some wiggle room for the banana heads to have their sit-ins and panic attacks and Superglue the locks on the doors of the People’s House and The Hallowed Halls of the Senate. Reagen’ first two years were brutal. President Ronnie had to repair and fix the damage that Carter did to our military, our economy, and our standing across the world. Huge task and not for pussies. And the peanut farmer was in office fornly one term.
Obama has done 5-9 times the damage as Carter, but it took him 8 years. Much damage to be repaired. The task seems too big for any human to even contemplate.
But one man and a twitter machine might do what no one else thought possible. Not a job for a pussy for sure.
“Are we there yet? Mommie, are we there yet?” No, Pauline, we are not there yet. “Are we there yet? How much longer, how much longer? “. No Paulie, we are not there yet. Be patient and play with your Mr. Potatoe Head. “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? No.
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It’s been so long, very few can remember Paul. Before regulations started running businesses out of the country? Before Dems thought their shit didn’t stink? Before AGW?
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Obama’s approval ratings are reaching biblical proportions 55-39. Bush was in the high 20’s at this stage. Trump is struggling in the lo 40’s and that’s including the bump usually entitled to a new elect.
http://www.pollingreport.com/obama_job.htm
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I want answers and I want them now!!!
Helpful hint #2: Pauline, every one knows the difference between a demand and a request. Now, if you quit pounding your spoon on your high chair and stop throwing your food, maybe Papa will read you a nice bedtime story. Would you like that, Pauline? But first, let me get a nice clean bib and put it on you. Now, let me wipe that food from your aborable cheeks. Ah, much better. You are s cute. Spa loves his little girl.
Ok. Once upon there was an evil King from the Wasteland of Chicagoland. He was a very bad King. He stole from his subjects and the people lost all hope. Then one day an Orange Headed stranger came to the Kingdom of the Evil King. The people….
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Don’t stop now Uncle Bill,, it’s just getting GOOooood.
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PE, you are a cute little druid, biblical proportions really PE, i would have thought your poll posting days were over. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is the definition of what PE? π
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Pauline:
Helpful hint # 3: you live by the polls, you die by the polls. Remember you told me “never”? Now, put your lips together and tell he name of the person you told me who would never win. It’s starts with a T……
Helpful hint #4. Never say never if your initials are PE.
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“Let’s see, what else can I do to make The Donald’s life miserable?”
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/01/12/report-obama-end-cuban-wet-foot-dry-foot-policy/
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Roll Call is reporting that millennials actually voted for Trump at twice the rate pre-election polling showed. The pre-election main issue was supposedly education, post election the truth was it was the economy stupid. π
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Well this explains everything.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4114634/Marijuana-DOES-cause-schizophrenia-triggers-heart-attacks-experts-say-landmark-study-slams-drug-s-medical-benefits-unproven.html
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Shit.. Bill beat me to it. Paul has some splain’n to do.
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Yes, thereis a God. Mama fall from heaven. Rejoice, people, rejoice. I heard Jesse Jackson Jr. is looking for a job. This is the gift that keeps on giving.
https://lasentinel.net/democrats-search-for-the-next-obama.html?ref=yfp
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Hey Guys
What’s so difficult about coming up with the years of American greatness that Trump wants to return too.
Your uy drones “make America great AGAIN” Give me a time frame if you can.
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More bad news
“As honeymoons go, Donald Trumpβs wasnβt much to write home about. He was voted in as the most unpopular president-elect in modern history and got slightly less unpopular in the weeks that followed, as the goodwill flowed. Even then, though, he clearly remained the most unpopular president-elect in modern history. Again, that was the honeymoon.
And now itβs over.
A new poll from Quinnipiac University suggests that Trump has reverted to his pre-election standing, with Americans having major concerns about his temperament and the direction in which his presidency will lead the country. Trumpβs continued controversies seem to have put him right back where he was before he won the election.
Quinnipiac is the first high-quality pollster to poll on Trump twice since the election. And while its poll in late November showed his favorable rating rising from 34 percent to 44 percent, that number has dropped back to 37 percent, which is about where it stood for much of the campaign. Thatβs tied for Trumpβs worst favorable rating in a poll since his election. And a majority β 51 percent β now have an unfavorable view of him.
While 41 percent thought he would be a better leader than President Obama, itβs now 34 percent. While 52 percent thought he would help the nation’s economy, itβs now 47 percent. While 40 percent thought his policies would help their personal financial situation, itβs now 27 percent. While 53 percent thought heβd take the country in the right direction, itβs now 45 percent.
You get the idea. There are similar drops in views of his honesty (42 percent to 39 percent), his leadership skills (56 percent to 49 percent), his compassion for average Americans (51 percent to 44 percent), his levelheadedness (38 percent to 33 percent) and his ability to unite the country (47 percent to 40 percent).”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/10/this-new-poll-has-all-kinds-of-bad-news-for-donald-trump/?utm_term=.d389af449adc
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Before Harry Reid, Before Nancy pelosi, and all the other “befores” I gave you. You’re old enough to remember those times Paul, Aren’t you? back in the days when Ca. was a RED state.
There is your “timeframe”.
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God Bless the gun toting citizen in AZ who intervened in the ambush of a cop today. He saved the cops life by snuffing the perp who had shot the cop twice and was slamming the wounded cops head on the pavement. Blue lives matter! π
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There goes Paul again with his polls. No one gives a shit. Save it for your trips to Libby land.Your their new “hope” for “lefty” change that just ain’t comm’n.
Come to think of it, the Lefty brigade hasn’t occupied their favorite overpass in a while.
Paul can put his poll results on a pole with the other misspelled signage.
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Posted by: Paul Emery | 12 January 2017 at 05:57 PM
I confess that I don’t what period the president elect refers. Did you have any issues with the “Hope and Change” marketing slogan that the Obama administration preferred?
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ROFLMAO! One one these days I might read one link Paul posts. When? I dunno. So far it is 0 for 200. Hate to break a nice winning streak. When? Darn, where did I put my crystal ball. It’s around here somewhere.
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Guys
“Make America great again”
When was America Great?
Pick one Customize if you like
Before 1930 is ok
1930-1934
1035-1939
1940-1944
1945-1949
1950-1954
1955-1959
1960-1964
1965-1969
1970-1974
1975-1979
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-1999
2000-2004
2005-2009
2010-2014
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So by implication PE you are saying that at no time in your cute little list of years was America great. π
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Not at all Don. what I am asking of Trump supporters is what years do you feel are examples of the Great America Donald Trump or the reader want to return to. It was his very effective cmpaign slogan I’m just asking for more details. What is your best pick on this Don
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So Paul can’t put timeframes to my examples of history? Paul needs to open a history book.(I guess Wiki has to suffice these days) But will he?..(notta chance)
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I can guess Walt but you must have a specific idea about the Great
America you want to return to. You can be general such as Eisenhower years, Reagan Years, Bush years Nixon for example. I doubt if it would be during a Dem administration but I might be wrong.
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I have the feeling that there is no date in the history of America that PE would call great, just like Michelle & 0. π
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Is that a trick question? blah, blah, blah. George, answer Paul now! Geeeeooooorrrrrggggge! Geooooooorge!
Hey Fish, you can always stay with me.
http://sf.curbed.com/2017/1/12/14256474/arkstorm-california-weather-storm-flood
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I’m just curious about what date in history participants of this blog, that are supporters on Don Trump, consider to be the Great America Trump wants to return to.
Gregory and I are excused because we voted for Johnson. Give it a go Don
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That’s very 0 of you PE, give yourself a pass, how about a medal while your at it. Why? Why? Why? LOL π
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I already have Paul pegged. If I give him a year, then that won’t be good enough. He would want a month and a day, then what exact minute. Just what happened on that particular day that things turned to shit.
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My 704 covers PE’s lame game quite nicely. Next trite PE comic styling to follow. π
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I’m asking you Bessee what era of American History you consider Great since you voted for Trump hoping to return to that era. Any ideas.
walt, I did a little research and came up with the Great America dates you believe in. They are 1921-1931 under Harding, Hoover and Coolege and 2001-2006 under Bush. Let me know you agree with that assessment because it follows your guidelines.
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I like the 50’s. Without the racial BS. Great growing up here.
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That was Truman and Eisenhower with mostly Dem House and Senate Todd.
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I voted for Johnson too Paul…..am I off the hook? Nahh……I suppose I’d pick 1955 – 1965.
Now about that “Hope and Change” slogan…..how you feeling about that one?
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Nice try Paul. Back then, it was a different stripe of Democrat. JFK would be considered
a Repub by today’s standards.
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PE 749, I was zero to ten, not political. Loved the times. You are too much. And Nixon was VP, a great American. With a little screwup though.
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Hey Walt, I see you got your winter coat on – looking good! I cannot get my avatar to work.
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I like 2021. We are forward looking. It’s going to be terrific.
Remember, no two things are exactly alike in size, shape, or dimensions so comparisons to another era is a false premise. Thus to be rejected. Welcome to the Brave New World. Paul is stuck in the past.
“Bush did it too!” for 8 straight years, lol. 8 straight years!! The man is deranged. You guys play with Paul and talk about times when kids could walk to school both ways and make it home safe and sound and then leave your bicycle in the front yard all night without somebody stealing it……….the grass is always greener.
The best era was before the white man came with messed up ideas. When the Savages roamed the land, there was no taxes and women did all the work. Then the Pauls of the world came and immediately tried to improve on that.
George, Paul needs a friend.
In other news Neil nails it.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5280053809001/?#sp=show-clips
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Fish
I sensed that about you (voted for Johnson).
“Hope and Change”
Pretty generic slogan. Kinda thin because as elegant as Obama’s presentation was and is he didn’t have the experience or the mojo to Captain the ship. Inherited the worst economy since the great depression and did little more that run up the family credit card and putt around the shoreline with no real agenda for the economy. He did keep us out of land wars but continued the Bush plan of replacing regional thugs with unstable puntahs that led to instability and the rise of Islamic extremist groups we are facing today, Obamacare was hasty and unsustainable. Should have gone with single payer.
All for now
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No more troll chow for PE.
In the medias (and PE’s) Russian obsessions they have missed a major stand. In Tillersons confirmation hearing he said clearly that we are done with china’s illegal island building in the so. china seas.
By telling them we will block access to the illegal constructions on other country’s reefs Trump has sent a demarche of the first order.
China is the epitome of a paper tiger. Posturing like a super power when they have FOREX reserves dwindling faster than a bag a of weed in Nevada city is telling. Then you had the communists recently issuing hopefully secret orders to their banks to not do any more foreign transactions over quotas even if they loose customers. On top of that is the massive internal debt crisis that is blowing up and their vulnerability to any reductions of their trade surpluses. So who is vulnerable and who has the upper hand?
What say you PE?
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Come on Bessee, When was America great?
Do you think that Trump is going to stop the Chinese from puttering around a few yards from their shoreline? Sure and the Mexicans are going to pay for the Wall. Grow up Don.
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Walt @ 7:32 pm. I Dunn. JFK slept with that East Greman Spy. Not to be outdone, Bobbie slept with the Russian agent-babe. That was after he grabbed her by the short curlies. Good times.
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Water getting too deep for you PE? A few yards form their shoreline, that may be the most ignorant thing you have ever said and that is saying something. Read a map. No more troll chow PE. Can’t hang in a macro economic discussion can you. Why? Why? Why? Do you even know what a demarche is? π
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