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Author: Raine    Date: 10/18/2017 13:13:05

I think we are veering into a bad space with this entire "who called the soldiers families and who didn't" debate. I am concerned that we are trying to out-patriot ourselves here.

That said, there is a serious problem that needs to be discussed. The problem is that we've been put in a position where we have to discuss the politics of dead soldiers. That's because the resident of the White House made it political.
"If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls. A lot of them didn’t make calls. I like to call when it’s appropriate, when I think I am able to do it.”
—President Trump, news conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Oct. 16, 2017
This was the first time the Tweeter-in-Chief was forced to comment on the deaths of four green berets in Niger.

A proper comment could have been made if we had a proper president. And, as things go, he made it worse the next day.
“I think I’ve called every family of someone who’s died,” the president told the host, Brian Kilmeade. “As far as other representatives, I don’t know. You could ask General Kelly, did he get a call from Obama?”

The remark, which was almost immediately derided by Democrats and Obama allies as politicizing a tragedy, was unplanned, said two White House officials, who said they were caught off-guard by Trump’s comments. One said Kelly may have mentioned some details surrounding his son’s death to the president in private — and the president then repeated them in public, a relatively frequent occurrence with Trump.

(Snip)

A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Kelly did not receive a call from Obama at the time.

But in May 2011, Obama hosted a breakfast for Gold Star families — those who had lost a family member who was in uniform — and Kelly and his wife attended, according to White House records.

I'd like to put a fine point here. General Kelly lost his son Robert in Afghanistan. Heather Kelly lost her Husband in Afghanistan. If any call was made (and it's not my business to know) it would have been made to the soldier's widow. That protocol.

With all the crap coming out this morning regarding what tRump did or didn't say to Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow Myeshia Johnson, I want people to remember that it was Trump who is politicizing this tragedy due to his lack of empathy.

He's got a history of already attacking a Gold Star family.

What the reporters asked him two days ago was not so much about calling the families of the soldiers - it was why he hasn't said a damn thing about what happened. He tweets shit about everything else and he had said nothing about these soldiers. THAT is the problem here and instead of quietly taking care to show caring for these people who gave their loved ones for the ultimate sacrifice, he's made them political footballs.

This is disgusting, disrespectful, and disturbing. We have to deal with this every single damn day.

That said, I would rather deal with this than to have lost a loved one in a war that should have been long over. The families of these men didn't want to become gold star families.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_480w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/10/07/Others/Images/2017-10-07/2Untitled-1.JPG
Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, 35, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, 39, and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, 29, and Sgt. La David Johnson, 25, died from wounds sustained during an ambush Oct. 4, 2017, in Niger. All three Soldiers were assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) on Fort Bragg. (U.S. Army/U.S. Army)


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Raine
 
 

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Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 13:37:48
Mornin' all!

You know who knew what he was signing up for, and still continued to be a white-collar criminal as well as a miserable, disgusting human being?

<--- THIS FUCKING GUY.

Comment by wickedpam on 10/18/2017 13:40:06
Morning

I just...... how does......seriously 45 has 0 empathy. Don't even think he know's what that is.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 13:44:31
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

I just...... how does......seriously 45 has 0 empathy. Don't even think he know's what that is.


That is because he's either a sociopath or a replicant. Neither of them isn't capable of empathy.

I've gotten to the point where I honestly think Cheetolini doesn't even realize he is lying. He is in his own universe of one. Olberman pretty much nailed in his latest dispatch.



Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 14:03:23
good morning.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 14:05:26
An article from the Orlando Sun-Sentinel about the total lack of oversight for private schools getting public vouchers.



This is not new to me, one of my closest friends lived this when she was trying to get an education for her special needs son. It is disgraceful.

Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 14:13:32
So here's an example of what's going around in the know-nothing circles on Twitter. I tracked this video back to its source at CBS News. Unfortunately I don't have a translation, but it's the PR Secy of State picking through damaged relief goods delivered by FEMA in a roll-off dumpster and left out in the open. The RW spin is that PR officials, not FEMA workers, threw out the goods after taking the good stuff for themselves and are now trying to pin the blame on .




Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 14:17:29
Quote by Scoopster:
So here's an example of what's going around in the know-nothing circles on Twitter. I tracked this video back to its source at CBS News. Unfortunately I don't have a translation, but it's the PR Secy of State picking through damaged relief goods delivered by FEMA in a roll-off dumpster and left out in the open. The RW spin is that PR officials, not FEMA workers, threw out the goods after taking the good stuff for themselves and are now trying to pin the blame on .



This is infuriating.

Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 14:18:33
Quote by Mondobubba:
An article from the Orlando Sun-Sentinel about the total lack of oversight for private schools getting public vouchers.



This is not new to me, one of my closest friends lived this when she was trying to get an education for her special needs son. It is disgraceful.
and Devos has barely got her claws in the DoE.

UGH!


Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 14:25:28
Speaking of Puerto Rico, this is (I believe) all of the worst fears.

So they dug into the numbers, cross-checking with news reports, and found that the number of casualties resulting from the hurricane was probably much closer to 450.



Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 14:26:54
Does anyone know if the District Court hearing for the emoluments lawsuit are being live broadcast? It's not on C-Span (tho they do have Sessions getting grilled by the Senate right now).

Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 14:36:16
Awww man.. Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip died.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 14:39:30
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
An article from the Orlando Sun-Sentinel about the total lack of oversight for private schools getting public vouchers.



This is not new to me, one of my closest friends lived this when she was trying to get an education for her special needs son. It is disgraceful.
and Devos has barely got her claws in the DoE.

UGH!


My friend when she got fed up with the school here son was in, she had a hex put on her by the headmistress of the school!

Comment by BobR on 10/18/2017 15:10:23
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?

Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 15:14:56
Quote by BobR:
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?
I have to see where I read it, but I think it was a goodwill mission.



Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 15:16:46
Quote by Raine:
Quote by BobR:
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?
I have to see where I read it, but I think it was a goodwill mission.


or maybe not.

Comment by BobR on 10/18/2017 15:23:06
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by BobR:
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?
I have to see where I read it, but I think it was a goodwill mission.


or maybe not.

"U.S. Africa Command, which is based in Stuttgart, Germany, has provided no details about the mission, except to say it was for counterterrorism purposes..."

That's their "we can do whatever we want" card.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 15:25:45
Quote by BobR:
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?


I'm sure it would involve some sort of word salad about terror, ISIS and other boogymen.

Here's a thing from The Atlantic that I found about it.

Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 15:28:36
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by BobR:
I wonder why no one in the press asked tRump why we had soldiers in Niger in the first place?
I have to see where I read it, but I think it was a goodwill mission.


or maybe not.

"U.S. Africa Command, which is based in Stuttgart, Germany, has provided no details about the mission, except to say it was for counterterrorism purposes..."

That's their "we can do whatever we want" card.

They were trying to find the yellowcake uranium that Hillary sold to 'em, or some dumb shit like that.

Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 15:45:11
Current mood:


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Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 15:52:55
Quote by Raine:
Current mood:


http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac225/MissThelma/Gifs/4202910270_069226960d_o.gif


My current mood:

https://media1.tenor.com/images/a6a064f479a7c58b339a6d115fea3287/tenor.gif?itemid=3561121


Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:04:23
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Current mood:


http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac225/MissThelma/Gifs/4202910270_069226960d_o.gif


My current mood:

https://media1.tenor.com/images/a6a064f479a7c58b339a6d115fea3287/tenor.gif?itemid=3561121


I had one of those days a few weeks ago.

Totally understand.


Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:13:01
Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:15:21
I don't ever want to listen to ANYONE try to tell us what Trump meant to say was...

THis is him. and a gold star family is saying it.




Comment by wickedpam on 10/18/2017 16:17:28
Quote by Raine:
I don't ever want to listen to ANYONE try to tell us what Trump meant to say was...

THis is him. and a gold star family is saying it.




Now the 2nd Gold Star family he's treated horribly.


Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:21:20
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
I don't ever want to listen to ANYONE try to tell us what Trump meant to say was...

THis is him. and a gold star family is saying it.




Now the 2nd Gold Star family he's treated horribly.
He treats EVERYONE horribly they call him out.


Comment by Scoopster on 10/18/2017 16:27:21
OOOOOOFFFF.. just watched the clip from the Celtics game last night when Gordon Hawyard broke his leg & ankle.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 16:31:24



It is beyond time that we stop thinking of Cheetolini as just an asshole. There is something psychologically wrong with him. Something that is pathological. He doesn't know what is actually true. He is delusional.

Comment by Mondobubba on 10/18/2017 16:33:55
Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:43:40
Quote by Mondobubba:



It is beyond time that we stop thinking of Cheetolini as just an asshole. There is something psychologically wrong with him. Something that is pathological. He doesn't know what is actually true. He is delusional.


I say this with no hyperbole or snark.

I have long believed that he is a sociopathological narcissist. I believed that as I watched his campaign.

I now believe he is still the above --but as a 70+-year-old (man (whose father died from Alzheimers disease) he has a brain related illness going on.

The two things combined are a very bad mix.

Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:44:15

Listeing to WTOP they are asking the public to look out for a vehicle that left the scene.

Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 16:57:37
• A driven quest for power. If a narcissistic sociopath cares about anything other than himself, it is destructive power and control over people.

• Behaviors that seek love and admiration. To be sure, this isn't needy love. It's not even emotional love. It's superficial. A narcissistic sociopath sees love and admiration as power tools to manipulate and dominate (Do Sociopaths Even Have Feelings?).

• No apologies, no guilt, no remorse under any circumstance. A sociopathic narcissist believes that she is a gift to the world who makes it richer and more colorful. Therefore, her calculated, even cruel actions are always justified.

• Invincibility. The narcissistic variety of sociopath believes he is indomitable. Even punishment and prison can't stop him. They're merely part of the game.

• Wholly self-serving. The needs and wants of others are insignificant and undeserving of consideration.

• Act as the producer, director, and only actor of his own show. The narcissistic sociopath casts people in roles that increase his power and sense of importance and when bored, casts them aside.


Source.


Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 17:52:52
Al franken is not having it.

Elfin magic is disappointed. he was being treated unfairly





Comment by Raine on 10/18/2017 19:17:13



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