Boycott of televised innaguration!

[HankD]

I thought this was fake news but apparently not.

New Republic:

A mass refusal to watch Trump on TV will deprive him of big ratings, which he routinely uses to create a false impression of widespread popularity.

https://newrepublic.com/article/139775/dont-watch-donald-trumps-inauguration

You know I think several of us have taken note that when the leftist media tries to denigrate Trump each and every time it had no effect or backfired on them.

OK by making this go viral they have probably guaranteed the biggest media participation inauguration gala in America's history.


HankD

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

I thought this was fake news but apparently not.

New Republic:


https://newrepublic.com/article/139775/dont-watch-donald-trumps-inauguration

You know I think several of us have taken note that when the leftist media tries to denigrate Trump each and every time it had no effect or backfired on them.

OK by making this go viral they have probably guaranteed the biggest media participation inauguration gala in America's history.


HankD

Want to make a bet on that?

 

[HankD]

Want to make a bet on that?

Can't, I'm a Baptist

HankD

 

[777]

Oh, well, that's New Republic, but this isn't going to happen - controversy will just increase the ratings, that's Trump's line.

 

[Revmitchell]

Saw it tonight it was very good and inspiring.

 

[Baptist Believer]

That's not really how ratings work. If they aren't tuned in at all, then there is no base audience from which to draw the share of viewers (the ratings).

Moreover, even in the age of cable boxes reporting all kinds of things back to providers, I think there's still such a thing as Nielson families that represent 1% of viewers. Unless you are one of those families, then what you do in terms of television viewing is useless.

 

[Salty]

Unless you are a Nelison Family - or other TV monitoring - it makes no difference - whether you watch or not.

 

[HankD]

And does Trump really care? Do we?

DNC commandment: OK we lost the game, take our ball and go home.

Adolescent behavior. Oh well, children will be children.

HankD

 

[Deacon]

Just a guess but the base of Trumps support probably comes from working class people who naturally will be unable to tune in - they're working to provide support for those who protest.

Those privileged to not need to work can protest all they want.

Their weird protests reinforce the hope I have that Trump will clean up the massive dependency of people on the Federal Government.

Rob

 

[Baptist Believer]

And does Trump really care?

Actually, I think he does. He craves attention.

Do we?

I doubt we do.

DNC commandment...

It's really strange that Trump supporters think only Democrats are concerned about Trump. For lots of people, this is not about politics, but about the temperament, ability, character, and mental stability of the President-elect.

Adolescent behavior. Oh well, children will be children.

We are going to see a lot of adolescent behavior coming from the West Wing.

 

[HankD]

Actually, I think he does. He craves attention.

Oh, he is certainly getting an overload of attention today!

It's really strange that Trump supporters think only Democrats are concerned about Trump. For lots of people, this is not about politics, but about the temperament, ability, character, and mental stability of the President-elect.

Let's see if he is unstable enough to give billions to our enemies for arms proliferation (Oh, not nuclear though, the Ayatollah agreed to that).

We are going to see a lot of adolescent behavior coming from the West Wing.

Could be.

HankD

 

[Baptist Believer]

Let's see if he is unstable enough to give billions to our enemies for arms proliferation (Oh, not nuclear though, the Ayatollah agreed to that).

The $150 billion was not a gift from the US to Iran, but the release of Iranian assets that had been frozen since the Carter Administration due to the taking of US Embassy hostages.

We gave them back their own money.

President-elect Trump lied about that situation for political gain. Some people would say he did not technically lie, but mischaracterized the facts to create an effect where people where people believed something false, but we all know that is lying according to a biblical definition.

All that being said, I don't think the Iranian deal is good - from what we know publicly - but that does not justify lying about it.

 

[HankD]

The $150 billion was not a gift from the US to Iran, but the release of Iranian assets that had been frozen since the Carter Administration due to the taking of US Embassy hostages.

We gave them back their own money.

NO, what they did by kidnapping American citizens was an act of war against America.
What we did with "their own money" was a retaliatory act of war.

What this administration did when "We gave them back their own money" was rightfully labeled by Trump as "stupid" as they are still at war with America proven by their national mantra of "death to America".

HankD

 

[Baptist Believer]

NO, what they did by kidnapping American citizens was an act of war against America.
What we did with "their own money" was a retaliatory act of war.

War was not declared. You don't officially get to say whether or not we were/are at war.

What this administration did when "We gave them back their own money" was rightfully labeled by Trump as "stupid" as they are still at war with America proven by their national mantra of "death to America".

So you are opposed to making deals with Iran. What is your solution? (1) Let them continue their pursuit of nuclear weapons without any sort of check on it or (2) go in and take over the country?

It appears we were negotiating from a weak position. They wanted their money back. That was our leverage.

It's amazing how candidates declare their predecessors actions as stupid or unconscionable and then do the same thing once they enter the office and realize that there are issues that don't get reported in the newspapers. Obama did that very thing with George W., and I criticized him for it. When he didn't suddenly reverse everything Bush did, it was clear there was more to the story.

There's more to the story than both you and candidate Trump know.

 

[Salty]

War was not declared. You don't officially get to say whether or not we were/are at war. ...

and neither was Vietnam - declarations is just a technicality.

 

[Baptist Believer]

and neither was Vietnam - declarations is just a technicality.

The last time we declared war was on December 8, 1941.

But still, that doesn't mean we have been technically in a state of war with Iran.

 

[HankD]

War was not declared. You don't officially get to say whether or not we were/are at war.


So you are opposed to making deals with Iran. What is your solution? (1) Let them continue their pursuit of nuclear weapons without any sort of check on it or (2) go in and take over the country?

It appears we were negotiating from a weak position. They wanted their money back. That was our leverage.

It's amazing how candidates declare their predecessors actions as stupid or unconscionable and then do the same thing once they enter the office and realize that there are issues that don't get reported in the newspapers. Obama did that very thing with George W., and I criticized him for it. When he didn't suddenly reverse everything Bush did, it was clear there was more to the story.

There's more to the story than both you and candidate Trump know.

You still don't get it BB.

Be reasonable.

What was the Vietnam War which took the lives of almost 60,000 of my fellow American veterans, an act of peace?

HankD ( A Vietnam Era War veteran)

 

[Baptist Believer]

You still don't get it BB.

Be reasonable.

What was the Vietnam War which took the lives of almost 60,000 of my fellow American veterans, an act of peace?

Obviously, it was a war. I was declared to be a war in the vernacular of government. It is recognized as a war (like the Korean War or the Cold War). But we have not had an official war with Iran. Our government chose not to regard the taking of the embassy (American soil) as an act of war for various reasons. You and I may not agree with those reasons, but we don't get to make the call.

That's the point I am making.

 

[HankD]

Obviously, it was a war. I was declared to be a war in the vernacular of government. It is recognized as a war (like the Korean War or the Cold War). But we have not had an official war with Iran. Our government chose not to regard the taking of the embassy (American soil) as an act of war for various reasons. You and I may not agree with those reasons, but we don't get to make the call.

That's the point I am making.

OK brother, I understand your point.

HankD