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When I was a kid, billion dollar damage from storms was constant.
*effueue*
Sorry- I sneezed. ;)
As for the hurricane, yes it is major, one of the worst in our country's history.
The last few seconds, you can see the ferocious speed of the eye and its perfect circle (you don't want that). 150 to 155 mph sustained winds. The devastation is widespread.
BTW, keep dreaming of impeachment. It isn't going to happen. I remember yelling and screaming when the tables were flipped (when Obama was in office). The Kavanaugh thing isn't much more than a ploy to drum up votes in the ballot box (both sides, mind you). How do you go about proving a teenage boy groped a girl some umpteen years ago? You can't. Perfect scenario, because no one can be proven wrong and this country becomes a little more divided...exactly where they want us to be.
And for the record, climate change (the recent hurricane being an example) will only continue to worsen if we keep having all our products made where there is zero environmental regulations. Bringing manufacturing back to the states at least places some level of regulation on the products we buy. Anything less is choosing to be ignorant and hypocritical.
...my two cents after skimming through the pages here.
He can be impeached for simply lying under oath, don't even need to go to the accusations now.
Why bother? President Clinton was impeached for lying under oath and it ended up being a gigantic waste of money that went nowhere.
I was referring to impeaching Kavanaugh... Trump will take a bit more work.
That's very interesting. I did not know that.
"Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana
More Supreme Court justices may be added later, yes, and that's a good thing.
Many paradoxes here...
Lets start with the extraordianary claim that Trump's tarrifs actually help the environment. The US are ranked 2nd in the world on total carbon fuel emissions. To propose that producers in the US will respect climate regulations is absurd. Especially with a president and a senate majority of climate change deniers who invest in coal mine industry...
Then to the matter of free trade. It is quite fascinating that the US have actively campaigned free market trade for several decades, even to the point of staging military coups and overthrow governments that wouldn't follow your trade policies so you could exploit them. Now when suddenly the market has shifted, there is "no such thing as free trade". If anything it is quite cute...
Now for your claim that trade tarrifs will benefit America long term: I wonder what is your evidence or basis behind such a claim? There are certainly many economists who would argue with that:
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/24571/trade/impact-of-us-tariffs/
http://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2018/article/will-americans-benefit-new-tariffs-steel-and-aluminum
The big picture here is that China are slowly taking over America's position as the global financial superpower and main exporter. Excluding yourself from the global market isn't likely to help. I wonder how you think ruining trade deals with other potential importers of american products is going to help America long term?
The same applies to tarrifs
Simple, quick solutions are very tempting for certain voters. Especially when they they have lost confidence in profesional politicians who are seen to have failed using more complex/subtle solutions
True. It is also a psychological thing. A complicated world without concrete answers is far more intimidating. Believing in simple, clear cut solutions will always be the more attractive option if one potentially has the intelligence to realize it is in reality not that easy.
And thus, people voted for the Joker and Bane of our times: Trump and Brexit.
Not to mention Hitler and Satan.
That said, it doesn't mean complex issues can't be tackled with simple solutions. Yes, there are consequences - often times fairly monumental ones - but by doing so you almost give yourself a reset to past decisions that made it complicated in the first place.
I work in government and I am quite aware of the tangled web that can exist from the culmination of different leadership. The problem I witness is that so often there is relationship building that takes place and it often influences decision making. Exceptions are constantly being made to rules and eventually we end up in a place where regulations erode to the point of creating double standards. Right now, we have leadership that isn't much unlike Trump - simple minded, transactional, and rather autocratic. Despite the gripes some of us have with the tactics, it's also allowed us to really make strides in simplifying procedures and policies that have been plaguing the system for years - and it's not been without making waves. So often, all that was done was bandage the complicated mess with more complications.
Now I'm not saying there's a simple solution to everything (humanitarian crises, in particular), but so often there are false walls that exist in government that no one seems to desire to break through.
I agree with you on your assessment of how government works, as an ex-civil servant and now consultant mainly working for the government. And there's a point to be made about Trump beeing the most 'honest' president in years as FOx recently put it as he really tries to do what he promised. But as so often it's nice to finally 'get things done' the net result may indeed be desastrous, and simply put: at presidential level there are no shortcuts and easy wins. They just don't exist. International trade is a delicate balance, with free trade beeing agressively persued by none other then the USA, which has now turned 180 degrees. That triggers instability, which is deadly for all economies, protected or not. The only reason why the economies are booming is a direct result of the banking crisis: with interest rates this low everybody is lending and spending, with the federal banks printing money/ creating it out of nowhere to keep the momentum going. All in all it's 1928 all over again, this balloon will snap.
In the meantime Trump is selling out the future, denying theexistence of a global problem that hits the USA the hardest, funnily enough. These storms will increase and with the cheap building techniques of the Southern states many people will die because of it. But Trump goes for the cheap win: more money to his friends in the coal industry, effectively killing the solar-power installation industry at the same time which was a lot larger.
All in all, it's nice to get things done, sure. But is it worth the price.
And one more thing: Obama would've gotten far more done had the house and congress been democratic, but that combination hasn't been around for a long time. So it isn't quite the fair comparison at all.
Sorry if my response seems trite or too angry here... but...
I dont think you are being blunt, I think you are being very polite and diplomatic!
If I was the one who had to comment on a claim that "Trump is honest" or even "the most honest"... well... it would not be pretty...