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I certainly hope so.

That's nice. But we'll never know since Bush couldn't pull it off. He got his war. He should just be happy with that.

I don't know, maybe it's just me. But I have 3 words to describe the American people paying a billion dollars to fix up a "free" 747 that President Trump will take with him and they are ... wait for it ... WASTE, FRAUD, and ABUSE. Too bad we don't have a President that would stop all that.

I don't know because Bush couldn't make it happen.

I laughed at it at the time too, but Al Gore was right. But his opponent who won wanted to privatize social security and it bombed. And here we are.

Not so sure some of this is not exaggerated. Getting your first house was never easy or at least hadn't been in the last 45 Years or so. When I bought my first house on 1986, interest rates were 11.5%. Sure prices were lower, but the payments were high due to interest rates. I know several young people who have been able to buy a house in the last few years. They had to save up and work hard and maybe live further out, but they did it. Or, if they were to join the military for 3 years, when they get out they could buy a house with 1% down and a lower interest rate. Worked for me.

Yes it is. Deal with it. If not, where does the buck stop?

I guess they didn't have a grappler ...

I'm not saying you're wrong but if that's all there is why not release the stuff? But if he did and you are right it would be a big win and huge black eye for democrats. They'd look silly and dishonest. Not that that would be the first time or anything though.

There was an article in the Seattle Times today about how Kids can solve easy abstract and reasoning puzzles. Spoiler alert - the kids were much better both in solving the puzzle and explaining how. https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/07/01/this-puzzle-game-shows-kids-how-theyre-smarter-than-ai/ You can try it yourself here: https://www.ai-puzzlers.com/

Maybe they're both to blame. Problems can and often have multiple causes.

I too believe there is a lot hype and BS of the leftys take on some of this. Personally I'm really tired of hearing what all we local schmucks must do to save the planet. I do my part by recycling, driving a 13 year old car with less than 40,000 miles on it which has polluted less in 13 years than all those people in their new electric cars, etc. Meanwhile those with the bucks and power do stuff like flying cross country on taxpayers dime for a 90 minute meeting, or 1/2 way across the world to attend Hunter's trial or The Blue Angels coming to town dumping 600 tons of carbon or Building massive data centers polluting out the wazoo. So why bother? That was a minor point of my post. The $200,000 per hour is only to fly the airplane (how is the refurbishing big beautiful airplane going?). There's also the cost of bringing the secret service and the beast and all their other paraphanalia. President Trump's big campaign pledge was to stop fraud, waste, and abuse for every else except him and his staff I guess.

This is good. I was going to react with a laugh but as the post went on it got very dark and the laughing emoji didn't really fit anymore. PS I can tell you put time and effort into your posts. Keep up the good work.

I find this part of the story interesting. They had been friends for years and then Trump rats him out. Your theory is plausible I guess . Trump didn't know about the shenanigans. Found out. And then did his civic duty to report it to authorities and help. Or, knowing President Trump's need for revenge in all things big or small, makes me wonder if maybe Jeffrey double crossed him somewhere so President Trump got some sweet revenge.

Luigi is a punk. Chuck on the other hand was a genius fluegal horn player, band leader, and composer. RIP Chuck. Thankfully he will live on in his recordings.

They both are. Two things can be true. How are the Dems and media in a "total panic"? The people trying to play stall ball and kick the can down the road (grand jury testimony) seem more panicked. Media and D's look like they're having fun with this.

True. I'm saying 15% (a wild guess) of your income for health care. Between premiums, co pays, inflated Rx prices I'm guessing we already pay that or close. What do you think it should be? 15% (or whatever) above federal and state income taxes. you no longer pay for health premiums. Many other government health assistance programs would no longer he needed. In my state we have Apple Care as a state funded low income assistance program. That would no longer be needed for example. I'm not married to this idea and admittedly don't have all the details. But the current model is inefficient and over priced. Do you disagree?

I agree with you on all this. But how does this give any justification to what's going on NOW. I hate this new trend in the presidency where whenever something they do is questioned the response is, yeah my predecessor did stuff too. President Trump and the Republicans are doing it now and last 4 years was President Biden and the Democrats. Come on man, President Biden stunk and hid his dementia or whatever it is. He pardoned his son after he said he wouldn't. That was bad stuff. So why would any of that justify what President Trump does? Why would President Trump want to do anything like president did? If President Trump is your guy and you think he's right, justify his decisions on their merit, not how he compares to a very bad President. Can yo do that?

Yes and no. In the interview he first says yes and then crawfishes and says he'd have to look at it first, lot of fake stuff. Ok. That's the yes part. The no part is that he did campaign on "draining the swamp" and dismantling the "deep state". You know, no more powerful rich people breaking laws and with the help of the deep state getting away with it. Now not releasing info about a pedophile because he was your friend and some powerful people could go down so he punts sounds very swampy and deep statey to me and many others including many Republicans. Does it not to you?

Thanks for your response. You raise some interesting points. As to #1, this is a really tough question. My original point with this primarily that since the passage of ACA prices for medical care have continued to rise a lot for people not on Medicaid or get a subsidy. Do you think I'm wrong about this? Didn't mean everyone should pay more. The average American is already paying quite a bit. Especially if you throw in the employer contribution to health insurance. We all pitch in for paying for roads, social security, military, snow plows etc. so when we need it we have it and everyone can take advantage. Why not the same for healthcare? Everyone goes into the world's largest insurance pool. And no, it should not be free. Would be funded by income tax or something. I'll take a stab at it even though it would be low for some and high for others. 15% #2 I don't care about this. If rich people want to pay their taxes AND their health care costs out of pocket let 'em. They'd be paying premiums (taxes) and taking nothing out. Win. Win.

Guess away. We have a secret ballot in this country. Suck on it.

It's as obvious as the nose on your face. Democrats didn't want to release any information for the same reason Republicans don't. High profile politicians of their party and donors would be implicated as well. I keep saying this, but it's Heidi Fleiss' client list 2.0. That thing never saw the light of day and neither will this.

Did I say that? Read much?

I didn't vote for President Trump but I would have been 100% cool if he had lowered the price of gas on day 1. As would I have been if he had stopped the Russia Ukraine War on day 1. Do you really think if someone votes for the losing candidate they have to be against EVERYTHING they do? How dumb is that? As an American I want what's best for America no matter who delivers it.

It irritates me because why in heavens name does Vice President Vance need to fly that big a$$ jet that costs $200,000 an hour to operate to call on a private businessman for a 1 1/2 hour meeting? Not to mention all the tons and tons of carbon he dropped on us little people. Wether it had to do with the WSJ story or not I don't know or care. Vice President Vance likes to portray himself as Joe Tech and a champion of AI. Surely the White House has the capability of a secure Zoom type meeting. Use it instead like the rest of us schmucks do. I can sum it up in 3 words. WASTE FRAUD ABUSE