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Disgusted with Trump administration - Part I

  • Spock
    isadore;1877521 wrote:Donald Trump drains the swamp.
    “Tom Marino is a four-term Republican member of the House who represents a district in northeastern Pennsylvania that has been hard-hit by the opioid crisis. Yet Marino also has been a friend on Capitol Hill of the giant drug companies that distribute the pain pills that have wreaked so much devastation around the nation.
    Marino was the chief advocate of the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, which requires the government to meet a higher bar before taking certain enforcement actions.
    The Drug Enforcement Administration fought against the bill for years, but finally relented last year after a leadership change at the agency. Marino is now President Trump’s nominee to become the nation’s next drug czar.
    The new law makes it virtually impossible for the DEA to freeze suspicious narcotic shipments from the companies, according to internal agency and Justice Department documents and an independent assessment by the DEA’s chief administrative law judge in a soon-to-be-published law review article. That powerful tool had allowed the agency to immediately prevent drugs from reaching the street.

    The law was the crowning achievement of a multifaceted campaign by the drug industry to weaken aggressive DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market. The industry worked behind the scenes with lobbyists and key members of Congress, pouring more than a million dollars into their election campaigns.
    Political action committees representing the industry contributed at least $1.5 million to the 23 lawmakers who sponsored or co-sponsored four versions of the bill, including nearly $100,000 to Marino. Overall, the drug industry spent $106 million lobbying Congress on the bill and other legislation between 2014 and 2016, according to lobbying reports.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/rep-tom-marino-drug-czar-nominee-and-the-opioid-industrys-advocate-in-congress/2017/10/15/555211a0-b03a-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.c1a9b5fa66d1
    2 things:

    you would of posted this regardless of party affiliation?
    You are posting this because you like how Trump is draining the swamp?
  • isadore
    Spock;1877529 wrote:2 things:

    you would of posted this regardless of party affiliation?
    You are posting this because you like how Trump is draining the swamp?
    No.
    No.
    “We will never fix a rigged system by relying on the people who rigged it in the first place.” Donald Trump. Representative Marino rigged the system to allow the drug companies to flood society with opioids. And for this Trump rewards him with appointment as head of the DEA.
  • Spock
    isadore;1877549 wrote:No.
    No.
    “We will never fix a rigged system by relying on the people who rigged it in the first place.” Donald Trump. Representative Marino rigged the system to allow the drug companies to flood society with opioids. And for this Trump rewards him with appointment as head of the DEA.
    the main problem with the system is that political hacks do this crap because people like you are going to vote for them anyway
  • isadore
    Spock;1877604 wrote:the main problem with the system is that political hacks do this crap because people like you are going to vote for them anyway
    so you vote for neophyte swamp drainer like trump who makes Marino, big Pharma's boy as head of DEA.
  • CenterBHSFan
    Can Trump just keep his mouth shut? Can he just not have some stupidass comment about everything and/or nothing? FFS

    Also, the same questions for Hillary. As much as I can't stand Trump, I can't stand her. Like Trump, every day she comes out with something even more moronic than she said before.

    At this point I kinda hope that Trump and Clinton both divorce their spouses and hookup.
  • isadore
    then you would be responsible for sending this into the world
  • CenterBHSFan
    Oh, Good God...
  • gut
    CenterBHSFan;1877633 wrote:Can Trump just keep his mouth shut? Can he just not have some stupidass comment about everything and/or nothing?
    I think a lot of people are starting to catch-on that he uses it as much for distraction, as anything. He and McDonnell out there yesterday apologizing for not getting anything done the first year....
  • like_that
    gut;1877670 wrote:I think a lot of people are starting to catch-on that he uses it as much for distraction, as anything. He and McDonnell out there yesterday apologizing for not getting anything done the first year....
    Yeah, that was fucking pathetic.
  • gut
    like_that;1877672 wrote:Yeah, that was fucking pathetic.
    To be fair, it's about 4-5 people standing in the way of a lot of things. Which I have no real issue with - 100% partisan support is basically the most terrible, reckless legislation you'll see. I don't know how the Dems do it, but Pelosi and Reid were pretty ruthless in punishing people who don't play ball. Those two, more than anyone, killed bipartisanship in Washington.
  • QuakerOats
    Indeed
  • Automatik
    LOL
    “If you look at President Obama and other presidents, most of them didn’t make calls, a lot of them didn’t make calls,” Trump said in a press conference. “I would like to make that call. I’m going to be calling them. But did they ever think to call me first? Why do I have to be the first one to call?”
  • Heretic
    Automatik;1877869 wrote:LOL
    And the reality is, it's probably better not to call than to call and tell the widow that her husband knew what he was getting into.
  • O-Trap
    Automatik;1877869 wrote:LOL
    That was a LOT of words to say, "Others haven't called. I'm going to call."

    I thought I was longwinded.
  • Automatik
    It just continues to add to the hilarity that he's actually the POTUS. He's always all "rah rah, USA! Military!"


    Then at time when he needs to be solemn and not act like a fuckstick, he goes total fuckstick. Par for the course.
  • Heretic
    Automatik;1877869 wrote:LOL
    http://politics.theonion.com/trump-comforts-grieving-war-widow-by-assuring-her-he-wi-1819688283?rev=1508438658212&utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing

    The Onion: Currently About 1/4 Step Away From Actual Reality
  • gut
    He's an amazing baffoon.

    People like to say W was stupid, but I'm pretty sure he had above average intelligence. I'm pretty sure Trump has below average intelligence. Don't think his two sons are all that bright, either.
  • O-Trap
    gut;1878000 wrote:He's an amazing baffoon.

    People like to say W was stupid, but I'm pretty sure he had above average intelligence. I'm pretty sure Trump has below average intelligence. Don't think his two sons are all that bright, either.
    Not that you'd ever get a fair assessment. The man is such a blowhard that he attracts all the attention.
  • ppaw1999
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-mccain-slams-wealthy-draft-020856631.html

    Say what you want about Senator McCain but I agree with him 100% on this. One of my biggest complaints about President Trump is that it burns me up for him to be commander and chief of the armed forces. I know it comes with the job but it still sucks.:mad:
  • CenterBHSFan
    ppaw1999;1878344 wrote:https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-mccain-slams-wealthy-draft-020856631.html

    Say what you want about Senator McCain but I agree with him 100% on this. One of my biggest complaints about President Trump is that it burns me up for him to be commander and chief of the armed forces. I know it comes with the job but it still sucks.:mad:
    It's beneath McCain in every way to stoop to Trump's level. It's too bad...
  • ppaw1999
    CenterBHSFan;1878376 wrote:It's beneath McCain in every way to stoop to Trump's level. It's too bad...
    Is it really stooping to Trump's level or is it someone finally having the balls to call out Trump and his bs?
  • O-Trap
    ppaw1999;1878384 wrote:Is it really stooping to Trump's level or is it someone finally having the balls to call out Trump and his bs?
    Depends. If it was calling Clinton out on his BS when people took him to task for dodging the draft, then this can be as well.
  • ppaw1999
    O-Trap;1878385 wrote:Depends. If it was calling Clinton out on his BS when people took him to task for dodging the draft, then this can be as well.
    I don't remember Clinton saying POWs weren't heroes because they were captured. I don't remember Clinton saying he knew more than our Generals. I don't remember Clinton getting into a twitter war with the widow of a fallen serviceman. Big difference.
  • O-Trap
    ppaw1999;1878386 wrote:I don't remember Clinton saying POWs weren't heroes because they were captured. I don't remember Clinton saying he knew more than our Generals. I don't remember Clinton getting into a twitter war with the widow of a fallen serviceman. Big difference.
    So wait ...

    Are we referring to them dodging the draft or the sum total of all of their administrations?

    I was merely referring to him jabbing at the draft dodging, and it sounded like that was what you were talking about as well. Apparently, you don't want to talk about that part anymore?
  • ppaw1999
    O-Trap;1878394 wrote:So wait ...

    Are we referring to them dodging the draft or the sum total of all of their administrations?

    I was merely referring to him jabbing at the draft dodging, and it sounded like that was what you were talking about as well. Apparently, you don't want to talk about that part anymore?


    My bad. I agree with Senator McCain that the draft should have been set up more equally across all economic lines. I understand the draft dodging as taking advantage of the loopholes that existed. The loopholes were just more available to the higher income populace. I am more concerned with a draft dodger disrespecting those who have and are now serving in the military.