This actually makes my point. No one can have all the knowledge on what the DoE does. Wright runs a company with around 5k people in the fracking business. He has knowledge of that side of energy.
He will need people with the other areas that are covered by the DoE.
You are right the DoE has a very broad reach. You will not find someone with good knowledge on everything they do. You mention a PhD, but I think it is more that you want someone that has knowledge of an area of energy and then you need people around you for the areas you do not know much about.
Wright has knowledge of the oil side of energy. Now we will see what he does to have people for the other sides of the DoE.
I get that you are negative on Trump so you see vengeance. I see a guy willing to tear down the the far left bureaucracy in place at the DoE and make policy that roles back the E mandates and green energy requirements. While I am for the US getting off fossil fuels. Green tech is not at the level to replace and keep the same or better costs. Once it is, then lets talk again about it.
With that said the Gaetz and Hegseth picks are two that do feel like vengeance to me.
I am curious what gives someone the qualification to run any one of these departments?
The Anti-cabinet that President Trump has selected is designed to to do what he said he would do. Attack the swamp in the government. You say it is making his own "Swamp", yet Trump learned his lesson from the last presidency where people that had any ties to the current system, stabbed him in the back. So I can understand why he made these picks.
Still, a couple of these pick are bad enough I would be okay with them not getting confirmed. Gaetz being the top of that list.
You mention big gains by Dems in the off election, yet that is historically the case the vast majority of the time. Seem to me Trump is better off going full throttle while he can then.
I am looking forward to the fireworks of the anti-cabinet and to see what it can drain. Finger's crossed.
Tell that to Critical Race Theory.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05
Men of any race get slammed for their choices.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/06/us-news/fuming-joe-scarborough-blames-racism-misogyny-among-black-and-hispanic-voters-for-harris-loss/
The homophobic stuff
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/26/homophobia-is-now-part-of-gop/
https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/ten-ways-homophobia-affects-straight-people
https://www.rainbow-project.org/internalised-homophobia/
I won't go into the class warfare. It is way too easy to find a "Fair share" comment.
The message:
- If you are white, you are racist
- If you are a man, you are sexist
- If you are heterosexual, you are homophobic
- If you are rich, you did it on the backs of everyone else and need to be punished
Why should anyone vote for the party that thinks you are a piece of garbage that needs the government to make them a better person?
You see this is what I am talking about. People get to say wild stuff like this and no one asks for a link. Of course two of the main claims are easy to disprove.
Yr - Avg gas price
2019 - 2.60
2021 - 3.18
2022 - 3.315
2023 - 3.58
2024 - 3.10 (finally a reduction)
And I blame Biden's people for it. During Covid, oil refineries shut down sections of their plants due to the lack of demand. When the world came out of Covid and the demand of gas surged to pre-Covid levels plus. Guess how many request to reopen the shut down part of the refineries were approved by Biden's people... none.
Second, the price of eggs. Same exercise.
2019 - 1.40
2021 - 1.67
2022 - 2.86
2023 - 2.80
2024 - 3.82
And maybe you remove the person who mind has gone when you notice it, instead of trying to cling to power. Then they would have had an open primary and shaken Harris off.
I hover around here, reading bits and pieces, but definitely do not know people's details. I like reading the other side because I worry about being sucked into the echo chambers of Fox News, Newsmax, etc.
Really don't like the debate style represented here so rarely talk.
Still, I am happy with the outcome of the election, so more talkative than usual.
Thank God the right person won. I am shocked at how strong a win it looks to be too. I fully believed he would not win the popular vote, but is looks like he will.
Wow!
I am glad this repudiates the unprecedented levels of attacks President Trump has endured:
- Multiple lawfare cases
- Multiple times by ranking Democrats called him fascist, threat to democracy, Hitler, and other inflammatory statements exciting violence against him
- 2 assassination attempts
Yet the blame falls on self inflicted wounds by you guys. The two biggest being:
1) Not article 25ing Biden a couple of years ago when you knew he was incapable. But being in power meant more than doing the right thing. I found watching the elderly abuse on live TV depressing. If you had done the right thing, Harris or another candidate would have had much more of a chance. And you would have let and elder statesman have his twilight years relaxing and enjoying the incredible 40+ years of service, instead of doping him up on drugs, dragging him on to a dolly and wheeling him out.
2) It is the economy (inflation), stupid. This above all killed Harris. Because it hits the lowest incomes the most. This happened in two parts:
- It is all well and good to want a move to green and electric vehicles, but forcing gas prices out of the range of the lowest income and not caring about it in the least breeds resentment and they start to realize you do not give a crap about them over your agenda.
- 20% inflation on commodities that the lowest income buy of feed their families. If they have to choose between feeding their families and voting for Trump, vs not feeding their families and voting for Harris... You saw who they voted for. Yes, yes, Trump is not going to magically bring prices back to 2019. We all know the damage is done and the US is terrified (rightly so) of deflation. Yet Trump oversaw the surge in wages and they can hope he does the same again. Ironically this is one area that Covid helped, so I cannot say Trump really did this, but belief is belief.
Still, I thought the abortion issue was going to hurt the Republicans much more than it looks to have. That hit against Republicans seems to have fallen off from the 2022 election. When that decision can down I thought it was morally right, but politically stupid and that it would rewrite the Republican surge all the way through 2024.
Glad I was wrong about the 2024 part.
Now for one prediction:
- Suddenly a cop killing someone of color will being back in the 24/7 news cycle and riots will ensue. Because none of that happened under Biden's people's watch, honest.
You see this is why I so rarely post on this site. You guys have you head so firmly stuck up Orange Guy = Bad you cannot even concede the point. You just move on to the next drivel you want to complain about.
Look to the answer above and see what directly answering the question and conceding a point when it is made looks like. Maybe you will learn something.
You are right about Biden's people having to deal with the after affects of Covid, thankfully Trump put the economy in a historic position to bounce back from something that would normally drop the US into a recession for months if not years. Then Biden's people mishandled when to stop pouring money into the economy and created the inflation. That is on them.
Oh and congrats on getting inflation back to 2%, did this reduce people's prices back down to before the inflation? I'll answer that since I doubt you would answer directly. The answer is "No". Also, I do not thank the bully that pushes me into the busy street just to jerk me back to the side walk and then asks "aren't you going to thank me for saving your life?"
Biden's people hammered the lowest income people with inflation on the products they had to have and they still deal with those inflated prices.
Americans paid for the increases until shifting away from the riffed products to US made. The USMCA removed the ones for Canada and Mexico. South Korea, Argentina, Australia, and Brazil negotiated and had tariffs removed as another example.
The China tariffs are ongoing even under Harris and they have even increased some of them.
Yet even with all this "bad" tariffs, Trump increased the US economy above what the "experts" though possible. That is why the full policies of Trump's was so good.
Far better than 20% inflation, close to 100% gas price increase at its height, and then the threatened tax increases of the Harris economic plan.
On “How Republicans Can Save Trump’s Presidency”
Lol! Worthy come back.
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This actually makes my point. No one can have all the knowledge on what the DoE does. Wright runs a company with around 5k people in the fracking business. He has knowledge of that side of energy.
He will need people with the other areas that are covered by the DoE.
"
Oops, you were not the one mentioning a PhD.
"
You are right the DoE has a very broad reach. You will not find someone with good knowledge on everything they do. You mention a PhD, but I think it is more that you want someone that has knowledge of an area of energy and then you need people around you for the areas you do not know much about.
Wright has knowledge of the oil side of energy. Now we will see what he does to have people for the other sides of the DoE.
I get that you are negative on Trump so you see vengeance. I see a guy willing to tear down the the far left bureaucracy in place at the DoE and make policy that roles back the E mandates and green energy requirements. While I am for the US getting off fossil fuels. Green tech is not at the level to replace and keep the same or better costs. Once it is, then lets talk again about it.
With that said the Gaetz and Hegseth picks are two that do feel like vengeance to me.
"
This is a much better answer.
For the department of Education this is not bad as they have 4.4k employees. You could find someone like that.
How do you do that with the even larger departments like Energy? Over 100k people (When adding contractors)?
Or the department of Defense who has over a million people (including military)?
"
Agreed, they don't because they pick from inside the swamp.
"
I am curious what gives someone the qualification to run any one of these departments?
The Anti-cabinet that President Trump has selected is designed to to do what he said he would do. Attack the swamp in the government. You say it is making his own "Swamp", yet Trump learned his lesson from the last presidency where people that had any ties to the current system, stabbed him in the back. So I can understand why he made these picks.
Still, a couple of these pick are bad enough I would be okay with them not getting confirmed. Gaetz being the top of that list.
You mention big gains by Dems in the off election, yet that is historically the case the vast majority of the time. Seem to me Trump is better off going full throttle while he can then.
I am looking forward to the fireworks of the anti-cabinet and to see what it can drain. Finger's crossed.
On “The Four Stages of Post-election Cruelty”
Tell that to Critical Race Theory.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05
Men of any race get slammed for their choices.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/06/us-news/fuming-joe-scarborough-blames-racism-misogyny-among-black-and-hispanic-voters-for-harris-loss/
The homophobic stuff
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/26/homophobia-is-now-part-of-gop/
https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/ten-ways-homophobia-affects-straight-people
https://www.rainbow-project.org/internalised-homophobia/
I won't go into the class warfare. It is way too easy to find a "Fair share" comment.
"
I agree. Democrats do have a messaging problem.
The message:
- If you are white, you are racist
- If you are a man, you are sexist
- If you are heterosexual, you are homophobic
- If you are rich, you did it on the backs of everyone else and need to be punished
Why should anyone vote for the party that thinks you are a piece of garbage that needs the government to make them a better person?
On “Subject to Change: The Trump Cabinet So Far”
I think like anti-matter is the opposite of matter and when they meet, they have a very energetic reaction. This is going to be the anti-cabinet.
Let's get people who do not like the department to run the department, then watch the "energetic reaction".
Now Trump needs to add Linda McMahon as Commerce Secretary, so she can setup the square-circle in the Senate for those confirmation slugfests.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/11/2024”
Might I suggest.
https://qz.com/cruise-4-year-journey-escape-trump-villa-vie-odyssey-1851694799
"
Hell, even I think this one is crazy.
On “History Was Made in 2024 Election, Now What?”
Typical, nothing about the rest. Does that mean you agree with everything else I said? Cool.
Next, your are incorrect. Opening those sites required a permits. Here I will let you read a manual about it.
https://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pdf/publications/HANDBOOK_FINAL_121007.pdf
It is only 565 pages on permitting needed.
"
You see this is what I am talking about. People get to say wild stuff like this and no one asks for a link. Of course two of the main claims are easy to disprove.
Yr - Avg gas price
2019 - 2.60
2021 - 3.18
2022 - 3.315
2023 - 3.58
2024 - 3.10 (finally a reduction)
And I blame Biden's people for it. During Covid, oil refineries shut down sections of their plants due to the lack of demand. When the world came out of Covid and the demand of gas surged to pre-Covid levels plus. Guess how many request to reopen the shut down part of the refineries were approved by Biden's people... none.
Second, the price of eggs. Same exercise.
2019 - 1.40
2021 - 1.67
2022 - 2.86
2023 - 2.80
2024 - 3.82
I will take facts over vibes or your assertions.
On “Trumped”
And maybe you remove the person who mind has gone when you notice it, instead of trying to cling to power. Then they would have had an open primary and shaken Harris off.
"
Ha! Whether he was thinking that or not, it was still a good line.
"
This is probably the best line President Biden has had in his four years of office.
“You can’t love your country only when you win.”
I have dogged Biden on most of his people's policies, but he definitely has Trump beat in showing class in defeat.
On “Open Mic for the week of 11/4/2024”
Those are very good. The first one is the best though.
On “History Was Made in 2024 Election, Now What?”
I hover around here, reading bits and pieces, but definitely do not know people's details. I like reading the other side because I worry about being sucked into the echo chambers of Fox News, Newsmax, etc.
Really don't like the debate style represented here so rarely talk.
Still, I am happy with the outcome of the election, so more talkative than usual.
"
Honestly, I hope you continue to think this way. It will help continue to drag down the Democratic party.
But I get it, your pissed off at what happened and you are not ready to view it logically.
I would have been there if this went the other way.
On “The Joy Of Opening Time Capsules: The Night Before the 2024 Presidential Election”
This is total Wednesday morning quarterbacking, but it is fun to see what the echo chamber produces vs reality.
On “History Was Made in 2024 Election, Now What?”
Thank God the right person won. I am shocked at how strong a win it looks to be too. I fully believed he would not win the popular vote, but is looks like he will.
Wow!
I am glad this repudiates the unprecedented levels of attacks President Trump has endured:
- Multiple lawfare cases
- Multiple times by ranking Democrats called him fascist, threat to democracy, Hitler, and other inflammatory statements exciting violence against him
- 2 assassination attempts
Yet the blame falls on self inflicted wounds by you guys. The two biggest being:
1) Not article 25ing Biden a couple of years ago when you knew he was incapable. But being in power meant more than doing the right thing. I found watching the elderly abuse on live TV depressing. If you had done the right thing, Harris or another candidate would have had much more of a chance. And you would have let and elder statesman have his twilight years relaxing and enjoying the incredible 40+ years of service, instead of doping him up on drugs, dragging him on to a dolly and wheeling him out.
2) It is the economy (inflation), stupid. This above all killed Harris. Because it hits the lowest incomes the most. This happened in two parts:
- It is all well and good to want a move to green and electric vehicles, but forcing gas prices out of the range of the lowest income and not caring about it in the least breeds resentment and they start to realize you do not give a crap about them over your agenda.
- 20% inflation on commodities that the lowest income buy of feed their families. If they have to choose between feeding their families and voting for Trump, vs not feeding their families and voting for Harris... You saw who they voted for. Yes, yes, Trump is not going to magically bring prices back to 2019. We all know the damage is done and the US is terrified (rightly so) of deflation. Yet Trump oversaw the surge in wages and they can hope he does the same again. Ironically this is one area that Covid helped, so I cannot say Trump really did this, but belief is belief.
Still, I thought the abortion issue was going to hurt the Republicans much more than it looks to have. That hit against Republicans seems to have fallen off from the 2022 election. When that decision can down I thought it was morally right, but politically stupid and that it would rewrite the Republican surge all the way through 2024.
Glad I was wrong about the 2024 part.
Now for one prediction:
- Suddenly a cop killing someone of color will being back in the 24/7 news cycle and riots will ensue. Because none of that happened under Biden's people's watch, honest.
On “The Way Through is Donald Trump for President”
You see this is why I so rarely post on this site. You guys have you head so firmly stuck up Orange Guy = Bad you cannot even concede the point. You just move on to the next drivel you want to complain about.
Look to the answer above and see what directly answering the question and conceding a point when it is made looks like. Maybe you will learn something.
You are right about Biden's people having to deal with the after affects of Covid, thankfully Trump put the economy in a historic position to bounce back from something that would normally drop the US into a recession for months if not years. Then Biden's people mishandled when to stop pouring money into the economy and created the inflation. That is on them.
Oh and congrats on getting inflation back to 2%, did this reduce people's prices back down to before the inflation? I'll answer that since I doubt you would answer directly. The answer is "No". Also, I do not thank the bully that pushes me into the busy street just to jerk me back to the side walk and then asks "aren't you going to thank me for saving your life?"
Biden's people hammered the lowest income people with inflation on the products they had to have and they still deal with those inflated prices.
"
Americans paid for the increases until shifting away from the riffed products to US made. The USMCA removed the ones for Canada and Mexico. South Korea, Argentina, Australia, and Brazil negotiated and had tariffs removed as another example.
The China tariffs are ongoing even under Harris and they have even increased some of them.
Yet even with all this "bad" tariffs, Trump increased the US economy above what the "experts" though possible. That is why the full policies of Trump's was so good.
Far better than 20% inflation, close to 100% gas price increase at its height, and then the threatened tax increases of the Harris economic plan.
"
I will call it a win when eggs stay less than the 5 dollars a dozen average Biden got.
I feel quite safe on this since the US mainly buys eggs from US farms.
US Tariffs aren't normally place on stuff produced in the US you know.
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