tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post3720852288651740617..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-786285480518057382016-11-15T10:03:22.576-08:002016-11-15T10:03:22.576-08:00Update:
It was reported last night that the Trump...Update:<br /><br />It was reported last night that the Trump transition is faltering. Trump's transition manager, Mike Pence, has decided that he will stay in Indiana to serve full-time as governor until January 9, just days before the inauguration. Meanwhile, calls to the transition team from the DoD and the CIA have gone unanswered. This is astounding.<br /><br />But Trump is surrounding himself with cronies and his own relatives as his chief advisors. Most of these people have ZERO experience in government. His choice for chief of staff is Reince Priebus, who has been chair of the RNC, but has never served in government. Worse than that, Trump's chief strategist (equal in status to the chief of staff) is none other than Steve Bannon, the champion of the racist alt-right movement, who has no government experience whatsoever. <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/8441/i-know-trumps-new-campaign-chairman-steve-bannon-ben-shapiro#" rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some interesting things to know about Bannon.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-46074965227009582922016-11-15T09:55:10.219-08:002016-11-15T09:55:10.219-08:00I am clinging to two rays of hope: 1.) Trump will ...I am clinging to two rays of hope: 1.) Trump will find that being President is a lot of hard work and relegate himself to a figurehead status or 2.) the actual enormity of the responsibility will hit him and he will become much more considered in his speech and actions. In neither case will the results be good but perhaps we can avoid catastrophe. jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-84344535749102405852016-11-13T14:28:38.520-08:002016-11-13T14:28:38.520-08:00I'm sure the feeling is similar to what many R...I'm sure the feeling is similar to what many Republicans felt eight years ago. Impending disaster. But there's a difference. Their fear was based on their own propaganda. Obama was nothing like the monster they made him out to be, and the country has done reasonable well, despite all their dire predictions. Unlike them, I'm not about to forget how bad the economy was after W. Their big complaint now is that it hasn't recovered enough. But things have stabilized and improved. The difference now is that this guy's policies are really harmful. It's not just a matter of hating him because he's a total asshole. I can survive that. And that's what most of the Democrats' complaints have been about. But his policies on economy, environment, and international affairs are horrific. And that could be devastating for all of us.im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-91300656862333670722016-11-13T11:33:48.765-08:002016-11-13T11:33:48.765-08:00I've been going through the grieving process; ...I've been going through the grieving process; drinking and sleeping a lot. I think that I hit a turning point on Saturday, I figured that it will take a few years for the Trump administration to change the US into a Mad Max Thunderdome type society. This gives us some time to stop him. There is still some hope.jdhueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548783175350394626noreply@blogger.com