On Leadership

[woodchip]

The following statement by Trump shows how real leadership works and not the idiot statement of going to the back of the queue by our inept President:

The people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy. A Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense. The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries – and our two peoples – are united together, as they will be under a Trump Administration.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-rele ... membership

[callmeslick]

leadership? How? Saying what? The man didn't know what Brexit meant two weeks ago when asked. He's a moron, Woody.

[callmeslick]

Seamus O'Reilly on what Woody's sorry-ass excuse for a leader is trumpeting:

I'm saddened by this result. It represents a shameful retreat to a smaller mindset, unshackled from empathy, decency or even just intellectual engagement with complex issues. It has been apparent throughout that the people most served by the EU are fundamentally misinformed about what it is and how it works, not least by decades of vile slander from a plutocrat class that holds much of the responsibility for the actual struggles they face. The richest people in this country have managed to convince the poorest that their problems are not due to the ugly manoeuvrings of the British political system, but bendy bananas and meddling foreigners.

The decision would be easier to take had the Leave campaign not disgraced itself at every turn. Their utter contempt for the intelligence of the British public has been evident from Day 1. In their repeated utterance of statements they knew to be false, in their craven misrepresentation of facts and personal endorsements to their own ends, and in their ugly, disingenuous insistence on focusing on EU immigrants, who they know have repeatedly been proven a net gain to the country and whose numbers are not really reducible by any deal a future British state may seek to strike within the outer EU anyway. This might be why they reverted to simply showing images of huddled non-European brown people or spitting out the words 'Turk' and 'Serb', as if either were an airborne disease.

The campaign always carried the dog-whistle innuendo long pushed by this country's right wing press, but eventually devolved into the kind of alarming, full-bore racism that I genuinely thought British people could be relied upon to reject.

I am disgusted by this result and the mandate it gives to the most loathsome political elements of this nation. I am saddened by what it says about the British people, what it means for the protection of essential services and workers' rights, and the truly horrifying implications that the re-imposition of military borders could have on the streets of Northern Ireland.

Britain awoke today a poorer, crueller and more dangerous country, and could remain so for decades to come.

All so that a handful of cranks, bigots and rank opportunists could get their hands on slightly fancier Westminster stationery for a few years "

[woodchip]

So you are pasting text from a gay porn star?:

http://manhuntdaily.com/2014/11/an-inte ... ing-dicks/

Slick, you really have to learn to post links or your credibility will suffer more than it has.

[callmeslick]

umm, Woody, he's an oncologist, but nice to get a glimpse into how your search engine algorithms work.

[callmeslick]

now, while it was amusing to see where searches lead Woody, I was guilty of misspelling the author's name. It is Seamas O'Reilly, and he's a professional writer. Still amusing, my search comes up with an oncologist and Woody gets gay porn stars!!

[callmeslick]

and here we have Woody's 'leader', as usual, getting it all wrong, showing that he cannot read actual news reports:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/d ... n=politics

[callmeslick]

oh, and leadership is about dealing with ALL affected parties, and have a US willing to work to support ALL our allies. This is how a leader addresses Brexit, and if he weren't so freaking self centered, Trump would do well to take notes:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obama- ... li=BBnb7Kz

[callmeslick]

and this, by massive contrast, is how an idiot responds. It's all about his failing golf course, apparently, and whipping up more anger(and celebrating anger, it seems):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ ... li=BBnb7Kz

[woodchip]

Do you feel better slick after posting all your left wing links?

[Vander]

Do you feel better slick after posting all your left wing links?

Did you read any of them to perhaps gain insight on another perspective? Or did you disregard them as "left wing links" and avoid them to protect bubble integrity?

[callmeslick]

yeah, The Washington Post International bureau is REAL left wing. Scary, Ooooooh!

and, since when did the source negate the validity of directly quoted words?

[woodchip]

Oh please slick, I stopped reading your left wing news sources after NBC edited the 911 tapes concerning the Zimmerman/martin incident.

[Vander]

But you didn't stop reading Alex Jones after the Jade Helm nonsense.

[woodchip]

Ummm...never read about jade helms operation so how could I of stopped reading?

[callmeslick]

you trumpeted the Jade Helm on here? What, did you find out by word of mouth? You still never answered my question: does the source negate the facts of the words quoted? Or, is Ignorance bliss with you?

[woodchip]

Where did I trumpet jade helm? Maybe my alzheimers is kicking in.

[woodchip]

Seamus O'Reilly on what Woody's sorry-ass excuse for a leader is trumpeting:
stuff

So to counterpoint this:

The Clinton scandals, none forgettable and all memorable, are the gift that keeps on giving. One that bubbled to the surface again this week was the tale of one Rajiv Fernando, who traded millions to the Clinton Foundation, the family sponge, for an appointment to the International Security Advisory Board. Mr. Fernando was owner of something called Chopper Trading, hardly a qualification to measure and advise the secretary of State on nuclear weapons and national security, even with his access to national secrets. He served only briefly, until questions were asked, with nuclear scientists, former senators, Cabinet officers and presidential security advisers.

This cash-for-access trade smelled so rank that even Hillary’s top aides could finally not abide the stench. Asked Philippe Reines, an assistant secretary of State: “Couldn’t he have landed a spot on the President’s Physical Fitness Council?”

Hillary’s the authority on how to sell the White House. She practiced by peddling the Lincoln bedroom to campaign donors when she was the first lady. Now she’s after a bigger inventory, and the Donald has her number.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... y-clinton/

[callmeslick]

Where did I trumpet jade helm? Maybe my alzheimers is kicking in.

hence the question mark......

[callmeslick]

too many funny responses, especially those which are oh-so-British, not to pass this along:
http://fusion.net/story/318640/delete-y ... ntent=link

[Vander]

I just picked one silly infowars pushed story out of a hat. I don't know if woodchip was flogging it or not, but I know he's linked to infowars.

[woodchip]

No you don't know. Only time I go to infowars is when I see a interesting headline by them on the Drudge Report. And since they were not accurate about the Idaho incident I'll be less interested.

[Vander]

No you don't know.

If you didn't read anything about Jade Helm at infowars, then I'm sorry to have suggested that you did. And I give kudos to your future disregard for infowars.

[callmeslick]

this sort of leadership advocated by Trump and others leads to THIS sort of reality:

[Krom]

[Nightshade]

Britain awoke today a poorer, crueller and more dangerous country, and could remain so for decades to come.

We'll see how this doom and gloom prediction pans out over the next few years.

[Ferno]

well.. the UK is well and truly fucked, now isn't it.

[vision]

well.. the UK is well and truly fucked, now isn't it.

Seems that way. One of my co-workers is British and is distraught about the whole thing. Meanwhile another co-worker at the desk across from him was spending a good part of today planning a trip to the UK this weekend now that the Pound has tanked. I think he leaves tomorrow morning. Good times...

[Ferno]

yes; over the years I've learned that there will be at least some who benefit from any situation.

I was thinking that if I had some spare money laying around, I'd invest in the pound when it hits bottom.

[callmeslick]

Britain awoke today a poorer, crueller and more dangerous country, and could remain so for decades to come.

We'll see how this doom and gloom prediction pans out over the next few years.

you won't have to wait that long. Nearly two million folks already on the re-vote petition.

[callmeslick]

real leadership rewarded:
http://reverbpress.com/politics/up-your ... president/

[Top Gun]

too many funny responses, especially those which are oh-so-British, not to pass this along:
http://fusion.net/story/318640/delete-y ... ntent=link

"Fucktrumpet" is an absolutely beautiful insult.

real leadership rewarded:
http://reverbpress.com/politics/up-your ... president/

But how?! The cover of the Enquirer I saw in the grocery store today told me that he's a secret Muslim who wants to destroy America! There was a picture of him wearing a turban and everything!

(This is 100% true. The mind reels.)

[Spidey]

real leadership rewarded:
http://reverbpress.com/politics/up-your ... president/

A lot of people in that comment section need to read the book “Listen Liberal”.