Fire Everyone

[Fairweather]

From the Superintendent down to the seasonal ticket taker. Keep a list.

[olyclimber]

Dissent: so unamerican!

[olyclimber]

If they had stormed the capitol building…that would have been better. But this is inexcusable. 

[Fairweather]

Dissent is the right of citizens to protest their government. Here we have government protesting its citizens. Not gonna turn out well for them.

[Fairweather]

Good news, the private sector awaits their arrival.

[Phil K]

On 2/28/2025 at 4:52 PM, Fairweather said:

Dissent is the right of citizens to protest their government. Here we have government protesting its citizens. Not gonna turn out well for them.

Funny, I interpreted this as government workers, people who have dedicated their careers to maintaining and protecting federal properties (which belong to ALL of us), protesting against an administration which is acting in a way that is illegal, destructive, careless, cruel, wonton, corrupt, sucks up to bloodthirsty dictators while abandoning a country we are treaty-bound to protect, threatening our neighbors, and trampling on the right to free speech. I could go on. 

But then, you do have a history of backing the bad guys. Perhaps you should return to advocating for motorists who commit vehicular assault on bicyclists that have the nerve to be on the road at the same time as them?

Edited Friday at 04:51 PM by Phil K
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[JasonG]

Well, from the article I read about this, I think the folks up there unfurling the flag were already fired?

[Fairweather]

14 hours ago, Phil K said:

Funny, I interpreted this as government workers, people who have dedicated their careers to maintaining and protecting federal properties (which belong to ALL of us), protesting against an administration which is acting in a way that is illegal, destructive, careless, cruel, wonton, corrupt, sucks up to bloodthirsty dictators while abandoning a country we are treaty-bound to protect, threatening our neighbors, and trampling on the right to free speech. I could go on. 

But then, you do have a history of backing the bad guys. Perhaps you should return to advocating for motorists who commit vehicular assault on bicyclists who have the nerve to be on the road at the same time as them?

Spoken like a true "public servant."👍 Remember, you work for us. And we elected this administration.  For too long, NPS staff have acted like the public lands they manage belong to them alone. Looking forward--learn to code?

Trampling free speech? No, that was you and your Biden/D buddies who, at one point, even tried creating a Ministry of Truth. Corrupt? It's looking like your USAID buddies and their D bosses take the blue ribbon. More to come. Go Elon!

Curious, which "treaty bound" country did we abandon?

Edited Friday at 06:34 AM by Fairweather

[Phil K]

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-budapest-memorandum-and-u-s-obligations/

[Fairweather]

Exactly. We do not have, nor did we ever have a "treaty" to protect Ukraine as you claim. You should do a better job reading the links you post. Semantics aside, I think it's a good thing that an American President finally wants to stop wholesale slaughter and war--and not feed endless war and corruption. Progressives are sounding more and more like neocons nowadays. 

[olyclimber]

19 hours ago, JasonG said:

Well, from the article I read about this, I think the folks up there unfurling the flag were already fired?

Don’t let the facts muddle this

[olyclimber]

6 hours ago, Fairweather said:

Exactly. We do not have, nor did we ever have a "treaty" to protect Ukraine as you claim. You should do a better job reading the links you post. Semantics aside, I think it's a good thing that an American President finally wants to stop wholesale slaughter and war--and not feed endless war and corruption. Progressives are sounding more and more like neocons nowadays. 

Unfortunately the…well what ever you call these people you voted for …seem to be embracing and apologizing for the Nazis. Are they Republicans? 
 

sure if you’re anti-war I think that is great I don’t like at either.  But does that mean capitulating to a foreign invader? I would think that was the only argument for war versus to the take control resources of other countries for your corporations. 

Are you a Putin fan? Seems like a number of (again not sure what to call them, sure aren’t the classic principled conservatives) love him and his methods. 
 

Full story of this administrations impact has yet to be seen. Best take I saw was what Chappelle said on SNL.  Personally, as you’d expect I don’t like what I see. I’m all for having a more efficient government, but what I’m seeing is a clown show of firings and then rehiring when some 20 year old making decisions fucked up. I’m seeing guardrails that were put together over many many years in a bipartisan way being dismantled, many of which allow corruption to go unchecked.  I’m seeing a government run in “please the dictator” type of way rather than a steady guiding ethical way. 
 

I do think it is possible to cherry pick a positive item here and there. I’ll leave that to you. And I do wish the best for our country, and hope Trump and team are successful. What I mean by that: Whatever the hell this grand experiment is, it better work and not hurt the people. Like Chappelle said, congratulations now don’t fuck it up and don’t hurt your own people.

 

 

[Fairweather]

Your complaint sounds like MSNBC script. Or a scowl on the face of a crowd refusing to celebrate a 13 year old boy stricken with cancer. How did Democrats become so utterly awful?

Ok, you used Nazi allusions, so let's start there. The only folks I see spewing anti-Semitic bile these days are Democrats and progressives. Columbia, anyone? Not Republicans, who, in fact, are united in their support for the Jewish state. Certainly not Trump who, likewise, has attempted to cut off funding to universities who tolerate the physical harassment of Jewish students and violence generally. Who are the Nazis in America these days? Ask a Jewish friend--if you have any.

Putin. Yes, I understand Rachel Maddow says you can't be against unchecked financial and weapons support for Ukraine and against Putin at the same time. But do you really think this? It's just, well, a very limited view of the world.

Finally, yes, we just had an election and America chose Trump. I didn't like it when they chose Biden--but, hey, that's democracy. And Trump won because of the dripping arrogance and utter contempt white liberals hold for pretty much everyone who lives outside their city limits or a university campus--or the national parks. (Full circle.)

Leftists, Democrats, progressives, have become weird and generally disgusting. A cadre of white liberal women and their cucks. A masquerade ballroom full of elites and intelligentsia dancing into the night while The Red Death ravages the countryside.

Trump is President because of the thoughts, ideas and actions of the people you surround yourself with.

[olyclimber]

You make a lot of assumptions and have strong opinions that you’re well entrenched in. At little flowery prose to go with that.  Not saying I have done the same, we are both old men yelling at clouds. You don’t really know much about me or how I arrived at them, other than I don’t share all your view points. 

 

 I can think of a lot of things I’d rather do than debate someone such as yourself on a Friday night. I wish you the best with your opinions and viewpoints.  The truth is I’m sure somewhere in between. Best of luck Brian.

 

I did used to enjoy a good spar, but I spend too much time in front of a computer as it is.