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U.S. President Addresses Congress

posted by on Wednesday March 01 2017, @07:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the totally-normal,-right? dept.

butthurt writes:

America's new president gave an address to a joint session of Congress. The Los Angeles Times posted a full transcript of the speech (along with remarks from its staff that may require Javascript to view); Bloomberg uploaded a video of the event.

The New York Times called it "the most presidential speech Mr. Trump has ever given — delivered at precisely the moment he needed to project sobriety, seriousness of purpose and self-discipline."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @04:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 02 2017, @04:18AM (#473731)

    You know, that doesn't bother me.

    Well, I feel a whole lot better now that I know that this doesn't bother Phoenix666.

    I read an article on Huffington Post today that was talking about how despondent people at the State Department are because Trump is not giving them direction, and firing a whole bunch of them.

    Yeah!!! Because what we need right now is a rudderless, directionless federal government run by someone who doesn't know (or care) what he is doing!!!

    [T]he State Department is populated almost entirely by the kind of elitist fuckers you find at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey. You can't fire or denigrate them enough, actually.

    And you know this how exactly? Have you ever worked for the State Department? Do you even know anyone who works or has worked for the State Department? And what the hell is this reverse snobbery against Ivy League all about? Believe me, I don't personally care for the type who strikes a pose and insists that their opinion is all that mattes because they graduated from an Ivy League school. But are you really attempting to argue that your ignorance is just as good as the careful analysis of experts based on facts and statistics? Seriously?!?

    How nice it would be to have a State Department that isn't an atavistic throwback to Ivy League Gentlemen's clubs circa 1890, and which actually reflected real America instead.

    Yeah!!! Because what we really need to deal with the complex global issues our world is facing is to have Joe Sixpack bluster and show us all what's what!!!</sarcasm>

    It would also be nice for Washington DC, the wealthiest part of the country, to feel jolts of fear and uncertainty about their futures after 40+ years of sticking it to the rest of America with impunity. Fire them all, move the capital to Denver, and re-form the government by hiring Americans who are actually competent in the various subject areas instead of peopling departments with patronage hires.

    OK, now I know you are talking out of your ass. This news story is not about political ambassador appointments, which are, admittedly, all too frequently patronage hires. Instead, these are appointed sub-Cabinet level positions typically filled by non-political career civil servants. Maybe, in light of that, you would like to admit that you didn't know what you were talking about?