He likes Katy Perry tho
On Monday, October 17, 2016, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > North Korea scares the shit out of me … out of control dictator that is > not in the right mind and has a nuclear arsenal at his disposal…. scary > shit if you ask me… > > oh and has a major hate on for anything US related…. I can see a major > pissing match coming (in some ways it’s already started) > > > On Oct 17, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Russia is doing some saber rattling for sure. It is concerning. Putin > seems to be trying to take advantage of the lame duck period somehow, who > knows what he is up to. N. Korea also, saying they are willing to launch a > nuclear first strike. You’d think there would be more coverage of the > Russian threats, but all people care about is the election reality show. > > Putin is pissed that Obama called him a regional power. Trump is pissed > that Obama made fun of him at the press dinner. Isn’t it nice to have > world leaders who use the powers of state to pursue their personal grudges. > > Meanwhile in Julian Assange news: > http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pamela-anderson-brings- > wikileaks-julian-assange-a-vegan-lunch-and-conspiracy- > theories-bloom/ar-AAj2FYZ?li=BBmkt5R > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *CBB > - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 12:43 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > I will look up the speech > > How do you feel about the implied "bracing for war" Russia seems to be > doing? > > The right (I do live in Alabama) seems to believe they are bracing for war > if Trump does not get elected. > > I have not heard what the left thinks since all they can talk about is the > Billy Bush trump tapes or women.... > > In fact I don't believe the media is covering anything....Not even us > firing on Yemen (I did not read that article on the internet I assume we > bombed A terrorist camp or something) > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 12:29 AM > > Also, it seems this explains the nuclear deal Kerry negotiated with Iran, > basically trying to do what wasn’t done with Iraq. (Idiot Trump doesn’t > seem to realize Clinton isn’t still Sec. of State, but then he lives in a > fact free zone.) After years of sanctions, you have to get some payoff as > a result of those sanctions, apparently the deal was the best our > negotiating team could get. Not trying to argue yes or no on that, just if > you look back to the Iraq vote and Kerry’s speech, you can understand why > he took the approach he did with Iran. > > He has certainly worked his butt off on the diplomacy side even at the > risk of failure. Very different approach from Clinton, I think, who seemed > to be more of a delegator. Unfortunately his efforts on the > Israel/Palestine issue were a total failure, and Putin and Lavrov totally > played him for a fool on Syria. Well, and Obama too, remember he was going > to do the big “reset” with Russia. And Hillary was the Russia hawk in the > Obama administration. Makes me totally shake my head at Trump wanting to > “get along” with Russia. Why is no one saying that sounds like weak Obama > who tried to be Putin’s buddy and was made to look like a fool. And no > wonder Putin wants Trump to win, since Hillary is hawkish on Russia. What > a bizzaro world we live in, where the Republican candidate has a bromance > with Putin, and it’s the Democratic candidate who wants to be tough on > Russia? > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Ken > Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 12:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > Then listen to the whole speech. > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *CBB > - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Monday, October 17, 2016 12:08 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > I remember very clearly the media covering how Saddam would not allow > inspectors in and how he was very uncooperative. > > In my opinion it is saddam's fault. Had he cooperated maybe we would not > have gone to war.... > > > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 12:03 AM > > I remember that very clearly. It was a war authorization vote. The > President told Congress he needed the authorization to strengthen his hand > when he went to the UN and allies and sought new sanctions to force Iraq to > submit to inspection and disarm, to show that the nation was behind him, > and that it was not a vote to go to war except as a last resort. He > basically framed it as a vote of confidence in him, that he needed that > vote to show the world he was serious and the nation spoke with one voice, > it made it very difficult for Congress not to vote yes. Of course he > didn’t follow through with his promises and quickly went to war without > exhausting all other avenues. > > I clearly remember listening to Sen. John Kerry’s speech on the floor of > the senate before the vote, laying this all out. And I remember having a > sick feeling that exactly what he said the President promised not to do and > warned him not to do, was nonetheless going to happen. Whatever you think > of John Kerry, this is a riveting speech. I found a video of it online. > It’s 50 minutes long, if you can’t spend that much time, skip to around > 33:00. > > https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4398929/sen-kerry-iraq-war- > authorization-speech-9oct02 > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *CBB > - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Sunday, October 16, 2016 11:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > > > I remind you....congress had to vote on that. > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2016 10:50 PM > > > Well Bush decision to invade Iraq did affect my family.. My son who > proudly served in Iraq came back injured physically and mentally. He is > still under medical care ... We should have gone after Taliban in > Afghanistan and wiped them out along with poppie fields. Hussein was a > dictator I know but our reason to invade was based on weapons of mass > destruction which didn't exist. We messed up the status quo, left and > gave ISIS an opening... If you study history of region it has shown no > outside nation has ever been able to conquer area for very long.. These > folks have been at war since forever and we got caught up in it. When you > travel on plane you are affected... Large public events are different now > because threat of terrorism exists. So we are all affected some way. > The times, they are a changin > > On Oct 16, 2016 9:21 PM, "Bruce Robertson" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Exactly right. Who is president has some effect, but not game changing. > Most people in the country are middle of the road, and the progress of the > country reflects that. The pendulum swings back and forth, but always > reverts to the mean. > On 10/16/16 8:17 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Congress makes and changes law. Supreme Court makes a few important > decisions. Regulators are who really run the country. > > Does it really matter who the president is? > What did Obama do? Encouraged the ACA. Dropped the ball in Syria. But > how did he affect me, my degree of wealth, my amount of spare time? > > Ditto Bush. They affect foreign policy. They have the ability to really > mess up other people’s lives in other countries, but do they really have > much effect on me? > > Granted, altering the make up of the Supreme Court changes things like > can I choose to marry a dude or do I have to sell wedding cakes to gays. > But that really does not touch me. My granddaughter having to cope with > dudes in the bathroom at school hits a bit closer to home, but I trust > congress will eventually settle on something a bit more common sense. > > I guess I am trying to convince myself that a president really doesn’t do > much here at home. Congress does. The court does. Bureaucracies do. > > Now, if the president could get a whole truckload of cheese delivered to > the Whitehouse and give it out to anyone that drops in for a visit, then we > are talking about a real impact... > > http://history1800s.about.com/od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/ > Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of-Cheese.htm > > !DSPAM:2,580442b817511656011445! > > >
