I would have to disagree with part of that... I think it's pretty darn
common for normal people to say things like "I always read the paper, I
always go to church, I always take out the trash" and not actually mean it
literally, when I hear a statement like that I assume that the "almost"
part is implied. I know I have said things like that... but then again,
I've never claimed to be a normal person :P

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> This goes beyond empty campaign promises.  This goes to deep personal
> character flaws.
>
> When evaluating people for personality disorders, one of the flags are
> self serving statements that are almost logically impossible to be
> literally true such as:
> I always read the paper, I always go to church, I always take out the
> trash.
>
> A normal person says I "almost" always read the paper or something similar.
> If we are down with the flu we don't go to church or take out the trash.
>
> Trump brags about not reading.
> Then has the audacity to claim that "Nobody reads the bible more than me".
> I'll wager he has never read the bible.  Or any other significant work of
> literature or history.
>
> Those claims are logically false, literally impossible.  They insult the
> intelligence of the listener.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Travis Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 9:25 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [OT][Politics]
>
> Come on Chuck... we all know this is politics. The candidates say
> whatever they think they can get away with, in order to get a vote. Then
> after they win, they don't have to do any of the things they said they
> would do.
>
> I'd love to see a system where if a candidate makes a promise, wins the
> election, and then doesn't follow through, that they are held
> accountable (in some way). Right now it's all just words (from both
> sides)... saying and doing whatever they can or want to, in order to try
> and win.
>
> Obama did the same thing. "Politics" is the polite word for "liar". :)
>
> Travis
>
>
> On 10/20/2016 9:08 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I don’t have an issue with some of the positions of Trump, I even agree
>> with some of them.  I am a conservative but more centrist libertarian.  I
>> fall square to the right on issues of gun control and abortion. Everything
>> else I try to square with my own personal philosophy and world views.  I do
>> in-fact read the Bible.  I try to be like like the main character of the
>> New Testament.  I fail constantly - but I keep trying.
>>
>> I think the guy is psychologically unhinged.
>>
>> For example he has said:
>> “Nobody reads the bible more than me”
>> "My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are
>> various other parts of my body."
>> "I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that
>> I'm more honest and my women are beautiful."
>> “No one is more conservative than me.”
>> “No one is stronger on the Second Amendment than me.”
>> “No one respects women more than me. No one reads the Bible more than me.”
>> “There’s nobody more pro-Israel than I am.”
>> “There’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as I have.”
>> “There’s nobody who feels more strongly about women’s health issues.”
>> “Nobody knows more about taxes than me, maybe in the history of the
>> world.”
>> “I have studied the Iran deal in great detail, greater by far than anyone
>> else.”
>> “Nobody’s ever been more successful than me.”
>> “Nobody knows banking better than I do.”
>> “Nobody knows more about debt than I do.”
>> “Nobody’s bigger or better at the military I am.”
>> “I am the least racist person you’ll ever meet.”
>> “Nobody knows the system better than me.”
>> “Nobody knows politicians better than me.”
>> “Nobody builds better walls than me.”
>> “Nobody knows more about trade than me.”
>>
>>
>> Symptoms of Meglomaina include:
>> Delusional belief of superiority
>> Delusions of greatness
>> Delusions about one's own power
>> Delusions about one's own importance
>>
>> In brief: Delusions
>> This term would most closely correlate to the dsm-iv delusional disorder,
>> in which the individual holds unrealistic beliefs of inflated worth, power,
>> knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person
>> Source: HealthTap, https://www.healthtap.com/user_questions/265257
>>
>>
>> Now if all of you had some flapping Ethernet circuits, multi-path fading
>> or a rogue DHCP server you could see the symptoms and derive at a
>> conclusion as to what is happening.  I know everyone on this list is smart
>> enough to see symptoms and troubleshoot a system.
>>
>> Do you not see the same symptoms I see when examining the public behavior
>> of Trump?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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