60 Minutes did a good job of it on Sunday, but it was a re-aired ep. from Nov. I think. It’s a freaking arduous task of interview after interview, background check after background check, finger printing, retina scanning, takes 18-24 months, and even then almost nobody gets in. This wouldn’t be a difficult story to cover–the aid workers would LOVE to talk to the press, talk about the procedure, and show the kind of people that are living in conditions that most Americans cant even imagine. Of course, most of the MSM can’t be bothered. It doesn’t fit the narrative that evil doers are at the gates.
Actually, the evil doers are already inside–America elected them.
Contradictions… the next four years of this administration taking one step forward and two steps back when it comes to explaining policy will become tiresome to the press, the citizens of the U.S. and business and world leaders. I would like to know why anyone would call President trump a good businessman. However, his marketing and branding message for this country provides a clear message that “there are no adults in charge of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government.”
It’s a ban. It’s not a ban. It’s whatever the press says it is. No, it’s not a ban.
Holy Christian shit, this is confusing.
I’d feel safer walking into a Chicago mosque knowing everyone present was a pissed off member of the Muslim Brotherhood than I would a Tennessee honky-tonk throwing a reunion party for 20 Iraq War vets. ANYTHING coming out of my mouth would get a more civil, receptive hearing in the mosque than the bar.
I think it’s beyond that. He cares deeply about White Race dominated by males. He is doing everything in that direction. His personal wealth has taken a backseat and is now relegated to as a backup driver.
Parsing whether or not it’s a ban is playing right into Pres. Bannon’s hands.
Of course it’s a ban. Its plain language and implementation both make that unambiguously clear. The story here is not Spicer saying don’t call it a ban or Trump waffling. The story is that the administration is engaged in a deliberate, consistent campaign of gaslighting (with Spicer as point man) on just about every issue that has come up. They are telling us on a daily basis that the sky is purple and 2 + 2 = 5.
The more relevant question is, why aren’t the Republicans / Jason Chaffetz concerned about the use of private e-mail server by the White House (and Trump’s unsecured Android phone)?
Confusion is the GOAL. Make it so that people throw up their hands and exclaim that they don’t know who’s telling the truth anymore. Then the authoritarian strongman stands up and proclaims, “I will tell you what’s real. Listen to me, and me only.”
That’s the exact trajectory we’re watching right now. Millions of Americans are already in thrall to the “strongman.”
Yes, it’s an avalanche of vile garbage by intention — we must remain vigilant and not turn our heads away from the revolting spectacle in disgust, but keep watching for the sleight of hand in the background. Pres Bannon is a snake.
President Trump tweeted:" If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the “bad” would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad “dudes” out there!"
President Trump is so right, concise, articulate and thoughtful in his tweets. He is speaking in terms that the American people, particularly young American voters, even immigrants, those with poor English comprehension, and banned radical jihadi Muslim-country visitors, can understand.
Yet our President summarizes the conservative perspective very well. We don’t want “the bad” rushing into our country. Letting bad dudes rush into the country is not good and not putting America First. No other civilized country lets the “bad dudes” rush in. We should not either.
On the language front, President Trump’s use of quotes is very effective. I wish Steve Bannon had included language in the Executive Order prohibiting anyone in the media from referring to the temporary exclusion of Muslims from seven terrorist countries as a ban. They should have provided examples of acceptable language.
