Iowa. That bastion of racial diversity.
Planting lots of fruit trees
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Cool. I used to be on the other team. Then they went so far off the edge I ended up switching jerseys. But whatever makes you feel good.
Correct me if I'm wrong - but I don't think any wastes identified have been hidden - at least not from the viewpoint of Congress. Congress has always had ways of using government resources to find waste but if they ignore it then outrage needs to be directed to the current session to fix.
If the fallout from the DOGE stuff is making the public more aware of certain wastes and that causes pressure on Congress to fix it, then this is a great thing (provided cost/benefit says it is). If the end result is "world richest man makes overhauls to the government" because the president signs off on it - then that's a bad thing even if I were to agree with the ends. Constitution/process is still important. If Congress signs off on something dumb, they need to be the one to fix it. Any admin any era. They make the laws and control the dollars. They need to do their 17ing jobs instead of the 24/7 theatrics in this mind numbing effort to turn the public against each other so they don't actually have to do meaningful work/compromise and instead spend their efforts in a perpetual fundraising season.
Ok... circumcisions, the medical procedure scientifically proven to reduce the risk of contracting AIDS and HIV? Yeah, why would the United States want to bring down the worldwide number of AIDS and HIV cases? Total waste.***
Now... the opera... I dunno. I'm seeing reports that it wasn't directly funded by USAID. A university in Bogota co-funded the opera and that university received money from USAID from a general diplomatic grant. It doesn't sound like the USAID money was directly tied to the production. It makes a good sound bite and gets people riled up, but it doesn't appear to be the heinous "wokeness" it's being made out to be. Now... if you want to make the argument that maybe the United States shouldn't be funding any foreign universities, that's a good conversation to have. We can have that conversation without creating a transgender boogeyman though.
"Suppression of political opposition" - You mean like the Obama era IRS targeting Conservative 501c's?
"...loyalty of the [Russian] elite." - Do you really think the American "elites" support Trump and DOGE? They're the ones that are yelling the loudest about his "overreach" to eliminate Government waste & fraud.
TDS runs deep and causes normally rational people to say some incredibly irrational things....
I read that the trans opera in Colombia took place in 2022. The money was spent and it wasnt ongoing. Instead of totally shutting down USAID, why not just, you know, implement a different way of approving spending? That would ensure spending aligns with the Administration's views.
Seems like a more effective way to manage, but thats just me spitballin from afar.
I don't feel good. My choices are a party beholden to the orange guy and whatever the ketamine asks Elon to say and the party that figured out how to suck so hard to lose to them.
Numbers at the border (illegal crossing attempts, CBP encounters, etc) are WAY better than they were now than a month ago. Also, deportations of criminal illegals are WAY up despite blue state governors and mayors opposing ICE efforts.
THANK YOU! You said it a lot more eloquently than I did.
Yes, Congress has a way to use government resources to find waste. It's called the Office of the Inspector General and there's one embedded within all departments of the government. Their entire job is to identify fraud, waste, and abuse, then generate reports and recommendations to Congress and the executive branch to rectify the issues that they've found. Like I said in another post, they have something like a 26 to 1 ROI. One of Trump's first acts as president was to immediately fire all but I think 2 of the Inspector Generals.
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You're joking, right?
This thread is a classic example of how information, thanks to our corporate controlled media, is used as a "stimulant."
Television and social media have altered the meaning of "being informed" creating a strain of information that's plain ole misinformation -- misleading, fragmented, and superficial. It creates the illusion of knowing something when the exact opposite is happening. But you're entertained.
The hyperconnected flow of information has real benefits, however look at what we got now: demagoguery and political theater, "flooding the zone with tons of sh!!!t!," folks who call themselves activists who hardly understand their causes, and a steadily declining trust in our institutions, along with a steadily declining trust in one another.
Television and social media have altered the meaning of "being informed" creating a strain of information that's plain ole misinformation -- misleading, fragmented, and superficial. It creates the illusion of knowing something when the exact opposite is happening. But you're entertained.
The hyperconnected flow of information has real benefits, however look at what we got now: demagoguery and political theater, "flooding the zone with tons of sh!!!t!," folks who call themselves activists who hardly understand their causes, and a steadily declining trust in our institutions, along with a steadily declining trust in one another.
Seems a bit odd to support deportation but also support a business you know employs illegals.
And seems a bit odd to support law and order but also support a business you know employs violent gang members.
To each their own though, I guess.
Classic SPS- the person who wouldnt frequent a restaurant that they know employs illegals who are violent gang members is the one that is ripped on.
Meanwhile, the conservative who hyperfocuses on illegal immigration is happily supporting a business that employs(ed) multiple violent illegal immigrants that are gang members.
Good. If there are less encounters that will free up resources to deport people that don't need to be here. If that whole dynamic ends up successful we will also need a major overhaul on getting people in here legally (provided unemployment is low and we need to grow the SS base - we absolutely have to grow the SS base or we are 17ed)
Jethreaux basically said I have no sense of humor a few post earlier, so no...I am not joking.
What have I copy/pasted that is propaganda?
This is just comical- me being called out for BS when multiple recent high post threads have been based on totally inaccurate info and a ton of posters just spouted off BS assumptions and conclusions in those threads. 0 obligation to truth when they realize the info was wrong or they were wrong. 0 sense of responsibility. Just move on and post the next hot take.
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