Comments on: My Picks for Top Tweets: 8 September 2017

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:14:36 +0000

In reply to Dennis. Very cool! Thanks Dennis. :-)

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 23:52:20 +0000

“I wish this was more than just a GIF…”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIj7AgonHM

And here are a couple of other videos that may be of interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrqcwH8LhDU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOIW6IgTN6U

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:17:56 +0000

In reply to Mark R.. No worries. I find it interesting to read what others think. I agree about Kasich (and other things you wrote too of course), though it seems a lot of Republicans find him far too reasonable. Compromise has become a dirty word in US politics, when really compromise is what it should be all about.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:11:13 +0000

In reply to Lee Knuth. Cheers Lee. :-)

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:10:37 +0000

In reply to Federico Bär. Yeah, it's true, and still is, but for many USians there's a sense of entitlement that goes with that. They believe they have the right to do things to and in other countries they would never accept themselves.

By: Mark R.

Mark R. — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:47:02 +0000

I’ve been to Munich during a couple Oktoberfests. Both times I ended up visiting Munich’s famous Hofbräuhaus am Platzl. Those shoes would come in handy; it’s no joke. The floor is sticky and slippery with beer, there is sawdust all over soaking up vomit and the smells are downright disgusting. You have to be drunk to enjoy it I guess. I wasn’t drunk either time, but had a nice buzz. Either way, it’s fun to revel with those in wild abandon, and those Germans know how to party!

Good on Schneiderman…and Trump hates his guts. Hip, hip hooray. Personally earning Trump’s ire is a badge of honor and usually means you’re doing good work.

I don’t fear Pence because he’s really the bottom of the barrel politically (and personally for that matter). He’s one of the few running mates that would stoop low enough to yoke destinies with Trump. He would have lost his re-election bid for Indiana’s governor and he really has nothing to show in the way of meaningful political accomplishments. (And no, becoming Trump’s VP is not a meaningful accomplishment.) I doubt he’ll have anything to show as VP either, as the VP is pretty useless. His main job is sycophant to Trump; not a very endearing job to say the least. Historically, only 14 VPs have become president, and 8 of those were because of the sitting president’s death. Assuming that Trump is either disgraced or blunders along for 4-years, his approval ratings have little chance of ever hitting even 50%. They’ll probably hover in the 30’s. This does not bode well for any VP seeking to replace his boss; the wise VP wouldn’t try to run in this situation. Also, I think Trump’s base would look at Pence taking over Trump as tantamount to treason. He’s way too goody-two-shoes for Trump’s base of trolls. Either way, if not Pence there are always other horrible people to choose from: you got your dominionist Cruz, your Ayn Rand-henchman Ryan…perhaps Kasich is the only sane / main-stream republican on offer. Kasich is definitely the lesser of many republican evils…I’d take him over Pence or Trump in a heartbeat. That’s how sad American politics have become.

I don’t know why my responses to your tweets get so damn long. I’ll start working on brevity. 🙂

By: Lee Knuth

Lee Knuth — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:23:16 +0000

Know what you mean about Twitter. I only check with those I know. Thanks for including the Tweet about AG’s suing over DACA. Luckily we have Schneiderman as our AG in Ny.

By: Federico Bär

Federico Bär — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:06:03 +0000

Nearly eighty years ago, living on the other side of the world – in an Asian country but with a European upbringing – the first thing we were taught about America was: “This, children, is the country of unlimited possibilities”.
Meant in the positive sense, it is still true. Later on however, I learned the dark side of that saying, and today I’m seeing Mike Pence as another sad example – joining his political Master making America great (?) again.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:04:33 +0000

In reply to Martin Fuller. Cheers Martin! :-)

By: Martin Fuller

Martin Fuller — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:01:49 +0000

Soo good Heather – so interesting