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Donald Trump wants to govern by closing everything. You know, like America and the internet.
Trump is convinced that the internet is to blame for the organization of Isis.
“We’re losing a lot of people because of the internet,” Trump said. “We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, ‘Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people.”
I dunno. Maybe I am one of those stupid people Trump keeps referring to but I don’t think that Bill Gates can shut down the internet, even by presidential edict. Believing that would be … well, I hate to say it, but dog dump stupid. Bill Gates builds computers, not the internet. That would be like blaming Thomas Edison for Rush Limbaugh.
As I best recall, my stupid history teachers pointed out that there were wars before the internet. I do not know how Hannibal went over the Alps without Facebook, but he did it. I do think General Grant probably used Twitter, though.
Yeah, Bill Gates owns the internet. He also has all those socks you lost in the washing machine.
I do owe America an apology. I have used my freedom of speech to say foolish things and Donald Trump caught me. Oh boy, just wait until he sees how I’ve used my freedom of association. It’s gonna blow his mind.
I’ll pass this off to my graduate Networking class for a chuckle. The idea of closing any part of the Internet outside of North Korea is so totally unworkable and ludicrous especially to anyone with any technical expertise or common sense.
1He is completely insane. And the press can’t get enough of him. I would love to see a total blackout of Trump coverage.
2I swear!!! And I have a great excuse for that! I think El Donaldo is another one of those high tech numnuts who think the internet consists of tubes! No wonder he gins up what he says! Shucks, Donald! You can close down all phone and internet and TV and radio but you will never stop smoke signals and drumming! Those mediums belong to the First Nations and no way will they cooperate with you.
3He does realize that he wouldn’t be able to tweet-treat us all every day, doesn’t he? What a maroon.
4Does he have a jar with slips of paper and he just pulls out a couple every day and says something completely dumb*** about whatever’s written on them? How can…
Sorry, I was going to say, “How can anybody be that butt-ignorant?” but the people who cheer him on are that butt-ignorant… except for maybe a few who still think he’s funny.
A Guardian column about Trump’s appeal is scary– first he makes them laugh by denigrating other groups and people they already dislike, and then he tells them about all the scary stuff that only he can save them from. He’s a Mussolini who tells ugly jokes.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/08/donald-trump-rally-psychology-humor-fear
And Dana Milbank in the WashPost weighs in on the fascist appeal:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-isnt-todays-wendell-willkie-hes-todays-benito-mussolini/2015/12/08/77c81b0c-9ddc-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html
So we’ve got Mussolini back (and if he says much more about Muslims we’ll have Hitler) in addition to Tailgunner Joe Cruz. Nostalgia we didn’t need.
5I’m assuming he’s proposing a religious test for who gets to use the interwebs.
6It’s like a wheel y’all, as it turns this crap crops up again, and it has been going on ever since we climbed down out of the trees-or maybe it started IN the trees?! Anyway, it’s like a test: we get to prove whether we have learned anything. The last two cycles, we remembered what we had learned. Now we have forgotten, and we have to learn it again. Another little problem is, as a rule, the older we get the more insecure we get, partly as a result of the world moving on and leaving us in some backwater we are comfortable with. Most people here are exceptions to that rule, and that’s WHY we are here-we have not given up trying to keep up and keep learning. The problem we have is that our insecure brethren are easily convinced that the menace we face is from the exterior, like an infection, and can be prevented. We, OTOH, are convinced that the menace is from the interior, like a cancer, and can only be mitigated and vigilantly watched for. We missed it in the early stages, and surgery is not an option, unfortunately.
7If Trump doesn’t care about freedom of speech then let’s sew his lips shut and put him in Guantanamo. That would make the world a better place.
8A new meme for Donald Trump: Dog Dump Stupid and Proud Of It.
9Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell talked about the Trump last night. Rachel thinks Trump is deliberately trying to kill his chances with his rhetoric because he realizes he just might win and he’d have to work — really work — for once in his life and that is scaring him to death. Lawrence, of course, already has Trump’s number and believes Trump is trying to make dropping out of the race someone else’s fault. I think there’s a lot of truth in their discussion last night.
10But either way it goes down, the Republican Party has killed themselves. It will be a bloodbath next November unless the Republicans have jimmied too many electronic voting machines.
All I want for Christmas is a Trump-free week. No mentions of him, no reporting on him, just blissful no-Trumpness.
That is all.
11I guess a bunch of pretty foolish people wrote our Constitution. I mean, they supported freedom of speech and a bunch of other foolish stuff.
12Yes, Donald you are yuuuuuuuge. A colossal huge dump of st00pid. Offend billions of people to isolate a few hundred. ISIL thanks you, you colossal moron.
13What a marooon! Everyone else knows that the only person who can shut down the Internet is Al Gore.
14Interpreting Trump.
TRUMP:
“We’re losing a lot of people because of the internet. We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, ‘Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people.We have a lot of foolish people.”
ME:
15“We’re losing a lot of people because of guns. We have to see Wayne LaPierre and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, taking those guns away in some ways. Somebody will say, ‘Oh right to bear arms, right to bear arms.’ These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people. We most certainly do.”
Donald Trump continues to be the perfect face and voice of the modern Republican Party. While mainstream Republicans have become masters of hate filled code language and innuendos, Trump stands up and tells them what they won’t actually say themselves. Prejudice, bigotry, and hatred are alive and well.
16@Aggieland Liz, thank you for your thoughts on external vs. internal enemies. That sounds spot-on to me, and is one of the major differences between GOP and Dems (ideally).
As for He Who Should Not Be Named’s influence on the 2016 results, I was thinking it would be fine if he ran as a third candidate and split the GOP vote, but someone else has pointed out that, although that would hand the White House to the Dems, it would bring a lot of RWNJs to the polls to vote for other GOP candidates too…. It would be better if he got kicked out and took his toys and went home, so his followers would be likely to stay home too.
17To paraphrase an old Willie Nelson joke: “What has 100 legs and ten teeth?” Answer: the front row at a Trump rally.
18The point being, of course, that people can’t be allowed to communicate and talk about ways to mitigate the damage he would be doing to the country. Maybe even [perish the thought!] organize to do so.
Check out Rachel Maddow’s theory about his aspirations. Hint: they don’t include becoming president.
19http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
[Hope the link points to the right place. If so, it’s the second segment in her show from last night – 12/8/15.]
How about if we just shut down the part of the Internet that his online sites use?
20Face it. t-rump is here to stay. He’s the statistically the most likely candidate. Do NOT anticipate that republi-can’t voters will come to their census [sic]. Haven’t you noticed? The more outrageous his comments the greater his hold on first place on the tally sheet of potential candidates. Because he’s a hero to the un and under educated, like randpaul and mikehuckleberry, AND he’s got MONEY which legitimates his foolishness as reality.
21Of all the republi-can’ts, he’s probably the least dangerous. The repubs in the House & Senate have no traction with him and he won’t give them the time of day either. He’s also likely to be guilty of so many unconstitutional acts that he couldn’t get re-elected.
So that’s where all my socks went. Bill Gates, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do.
The fear and hate talk was used quite well by the R-Klan during the ebola scare and that brought out the Republican voters in 2014.
22We have to show up these repugs for the incendiaries they are in order to avoid another loss.
Trump is in the midst of negotiating for 2 golf courses, developing a gated community and other projects in Dubai valued at $6 billion. His business partner in Dubai, Khalaf al-Habtoor, told Reuters Trump had wrecked his prospects for successful future collaborations in the region.
“He is really creating war. He’s creating hatred between Muslims and Christians,”
He also pointed out….“Muslims have invested hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars [in America], creating jobs for Americans. They can go invest it somewhere else.”
TA DA!! Landmark, one of the Arab nations’ biggest retail groups with 190 dpartment stores in the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, said it was pulling all Trump merchandise off its shelves.
“In light of the recent statements made by the presidential candidate in the US media, we have suspended sale of all products from the Trump Home décor range,” CEO Sachin Mundhwa said in a statement.
23Susan on the Left Coast: K.A.R.M.A.
24Ain’t it wuuuuuuuuunderful!!!
His business partner in Dubai, Khalaf al-Habtoor, told Reuters Trump had wrecked his prospects for successful future collaborations in the region.
Back up a little, Susan, the little wanker was fine with Trump’s demagoguery until he singled out Muslims.
25Ouch! My gohmerts are feeling in need of a protective cup this morning, after catching a CNN interview with T-Rump supporters. The deranged and feral hatred demonstrated by his supporters was scary! Their Obama Derangement Syndrome was in all its insane ‘glory.’
What we know or don’t know about the San Bernadino shooters or the Colorado Springs shooter have nothing to do with our laws protecting our civil liberties. Instead, what is painfully obvious is that we do need sane gun legislation. In those two instances as with too many other mass shootings, the consistent lesson is that there are too many weapons and the wrong sorts of weapons readily available to too many. In addition, local, state, and national LE agencies seriously need to ramp up with indicted co-conspirator arrests.
Seeing that “Dear” terrorist in court. Really!?! Should any licensed vendor of guns have sold him anything in the last 30 years?
Not entirely sure about our laws here in Nevada, since the invasion of the Tea Baggers. But at one time we had some of the best ABCCC (selling of alcoholic beverages) in any state. See an inebriated person and sell them a drink at the bar or a six pack in the store, lose your license. Why should any purveyor of firearms be held to a lesser standard, when confronted by an unhinged customer?
Or, the small airport instructor who gave the 9-11 terrorists flight instruction. Really? They only wanted to learn take-off, not landing. No “warning bells” or culpability there?
26PKM: Warning bells? Yes there were. I don’t have the reference but my understanding was that an FBI person “in the field” got wind of this and did report it to the “higher ups” but it was ignored. But, of course, this was the Bush/Cheney/Rove FBI, so…
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