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[Emerald Drifter]

No, he was elected because of the electoral college and by idiots who saw him on tv and believed he was a successful businessman because hey, it is reality television.

I know you know WHY the Electoral College was put in place. Do you propose doing away with it?

 

[Lake View Too]

CIA...good guys...right. If you like your government overthrown, sure. Ask the people of Iran, Guatemala, Congo, Dominican Republic, SOUTH VIETNAM (know anyone that was needlessly killed over there?). Mapped: The 7 Governments the U.S. Has Overthrown

Good guys? Ever heard of "Walling" where a detainee is slammed against a wall? Waterboarding? Sleep deprivation? Putting someone in a box that they can only curl up in. Here are just 13 "activities" that the good guys inflicted on people: These Are The 13 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques' The CIA Used On Detainees

Once the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Justice are dismantled, there will nothing left to defend us from fascism. Nothing. You are handing the keys to our nation to a madman.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

@Leader of the Banned

Keep trying....I have stated several times here that I don't have TV. I very rarely watch Fox News at a business or someone's house, maybe.. I get my information from books, news sites around the world, specialized information organizations, podcasts, independent investigative journalists.

Then piece it together to get closer to the real deal. Of course, there is an agenda with every source. You just have to work to see through it.

It easy to see with the chronology, the synchronicity, the code words, where you and some of your buddies get their news. It's like a collective Stockholm syndrome..

That's what they all say.

 

[Emerald Drifter]

Once the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Justice are dismantled, there will nothing left to defend us from fascism. Nothing. You are handing the keys to our nation to a madman.

I appreciate your concern, but I think your focus on the current POTUS and the intense desire to remove him from power partially blinds to the atrocities that the CIA is responsible for.

JFK knew what they were about. He said he want to "break it into 1000 pieces and scatter it to the wind". IMO, JFK was our last REAL President. He tried to make us, America, and the world a more peaceful place. And like Trump he had his issues, but JFK was one of our greatest Presidents.

As for the CIA, and really in the FBI, there are good guys and bad guys.

 

[Lake View Too]

I appreciate your concern, but I think your focus on the current POTUS and the intense desire to remove him from power partially blinds to the atrocities that the CIA is responsible for.

JFK knew what they were about. He said he want to "break it into 1000 pieces and scatter it to the wind". IMO, JFK was our last REAL President. He tried to make us, America, and the world a more peaceful place. And like Trump he had his issues, but JFK was one of our greatest Presidents.

As for the CIA, and really in the FBI, there are good guys and bad guys.

I agree with you that the CIA has done some despicable covert operations though the years, but the systematic way that this president* is degrading these institutions has far reaching consequences. Already, most of our previous allies are hesitant to share intelligence with our intelligence community. Already, this president* is refusing to comply with all subpoenas, which is the backbone of our constitution : three equal branches of government that serve as checks and balances to keep one branch from seizing too much power and turning out the lights.

 

[PoppaJ]

Trump claims it was actually John Barron who lost over a billion dollars in a ten year period.

 

[Emerald Drifter]

Here's an alt-left (ha!) show on YouTube that I enjoy watching. It's The Jimmy Dore Show. He's a comedian by trade, but the real connection with me is that he exposes, ridicules, rants against our Empire's war machine. This particular episode is a discussion with Abby Martin, a journalist that I respect very much.

Of course I don't agree with Jimmy's leftist wish list of single payer health insurance, free college for all, and the usual socialist stuff, but we definitely agree on reducing America's neocon agenda.

And that's why I posted this in this thread. There are movements we can align on, in this case, PEACE. I HOPE that as we prepare to assist Israel (don't even get me started on that) in attacking Iran, perhaps more people will forget about red vs blue and pressure our politicians to mind our own business.

 

[Jimmy T]

 

[elgordoboy]

@Leader of the Banned

Keep trying....I have stated several times here that I don't have TV. I very rarely watch Fox News at a business or someone's house, maybe.. I get my information from books, news sites around the world, specialized information organizations, podcasts, independent investigative journalists.

Then piece it together to get closer to the real deal. Of course, there is an agenda with every source. You just have to work to see through it.

It easy to see with the chronology, the synchronicity, the code words, where you and some of your buddies get their news. It's like a collective Stockholm syndrome..

A self admitted nut then. Cool

 

[Leader of the Banned]

@Leader of the Banned

Keep trying....I have stated several times here that I don't have TV. I very rarely watch Fox News at a business or someone's house, maybe.. I get my information from books, news sites around the world, specialized information organizations, podcasts, independent investigative journalists.

Then piece it together to get closer to the real deal. Of course, there is an agenda with every source. You just have to work to see through it.

It easy to see with the chronology, the synchronicity, the code words, where you and some of your buddies get their news. It's like a collective Stockholm syndrome..