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One thing about these days…it is obvious to see who actually is a small government conservative and who is a big government liberal. Imagine people calling themselves fiscally conservative and then railing against the cutting of frivolous spending.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | ||
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Frivolous?? Like firefighters? Scientists working on bird flu? Essential personal at the FAA? Cutting the already understaffed and underfunded USFS? The people that actually keep our country moving forward and functioning? A personal observation on government efficiency. Approval times for import permits have gone from hours or days to weeks or over a month. From my point of view, that is not increased efficiency. | |||
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Trump? The MAGA ARSEHOLE? Cadet Bone Spur? A conservative?? Hahahahaha!  | |||
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Lane thinks only the parts of government that benefit him should exist, selfishness raised to a religion. "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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Poor Lane, lost in an orange cloud. Fire fighters cut: https://apnews.com/article/nat...6f19c5b8fe695e721bd6 https://wildfiretoday.com/2025...ldland-firefighters/ https://idahocapitalsun.com/20...-scary-consequences/ | |||
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One other thing about things these days...it's obvious who is a member of a cult and who is not. | |||
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From watching the last decade…looks like that system of fighting fires was terrible — needed revamping.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Yep, it wasn't drought or climate change that caused the fires, it was the firefighters, just like doctors caused COVID and veterinarians are causing bird flu, raising the price of eggs... And Elon Musk, forestry expert, is gonna fix it. "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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The new plan....just let shit burn and blame the Democrats! More winning!  | |||
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I am fine with cutting spending. It is the completely chaotic and unstructured process being used to go about it that is disturbing. But you elect a clown, expect a circus. Mike | |||
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This. Firing people and then having to hire them back because you didn't know WTF you were doing. Give me a home where the buffalo roam and I'll show you a house full of buffalo shit. | |||
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Geez man, just spray some Ivermectin on the trees, what’s so hard about that? Count your blessings, between Agent Krasnov isolating the nation, the South African running your economy and Bobby Brainworm looking after your healthcare you’ll soon have no problems of any kind. Well, nothing of any kind really, but no problems either. | |||
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There were reasons for those jobs. Most likely the jobs could be done more efficiently by fewer people. It's the nature of government to be inefficient if need be, to show that it's doing something about a problem. To execute those functions more efficiently is a task that takes work. Time-consuming work. Trump is not budgeting time to actually do the work. He's getting it done inefficiently to show that he's doing something, just like paragraph above. It's the nature of politics and government... TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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Trump is getting schooled on being conservative by Musk! You know, the South African immigrant who has so many kids from so many women. Unmarried of course! | |||
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I don't know of anyone, especially herein, who is railing against cutting frivolous spending. And, I don't know of any big government liberals. I do know some so-deemed liberals and conservatives who advocate a functional government. All the so deemed and self-deemed real small government conservatives I know of a full of shit. What they are really advocating is dysfunctional government. The evidence for that is aplenty, but the existence of Trump/Musk in the middle and top of it is proof enough. It's the definitions and application of the terms "small government", "big government", "fiscally conservative", "frivolous spending" which are skewed. Apparently "functional" isn't relevant. The far-right advocates are righteously certain their view is the only reasonable and sensible way. It's only common sense they say. Someone herein asked what happened to common sense. The answer clearly is that the far-right stuck their foot in the door of governance. ************* “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” George Orwell, 1984 https://www.google.com/search?...sclient=gws-wiz-serp Degenerate 1:1 1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it". Degenerate 1:2 2 Then Trump said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay on your behalf." Degenerate 1:3 3 "My Kingdom come, My will be done." "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis O.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." - Albert Camus | |||
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That’s exactly right. I have been through my fair share of RIFs and efficiency exercises. It is time consuming and hard work involving tough decisions. It means redesigning processes. It is not done with a fire axe unless you want to experience problems and ensuing chaos. Increasingly I think the answer to most of what Trump and his team are doing is, elect a clown, expect a circus. Mike | |||
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Very disingenuous. Firefighting had evolved leaps and bounds , I am very impressed with the modern equipment and tactics used today. On the other hand, fire prevention has been abysmal and it seems to me the planners and administrators have been half GOP since Y2K. Cutting firefighters doesn't decrease fuel load, maybe you could speak with the Trump boys about that. | |||
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That's because Musk knows that the world needs more people. Overpopulation is not a real thing. Bill | |||
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And apparently staff required to work on nukes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o | |||
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoCla40NmiM Kevin O'Leary (A Canadian)disagree's. Formerly "Nganga" | |||
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He is welcome to his incorrect opinion. This has been a mess Steve, your leader's mess, but a mess none the less. | |||
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Dear God, don’t call that skeevy turncoat quisling a Canadian. He’s a rich crooked drunk who killed two people with his boat, claimed his wife was driving, and managed to get his judge buddy to get her off by “failing to prove she was operating the boat”. He’d sell his mother into prostitution if he thought he could make a bit more money. He’s Canadas equivalent of J.D. Vance, maybe even slimier. | |||
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Nobody else did anything for decades so when someone is actually trying it’s wrong? Anyone of you balance your home budget? And when it comes to western fires, West will burn no matter how much money we throw at it Mother Nature at its best Best protection from fires is not build in fire prone wooded areas and built up residential areas need to keep their neighborhoods clean of flammable debris to start with Pretty simple and that costs a lot less then having fire and having multiple firefighters just watching/monitoring it People in the west have seen it over and over and over again Millions spent and then rain or snow will put it out Firefighting became another government industry Never been lost, just confused here and there for month or two | |||
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slick willie, with the help of newt, was able to balance the federal budget for ONE year.. credit where it's due and the last actual passed budget was fy 2009 opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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True that but that was 3 decades ago meaning balanced one Never been lost, just confused here and there for month or two | |||
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Just about - but i have hope for fy 26 opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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and even us the canadian conservatives did not see the way he accepted the gun control when he tried to ran for the conservative leadership ... we let you that one ,,,... | |||
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Then we are in agreement Never been lost, just confused here and there for month or two | |||
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Who would have ever thought there were so many liberals on a hunting and shooting forum. The libtards are showing their true colors of keying Teslas and generally being domestic terrorists — revealing themselves as the enemy of the US they really are and the ARPF liberals just continue to whine about Trump. Conservatives are supposed to hate wasteful spending. Elon is rooting it out. No words of praise for that here…as few conservatives reside here. Life is good. We have a true USA loving POTUS and who would have thought Elon would have turned out to be the true national treasure he is! God bless Donald Trump and God bless Elon Musk!!! The best part is watching the hypocrisy like Mark Kelly selling the best electric car ever made and buying a true gas-drinking Taboe. Hey I like Tahoes and own a couple but they damn sure ain’t known for fuel economy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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DOGE has demonstrated exactly zero fraud, none, so far. What they, and you, are calling "waste" is just spending they, and you, disagree with, but the Constitution vests the power to spend with Congress, and Congressional spending bills have always been negotiated to include a mix of priorities to garner enough votes for passage. DOGE's chainsaw approach upends that process by retroactively eliminating half of what was agreed to by Congress without a single legal justification to do so. We have National Weather Service offices in Nebraska and Oklahoma suspending the launches of weather balloons because their staff was cut, but that area doesn't experience severe weather so that's fine... "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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Hear hear to DOGE. I have noticed zero ill-effects to day-to-day life. Have you?  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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And all this time I thought you were interested in big picture stuff.  BTW, IMO there are "normal" conservatives/republicans then there are radicalized republicans. I thought that many "normal" republican conservatives were posting herein, which the radical republicans were calling libs. Offend them if you want, I find it amusing at least. And I don't know of anyone who isn't opposed to wasteful govt spending. I do know of people who oppose exec power grabs thwarting the authority of congress. And what is "waste" to radicals is often well spent to others. As long as I have been paying attention to politics I have thought that the "idea" of small govt was a corrupt idea. And the workings of DOGE have affirmed that thought. The real goal of small govt advocates is to make govt dysfunctional, then they will say see - I told you so. Basically, it's both cause and effect waste inherently. Examples are Obamacare and now Social Security. It's a clear republican formula to chip away at something to make it dysfunctional, when they can't destroy it outright. Regarding fraud - forcing their way into data bases, and gaining access in general, where they don't belong or lack clearance is fraud in my book. Arbitrary cuts and disruption just for the sake of cutting costs is fraud IMO. Then in many cases reversal indicate not being careful and lacking knowledge of what they are doing indicates incompetence and intentional lack of care, at least, if not fraud. It's corrupt for sure. Where does lies, support of lies, farce justifications, intersect with fraud? Then there's by Trump admin promotion of Tesla stock, https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/2...doge-cybertruck.html Politics ‘Buy Tesla,’ Commerce chief Lutnick urges as Musk leads DOGE for Trump administration Published Thu, Mar 20 202511:04 AM EDT Updated Thu, Mar 20 202512:41 PM EDT and Tesla car show on the WH lawn. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/e...-buys-car-rcna195905 And now there is: https://www.pcmag.com/news/sta...r-satellite-internet Starlink vs. Fiber: Trump Eyes More Federal Subsidies for Satellite Internet Democrats fear changes to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program under Trump will shift funds from fiber installations to SpaceX's Starlink. By Michael Kan March 5, 2025 There are several articles on that topic. And: https://wapo.st/41HS3EH What to know about Trump’s plan to abolish the Education Department President Donald Trump has been promising to abolish the Education Department since the 2024 campaign. Here’s what to know about his effort to close it. March 20, 2025 at 1:03 p.m. EDT Yesterday at 1:03 p.m. EDT https://bbc.com/news/articles/c79zxzj90nno What does the US education department do - and can Trump truly dismantle it? 13 hours ago Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC https://www.aclu.org/news/raci...-education-explained Trump’s Attack on the Department of Education, Explained The Trump administration just put millions of students’ education and civil rights at risk by closing key Department of Education offices and firing half of its workforce. https://www.nea.org/nea-today/...-would-harm-students How Dismantling the Department of Education Would Harm Students The Trump administration is taking a wrecking ball to public schools—inflicting damage on millions of students across the country in the process—to pay for tax handouts for billionaires. ************* “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” George Orwell, 1984 https://www.google.com/search?...sclient=gws-wiz-serp Degenerate 1:1 1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it". Degenerate 1:2 2 Then Trump said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay on your behalf." Degenerate 1:3 3 "My Kingdom come, My will be done." "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis O.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." - Albert Camus | |||
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Well, you didn't get fired did you? What a surprise that it always turns out to be all about you.  | |||
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...1f647a53f8beff&ei=40 Judge bars Musk's DOGE team from Social Security records in scathing ruling Story by Lorie Konish • 2h • 3 min read ************* “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” George Orwell, 1984 https://www.google.com/search?...sclient=gws-wiz-serp Degenerate 1:1 1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it". Degenerate 1:2 2 Then Trump said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay on your behalf." Degenerate 1:3 3 "My Kingdom come, My will be done." "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis O.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." - Albert Camus | |||
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While I might consider running for a state office and if I did…I would take no pay to do it…but besides that…you couldn’t put a .45 in my ear and make me “work” for the government. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Another point. If you find yourself in opposition to the deportation of those gang thugs to El Salvador…you are likely NOT a conservative. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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You're working for Trump's govt now. The payoff, at least, is ideological satisfaction. Get with it Lane, there's lots of money for loyalist millionaires in the Trump admin. ************* “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” George Orwell, 1984 https://www.google.com/search?...sclient=gws-wiz-serp Degenerate 1:1 1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it". Degenerate 1:2 2 Then Trump said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay on your behalf." Degenerate 1:3 3 "My Kingdom come, My will be done." "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis O.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." - Albert Camus | |||
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You are intentionally missing the point and trying to gaslight, and trying to confuse others. It's not the deportation itself. It's the flaunting disregard for due process, and the stupid justifications of that in particular. https://youtu.be/avvKHJdv_CY?si=pVXdH3nY1MgAUY7b Wall ************* “Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future.” George Orwell, 1984 https://www.google.com/search?...sclient=gws-wiz-serp Degenerate 1:1 1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it". Degenerate 1:2 2 Then Trump said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay on your behalf." Degenerate 1:3 3 "My Kingdom come, My will be done." "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis O.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." - Albert Camus | |||
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Nobody is in opposition to that. It's against the law to deport them without due process. If you're in opposition to that, all your quacking about the Constitution is meaningless. | |||
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