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George W Bush, 2000 – “I am worried about the fact that I’m running against a man who uses the ‘military’ and ‘nation-building’ in the same breath.”
Could be the best EJ Hill pod picture yet.
Which is saying a lot.
So, coming after our successful invasions and reconstructions of civil society in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, we should attack Syria, destroy the Assad regime, create a set of Alawite, Sunni and Christian states, pacify the ISIS held Syrian-Iraqi borderlands and, one must suppose, supplant Syria as the guarantor of the creation of a civil society for Lebanon.
This is madness.
It would have been a good ad if the policeman had given a Pepsi to a protester to discourage the protester from rioting.
Rob and Peter discussing Trump’s business experience also reflects that they are not necessarily familar with the ins and outs of running a business. Trump’s company may have been a family business, but it’s not like a family restaurant it’s a multi million dollar real estate business in NYC. Do you know the red tape, and bureaucratic muck that you have to wade through to get anything built in New York city? I’m sure Trump realizes that you can’t just fire someone, New York is a heavily unionized state, and most construction workers are in unions and like federal employees it’s not easy to fire a union employeee. Also, in business you can’t always choose who you have to do business with in the same manner as anything else, also in business you also have to deal with the government and you can’t just walk away from the government is a deal goes south.
I just wanted to point some of this out because what I heard was a lot of arm chair quarterbacking. Not saying that everything Trump does is wonderful but it can’t be easy to transition a new administration when the exisiting government, deep state (or whatever you want to call it), the media, etc….. is activily working to see that you fail.
Bingo , James, we are so so used to the Republicans caving at the critical moment while blathering about, cloture, committee, reconciliation blah blah blah, next year blah blah. I, too, was shocked they actually did it.
Hosts and guests on The Ricochet Podcast who supported Evan McMullin for president should be subject to “extreme vetting.”
I’m disappointed you discussed the Pepsi ad without mentioning the sign in the protest: “Join the Conversation!”
Surely this must be some kind of copyright violation against Ricochet. Maybe one of the ad developers is a member?