11-09-2016, 03:56 AM
(11-09-2016, 03:43 AM)Galen Wrote: Actually I expected this election to closer in many ways than it actually turned out. Truth is, an economic crisis was already baked into the cake. The best anyone could do is delay it with the unfortunate consequence of having an even worse crisis later. Given the current state of the US it would be best if the government would quite bombing the middle east and antagonizing Russia. As I have said before, " I am not certain that Trump is the answer but it is clear that Hillary isn't".
Trump pledged to defeat ISIS. I shudder at the thought of him at the helm of this difficult operation.
Quote:Take if from someone who has watched Trump longer than you have been alive. Trump is not self destructive, not even in his younger days. Now that he is seventy with children and grand-children it seems unlikely that will have changed.I don't think anyone knows. He has been destructive toward others. Noone said he was terribly self-destructive. I think he cares about the country. I don't think he knows how to do it.
Quote: Remember, that I am an Xer with an over-developed sense of self-preservation. I have had to take risks but I don't take stupid ones and tend to win more than I lose.See Gabrielle? There you are again. Xers are about survival.
Quote:As for the election: so much for astrology. You are absolutely correct about that.I dunno. It's a blow. It must be said that there were lots of astrologers who predicted Trump would win. I did not think their methods were well-researched. But maybe that doesn't matter.
Quote:We are entering the second half of the fourth turning and its going to be a bumpy ride. I think our odds of survival have increased greatly.
Diminished greatly.
But I wish us and the new president well anyway.