01-24-2017, 12:54 AM
(01-23-2017, 11:46 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Two delights (irony intended):I don't know which is worse, the Trump administration misleading people about the size of its crowd or the Obama administration misleading people about the reason and the facts associated with the death of a US ambassador considering they're both guilty of misleading. However, I do view one as being relatively insignificant compared to the other one. PB, if you find yourself alone with no political party left for you turn to or rely for support, it will be your own fault.
Kellyanne Goebbels -- excuse me, Conway coined the spectacularly-fraudulent oxymoron "alternative facts".
The other: Donald Trump said to the CIA that it would be wise to seize the oil of counties that the United States defeats in war. Chris Matthews pointed out that the USA went to war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq over the invasion of Kuwait because Hussein intended to take Kuwaiti oil assets.
George Orwell and Hannah Arendt are becoming relevant to a country that we never expected them to be relevant.