Tiger Pants 318

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I’m in process of filling out application for Society of the Cincinnati.

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This is a bigger deal than most on this board realize! I went through the steps as well, but it was only in doing the validation that I realized that my ancestor was a Captain in the Militia, not in the regulars.

For those of you who don't know, Society of Cincinnati requires you to prove direct lineage to an officer (and only an officer) in the Continental Army or Navy. That ancestor also had to serve for at least three years and/or til the end of the war. The really challenging part is that only one ancestor can represent an officer. So think of all your family and cousins that have been born from that veteran's line...hundreds in many cases...only one of you can join.

ETA: And their events are white tie formal, so you also have to know how to tie a bow tie for admission.

It doesn’t matter what I believe the cause to be. It matters what democrats and republicans saw as the solution. And in these instances, the solutions that had bipartisan support had were socialist concepts.

We can argue about the why. But the actions that were taken to address the impacts…at their core were socialist in origin.

This isn’t a partisan POV. This is calling a spade a spade.

Well, the three I listed in my post are pretty good examples. I guess the bank bailouts occurred during the GWOT and Iraq but had nothing to do with the objectives of the war. The airlines have been bailed out a few times, most recently from the CARES Act. Congress has been authorizing crop subsidies since the 1920s.

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Is Trump a socialist?

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I've been thinking a lot about this. Is Trump a card-carrying socialist who walks around talking about the benefits of socialism? Absolutely not.

Does he embrace socialist concepts at times to get himself out of political jams? Absolutely. Look no further than the proposed $12B onetime payment to farmers in the wake of tariff hikes. It certainly bypasses the free market. Not saying i agree or disagree with the tactic, but it certainly has the appearance of socialist tendencies.

And yes, Dumbocrats are guilty of this same thing and worse.

But I think the current strategy of screaming communism and socialism relies heavily on the American public not understanding either concept.

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A Chamber of Commerce puppet is a BIG improvement

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I'll have to do some reading up on why that is a bad thing.

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A Trump EO could may have already removed red tape of home building and purchases.

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This is true under normal circumstances, but I work in an industry that would have been HEAVILY impacted by some of the EO's that he has already signed. One for the better, one for the worse. What we've seen is that the EO's are simply just press releases. There doesn't appear to be anyone actually writing implementation guidance or following up to see that the intent of the EO is actually carried out. Even when you point the relevant agencies to the EO's on the White House website, they rightly point out that its nothing more than a press release without implementation guidance from OMB.

No, I'm genuinely curious as to why people support this move. I see all the support for purging the staff. I just don't see any supporting arguments from anyone on why he is the right person for the job. I'm not looking to set up a debate, I'm legit curious.

I see a lot of people supporting Pulte's move here to purge ODNI of hundreds of staff and sure, I get that this board and millions of others are on board with thinning out the Federal ranks, rooting out deep state, etc. There is likely some merit there.

What I'm legitimately interested in hearing from anyone is a rational defense for Pulte being put in as Director of National Intelligence. Especially interested in the opinions of any of the active-duty service members or veterans out there.

This is all pretty misleading. This money was appropriated by Congress to CBP, who then transferred it to FEMA because they have the most experience administering Federally funded grant programs. FEMA then administered the money for the Shelter and Services Grant Program, which DID provide hundreds of millions of dollars to cities across the country (including NYC) to provide sheltering to undocumented immigrants.

It wasn't "funneled" by CBP and CBP wouldn't have the legal authority to use it on border protection. This was a congressional action that was implemented by CBP and FEMA.

I work with some ranchers who say that the last Screw Worm outbreak made for some really good cowboys. I guess the only way to stay on top of it was to stay in the saddle and check the herd constantly. There was apparently this ointment stuff that you could apply to the cattle that helped that smelled like hell. All the old cowboys I've spoken to said they can still smell it!

Unfortunately, this outbreak was not a surprise. You can even go back to Secretary Rollin's press conferences from a year ago announcing this and that as screw worm mitigation efforts. None of those came to fruition and the eradication method of releasing sterilized flies has been stuck for over a year. The USDA guy who went down to Mexico to assess the situation last summer came back and raised the red flag and was fired pretty soon after. This whole deal has put the cattlemen at odds with Secretary Rollins. Unusual dynamic for a USDA Secretary from Texas!