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    Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump's agenda already done, faster than Reagan

    Heritage Foundation: 64% of Trump's agenda already done, faster than Reagan
    by Paul Bedard | Feb 27, 2018, 11:40 AM

    With unprecedented speed, the Trump administration has already implemented nearly two-thirds of the 334 agenda items called for by the Heritage Foundation, a pace faster than former President Reagan who embraced the conservative think tank’s legendary “Mandate for Leadership” blueprint.

    Thomas Binion, director of congressional and executive branch relations at Heritage, said that Trump has implemented 64 percent of the “unique policy recommendations” from the group.

    At this stage of his presidency, Reagan had completed 49 percent of the Heritage policy recommendations.

    “We’re blown away,” Binion said in an interview. Trump, he said, “is very active, very conservative, and very effective.”

    What’s more, he said, Trump hasn’t just focused on one agenda area, but he and his team has pushed through administrative moves on foreign policy, deregulation, immigration, tax reform and health care, moves often ignored by the media.

    “It is a huge volume that his administration has worked on and it is a huge spectrum of issues,” said Binion.

    His report card jibes with one from the West Wing which showed at the end of the year that the administration has scored 81 major achievements slashed at least 11 major legacy items of former President Barack Obama.

    Together, the policy wins are adding up to a reelection agenda. “It is absolutely a winning agenda,” said Binion.

    Trump very early in his presidency signed reelection papers and on Tuesday he began to set up his reelection team, naming is digital advisor Brad Parscale as his campaign manager.

    Heritage has been a partner with Trump and his administration since the transition from the Obama administration.

    Their “Mandate for Leadership” was first produced for Reagan in 1981. Reagan handed out a copy of the single book to every cabinet member. For Trump, Heritage produced five books and the president has embraced them.

    “He has been very, very active,” said Binion. “He is moving the ball in the conservative direction,” he added.

    In Heritage’s review of Trump’s moves so far, they highlighted these actions:

    Leaving the Paris Climate Accord: In August 2017, Trump announced the U.S. was ending its funding and membership in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

    Repealing Net Neutrality: In December 2017, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission chairman proposed ending the 2015 network neutrality rules.

    Reshaping National Monuments: Heritage’s recommendation to prohibit Land Acquisition (Cap and Reduce the Size of the Federal Estate) was adopted by Trump when he issued two executive orders effectively shrinking the size of national monuments in Utah.

    Reinstating the Mexico City Policy: This executive order prevents taxpayer money from funding international groups involved in abortion and ending funding to the United Nations Population fund. On Jan. 23, 2017, in his first pro-life action, Trump signed an executive order today reinstating the Mexico City Policy.

    Increasing Military Spending: Trump’s budget calls for a $54 billion increase in military spending to improve capacity, capability, and readiness of America’s armed forces.

    Reforming Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF): The Trump administration adopted and is in favor of strengthening existing work requirements in order to receive benefits.

    Allowing Development of Natural Resources: The Trump administration opened off-shore drilling and on federal lands. Executive Order 13783 directed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to commence federal land coal leasing activities.

    Reforming Government Agencies: Trump tasked each of his Cabinet secretaries to prepare detailed plans on how they propose to reduce the scope and size of their respective departments while streamlining services and ensuring each department runs more efficiently and handles tax dollars appropriately.

    Withdrawing from UNESCO: In October 2017, Trump announced he was putting an end to U.S. membership in the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

    Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com
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    How did Bush do
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Root View Post
    MAGA
    Ya, he's not perfect, but like I said he is going to drag the left (and some who at least claim to be on the right) kicking and screaming into a far better future than Hillary would have.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    How did Bush do
    Increasing Military Spending: Trump’s budget calls for a $54 billion increase in military spending to improve capacity, capability, and readiness of America’s armed forces.
    The Bushes did just fine.

    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Ya, he's not perfect, but like I said he is going to drag the left (and some who at least claim to be on the right) kicking and screaming into a far better future than Hillary would have.
    Oh, I don't know. I think she'd have managed to borrow money and give it to the military to spend in Syria as well.
    Last edited by acptulsa; 02-28-2018 at 11:23 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    The Bushes did just fine.
    So.... one out of??? What % was that?

    Oh, I don't know. I think she'd have managed to borrow money and give it to the military to spend in Syria as well.
    These threads are posted for reading and learning, not for making random off topic comments.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    These threads are posted for reading and learning, not for making random off topic comments.
    If it's off topic to compare to Hillary, why did you do it?
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    Pinochet is the model
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    Liberty preserving authoritarianism.
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Enforced internal open borders was one of the worst elements of the Constitution.

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    Move of Israel embassy and expansions of military intervention in Syrian/Afghan wars alone count for about 50% probably. What is the other 14%... Path to DACA Wall/H1-B/spending cuts/Jarvanka kicking out Bannon and attacking Sessions & Roy Moore, gun control?


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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Ya, he's not perfect, but like I said he is going to drag the left (and some who at least claim to be on the right) kicking and screaming into a far better future than Hillary would have.
    Right-

    With unprecedented speed, the Trump administration has already implemented nearly two-thirds of the 334 agenda items called for by the Heritage Foundation, a pace faster than former President Reagan who embraced the conservative think tank’s legendary “Mandate for Leadership” blueprint.
    Just like Reagan who was one of the worst presidents of modern times.
    There is no spoon.

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    “We’re blown away,” Binion said in an interview. Trump, he said, “is very active, very conservative, and very effective.”

    lol thanks for the laffs
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheCount View Post
    If it's off topic to compare to Hillary, why did you do it?
    This thread is about the variety of victories we have had in government in the last year, it is not a thread about a single issue.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    So.... one out of??? What % was that?
    Are you agreeing the Bushes were conservative?!

    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    These threads are posted for reading and learning, not for making random off topic comments.
    I was responding to you. So if the subject was off topic...

    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    This thread is about the variety of victories we have had in government in the last year, it is not a thread about a single issue.
    Are you sure it isn't about the Heritage Foundation, and their semi-RINO criteria?

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    Are you agreeing the Bushes were conservative?!



    I was responding to you. So if the subject was off topic...
    I only have time to answer questions that make sense.


    Are you sure it isn't about the Heritage Foundation, and their semi-RINO criteria?
    What % of their criteria is RINO?
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    What % of their criteria is RINO?
    Off topic.
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Pinochet is the model
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Liberty preserving authoritarianism.
    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Enforced internal open borders was one of the worst elements of the Constitution.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    I only have time to answer questions that make sense.




    What % of their criteria is RINO?
    What percentage? So you assume I do have time to answer questions that make no sense?

    Does this look like something Calvin Coolidge would say?

    Terrorism based in Afghanistan continues to challenge the stability of that country. To the extent that various groups based in the region straddling the border with Pakistan remain potent and active, they also remain a threat in being to the stability of Pakistan, which is a matter of concern given Pakistan’s status as a nuclear power and its sustained frictions with India, also a nuclear power.

    In addition, Iran’s efforts to develop more advanced military capabilities and its active support of the various terrorist groups operating in the Middle East continue to undermine regional security conditions and therefore to threaten the regional interests of the U.S.
    https://www.heritage.org/military-st...cutive-summary

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheCount View Post
    Off topic.
    No it isn't... that is about as on topic as you can get.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."



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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    What percentage? So you assume I do have time to answer questions that make no sense?

    Does this look like something Calvin Coolidge would say?

    See, this is going off topic again. We all know we don't agree with the Heritage Foundation on 100% of the issues, especially foreign policy. What we are discussing is a wide range of policies in this thread. Let's keep on track.

    So what % of the issues are RINO issues? 1%? 5%? .5%? 10%?
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    See, this is going off topic again. We all know we don't agree with the Heritage Foundation on 100% of the issues, especially foreign policy. What we are discussing is a wide range of policies in this thread. Let's keep on track.

    So what % of the issues are RINO issues? 1%? 5%? .5%? 10%?
    Well, let's see. Whoever increases defense spending the most wins the best score from them. No other criteria seems to have enough weight to change that.

    What does that tell us about the Heritage Foundation, and the percentages they use in their rating system?

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    Well, let's see. Whoever increases defense spending the most wins the best score from them. No other criteria seems to have enough weight to change that.

    What does that tell us about the Heritage Foundation, and the percentages they use in their rating system?
    It seems you did not read the OP and thus do not understand their rating system.

    You also seem to be unwilling to answer the question I've now asked twice, which would give us the information we need to determine how effective this particular metric is.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    It seems you did not read the OP and thus do not understand their rating system.

    You also seem to be unwilling to answer the question I've now asked twice, which would give us the information we need to determine how effective this particular metric is.
    Well, since I don't seem to understand their rating system, and therefore can't explain anything more about it than the fact that it gives the highest ratings to those presidents who increase military spending the most, why don't you try your hand at finding that information? Why don't you tell us all the ins and outs of their particular metric?

    Or is the Heritage Foundation also off topic in a thread about the Heritage Foundation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    Well, since I don't seem to understand their rating system, and therefore can't explain anything more about it than the fact that it gives the highest ratings to those presidents who increase military spending the most, why don't you try your hand at finding that information? Why don't you tell us all the ins and outs of their particular metric?

    Or is the Heritage Foundation also off topic in a thread about the Heritage Foundation?
    Hmm ya you don't seem to have any knowledge of their metric at all.

    Why don't you read the OP first and then make some valid comments rather than filling the thread up with bull$#@!? Maybe try and answer the question I asked? It doesn't have to be exact, you can estimate if you want. Just want to get an idea of where you think it is.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Ya, he's not perfect, but like I said he is going to drag the left (and some who at least claim to be on the right) kicking and screaming into a far better future than Hillary would have.
    I hate that it always comes back to this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Hmm ya you don't seem to have any knowledge of their metric at all.

    Why don't you read the OP first and then make some valid comments? Maybe try and answer the question I asked? It doesn't have to be exact, you can estimate if you want. Just want to get an idea of where you think it is.
    Comparing Trump to Reagan solidifies it.

    V. Conclusion: Reagan: Rhetoric and Reality

    Ronald Reagan was swept into office by the conservative movement, whose leader and spokesman he had become. He made a raft of campaign promises to that movement, each and every one of which he has broken egregiously. He raised income taxes rather than lowered them, he brought us $200 billion deficits rather than balancing the budget, he entrenched fiat money rather than bringing back the gold standard, his budget is the highest absolutely and as percentage of GNP in American history, he has deregulated nothing, he has not abolished the Departments of Education and Energy, etc. The conservative movement has long been animated by three broad concerns: (a) Freeing the economy and Getting Big Government Off Our Back; (b) using government to enforce Judaeo-Christian morality (so-called "social" issues), and (c) engaging in nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Simply listing these concerns reveals that (b) and (c), the theocratic and the war-mongering, contradict the libertarian (a), to put it very mildly. The conservative movement is so constituted that in a tussle between these three, (b) and (c) always win out in their hearts and minds over the free market.

    The quintessence of Ronald Reagan is that he is a master in supplying the conservative movement with the rhetoric they want to hear. In all politicians there is a gulf between rhetoric and reality, but in Ronald Reagan that gulf has become a veritable and mighty ocean. There seems to be no contact whatever between Ronnie the rhetorician and Ronnie the maker of policy. In that situation it is hard to know which one is "the real" Reagan. The conservatives, feeling betrayed but lacking any guts for a break with the Administration, persist in asserting (publicly, at any rate) that the rhetorical Reagan is the real one, and that if only his evil pragmatist advisers would "let him," this real Reagan would finally emerge. Hence, the famous right-wing slogan, "Let Reagan Be Reagan." But the problem with that slogan is the "let." What do you mean, "let"? Who picked these evil advisers, and who persists in maintaining them in power? None other than Reagan himself. So in what sense is this visible person not the "real" Reagan?

    There are only two solutions to his dilemma, neither one a happy situation for conservatives. Either Reagan is a total cretin, a puppet who gets wheeled out for ceremonial speeches, and who really believes that he is putting conservative policies into effect. Or Reagan is a cynical master politician, keeping the conservatives happy by dishing out their rhetoric and his phony 3×5 card anecdotes, while keeping corporate centrists happy by pursuing the New Deal-Fair Deal-Great Society-Nixon-Ford policies that we have all come to know so well. Either way: Reagan the imbecile or Reagan the cynical manipulator, the situation is hopeless for conservatives, who yet persist in willfully not perceiving this stark reality.

    Of the three conservative concerns mentioned above, Reagan has clearly and flatly sold out the free market, and also pretty much for the theocratic social issues. Unfortunately, the anti-Soviet part of the rhetoric is something that Reagan seems to believe in more firmly than the rest of the stuff, so that he has more difficulty abandoning his conservative mass base on this issue than on the others. "Unfortunately," because the more Reagan betrays conservatism on the war front (and on theocracy), the better. The drift toward war, and the ascendancy of the war-hawk troika, are ominous signposts for the future. The only silver lining in the cloud is that, despite the whipped-up hysteria, the Reagan Administration hasn't really done anything to crack down directly on the Russians. (He couldn't retaliate by banning Aeroflot in U.S., since Carter had already locked that into place when the Russians marched into Afghanistan.) His not doing anything concrete has, of course, sent conservatives up the wall, for this is by far their most emotional and most deeply felt of the three broad issues. It is a helluva note when we have to rely, for saving us from nuclear annihilation, on the likes of the Rockefellers, the Trilateralists, the Shultzes, the Kissingers, and all the rest. But that is unfortunately the way things are.

    Hopefully, as rhetoric and reality clash and as we weave back and forth in the direction of the Final World War, Ronnie will be booted out in 1984, and we will all be able to leave the question of who or what is the "real" Reagan to shrinks and historians. Ronald Reagan will, then at long last, become supremely irrelevant for our time.

    Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995), the founder of modern libertarianism and the dean of the Austrian School of economics, was the author of The Ethics of Liberty and For a New Liberty and many other books and articles. He was also academic vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the Center for Libertarian Studies, and the editor – with Lew Rockwell – of The Rothbard-Rockwell Report.

    Murray Rothbard Archives
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    Trump pledges:

    Build a wall- have Mexico pay for it. Check.

    End Obamacare. Check.

    Reduce the size of government. Check.

    Withdraw from NAFTA. Check.

    Withdraw from TPP. (actually we were never members- we never ratified it so we couldn't quit).

    They did pass tax cuts.

    Repeal every Obama executive order. (he has done a couple).

    Reduce foreign entanglements and bring military home to secure the border. Check.
    Last edited by Zippyjuan; 02-28-2018 at 01:59 PM.



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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Hmm ya you don't seem to have any knowledge of their metric at all.

    Why don't you read the OP first and then make some valid comments rather than filling the thread up with bull$#@!? Maybe try and answer the question I asked? It doesn't have to be exact, you can estimate if you want. Just want to get an idea of where you think it is.
    Meaning, you can't find out their Secret Formula either. But they said nice things about Trump, so it must be valid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    Meaning, you can't find out their Secret Formula either. But they said nice things about Trump, so it must be valid.
    It's not a 'secret formula', if you simply read the OP you would know that.

    The amount of time you have now wasted of everybody else by continuing to post bull$#@! is becoming staggering, it is really selfish actually. Just read the OP.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    It's not a 'secret formula', if you simply read the OP you would know that.

    The amount of time you have now wasted of everybody else by continuing to post bull$#@! is becoming staggering, it is really selfish actually. Just read the OP.
    I simply observed that the Heritage Foundation's mission and criteria are not 100% conservative. One simple comment.

    You did more to turn that into a threadjack than me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post
    I simply observed that the Heritage Foundation's mission and criteria are not 100% conservative. One simple comment.

    You did more to turn that into a threadjack than me.
    No, actually I asked you a simple question early on - recognizing that The Heritage Foundation's mission and criteria are not 100% conservative, I asked you what % of their criteria you think is not conservative. 1%? 5%? Less? More?

    Obviously military spending is not conservative, however that is one line item which represents a very small percentage of their list. They did not indicate that there was any weighting on any particular line items, for example, if he spends more on military he gets 25%.. that is just simply not the case, but that is what you insinuated.
    "He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
    "dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
    "You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
    "When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q

    "Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul

    "Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."

  33. #29
    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Trump pledges:

    End Obamacare. Check.
    The mandate ended. I did not follow this much, but I suspect Rand and Mike Lee got Trumps ear. Either way, it's going to save my household a lot of cash.



    Repeal every Obama executive order. (he has done a couple).
    A couple? This January 2018 article is entitled "67 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump." 33 rules have been overturned.



    Trump is a dick, but at least be accurate with the trolling. How was Cuba by the way?
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    ...I believe that when the government is capable of doing a thing, it will.
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    which one of yall fuckers wrote the "ron paul" racist news letters
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    Zippy's posts are a great contribution.




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    Quote Originally Posted by acptulsa View Post


    Oh, I don't know. I think she'd have managed to borrow money and give it to the military to spend in Syria as well.
    I'm not a big Trump fangirl, but the Supreme Court was in play. I am not issuing a challenge but there 's not a lot that Trump can do that will make that not a huge victory for the long term.

    I

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