Do you think there is no reason to dislike Donald Trump? Honest question
Come on, of course not.
If you write off all of the Left's fury as "blind hate" then I think you are giving an unreasonably shallow read of the situation. Here's a question for you: Was it in good faith or bad faith that Donald Trump's
EPA threatened California over its air quality while
simultaneously attempting to revoke California's waiver to set it's own, more stringent emissions standards? What about the issue of Donald Trump's
EPA suing the city of San Francisco, preposterously, for homelessness under the guise of pollution. Oh, then there's the attempts to force the state to permit offshore oil drilling (while giving an exemption to his more closely-held Florida) and his threats to withhold disaster relief funding?
Well, was it in good faith or bad faith that cities in Ca went rogue and declared themselves sanctuaries to illegal immigrants? Was it in good faith that Ca allowed a massive amount of illegal immigrants in over the last however many years? Was it in good faith or bad faith that the regulators in Ca (govt) responsible for overseeing proper maintenance of the electrical and gas infrastructure company didn’t do so and allowed a large utility to defer the proper maintenance procedures? (Probably while taking money from them to look the other way). Was that all great dandy good govt good corporation? I don’t personally think so.
Perhaps it was in some people’s minds good faith to in some cases shutdown logging operations in the forests and leave the trees there instead of selectively logging and properly managing them so that instead of going up in smoke the wood could have been put to good use. People literally do hug trees, and they are very idealistic and they do believe that preventing all trees from being cut is a good thing. Imo it isn’t.
The air board in Ca is another story. They manage a lot of policies regarding clean affect a lot of individuals as well as companies and also govt infrastructure. In some cases their primary aim is revenue generation more than environmental protection.
They make policies over all sorts of equipment, I could tell you many interesting stories about that bureaucracy but I do think they are needed. I would just like to see them staffed with better people better qualified folks from a technical standpoint.
Also re homelessness citizens formed up and placed large boulders seriously in the way to prevent the defecation piles public urination and needles which are a tripping hazard caused by the homeless that are always there. I believe the city removed the barriers! To be fair homelessness is a huge issue there, and many of the storm drains go into the waterways, but yeah, it’s a vendetta. I do believe in some areas citizens have had to band up to form ‘poop patrols’ cleaning up human feces from the streets. I mean that sincerely. Like a lot of people I don’t think the president appreciates the behavior of many of the politicians.
But you must admit, there is a federal govt that does exist.
So yes, definitely politics in play, However lots of problems. Tons of problems.
Lots of money changing hands, no different than anywhere really. That’s my opinion.
The incongruity of your post in the context of your support for a man who bullies a 16 year old girl on twitter is mind blowing. Did you expect the discourse in Washington DC to be civil with someone like Donald Trump as president? That's an honest question. Don't mistake any of my posts for wholesale condemnation of all conservatives
I will decline to comment on Greta. But, then again, what should gender matter? She’s basically treated on world stage like an adult? She throws a lot of barbs? Isn’t turnabout FairPlay? Or is she untouchable because she’s a young girl?
Re the last part...I get it. Dems lost an election every pundit told them belonged to them. They were unable to realize the dream
they had of basically controlling everything completely Nd being able to legislate unchecked by much opposition.
My personal take though, is that we are all Americans and we all ought to hold a certain attitude with regard to elected officials.
We elected them after all. Anymore what bothers me is the aggressive argumentation when it has nothing to do with anything other than repeating a message and trying to shove it down people’s throats.
That’s just not how we move forward as a society.
There’s a lot to be said about the environment and events in CA. The majority have voted for policies that ‘sound green’ it feels good, but imo each policy needs to be looked at scientifically, just prohibiting trees from being cut sounds great to the city dwelling folks and people who don’t look at the big picture about forest management.
Sometimes I honestly wonder if people aren’t more concerned with hugging trees than managing them. Infrastructure maintenance is a large issue everywhere but no one wants to talk about it much unless it’s related to traffic, then the power goes out and people get pissed. But look at the overall situation and corruption that allowed that system to get to the state it’s in.
One aspect of that is the tree huggers making it harder and harder to keep powerlines clear of trees!
So, yes, obviously I have a different view than is commonly voiced, and re the comment above I kinda take the idea that my writing seems scripted as it was put as a compliment. I enjoy writing stream of consciousness and sometimes it comes out well.
Cheers
Edit, I have not read this article, but the headline is what I am talking about above.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pg-e-c...in-2018-where-were-the-regulators-11575834385
In some cities near the bay, the left wingers try to take moral high ground, but sometimes they fail to see the forest through the trees...You can support ‘green energy’ all you want and that’s great but don’t forget all the transmission lines that green power goes through and the maintenance required to keep things safe or else all you accomplish is burning down forests and cities.
