Obamas Farewell Speech

[Phantom]

Some people need to understand that upsetting fellow members/brothers on this motorcycle forum is nothing short of wasted energy. ALL POLITICIANS are liars, cheats and thieves ... that's the sad truth.

Call it age ... but I have come to the realisation that no matter how disgusted I become with politicians ... I just have to focus on my life and do what's best for my family.

I vote for politicians with real world experience, I once had an argument with a college professor that criticised my way of applying my "on the field" experience towards my classroom assignments, some of my knowledge was based on real world experience not what a book said was supposed to work.

I flat out told him that the reason why he was a professor was because he would've failed in the real world as a businessman. Books smarts/ fantasies .... don't always match reality.

[Bill1584]

Some people need to understand that upsetting fellow members/brothers on this motorcycle forum is nothing short of wasted energy. ALL POLITICIANS are liars, cheats and thieves ... that's the sad truth.

Call it age ... but I have come to the realisation that no matter how disgusted I become with politicians ... I just have to focus on my life and do what's best for my family.

I vote for politicians with real world experience, I once had an argument with a college professor that criticised my way of applying my "on the field" experience towards my classroom assignments, some of my knowledge was based on real world experience not what a book said was supposed to work.

I flat out told him that the reason why he was a professor was because he would've failed in the real world as a businessman. Books smarts/ fantasies .... don't always match reality.

Dang, Phantom. Thou art wise. Surely your professor was given pause to consider his place in the universe, if not in class then later on. Too funny.

I agree for the most part with your assessment of politicians. I have only known one personally, and found him to be fair, honest, and level-headed. Maybe it is only because I agreed with him for the most part. I voted for Mr. Trump in the hope that he would be less AFFECTED by past ways of doing things, and therefore more EFFECTIVE as a leader. I have seen nothing, save a few ill conceived comments on twitter, to make me think he won't do just that. His experience is entirely from living his life in business, not politics.

Late last year, I entertained and old friend and his wife. In conversation after dinner, he began to wonder whether I was leaning right enough. So he asked if I believed there should be a massive wealth re-distribution. I told him yes, to be certain. I believe that far too few hold far too much wealth, and that the solution seemed clear to me. Simple, really. I believe each person in the country should wake up, face the provider in the mirror, and go out and make a million bucks. Or at least try. Utilize skill, hard work and perseverance. Now THIS would re-distribute a bunch of wealth. He laughed, thank goodness.

[Phantom]

Dang, Phantom. Thou art wise. Surely your professor was given pause to consider his place in the universe, if not in class then later on. Too funny.

I believe that far too few hold far too much wealth, and that the solution seemed clear to me. Simple, really. I believe each person in the country should wake up, face the provider in the mirror, and go out and make a million bucks. Or at least try. Utilize skill, hard work and perseverance. Now THIS would re-distribute a bunch of wealth. He laughed, thank goodness.

Ironically, I was bored in that class and was failing it due to lack of interest and learning much more in the field than in class. My professor was going to give me a token "C" because I deviated from his curriculum, I disagreed with him and felt that I truly deserved an "A". In order for that to happen the professor gave me a ultimatum . My last assignment had to impress the class and he would allow the class to give me my final grade. Its a long story but I succeeded in getting my "A" I had to do things that I had never done before and it worked.

I ended up doing O.K. in life.
EARNING wealth is not easy,
If you want what you've never had , you must do what you've never done.

[stroguy]

I like catfish, is that seafood? Oops....sorry OP I did watch the speech a bit but I think I heard gunfire outside and turned it off. No hijack intended.

[tiltingf6b]

Here's the federal week in review:
1. Trump fires all Ambassadors and Special Envoys, ordering them out by inauguration day. No exceptions.
2. House brings back the Holman rule allowing them to reduce an individual civil service, SES positions, or political appointee's salary to $1, effectively firing them by amendment to any piece of legislation. We now know why they wanted names and positions of people in Energy and State.
3. Senate schedules 6 simultaneous hearings on cabinet nominees and triple-books those hearings with Trump's first press conference in months and an ACA budget vote, effectively preventing any concentrated coverage or protest.
4. House GOP expressly forbids the Congressional Budget Office from reporting or tracking ANY costs related to the repeal of the ACA.
5. Trump continues to throw the intelligence community under the bus to protect Putin, despite the growing mountain of evidence that the Russians deliberately interfered in our election.
6. Trump breaks a central campaign promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by asking Congress (in other words, us, the taxpayers) to pay for it.
7. Trump threatens Toyota over a new plant that was never coming to the US nor will take jobs out of the US.
8. House passes the REINS act, giving them veto power over any rules enacted by any federal agency or department--for example, FDA or EPA bans a drug or pesticide, Congress can overrule based on lobbyists not science. Don't like that endangered species designation, Congress kills it.
9. Fired top administrators of the National Nuclear Safety Agency. There are no replacements named, and they'd need Senate confirmation anyway. Those two managed our active arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Each of these was fact checked - your welcome to fact check again - in fact I encourage it as long as FOX news is not your fact based source.

[Davidk]

Here's the federal week in review:
1. Trump fires all Ambassadors and Special Envoys, ordering them out by inauguration day. No exceptions.
2. House brings back the Holman rule allowing them to reduce an individual civil service, SES positions, or political appointee's salary to $1, effectively firing them by amendment to any piece of legislation. We now know why they wanted names and positions of people in Energy and State.
3. Senate schedules 6 simultaneous hearings on cabinet nominees and triple-books those hearings with Trump's first press conference in months and an ACA budget vote, effectively preventing any concentrated coverage or protest.
4. House GOP expressly forbids the Congressional Budget Office from reporting or tracking ANY costs related to the repeal of the ACA.
5. Trump continues to throw the intelligence community under the bus to protect Putin, despite the growing mountain of evidence that the Russians deliberately interfered in our election.
6. Trump breaks a central campaign promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by asking Congress (in other words, us, the taxpayers) to pay for it.
7. Trump threatens Toyota over a new plant that was never coming to the US nor will take jobs out of the US.
8. House passes the REINS act, giving them veto power over any rules enacted by any federal agency or department--for example, FDA or EPA bans a drug or pesticide, Congress can overrule based on lobbyists not science. Don't like that endangered species designation, Congress kills it.
9. Fired top administrators of the National Nuclear Safety Agency. There are no replacements named, and they'd need Senate confirmation anyway. Those two managed our active arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Each of these was fact checked - your welcome to fact check again - in fact I encourage it as long as FOX news is not your fact based source.

Trump has done more to help this Country in his few weeks as President Elect than the Obamination has accomplished in 8 years.

[dreads]

Trump has done more to help this Country in his few weeks as President Elect than the Obamination has accomplished in 8 years.

[tiltingf6b]

Trump has done more to help this Country in his few weeks as President Elect than the Obamination has accomplished in 8 years.

might as well just use emoticons.

[D-Train]

might as well just use emoticons.

[dreads]

Here's the federal week in review:
1. Trump fires all Ambassadors and Special Envoys, ordering them out by inauguration day. No exceptions.
2. House brings back the Holman rule allowing them to reduce an individual civil service, SES positions, or political appointee's salary to $1, effectively firing them by amendment to any piece of legislation. We now know why they wanted names and positions of people in Energy and State.
3. Senate schedules 6 simultaneous hearings on cabinet nominees and triple-books those hearings with Trump's first press conference in months and an ACA budget vote, effectively preventing any concentrated coverage or protest.
4. House GOP expressly forbids the Congressional Budget Office from reporting or tracking ANY costs related to the repeal of the ACA.
5. Trump continues to throw the intelligence community under the bus to protect Putin, despite the growing mountain of evidence that the Russians deliberately interfered in our election.
6. Trump breaks a central campaign promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by asking Congress (in other words, us, the taxpayers) to pay for it.
7. Trump threatens Toyota over a new plant that was never coming to the US nor will take jobs out of the US.
8. House passes the REINS act, giving them veto power over any rules enacted by any federal agency or department--for example, FDA or EPA bans a drug or pesticide, Congress can overrule based on lobbyists not science. Don't like that endangered species designation, Congress kills it.
9. Fired top administrators of the National Nuclear Safety Agency. There are no replacements named, and they'd need Senate confirmation anyway. Those two managed our active arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Each of these was fact checked - your welcome to fact check again - in fact I encourage it as long as FOX news is not your fact based source.