silverscreenselect wrote:From today's press conference:
You look. We didn't use chemical weapons in World War II. We … We had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons.
But, wait, wait, there's more. Asked to clarify that statement, Spicer went on:
I think when you come to sarin gas, there was no, he was not using the gas on his own people in the same way. that Assad is doing. There was not ... he brought them into the Holocaust center, I understand that. But I’m saying the way that Assad used them were he went into town and dropped them down to innocent … to the middle of town.
The capacity of Trump and his minions to shoot themselves in the foot is astounding.
And yet, they continue to dismantle without impediment the gains we've made in the environment, the economy, good grief, even humanism. H.J. Resolution 69 passed easily. It permits, in national wildlife refuges across Alaska, some of the most appalling hunting practices ever imagined: Denning of wolf pups, killing hibernating bears, spotting grizzly bears from aircraft and then shooting them after landing, and trapping grizzly bears and black bears with steel-jawed leghold traps and snares. Three groups supported this monstrosity -- hunting guides, Sarari Club International, and the NRA. These are extreme practices, beyond the pale of decency, and no true sportsmen would ever defend or participate in this conduct.
As far as I can tell, they've experienced only one setback -- the failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. I don't even know if that can be called a failure. Many people pointed out that it wasn't a repeal; it was more a desperate re-writing -- ACA Lite -- so conservatives wouldn't vote for it either.
Spicer won't be fired for incompetence, even though he is, as long as this trashing of environmental, immigration, economic, and other standards continues unabated. Trump continues to show that he cares only about the people who voted for him, no one and nothing else.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller