Today in Trump's 1st term as President

[LucasMcCain]

The president's argument that the travel ban is intended to save lives seems compelling. I'll bet the order will be mostly restored [maybe not the part about minority religions].

You'll have to remind me what part of the travel ban had to do with minority religions and not with people from hotbeds of terrorism as identified by the Obama administration. I admit I haven't followed the issue closely, but I don't remember the ban targeting Muslims, just people from a small number of the many primarily Muslim countries, not even including the largest of them, Indonesia.

Skiprr, thanks for the incredible wall of text about this issue. That was amazing. Let me know if I'm getting off topic here. I just keep hearing "Muslim Ban" from the left, so I really am curious to know if there is any validity to that claim at all in the language of the actual Executive Order signed by your Commander in Chief and mine, President Donald Trump.

EDIT: Found the text of the EO. Man, that is a dry read. I now see what Dale is talking about with minority religions. Sorry for my understandable misunderstanding. However, I fully support that part of the order. We should be prioritizing Christians experiencing religious persecution.

[dhoobler]

Senate confirms DeVos as secretary of education

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/b ... ion-234691

[philip964]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.conserva ... -2017/amp/

Monday was sort of a light day for Trump.

The press is starting to get restless that the economy hasn't markedly improved in his first two weeks in office.

Dow hit a new record.

[bblhd672]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.conserva ... -2017/amp/

Monday was sort of a light day for Trump.

The press is starting to get restless that the economy hasn't markedly improved in his first two weeks in office.

Dow hit a new record.

Short attention span people the press are.

[bblhd672]

Interesting take on Trump's "chaotic" first days:
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1566283570 ... ment-wrong

[bblhd672]

Senate confirms DeVos as secretary of education

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/b ... ion-234691

Get to draining the Education swamp!

[Skiprr]

Interesting take on Trump's "chaotic" first days:
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1566283570 ... ment-wrong

I've always loved me some Dilbert. Given the Celebrity Apprentice bit, I particularly enjoyed this excerpt:

The smartest person I know told me that the secret to business success does NOT necessarily involve hiring the right people. We just think it does. The real secret to success is firing the people that you discover to be the wrong fit until eventually you END UP with the right people. No one is psychic enough to do hiring right every time. Job applicants are good at misrepresenting themselves. But a good leader knows which employees to fire and does it quickly and humanely.

Trump fires well. We saw him fire campaign managers as needed to restaff for each phase of his campaign. Lewandowski was perfect for the scrappy first months. Manafort was the right campaign manager to get Trump through the nomination process. And Conway was the right pick as his closer.

I’m not suggesting that everything Trump does is the right move. Quite the opposite. I’m suggesting that he has chosen an entrepreneurial management style that is guaranteed to create more small-scale unforced errors than you might see from a boring Fortune 500 management style. If Trump quickly fixes his unforced errors, you’re seeing a style done right, not wrong.

BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

[philip964]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tru ... 7a6ec58f98

Trump makes false statement to Sherrif's group, but gets WP to admit murder rate is the lowest ever.

And to think with the most guns we have ever had in circulation, especially after the best gun salesman ever retires.

[Pawpaw]

BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

Never. This was a historic first.

[TreyHouston]

BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

Never. This was a historic first.

Yes. Historically the largest temper tantrum by the democrats EVER

[Skiprr]

BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

Never. This was a historic first.

Thanks for confirming. Still hadn't had time to Google it.

Yes. Historically the largest temper tantrum by the democrats EVER

Ms. DeVos is the least qualified candidate in this historically unqualified cabinet.

Prediction: by June, Chuck is going to have developed the mother of all stress ulcers.

Oh, and the Dow closed above 20,000 today for the sixth time since Donald Trump took office. How does the post-election stock market's performance look when compared to President Obama's last year in office?

[jmra]

BTW, regarding the DeVos confirmation, I haven't researched it but can't remember offhand the last time the Vice President cast the deciding Senate vote to break a tie for a cabinet nominee.

Never. This was a historic first.

It is a historic first, but for a very good reason. Until the Dems changed the rules a cabinet conformation required 60 votes. Obviously with a 60 vote requirement it would be impossible for there to be a occasion for the VP to cast the deciding vote.

[dhoobler]

Democrats are worried about DeVos, not because they are afraid she will fail, but rather, that she will succeed.

DeVos favors shool choice. Blacks do too. The want the same thing you and I want, economic prosperity and a future for their children. The current state of inner city schools, to which Blacks are condemned offer them no future.

If republicans give them school choice, they might stop block voting for democrats. If Trump can pull in 20 percent of the Black vote in 2020, he could post a Reagan like win.

[chasfm11]

Staying with the DeVos theme, there may be more to her opposition than just education policy. They say that satire can sometimes go where normal conversation does not. We have to remember that there are a lot of frustrated anti-gun forces out there who are really feeling more stifled than others.

http://www.breakingburgh.com/grizzly-be ... tsy-devos/

[LucasMcCain]

Interesting take on Trump's "chaotic" first days:
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1566283570 ... ment-wrong

Thanks so much for posting this here. It was an excellent read. I even printed it off of a liberal but still relatively open minded coworker. She was saying just yesterday that she doesn't think President Trump should be doing so much so quickly. I think the article addresses this concern well. Much appreciated.