Red Mosquito

dimejinky99 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Is this your first day hearing him? You guys can preach about this for the next four years if you want, but again, no one cares. People want to see DEI made extinct. If he achieves that goal, no one cares about his press conferences.

What ‘people’ want to see it abolished?

Who are they? The same mysterious ‘many people are saying’ Trump always comes out with but they don’t actually exist outside his mind?

Agree or disagree with the ideas, dime, but a majority of voters did vote for him. So it’s them. They are the people.

BurtReynolds wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:Guys the contrast between his skin and eyebrow color was just too much for me today.

It was worse in the videos. Holy hell.

Now this is quality content.

He looks super healthy to me!

Simple Torture wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Is this your first day hearing him? You guys can preach about this for the next four years if you want, but again, no one cares. People want to see DEI made extinct. If he achieves that goal, no one cares about his press conferences.

What ‘people’ want to see it abolished?

Who are they? The same mysterious ‘many people are saying’ Trump always comes out with but they don’t actually exist outside his mind?

Agree or disagree with the ideas, dime, but a majority of voters did vote for him. So it’s them. They are the people.

Not arguing that. He conned those mindless fucks with that exact phrase. ‘Many people are saying/ many people are telling me’’ Etc.

Who are they? Where? They don’t exist outside his imagination and need to make his bullshit sound like it has a basis in reality. Which it rarely does, if ever.

My imagination votes now? Lol Wtf are you talking about?

You are literally too stupid to understand what he's saying.

Bi_3 wrote:Trump is referring to BRIGIDA v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

With respect, in no version of this universe was Donald Trump’s brain saying to him, “Gee, I think this is all sourced back to the air traffic controller biographical questionnaire from 2014…”

He’s just doing the same thing he always does when there’s a problem to solve and he doesn’t have the advantage of not being in charge: talk about the thing that makes him angry, instead of talking about the moment at hand. Sign pathetic executive orders that say “this is not my fault, no take-backs.” Wimp stuff, devoid of leadership.

I don’t oppose ending DEI policies. They have been beneficial. They also should not be maintained in perpetuity.

But ending DEI, by itself, will not even sort of fix the air traffic staffing shortage. That's been there (and growing) ever since 2012, when Reagan's 11,000 fresh-faced hires began to hit the mandatory retirement age of 56 en mass.

It is significant, long lasting, and beyond the ability of "ending a diversity program" to resolve.

So end DEI (because you're going to either way), but maybe also address the problem at hand.

Just kidding. They can't address the problem at hand, because a massive reduction of staff, funding, and services is exactly what this administration hopes to achieve at every level. And one of the many consequences of that reduction is going to be a diminished ability to recruit and maintain certain crucial work forces. It’s like a hospital firing its IT group and thinking it won’t effect services, because they’re not health care staff.

This administration can’t actually talk about a real life problem like this one, because the truth is that their ambitions will make problems like this one harder to solve. They JUST eliminated the Aviation Security Advisory Committee like a week and a half ago. They don't want to talk about any plan for improvement, because they fully intend not to attempt any improvement. Of course they'd rather talk about DEI.

Increasing efficiency and effectiveness by decreasing staff is a concept incomprehensible to the lifetime academic or government bureaucrat.

But not to a guy who makes doodles.

BurtReynolds wrote:My imagination votes now? Lol Wtf are you talking about?

You are literally too stupid to understand what he's saying.

You’re projecting again Burt
You’re so easily rattled

You can tell Spike is getting frustrated.

dimejinky99 wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:My imagination votes now? Lol Wtf are you talking about?

You are literally too stupid to understand what he's saying.

You’re projecting again Burt
You’re so easily rattled

What does that even mean?! Epilogue mentioned projection in a post, and now you're futilely trying to copy him. But you have to know what these things mean! Otherwise you look like an ape playing with a phone because he saw humans do it!

Burt thinks everyone is out here "stealing" words. Cringe madness.

What an absolute dropkick.

Uh oh. He learned a new word today.

Which one? Dropkick?

You're not even trying anymore.

Burt’s sycophancy is so great that he’s literally posting about how cool the vp’s twitter jokes are. Just dont worry about him.

I pity him, mostly. But his new coping mechanism of "that's not your word!" is some of the funniest shit in RM history.

I will not stand here and listen to you two question the judgement of someone who so voraciously reads Nietzsche.

BurtReynolds wrote:Increasing efficiency and effectiveness by decreasing staff is a concept incomprehensible to the lifetime academic or government bureaucrat.

Except in the case of air traffic controllers even the GOP agree they need more not less, so what does it have to do with this conversation?

Can we change this to "the Burt thread"? That's all they know how to talk about. They get too flustered to talk politics!


They're obsessed with me!

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Increasing efficiency and effectiveness by decreasing staff is a concept incomprehensible to the lifetime academic or government bureaucrat.

Except in the case of air traffic controllers even the GOP agree they need more not less, so what does it have to do with this conversation?

So Trump and McP are aligned on this issue? Then what's the problem?