[nfb-talk] Here he comes...

Kendra Schaber redwing731 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 24 00:04:46 UTC 2017 

Hi all! 
That's the problem with having someone like that in the White House. 
Blessed be!!! 
Kendra 


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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 14:28, Larry Wayland via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The frustrating thing here is it really doesn't make any difference and
> Trump is making a big deal about nothing.  He is so narcissistic  he wants
> to be the biggest, and  the best at everything.  He also always wants to win
> and he will go to any length to make sure he does win.  That is one of the
> things that makes him so dangerous.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Heim
> via nfb-talk
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 1:40 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Cc: John Heim
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
> 
> Trump was complaining about an estimate that put the attendance for his 
> inauguration at only 250,000.  The NYT and CNN web sites have 
> photographs that show the crowd last Friday was much smaller than that 
> for President Obama in 2009 or even for the protest march the day after 
> the inauguration.
> 
> It doesn't have to be like this. Other politicians have made mistakes. 
> There was the time Hillary Clinton claimed she had had to dodge sniper 
> fire at an airport overseass while serving as First Lady. Video of her 
> getting off the plane showed her walking calmly up to a little girl and 
> accepting a bouquet. What had happened was that she had conflated news 
> reports of snipers somewhere nearby with what happened to her. I have 
> little doubt that's what happened with President Trump when he said 
> Moslems in New Jersey celebrated in the streets on 911. He got mixed up 
> with reports of people in egypt and Iran celebrating on 911.  When 
> Hillary Clinton was shown evidence that she hadn't been under sniper 
> fire, she said she must have misremembered and apologized. Donald Trump 
> claimed the media was out to get him.
> 
> It is important for those of us who love the United States to not give 
> in to this garbage about the free press not being trustworthy.  They 
> make mistakes. Sometimes they are slanted. But we've survived these 
> inperfections, and that is all they are, for over 200 years. It's every 
> American's patriotic duty to not give into this stuff.
> 
>> On 01/23/2017 12:30 PM, Jen via nfb-talk wrote:
>> How big was the inauguration crowd? From the TV coverage / cheering afte
> the
>> swearing-in, it sounded pretty big...
>> 
>> To add to your "free press" comment, did you hear Ms. Conway's
> "alternative
>> facts" statement last night? I didn't know whether to laugh or cry...
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Heim
>> via nfb-talk
>> 
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 12:34 PM
>> 
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>> Cc: John Heim <john at johnheim.com>
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>> 
>> The myth the free press cannot be trusted comes primarily from
>> conservatives, but I will acknowledge some liberals are just as bad.
>> 
>> No matter where it comes from, The point is it's just an excuse people
> give
>> for believing what they want to believe; this is Un-American. Right now,
> for
>> purely political purposes, President Trump is trying to undermine
> confidence
>> in the  free press. He doesn't want to believe his inauguration didn't set
>> an attendance record, so purely for his own political gain, he is
>> undermining confidence in the free press; I say that is an act of
> disloyalty
>> to the United States Of America.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 01/23/2017 10:51 AM, Marianne Haas via nfb-talk wrote:
>>> Hi John,
>>> I respectfully disagree with you regarding the press.  I listen to both
>>> conservatives and liberals and then make up my mind.  I also listen to
>>> programs on the internet from other countries.  Sometimes, I get more
>>> balanced information about the US from listening to stations from other
>>> countries.I feel that both sides, conservatives and liberals, accuse the
>>> other side of faux news.  I feel that we have to listen to different
>>> stations and points of view to get a balanced picture of what is going
> on.
>>> 
>>> Let me share about what one of my good friends said:
>>> This man was in the classified world in the military.  He saw a lot of
>>> things that were contrary of what we hear.  Some of it he still cannot
>> talk
>>> about as it is still classified.  He often says that he does not believe
>>> what the Government says until it is officially denied.  By the way, he
>> did
>>> not vote for Trump either.
>>> 
>>> I do not want to say this to be divisive.  I believe in civilized
>>> conversations, both in person and in emails.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards,
>>> 
>>> Marianne
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
> Heim
>>> via nfb-talk
>>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 8:06 AM
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>>> Cc: John Heim
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>>> 
>>> The idea that the free press can't be trusted is bullstuffpromoted by
>> people
>>> who don't like the truth. And it's Un-American bullstuff at that.
>>> Democracy cannot work without a free press. When you tell people they
>> can't
>>> trust the free press, you're telling them that they can't possibly have
>> any
>>> way to know which way to vote. That's Un-American.
>>> 
>>> This is just a myth fostered by conservatives  who think anybody who
>> doesn't
>>> automatically agree with them is a liberal. If you insist on actually
>> having
>>> facts before making up your mind, that makes you a liberal.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 01/22/2017 09:30 PM, Gail the U. S. Male via nfb-talk wrote:
>>>> See, my point exactly!  You shouldn't believe everything you read on
>>>> facebook. Or, anywhere on the net without substantiating it first,
>>>> using reputable sources, which the press isn't! They're mostly rabid
>>>> liberals!  I went through that same indoctrination in College
>>>> journalism classes, but was smart enough to see through all the manure.
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
>>>> Heim via nfb-talk
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 3:47 PM
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>>>> Cc: John Heim <john at johnheim.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Here he comes...
>>>> 
>>>> Snopes says this rumor, that Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats
>>>> were made overseas, is false:
>>>> http://www.snopes.com/donald-trump-hat-china/
>>>> 
>>>> Snopes is a great source for more info on this kind of thing. That
>>>> explanation has the ring of truth. Somebody in China is making hats
>>>> that say, "Make America Great Again", but not Trump.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 01/22/2017 02:47 PM, ed meskys via nfb-talk wrote:
>>>>> My wife read on Facebook that the Trump "make america great again"
>>>>> hats were made in Viet Nam. Why is he sending work overseas? How is
>>>>> that making America great?
>>>>> Ed Meskys
>>>>> 
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