He's like the incompetent guy at the casino in the movie Casino, who only gets hired and kept on because he is a political patronage hire. He knows they can't fire him, so he just answers politely, with no intention of responding to the criticism. Just get through the hearing and then ignore everything they said. The obvious disdain thes…
He's like the incompetent guy at the casino in the movie Casino, who only gets hired and kept on because he is a political patronage hire. He knows they can't fire him, so he just answers politely, with no intention of responding to the criticism. Just get through the hearing and then ignore everything they said. The obvious disdain these characters have for any authority that isn't Donald Trump is palpable. They believe they can do anything they want, and as long as Trump isn't mad at them, they can get away with it.
(1) They THINK that they're safe. However, they wrapped a rope around their necks, saved on tape, so of record, as they violate oaths to resist DOMESTIC risks to the constitution, not just foreign. (2) We promised ourselves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness In the Constitution [CORRECTION: In the Declaration of Independence]. Is happiness increased when relatives are deported without the promised trial, trial owed as even noncitizens have some rights? (3) It was not that long ago when spouses would automatically became citizens, upon marriage, to a citizen. If anybody fears sham marriages, the fearful could have forbidden just that subset. But they didn't, did they? They over-reached. (That a child with cancer was deported with his mother? even though the father was a citizen? A very poor excuse: it was legal as the mother was not a citizen. Who changed the law? Why not automatically a citizen, clearly not in a sham marriage, given she gave birth to the citizen's child?)
"In the Constitution, we are promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Actually, we're not. That is in the Declaration of Independence, a document with zero legal weight, not the Constitution. The Constitution promises us nothing about life or happiness - only some level of fairness. Keep in mind that the American Revolution was at its heart, a tax revolt. All that high-mindedness in the Declaration was cover for our rich guys not wanting to send tax money to London, and it never made it into the Constitution. It was our justification for treason against our King. I wasn't there in 1776, but I guess that was a pretty big deal back then, requiring at least a noble explanation.
Funny how once we won our freedom, none of that "All men (women? black people?) are created equal..." stuff fully made it into our laws?
You are right "Declaration of Independence", it's my week to be corrected. Still, whether Declaration or Constitution, it's an important historic precedent
I didn't quite see it that way. Kash Patel, I think, fancies himself as one of the Masters of the Universe. He doesn't have to follow rules or laws. He's got a Presidential pardon waiting for him, no matter what he does. Screw you, Senator. You're not the boss of me.
But then he runs into Patty Murray who asks, "Do you think you can just not follow the law?"
And he says, "I'm following the law."
And then she points out that he isn't and asks when he's going to start and he says he's waiting on his underlings, whom he clearly isn't managing effectively. He really was, in this exchange, reduced to a minor government functionary tasked with specific administrative duties which he didn't perform. THAT'S what he is. A bureaucrat, subject to others and to the laws, not a Master of the Universe at all.
That's what I want to see. I want to see demonstrated that these people are incapable or unwilling to perform even the most basic functions of their jobs. They can go on Fox News and bray about the weaponization of government all they want. They still have to submit their budget recommendations on time.
Excellent points. Being head of the FBI means you're responsible for lots of mundane administrative tasks. It'sca shame that good ol' Kash thought it was just playing thugs and political rivals ( as opposed to cops and robbers.)
And they're all like that. Kristi Noem used to be an executive, Governor of North Dakota. She could call the shots and didn't really have to answer to anyone but the voters and the voters of North Dakota would vote for a box of cornflakes if it had an R stamped on it, so she could run around, shooting her dogs and whatever else she was doing and no one said boo.
Now she's just another government functionary. She's got a boss. She has to manage a budget. She gets hauled in front of committees and has to answer questions. Her staff lets her down. They make her look foolish in public, same as Kash Patel.
Congress needs to make those jobs a lot less fun for them. It's not all cosplay. It's not all getting all tarted up and posing in front of a bunch of prisoners. The job involves actual work. Congress needs to shine a light on the fact that she -- and the rest of them -- aren't doing it.
He's like the incompetent guy at the casino in the movie Casino, who only gets hired and kept on because he is a political patronage hire. He knows they can't fire him, so he just answers politely, with no intention of responding to the criticism. Just get through the hearing and then ignore everything they said. The obvious disdain these characters have for any authority that isn't Donald Trump is palpable. They believe they can do anything they want, and as long as Trump isn't mad at them, they can get away with it.
(1) They THINK that they're safe. However, they wrapped a rope around their necks, saved on tape, so of record, as they violate oaths to resist DOMESTIC risks to the constitution, not just foreign. (2) We promised ourselves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness In the Constitution [CORRECTION: In the Declaration of Independence]. Is happiness increased when relatives are deported without the promised trial, trial owed as even noncitizens have some rights? (3) It was not that long ago when spouses would automatically became citizens, upon marriage, to a citizen. If anybody fears sham marriages, the fearful could have forbidden just that subset. But they didn't, did they? They over-reached. (That a child with cancer was deported with his mother? even though the father was a citizen? A very poor excuse: it was legal as the mother was not a citizen. Who changed the law? Why not automatically a citizen, clearly not in a sham marriage, given she gave birth to the citizen's child?)
"In the Constitution, we are promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Actually, we're not. That is in the Declaration of Independence, a document with zero legal weight, not the Constitution. The Constitution promises us nothing about life or happiness - only some level of fairness. Keep in mind that the American Revolution was at its heart, a tax revolt. All that high-mindedness in the Declaration was cover for our rich guys not wanting to send tax money to London, and it never made it into the Constitution. It was our justification for treason against our King. I wasn't there in 1776, but I guess that was a pretty big deal back then, requiring at least a noble explanation.
Funny how once we won our freedom, none of that "All men (women? black people?) are created equal..." stuff fully made it into our laws?
You are right "Declaration of Independence", it's my week to be corrected. Still, whether Declaration or Constitution, it's an important historic precedent
I didn't quite see it that way. Kash Patel, I think, fancies himself as one of the Masters of the Universe. He doesn't have to follow rules or laws. He's got a Presidential pardon waiting for him, no matter what he does. Screw you, Senator. You're not the boss of me.
But then he runs into Patty Murray who asks, "Do you think you can just not follow the law?"
And he says, "I'm following the law."
And then she points out that he isn't and asks when he's going to start and he says he's waiting on his underlings, whom he clearly isn't managing effectively. He really was, in this exchange, reduced to a minor government functionary tasked with specific administrative duties which he didn't perform. THAT'S what he is. A bureaucrat, subject to others and to the laws, not a Master of the Universe at all.
That's what I want to see. I want to see demonstrated that these people are incapable or unwilling to perform even the most basic functions of their jobs. They can go on Fox News and bray about the weaponization of government all they want. They still have to submit their budget recommendations on time.
Excellent points. Being head of the FBI means you're responsible for lots of mundane administrative tasks. It'sca shame that good ol' Kash thought it was just playing thugs and political rivals ( as opposed to cops and robbers.)
Right!
And they're all like that. Kristi Noem used to be an executive, Governor of North Dakota. She could call the shots and didn't really have to answer to anyone but the voters and the voters of North Dakota would vote for a box of cornflakes if it had an R stamped on it, so she could run around, shooting her dogs and whatever else she was doing and no one said boo.
Now she's just another government functionary. She's got a boss. She has to manage a budget. She gets hauled in front of committees and has to answer questions. Her staff lets her down. They make her look foolish in public, same as Kash Patel.
Congress needs to make those jobs a lot less fun for them. It's not all cosplay. It's not all getting all tarted up and posing in front of a bunch of prisoners. The job involves actual work. Congress needs to shine a light on the fact that she -- and the rest of them -- aren't doing it.