Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: US administration "yes people" Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:40:39 +0100 Lines: 47 Message-ID: <7bda9mxp9f.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <10p8i8m$1ro00$1@dont-email.me> <10p932h$2147v$2@dont-email.me> <10pa1dv$2d5dl$6@dont-email.me> <10pa6el$2f963$2@dont-email.me> <5PGcnQm5n5eAYiX0nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <10pb5r2$2obtv$13@dont-email.me> <4luo8mxm8o.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10pd71s$3grlr$1@dont-email.me> <1rs7tbh.gpe5481mficwpN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10pgt0i$mdso$7@dont-email.me> <6slv8mxh47.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1rs9smu.jbxbeu1db40cvN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsbpkc.vc5k1918vdagaN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10pn28v$2pchc$2@dont-email.me> <10po3dn$32pc2$1@dont-email.me> <10ppooa$3l4me$2@dont-email.me> <10pqn7o$3tq4u$1@dont-email.me> <10pslmi$kaqv$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net B9FuDbcAkWF60WkXAOu2oQbhDE8QLkVVtWCxGG9dOarprvoP8F X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:VpI/iOut1fI4vxBKrATth3dGIe0= sha256:+OselczUk+VMgPR0debLac80zru4SwuAc+xoekIQAkQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10pslmi$kaqv$1@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83888 alt.usage.english:1140621 On 2026-03-24 01:25, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > > > On 3/23/26 13:06, rbowman wrote: >> On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:39:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> So now you’re trying to say that that Government waste is still around >>> and just as bad as though Reagan and Thatcher and the others had never >>> been? >>> Or that they somehow missed such a big target? >> >> I can't address Thatcher but Reagan talked a better game than he played. >> Whatever their intentions a US president gets a rude awakening when up >> against a self-perpetuating bureaucracy. Trump can't even get rid of a >> cold war artifact like VOA without some faceless judge reversing his >> effort. >> > >     The VOA still was valuable but Trump ignores the proper channels What is VOA? > to remove it which would mean going thru the Congress.  As he did with > most of what he touted as economic measures but all such changes > have to go through the branch of Government which created them. > That would be  the U.S. Congress which according to the Constitution > the basic law of the USA from which all power flows and  to which > all elected and appointed officials of the USA must swear an Oath. >     Trump either does not or pretends to fail to understand these > matters and the Republicans in Congress remain fearful of his influence > on the voters who elected them and this failure of a man. >     He has caused a world-wide energy crisis, made stupid choices > in his Cabinet, started a pointless and futile war with Iran and > deadlocked the US Congress which could otherwise possibly solve > some of the problems he causes. > >     DOGE was not a legitimate endeavour and its members and > leader swore no Oath to the Constitution.  The leader just donated > about 250 million dollars to the Trump campaign and has ruined > his brands. > >     bliss -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;