Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: OT: US administration "yes people" Date: 23 Mar 2026 20:06:14 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <10p789f$3unfc$1@dont-email.me> <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Iu1YREycwWM9KJnz4jvryAnOfvd+p1Wl/mZaEPJMlmRXmlnRhQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:80aTtZpu6CJbbF/g+ltrkY2t/6Q= sha256:R7V+/0xdqC4R8DI8pK/a+b+oW1llpQA3GGUKSBJGmYE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83825 alt.usage.english:1140531 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.