Trump Puts Gag Order On USDA And EPA

[RayThom]

Don't worry, Kellyanne will explain it to us all once she's told how to think.

[Joe Guy]

I knew Kellyanne reminded me of someone. Now I know who. Thanks.

[Big RR]

Back to the OP, if I undertand wes correctly, he's celebrating that Trump will waste federal resources to defend orders and policies he really doesn't care about to piss off those who don't like him. Yep, that Trump's a real genius, and his supporters will eventually see his idiocy and parade through DC with his head on a stick (we might even see real crowds then). What an ass.

[Guinevere]

Follow @AltNatParkSer on Twitter to support NPS employees defying the little Trumpanzee's order. #Resist! #SpeakOut

So lets tally - gag orders against EPA, Department of Ag, and NPS. Can gags against NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation be far behind? This is pure totalitarianism. We MUST fight back.

[wesw]

well, it ll take a week or two to purge the Obama politicos.....

might as well draw them out into the light.

the secret service is already outing the rats....

...and at the VA.

buckle up.

y er gonna need more lawyers and I don t see the H1B visas coming to import them....

maybe you can get some Canadians over the border......

[Big RR]

Yep, that genius will just continue to waste resources that could actually be put to much more constructive uses. Keep applauding the waste, wes.

[wesw]

seems to me that he is just getting the left to waste it s resources

y er already a billion in the hole from the election....

I don t know how much longer your money supply will be available.

some people believe that there is a forthcoming Interpol arrest warrant for Soros....

now I m not saying that it is true, but some people might....

[Big RR]

Wes--how a political organization political organization chooses to spend its money is pretty much of no concern to me; how my government spends its money is. And the little man genius is choosing to waste my (our) money to defend policies you maintain he doesn't even care about to somehow stick it to the "left" (whatever the hell that is)), and yet you cheer it. Waste makes no sense, and government waste is offensive. Again, if this crap continues those who Trump claims to represent are going to see through this very quickly. the man is an ass. This is the USA, not some stupid reality show where all you care about is one-upping the competition.

[oldr_n_wsr]

waste resources that could actually be put to much more constructive uses.

What resources does it take to "not publish" something? And how much more than normal operating expenses?
Not taking sides on whether this is good or bad, just questioning the monetary loss/gain of the order.

And as far as employees speaking out, sure they have first amendment rights, but as we have seen in the private sector, there can be consequences.


And how about the secret service agent who said she wouldn't take a bullet for Trump.
Free speach or not, sounds like a firing offense.

[Big RR]

publication by technical organizations that exist to inform the public is part of each agency's mission, and something the public deserves to get (indeed, what they have paid for)--the EOs curtail this.

However, the cost Trump will incur is in defending against challenges to the EOs in the courts--this could be considerable. We is of the opinion that Trump doesn't care about these publications (I don't see why he would), but is taking the positions merely to tweak the amorphous undefined "left" (see his above comments for support of this. If this is true, and it may well be, it is the complete wasting of public funds. That is what I am complaining about.

[wesw]

we is of the opinion that your premise is false....

if these amorphous leftist entities are bringing these nuisance lawsuits in an attempt to gum up the works of the govt, we feel that they should be fully investigated and strongly sanctioned.

[Big RR]

We? You're a king now? Or maybe Margaret Thatcher (you know, bold and brassy like the British pound, but thinking you're a sovereign)?

[Guinevere]

Wes, you do know that petitioning OUR government for redress of grievances is protected activity and that there are particularly significant sanctions for suppressing that activity?

That's a rhetorical question, little minion. We all know (and you have demonstrated) that you don't know a thing about the Constitution.

[Crackpot]

It was your typo originally RR.

[wesw]

knock yourself out, sweetheart....

but it s gonna be pricey, politically and financially , whether or not your cases have merit.

[Lord Jim]

the cost Trump will incur is in defending against challenges to the EOs in the courts

I don't know how many manufacturing jobs The Trumpalissimo is going to get created, but he's sure going to do wonders for employment in the legal profession....

[Guinevere]

You'll forgive me if I don't look to you for legal advice, little minion.

[wesw]

of course , guin, I would never presume to give you legal advice.

I m just giving you the view from the eastern sure.

RR, my humour is so subtle that sometimes it is even hard to tell that it is funny.....

I m forced to use the occasional emoticon..., yuck.

[Big RR]

It was your typo originally RR.

what typo is that?

[Econoline]

However, the cost Trump will incur is in defending against challenges to the EOs in the courts--this could be considerable. We is of the opinion that Trump doesn't care about these publications (I don't see why he would), but is taking the positions merely to tweak the amorphous undefined "left" (see his above comments for support of this.