So the Trump White House addressed the U. S. Congress. Not so much a laundry list was created and enumerated. No fewer than 27 of the "Great America,' possible line items would be said to be only a security agenda, nowhere addressing any public clamor for any of them(?).
All this stuff that nobody wants or needs was proposed. There are no swarms of people in the trees, inhabiting America to blow it to bits.
The "Shining City On The Hill" was more or less proposed to be adrift in space, avoiding attacks from real life aliens, maybe even from beyond the solar system. Jewish cemeteries are being vandalized. Foreigners will be asked to pay up for international defense(?) Mostly the United States has more to target, but that was never mentioned, in the context of the remarks..
Contrasting, any direct job-programs are more or less confined to one separate item, Bold-lettered and underlined below. The recovery was way too slow, and cost a bundle of bucks already. More mega-bucks, with no immediate urgency to spend them: Were only briefly mentioned. That would be a $1.0 tril., Obama-Democratic kind of public and private spending spree. NOTHING having to do with sources of funding was mentioned.
Health Care was left up to Democrats and Republicans in the federal legislatures. That had actually already happened eight years ago, when the Republicans walked out on then. . .many would, more or less as now(?).
27 or more specific security measures, for no apparent reason, were spelled out in the Donald Trump address, Not worth the memory, or any special memory of it. At last, Jewish cemeteries did get a nod.
Calling it a "Deuteronomy 23:12-20" address. . .would likely not all be understood by anyone.
Moses did not propose that even Israel should not be running for President of the World. The world was there for the exploiting. Usury was proposed the method, (Deut 23: 19-20. (The ancients were not too up on math and economics, or the concept of an actual mythology.)
For one thing it is bald-faced elitist, denigrating of peoples worldwide. Critics could say that both the Trump address, and the Deuteronomy references. Only "Merit" entrants will be allowed in the New Immigration. People fleeing Holocaust will still be sent back to Nazi Germany, or Russian Syria, or Yemen or Afghanistan, or Iraq. Immigration policy is called, "costly" and expensive. Trillion of dollars acknowledged to have been spent in the Middle East. Blowing it to bits was nowhere mentioned. Defense Contractor profiteering was nowhere mentioned.
Very little germane to anything was even mentioned. Social and Education programs were not mentioned. Entitlements Reform or improvement was never mentioned. 19th Century, unschooled Lincoln: Unschooled protectionism did get mentioned. The genocide of the 750,000 White People was not mentioned. Jewish gravestones got mentioned(?).
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Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our Nation's path toward civil rights and the work that still remains. Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week's shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms. . . .
_____________________________
What we are witnessing today is the Renewal of the American Spirit.
Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead. . . .
All the nations of the world -- friend or foe -- will find that America is strong, America is proud, and America is free.
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Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve. . . .
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We have withdrawn the United States from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership. . . .
________________________________
To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime.
__________________________________
I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.
____________________________________
We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth -- and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly addicted.
___________________________
At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. We want all Americans to succeed –- but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders.
___________________________
For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border. It will be started ahead of schedule and, when finished, it will be a very effective weapon against drugs and crime.
_______________________________
As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens. Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.
_____________________________________
To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws, I would ask you this question: what would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income, or a loved one, because America refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?
___________________________________
Our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States. We are also taking strong measures to protect our Nation from Radical Islamic Terrorism.
_________________________________
According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home -– from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and yes, even the World Trade Center.
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We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.
___________________________________________________
It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.
______________________________________________
We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America -- we cannot allow our Nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.
____________________________________________
That is why my Administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our Nation safe -- and to keep out those who would do us harm.
___________________________________________
As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS -- a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs. We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.
___________________________________________
I have also imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals who support Iran's ballistic missile program, and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the State of Israel. . . .
________________________________________
We have the worst financial recovery in 65 years.
In the last 8 years, the past Administration has put on more new debt than nearly all other Presidents combined.
_________________________________________
The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the "abandonment of the protective policy by the American Government [will] produce want and ruin among our people."
Lincoln was right -- and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore. . . .
I am going to bring back millions of jobs. Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers.
___________________________________________
Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others –- have a merit-based immigration system. It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.
Switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based system, will have many benefits: it will save countless dollars, raise workers' wages, and help struggling families –- including immigrant families –- enter the middle class.
I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the following goals: to improve jobs and wages for Americans, to strengthen our nation’s security, and to restore respect for our laws.
____________________________________________
If we are guided by the well-being of American citizens then I believe Republicans and Democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that has eluded our country for decades.
Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program –- the building of the interstate highway system. The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.
America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.
To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States -- financed through both public and private capital –- creating millions of new jobs. . . .
______________________________________________
But to break the cycle of poverty, we must also break the cycle of violence.
The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century.
In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone –- and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.
This is not acceptable in our society.
________________________________________________
But to create this future, we must work with –- not against -– the men and women of law enforcement.
We must build bridges of cooperation and trust –- not drive the wedge of disunity and division.
Police and sheriffs are members of our community. They are friends and neighbors, they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – and they leave behind loved ones every day who worry whether or not they'll come home safe and sound.
We must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement.
_____________________________________________________
I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE –- Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests.
____________________________________________
I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history.
______________________________________________
We expect our partners, whether in NATO, in the Middle East, or the Pacific –- to take a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations, and pay their fair share of the cost.
All this stuff that nobody wants or needs was proposed. There are no swarms of people in the trees, inhabiting America to blow it to bits.
The "Shining City On The Hill" was more or less proposed to be adrift in space, avoiding attacks from real life aliens, maybe even from beyond the solar system. Jewish cemeteries are being vandalized. Foreigners will be asked to pay up for international defense(?) Mostly the United States has more to target, but that was never mentioned, in the context of the remarks..
Contrasting, any direct job-programs are more or less confined to one separate item, Bold-lettered and underlined below. The recovery was way too slow, and cost a bundle of bucks already. More mega-bucks, with no immediate urgency to spend them: Were only briefly mentioned. That would be a $1.0 tril., Obama-Democratic kind of public and private spending spree. NOTHING having to do with sources of funding was mentioned.
Health Care was left up to Democrats and Republicans in the federal legislatures. That had actually already happened eight years ago, when the Republicans walked out on then. . .many would, more or less as now(?).
27 or more specific security measures, for no apparent reason, were spelled out in the Donald Trump address, Not worth the memory, or any special memory of it. At last, Jewish cemeteries did get a nod.
Calling it a "Deuteronomy 23:12-20" address. . .would likely not all be understood by anyone.
Moses did not propose that even Israel should not be running for President of the World. The world was there for the exploiting. Usury was proposed the method, (Deut 23: 19-20. (The ancients were not too up on math and economics, or the concept of an actual mythology.)
For one thing it is bald-faced elitist, denigrating of peoples worldwide. Critics could say that both the Trump address, and the Deuteronomy references. Only "Merit" entrants will be allowed in the New Immigration. People fleeing Holocaust will still be sent back to Nazi Germany, or Russian Syria, or Yemen or Afghanistan, or Iraq. Immigration policy is called, "costly" and expensive. Trillion of dollars acknowledged to have been spent in the Middle East. Blowing it to bits was nowhere mentioned. Defense Contractor profiteering was nowhere mentioned.
Very little germane to anything was even mentioned. Social and Education programs were not mentioned. Entitlements Reform or improvement was never mentioned. 19th Century, unschooled Lincoln: Unschooled protectionism did get mentioned. The genocide of the 750,000 White People was not mentioned. Jewish gravestones got mentioned(?).
______________________________
Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our Nation's path toward civil rights and the work that still remains. Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week's shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms. . . .
_____________________________
What we are witnessing today is the Renewal of the American Spirit.
Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead. . . .
All the nations of the world -- friend or foe -- will find that America is strong, America is proud, and America is free.
______________________________
Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve. . . .
________________________________
We have withdrawn the United States from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership. . . .
________________________________
To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime.
__________________________________
I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.
____________________________________
We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth -- and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly addicted.
___________________________
At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. We want all Americans to succeed –- but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders.
___________________________
For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border. It will be started ahead of schedule and, when finished, it will be a very effective weapon against drugs and crime.
_______________________________
As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens. Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.
_____________________________________
To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws, I would ask you this question: what would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income, or a loved one, because America refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?
___________________________________
Our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States. We are also taking strong measures to protect our Nation from Radical Islamic Terrorism.
_________________________________
According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home -– from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and yes, even the World Trade Center.
_________________________________________
We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.
___________________________________________________
It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.
______________________________________________
We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America -- we cannot allow our Nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.
____________________________________________
That is why my Administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our Nation safe -- and to keep out those who would do us harm.
___________________________________________
As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS -- a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs. We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.
___________________________________________
I have also imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals who support Iran's ballistic missile program, and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the State of Israel. . . .
________________________________________
We have the worst financial recovery in 65 years.
In the last 8 years, the past Administration has put on more new debt than nearly all other Presidents combined.
_________________________________________
The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the "abandonment of the protective policy by the American Government [will] produce want and ruin among our people."
Lincoln was right -- and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore. . . .
I am going to bring back millions of jobs. Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers.
___________________________________________
Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others –- have a merit-based immigration system. It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America's taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.
Switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based system, will have many benefits: it will save countless dollars, raise workers' wages, and help struggling families –- including immigrant families –- enter the middle class.
I believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible, as long as we focus on the following goals: to improve jobs and wages for Americans, to strengthen our nation’s security, and to restore respect for our laws.
____________________________________________
If we are guided by the well-being of American citizens then I believe Republicans and Democrats can work together to achieve an outcome that has eluded our country for decades.
Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program –- the building of the interstate highway system. The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.
America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.
To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States -- financed through both public and private capital –- creating millions of new jobs. . . .
______________________________________________
But to break the cycle of poverty, we must also break the cycle of violence.
The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century.
In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone –- and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.
This is not acceptable in our society.
________________________________________________
But to create this future, we must work with –- not against -– the men and women of law enforcement.
We must build bridges of cooperation and trust –- not drive the wedge of disunity and division.
Police and sheriffs are members of our community. They are friends and neighbors, they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – and they leave behind loved ones every day who worry whether or not they'll come home safe and sound.
We must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement.
_____________________________________________________
I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE –- Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests.
____________________________________________
I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history.
______________________________________________
We expect our partners, whether in NATO, in the Middle East, or the Pacific –- to take a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations, and pay their fair share of the cost.
