Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?

[Markle]

A so-called president who behaves as petty as a sophomore in high school lowers the standards of American government

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[mudwhistle]

This is an example of Democrats jumping on the bandwagon to support the wealthy. How things change when they see a chance to score political points. In their zeal to trash the current administration, they've fallen into a trap and shown us how hypocritical they are.

PRESIDENT Trump tweeted yesterday that Nordstrom was being unfair to his daughter. The left, as usual, used this as an excuse to make false claims that he was nuts. That he was dangerous. On the contrary, what is more dangerous; A president that criticizes unfair business practices or a president who has been conducting a war against law enforcement. This criticism from the left isn't so much about what is right or wrong, but about what feeds an agenda and fills their coffers.
Right now the left is trashing PRESIDENT Trump on the behalf of a bunch of guys who have huge compensation packages, the kind of which were a source of scorn by these same exact Democrats only a few years ago. After all Barack Obama said; "There comes a time when you've made enough money". Apparently this doesn't apply if Democrats can use you to attack Republicans and especially attack Bush....er I mean Trump. So if the Democrats need a tax increase or need to get low-income voters on their side, they trash the evil rich. Now they're using the rich to attack PRESIDENT Trump. In effect, they are on the side of the rich man.


Blog: Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?

February 9, 2017
Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?
By Ed Straker
President Trump is being criticized for making critical comments of Nordstrom, which just dropped his daughter's product lines. Nordstrom claims that it is dropping her products due to economic reasons, but it is a big coincidence that Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Neiman Marcus, and other retailers are dropping Trump products just as President Trump took office. The fact is that Nordstrom and other stores fear pressure from the left for selling Trump-branded products and so are proactively caving in to pressure. One wonders: if President Obama had sold an Obama-branded marijuana cigarette, would stores in California and Colorado be as quick to drop his product line when he became president? Probably not.

Predictably, the media are upset that Trump criticized Nordstrom for dropping his daughter's product line, calling it an "ethical dilemma." But the media saw no dilemma of any kind, ethical or otherwise, when President Obama and his henchman Eric Holder and his henchwoman Loretta Lynch went after the police forces of America and labeled them racist oppressors, feeding fuel to the fire to Black Lives Matter rioters everywhere and disincentivizing the police to do their jobs properly.

But you see, that was different, because that was about race and social justice. This is about Trump's products.

But taking a look at the list of corporate officers who run Nordstrom, I was a little surprised to find that of the top 13 officers, only one is a woman (predictably, human resources). That sounds more than a little sexist to me. What if Trump had criticized Nordstrom for being sexist? Would the media have minded?

And I couldn't help but notice that the three co-presidents of Nordstrom each make more than five million dollars a year in base compensation. ${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} People | Reuters.com
I have to wonder how many times that salary is compared to the basic sales clerk who works at Nordstrom. Isn't that enormous gap only fueling inequality?

How do you feel about the media defending a company that marginalizes women and pays huge salaries at the expense of its workers? In light of that, isn't the media's hand-wringing over such a racist, sexist, classist mega-corporation a reflection of their own lack of moral virtue?​

One who criticisers the police. How can you even ask such a question. Trump to totally out of line, and his cult is just going to let him go until he goes off the rails.

He's only out of line because you guys wish him to be.

It's your angry reaction to everything he says that goes off the rails.

Pay attention to what he is saying. You are not a stupid person. He offends the whole world. Open your eyes.

What his critics are saying about him 24/7 is what is offensive the the whole world. It's like they've literally lost their collectives minds. They lost an election they felt they had in the bag and their simply throwing a temper-tantrum like a bunch of crybabies.
#ButtSoSore

 

[NoNukes]

This is an example of Democrats jumping on the bandwagon to support the wealthy. How things change when they see a chance to score political points. In their zeal to trash the current administration, they've fallen into a trap and shown us how hypocritical they are.

PRESIDENT Trump tweeted yesterday that Nordstrom was being unfair to his daughter. The left, as usual, used this as an excuse to make false claims that he was nuts. That he was dangerous. On the contrary, what is more dangerous; A president that criticizes unfair business practices or a president who has been conducting a war against law enforcement. This criticism from the left isn't so much about what is right or wrong, but about what feeds an agenda and fills their coffers.
Right now the left is trashing PRESIDENT Trump on the behalf of a bunch of guys who have huge compensation packages, the kind of which were a source of scorn by these same exact Democrats only a few years ago. After all Barack Obama said; "There comes a time when you've made enough money". Apparently this doesn't apply if Democrats can use you to attack Republicans and especially attack Bush....er I mean Trump. So if the Democrats need a tax increase or need to get low-income voters on their side, they trash the evil rich. Now they're using the rich to attack PRESIDENT Trump. In effect, they are on the side of the rich man.


Blog: Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?

February 9, 2017
Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?
By Ed Straker
President Trump is being criticized for making critical comments of Nordstrom, which just dropped his daughter's product lines. Nordstrom claims that it is dropping her products due to economic reasons, but it is a big coincidence that Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Neiman Marcus, and other retailers are dropping Trump products just as President Trump took office. The fact is that Nordstrom and other stores fear pressure from the left for selling Trump-branded products and so are proactively caving in to pressure. One wonders: if President Obama had sold an Obama-branded marijuana cigarette, would stores in California and Colorado be as quick to drop his product line when he became president? Probably not.

Predictably, the media are upset that Trump criticized Nordstrom for dropping his daughter's product line, calling it an "ethical dilemma." But the media saw no dilemma of any kind, ethical or otherwise, when President Obama and his henchman Eric Holder and his henchwoman Loretta Lynch went after the police forces of America and labeled them racist oppressors, feeding fuel to the fire to Black Lives Matter rioters everywhere and disincentivizing the police to do their jobs properly.

But you see, that was different, because that was about race and social justice. This is about Trump's products.

But taking a look at the list of corporate officers who run Nordstrom, I was a little surprised to find that of the top 13 officers, only one is a woman (predictably, human resources). That sounds more than a little sexist to me. What if Trump had criticized Nordstrom for being sexist? Would the media have minded?

And I couldn't help but notice that the three co-presidents of Nordstrom each make more than five million dollars a year in base compensation. ${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} People | Reuters.com
I have to wonder how many times that salary is compared to the basic sales clerk who works at Nordstrom. Isn't that enormous gap only fueling inequality?

How do you feel about the media defending a company that marginalizes women and pays huge salaries at the expense of its workers? In light of that, isn't the media's hand-wringing over such a racist, sexist, classist mega-corporation a reflection of their own lack of moral virtue?​

One who criticisers the police. How can you even ask such a question. Trump to totally out of line, and his cult is just going to let him go until he goes off the rails.

He's only out of line because you guys wish him to be.

It's your angry reaction to everything he says that goes off the rails.

Pay attention to what he is saying. You are not a stupid person. He offends the whole world. Open your eyes.

What his critics are saying about him 24/7 is what is offensive the the whole world. It's like they've literally lost their collectives minds. They lost an election they felt they had in the bag and their simply throwing a temper-tantrum like a bunch of crybabies.
#ButtSoSore

Yes, the whole world has lost its' mind, except for Trump and his supporters.

 

[mudwhistle]

This is an example of Democrats jumping on the bandwagon to support the wealthy. How things change when they see a chance to score political points. In their zeal to trash the current administration, they've fallen into a trap and shown us how hypocritical they are.

PRESIDENT Trump tweeted yesterday that Nordstrom was being unfair to his daughter. The left, as usual, used this as an excuse to make false claims that he was nuts. That he was dangerous. On the contrary, what is more dangerous; A president that criticizes unfair business practices or a president who has been conducting a war against law enforcement. This criticism from the left isn't so much about what is right or wrong, but about what feeds an agenda and fills their coffers.
Right now the left is trashing PRESIDENT Trump on the behalf of a bunch of guys who have huge compensation packages, the kind of which were a source of scorn by these same exact Democrats only a few years ago. After all Barack Obama said; "There comes a time when you've made enough money". Apparently this doesn't apply if Democrats can use you to attack Republicans and especially attack Bush....er I mean Trump. So if the Democrats need a tax increase or need to get low-income voters on their side, they trash the evil rich. Now they're using the rich to attack PRESIDENT Trump. In effect, they are on the side of the rich man.


Blog: Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?

February 9, 2017
Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?
By Ed Straker
President Trump is being criticized for making critical comments of Nordstrom, which just dropped his daughter's product lines. Nordstrom claims that it is dropping her products due to economic reasons, but it is a big coincidence that Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Neiman Marcus, and other retailers are dropping Trump products just as President Trump took office. The fact is that Nordstrom and other stores fear pressure from the left for selling Trump-branded products and so are proactively caving in to pressure. One wonders: if President Obama had sold an Obama-branded marijuana cigarette, would stores in California and Colorado be as quick to drop his product line when he became president? Probably not.

Predictably, the media are upset that Trump criticized Nordstrom for dropping his daughter's product line, calling it an "ethical dilemma." But the media saw no dilemma of any kind, ethical or otherwise, when President Obama and his henchman Eric Holder and his henchwoman Loretta Lynch went after the police forces of America and labeled them racist oppressors, feeding fuel to the fire to Black Lives Matter rioters everywhere and disincentivizing the police to do their jobs properly.

But you see, that was different, because that was about race and social justice. This is about Trump's products.

But taking a look at the list of corporate officers who run Nordstrom, I was a little surprised to find that of the top 13 officers, only one is a woman (predictably, human resources). That sounds more than a little sexist to me. What if Trump had criticized Nordstrom for being sexist? Would the media have minded?

And I couldn't help but notice that the three co-presidents of Nordstrom each make more than five million dollars a year in base compensation. ${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} People | Reuters.com
I have to wonder how many times that salary is compared to the basic sales clerk who works at Nordstrom. Isn't that enormous gap only fueling inequality?

How do you feel about the media defending a company that marginalizes women and pays huge salaries at the expense of its workers? In light of that, isn't the media's hand-wringing over such a racist, sexist, classist mega-corporation a reflection of their own lack of moral virtue?​

This is faulty logic. It is forcing you into a choice designed to make it seem like one much be acceptable since it is favorable to the alternative. This is simply not the case in real life.

For example, I could ask, "Would you rather have your leg cut off, or be punched in the face?" Just because you (likely) would rather be punched in the face instead of having a leg cut off does not mean that being punched in the face is a good outcome. Likewise here, comparing Trump's actions to somebody else does not mean that Trump's actions are favorable. You have to defend them as they stand on their own, not juxtaposed to something else designed to make them seem favorable.

Your logic is faulty.
Your moral equivalency argument just doesn't work in the real world. Using inflammatory rhetoric that leads to the deaths of police officers all over America is never going to be as deeply disturbing to people in a peaceful society as simply sending out an angry Tweet. Saying bad things about Nordstrom is harmless, but conducting a war on the police is essentially sedition and is extremely reckless.

 

[mudwhistle]

This is an example of Democrats jumping on the bandwagon to support the wealthy. How things change when they see a chance to score political points. In their zeal to trash the current administration, they've fallen into a trap and shown us how hypocritical they are.

PRESIDENT Trump tweeted yesterday that Nordstrom was being unfair to his daughter. The left, as usual, used this as an excuse to make false claims that he was nuts. That he was dangerous. On the contrary, what is more dangerous; A president that criticizes unfair business practices or a president who has been conducting a war against law enforcement. This criticism from the left isn't so much about what is right or wrong, but about what feeds an agenda and fills their coffers.
Right now the left is trashing PRESIDENT Trump on the behalf of a bunch of guys who have huge compensation packages, the kind of which were a source of scorn by these same exact Democrats only a few years ago. After all Barack Obama said; "There comes a time when you've made enough money". Apparently this doesn't apply if Democrats can use you to attack Republicans and especially attack Bush....er I mean Trump. So if the Democrats need a tax increase or need to get low-income voters on their side, they trash the evil rich. Now they're using the rich to attack PRESIDENT Trump. In effect, they are on the side of the rich man.


Blog: Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?

February 9, 2017
Which is better: a president who criticizes the police or one who criticizes Nordstrom?
By Ed Straker
President Trump is being criticized for making critical comments of Nordstrom, which just dropped his daughter's product lines. Nordstrom claims that it is dropping her products due to economic reasons, but it is a big coincidence that Nordstrom, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Neiman Marcus, and other retailers are dropping Trump products just as President Trump took office. The fact is that Nordstrom and other stores fear pressure from the left for selling Trump-branded products and so are proactively caving in to pressure. One wonders: if President Obama had sold an Obama-branded marijuana cigarette, would stores in California and Colorado be as quick to drop his product line when he became president? Probably not.

Predictably, the media are upset that Trump criticized Nordstrom for dropping his daughter's product line, calling it an "ethical dilemma." But the media saw no dilemma of any kind, ethical or otherwise, when President Obama and his henchman Eric Holder and his henchwoman Loretta Lynch went after the police forces of America and labeled them racist oppressors, feeding fuel to the fire to Black Lives Matter rioters everywhere and disincentivizing the police to do their jobs properly.

But you see, that was different, because that was about race and social justice. This is about Trump's products.

But taking a look at the list of corporate officers who run Nordstrom, I was a little surprised to find that of the top 13 officers, only one is a woman (predictably, human resources). That sounds more than a little sexist to me. What if Trump had criticized Nordstrom for being sexist? Would the media have minded?

And I couldn't help but notice that the three co-presidents of Nordstrom each make more than five million dollars a year in base compensation. ${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} People | Reuters.com
I have to wonder how many times that salary is compared to the basic sales clerk who works at Nordstrom. Isn't that enormous gap only fueling inequality?

How do you feel about the media defending a company that marginalizes women and pays huge salaries at the expense of its workers? In light of that, isn't the media's hand-wringing over such a racist, sexist, classist mega-corporation a reflection of their own lack of moral virtue?​

One who criticisers the police. How can you even ask such a question. Trump to totally out of line, and his cult is just going to let him go until he goes off the rails.

He's only out of line because you guys wish him to be.

It's your angry reaction to everything he says that goes off the rails.

Pay attention to what he is saying. You are not a stupid person. He offends the whole world. Open your eyes.

What his critics are saying about him 24/7 is what is offensive the the whole world. It's like they've literally lost their collectives minds. They lost an election they felt they had in the bag and their simply throwing a temper-tantrum like a bunch of crybabies.
#ButtSoSore

Yes, the whole world has lost its' mind, except for Trump and his supporters.

Apparently.
But you leftist crybabies aren't the whole world.....you only think you are, thus you are insane.

 

[Iceweasel]

I see so many deflecting from the topic. I understand. Carrying Trump's water is a tough load.
So let me get this straight.
Yesterday the "jobs president" tried to put an American company out of business for carrying his daughter's clothes line that was made inChina.

Is that about right?

Not even close. You're a hate monger and twist everything to justify your dysfunctional personality.

 

[Iceweasel]

Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Trump gets a kickback from his daughter? You have a source?

Ivanka was treated unfairly because of her dad. Nordstrom caved to the raging hate fill leftwing extremists. I have no problem with him exercising his right to speak as a private citizen and a dad. If it was Obama and his daughter you lefties would fall over yourselves to defend him.

 

[mudwhistle]

Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Trump gets a kickback from his daughter? You have a source?

Ivanka was treated unfairly because of her dad. Nordstrom caved to the raging hate fill leftwing extremists. I have no problem with him exercising his right to speak as a private citizen and a dad. If it was Obama and his daughter you lefties would fall over yourselves to defend him.

If Obama had a son......he would look like Ivanka.

 

[Iceweasel]

If Obama had a son......he would look like Ivanka.

I think the sons of effeminate males go either the wallflower route or hyper macho route. One or the other.

 

[Eloy]

Everyone already knows Trump is the so-called president for his own and his family's interests. The madman's ego is as big as the alternative facts he blabbers in his tweets.

Are you dumb? Trump is worth billions of dollars, he already has more wealth than his entire family could spend in their lifetimes.

The Clinton's and Obama's had no wealth before their government jobs, now there's an example of abusing government power to get rich you idiot.

Oh! Money. Yes, I know how important that is to Americans. I also know they would have a lot more in their pockets if they did not pay taxes like Trump.

Are you dumb? Trump is audited by the IRS every year, do you think they allow him to get away with not paying taxes? How much taxes do Trump's thousands of employees and businesses pay? Please tell me people in Europe are not as stupid as you are?

I am not a billionaire or a tax lawyer but as I understand it, one of Trump's several bankruptcies involved a colossal loss on some real estate. That is his business, you know, inherited from his wealthy father. Well, it seems that you can take that loss on paper and spread it over 10 years with the IRS which means he is still not paying tax. He says that is what makes him cleverer than you or me. I think it makes him a freeloader on the American people, but then again, who am I?



.

You are going to give intelligent people a brain tumor with your nonsense. Businesses can spread losses out over multiple years, that doesn't mean you pay no taxes idiot. Businesses can spread depreciation out over several years, that also doesn't mean you pay no taxes in that year. Good grief someone buy this fool a calculator.

"Clever" people like so-called President Trump, can set his many businesses losses against profits for a decade. This is how the madman evades paying tax like ordinary people. He prefers voters not to know this or the might stop defending his cleverness.

 

[there4eyeM]

There is no need for dishonest misquotation; let's go back to the whole post, not part:

Government includes police. Private enterprise is separate. Political comment on law enforcement is normal. When private enterprise is engaged in something that impacts the public safety, etc., it might be a political figure's subject of commentary. Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Does that post say anything about 'kickbacks'? Does it imply illegal activity by anyone? Does it reflect 'right' or 'left' leanings? Is it other than an observation about republican democracy?

 

[Iceweasel]

There is no need for dishonest misquotation; let's go back to the whole post, not part:

Government includes police. Private enterprise is separate. Political comment on law enforcement is normal. When private enterprise is engaged in something that impacts the public safety, etc., it might be a political figure's subject of commentary. Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Does that post say anything about 'kickbacks'? Does it imply illegal activity by anyone? Does it reflect 'right' or 'left' leanings? Is it other than an observation about republican democracy?

You said personal gain. Do you understand the words?

Fact is Nordstroms caved to leftwing activists so I don't have a problem with her dad calling them on it. Are people going to shop or not shop at Nordstroms because of his tweet? I doubt it.

 

[there4eyeM]

Apparently, "implies" was not noticed due to blinders of prejudice.

Fact is, 'tweets' are for kids.

 

[Iceweasel]

Apparently, "implies" was not noticed due to blinders of prejudice.

Fact is, 'tweets' are for kids.

You don't have an honest bone in your body. You said:

"A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain."

So Trump benefiting personally wasn't your point? If you don't know why say it?

 

[NYcarbineer]

There is no need for dishonest misquotation; let's go back to the whole post, not part:

Government includes police. Private enterprise is separate. Political comment on law enforcement is normal. When private enterprise is engaged in something that impacts the public safety, etc., it might be a political figure's subject of commentary. Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Does that post say anything about 'kickbacks'? Does it imply illegal activity by anyone? Does it reflect 'right' or 'left' leanings? Is it other than an observation about republican democracy?

You said personal gain. Do you understand the words?

Fact is Nordstroms caved to leftwing activists so I don't have a problem with her dad calling them on it. Are people going to shop or not shop at Nordstroms because of his tweet? I doubt it.

 

[Iceweasel]

There is no need for dishonest misquotation; let's go back to the whole post, not part:

Government includes police. Private enterprise is separate. Political comment on law enforcement is normal. When private enterprise is engaged in something that impacts the public safety, etc., it might be a political figure's subject of commentary. Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.

Does that post say anything about 'kickbacks'? Does it imply illegal activity by anyone? Does it reflect 'right' or 'left' leanings? Is it other than an observation about republican democracy?

You said personal gain. Do you understand the words?

Fact is Nordstroms caved to leftwing activists so I don't have a problem with her dad calling them on it. Are people going to shop or not shop at Nordstroms because of his tweet? I doubt it.

How many goddamn times does it need to be explained to you that trade policies, regulations and taxes are one of the main reasons companies are doing that?

You should not be here wasting our time.

 

[there4eyeM]

For clarity, and for anyone with a propensity to objectivity:
Government includes police. Private enterprise is separate. Political comment on law enforcement is normal. When private enterprise is engaged in something that impacts the public safety, etc. , it might be a political figure's subject of commentary. Private enterprise making a decision that impacts a politician's family does not fall into such a category. A politician criticizing such action implies political pressure on private enterprise for personal gain.
Honest commentary is welcome.

 

[NoNukes]

One who criticisers the police. How can you even ask such a question. Trump to totally out of line, and his cult is just going to let him go until he goes off the rails.

He's only out of line because you guys wish him to be.

It's your angry reaction to everything he says that goes off the rails.

Pay attention to what he is saying. You are not a stupid person. He offends the whole world. Open your eyes.

What his critics are saying about him 24/7 is what is offensive the the whole world. It's like they've literally lost their collectives minds. They lost an election they felt they had in the bag and their simply throwing a temper-tantrum like a bunch of crybabies.
#ButtSoSore

Yes, the whole world has lost its' mind, except for Trump and his supporters.

Apparently.
But you leftist crybabies aren't the whole world.....you only think you are, thus you are insane.

Wake up and smell the coffee,

 

[mudwhistle]

Apparently, "implies" was not noticed due to blinders of prejudice.

Fact is, 'tweets' are for kids.

Must be why Hillary tweeted "3-0" in response to the 9th Circus Court decision....
I think she stepped in it because somebody tweeted back "You're 0-2 in presidential elections".

 

[there4eyeM]

Apparently, "implies" was not noticed due to blinders of prejudice.

Fact is, 'tweets' are for kids.

Must be why Hillary tweeted "3-0" in response to the 9th Circus Court decision....
I think she stepped in it because somebody tweeted back "You're 0-2 in presidential elections".

Wouldn't know, since no attention is given to Ms Clinton (war criminal along with "W").