By Decree of the King

@LooeyVille totally agree, perfectly stated.

Fantasyland. The same place they get all their ideas.

Yeah, most kingdoms are run by leaders that would have you shot for daring to protest. I get the whole 'media' trying to control mobs actions vibe.

That's a good way to describe them. I mean, if they were really thinking things through, in a kingdom with a real king in it, could they even take to the streets to protest and speak out against the king? I think any king would likely round them up and send them to the gallows. Instead, they just got in their cars, went home, put away their signs, and had dinner. lol

@rebelann I'll tell you what the media should look into to, and I agree it MIGHT be as tinhatty and idea as the idea of a king in the White House, but it's if any PayPal payments landed in any protester's accounts from George Soros and his ilk, because 9 times out of 10, if it's a liberal movement, particularly a protest... There's usually someone funding them and they want cameras put on them.

Most reasonable people don't.

To that I say; so what? And I don't say that to be mean. Welcome to the real world where a job is not a guarantee and people have to figure things out. It happens all the time in the private sector, so why do people in government think they are somehow entitled to some sort of unique immunity from reality that the very people who pay their salaries face every single day, and MUCH more frequently and often than government workers have to? The bottom line here is that the government is shut down right this very moment because the Democrats won't vote to pass a budget reconciliation bill which requires a 2/3rds majority vote in a Congress where the Republicans only have 53-47 majority. That is not enough to get a bill passed of this sort, of course, because 2/3rds is 60. It is sad when anyone loses a job. Don't get me wrong. But what does a job have to do with anything, really? In the private sector it's because of profits and other driving factors that people find themselves on the bread line. In this case it's government workers due to a disagreement between parties. There is one big difference here, though, I think is worth pointing out, and that is that most of these government workers will actually get their jobs back in a week or two when the government reopens. A luxury NOT afforded to private sector workers who were laid off for a reason. Either way, the point is that to declare Donald Trump a king is as ridiculous as it gets. That's what this post was about.

@porwest When I went to work there, I had been working at the college where I was reinventing my life when my disability hit full force and I had three littles to support. No, I did not have kids while single but life happens (extreme wreck - vegetable, etc.), and it was the only position back then that offered excellent benefits but low pay. I took it and grew. I was younger and could bounce back during the furlough's though very hard. I don't know what the answers are but all of this is causing a domino effect.

@noni1959 What domino effect are you referring to exactly? And what does it have to do with Trump? He's not the one who shut down the government. Neither did the Republicans. The Democrats did, so either I am missing your point here or your argument. Not sure which. On the job loss thing, people lose jobs and suffer hardships. It's sad. But it's part of life. Nothing wrong or unfair about it.

Yes. Overwhelmingly.

I try to approach things with a sound mind, common sense, and reason. I remember when some on the right were saying Obama wanted to be a king. I thought it was ridiculous then, and I think it is ridiculous now. We need to get back to being rational people who voice our concerns and dissent in rational, practical ways. The fact is, these people just look crazy and unhinged. And that DETRACTS from their arguments and complaints rather than pushes them forward to be considered by anyone for any serious debate. The fact is, they don't have a real argument they can actually articulate. So, in that stead, what they do, is start resorting to nonsense hoping it has an impact and overshadows the reality that they can't really express exactly what it is they are against—or even afraid of for that matter.

These are just words. Define crazy. People say this all the time. What they don't do is explain what they mean by that or describe it. What's crazy about wanting to restore law and order and make our streets safer in communities where leadership has failed its citizens? What's crazy about saying it is unfair for men to compete in women's sports? What's crazy about saying little boys in grade school should not be given hormone treatments and assisted with transitioning? What's crazy about trying to create an environment where American companies invest in American manufacturing and offer better jobs and opportunities for Americans? Jobs that were eroded, by the way, through special deals with foreign nations that offered incentives for companies to seek cheaper labor elsewhere leaving us with Walmart and Burger King jobs? What's crazy about wanting to know who is in our country and what they are doing, and making it harder for anyone to just come here and do and take what they want? Like I said. Define the crazy. I'll wait.

This is nothing new. Presidents have always made changes to cabinets and surrounded themselves with people who align with their agenda. That goes for making changes outside their cabinets as well. It has always been done this way. So, the question is...what's new? What's really happening or the perception something else is happening? Trump also campaigned on all of this. Draining the swamp. Fixing the bureaucracy. Removing the woke. Restoring common sense and law and order. And the people elected him to do all of these things. He won the popular vote and the electoral vote. He won every single swing state. He's not doing anything he didn't say he was going to do, loud and clear, and was given a mandate by the people to do it. And he's doing it legally. Within his powers. Through the same process any other president has had to do it through. And within the law.