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  • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    It would not surprise me in the least if you, blinded by and consumed with your opposition to all things Trump, and having already found him guilty, should come to that unfounded conclusion, so feel free to guess away.

    But, humor me, if you will.... aside from tearfully testifying that Rudy and Trump were meanies to her, what do you expect her to add to the actual charge of collusion... I mean obstruction... um... quid pro quo.... wait, now it's bribery! (Who knows what it will be tomorrow)
    Seriously? You would paint this ambassador in those terms? After how she's been maligned and pushed out of her position in spite of doing her job faithfully and professionally for decades?

    Disgusting.
    My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

    If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

    This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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    • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
      Seriously? You would paint this ambassador in those terms?
      I have not painted the ambassador in ANY terms - it seems pretty clear that she was not treated kindly, but it is still the President's prerogative to appoint and/or recall ambassadors, and foreign policy is to be conducted at the direction of the President, not by ambassadors.

      She is now testifying about how difficult it was to serve in some difficult places, and her resume appears to be impressive. She in no way deserves any hostile treatment by Trump or Riudy, but that's not the point of the impeachment trial.

      After how she's been maligned in spite of doing her job faithfully for decades.

      Disgusting.
      If she was treated as badly as is claimed - and I have no reason not to believe she was - that's not an impeachable offense, Jim.

      Perhaps now you can answer my question? -- what do you expect her to add to the actual charge of collusion... I mean obstruction... um... quid pro quo.... wait, now it's bribery!
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • She is currently testifying that the importance of the ambassador is so important that "knee-capping" the ambassador is somehow more damaging than....

        I don't think she gets it that she serves at the pleasure of POTUS, and her role is not more important than his.

        While "ambassador" is certainly a very important role, they do not "set" foreign policy - they are to represent the US of A, the POTUS sets the policy.

        She keeps emphasizing how important the role of ambassador is. SURE, but, again ---- they serve at the pleasure of the president.

        In her opening statement, she pretty well established the limits of what she could testify "first hand" to - and that was pretty limited. She then defended her reputation, denouncing some of the accusations against her, then continued this "the ambassador is crucially important" speech.
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
          I have not painted the ambassador in ANY terms - it seems pretty clear that she was not treated kindly, but it is still the President's prerogative to appoint and/or recall ambassadors, and foreign policy is to be conducted at the direction of the President, not by ambassadors.

          She is now testifying about how difficult it was to serve in some difficult places, and her resume appears to be impressive. She in no way deserves any hostile treatment by Trump or Riudy, but that's not the point of the impeachment trial.



          If she was treated as badly as is claimed - and I have no reason not to believe she was - that's not an impeachable offense, Jim.

          Perhaps now you can answer my question? -- what do you expect her to add to the actual charge of collusion... I mean obstruction... um... quid pro quo.... wait, now it's bribery!
          Save it. This is the person you've maligned. I am sick and tired of this partison bovine feces manifesting as brutal and disgusting malignment of good people The ONLY acceptable words as relates to Yavanovitch or any other faithful US civil servant or military hero caught up in this mess and shamefully maligned for political purposes are:

          "I'm sorry they did that".



          Source: Yavanovitch


          I come before you as an American citizen, who has devoted
          the majority of my life, 33 years, to service to the country that all
          of us love. Like my colleagues, I entered the Foreign Service
          understanding that my job was to implement the foreign policy
          interests of this nation, as defined by the President and Congress,
          and to do so regardless of which person or party was in power. I
          had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals.
          My service is an expression of gratitude for all that this
          country has given my family and me. My late parents did not
          have the good fortune to come of age in a free society. My father
          fled the Soviets before ultimately finding refuge in the United
          States. My mother’s family escaped the USSR after the
          Bolshevik revolution, and she grew up stateless in Nazi Germany,
          before eventually making her way to the United States. Their
          personal histories—my personal history—gave me both deep
          gratitude towards the United States and great empathy for
          others—like the Ukrainian people—who want to be free.

          © Copyright Original Source



          And here are some examples of her service to this country:

          Source: Yavanovitch

          My first tour was Mogadishu, Somalia, an increasingly
          dangerous place, as that country’s civil war kept grinding on and
          the government was weakening. The military took over policing
          functions in a particularly brutal way and many basic services
          disappeared.
          Several years later, after the Soviet Union collapsed, I helped
          open our Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. As we were
          establishing relations with a new country, our small Embassy was
          attacked by a gunman, who sprayed the Embassy building with
          gunfire.
          I later served in Moscow. In 1993, during the attempted
          coup in Russia, I was caught in crossfire between presidential and
          parliamentary forces. It took us three tries—me without a helmet
          or body armor—to get into a vehicle to go to the Embassy. We went
          to the Embassy, because the Ambassador asked us to come.
          We went, because it was our duty.

          © Copyright Original Source

          My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1

          If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not  bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26

          This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19

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          • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
            Save it. This is the person you've maligned. I am sick and tired of this partison bovine feces manifesting as brutal and disgusting malignment of good people The ONLY acceptable words as relates to Yavanovitch or any other faithful US civil servant or military hero caught up in this mess and shamefully maligned for political purposes are:
            I'm shocked! Another emotional rant.

            I'm not maligning her, Jim, and don't appreciate your dishonest representation, however emotional it may be - I'm reporting what I see - and so far, it's "I'm a really good person (which she may well be) and I was unfairly removed (which it appears is accurate)", and she has a point.

            She's a good person and Trump and Rudy were a couple of jackasses in the way they handled this. So far, that does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense, Jim.
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
              Heads up!

              Today, during the Schiff Show, you may expect weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
              Don't laugh. That was exactly what the guests on NBC's Meet the Press suggested was needed. Right after Washington Post associate editor and columnist David Ignatius urged Schiff and his gang to "dramatize" the hearings as much as possible Yamiche Alcindor, PBS's White House correspondent advised witnesses (especially Marie Yovanovitch) to get emotional and cry.

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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              • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                Don't laugh. That was exactly what the guests on NBC's Meet the Press suggested was needed. Right after Washington Post associate editor and columnist David Ignatius urged Schiff and his gang to "dramatize" the hearings as much as possible Yamiche Alcindor, PBS's White House correspondent advised witnesses (especially Marie Yovanovitch) to get emotional and cry.
                Perhaps Jim should be aiming his emotional tirades at these people.

                How bout it, Ox --- are you going to decry these outlets for their sexist maligning of Yavanovitch?
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                  Save it. This is the person you've maligned. I am sick and tired of this partison bovine feces manifesting as brutal and disgusting malignment of good people The ONLY acceptable words as relates to Yavanovitch or any other faithful US civil servant or military hero caught up in this mess and shamefully maligned for political purposes are:

                  "I'm sorry they did that".



                  Source: Yavanovitch


                  I come before you as an American citizen, who has devoted
                  the majority of my life, 33 years, to service to the country that all
                  of us love. Like my colleagues, I entered the Foreign Service
                  understanding that my job was to implement the foreign policy
                  interests of this nation, as defined by the President and Congress,
                  and to do so regardless of which person or party was in power. I
                  had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy goals.
                  My service is an expression of gratitude for all that this
                  country has given my family and me. My late parents did not
                  have the good fortune to come of age in a free society. My father
                  fled the Soviets before ultimately finding refuge in the United
                  States. My mother’s family escaped the USSR after the
                  Bolshevik revolution, and she grew up stateless in Nazi Germany,
                  before eventually making her way to the United States. Their
                  personal histories—my personal history—gave me both deep
                  gratitude towards the United States and great empathy for
                  others—like the Ukrainian people—who want to be free.

                  © Copyright Original Source



                  And here are some examples of her service to this country:

                  Source: Yavanovitch

                  My first tour was Mogadishu, Somalia, an increasingly
                  dangerous place, as that country’s civil war kept grinding on and
                  the government was weakening. The military took over policing
                  functions in a particularly brutal way and many basic services
                  disappeared.
                  Several years later, after the Soviet Union collapsed, I helped
                  open our Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. As we were
                  establishing relations with a new country, our small Embassy was
                  attacked by a gunman, who sprayed the Embassy building with
                  gunfire.
                  I later served in Moscow. In 1993, during the attempted
                  coup in Russia, I was caught in crossfire between presidential and
                  parliamentary forces. It took us three tries—me without a helmet
                  or body armor—to get into a vehicle to go to the Embassy. We went
                  to the Embassy, because the Ambassador asked us to come.
                  We went, because it was our duty.

                  © Copyright Original Source

                  So what exactly does any of that have to do with impeachment. Was this an effort on her part to say that bureaucrats are the ones who should be in charge because they are special and better than anyone else? If they want to go down that road then whatever any cop says trumps what state department officials thinks since the former has generally risked far more than they have.

                  And as for your opening tirade -- imagine for a second someone saying the exact same thing to you except substitute "our president" for "good people" and "Yavanovitch." What would be your reaction? I doubt that sneering would only begin to cover your response.

                  I'm always still in trouble again

                  "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                  "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                  "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                  • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                    So what exactly does any of that have to do with impeachment. Was this an effort on her part to say that bureaucrats are the ones who should be in charge because they are special and better than anyone else?....
                    Her entire opening statement and initial question/answer seemed to be exactly that. And being a "career diplomat" should have more clout than a duly elected POTUS.
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • Originally posted by oxmixmudd View Post
                      Might I guess that listening to the testimony itself and trying to discern the likelyhood Trump engaged in illegal behavior is off the table for you?
                      The real question is will we ever get anything more than three or four degrees of separation? Something better than the equivalent of I overheard so-and-so tell someone that they were told by someone else that xyz happened.

                      As I noted early this morning
                      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                      The "witnesses" could hardly be called witnesses. In one case there was something like four degrees of separation. George Kent said that he believed that there was quid pro quo because he heard it from William Taylor who heard it from Tim Morrison (who has denied Taylor's claim), who heard it from Sondland. And where did Sondland get it? He presumed that there was a quid pro quo despite Trump having explicitly told him that he wanted nothing in exchange and that there was no quid pro quo.

                      That's real solid evidence that the TDS crowd is hanging their hat on.

                      I'm always still in trouble again

                      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                      • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        Her entire opening statement and initial question/answer seemed to be exactly that. And being a "career diplomat" should have more clout than a duly elected POTUS.
                        Which goes back to something that Vindman said. Namely that he was worried that Trump is trying to "subvert U.S. foreign policy." But Trump, as POTUS, is in charge of setting foreign policy. Not Congress. Not career diplomats and bureaucrats in the State Department. So it is in effect impossible for Trump to have "subvert[ed] U.S. foreign policy."

                        But that is the mind set these bureaucrats are displaying. That they are in charge and that president's come along who muck up all their work running foreign policy.

                        News Flash for these egos-run-amuck. They are NOT in charge of setting policy. Their job is to carry out the president's policy. If they don't like it they can always resign but they should not be trying to sabotage it and go about establishing their own policy no matter how smart they think they are.

                        If one of Trump's underlings was behaving like this we would be barraged with comments about treason and attempts to establish a dictatorship.

                        I'm always still in trouble again

                        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

                        Comment


                        • The only real potentially damaging thing was the fact that Trump sent out a typical jackass tweet during the hearing, and Schiff stopped to read it, because it appeared to be an attempt to intimidate the witness.

                          Trump is his own worst enemy, and may just do the Democrats' job for them.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            The only real potentially damaging thing was the fact that Trump sent out a typical jackass tweet during the hearing, and Schiff stopped to read it, because it appeared to be an attempt to intimidate the witness.

                            Trump is his own worst enemy, and may just do the Democrats' job for them.
                            And will continue to be so.

                            He has never grasped the philosophy of when your opponent is self-destructing the smartest thing to do is step aside and let them proceed.

                            I'm always still in trouble again

                            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                            • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                              Which goes back to something that Vindman said. Namely that he was worried that Trump is trying to "subvert U.S. foreign policy." But Trump, as POTUS, is in charge of setting foreign policy. Not Congress. Not career diplomats and bureaucrats in the State Department. So it is in effect impossible for Trump to have "subvert[ed] U.S. foreign policy."

                              But that is the mind set these bureaucrats are displaying. That they are in charge and that president's come along who muck up all their work running foreign policy.

                              News Flash for these egos-run-amuck. They are NOT in charge of setting policy. Their job is to carry out the president's policy. If they don't like it they can always resign but they should not be trying to sabotage it and go about establishing their own policy no matter how smart they think they are.

                              If one of Trump's underlings was behaving like this we would be barraged with comments about treason and attempts to establish a dictatorship.
                              Er, not quite - it IS possible for a president to subvert national interest - and that might well rise to treason.

                              Only if FP contravenes national interest is this at issue - and frankly it would have to be Russia or China to even start to make the case.
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                              • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                                The only real potentially damaging thing was the fact that Trump sent out a typical jackass tweet during the hearing, and Schiff stopped to read it, because it appeared to be an attempt to intimidate the witness.

                                Trump is his own worst enemy, and may just do the Democrats' job for them.
                                Wait, Schiff READ it? Out loud?

                                Trump isn't the only one...
                                "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

                                "Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman

                                My Personal Blog

                                My Novella blog (Current Novella Begins on 7/25/14)

                                Quill Sword

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