My biggest concern the first day would be where are the Monicas and the cigars
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I am just suggesting that is a pile of crap to manage, it must take quite > a few people. I think he is a successful manager of a large bunch of > organizations. > To do that you have to be able to make decisions and move to the next item > on the list. > > As far as being in over your head as a president, there are a bazillion > little things that you would not know. For example, go build the wall. OK > are you going to obtain easements, are you going to do eminent domain, are > you going to put on in Mexico without permission? > Are you going to obey NEPA laws? Things like that. I know about NEPA, am > pretty much a NEPA expert when it comes to putting fiber lines in public > lands, but almost nobody knows this stuff. I am sure there are parallels > in every thing a president touches. Laws and regs that must be obeyed. > > Then, you have all the intel and secret stuff that probably dumps on you > first day in office. All kinds of selecting the best of two bad > situations. Homeland type of crap. > Then they pull out the UFO file..... > > I don’t think anyone is prepared. Yeah, Ike was probably the best > prepared. Governors are probably better prepared than Senators. > You gotta pick good experts to advise you and hope for the best. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:13 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, correct > story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The Washington Post > > > Does he give one of his lieutenants free reign over that Central Park > merry-go-round? > > > > I think a lot of those deals are either licensing his name, or providing > management services. Both essentially pure profit. I’m not saying he’s > stupid. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 12:01 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, > correct story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The > Washington Post > > > > Whole pile of companies and properties: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization > > > > Looks like a large outfit to me. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 10:57 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, correct > story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The Washington Post > > > > Well, I’m not sure Eisenhower was in over his head. More like a vacation > after his previous job. > > > > As far as Trump being a brilliant businessman, he’s more like a brand > licenser and reality TV host now that (almost) nobody will loan him money > anymore. I remember him being more of a laughingstock in the 80’s due to > his serial bankruptcies. His modus operandi seems to be: > > > > 1) Create chaos > > 2) Send in the lawyers > > … > > PROFIT! > > > > If you are willing to be ruthless and screw over your partners, vendors, > and fellow investors, there is always profit to be made. Until people wise > up and won’t deal with you. Then you only have one option remaining – run > for elected office. > > > > I also have a hard time envisioning The Trump Organization as a very large > organization with hundreds of divisions. More like Russian nesting dolls > for tax purposes. Articles I have read about their offices in Trump Tower > say it is pretty spartan. And as far as turning over day-to-day management > to his sons, you don’t think that already happened over the years? Well, > at least Don Jr. Like SNL says, “and I’m Eric”. Maybe I’m judging him > harshly because he looks so strange, wasn’t he Odo on Star Trek? > > > > I’m sorry, I just don’t see DJT as a business magnate in the same class > with Jack Welch or Warren Buffett. If you pull any list of the top NYC > real estate developers, Trump won’t even be on the list. That’s why the > actual real estate magnates hold him in such low regard. Not that their > opinion is necessarily more important than your average swamp critter. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:14 AM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, > correct story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The > Washington Post > > > > I think all presidents quickly realize they are in over their head. No > way you can actually be prepared for the job. > > > > But one thing that Trump has going for him is the proven ability to > organize and run very large organizations with hundreds of divisions. > > No way he could have been successful in the business world without the > ability to give his lieutenants free reign. > > > > He is an ass, an megalomaniac, probably a sociopath, narcissistic, > probably delusional – but I have liked everything he has done so far with > the exception of the way he is handling Mexico. I think they need to build > an electronic wall. Fiber optic cable 100% of the border with cameras each > half miles and drones on each camera pole. Crowdsource the monitoring. > Let the Minuteman organizations watch things. Make the cameras IR so if > they see something at night, launch the drone to check it out. > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 10:04 AM > > *To:* Animal Farm > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG]OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, correct > story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The Washington Post > > > > Ha... You'd have better luck getting Trump to agree he is in over his head > than getting me to respect or like him... No sale > > > > On Jan 26, 2017 10:02 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Glad to see you are coming around Jaime.... > > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:20 PM > > *To:* Animal Farm > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT. BRING OUT THE KOOL AIDE VATS. The true, correct > story of what happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration - The Washington Post > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/01/ > 24/the-true-correct-story-of-what-happened-at-donald- > trumps-inauguration/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_3_na- > amp&utm_term=.428e092e7fd8 > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
