Shalise's raw anger just below the surface mirrors my own, day in and day out, since 2015, the first time I heard of Donald Trump's name in connection with U.S. government. Let's not forget that it is his fault that every American agency is run by incompetent and hateful swine like Hegseth.
Not just Donald Trump's fault though he is the jerk who nominated them. The Republicans in Congress who broke their oaths of office to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign or domestic, all approved the nominations of Hegseth and others.
It admittedly gets exhausting being this angry all the time, but there’s really no other way to feel. The truly enraging part is the things DT did in his first go-round now seem quaint…
Appreciate the commiseration and solidarity. And validation. I have been angry since 2015, and it has sapped my mental and physical health. That it didn’t have to be this way compounds the damage. So sharing the grief is an important part of maintaining a decent attitude. Thanks for helping us get through the days. There’s still something to smile about.
Marco Rubio spoke in Spanish to a crewman recording a press conference. When Hegseth got to the microphone, he snidely retorted, "I speak American." What a putz. He's an embarrassment to educated people everywhere.
Hegseth's arrogance is matched only by his incompetence. But what is also sadly true is that his unchallenged decisions and behavior have revealed how lacking in honor and courage our career military leaders are. How debased our officers have become. They remain mute while their peers are humiliated, deprived of deserved positions and promotions, sacrificed to this Administration's bigotry. They follow orders that are patently illegal, up to and including the commission of war crimes. How in the world did this happen to our military? We may have the finest weaponry and military technology available. We no longer have the finest military personnel.
The Greatest Generation is dead. Long may they live.
" But what is also sadly true is that his unchallenged decisions and behavior have revealed how lacking in honor and courage our career military leaders are. "
Remember, Hegseth fired many of the long-standing knowledgeable and ethical military leaders. There aren't many left to question or refute him.
Yes, that's true, Steve, But at the very first unjustified firing, people should have spoken up. Soon there will be no one left but his self-appointed lackeys. Very scary.
Ah yes, the words and wisdom of Martin Niemöller come to mind. If no one speaks out in the beginning, in the end, there will be no one left to speak out.
This vile, cruel, hateful, incompetent person should be the first person, after the president and vice president, to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office. To say he's an embarrassment to the country doesn't begin to say what needs saying.
Kegseth is worse than even Gingrich was in the adultery department. What kind of woman would be married this kind of man? Obviously not a self-respecting one and obviously not one who would ever vote for any woman to become president off the US.
Yuck, even without his pseudo religious bullshit, he is no prize. It will take decades to undo the damage this toll has been and is doing to the military. Of course, most of the white men he is so enamored with love this. Much less competition for them and they can backslide into their sexist ways.
Thank you for listing all the evidence of Hegseth's incompetency and lack of moral character. He is just like his boss--a lying, cheating, serial sexual abuser. He deserves all the ridicule calling him a DUI hire. Just as his boss still has Obama Derangement Syndrome, Hegseth knows that he is inadequate compared to his predecessor, African American four star general Lloyd Austin. In their delusional belief in white superiority, they are proof that 250 years of white privilege has created mediocrity in the laziest. And paradoxically, their pursuit of resegregating the armed services will result in more white casualties in Trump's many foolish military skirmishes.
For the safety of our country and our military personnel, impeach and remove Hegseth! The man is incompetent at the least and in a position beyond his abilities. He covers it up with rants and orders that do not serve anyone well (except maybe Trump).
Hegseth is a cruel man and no Christian, no matter what he claims. I would discourage anyone from enlisting while he and Trump are in office. Either the person would be discriminated against for not being a white man, or would be ordered to violate military ethics.
There are some weird people in this world. Perhaps most of them fell out of my childhood home. I have a nephew, son of a niece that looks like kegsbreath . He is evil. His parents used to put him on the roof of the pick’em up truck while they drunkenly hunted wild hogs in GA for money compensation. I paid thousands of dollars so said alcoholic niece would not have to deliver her oldest child while she was in prison. Only GA, but probably every F*ing red neck state. They told the kids to not get off the roof because they might be eaten by wild hogs. I’ve done some dumb things, but this one takes the cake. Maybe Gen Z deserves what their dumbass parents gave them. What is the name for Gen Z idiot descendants? Have we found one yet? Dumber than boomers and GenZ? DTBGZ? Save yourselves you lazy descendant morons. I used to pay my sorry assed silent generation parent’s bills. You sleep and grow up fast when you have to. Like we used to say in college in the ’70s-get real. So what we have is old people who don’t want to talk and young people who want to work 12 minutes a day and make a million dollars a year. Well, that tells us where sticking their snotty noses in the corner for a time out got us. We get what we deserve. I’m so happy for Hungary. I hope the winner is a good guy - wish it were a woman.
Hegseth needs to be the next cabinet member fired. Unfortunately, Trump may nominate an equally unqualified person and the Republican Party will approve him. It galls me that a man who served as a Major in the military would fire 3 and 4 star generals. There’s something seriously wrong with that, and it sends a dangerous message to the military.
"As much as it pains us, we should note that there were a few women and Black men who were not struck from the promotion list — yet."
I believe that the reason for that is pretty simple. He has been advised that he needed to allow a handful of such promotions to go through so that he could point to them as "proof" that he's not the sexist, racist pig that he so obviously is.
Shalise's raw anger just below the surface mirrors my own, day in and day out, since 2015, the first time I heard of Donald Trump's name in connection with U.S. government. Let's not forget that it is his fault that every American agency is run by incompetent and hateful swine like Hegseth.
Not just Donald Trump's fault though he is the jerk who nominated them. The Republicans in Congress who broke their oaths of office to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign or domestic, all approved the nominations of Hegseth and others.
It admittedly gets exhausting being this angry all the time, but there’s really no other way to feel. The truly enraging part is the things DT did in his first go-round now seem quaint…
Appreciate the commiseration and solidarity. And validation. I have been angry since 2015, and it has sapped my mental and physical health. That it didn’t have to be this way compounds the damage. So sharing the grief is an important part of maintaining a decent attitude. Thanks for helping us get through the days. There’s still something to smile about.
Ask yourselves why did Congress approve Hegseth's nomination????
Terrified to cross Trump.
Marco Rubio spoke in Spanish to a crewman recording a press conference. When Hegseth got to the microphone, he snidely retorted, "I speak American." What a putz. He's an embarrassment to educated people everywhere.
Who'd like to bet that he's trying to position himself to replace his boss, thinking that Vance and Rubio have lost favor?
He'd better stop digging the hole that he's in then. People don't like him. In the future, fewer people will like him.
"Keep digging, Petey!"
Yup. As we'd say in the 60's, "right on."
If Trump wanted a Matt Gaetz lookalike, he'd go get Matt Gaetz. He's a cheap date these days.
OMG!!
I know, it's a horrific prospect!
Hegseth's arrogance is matched only by his incompetence. But what is also sadly true is that his unchallenged decisions and behavior have revealed how lacking in honor and courage our career military leaders are. How debased our officers have become. They remain mute while their peers are humiliated, deprived of deserved positions and promotions, sacrificed to this Administration's bigotry. They follow orders that are patently illegal, up to and including the commission of war crimes. How in the world did this happen to our military? We may have the finest weaponry and military technology available. We no longer have the finest military personnel.
The Greatest Generation is dead. Long may they live.
" But what is also sadly true is that his unchallenged decisions and behavior have revealed how lacking in honor and courage our career military leaders are. "
Remember, Hegseth fired many of the long-standing knowledgeable and ethical military leaders. There aren't many left to question or refute him.
Yes, that's true, Steve, But at the very first unjustified firing, people should have spoken up. Soon there will be no one left but his self-appointed lackeys. Very scary.
Ah yes, the words and wisdom of Martin Niemöller come to mind. If no one speaks out in the beginning, in the end, there will be no one left to speak out.
This vile, cruel, hateful, incompetent person should be the first person, after the president and vice president, to be impeached, convicted, and removed from office. To say he's an embarrassment to the country doesn't begin to say what needs saying.
Kegseth is worse than even Gingrich was in the adultery department. What kind of woman would be married this kind of man? Obviously not a self-respecting one and obviously not one who would ever vote for any woman to become president off the US.
Yuck, even without his pseudo religious bullshit, he is no prize. It will take decades to undo the damage this toll has been and is doing to the military. Of course, most of the white men he is so enamored with love this. Much less competition for them and they can backslide into their sexist ways.
I can describe Kegsbreath in one word. Sleazy.
Well, he was a Faux Noise presenter, so that goes without saying. He dresses like a televangelist, which doesn't add to his credibility.
Thank you for listing all the evidence of Hegseth's incompetency and lack of moral character. He is just like his boss--a lying, cheating, serial sexual abuser. He deserves all the ridicule calling him a DUI hire. Just as his boss still has Obama Derangement Syndrome, Hegseth knows that he is inadequate compared to his predecessor, African American four star general Lloyd Austin. In their delusional belief in white superiority, they are proof that 250 years of white privilege has created mediocrity in the laziest. And paradoxically, their pursuit of resegregating the armed services will result in more white casualties in Trump's many foolish military skirmishes.
Woof, you said it.
A dreadful person. A horrid civil employee. A dangerous Secy of Defense.
For the safety of our country and our military personnel, impeach and remove Hegseth! The man is incompetent at the least and in a position beyond his abilities. He covers it up with rants and orders that do not serve anyone well (except maybe Trump).
Hegseth is a cruel man and no Christian, no matter what he claims. I would discourage anyone from enlisting while he and Trump are in office. Either the person would be discriminated against for not being a white man, or would be ordered to violate military ethics.
There are some weird people in this world. Perhaps most of them fell out of my childhood home. I have a nephew, son of a niece that looks like kegsbreath . He is evil. His parents used to put him on the roof of the pick’em up truck while they drunkenly hunted wild hogs in GA for money compensation. I paid thousands of dollars so said alcoholic niece would not have to deliver her oldest child while she was in prison. Only GA, but probably every F*ing red neck state. They told the kids to not get off the roof because they might be eaten by wild hogs. I’ve done some dumb things, but this one takes the cake. Maybe Gen Z deserves what their dumbass parents gave them. What is the name for Gen Z idiot descendants? Have we found one yet? Dumber than boomers and GenZ? DTBGZ? Save yourselves you lazy descendant morons. I used to pay my sorry assed silent generation parent’s bills. You sleep and grow up fast when you have to. Like we used to say in college in the ’70s-get real. So what we have is old people who don’t want to talk and young people who want to work 12 minutes a day and make a million dollars a year. Well, that tells us where sticking their snotty noses in the corner for a time out got us. We get what we deserve. I’m so happy for Hungary. I hope the winner is a good guy - wish it were a woman.
Hegseth needs to be the next cabinet member fired. Unfortunately, Trump may nominate an equally unqualified person and the Republican Party will approve him. It galls me that a man who served as a Major in the military would fire 3 and 4 star generals. There’s something seriously wrong with that, and it sends a dangerous message to the military.
"As much as it pains us, we should note that there were a few women and Black men who were not struck from the promotion list — yet."
I believe that the reason for that is pretty simple. He has been advised that he needed to allow a handful of such promotions to go through so that he could point to them as "proof" that he's not the sexist, racist pig that he so obviously is.
He is such an insecure little man.
Hegseth revels in hatred and violence for their own sake, and then calls it holy..