How much is Greenland and will we get Mexico to pay for it? It's a great golf course now that the polar ice caps are melted.

What was the idea behind that one?  

I'm sure it wasn't to put up a golf course.

 

Maddow then offered some possibilities. 

 

“I mean if you know how his mind works, if you are going to play a joke on a president for whom nothing is off-limits and nothing is ridiculous as long as it might provide him something he wants, then pick something that would help the country or that at least would be harmless or funny in the long run,” she suggested.

“I mean now this guy is actually going to go try to buy Greenland — he’s due to go to Denmark next month. Right now it appears he actually thinks he can buy Greenland and he might try to on behalf of the United States of America in real life,” she explained

 

“And that would make for an excellent plot for a “Simpsons” episode. I’m sure someday this whole episode will make a hilarious off-broadway musical. Choose your jokes carefully with this particular mind. He will believe what you tell him. The fail-safes won’t work. The intelligence community will show up to brief him that, ‘Sir, it’s not actually possible for you to buy Greenland’ and he’ll dismiss them and call them the Deep State and the only hope we’ll have for shaking this idea loose out of his head will be if ‘Fox & Friends’ can be drafted on behalf of the nation to fact check this someday, to break the sad news to him,” she continued.

“How else do we get out of this problem now? 

This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 17, 2019 12:07 PM MDT

The Cold War made it an ideal spot for a military base because of its proximity to the USSR.  We did end up putting an Air Force base there.

Thank you.  Great stuff.  So, the government wanted to use it to AID America?

And what does TRUMP want it for?   

Ignoring the fact that we are in a GLOBAL CRISES the world has never encountered to put up a golf course there.  

And we let him run the country.  

Please don't assume I am a Trump-defender, but I thought Trump was looking at its value in natural resources which are becoming more accessible due to climate change causing melting.  He is not the first  to suggest this. I wish the media and others would stop the mocking and exaggerating and focus on real issues. No one is going to change anyone's mind about Trump at this point, but they do have an opportunity to bring attention to viable opponents who can beat him in 2020. Let's put our efforts where they will actually do some good.

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Even as a widardress, I can only dream of being as cool and beautiful as you.
That IS news I never knew.  Thanks!
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The PLACE probably has loads of untapped bounty.  However, the place is a barometer of the fact that we had better spend that bounty fast cuz we ain't gonna last.

Remember that Alaska was called 'Seward's Folly' back in the day. It cost just a few million $. That was over 100 years ago, and we are still here. In fact, the world is showing a DECLINING world population. 

Here is my favorite part.  Instead of looking at the horror of the situation, Trump wants to build a golf course.  THIS is what passes for a leader.

Why don't we just buy Mexico instead?  We won't have to build a wall.  They are already here or coming in droves.  We can tax the hell out of 'em them and have more revenue.  They can surely benefit from the sell-off.  From what I understand, they could use the money.  Let's just annex Mexico.  Watch out Jamie!  Canada's next!  God Bless America!


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I LOVE this thought!

Yes. I have said as much many times.  There must be some complications ya think? 

No! No! No! No!
Don't make me take you over my knee for posting a subversive ideology, young man!


What we need to do is give Texas back to Mexico.
It's been a big bone of contention ever since we stole that Godforsaken hole from them. 
All those rapists, criminals and drug dealers from Mexico want to go to Texas, anyways and many have 'familia'.
Economically, Mexico would just be another welfare state like Puerto Rico and Alabama.  
Rather than sticking our fingers in a big old dike trying to block all of those peeps (some of who I assume are good people), just #giveitback and dig a big trench.  I'm sure I speak for all of us, it gets tiresome getting puckered fingers from having to finger dikes!  

As for Canada, Canadians would love to become the 51st state.  In reality, if Canada did join the United States, each province would most likely be admitted as a state of its own, making Canada the 51st through 60th states. However, the phrase "51st state" clearly carries the subtext that all of Canada would have the power of just one single state.  We'll rescue them from the shackles of Godless socialism and attractive Prime Ministers; providing them with all the bennies of our world-renown healthcare system.

But speaking of atttractive PM's,  Justin could run for president. OH MY!!! 

As an added bonus, consider all the money that will be saved on tariffs from poutine imports.

!WIN!

OK. 

My take away from all that bullshazabaloney is this...

Cute prime ministers...good.

Fingering dikes...bad.

Am I right?

The cute PM's very good, indeed..

As for the dikes, sometimes the holes require an entire hand to plug. Very inefficient
 

This post was edited by Jon at August 17, 2019 2:48 PM MDT

The wisdom of a Goat!  Truly!  What would we do without them?  Your picture looks as if there should be a balloon around your post and saying it! ;) :)

LMAO 

If Only...

Maybe we could suggest a site format change to JA so that all of the dialogue boxes look like comment balloons. LOL


This post was edited by Jon at August 17, 2019 2:54 PM MDT