CWAA: Can We All Agree™ – 7/2/17 edition
July 2, 2017
A day late, but hopefully, not a pound short.
Can we all agree, we should all be nervous about the administration’s request for voter data from the states and appalled that they don’t seem to understand why state officials are declining the demand?
Can we all agree, as the nation’s fertility rate declines any rational person realizes we need to change our attitude toward immigration?
Can we all agree, the GOP’s latest failure to pass a health care reform bill has left many Americans in the worst possible position – unable to plan for the future?
Can we all agree it’s hard to understand why these opponents of Mr. Trump’s health care plan would agree to this picture? (AP photo)
Can we all agree, Mr. Trump has not been any help to Mitch McConnell?
Can we all agree Mr. Trump’s about face on health care shows his desperation and makes passage even more remote?
Can we all agree most voters don’t really understand ‘CBO scores,’ and don’t really care since they know what the impact of the Republican bill would be?
Can we all agree, Mr. Trump’s needless fight with two cable TV commentators has revealed the alternative universe inside the White House?
Can we all agree, the National Rifle Association’s latest ad campaign should outrage every American as it incites violence, simply to encourage gun ownership?
Can we all agree, anyone who doesn’t think a grandparent constitutes a ‘bona fide’ relationship should ask one?
Can we all agree, next week’s G-20 summit should be quite the show for Mr. Trump, Germany’s Angela Merkel and Russia’s Vladimir Putin?
Can we all agree, Mr. Trump is oblivious to the fact that most of the world is laughing at him?
Can we all agree, Hong Kong is at pivotal crossroads as it celebrates 20 years since the British relinquished control?
Can we all agree, each week EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is allowed to stay in office we get closer to environmental disaster?
Can we all agree, Paul Manafort never should have been allowed to run any political campaign?
Can we all agree, it’s not the $2.7 billion fine from the EU that worries Google, but the threat to their business model?
Can we all agree, the NSA, needs to admit they have screwed up and start helping people combat the hacking tools the agency created?
Can we all agree, the newfound friendship between Mr. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Modi will only last as long as Mr. Modi bows to all Mr. Trump’s demands?
Can we all agree, Germany’s rejection of visas for the body-guards/thugs who wanted to accompany Turkey’s dictator on a state visit, suggest the criminal charges brought in the US may have an impact after all?
Can we all agree, the latest report on the rise in sea level caused by increased carbon emissions makes our government’s position on the environment increasingly absurd?
Can we all agree, Mr. Trump has created his own echo chamber to support his egomaniacal positions?
Can we all agree, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has become a non-entity on the world stage?
Can we all agree, Serena Williams had a near perfect return for John Mcenroe’s sexist serve?
Can we all agree, gun control supporters were left a bit confused this week as the Supreme Court allowed a California law on ammunition to stand but a lower court issued an injunction preventing the law from going into effect?
Can we all agree, no one is looking forward to stricter airport security rules ?
Can we all agree, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should be congratulated for their bid to diversify their membership, even if it’s a few years late?
and finally:
A good news story about the heroic actions of a major league umpire.
and
An airline story that might restore your faith in the industry.
CWAA: Can We All Agree™ – 6/10/17 edition
June 10, 2017
Can we all agree, if Donald Trump testifies under oath, perjury charges and then impeachment are sure to follow?
Can we all agree, maybe Mr. Trump is right about Mr. Comey – if there’s one thing Mr. Trump knows, it’s how to lie?
Can we all agree Speaker Paul Ryan should be embarrassed by his suggestion that Mr. Trump can be forgiven, because he’s “unfamiliar with political protocol?”
Just two guys, Barack and Justin, having a night out in Montreal.
Can we all agree the talk about obstruction of justice is irrelevant in the impeachment debate, because impeachment has nothing to do with legality, it’s all political?
Can we all agree, the Senate and Mitch McConnell, take a back seat to no one in the chutzpah department, by passing healthcare reform, while most of the nation was watching James Comey testify?
Can we all agree, Theresa May’s loss in the British election really makes you wonder if this was the real point to the ISIS attacks in London and Manchester?
Can we all agree Montana should be very proud that they will soon have a politician with an assault conviction representing them in Congress?
Can we all agree we should learn a lesson from the Mayor of London who simply ignored Mr. Trump’s ridiculous tweets?
Can we all agree the best story of the week is the dinner between President Obama and Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau – just two guys having a night out?
Can we all agree the funniest story of the week was the North Koreans blasting Mr. Trump as an egomaniac?
Can we all agree, the more South Korea tries to placate their neighbor to the north the more bellicose North Korea becomes?
Can we all agree when the President says one thing and the Secretary of State says another, one of them will be ignored, and it probably won’t be the President?
Can we all agree the EPA administrator needs to check his facts on coal jobs created over the last few months?
Can we all agree the House of Representatives should really stop wasting it’s time on legislation that has no chance of passage in the Senate?
Can we all agree as the administration’s poll numbers continue to deteriorate, it should be only a matter of time before the GOP abandons the Trump ship of state? But it doesn’t look that way.
Can we all agree, Mr. Trump’s infrastructure plan, announced this week, is little more than a reward for contractors who supported him?
Can we all agree, most Americans doubt that Mr. Trump is really the right person to undo the political crises with Qatar that he may have created?
Can we all agree, after this week’s exchange between Mr. Comey and Mr. Trump, it’s hard to imagine that anyone would want to lead the FBI?
Can we all agree most Americans had little reaction to the ISIS attack on Iran, because they, unfortunately, agree with Mr. Trump’s tweet?
Can we all agree The Chinese had it right this week when they welcomed California Governor Jerry Brown and ignored Energy Secretary Rick Perry?
Can we all agree, at least Mr. Trump’s mention of Pittsburgh, PA, gave the city a chance to show the world how much it has changed since its days as a steel town?
Can we all agree, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s offer to resign, was almost a dream come true for progressives? Which is probably the reason the offer wasn’t accepted.
Can we all agree Uber’s move to fire 20 employees over sexual harassment claims really makes you wonder why anyone would want to work there? Sort of like the White House.
Can we all agree Harvard University’s move to revoke acceptance to students, over their social media activity, is an ominous warning to the millions of immature high schoolers who don’t realize the internet is forever?
Can we all agree the Democratic race for President might make the GOP’s 20-candidate field in 2016 look very small?
Can we all agree the arrest of a private contractor for leaking sensitive documents, could slow the leaks, as sources worry whether journalists will protect their identity?
Can we all agree Republicans support for the administration’s plan to cut 30,000 employees by creating a private corporation, is surprising since it is essentially unraveling the policies of the GOP’s favorite leader, Ronald Reagan?
Can we all agree there might be a glimmer of hope for the GOP, given what’s happening in Kansas?
Can we all agree Megyn Kelly’s interview with Vladimir Putin, just gave him another forum to lie to the world?
and finally:
We should all take a break and head out to see Wonder Woman this weekend.
CWAA: Can We All Agree™ – 5/20/17 edition
May 20, 2017
Can we all agree if there’s one person who should be able to recognize, a nut job it’s Donald Trump? Unfortunately, James Comey is not one.
Can we all agree revelations that the probe into Russian influence in our election, has now reached the White House, is only a surprise to one person?
The President and Melania Trump arrive in Saudi Arabia. (NYT photo)
Can we all agree Mr. Trump’s Thursday characterization of the investigation as a ‘witch hunt’ ring a bit hollow this weekend? Especially since it appears he knew Michael Flynn was under investigation before he was appointed to a top White House post.
Can we all agree Robert Mueller’s appointment to lead the Russian influence investigation seems to have bi-partisan support, but is worrying to observers who are more concerned with fact finding than criminal prosecution?
Can we all agree, many Baby Boomers will have a sense of deja vu when Mr. Comey testifies before Congress, as we remember the start of the Watergate hearings, which began this past week in 1973?
Can we all agree Mr. Trump’s arrival in Saudi Arabia has the nation on edge, as we wait to see how he will embarrass us on the world stage?
Can we all agree, only Mr. Trump can ban Muslims from entering the US and then flip-flop by claiming to be their strongest supporters when he visits their countries?
Can we all agree the victory by ‘moderates’ in the Iranian election proves there may be some semblance of Democracy in that ancient civilization?
Can we all agree Trump has managed, once again, to prove President Obama right, when he signed the nuclear deal with Iran?
Can we all agree instability in Brazil, destabilizes all of South America?
Can we all agree the removal of Confederate statues in New Orleans may mark the end of an era for some, but it’s really only another step along the long road to racial equality?
Can we all agree as soon as the GOP figures out the Trump Presidency cannot be saved they will push to have him removed as soon as possible to avert the disaster that will be the 2018 elections?
Can we all agree the fact that security guards working for a foreign country can attack US citizens exercising their rights to free speech, without a word of condemnation for our own government is unbelievable?
Can we all agree Mr. Comey and Hillary Clinton appear to have at least one thing in common – a desire to avoid a Trump hug?
Can we all agree, news that foreign diplomats are providing special favors to Ivanka Trump in an attempt to reach her father, are exactly why she should not be an advisor?
Can we all agree. internet providers are reacting cautiously to the FCC’s decision to relax net neutrality regulations because they know the rules can be overturned by the next administration?
Can we all agree Emmanuel Macron is disappointing those on the left with his conservative cabinet appointments in France?
Can we all agree the choreographed praise for the late Roger Ailes cannot overcome the more popular characterization of him as a sexual predator responsible for perverting US journalism and giving us Donald Trump?
Can we all agree one response to changes Education Secretary Betsy Devoss seeks, might be to make every public school a charter school?
Can we all agree, news that at least one high-level GOP congressman thinks Trump and one other politician may be on the Putin payroll, should be a major story, but these days its barely a ripple?’
Can we all agree it’s easy to see why Mr. Trump finds such comfort in meeting with foreign dictators since he longs for the kind of power they wield – such as arresting journalists?
Can we all agree, It would be nice to think the EPA will pay attention to the outpouring of public support for enviromentail regulations, but it’s doubtful Scott Pruitt will even care?
Can we all agree the most entertaining story of the week was either Mr. Putin’s offer to supply his own account of the Russian Foreign Minister’s meeting with Mr. Trump or the details of how the session was arranged?
Can we all agree when they write the eventual history of the Trump administration, the last two weeks will be a major focus?
Can we all agree, you know health care is an issue when it reaches the Miss USA Pageant?
Can we all agree the world is eager to believe this week’s cyber- attack on the world’s computers, came from North Korea?
Can we all agree Mr. Trump’s incompetence is making it possible for North Korea to continue nuclear and missile testing?
And finally:
Can we all agree New York Times writer David Brooks had a great week of columns, including this quote:
“We’ve got this perverse situation in which the vast analytic powers of the entire world are being spent trying to understand a guy whose thoughts are often just six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar.”