Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Russ Carroll said:

I know this sounds a bit like a 3 bank pool-shot but this has been occurring to me more and more:

A friend published a piece stating Trump is better than Hilz if you compare platforms of GOP to DNC. Trump is a Democrat in GOP clothing and will not be bound at all by the platform. Hell, he's never been bound by ANYTHING. He is every bit as liberal as her (and far more in some areas) at his core.

I believe GOP voters will be so alarmed with an imminent Hillary win that they will show up in force to the polls and keep the Senate majority (which there is evidence of today) and the historic House majority.

If the GOP keeps both houses of congress, then Hillary will be a lame-duck President from the time she takes office, or at least that is the hope. Trump would actually have a better chance of pushing through more liberal policies than she would ironically.

This is by no means a good scenario, but it seems better than a Trump Presidency, at least if you care about the conservative movement.

Rod Kaufman said:

He goes after Yellen now that he's done praising her:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/13/investing/stocks-donald-trump-janet-yellen-federal-reserve/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom
Hmm, which Donald's dump to believe?...

Patrick Keafer said:

Republicans still fleeing!

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/exclusive-george-hw-bush-to-vote-for-hillary-228395

Russ Carroll said:

I had been since 1982. I am still very much a conservative, but the man carrying the banner of my former party is not. Fellow expatriate George Will says it this way:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-rise-reflects-american-conservatisms-decay/2016/09/28/e9244732-84cf-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f_story.html?utm_term=.8dbece9c115a


"The ease with which Trump has erased Republican conservatism matches the speed with which Republican leaders have normalized him. For the formerly conservative party, the Founders’ principles, although platitudes in the party’s catechism, have become, as former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “a kind of civic religion, avowed but not constraining.�

The beginning of conservative wisdom is recognition that there is an end to everything: Nothing lasts. If Trump wins, the GOP ends as a vehicle for conservatism. And a political idea without a political party is an orphan in an indifferent world."

Jim Moscheck said:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/07/politics/donald-trump-women-vulgar/index.html

(Drops mike)

Rod Kaufman said:

Most Trump supporters will find themselves screwed by Trump while most Clinton supporters as well as Trump supporters will do better under Clinton:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/11/pf/taxes/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-tax-plans/index.html
I just thought an actual issue might be in order...t

Jerry Jones said:

Kind of narrowed my purchase to a Dob. Would like some input of a GoTo vs. a PushTo. I know both can be used manually but my primary use would be showing stuff to others either at my house or a local Club Star Party. My main concern is that with a Pushto or a Manual Dob. that higher powers looking at Lunar or Planetary stuff the need to constantly realign and recenter the object.

How quickly would these objects track out of the field of view.

Russ Carroll said:

if I still lived in Austin. HELP this poor gal out!

https://youtu.be/wzjRwNUQDRU

Mel Maki said:

Comey wouldn't do this without good cause. He said he was missing intent. Could he find it this time?

Rod Kaufman said:

Comey may be sitting on information relevant to an investigation between Trump and Russia:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-reid-letter-fbi-james-comey-clinton-emails-trump-russia-ties-hatch-act/