Two Dozen Dead Soldiers: Trump Never Called Families

[DGUtley]

Rules are only for Democrats. Didn't you get the memo? Can you imagine if Obama did half the crap Trump has done? The right in this forum would be wailing and gnashing their teeth, and rightly so. The rest of us would be too.

Democrats follow the rules? We saw 8 years of an abuse of the rules and the USC (both in spirit, intent and literally) and you want to claim that D’s Follow the rules? OK. Sure.


Attachment 20586

[stjames1_53]

Conflict of interest in government is serious enough to warrant an entire department devoted to the subject (the OGE).
Subpart D - Conflicting Financial Interests




Subpart D contains two provisions designed to deal with financial interests that conflict with employees' official duties.


The first provision, entitled "Disqualifying financial interests," prohibits an employee from participating in an official government capacity in a matter in which he has a financial interest or in which his spouse, minor child, employer, or any one of several other specified persons has a financial interest. For example, an agency purchasing agent could not place an agency order for computer software with a company owned by his wife. The provision includes alternatives to nonparticipation, which may involve selling or giving up the conflicting interest or obtaining a statutory waiver that will permit the employee to continue to perform specific official duties.


The second provision, entitled "Prohibited financial interests," contains authority by which agencies may prohibit employee from acquiring or retaining certain financial interests.


Employees required by Subpart D to sell financial interests may be eligible to defer the tax consequences of that divestiture.

Subpart G - Misuse of Position

Subpart G contains four provisions designed to ensure that employee do not misuse their official positions. These include:

A prohibition against employees using public office for their own private gain for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom they are affiliated in a non-Government capacity, or for the endorsement or any product, service, or enterprise;

A prohibition against engaging in financial transactions using nonpublic information, or allowing the improper use of nonpublic information to further private interests;

An affirmative duty to protect and conserve Government property and to use Government property only for authorized purposes; and

A prohibition against using official time other than in an honest effort to perform official duties and a prohibition against encouraging or requesting a subordinate to use official time to perform unauthorized activities.

https://www.oge.gov/web/oge.nsf/OGE ...7?opendocument

these are a lot of big words that equal nothing. Where's the conflict of interest?
You can lie all day, but at night, ya got nothing

[donttread]

....of at least five of the families of these fallen soldiers. What is that, 20%? Add in the nine he didn't call until after he made a moron of himself and we're looking at almost 38%.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/10/1...one-from-utah/

https://www.apnews.com/33e05d95e4484...roops-disputed

You know what would be even better than calling families after soldiers are dead? Bringing soldiers home especially from places where we are NOT AT WAR and not getting them killed for questionable reasons to begin with.

[Peter1469]

You know what would be even better than calling families after soldiers are dead? Bringing soldiers home especially from places where we are NOT AT WAR and not getting them killed for questionable reasons to begin with.

We need a solid strategy for dealing with the world. Your isolationist policy is far down the list of acceptable policies.

Sorry.

[donttread]

We need a solid strategy for dealing with the world. Your isolationist policy is far down the list of acceptable policies.

Sorry.

But presence in over 1/2 the countries on earth is up that list? LOL Talk about unacceptible . We are not "God's gift to the world" as our own domestic problems, the very ones we avoid by playing hero all over the world, prove.
Under current plans, which you obviously support, perhaps the president could just make a recorded message. "I am sorry your son/daughter/wife/husband was killed or maimed in some $#@! hole we have no real reason to be in. Rest assured however, if they were gravely injured but lived we will do as little for their recovery as possible because that $#@! cost money we could be using to impose our flawed will elsewhere. I'm sure you understand. The megacorps and politicians thank you for your sacrifice!"

[Adelaide]

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[Agent Zero]

We need a solid strategy for dealing with the world. Your isolationist policy is far down the list of acceptable policies.

Sorry.

Tell that to your president.

[Agent Zero]

Again, no one seeks public office in a liberal democracy if they aren't looking to profit. Sorry, this is one of the more ridiculous criticisms of Trump and that's saying a lot.

You couldn't be more wrong. But that's not new. There are politicians out there who really care about the people and run for office to help them. Even that lady with the hat in Florida you so despise.

Of course your president is a different type of greedy megalomaniac narcissist.

[Abby08]

You couldn't be more wrong. But that's not new. There are politicians out there who really care about the people and run for office to help them. Even that lady with the hat in Florida you so despise.

Of course your president is a different type of greedy megalomaniac narcissist.

Funniest, most outrageous comment of the day.....good going!

[Agent Zero]

Funniest, most outrageous comment of the day.....good going!

Are you saying Wilson doesn’t care about her constituents Poochie?