Is Paul Ryan being the Adult in the Room?

In my opinion, there was something patronizing in the meeting Donald Trump had with Paul Ryan.  Ryan sat next to Donald Trump and told America that they were going to Make America Great Again.  Something about the way he said it and the way Donald was sitting next to him, I couldn't help but invasion Ryan patting him on the head.

And then, more recently, he's made it very clear that a round up deportation will not be taking place even though Trump, during his campaign rhetoric, made it very clear that was his plan.

I don't think they anticipated him winning this election, I really don't.  I believe the plan was to get Hillary elected with a cloud over her head, making her less powerful.  So, now they got him.  I think Ryan wants to make sure he has a real tight grip on things.

I'm curious how long Trump is going to respond to Ryan's calling all the shots.  I also am very curious with regard to how Trump is going to handle the limitations that come with his position as he continues to deal with Congress.

I absolutely hate the turnout of this election, I really do.  It makes me ill just thinking about it.  But I have to admit, I'm very curious to see how things turn out.  Unfortunately, I don't see any way to stop the reversal of so many rights that were won during this last administration.  That is the biggest tragedy of all.

I miss blogging

So, I'm sitting here, probably like many Americans post-election wondering how this happened.  What I say "this", I mean how did this country elect a man like Trump to be President.  A man who spent his campaign denigrating Muslims, Mexicans, and women.  A man who clearly did not have the qualifications or temperament to be President.  An unqualified man running against an extremely well qualified woman.  How did this happen?

I strongly believe that a huge part of this was the presence and rapid dissemination of misinformation through social media.  Facebook has become a place for superficiality only because no one wants to post long thought out posts.  Long thought out posts are cumbersome to read or otherwise too revealing of the poster.  Blogging allows us some sense of privacy as we let it out there to be shared with fellow bloggers.  We can be thoughtful and it's not easy to get disinformation through our blog.

I miss the intelligent conversations.

I knew when Comey's letter came out 11 days before the election that it was the end.  She had such a fabulous momentum.  The momentum she needed to win this election, then the letter came out.  I cried.  I panicked.  I knew.

I watched the polls on Real Clear Politics hoping and hoping this would not have an impact, but it did.  Even though Nate Silverman gave her a 70%+ chance, I wasn't sure.  It's heartbreaking.

The thing is, I don't think the Republicans wanted her to lose, I think they wanted to have something over on her so they could cripple/hinder her Presidency.  I don't think they thought Trump would win, they just didn't want her to have a mandate.

For all intents and purposes, Trump pretty much funded his way to the White House.  I'm hopeful that means that he won't be the Republican's puppet, either.  I'm hopeful that he will take into account all the wonderful things that Obama accomplished during his Presidency and preserve many of them.  I have so many gay friends who are married, they are so worried about the state of their personal lives.  I am extremely concerned about Roe V Wade.

There is a part of me that wants to believe that somewhere in there we have a man who can be empathetic and flexible.  I'm starting to like Melania so, maybe, if she married him, there's something in him that is good and decent.

I've decided to take a break from Facebook for a while.

Infinity Printing Supplies - Complaints

So, I wanted to give you an update on my ongoing battle with Infinity Printing Supplies. (Here's the rest of the story- be sure to read it)

They still continue to claim that they broke open a box of ink for me in order to give me the discount on the ink they sent and that I need to buy the rest of the box.  I must be the only Cannon customer they have because if they are sitting there waiting for me to finish the box, they are wasting a lot of money on storage.  Why not just sell the rest of the box to the other company that broke open a box for.

It's a scam, I know.

They try very hard to sell me more stuff.  They call from different phone numbers.  I think I have three of them saved in my phone so I know it's them when they call.  The guy that calls is very pushy, it's gotten to the point he won't let the conversation come to a close unless it's a successful sale, so I have to just hang up on him.

I also noticed that they have a website titled "Infinity Printing Supplies - Complaints", it takes you directly to their home page.  They work very very hard to keep the real complaints about their company on the second or third page.  This means they are aggressive about controlling their page rankings.

I think I probably should post some photos on my posts about them so that I can improve my own rankings.

Oh, and by the way, I did NOT get that great a discount on the ink they sent me AND the ink is generic brand.  They are making a really nice little profit on this ink.

I think I'll stick with Staples; they don't call and bother me.  And, when I place my order, they e-mail me a confirmation of my order along with pricing.  No surprises, no pressure.  Just business.  Nice.