BloggeRhythms

As the president-elect continues to fill the important slots that will comprise his administration, he’s been referred to here as a “pragmatist.” The thesaurus definition of which is: “a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of his or her actions.”

That description was certainly reinforced again yesterday, when according to Steve Holland @ca.news.yahoo.com: “President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set aside a fierce rivalry on Saturday and held talks likely to feed speculation that Romney could be in line to be the new U.S. secretary of state.

“Trump and Romney emerged from their meeting after an hour and 20 minutes. Trump told reporters their talks "went great," and Romney said the pair "had a far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theaters in the world." 

Romney went on: “We discussed those areas, and exchanged our views on those topics – a very thorough and in-depth discussion in the time we had. And I appreciate the chance to speak with the president-elect and I look forward to the coming administration and the things that it’s going to be doing," 

This came from the guy: “who was a leader of the establishment Republican "never Trump" movement that tried to block Trump from becoming the nominee.   

“In March, Romney said Trump would be dangerous as president, with policies that could touch off a recession. Romney also said, "I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy he is very, very not smart." 

Trump too slung insults, denouncing Romney as a "choke artist" for losing the 2012 election to President Barack Obama. 

Trump's wisdom in extending the invitation to Romney was reflected in the comments from a Romney confidant who said of Romney's secretary of state prospects: "Could it happen? I suppose. But it's unlikely." 

“Instead, the source said the meeting gives "the good housekeeping seal of approval to Republicans who don't know if they should help Trump or not." Which is of critically important to Trump as he moves into his new position as leader of the naton and free world. 
 
On the extreme opposite, the leftist mindset furthered itself Friday night, once again, as pathetically tunnel-visioned, immature, unprofessional, unaware of its surroundings, utterly simple-minded and incapable of the least modicum of tolerance.  

Vice president-elect Mike Pence attended the Broadway show “Hamilton.” At the show’s end, cast-member Brandon Victor Dixon, with the rest of the cast standing behind him for a curtain-call, said: “We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights. But we hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values, and work on behalf of all of us.”

The occurrence was reported by Seth Kelley, News Editor, @variety.com, who went on to write that: “Supporters of Donald Trump and Mike Pence started the hashtag #BoycottHamilton to defend the vice president-elect who was booed while attending the Broadway show “Hamilton” Friday night, and addressed directly by the cast after the show.”

An indication of what ramification's might now lie ahead for the show can be seen in an article by Matt Dolloff, @CBS Boston a couple of weeks ago. 

On October 27th, Mr. Dolloff wrote: “A fresh poll from Seton Hall surveyed 841 adults across the U.S. Each respondent was asked to identify seven separate factors as a reason for the NFL ratings drop, allowing them to answer “yes” or “no” for each of them. The leading factor, according to the poll, was the national anthem protests, which scored “yes” at a rate of 56 percent.” 

Thus, what we have here is the reverse of the revered showman P.T. Barnum who said: "There's a sucker born every minute,"as he did all he could to increase attendance at his exhibitions. However, as far as self-defeating idealists such as actor Dixon and San Francisco quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, are concerned, they prefer to seek ways to alienate audiences, reduce crowd size and shrink revenues, instead of attracting all they can by appealing to them.

And then, according to Jennifer A Dlouhy @bloomberg.com, “At federal agencies across Washington, regulators are rushing to finalize rules before President Barack Obama leaves the White House. 

“Where the administration has issued an average of 2.2 rules per day this year, 10 were pushed out the door on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a count by the American Action Forum. 

"We’re running -- not walking -- through the finish line of President Obama’s presidency," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said to agency staff in a post-election e-mail. 

“The Federal Register, the dense tome where the government publishes new agency rules, swelled to 1,465 pages on Friday -- the thickest volume yet this year. Since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump, who has vowed to fight “radical regulations,” the White House has finished reviews of nine economically significant rules -- compared to eight during all of September.” 

Consequently, these last ditch endeavors are a complete waste of time, effort and whatever other resources are involved. Because, in roughly nine weeks from now, they’ll all be unwound by Trump.  

Which is similar to the way prisoners in penitentiaries were kept occupied in years gone by, as they carried rocks to form walls within prison yards. And then, once completed, the walls were torn down to be rebuilt on the other side. And on and on, and on and on, etcetera, getting nowhere like hamsters on wheels in their cages. 

That’s it for today folks. 

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