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Kevin M. Kruse? @KevinMKruse 5m5 minutes ago
President's cuts to Interior: $1.5 billion
President's check to Park Service: $77K
Park Ranger's face: Priceless
Trump's phony National Park Service photo-op
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028888675
Vinca
(50,273 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Or 1.5 FTE.
Fuck you, Don.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)hatrack
(59,587 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)The Big Ragu
(75 posts)2naSalit
(86,622 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Stand up to the president. And tell the media why.
The park ranger is civil service.
BumRushDaShow
(129,017 posts)He had to be there. There was another photo I saw where he tried to manage a smile, although the Secretary of Interior had a scowl on his face.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Warpy
(111,261 posts)I'm going to punch that cheap mofo right in his prissy pursed lips."
This is not a happy man.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,457 posts)Perspective: @realDonaldTrump's (tax deductible) donation is 1/2 of what it costs *per day* to keep @FLOTUS in that ugly gold tower.
Link to tweet
[font color=red]There are at least six #AltGovt National Park Service (NPS) or Department of the Interior sites.[/font]
Alt-Badlands NPS: @AltBadlandsNPS
Bigly fake #badlandsnationalpark. 'Sad!' - Donald J Trump. #badlands #climate #science #datarefuge #resist #resistance Seriously not affiliated with the NPS.
AltUSNatParkService: @AltNatParkSer
The #Resistance team against #AltFacts #FauxNews #FauxScience. #Science #Climate #Facts Run by non-gov individuals
AltYellowstoneNatPar: @AltYelloNatPark
An unofficial group of employees scientists and activists, in and around Yellowstone national park. We will try and keep you informed, when others can't.
Alt Hi Volcanoes NP: @AltHVNP
The #resist team of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Not taxpayer funded. Our work includes education, archiving scientific data, legislative action. Join us.
AltBiscayneNPS: @AltBiscayneNPS
An unofficial group of employees, scientists, and activists in and around Biscayne national park. We will try and keep you informed when others can't.
BadHombreLands NPS: ?@BadHombreNPS
Unofficial feed of Badlands NP. Protecting rugged scenery, fossil beds, 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie & wildlife from two-bit cheetoh-hued despots.
BumRushDaShow
(129,017 posts)IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)Docreed2003
(16,859 posts)But that was my exact response when I heard about Trump's "generous donation"
jaxind
(1,074 posts)You need to add one line to this....
President's Cuts to the Interior: $1.5 billion
AMOUNT OF MONEY PRESIDENT IS MAKING OFF OF BEING PRESIDENT: (plug in amount)
President's Check to Park Service: $77k
Park Ranger's Face: Priceless
mzteaze
(448 posts)i saw a part of all that and i didn't see that particular face but his demeanor said it all
trump assholes
lame54
(35,290 posts)to service whatever parks we are left with after Trump sells them off
Yes, be sure to visit the Grand Canyon before it becomes the Trump Federal Nuclear Waste Facility.
Baitball Blogger
(46,714 posts)Of course, Trump supporters fail to do the math. They just see the donation and that is what they are spreading on Facebook.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)and his measly assed "gift."
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)....quite like this picture.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)...amount of money. $250,000 a year from a BILLIONAIRE who has already spent 50X that just for his weekend golf trips to Florida in just two months.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)....to bargain for the release of two American journalists, and having to undergo a photo-op with Kim Jong Il, and how difficult it was to not appear too happy in pictures lest it be used as propaganda against the US, but not too upset that it might anger North Korea and jeopardize his mission.
This is what we got:
:large
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Somehow I don't think that was accidental.
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)Anything like flying the flag upside down?
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)park ranger I can tell you that every element of the uniform is worn to specific prescription, sooo... probably. Either that or someone did it "for him" while getting ready off stage, and if that is the case, it was to make him look bad.
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)If someone tried to make him look bad, it backfired as far as I'm concerned.
If I hadn't retired 2 years ago, I would have had to now. I used to tell kids that my boss was this cool dude who lived in a big white house in DC. I would have no pride whatsoever under today's administration.
Ranger for 12 years, MNRR and FOUS
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)I was a ranger for a two of the worst seasons at one of the busiest parks and it took a lot out of me dealing with a belligerent public, but I was comfortable about the administration at that point. I am not thrilled about the prospects for this year at any agency, I have worked for several, under this admin at all. I couldn't bring myself to work for the government under W either and I left grad school prepared for SES positions... I studied for years and 9/11 happened a month after I graduated. Since that ruined everything for everybody, there will be no recovery to what was once possible career-wise, and now I'm old.
At least you made it to retirement, I am not so sure I'll ever see that come around in my life.
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)Like all shit, these things too, shall pass.
Resist.
Aristus
(66,377 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,799 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)that it arouses the Trumpenfuhrer when he get to flash his flashy, gaudy signature.
underpants
(182,806 posts)Nitram
(22,801 posts)Initech
(100,076 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)... the Office of the President. Not the President himself.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)More and more I think he's got early Alz. Disease
Today he ranted and raved on twitter about "out to get us," saving the child (I think referring to Melania and Barron and security at the Tower), quotes of Roman emperors. It was all stream of consciousness, no sentences, barely a phrase even, just words strung together.
My take is he's stark raving mad and UNFIT
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)My signature looks like that, even though i have pretty good and legible handwriting. Just an affectation i suppose.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)a lot of people volunteer to help them out on weekends with weeding and planting and other types of tasks around our national monuments. The park rangers and landscapers always say tell your representatives to please appropriate more funding.
Paladin
(28,261 posts)Cha
(297,240 posts)trump voters go to National Parks?
Maybe they'll get tired of his stripping the country and Planet bare of all things that are good?
Mahalo, bigtree
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)Not all people, of course. But most certainly people like Trump.
Humans who think they can't be wiped out don't understand they are part of the animal kingdom. Humans do not live independently of the world around them. Why can't these idiots understand that?
As animals, we need places to live and play - to survive. Clean places. Clean water. Clean air. Safe food. Shelter.
Same as any animal.
Rotten fuckers.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)...between Drumpf's signature and a seismograph?
Since they both reflect movements of dense, old and unstable elements, this can't be a coincidence.