Tillerson Gives Up Fortune to Serve America
"These people have given up fortunes of income in order to make $1 a year, and they're so proud to do it," Trump said. "In filling my Cabinet, I'm looking for people who fully understand the meaning of service and who are committed to advancing the common good."
Donald Trump
Donald Trump's richest cabinet in history just got richer. Right before the theatricals start between the duopoly parties regarding Donald Trump's nominations of Millionaires, Billionaires and Generals Oh My, one of the non-billionaires just moved closer to his other cabinet buddies.
Rex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package one week before his Senate confirmation hearing begins."
But make no mistake, the now former Exxon CEO has given up a fortune in order to "make $1 a year". We may need to send a care package to the White House for Tillerson so he can survive in expensive Washington D.C.
"Because of the way the compensation is being dispensed, Tillerson will give up about $7 million, compared with what he would have been paid had he retired in March as he had planned to do before the nomination."
It warms my heart that people like Tillerson and Trump are willing to give up their high life-styles to kill more women and children on our planet. We all should be proud of our government.
NOTE: No NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB players are allowed to act incredulous about this information.
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Another "Foundation " has been born.
This is how the Billionaire class will vacuum up all the wealth. Their heirs will rule forever.
The rest of us will perish under the Methane bomb they are trying desperately to unleash on the planet.
Their position is thus; eliminate 7 billion beings and Anthropologic Climate change will be null and void. Brilliant, really.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
But who will clean their toilets?
Robots?
duh
of course robots.
Until they perfect the Insta-DNA splice(tm 2035) and transform themselves to where not only does their shit not stink but they poop DIAMONDS!
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
Damn, I hope so.
Diamonds cut. And with all the billionaires pooping them out, the price would drop so I could afford to buy more for my wife.
-- Virtually, etc. B)
They want someone who will work for food.
Like the good Ole days when America was great.
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams
For 20 years I've been shouting this into the wind
More and more I see people voicing this very thought. And I'm always over joyed to see it.
The confluence of Climate Catastrophe, DNA science advances and Computer and Robotic sciences, is terrifying to consider.
All happening under the benevolent rule of the all knowing surveillance state.
I figure 7 billion down and they'll throw a party. I wrote about that party here.
*the reference to Mitt Rmoney involves a reported Mormon belief that each of the highest level Mormons is destined to rule their own planet as a god*
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
I agree with you! I keep trying to understand why people
think that we need driverless trucks (or driverless anything) and/or freaking drones flying around delivering the newest earphone for this year's newest iPhone. Even George Jetson had to maintain control over the Jetsonmobile.
Some technological advances, while fascinating and often 'cool', are not necessarily beneficial to the human race. Particularly when technology becomes more of a tool to harm or destroy people (through making human's use as sources of labor and/or employees obsolete, or by blowing them up from the air) than to improve the lives of all of us, not just a special few.
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
'Any day now ...' and BFDs
Any day now I expect some news to break, some story to appear before us where the whole world will say 'Oh wow, that's so cool'. Followed closely by 'Oh shit, we're in deep now'.
Thus I closed an essay I think only 1 person read, 1 or 3 or something. Maybe everyone already knew how they made the Zorse.
The videos in the essay reveal the real BFDs.
I once said here that the real revolution won't start until the truckers join us and go on strike. Silly me.
When you don't need the people. The people have no power. Don't get me wrong, I'm no extreme cynic(yeah I am) I'm sure they'll feed and care for all the unneeded and powerless people. Humans have a noble history of doing so.
Will Dick Cheney ever die?
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
A billionaire, a tea bagger and a union rep
were sitting at a table with a dozen doughnuts
The billionaire gets up and takes eleven
then he tells the tea bagger
"That guy wants your doughnuts."
The real SparkyGump has passed. It was an honor being your human.
It is confirmation
that big petrol (and their wall street investors) calls all the shots. Hellery was a fracking exporter and chief....guess that will go on steroids now. Looks like we are headed for the most blatant self enrichment by politicians I can remember. Guess that's what happens when you elect a corporation president.
You think T-rump is a puppet, or a puppet master? I go back and forth.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
IMO he is both Lookout
puppet for the 1% and puppet master for 99%. At least for those that support him.
A bit of both ya.
Mostly a puppet I think, if Obama and Bush were any guides.
A puppet to the 1% -- with tangled up strings.
When the 1% pull Trump's snarled up strings they will not always get the reaction they are expecting.
I guess that means the remaining millionaires
will be the ones to tend their gardens, do their cooking and cleaning, be their au pairs and teach their children.
Meanwhile, we will build a new world outside the walls.
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage
We won't be here
There won't be any walls. The Billionaires will go all Morlock on us.
Any survivors will be enslaved immediately.
The methane will dissipate in about ten to fifteen years.
A whole planet for the pleasure of less than a million of the in crowd.
Just think, no more lines at Disneyworld!
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
See!
No theme park lines. There's a silver lining in everything!
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage
Methane will never disappear as long as there is a Congress
Worse than that Doc--
Methane is going to release exponentially as the artic permafrost melts as well as carbon dioxide being released from the soil as it drys out from drought. Too late to stop the feedback loop, I'm afraid.
"The current epoch, the Holocene, is the 12,000 years of stable climate since the last ice age during which all human civilisation developed. But the striking acceleration since the mid-20th century of carbon dioxide emissions and sea level rise, the global mass extinction of species, and the transformation of land by deforestation and development mark the end of that slice of geological time, the experts argue. The Earth is so profoundly changed that the Holocene must give way to the Anthropocene."
From: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/29/declare-anthropocene...
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage
Disneyworld Antarctica!
Lots of land down there when the ice all melts. And it's as far as you can get from the equator, from the worst of the heat. Along with being very difficult to reach of course.
That's where I'd go.
As I understand it the Methane problem would slow and begin dissipating in say, 60 years or so. (The Science is not precise.)
IF our massive Carbon emissions end soon enough.
Truly it appears that our species only hope for survival is that we change our self destructive ways FAST or we get rid of most of the human population on the planet FAST.
Be cheapest to do nothing and let the climate catastrophe do the killing for them I figure.
Kinda like in Atlas Shrugged. Retreat to safety, let them die.
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
It's nice that all these Million & Billionaires are...
Stepping forward to unselfishly serve their country...
"And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not what you can do for your country...
Ask what your country can do for you..."
"My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do to you...
but how together we can enslave the lower classes of man to serve the 1%..."
/snark -----> Like it is even needed...
I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."
~John F. Kennedy~
Economic: -9.13, Social: -7.28,
Y'all forgettin'
The poor are heavily armed these days including some of the liberal ones. It's their minds that's been captured. If the 1% mess with their cheaper gas, and their go toys or perhaps their health care...it's all over for them.
I'm not so certain
I think the idea of resistance or revolt is far less prevalent in modern society, especially Western societies. There is a sense that the government is a permanent force that will always exist and will forever be this way; however, the reality is that people give it power, either directly or through enabling it.
Even diving into the concept of power, people have devolved into learned helplessness. Nothing they do they believe will change the system. The system, the powers that be, "them", etc. etc. I mean imagine if 200 million Americans went from county offices to Congress, telling folks yeah you're done get out. It would completely destroy the system they hate. But yet they won't. Even as I am typing this, I know I can't do that. Because again this invisible mental block that these individuals have power over us, and will forever have power over us. In a country of what..350 million? we have....thousands of elected officials, ranging from small county jobs to President. 350 million turn over their will to the whims of those thousands of elected officials, which even that is too generous because many of those are merely puppets. So 350 million turn over their agency as free people to a select few, because that's just how it is supposed to be.
Thus the question,
do we really want democracy?
I can hire one half of the
attributed to Jay Gould, gilded-age railroad robber baron.
One theme I've noted in modern dystopic science fiction is that eventually, the mercenaries guarding the wealthy often end up realizing there was no need to keep the client around after everything has turned into a shambles, so they cut out the middle man and grab things for themselves instead.
The crowd that loves AK47s are not keeping them to hunt deer.
They already have a strong survivalist streak and almost no trust of the government. Some of the gun nuts are morans, but a lot of them are quite a bit smarter than they sound.
In the late 90s I had a conversation with a truck driver, a dairy farmer and a farmer/factory worker. They were all worried about the stuff the banks had started pulling; they were even more worried that the 2008 crash was coming than I was. (I was more focused on the housing bubble and they were more focused on the banksters.) We all thought it would happen in about 10 years. I was the only one of us who didn't own a gun.
Conservatives are more likely to serve in the military. The guys in the National Guard who were repeatedly redeployed had legitimate cause to resent the Blackwater mercenaries who were paid a lot more than they were. Military coups are not unheard of in banana republics--or banana oligarchies.
Big-city cops seem to be in the pockets the 1%. Small town cops? Somebody was shrewd to distance cops from us in military gear.
A charismatic leader would not have any trouble finding followers. That is no doubt what the drones are for.
Read the delaration of Independence --- typo fix edited
It speaks to the history of people's suffering in injustice. The willingness of the people to suffer these injustices and the acknowledgement that .. when enough is enough, that's it, enough of this crap. It's natural history it argues, rightly.
I wanted to reply Strife because I don't think we're as helpless and pathetic as you describe.
The people do stand up and take action today, in the U.S. and abroad. Both when they are pushed too far or see too clear. (Think Moral Monday and Occupy Wall Street). There needs only be 'enough' provocation for the sitters to stand up. I figure the Republicans will soon provide that provocation.
Indeed the provocations we suffer now are nearly beyond bearing, but not quite enough to overcome our fear of a Government that out arms and imprisons us as never before.
I think, not for lack of will or cause, has been our delay, but rather simply the lack of a plan.
We delay for abhorrence of bloodshed, we know we need to act yet we lust not for blood. So we hesitate.
If the people had a plan to peacefully replace our Government with one more likely to secure our future in prosperity, justice and peace. THEY WOULD TAKE IT.
We'll politely remove them from their Senate seats, when we know what to do next.
There must be 50 ways to rescind our consent and re-form anew our Government with our existing Constitution, with modifications at it's core. We need a plan that enough of us can agree on. And we need this plan soon. For should despotic forces call for a Constitutional Convention, we must have an answer.
I believe some of our founders were true visionaries. and they've shown us our duty to our progeny, when faced with tyranny.
I asked my genius Doctor (whom I love and trust), how can healthcare be so screwed up in America when Doctors are some of the smartest people on the planet? she shook her head sadly and said 'Courage'.
A plan will allow us to free our courage.
So is my prayer.
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
Yeah, shouldn't forget that
but I'd bet there are more sporadic bursts if anything, probably of the hate variety as even they know they're outgunned by government, but who knows. I've long thought that when the real RWNJ Second Amendment nuts figure out just who really has been screwing them, all bets are off, but even I'm no longer so sure of that. If Trump had not won then I think we might have seen those come out in droves, but now that he's "won" I'm not sure either. I just wonder how long it takes for them to really see how blatant his actions are and what that really means personally for them. If Shillary had tried messing around with Medicare or Obamacare they'd rebel, but if one of "their own" does it, not so much?
So horribly, the Hillbots are our bulwark against Trump and his followers are ours against the ConservaDem?! Not really, but there is a horrible irony there. I laugh to think about it only for that and dark humor is more the prevailing sentiment for me right now.
Scary times though, not comforting at all to think of but a good point to remember. I don't own a gun but I think about it. I used to think about it because I thought there might come a day when people refuse to pay for cops with their taxes and we are all on our own. Now I think about it just to maybe have, just in case? Never know, might have to hunt an animal sooner than I think to eat. I still don't like the idea of one in my house because I know my gun loving father is right - unless you keep it loaded it's really of no use as far as "safety." Ugh.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
"... it is better to have one and not need it --"
... than to need one and not have it."
A firearm is a tool -- no more, no less. It has no thought, no intent, no morality or will. It only represents a physical means of expressing the morality, will, thought, and intent of the individual operating the mechanism.
When Cicero had finished speaking, the people said “How well he spoke”.
When Demosthenes had finished speaking, the people said “Let us march”.
Lizzy, you asked how long it's going to take for Trump's
supporters to realize that they have been duped.
Look at how long it took for Obamas's to realize that he wasn't playing chess.
Even after he screwed us with his fisa vote, people said that he had to vote for it in order to become president. Then after he was in office he would work on rolling it back.
Instead he created 800 corporate businesses to spy on us.
As well as all the other things he has done.
But look at his approval ratings.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Conservatives already think government has too much power.
I think Michael Moore had it right when he said that Trump was a way to flip the bird at the Establishment. None of the 17 in the Republican primary mob were really very attractive.
Quite a few Trump voters said they were trying to get Change. I think a lot of them were really just voting against Hillary. The nuts at Trump rallies may be loyal, but a lot of other voters held their noses while they voted or they stayed home. Most of the nuts at Trump rallies could not organize their way out of a paper bag. For the others a Trump impeachment would make great reality TV.
Pence is the one who scares me, but most people do not share Pence's religiosity. True Pence followers are going to be the dangerous ones. I am not sure how may people would go along with Betsy DeVos's brother. His Blackwater, Xe, or whatever mercenaries are not nice people.
Pence is Donald's insurance policy
Even though there are plenty of evangelical fanatics, there are more outraged so-called liberals who would probably take a shot at him. Pence neutralizes assassination attempts from the left.
I completely agree Snoop
that's why I am no longer sure at all that Rump's followers ever wake up. If a Repugnant tells them they've got to sacrifice to make America "great again" they'll swallow whatever they're told to swallow. And so much the better if those policies hurt others worse than them, at least in their perception, the way of the Bagger.
Only a fool lets someone else tell him who his enemy is. Assata Shakur
Yes but he got a golden parachute and
The opportunity of a lifetime to line his pockets without being bothered with little things like ethics and rules. He gave up nothing. He gained muchly.
Trump said "common good". Ha ha!
https://www.britannica.com/topic/common-good
Which? There are many societies in America, in the world.
Yeah that one. Best words, never forget.
I don't know. I think the 'old establishment' wealth will still
think he's low class monied trash who just happened to get himself elected to the Presidency (much to their dismay). So they might open their doors to him now. But it's got to chafe their delicate heinies to have to deal with a guy who usually deals with Russian bankers and suppliers, mob-connected goons, and shows up on talk shows and talks about grabbing pussy. There's also his record of racism when dealing with people who rented or wanted to rent from him and his daddy. (I know, racism doesn't usually bother the rich. Trump was openly and unapologetically racist. He's on record for being blatant and ugly and cruel to poor people and people of color.)
I think this is great! Socially 'acceptable' rich guys on both side tried to get in the White House. Kerry and Romney fell flat on their faces. But Trump gets elected. All our historical Blue Blood presidents gotta be spinning in their graves. I bet even Truman and Eisenhower are going "WTF?"
I'm tired of this back-slapping "Isn't humanity neat?" bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, okay? That's all we are. - Bill Hicks
Politics is the entertainment branch of industry. - Frank Zappa
Beat me to it.
I was gonna say, "common good of the .01% "
the little things you can do are more valuable than the giant things you can't! - @thanatokephaloides. On Twitter @wink1radio. (-2.1) All about building progressive media.
Even the poorly educated can figure this one out.
Only the totally not educated will feel Tillerson's pain.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." - Groucho
Need a happy pill after reading all these comments.
All well written and insightful. Which makes it worse.
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
Tillerson serve America? Rare, well done, or deep fried?