She does make good points. How many people from Trump's first cabinet are now roundly criticized and called idiots by Trump and the MAGA cult? If his first term is any indication, there are more than a handful of people currently excited about working in the Trump Administration who are very publicly going to be on the outs with him and will write a book about how big of a moron he is.
Agree. That's why I was asking the question. I don't see much evidence of either side being the bigger person and trying to work together. It will have to come at some point, but probably requires a hard reset somewhere along the way and I suspect we are a good 8-10 years away from that.
I thought it was nice to visit (one time) but you could probably drive around the big island in a day.... now where do I go? 😀I actually miss my time at sea. We do have good liberty ports too.
I also lived in Hawaii for about 9 years all together (first ship and fifth ship and two shore assignments) and after the first year or two I loved it. Too expensive to live there now in retirement. I mean we could, but it wouldn't be in a home that I'd prefer. It would be the equivalent of a shack here on the mainland.
Trump has done far more than you have, Won the presidency twice. So I would say you are the moron!
Interesting data. It's a small generation, so will be fascinating to see how that breaks down.
Hope you land on your feet and find something new soon. Good sales people are always in demand.
I've been to Oahu and the Big Island. Great places to visit. In two and a half weeks I'll be touring Maui and Kauai.You can play golf almost every day of the year!
I heard a black man in an interview this morning. He said something on the order of “they (democrats) come to our churches preaching they will increase minimum wage. We’re tired of minimum, we want maximum and higher”.
That's one of the good things about Hawaii. It doesn't really matter when you visit, the weather is probably going to be great.
Kauai is gorgeous. Lush and amazing and lots of good food. Have a great trip!
If you want to see humpback whales, the best time of the year is January to March. Big wave time is November to March. You can see lava flows anytime on the Big Island (Hawaii). I used to like to take the ship around that side of Hawaii and watch it going into the ocean at night.
Late winter is rainy season, I am told, but even then it is rare for rain to set in all day. Winter also comes with rougher surf, especially on the north shores, for some reason. More of the diving, snorkeling, and boat tours get cancelled.
Rainy season in most of Hawaii means rain for a couple hours in the afternoon.
To a certain degree, they’re right. A lot of Black and Hispanic men are racist and misogynistic. (Maybe even more so than their oppressors!). But what if that’s just their culture? How dare a white man question it. Can Sharpton critique Hispanic culture?
I'll break your brain today, Brad. Women are more sexist than men, because of the indoctrination that has taken place the past several decades.
I don’t think democrats can continue taking things for granted with minorities.
Aloha would have more first hand info. I visited in August when my daughter was moving into school. Seemed great. This next trip around Thanksgiving I picked due to time off anyway, and after following some Hawaii travel sites saying the weather in terms of wind and rain is better in November/December than in January/February/March.
on average? Doubtful. Among the educated class? Maybe.
They also can’t shame those people into voting differently. That doesn’t work.
She’s the face of the Democratic Party as the nominee. The Democrats lately are mostly right on a lot of policies - especially economic (inflation notwithstanding). But their entire go to market model is Identity Politics and Wokeism. It should be obvious at this point that outside of blue cities, the rest of the country is flat out tired of it.
She inherited a disaster too. The border numbers are awful. The economy didn’t resonate. Prices did. She is uniquely bad with her mealy mouthed ways but she wasn’t left with much to promote. So she defaulted to he’s a fascist. People want cheap Oreos and don’t give a F about that or Hollywood opinions
It’s the NYC bubble. My colleagues there repeat the same lines and talking points in lockstep. Completely out of touch with reality.
I visit there often. The natives I talk to - other than the ones that want their country back - all yearn to move to the mainland. They all have island fever. Feel trapped.
It’s been fun watching the crazy leftist women - Joy Reid, Mika, Nicole Wallace, Jake Tapper - absolutely lose their shit while on screen.
Thanks for your thoughts on that. I'm not sure you are 100% right on all of it, but you do make some good points.
