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myohmy2

(3,722 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:02 PM 17 hrs ago

I must be missing something...

...we won't allow people with mental problems to possess firearms...

...we make 79 year olds prove they are mentally and physically fit to have a drivers license...

...but we allow a 79 year old deranged leader to play with missiles and nuclear weapons...

...this country is nuts...

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Chasstev365

(7,878 posts)
1. Lawn darts were banned in the US because they were deemed too dangerous, but AK 47's are just fine
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:13 PM
17 hrs ago

Skittles

(171,936 posts)
2. he couldn't pass the basic background check to get most jobs
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:19 PM
16 hrs ago

why the FUCK is someone like that allowed to be PRESIDENT? Makes NO FUCKING SENSE.

Skittles

(171,936 posts)
4. I had to be interviewed by the FBI to work on government contracts
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:28 PM
16 hrs ago

no way in HELL I could do that work if I was a fucking MULTI-FELON

Orrex

(67,172 posts)
5. It occurred to me recently that my company wouldn't hire him as an employee
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:38 PM
15 hrs ago

But they'd hire him as an executive in a heartbeat.

I suspect that a great many corporations would do the same, even now.

Orrex

(67,172 posts)
9. No way! They work 300X harder than the employees--just ask them!
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:57 AM
8 hrs ago

They wake at 4:00 every morning, work 20-hour days with no breaks, then they sleep to recharge for the next day of work work work!


I mean, that's the story I've heard for years. Not from my company, specifically, but the myth of the tireless, hard-working CEO is pervasive.

StarryNite

(12,142 posts)
6. Convicted felons cannot legally
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:40 PM
15 hrs ago

own a firearm but the orange man, a convicted felon, can call for millions of innocent people to be murdered.

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