Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Euclidean Proof


Theorem: Trump has already shown himself to be a better president than Obama (or, by extension,  Hillary)

Postulate: Trump's policies, in almost every arena, are diametrically opposed to Obama/Hillary's

Axiom: The American Judiciary is returning to its Constitutional role of interpreting the laws

Axiom: GNP growth under Trump is better than 3% vs. under 2% with Obama

Axiom: The American stock market (Dow) is up 7,000 points (38%) since Trump's election

Axiom: Unemployment is at historic lows despite many more workers entering the labor force

Axiom: The ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria has finally been obliterated

Lemma: Increasingly, America is reestablishing its global leadership and hegemony

Axiom: First major tax overhaul in 31 years

Axiom: There has been a dramatic drop in government regulations

Axiom: Illegal immigration is down while deportations of criminals is way up

Lemma: Unfavorable trade agreements are being renegotiated

Axiom: The U.S. military and nuclear arsenal are being revitalized

Ergo: Being that his policies are the anthisis of Obama's, Trump's winners have been far better for America than Obama's or would-be Hillary's.

9 comments:

  1. True sophistry. Most of your axioms are just unsupportable opinions designed to denigrate two people you hate.

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    1. Didn't you ever take Euclid? Axioms are axiomatic, Lemmas are opinions ...

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    2. I dropped advanced math in the 12th grade and never went back. But I took Logic and axioms are supposed to be assumed truths. Yours had holes big enough to drive a truckload of Mexicans through.

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    3. Lemmas are weaker than axioms. Please show me which assumed truths are wrong. (You can argue with the lemmas.)

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  2. First off: It is "theorem" not "theorum".
    Item: The judiciary. Did you see the dunce that was being appointed as a federal judge despite zero courtroom/trial experience?
    Item: The British RAF, the Russians, and the Iraqi military all boast of contributions to the fall of the ISIS caliphate... basically by making cities like Raqqa utterly uninhabitable.
    Item: Not sure about the global leadership and hegemony. Our allies feel that we are being noisome loners with big sticks and a hair trigger temper.
    Item: Our military does not need revitalizing. Our domestic infrastructure does. And how much of a nuclear arsenal does any country need?
    ERGO: The jury is still out. A market correction is overdue, the impact of the tax revisions are not certain, and some initiatives like the wall and infrastructure are drifting around.

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    1. You seem to celebrate the return of the Dubya style swagger with hands poised over six guns, ready to dish out some shock and awe.

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    2. Trump gloats. I just like not being wrong. (Bush '43 didn't know his limits.)

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    3. Not being wrong is a level or three below being right.

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    4. I thought that the "excluded middle" disappeared under Obama ...

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