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You vill zubmit zu our nationaliztic xenophobia! truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #1
What a nerve!! Scarsdale Sep 2017 #6
Take your taxpayer-funded private jet to a game and talk it over with the players. PSPS Sep 2017 #2
There should also be a rule about using taxpayer money to fly on private jets oberliner Sep 2017 #3
Just like he could see the eclipse on his own time and not employ use if a government plane. SweetieD Sep 2017 #4
Shut your mouth, Steve. You're on the People's time. PubliusEnigma Sep 2017 #5
Not to mention Control-Z Sep 2017 #18
And kneeling NFL players on the field aren't on the public's time. rlegro Sep 2017 #41
K & R Thank you, great perspective! KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #45
That's the important point Yupster Sep 2017 #57
No political protest on "Company Time"? Zoonart Sep 2017 #7
Creep. If someone murders a member of his family, is he going to wait until after punching out Aristus Sep 2017 #8
18 U.S. Code 227 - Wrongfully influencing a private entitys employment decisions Julian Englis Sep 2017 #9
I feel like we have been overlooking this Control-Z Sep 2017 #22
And it's habitual- one of the women who turned him down had some tv job and he made calls to try bettyellen Sep 2017 #35
As much as I detest Trump and his race baiting shit, he didn't break any law onenote Sep 2017 #23
Julian, Julain , Julian Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #28
but wait , trump dosent give a hoot hoot hoot about our laws . AllaN01Bear Sep 2017 #31
Is Mnuchin an "executive branch employee"? mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #43
Yes onenote Sep 2017 #58
And YOU can fly on your Lear's and Gulfstreams on YOUR time,and YOUR nickle. Bengus81 Sep 2017 #10
Bullshit.... that's totally between the players and the NFL groundloop Sep 2017 #11
The game is not going on during the national anthem, you little widow-robbing dipshit. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #12
Not your decision congress critter. Bradical79 Sep 2017 #13
Mnuchin should focus on doing personal travel on his own dime. nt DRoseDARs Sep 2017 #14
+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #15
Where has "military and first responders" come from? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #16
Mnuchin doesn't get to hide behind "the military and first responders." ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #25
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"--Samuel Johnson LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2017 #37
And while we're on the subject of first responders, the money mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #44
My initial reaction to that line was to note the blurring, blending, linking of petronius Sep 2017 #63
Was Just Going To Ask The Same Question ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #69
Exactly. They haven't got a clue, but they are perfectly Ilsa Sep 2017 #82
The right has been deifying them Retrograde Sep 2017 #84
Fart Noises Solly Mack Sep 2017 #17
Munchkin can start paying for his own travel DeminPennswoods Sep 2017 #19
The NFL owners seem to support their players. TNNurse Sep 2017 #20
Munchkin... handmade34 Sep 2017 #21
The military did not fight to defend a flag or a song onenote Sep 2017 #24
That's the oath I took Cold War Spook Sep 2017 #49
Want respect? Give respect. Grifters like Trump & Mnuchin can't understand. nt NCjack Sep 2017 #26
Mnuchin really needs a bloody nose. What an obnoxious asshole. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2017 #27
Ugh, he is such a smarmy little weasel! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #78
Mnuchin and trump have done their best to avoid paying taxes in support of our troops and their beachbum bob Sep 2017 #29
So he wants a "rule" that players have to stand and respect the flag? Jarqui Sep 2017 #30
What happened to the government staying out of private business affairs? bitterross Sep 2017 #32
But, but, but....don't you dare criticize... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #47
read the constititution mr. dRumphurher. AllaN01Bear Sep 2017 #33
Somebody please pnuch that guy in the face! longship Sep 2017 #34
A new interpretation of the first amendment? JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #36
Awesome! disalitervisum Sep 2017 #66
Did the right wingers whine that Tim Tebow should pray on his 'personal time' rather than game time? keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #38
Unless Mnuchin is a team owner he can kindly STFU Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2017 #39
When I marched sarisataka Sep 2017 #40
Since when has the flag only stood for the military and LEOs?! obamanut2012 Sep 2017 #42
I thought it was about us. Mnuchin thinks its about respect delisen Sep 2017 #46
Educate me, please. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #48
Hey Mnuchin STFU, your job is to be a BEAN COUNTER Zambero Sep 2017 #50
He is Wrong! Denis 11 Sep 2017 #51
Fact is TwinkieHoHo Sep 2017 #52
Some folks can afford the luxury of not having politics in every aspect of their Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #54
Exactly TwinkieHoHo Sep 2017 #55
"Cant we have one refuge?" Why? Politics affects most of us continuously. Having people many uppityperson Sep 2017 #56
Because most people I would think TwinkieHoHo Sep 2017 #59
Having what in their face, that non white people are treated differently than white people? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #60
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #67
You don't think a political forum canetoad Sep 2017 #68
Yes, you told us already you have the luxury of being able to ignore politics, race, etc Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #71
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #77
North Korea? mcar Sep 2017 #73
You mean, like having to stand when the ntl anthem is played at sporting events? uppityperson Sep 2017 #75
Why is the ntl anthem played at sporting event with expectation everyone stand ok, but uppityperson Sep 2017 #74
But let's not get political, shall we? mcar Sep 2017 #79
Have what in their face? uppityperson Sep 2017 #61
Then why are you here... tenderfoot Sep 2017 #81
Does your sentiment apply equally to the anthem, itself a political statement, being played? LanternWaste Sep 2017 #70
Yeah, and you can pay to charter your own fucking private jet next time, asshole Warpy Sep 2017 #53
It's a reflection of Mnuchin's incapacity to love. rooboy Sep 2017 #62
Exactly a Repuklican talking point WinstonSmith00 Sep 2017 #64
As opposed to government time? NFL players are always on NFL time. truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #65
Why is the treasury secretary talking about this shit? RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #72
Treasury secretaries should talk about football on their own time lol! unblock Sep 2017 #76
And Minchin can fly on his own dime blueinredohio Sep 2017 #80
You should pay for your itcfish Sep 2017 #83
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