• advisors should not have

    From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Tue Mar 11 21:37:00 2025
    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control
    of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to
    limit conflicts of interest.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Matthew Munson on Wed Mar 12 06:20:41 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Matthew Munson to All on Tue Mar 11 2025 09:37 pm

    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control
    of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.


    Politicians shouldn't be able to take money from pharm companies.
    they shouldn't be able to buy and trade stocks.

    that's the big problem in my opinion.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MATTHEW MUNSON on Wed Mar 12 07:58:00 2025
    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control
    of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to
    limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at
    the White House? ;)


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Wed Mar 12 11:15:09 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Dumas Walker to MATTHEW MUNSON on Wed Mar 12 2025 07:58 am

    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control
    of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at the White House? ;)


    do you really think people are going to buy a tesla because trump sat his big booty in one?
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Thu Mar 13 10:11:00 2025
    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at the White House? ;)

    do you really think people are going to buy a tesla because trump sat his big booty in one?

    No, but apparently Trump and Elon do.

    It doesn't matter whether or not the action causes the outcome they desire, what matters is that government officials are not supposed to use their
    office to advertise or endorse a product. It is prohibited to prevent conflicts of interest and misuse of position.

    While they have been very careful not to call Elon a government
    employee, which they think keeps him free of such restrictions, the
    President is indeed a government official.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Thu Mar 13 15:08:58 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Thu Mar 13 2025 10:11 am


    do you really think people are going to buy a tesla because trump sat his big booty in one?

    No, but apparently Trump and Elon do.


    how do you know what they think? are you a mind reader?

    It doesn't matter whether or not the action causes the outcome they desire, what matters is that government officials are not supposed to use their office to advertise or endorse a product. It is prohibited to prevent conflicts of interest and misuse of position.

    While they have been very careful not to call Elon a government
    employee, which they think keeps him free of such restrictions, the President is indeed a government official.

    it's no different than other president's activities being documented. clinton loved mcdonalds. had to stop there every jog. joe biden loved to show off his cars and talk about how his family loves certain cars.

    get your panties out of their bunch.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Fri Mar 14 09:18:00 2025
    do you really think people are going to buy a tesla because trump sat
    is
    big booty in one?

    No, but apparently Trump and Elon do.

    how do you know what they think? are you a mind reader?

    Why else would they have a sales event on the White House lawn, dumbass? Because they didn't want to sell his cars? You don't have to be a mind
    reader to know what is up.

    it's no different than other president's activities being documented.
    linton
    loved mcdonalds. had to stop there every jog. joe biden loved to show off
    i
    cars and talk about how his family loves certain cars.

    Did Clinton or Biden tell us how much the burgers or cars cost? Did they
    go on about what they are made of, how beautiful they are, or suggest we
    should be buying them?

    get your panties out of their bunch.

    Get your head out of Trump's ass.


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  • From Matthew Munson@VERT/IUTOPIA to DUMAS WALKER on Fri Mar 14 11:48:00 2025
    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control
    of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at the White House? ;)
    Biden also had other dealers when he showcased those cars. But maybe
    there could be reasonable rules where the president or vp has to feature
    more than 1 company so there is no clear favoritism.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Fri Mar 14 16:10:25 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Fri Mar 14 2025 09:18 am

    No, but apparently Trump and Elon do.

    how do you know what they think? are you a mind reader?

    Why else would they have a sales event on the White House lawn, dumbass? Because they didn't want to sell his cars? You don't have to be a mind reader to know what is up.

    oh now the guy who doesn't know how to work security levels on his bbs
    is calling ME a dumbass. that's rich.


    get your panties out of their bunch.

    Get your head out of Trump's ass.

    i didnt even vote for trump. fuck off.
    go see a doctor and get some pills for the TDS.

    crying about a fucking tesla being at the whitehouse when we have a recession on the way.
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Matthew Munson on Fri Mar 14 16:11:59 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Matthew Munson to DUMAS WALKER on Fri Mar 14 2025 11:48 am

    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at the White House? ;)
    Biden also had other dealers when he showcased those cars. But maybe
    there could be reasonable rules where the president or vp has to feature more than 1 company so there is no clear favoritism.

    it didn't make me want to buy an electric car.
    i do know a guy who has a tesla and he loves it. he drives uber and makes
    good money.

    people are so triggered by elon, it's hillarious. they have their pitchforks out.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MATTHEW MUNSON on Fri Mar 14 18:16:00 2025
    Advisors to the president of any nation should not have sizable control of an active company over a certain amount of money. That is one way to limit conflicts of interest.

    So you think it isn't good that Trump was shilling for Tesla yesterday at the White House? ;)
    Biden also had other dealers when he showcased those cars. But maybe
    there could be reasonable rules where the president or vp has to feature
    more than 1 company so there is no clear favoritism.

    I don't remember Biden doing that but if he was he shouldn't have been.


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  • From SYS64738@VERT/GEO to Dumas Walker on Fri Mar 14 23:03:11 2025
    I don't remember Biden doing that but if he was he shouldn't have been.

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    I think it's funny that people are upset that cars were parked in the driveway.

    Anyway, I voted for Trump, I am not opposed to the work Elon is doing, and I like the concept of EV's. However, I won't buy one for the simple fact that if I'm driving a gasoline powered car, and I run out of gas ANYWHERE, then I can just get a gas can, go to a gas station, get some gas, bring it back to my car, and carry on. The same cannot be said for an EV. No one is bringing any electricity to you unless you get struck by lightning.

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  • From Jason@VERT/KC7STW1 to MRO on Sat Mar 15 02:20:05 2025
    people are so triggered by elon, it's hillarious. they have their pitchforks out.
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    But yet a few years ago he was a god and the left wings saving grace with EVs. Kinda like Trump was told by Elin and Whoopee that he should run for president and how much they loved him.

    When you rock the boat you become the evil and the system does not want that.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Jason on Sat Mar 15 00:28:21 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Jason to MRO on Sat Mar 15 2025 02:20 am

    people are so triggered by elon, it's hillarious. they have their pitchforks out.
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    But yet a few years ago he was a god and the left wings saving grace with EVs. Kinda like Trump was told by Elin and Whoopee that he should run for president and how much they loved him.

    When you rock the boat you become the evil and the system does not want that.

    Yeah, I recall they were calling him a genius and everyone was polishing his knob. They thought he was going to change the whole world and loved him.

    The other day I saw a video they pieced together of the left praising him for several minutes.

    Then he said a few anti left things and NOW HE'S LITERALLY HITLER and people advise people they know TO ABANDON X/TWITTER.

    Seriously I have very little respect for the people on the left. I have lost respect for a lot of people that i knew or spoke with for decades online.

    They are fucking deranged idiots.

    It really pisses me off when people talk about this nazi shit. People in my family died because of that bullshit and they lost their homes and everything.
    Now some dumbasses like to call everyone nazis.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to SYS64738 on Sat Mar 15 08:56:00 2025
    I don't remember Biden doing that but if he was he shouldn't have been.

    I think it's funny that people are upset that cars were parked in the
    riveway

    It isn't that they were parked in the driveway. It was that, in his
    official capacity, a government official (the highest one) was hawking them.

    I have worked in government and know that is an ethics violation/conflict
    of interest.

    Anyway, I voted for Trump,

    I also did the first two times.

    I am not opposed to the work Elon is doing,

    I am not opposed to the concept, but the way he is doing it is stupid.
    Many things they supposedly "cut" have had to be put back in place because
    what they did was illegal, and most of the employees they fired are
    back, with back-pay for time not worked, because they illegally fired them
    and now it will be more difficult to get rid of any of the ones that
    actually deserved firing.

    For someone who is supposed to be working on efficiency, he is doing things
    in the most inefficient (read costly) way possible.

    and I
    like the concept of EV's. However, I won't buy one for the simple fact that

    I'm driving a gasoline powered car, and I run out of gas ANYWHERE, then I can just get a gas can, go to a gas station, get some gas, bring it back to my
    ar
    and carry on. The same cannot be said for an EV. No one is bringing any electricity to you unless you get struck by lightning.

    That is what I don't like about them also. If I needed a second car, and
    they were cheap enough, I would consider one for "around town" driving. I would not take it on most of the vacations I go on as they usually involve
    the road less traveled.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Sat Mar 15 11:24:40 2025
    Re: advisors should not have
    By: Dumas Walker to SYS64738 on Sat Mar 15 2025 08:56 am

    and carry on. The same cannot be said for an EV. No one is bringing any electricity to you unless you get struck by lightning.

    That is what I don't like about them also. If I needed a second car, and they were cheap enough, I would consider one for "around town" driving. I would not take it on most of the vacations I go on as they usually involve the road less traveled.


    most people use their vehicles for local travel and to and from work.
    Few people actually take vacations that require a lot of driving.

    Long distance driving is difficult, dangerous and it's hard with children and women who have to piss every 20 mins.
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