John - proof! I need proof for me to believe you. What convinced you that FDR planned the attack? Were is the information that you can point at that will support your theory? Conspiracy theorist make for good reading! Here are some viewpoints! Enjoy!
Thomas Fleming argued President Roosevelt wished for Germany or Japan to strike the first blow, but did not expect the United States to be hit as severely as it was in the attack on Pearl Harbor. An attack by Japan on the U.S. could not guarantee the U.S. would declare war on Germany. https://tinyurl.com/Did-FDR-PlanAttack and https://mises.org/library/new-dealers-war-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-war-within-world-war-ii-thomas-fleming

Per NPR.org, "No, FDR Did Not Know The Japanese Were Going To Bomb Pearl Harbor", see
https://www.npr.org/2016/12/06/504449867/no-fdr-did-not-know-the-japanese-were-going-to-bomb-pearl-harbor

Good insight Auntie Dee. I'm LMAO, but it's so true.

Good job proud republican! I'm helping two small business people. One is re-staining my 1,500 square foot deck plus about 80 feet of fencing. I was pleasantly surprised when I called my contractor to schedule a time and he said he'd do it this week because his business was virtually shut down and he had plenty of time on his hands. The plumber repaired an outside faucet water leak (which was wasting about one gallon an hour).
Between labor and material, both jobs will cost $1,300.00. The leak started April 1, so it was unplanned. Both guys were happy for the work as they virtually shut down business. Both are eager to re-start once clearance is given. We've ordered take-out diners from a couple of our favorite restaurants and each are looking forward to when the economy opens up again as they anticipate being quite busy. I enjoyed the food, but I like it more when we get served in the restaurant. Let's hope opening the economy happens sooner rather than later. We may have to cancel a trip to Minnesota for a wedding on June 6th (we don't know what travel restrictions/social distancing will be in place, if any). The couple has backup plans to get married anyway and cancel the wedding party.

For those of you reading the post from saltwind78, I believe G-d is God. What's the problem salty, forgot that your keyboard has an "o" on it? Let me put it this way to you - spelling God as G-d is akin to me changing your name from saltwind78 to blowhard.

For #4 you are correct. And I ask you salty, why wouldn't our country have the highest numbers? The countries we out rank (Spain, Italy, Great Britain) all have MUCH LESS population than the U.S., so naturally the U.S. has the higher/highest number of cases and deaths. If the ChiCom numbers could be trusted, with a one-billion more population than the U.S., the Chinese numbers would/should be highest/higher.

I doubt what you say about "irrefutable and undeniable facts" and will do so unless you can provide irrefutable and undeniable evidence/proof by way of reference material that will back up what you state. For the most part, all you have here is just "random, thoughtless, gibberish". Unfortunately, it’s a totally laughable diatribe.

For your information, the CDC has been warning every president since Eisenhower that "a pandemic is coming, a pandemic is coming". Plus, "Dr. Fauci revealed his fears of a 'surprise outbreak' back in 2017 and warned the upcoming Trump administration would face 'challenges' with infectious diseases in a Georgetown speech" - See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8188429/Dr-Fauci-revealed-fears-surprise-outbreak-three-YEARS-pandemic.html.

Trumps first action taken was when he stopped all travel to and from China on January 31, 2020 - the move that he was chastised and criticized, plus he was called a racist and xenophobic by the apparent Democrat nominee for President "Sleepy Joe" Biden (plus most members of the SlimeStreamMedia). See https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel-restrictions/

By the way salty, where were all the Dems on this during January? I’ve taken the liberty of answering for you. The Democrats were leading the country in a witch hunt, phoney IMPEACHMENT that had the both the House and Senate tied up unable to govern.

This is fact: According to "FEMA 101 - How It All Works" at https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2006/04/17/fema-101-how-it-all-works - "Only after the President approves a Governor's request for a federal disaster declaration is FEMA permitted by law to respond to the emergency with money, relief supplies, and additional personnel to support the state and local authorities' response and recovery efforts." Key words here - Governor's request and by law.

Therefore, states should play lead roles in fighting this (and any) pandemic and the feds should only step in when the states need help. States regulate or have plans and take the lead (not the feds) for: regulating auto and homeowners’ insurance, health care including Medicaid; have plans in place to deal with hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, forest fires and other acts of nature’s disasters. States regulate speed limits, set sales tax rates, etc - as they should based on the needs of the states as studied and analyzed by local officials. States have plans and resources and when they need help with their plans and/or have exhausted all resources (or anticipate exhausting them) the feds help - aka, FEMA. "While FEMA plays an important role in helping state and local agencies prepare for disasters, it is the local emergency agencies -- police, firefighters, medical teams, and utility crews -- who are the first responders in a major emergency", see https://tinyurl.com/Fema-1stresponders.

Only my looney lefty liberalism thinking brothers and sisters want the federal government to run everything. If you are a liberal thinker, every problem in this country should be solved and handled at the big government federal level. Yet, when Trump said that he thought the states should use the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to possibly help to save lives, he was excoriated the SlimeStreamMedia and many Democrat leaders for that suggestion because hydroxychloroquine was not yet approved to cure coronavirus.

Hey, as funny as this sounds, the country may be running out of toilet paper. OOPs! If there is a shortage, it wouldn't surprise me that our looney lefty liberal brothers and sisters will place the blame on that damn that Trump.

Nope - not a joke. Tlaib is part of "The Squad" whose members are Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. For more info on what they are proposing, click this link https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/squad-wants-to-extend-c****av***s-aid-to-illegal-immigrants/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter.

These four ladies believe "benefits should be extended to i*****l i*******ts".

I wonder what the response would be by the SlimStreamMedia if President Trump said - NO WAY! NO WAAAAY should ANYONE use that drug until it is approved - even if it takes 18-24 months to get approval. I can guarantee that there would be an outrage by the SSM saying, "If it doesn’t work, isn't there nothing lost by doing it to try and save lives?" SSM -AGAIN - would raise its ugly head with TDS.

Per Factcheck.org (https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel-restrictions/) he place travel restrictions on China, which stemmed from “the uniform recommendations of the career public health officials here at HHS.” Sorry, but - Not late, not incompetent and not self serving. And, BTW, it is up to each state to maintain the health of their citizens, just like they maintain rules and regs for home and car insurance and drivers licenses, plus as they do for medicare and medicaid. Health workers short of protective gear is just like a health worker short of tongue depressors - Washington, D.C., i.e. the Federal Government does not maintain hospital supplies for each and every hospital in the U.S. Check with your local hospital supply chain manager. Sorry, but the feds only get involved when the states show their incompetency. As Gov Cuomo so adroitly demonstrates every time he opens his mouth. Is Trump at fault for how some of this pandemic has ben handled? Yes! But surely, it all starts with each individual states preparedness to fight a pandemic. And, since this pandemic is a fluid situation, he responds to it on a day to day basis as needs and priorities change, i.e., ordering the USS Comfort to complete their overall early and get to N.Y. in one week - which it did. That my friend is responding to the day-to-day affairs of an unpredictable virus that can be controlled by the feds verses those that are in control of the states (just as Gov Cuomo).

I recall that I said that he had no chance of being nominated. I thought it was just a publicity stunt. However, as I watched and listened to him face off against the other 16 candidates, I began to see him a head and shoulders above all the others including Ted Cruz who I originally supported. So, my wife and I v**ed for him and on e******n night, we watched in amazement as the results unfolded. We were glued to the TV when the announcement was made that he won. I said to my wife - he won't get anything done because the Dems and Rinos will stop him dead in his tracks. Well, thank God I've been totally wrong on everything except casting my b****t for him. What I will never understand about the SlimStreamMedia and the Dems, is that according to them, he has not done one thing right - not even once have they said - nice job, we support your action. You don't have to like the guy - but the h**e towards him by the SSM and Dems is amazing. (You know, even a blind squirrel will find an acorn every now and again.). But, in the long run, the American people have seen through all of that - especially since they neither the SSM or Dems have changed their attitude towards him during this c****av***s crisis.

I think the reference/credits would be an article on Moneywise from Nov 6, 2019 https://moneywise.com/a/restaurant-chains-may-not-survive-2020

Trump administration suspends additional seasonal worker visas due to economic downturn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-seasonal-worker-visas-economic-downturn

This could prove to be a problem for a lot of people. Check this out at https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/hoa-to-people-trying-to-earn-a-living-during-the-lockdown-drop-dead/

I did provide data. Read for yourself of over 191million links from a google search and you be the judge (if you disagree, that's your prerogative). The Brooking Institute disagrees with you on Myth #1.

I'm a full blown conservative, boarding on Libertarian, and usually disagree with anything that has to do with liberalism and the Dem Party; and more than willing to criticize them at the drop of a hat. But this is trash post. No proof of what you say. You musta got outta bed this morning and ate a whole bowl of stupid pills. It's stupid ill-thought out crap like this that gives conservatives a bad reputation.

Foreign Aid has always been an interest of mine. I was especially interested because during my 20-year Navy career, I traveled to many country's - all of which received foreign aid. I also wrote a term paper in my junior year in college about Foreign Aid. Here are some facts - some will surprise you. Oh - and I'm in favor of foreign aid. While some of it is wasted - you have to be stupid not to believe that - overall it's put to good use. Some countries would not be able to survive without it.

What is the percentage the U.S. provides for foreign aid?
Less than 1 percent of the US federal budget goes towards foreign aid.

Who does the US give foreign aid to?
More than two hundred countries receive U.S. aid. It disproportionately goes to a few, however, with the top five all receiving over $1 billion per year as of 2016: Iraq ($5.3 billion), Afghanistan ($5.1 billion), Israel ($3.1 billion), Egypt ($1.2 billion), and Jordan ($1.2 billion).

How much foreign aid did the US give in 2019?
In fact, at $39.2 billion for fiscal year 2019, foreign assistance is less than 1 percent of the federal budget.

A google search of “what is the percentage the U.S. provides for foreign aid” returns 191million hits at https://tinyurl.com/Foreign-Aid, so foreign aid is an extremely hot topic.

Brooking Institute lists 8 myths about foreign aid. Details of each myth are discussed at the following link: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/what-every-american-should-know-about-u-s-foreign-aid/
• Myth #1: America spends too much on foreign aid
• Myth #2: Others don’t do their fair share
• Myth #3: U.S. foreign aid is mainly backed by Democrats
• Myth #4: Foreign aid goes to corrupt, wasteful governments
• Myth #5: Foreign aid goes to autocratic governments
• Myth #6: Foreign aid is wasted, inefficient, and produces no concrete results
• Myth #7: Foreign aid is for the benefit of foreigners and not aligned with U.S. interests
• Myth #8: Foreign aid is unpopular

There are also links to the following topics that are quite interesting.
US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever
Once more into the breach: Does foreign aid work?
Who actually funds the UN and other multilateral?

Here's an article by Alan W. Dowd, who is a senior fellow with the Sagamore Institute Center for America’s Purpose, that provides some good information about foreign aid. It is titled "In defense of foreign aid" and can be found https://www.legion.org/magazine/247062/defense-foreign-aid

President Trump cut foreign aid as It was a key component of his first budget with the State Department and US Agency for International Development budget cut by almost 30 per cent. See https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/here-are-the-countries-that-get-the-most-foreign-aid-from-the-us/9278164

The document, dubbed America First, A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again, said it would include "deep cuts to foreign aid".
"It is time to prioritize the security and well being of Americans, and to ask the rest of the world to step up and pay its fair share," the statement read.
He reiterated this rhetoric in a Washington Post interview.
"But you look at some of our inner cities," Mr Trump said.
"And yet you know I watched as we built schools in Iraq and they'd be blown up.
"And we'd build another one and it would get blown up … And yet we can't build a school in Brooklyn.
"We have no money for education, because we can't build in our own country.