Republicans Shift to Last-Ditch Plan to Stop Trump at Convention
Reading this, it is no wonder that our country is a disaster. Special interests, "my way or no way" politics, a 2 party state where both parties are identical and wrapped up in their own greatness. All this is what Trump bashes. Is he right? I don't know, he seems to be a goofball, with a childish emotional state. However, he is NOT what is currently in power, which is what has them running scared. But how can anyone expect anyone to listen to the last 2 losers they fielded just because they were the party anointed ones, and who had nothing to offer against the Obamanation? It speaks to the arrogance of power that Romney, who failed, now thinks he is blessed enough to "save the Party". Nope, if Trump doesn't beat the HillaryBeast, assuming she is not indicted, it will be their "let me cut my nose off to spite my face" attitude, and take us all down with them into a Democrap hell that will cement Obamacare and add a huge tax gouge to pay for all the giveaways she will do, as well as whatever she skims of the top for her and Billy boy. What morons....
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Now to the substance. It is not the amount of electrons that one can send around the world that matters, it is what other people hear and how they react to it that matters. Jesus didn't have a printing press; in fact, nothing that he said was even written down, but it was heard and it changed the world. My father spend all his money writing and publishing his research - and he was the only one that read it.
As to MLK making black's lives better - the percentage and the amount of broken families is unprecedented, the level of government dependence (slavery) is unprecedented (since the Civil War), the level of uneducation and stupidity, along with generational unemployment is unprecedented. And you call it Progress? I'm not religious, but I still have to say: God, save me from this kind of progress!
And for the rest of your assessment, I'll get a rosy telescope and then maybe I'll see what you're seeing...
I will vote for Johnson if I feel confident it won't help the Republican, unless Rand Paul somehow got back in. In this election, it seems like anything is possible. I think of dream scenarios in which they nominate Trump and he implodes, paving the way for a libertarian. I really hope Gary Johnson doesn't have any skeletons in the closet b/c in that remote case where Republicans implode, Libertarians must be ready to jump in. I know that's probably a pipe dream.
Wow. We see technologies and media going viral, without any traditional gatekeepers. When I was a kid people used to say the press is only free to those who own one. That's just gone. People share niche ideas so far down the long tail that a 'zine would have struggled to have enough following to justify distribution and printing. Is there any pace of progress in ability to share ideas without gatekeepers that you would not see as a problem?
"As to realizing MLK’s dream, that’s actually Thomas More’s dream (not the first and only plagiarism by MLK), with the same result…"
Fifty years ago people wondered if the dream was too radical. Now we talk about whom to attribute it to. I'll take that as an amazing success.
"The issue that we now have is that LGBT “rights” trump everyone else’s rights – when someone’s rights are more important than others’, they become privileges."
LGBT people always had rights. We just now have a gov't that respects them. People considering them "special rights" or "privileges" that must come at the expense of someone else's rights/privileges is going away. That was something bigots said in the 90s. It sounds retro today.
"Much over 60%!"
Marginal federal rates were in the 70% range for decades before I was born. I don't consider this rapid progress. I think there are things happening now that could break either way, either for cutting or expanding gov't. So this is a huge concern.
"but more to do with the fact that more and more people carry weapons and are willing to protect themselves. But let the Progressives have their way…"
But they haven't. What we're doing is working. You can take anything that's working and say, "but soon enough someone will screw it up."
"America has provided an opportunity for unprecedented social mobility; today’s government-enslaved poor have no chance of ever getting out of the ghetto."
Unprecedented social mobility is what we have now. Gov't-enslaved poor living in a ghetto is what we had more of in the past than today. We can admit that without condoning the massive gov't taxation, borrowing, and intrusiveness that we have to day.
"Lastly, regarding geographic boundaries, which you claim do not matter anymore – with the spread of Islam throughout yet unconquered territories, we will either see a very nationalistic shutting of the borders or Sharia takeover within a generation or two. Then you can unequivocally say goodbye to women’s and LGBT rights…"
I say it simply won't happen. If you show that comment to someone 20 years from now, it will be easily identifiable as being from the 2010s, at least by people who remember what got people fired up two years ago. Islamists want to have a state, but they're actually criminals. No one wants criminals around. The nationalistic protectionism won't happen because the golden straitjacket of trading with one another is so enticing.
Slavery wasnt the issue that caused the civil war. It was the excuse. The North was jealous of the success of the south.
Jefferson kept his slaves so he could manage his huge plantation cheaply, just like the rest of the slave owners. My point was that the constitution was a big series of compromises at the time. But in the end, it was a decent document reached by compromise (but of course Trump cant compromise ...)
Well, we will c. I doubt Cruz will get nominated, let alone beat Hillary or Sanders. So we will never know.
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When it comes to the Civil War, I am solidly
on the side of the Union, as, had it gone the oth-
er way, the continuation of slavery would have
been the end result.
As to Jefferson, it is shameful that he never
carried his own rhetoric into action so far as to
free his own slaves (as Washington did his--up-
on his death, but at least he did that much).But
the country they were fighting at the time also
had slavery in those days.
It is certainly true that "establishment politici-
ans have made a huge mess." I just don't think
that Trump is really anti-establishment. I intend
to vote for Cruz. He is not ideal, but I consider
him the best option available.
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