12-03-2020, 05:58 PM
(12-03-2020, 03:51 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(12-02-2020, 02:48 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(12-02-2020, 01:53 PM)David Horn Wrote:(12-02-2020, 07:39 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I don't know. 2020 has a month left to run. With Trump still entering the revenge and pardon phases, might we have still another month or two of disasters? Perhaps he was a little early in blowing up 2020?
If Biden has a shot, it will be a gift from the Trumpster. It's obvious that Trump pardoning everyone in his administration including himself is a call to arms, and Biden must answer with strength and not equivocate. Will he? It's hard to say.
Biden has said that charges against Trump are up to whoever he appoints as attorney general and his Justice Department. I assume they might contest his self-pardon in Court, but there he has Barrett who would probably protect him. But Trump also has the state of New York to deal with.
Since when has sicking the dogs on political opponents been legal in this country? I know Obama did it and got away with it a few times. Being the the first black President had it's SPECIAL perks.
What special powers did Barack Obama have that other Presidents didn't have? Oh, being more difficult to sunburn. Thanks for reminding me.
Quote:So, who is teaching is teaching who in the bigger cities with all the problems that we don't care if they ever receive help/ funding again? So, who is to blame for the situation that you find yourself in today?
Crowded housing, teen mothers who never grew up, unreliable boyfriends, TV and stereo blaring all the time... the teacher is often the only certifiable adult that the student meets in a day unless referred to the principal.
Quote:You do realize the blue media mogul's pretty much lit the fuse for a civil war that's going to occur in their cozy blue and neighborhoods back yards. It's smoldering but it's lit. Lets see, what could trigger a spiral of violence today? An incident with a cop that results in the death of a black person any where in the United States of America.
It's hard to speak of Black Lives Matters as a movement because it has no obvious leadership. Figure that many who sympathize with it don't see it as a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. I'm as much for law and order as anyone else (you ought to see what I think of drugs, personal violence, arson, drunk driving, commercial fraud, child molestation, domestic violence...); I simply have no use for pointless police brutality. Of course... pull a gun on a cop and you will be killed. That spares states that have the death penalty from executing criminals who killed a cop. I want cops to treat white crooks and black crooks just the same.
Note well: I suggest that people take their camera-holding smart phones to Black Lives Matters events, and if someone does any crime like looting, vandalism, or assault, then record it and supply the video to police or prosecutors. Black lives matter -- because if they don't, then all our lives are debased. Criminal offenders are fair game for arrest, prosecution, and judgment.
Quote:Why can't people who lost their businesses or homes or were injured during the violence get together and sue Facebook or Google these days? Oh, that's right, they have legal immunity and First Amendment protections and rights and powers which nobody else has these days? Not even the President of the United States.
Did Facebook or Google sponsor or organize the violence? I don't think so. Put the blame where it rightly lies: the criminal.
Quote:We are awake, are you? I assume that you must view that as beneficial to today but probably won't when the Democratic party turns fascist out of necessity and begins killing people they can no longer afford to support.
Why do you suddenly start talking about the prospect of people being murdered? The penal system can take care of offenders quite well, keeping their lives very low on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Prisons are unpleasant places. But know well: maybe we need to make offenders human again so that they can participate fully in life again. Japanese-style mind control on criminal offenders (which is much like what the Chinese do to political prisoners) followed by socialization and vocational rehabilitation?
Quote:Where will be, we won't be defending old people like you living in a blue state. We have two groups of Darwin's. One is natural and the other is not.
I think you mean Darwinian selection. Natural selection explains why the average IQ is around 100 and not somewhere higher. People with IQ's appreciably higher than average are misfits in most human environments that have ever existed. Low-normal intelligence is a virtue for economic survival in many workplaces. That's before I even discuss pathologies that can kill one. Sickle-cell might be good for preventing malaria, but it makes life miserable where there are no malaria cases.
Quote:Eventually, the two groups are going to square off. One is going to win. Nature always wins.
No, ruthlessness, cunning, superior weapons, and cleverness win. If you get into a fight with a German leopard... excuse me, shepherd... you lose. You will be overpowered. Don't break into a house where one of those Other Big Cats lives. It is possible at times to work on the people under nominal control of the Enemy. The Americans and British won the war where they conquered territory because they didn't need to keep as many occupation forces in the rear. The Nazis could take back territory, as at the Battle of the Bulge, only after a counter-attack. If you give the people that you occupy no cause to strike back, then you may have won the war.
Quote:There's a lot of you and there's a lot of us and there are obvious differences between us right now. Ones free to do as it please right and the other is restricted by laws made by humans and the laws that come from above. That's where we're at right now. Are you familiar with the laws above? I haven't seen signs that you're familiar with them so I'll assume you're not familiar with them and leave it at that.
Most of the human laws are the result of principles laid out as many as three millennia ago. Human nature has changed so little that Greek drama is still accessible. People still consult the Torah, the Buddhist sutras, or Confucius' Analects for fine points of life. I assume that you are part of the Judeo-Christian heritage, so I suggest that you consult clergy for some sound advice on how to deal with your anger.
You may be angry that Donald Trump lost the election, and that America will not be kept great as you think he means it. There is much about the past, like homophobia, racism, religious bigotry, child labor, polio, bad roads, unsafe cars, worthless nostrums, sewage in the street... definitely not worth bringing back. Many of us are elated that Donald Trump went down to defeat so that America can go back to doing many things that it used to be good at. We have some recent trends clearly worth ending, like shock-jock rhetoric.
We do have a lethal enemy, and the incoming President seems unafraid to use martial rhetoric about a killer of 276,000 people in America as of today. I have been ready to make some sacrifices to stop the carnage. Are you? Our Coward-in-Chief has bungled the job.
Since Trump has been defeated we have more civility in public life. I'm glad to see far fewer Trump banners and far fewer people wearing MAGA hats. But maybe I could use a Trump banner, as one of those might be a good blanket or other bedding for a doggie if I should get one. The pooch won't care about the political message and the personality of Trump!
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.