I work in Public Education, and saying it can't be improved by competition the reason why it is failing in so many places. You can spend all the money in the world on "Tech Toys", but it only obfuscates what some of us already know, some teachers just suck. And there are enough of them that you can't dodge all the raindrops.
When I walk into a classroom, and the teacher has Ricki Lake on the TV for the class, and is reading a newspaper, and there is nothing I or anyone else can do (like fire the teacher), the system is already been destroyed from within. The public schools aren't educating kids, they are indoctrinating them. We are more concerned with "safe zones" and "anti-bullying" (which doesn't stop bullying, but is used to dodge lawsuits) than if the kids can read, write and do math.
Our educational system is built on Industrial style schooling, and isn't about to change. We have one size fits all education in a world that is built on information age tools. Treating our kids like robots is the goal of our educational system, and there is almost nothing you can say to dissuade me from my view.
We aren't building cogs for use in factories, why are we educating our kids that way? So, when you say Gary Johnson wants to destroy something that is already broken, you're not going to get any argument from me, it NEEDS to be destroyed. Fuck the Establishment Educational system. it is a dinosaur, 70 years out of date.
Jets are the last war's weapons. The current war's weapons are Cyber and advanced intelligent missiles. It's why I don't think airplanes are all that effective except for maintaining air control over occupied territory.
You know, you and the GP are not mutually exclusive. Both happen to be true. The problem is, people (like you) see things through the prism of a 1950's black n white TV, while some of us see things in 4K Color.
The problem for Clinton and Obama is that Libya and Syria are proof that even leftwing idiots haven't learned from the lesson we learned from rightwing idiots. While the actions are different, the results are exactly the same: Chaos, Death and Destruction.
while touting the job creation aspects of the legislation/position to the general public
Name one proposal of Clinton's that has anything to do with Private Sector Job creation, that doesn't have the hand of Big Government (crony capitalism) all over it.
Everything I've seen is "Government jobs" and Crony Capitalism. If you're a Bernie fan, you ought to pay close attention to Hillary's Wall Street Cred. They are a big fan of hers, and I have no doubt why. They will be rewarded when she is elected.
The rich can avoid taxes. Part of my rant against taxes in general fall into this category. Rich Liberals, like Rich conservatives, use the tax code to avoid paying. taxes. Even the Clinton's have been known to deduct their used underwear, and who does that ???
Taxes, all of them, are regressive. The rich can avoid them, the poor don't pay them, the middle class gets stuck with them.
Gawd man, do you ever take a break? If this happened to the GOP, the Press would use it against Trump all day long, and three times during the debate. In fact, they are already trying to blame Trump for it.
Instead of trying to blame Trump, they should be looking right at DWS (who was in charge) and Hillary, and trying to tie it to Hillary's Homebrew basement dwelling server.
And quite frankly, it shouldn't matter the "who" did it. The fact that it did happen, and everything looks so awful for the DNC and Clinton Campaign because of it, it should be news all day long, but somehow it doesn't matter as much as some chick from 20 years ago that Trump said "mean things" about.
I had a conversation with a Hillary supporter about Johnson, and they were going off on Aleppo moment of Johnson. I looked at them, and said "If it weren't for Hillary, I doubt Aleppo would be an issue at all. She and Obama are a large part of the reason for that war". The look was classic.
In Syria there is basically a Tri-sided war going on. You have the Pro-Assad, the Anti-Assad, and ISIS all fighting each other, in what can best be described as "paper, rock, scissors" of war.
We can't bomb Assad forces without Russia getting pissed off. We can't bomb our "friends" the Anti-Assad people, and we can't really go after ISIS because they look exactly like Anti-Assad rebels half the time.
I actually think that Johnson is the best of the three, simply because he is pro-liberty.
Actually, it is the Government working in collusion with the two parties to rig the system.
Imagine every primary there were no "D" and no "R" after peoples names, and you got to vote for anyone you wanted. The Primary would be for choosing the top 2 candidates from the entire candidate pool. Tell me, by what legal means does the Government have in helping parties choose their candidate. When you can answer that, you'll understand that the system is rigged at the highest levels, and why candidates suck.
And here is the "Blame Bush" for explaining why Clinton is qualified, tying to justify it to a Libertarian who sees both Trump and Clinton as basically the same coin.
Also, fear of death is a means of enslaving others. Man's own selfishness leads to his own enslavement, because given the choice between life as a slave, or death, most men can and do choose life as a slave.
already answered. She was elected on the coat tails of WJC. She moved to NY as a CarpetBagger (look up the term).
I am not a Trump supporter so comparing Trump to Clinton is pretty worthless. As for beating weak candidates, can you explain how Hillary had trouble beating three pretty weak candidates? IMHO 16 is harder than 3. The fact that she had to enlist the DNC to help get her election rigged enough to beat Bernie isn't much better (it is actually worse) than Trump beating 16.
Again, what "qualification" does she have, other than her failed example as SoS and a do nothing Senator from NY, that won because she was WJC's wife. I believe that Monica could have won that election, had she been married to Bill.
His flaw is assuming that his assumptions are even close to being accurate. The problem with these kinds of thought processes, is that they are fraught with limited thinking. Do you know how hard it is to keep exponential growth going for any length of time? And he wants it going for... thousands of years. He has no idea what it will take to make that exponential growth keep going indefinitely forever, nor the consequences of that growth on humanity.
There are way too many assumptions, way too many unproven constants. He isn't as smart as he thinks he is, and that is where the problems start for his "simulation theory". I actually understand that I couldn't begin to theorize what things might exist in 20 years, let alone 1000, 5000, or 10,000 years down the road.
We are so limited, that we don't even understand our own limitations. Those that do, are thought to be crazy or primitive by those that think themselves smarter than the rest of us.
By all my measures, she has failed at just about everything she's tried, apart from running for office. And she only got elected because her husband was President of the US. There is just about no reason to conclude she is qualified for the job.
As a moderate conservative, you can vote third Party, and register your vote as a protest against the other two. IF enough people break free from the false dichotomy of the two party system, perhaps we can actually get worthy candidates. But, go ahead and waste your vote on the "lessor of two evils" believing that is your only choice. In the end, you'll get the devil you know and you'll be guilty of contributing to whatever ills she creates for our country. Imagine, three more SCOTUS judges hell bent on dismantling what remains of our Constitution. The first Amendment is going, the second is for sure gone, the 4th, 5th and the rest are swept away as fast as they can. ObamaCare fails and is replaced by single payer, and everyone's healthcare is screwed up in ways that only Government can (think VA for everyone!)
If you think Clinton is the "only" credible candidate, you're wrong, she isn't credible at all.
It is part and parcel of the childish maneuver to deflect guilt. It is pointing to bad behavior in a vain attempt to justify bad behavior. Basic logic of this goes something like this....
"You killed a puppy"
"But Johnny killed a kitten, and got away with it, so should I"
Whenever you see "Trump did ______" and someone answers "Clinton did ______" in response (and they aren't pointing to a third alternative), they are guilty of this childish maneuver. Personally speaking, this is why I can't vote for EITHER of the two idiots running on the major party tickets.
This isn't good for Clinton, and it is no surprise that they want to make it about Trump somehow. Once you understand that it is the same crap kids try on their parents, you realize that we're dealing with children who are over 18 years old.
Actually she had a duty to preserve all documents related to her job as SoS. Of course, she conveniently forgot that she had any such requirement due to a head injury, of which she is still suffering effects. All of which should keep her out of any position in government for the rest her life, but people like you continue to try to minimize the crimes she has committed.
As for having ANY classified email on her home brew, basement dwelling server is also a crime (she sent and received )
As for deleting her server after it was subpoenaed is ALSO a crime.
If she is investigated for murder, it won't be because of some kid having SIDS in Kansas. There are plenty of murders of people that she was quite familiar with, which might have some relationship to her. Cute though.
Trump has his own issues, and people limited to binary choices rarely choose well. Vote 3rd Party.
Laws are very rarely applied equally to everyone. However, if that were the case, Hillary would be in jail already for using private email to send / receive classified material. Or do all those poor saps that are in jail now for doing exactly that be let free and we stop giving a damn about security?
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I care if they are competent
Clearly you can't choose the candidate on the left. But you must have known this ...
Trump has a LONG and well documented history of misogynistic and racist behavior.
So clearly you can't choose the candidate on the right.
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Apologies to Princess Bride.
I work in Public Education, and saying it can't be improved by competition the reason why it is failing in so many places. You can spend all the money in the world on "Tech Toys", but it only obfuscates what some of us already know, some teachers just suck. And there are enough of them that you can't dodge all the raindrops.
When I walk into a classroom, and the teacher has Ricki Lake on the TV for the class, and is reading a newspaper, and there is nothing I or anyone else can do (like fire the teacher), the system is already been destroyed from within. The public schools aren't educating kids, they are indoctrinating them. We are more concerned with "safe zones" and "anti-bullying" (which doesn't stop bullying, but is used to dodge lawsuits) than if the kids can read, write and do math.
Our educational system is built on Industrial style schooling, and isn't about to change. We have one size fits all education in a world that is built on information age tools. Treating our kids like robots is the goal of our educational system, and there is almost nothing you can say to dissuade me from my view.
We aren't building cogs for use in factories, why are we educating our kids that way? So, when you say Gary Johnson wants to destroy something that is already broken, you're not going to get any argument from me, it NEEDS to be destroyed. Fuck the Establishment Educational system. it is a dinosaur, 70 years out of date.
Jets are the last war's weapons. The current war's weapons are Cyber and advanced intelligent missiles. It's why I don't think airplanes are all that effective except for maintaining air control over occupied territory.
You know, you and the GP are not mutually exclusive. Both happen to be true. The problem is, people (like you) see things through the prism of a 1950's black n white TV, while some of us see things in 4K Color.
The problem for Clinton and Obama is that Libya and Syria are proof that even leftwing idiots haven't learned from the lesson we learned from rightwing idiots. While the actions are different, the results are exactly the same: Chaos, Death and Destruction.
while touting the job creation aspects of the legislation/position to the general public
Name one proposal of Clinton's that has anything to do with Private Sector Job creation, that doesn't have the hand of Big Government (crony capitalism) all over it.
Everything I've seen is "Government jobs" and Crony Capitalism. If you're a Bernie fan, you ought to pay close attention to Hillary's Wall Street Cred. They are a big fan of hers, and I have no doubt why. They will be rewarded when she is elected.
The rich can avoid taxes. Part of my rant against taxes in general fall into this category. Rich Liberals, like Rich conservatives, use the tax code to avoid paying. taxes. Even the Clinton's have been known to deduct their used underwear, and who does that ???
Taxes, all of them, are regressive. The rich can avoid them, the poor don't pay them, the middle class gets stuck with them.
"Do you mind if the Arch-Angel has a bit of fun with the debates and resulting chaos of the inaugeration?"
I am going to have fun? SWEET!
Gawd man, do you ever take a break? If this happened to the GOP, the Press would use it against Trump all day long, and three times during the debate. In fact, they are already trying to blame Trump for it.
Instead of trying to blame Trump, they should be looking right at DWS (who was in charge) and Hillary, and trying to tie it to Hillary's Homebrew basement dwelling server.
And quite frankly, it shouldn't matter the "who" did it. The fact that it did happen, and everything looks so awful for the DNC and Clinton Campaign because of it, it should be news all day long, but somehow it doesn't matter as much as some chick from 20 years ago that Trump said "mean things" about.
More like a "Russian Reset"
I had a conversation with a Hillary supporter about Johnson, and they were going off on Aleppo moment of Johnson. I looked at them, and said "If it weren't for Hillary, I doubt Aleppo would be an issue at all. She and Obama are a large part of the reason for that war". The look was classic.
In Syria there is basically a Tri-sided war going on. You have the Pro-Assad, the Anti-Assad, and ISIS all fighting each other, in what can best be described as "paper, rock, scissors" of war.
We can't bomb Assad forces without Russia getting pissed off. We can't bomb our "friends" the Anti-Assad people, and we can't really go after ISIS because they look exactly like Anti-Assad rebels half the time.
I actually think that Johnson is the best of the three, simply because he is pro-liberty.
Actually, it is the Government working in collusion with the two parties to rig the system.
Imagine every primary there were no "D" and no "R" after peoples names, and you got to vote for anyone you wanted. The Primary would be for choosing the top 2 candidates from the entire candidate pool. Tell me, by what legal means does the Government have in helping parties choose their candidate. When you can answer that, you'll understand that the system is rigged at the highest levels, and why candidates suck.
He needed 60% because of the DNC "Super Delegates" hand picked by the DNC to support Hillary.
And here is the "Blame Bush" for explaining why Clinton is qualified, tying to justify it to a Libertarian who sees both Trump and Clinton as basically the same coin.
Also, fear of death is a means of enslaving others. Man's own selfishness leads to his own enslavement, because given the choice between life as a slave, or death, most men can and do choose life as a slave.
We all have masters, choose yours wisely.
already answered. She was elected on the coat tails of WJC. She moved to NY as a CarpetBagger (look up the term).
I am not a Trump supporter so comparing Trump to Clinton is pretty worthless. As for beating weak candidates, can you explain how Hillary had trouble beating three pretty weak candidates? IMHO 16 is harder than 3. The fact that she had to enlist the DNC to help get her election rigged enough to beat Bernie isn't much better (it is actually worse) than Trump beating 16.
Again, what "qualification" does she have, other than her failed example as SoS and a do nothing Senator from NY, that won because she was WJC's wife. I believe that Monica could have won that election, had she been married to Bill.
You aren't a RINO, you are confused.
His flaw is assuming that his assumptions are even close to being accurate. The problem with these kinds of thought processes, is that they are fraught with limited thinking. Do you know how hard it is to keep exponential growth going for any length of time? And he wants it going for ... thousands of years. He has no idea what it will take to make that exponential growth keep going indefinitely forever, nor the consequences of that growth on humanity.
There are way too many assumptions, way too many unproven constants. He isn't as smart as he thinks he is, and that is where the problems start for his "simulation theory". I actually understand that I couldn't begin to theorize what things might exist in 20 years, let alone 1000, 5000, or 10,000 years down the road.
I believe that it is called Déjà vu
BINGO!!!!
We are so limited, that we don't even understand our own limitations. Those that do, are thought to be crazy or primitive by those that think themselves smarter than the rest of us.
I am thinking more along the lines of kobayashi maru and these people think they are Kirk.
Define "credible" in any objective way.
By all my measures, she has failed at just about everything she's tried, apart from running for office. And she only got elected because her husband was President of the US. There is just about no reason to conclude she is qualified for the job.
As a moderate conservative, you can vote third Party, and register your vote as a protest against the other two. IF enough people break free from the false dichotomy of the two party system, perhaps we can actually get worthy candidates. But, go ahead and waste your vote on the "lessor of two evils" believing that is your only choice. In the end, you'll get the devil you know and you'll be guilty of contributing to whatever ills she creates for our country. Imagine, three more SCOTUS judges hell bent on dismantling what remains of our Constitution. The first Amendment is going, the second is for sure gone, the 4th, 5th and the rest are swept away as fast as they can. ObamaCare fails and is replaced by single payer, and everyone's healthcare is screwed up in ways that only Government can (think VA for everyone!)
If you think Clinton is the "only" credible candidate, you're wrong, she isn't credible at all.
All of this crap is because of idiot politicians pedaling fear in the form of "Terrorists!".
This is how tyranny triumphs. Fear.
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate.. to suffering" - Yoda
If you are voting for Either Clinton or Trump, you're most likely voting based on Fear.
It is part and parcel of the childish maneuver to deflect guilt. It is pointing to bad behavior in a vain attempt to justify bad behavior. Basic logic of this goes something like this ....
"You killed a puppy"
"But Johnny killed a kitten, and got away with it, so should I"
Whenever you see "Trump did ______" and someone answers "Clinton did ______" in response (and they aren't pointing to a third alternative), they are guilty of this childish maneuver. Personally speaking, this is why I can't vote for EITHER of the two idiots running on the major party tickets.
This isn't good for Clinton, and it is no surprise that they want to make it about Trump somehow. Once you understand that it is the same crap kids try on their parents, you realize that we're dealing with children who are over 18 years old.
Actually she had a duty to preserve all documents related to her job as SoS. Of course, she conveniently forgot that she had any such requirement due to a head injury, of which she is still suffering effects. All of which should keep her out of any position in government for the rest her life, but people like you continue to try to minimize the crimes she has committed.
As for having ANY classified email on her home brew, basement dwelling server is also a crime (she sent and received )
As for deleting her server after it was subpoenaed is ALSO a crime.
If she is investigated for murder, it won't be because of some kid having SIDS in Kansas. There are plenty of murders of people that she was quite familiar with, which might have some relationship to her. Cute though.
Trump has his own issues, and people limited to binary choices rarely choose well. Vote 3rd Party.
Laws are very rarely applied equally to everyone. However, if that were the case, Hillary would be in jail already for using private email to send / receive classified material. Or do all those poor saps that are in jail now for doing exactly that be let free and we stop giving a damn about security?
Where is Clinton Objectively better than Trump? Lying? Nope. Cheating? Nope. Failing at her job? Perhaps. Saying anything to get elected? Nope.
If you want, we can go comparison by comparison, and find out that they are equally not qualified, except to perhaps degree one way or the other.