He's the bogeyman you can threaten everyone with. Liberals piss their drawers at the mention of his name. Experienced journalists tear up when they hear his name. I don't think anyone was this frightened of HItler.
Hitler became what the allies forced him to be. See how that works? Evil is as evil does. He didn't have to torture and murder his own people. He made Batista look like a sweetheart.
He outpaced Batista in the brutality contest. His opposition of US interests in Angola would have been wonderful except really there were no good guys in that civil war. The MPLA commited horrible attrocities although they were not alone in that. It was a hideous civil war that was made worse by foreign involvement of the US and Soviet Union and their proxies. So Castro became a worse tyrant than Batista and was used as a proxy to make a bloody civil war even bloodier. Yes, he was no more than a proxy for the USSR in a backwater action in the cold war between super powers. A bit player.
They aren't marginalized at all, they elected a President. One person one vote is how things are done. The Constitution is very clear on the electoral college. Every vote counts in that state, then the states send the electors to choose the president in accordance with the citizens of that states wishes. If you don't like it you can urge your state legisalture to try to amend the Constitution but I don't see a chance in hell of getting a two thirds majority for that. Better learn to deal with it.
It's not stupid. Stupid is thinking that everyone sees things your way. I know why you don't like the system, it's the great leveler. Almost everything about the Constitution is aimed at limiting Federal power and the tyranny of the majority. That's why amendments to the Constitution require a two thirds majority.
I didn't say marginalize voters. It's about the states. It was designed to be about the states. The states gave up some of their power to the union and they retained some as well. Voting is not done by the majority but by the states through the electoral college. All this bitching will achieve nothing. The election is over and the choice is made. Given the large margin of electoral college votes Trump won by even if some of the electors decided to rebel it'll never be enough. The other choice is Hilliary and nobody actually likes her for President either. No conservative is going to choose her no matter how bad they perceive Trump to be since she's worse. The democrats would be better served in trying to get their act together for the 2020 election. Maybe they could try to find a candidate that isn't considered to be a liar and a crook even by the people who actually vote for her.
What utter bullshit. The reason the swing states are so important is that they are ones that don't identify with any party consistently. All the states count, they just usually come out for one party or the other consistently. They're not marginalized, they add their total just like any other. It's a union of states and all the states count. The modern presidential election works pretty much the same as it always has.
When I look at an election where the two candidates are Trump and Hilliiary I have to wonder if idiots don't make up the overwhelming majority of voters. Come on, tell me you really think Hilliary is a great presidential candidate? Three people ran for the democratic ticket and it was a foregone conclusion that Hilliary was going to be the nominee regardless. That's who the people that run the party wanted? Really????? I know you're upset Trump is president and I've got to admit I'm not really pleased about it other than I am enjoying watching all the butthurt from people that just assumed everyone would think Hilliary was so much better than a reality show asshole. But really she's not any better. Just because she spent most of her time in "public service" using her position to enrich herself and her family by abusing her office doesn't make her better. Ultimately when I heard her talk in the debates about picking justices to ignore the Constitution and make decisions based on what was appropriate I knew I'd probably vote for almost anyone other than her. Conservative as I am I'd have picked Bernie over her a thousand to one. Hell, if the Democrats had picked Bernie they would have won. They deserved to lose and the EC was right. +1 for the people that wrote the Constitution.
They can't change the law. It would require a Constitutional Amendment and I can't see 37 states being willing to give up their power so that the big states like California and New York can marginalize them. Luck with that.
Without California Hilliary wouldn't have won the popular vote. She won California by over 2 million votes, a total higher than she got for the US overall. California is so overwhelmingly liberal that I don't think Trump even bothered with it knowing that it was hopeless. This is what the electoral college was designed specifically for, to preserve the power of the smaller states so that they don't become marginalized. Worked exactly as designed.
It's just technology. It takes time for new stuff to become more affordable. It's a process that eventually will lead to a phasing out of coal. Not today or next year or even next decade but eventually.
Oh he has a place I guess, like Franco. A bit player. You know I was surprised by a young coworker of mine about 7 months or so ago something came up about Castro and I mentioned it to him. He literally had no idea who Castro was. He could tell you every Heisman candidate any year but Castro he'd never heard of. I went around and did kind of a quick Leno style quiz and found that of the under 30 crowd at work maybe half had heard of Castro and most of them only had a vague idea who he was. I was pretty shocked. I wonder how much of that history they teach in school nowadays.
I guess you can debate ultra left. It depends on your viewpoint. Some people think free healthcare is a right and should be paid for by the government. I guess that might be even more left than the ACA. Zero compromise means no compromise. When Republican lawmakers met with the President all of their concerns were blown off. All of them. That's Zero compromise.
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He's going to get pretty wet if he tries. And he'll have gum in his hair.
I agree with that.
The last time they invaded it was pretty bloody and expensive for them.
Considering Finnish history with Russia anything is possible. I know Finland wasn't too happy with Russia invading Ukraine. Brings back bad memories.
He's the bogeyman you can threaten everyone with. Liberals piss their drawers at the mention of his name. Experienced journalists tear up when they hear his name. I don't think anyone was this frightened of HItler.
How much storage are we talking about anyway? A few thousand terabytes?
He's elected president. Not dictator. He doesn't have the power to "scrub the web." Asinine people sensationalizing paranoia.
I think nowadays that is a pretty cushy job.
frilly not little. yes you got me. :)
Hitler became what the allies forced him to be. See how that works? Evil is as evil does. He didn't have to torture and murder his own people. He made Batista look like a sweetheart.
Yeah, like aqualung, watching the little panties run.
You're deliberately being obtuse. No one is that stupid. I'd done with this, you just keep on with the bitching and moaning if it makes you happy.
He outpaced Batista in the brutality contest. His opposition of US interests in Angola would have been wonderful except really there were no good guys in that civil war. The MPLA commited horrible attrocities although they were not alone in that. It was a hideous civil war that was made worse by foreign involvement of the US and Soviet Union and their proxies. So Castro became a worse tyrant than Batista and was used as a proxy to make a bloody civil war even bloodier. Yes, he was no more than a proxy for the USSR in a backwater action in the cold war between super powers. A bit player.
They aren't marginalized at all, they elected a President. One person one vote is how things are done. The Constitution is very clear on the electoral college. Every vote counts in that state, then the states send the electors to choose the president in accordance with the citizens of that states wishes. If you don't like it you can urge your state legisalture to try to amend the Constitution but I don't see a chance in hell of getting a two thirds majority for that. Better learn to deal with it.
When those states were formed they gained all the power that any other state had.
It's not stupid. Stupid is thinking that everyone sees things your way. I know why you don't like the system, it's the great leveler. Almost everything about the Constitution is aimed at limiting Federal power and the tyranny of the majority. That's why amendments to the Constitution require a two thirds majority.
I didn't say marginalize voters. It's about the states. It was designed to be about the states. The states gave up some of their power to the union and they retained some as well. Voting is not done by the majority but by the states through the electoral college. All this bitching will achieve nothing. The election is over and the choice is made. Given the large margin of electoral college votes Trump won by even if some of the electors decided to rebel it'll never be enough. The other choice is Hilliary and nobody actually likes her for President either. No conservative is going to choose her no matter how bad they perceive Trump to be since she's worse. The democrats would be better served in trying to get their act together for the 2020 election. Maybe they could try to find a candidate that isn't considered to be a liar and a crook even by the people who actually vote for her.
What utter bullshit. The reason the swing states are so important is that they are ones that don't identify with any party consistently. All the states count, they just usually come out for one party or the other consistently. They're not marginalized, they add their total just like any other. It's a union of states and all the states count. The modern presidential election works pretty much the same as it always has.
When I look at an election where the two candidates are Trump and Hilliiary I have to wonder if idiots don't make up the overwhelming majority of voters. Come on, tell me you really think Hilliary is a great presidential candidate? Three people ran for the democratic ticket and it was a foregone conclusion that Hilliary was going to be the nominee regardless. That's who the people that run the party wanted? Really?????
I know you're upset Trump is president and I've got to admit I'm not really pleased about it other than I am enjoying watching all the butthurt from people that just assumed everyone would think Hilliary was so much better than a reality show asshole. But really she's not any better. Just because she spent most of her time in "public service" using her position to enrich herself and her family by abusing her office doesn't make her better. Ultimately when I heard her talk in the debates about picking justices to ignore the Constitution and make decisions based on what was appropriate I knew I'd probably vote for almost anyone other than her. Conservative as I am I'd have picked Bernie over her a thousand to one. Hell, if the Democrats had picked Bernie they would have won. They deserved to lose and the EC was right. +1 for the people that wrote the Constitution.
They can't change the law. It would require a Constitutional Amendment and I can't see 37 states being willing to give up their power so that the big states like California and New York can marginalize them. Luck with that.
Without California Hilliary wouldn't have won the popular vote. She won California by over 2 million votes, a total higher than she got for the US overall. California is so overwhelmingly liberal that I don't think Trump even bothered with it knowing that it was hopeless. This is what the electoral college was designed specifically for, to preserve the power of the smaller states so that they don't become marginalized. Worked exactly as designed.
It's just technology. It takes time for new stuff to become more affordable. It's a process that eventually will lead to a phasing out of coal. Not today or next year or even next decade but eventually.
Oh he has a place I guess, like Franco. A bit player. You know I was surprised by a young coworker of mine about 7 months or so ago something came up about Castro and I mentioned it to him. He literally had no idea who Castro was. He could tell you every Heisman candidate any year but Castro he'd never heard of. I went around and did kind of a quick Leno style quiz and found that of the under 30 crowd at work maybe half had heard of Castro and most of them only had a vague idea who he was. I was pretty shocked. I wonder how much of that history they teach in school nowadays.
Actually my life is starting to look up. I eagerly look forward to a Trump presidency to Make America Great Again!
I guess you can debate ultra left. It depends on your viewpoint. Some people think free healthcare is a right and should be paid for by the government. I guess that might be even more left than the ACA. Zero compromise means no compromise. When Republican lawmakers met with the President all of their concerns were blown off. All of them. That's Zero compromise.