Mainstream media is CBS, ABC, NBC and their television networks and partnerships, Time magazine, and the bestselling newspapers in the big cities. In the same philosophical bent are PBS and CNN.
It depends. Some protestors, like at Dartmouth, are just throwing a tantrum with the wild hope that the tantrum will spread nationwide and somehow prevent Trump's inauguration. Other protestors are just getting some cash from George Soros.
The president is supposed to represent the people of the country.
WRONG.
Read the Constitution. Nowhere does it say that the President is supposed to represent the people of the country. If he represents anything, it is the government. His duties are specified by the Constitution. Duties = "supposed to".
The indirect election of the President is to select the best man, not necessarily the most popular.
The United States of America is not a democracy, never has been, never should be. It is designed as a federal republic, a union of states. It says so right there in the name, "United States of America". It's not the "Democracy of America" or the "United People of America", or any other such foolishness.
If you want to retain freedom and individual rights; if you want not only to be protected by the government but also to be protected from the government, the power of the federal government has to be limited, and one of the ways that is done is by keeping significant power at state, local, and individual levels. If you don't want to retain those things, then F. U..
OK, here's a problem the Electoral College solves. The Constitution does not otherwise determine who becomes President if the President-elect dies shortly after the election.
There's more than one office up for grabs during each Presidential election. You should not consider it an excessive effort to tick one more box while also voting for Senator, Representative, state elections, and propositions. And you should inform yourself and vote wisely on those other ballot items.
By your argument, anybody not voting for the winner is "effectively silenced." Not only those who voted against, but those who didn't vote. That doesn't change no matter how the President is chosen.
You and everybody else thinking the President is supposed to represent you has missed the point entirely.
The House of Representatives is supposed to represent the people.
The Senate was supposed to represent state governments, but now is just a slower-responding popular representative.
The electors are supposed to be the best from each state, and they choose by majority vote the best candidate for President - thus choosing the very best by the best. (This according to James Madison, the Constitution's primary author.)
The point is, the President is not supposed to echo the opinion of the majority, he is supposed to make the best decisions.
You do realize, don't you, that Hillary Clinton is 69 years old and in worse health than Trump? That she is surrounded by sycophants far more vile than those around Trump? That Clinton's closest historical match is Lucrezia Borgia?
And by what right do YOU claim the ability to stop them?
Foreign manufacturers have been selling better-value cars in the United States for decades. This left US automakers with only two choices: do manufacturing where costs are lower or be driven out of business.
The primary reason US costs are too high is unions, although government meddling also hurts.
If you want to keep auto manufacturing in the US, there are only 3 ways to do it.
Massive subsidies (Hurts all taxpayers and the economy generally)
High trade barriers (Hurts all consumers and the economy generally)
End the government protection of unions. (Hurts union members by ending undeserved high pay, helps the economy generally)
Just becuase "there isnt a single country on earth that doesnt do this." doesn't make it right.
As long as the population is increasing, if auto sales aren't going up at least proportionately then there are fewer new cars per person, which on the surface implies that on average people are getting poorer. Fortunately, cars last longer now. (Hey! that's not a race to the bottom.)
This point applies to the economy in general. Since a static condition has zero width, for practical purposes if things aren't getting better, then they're getting worse. All you critics of unending growth want humanity to become more miserable. We are orders of magnitude below the point where worldwide, nobody could reasonably want more.
Playing the 2012 Biden-Ryan debate would have destroyed Biden's run for the Presidency. Snickering, eye-rolling, and mumbling while another person speaks is childish behavior even compared to Trump.
They learned not to elect another Bush.
2nd terms within the same extended family have not been good for the country. J.Q.Adams, FDR, GWB.
Jeb would have been another administration of Fabian Socialism with middle-of-the-road rhetoric. Boring poison.
You missed the import of the last sentence. Some foreigners entering the US are expecting us to let them, for instance, enforce Sharia law - female genital mutilation included. Yet the US is accused of racism and xenophobia because the US protects women from Muslims.
Both Bernie and Trump attracted votes by pointing out problems.To the extent that they proposed solutions, Bernie's were worse. Bernie's hideous NYC accent sounds snobbish repels most of the rest of the country.
Trump is a mixed bag. Some of the policies he has advocated are very bad, and since the President usually takes the lead in proposing major legislation, it's going to be more a case of hoping that Congress rejects the bad stuff. If the Bush administrations are anything to go by, it's a forlorn hope.
Take a look into Moissanite (silicon carbide). It looks similar to diamond, is almost as hard and has a slightly higher index of refraction. Have the ring made and give it to her. If she takes it to a jeweler to have it appraised or examined, she doesn't love you and you're better off without her.
Unlike diamonds, which will evaporate over the course of millennia, silicon carbide is forever.
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Mainstream media is CBS, ABC, NBC and their television networks and partnerships, Time magazine, and the bestselling newspapers in the big cities. In the same philosophical bent are PBS and CNN.
It depends. Some protestors, like at Dartmouth, are just throwing a tantrum with the wild hope that the tantrum will spread nationwide and somehow prevent Trump's inauguration. Other protestors are just getting some cash from George Soros.
Trump isn't the one who needs help walking. Pay attention.
WRONG.
Read the Constitution. Nowhere does it say that the President is supposed to represent the people of the country. If he represents anything, it is the government. His duties are specified by the Constitution. Duties = "supposed to".
The indirect election of the President is to select the best man, not necessarily the most popular.
Learn some history. Echoing popular slurs and shallow interpretations is not dissemination of knowledge,
The United States of America is not a democracy, never has been, never should be. It is designed as a federal republic, a union of states. It says so right there in the name, "United States of America". It's not the "Democracy of America" or the "United People of America", or any other such foolishness.
If you want to retain freedom and individual rights; if you want not only to be protected by the government but also to be protected from the government, the power of the federal government has to be limited, and one of the ways that is done is by keeping significant power at state, local, and individual levels. If you don't want to retain those things, then F. U..
OK, here's a problem the Electoral College solves. The Constitution does not otherwise determine who becomes President if the President-elect dies shortly after the election.
There's more than one office up for grabs during each Presidential election. You should not consider it an excessive effort to tick one more box while also voting for Senator, Representative, state elections, and propositions. And you should inform yourself and vote wisely on those other ballot items.
By your argument, anybody not voting for the winner is "effectively silenced." Not only those who voted against, but those who didn't vote. That doesn't change no matter how the President is chosen.
You and everybody else thinking the President is supposed to represent you has missed the point entirely.
The House of Representatives is supposed to represent the people.
The Senate was supposed to represent state governments, but now is just a slower-responding popular representative.
The electors are supposed to be the best from each state, and they choose by majority vote the best candidate for President - thus choosing the very best by the best. (This according to James Madison, the Constitution's primary author.)
The point is, the President is not supposed to echo the opinion of the majority, he is supposed to make the best decisions.
Citation needed in their own words.
Wow, isn't that a long time frame! English-French friction in Canada is over 250 years old.
You do realize, don't you, that Hillary Clinton is 69 years old and in worse health than Trump? That she is surrounded by sycophants far more vile than those around Trump? That Clinton's closest historical match is Lucrezia Borgia?
And by what right do YOU claim the ability to stop them?
Foreign manufacturers have been selling better-value cars in the United States for decades. This left US automakers with only two choices: do manufacturing where costs are lower or be driven out of business.
The primary reason US costs are too high is unions, although government meddling also hurts.
If you want to keep auto manufacturing in the US, there are only 3 ways to do it.
Just becuase "there isnt a single country on earth that doesnt do this." doesn't make it right.
As long as the population is increasing, if auto sales aren't going up at least proportionately then there are fewer new cars per person, which on the surface implies that on average people are getting poorer. Fortunately, cars last longer now. (Hey! that's not a race to the bottom.)
This point applies to the economy in general. Since a static condition has zero width, for practical purposes if things aren't getting better, then they're getting worse. All you critics of unending growth want humanity to become more miserable. We are orders of magnitude below the point where worldwide, nobody could reasonably want more.
Playing the 2012 Biden-Ryan debate would have destroyed Biden's run for the Presidency. Snickering, eye-rolling, and mumbling while another person speaks is childish behavior even compared to Trump.
They learned not to elect another Bush.
2nd terms within the same extended family have not been good for the country. J.Q.Adams, FDR, GWB.
Jeb would have been another administration of Fabian Socialism with middle-of-the-road rhetoric. Boring poison.
Bill Clinton greatly enlarged the principle that corruption and lying were acceptable in high office and in the public at large.
The most recent large deportation was under Eisenhower. That caused what problem?
Time and the New York Daily News have been left wing rags for over 50 years. Try citing a reliable source.
You missed the import of the last sentence. Some foreigners entering the US are expecting us to let them, for instance, enforce Sharia law - female genital mutilation included. Yet the US is accused of racism and xenophobia because the US protects women from Muslims.
It's gonna be Not Very Fun At All to be a illegal alien in the US for the next couple of years.
FTFY
What actual evidence do you have that Trump will attack minorities? Quoting Democrats does not count as evidence.
Both Bernie and Trump attracted votes by pointing out problems.To the extent that they proposed solutions, Bernie's were worse. Bernie's hideous NYC accent sounds snobbish repels most of the rest of the country.
At least at could have been a campaign of ideas.
Trump is a mixed bag. Some of the policies he has advocated are very bad, and since the President usually takes the lead in proposing major legislation, it's going to be more a case of hoping that Congress rejects the bad stuff. If the Bush administrations are anything to go by, it's a forlorn hope.
Of course.Nothing better than having to ally with a bunch of fringe wingnuts like the communists in order to form a working coalition.
Take a look into Moissanite (silicon carbide). It looks similar to diamond, is almost as hard and has a slightly higher index of refraction. Have the ring made and give it to her. If she takes it to a jeweler to have it appraised or examined, she doesn't love you and you're better off without her.
Unlike diamonds, which will evaporate over the course of millennia, silicon carbide is forever.