Ben Carson's only crime was pissing off the establishment and feeling their rage. He's paid his dues and now he'll have a chance to implement some positive change on a pretty grand scale. No amount of ad hominem attacks is going to change that.
Pointing out his positions and beliefs are not ad hominem attacks.
Not nearly as bad as the blatantly irrational, e.g. "any belief in God + any stance whatsoever = creationist = bad".
No, he's an actual creationist. As in, believes in a six-day creation of the universe schedule with Eve being shaped from a rib bone God took from Adam.
And he believes the pyramids were built to store grain.
Did you know that ANYONE, who has eaten a carrot, has eventually died?
Now that's easy to prove false. I had carrots at dinner and I have not died. Now, I will eventually die, but you said, "has eventually died". This is why your fifth grade teacher was so insistent upon you learning grammar. Because bad grammar leads to sloppy thinking, which leads to a bigoted con-man with hair that looks like cotton candy spun from piss getting elected president.
That's not technically true. If you use a minute to decide to quit smoking, for example, or quit the sugary sodas, and it adds 10 years to your life, that minute has brought you farther from death.
Houston does have some of the best food in the USA, and far beyond BBQ!
No kidding. Even the street food is phenomenal. Today, I had a little snack at the El Rojo Taco Truck and it brought tears to my eyes. And that's just cheap street food.
I used to laugh at all the people driving around Wal-Mart on their mobility scooters because they're too fat to walk. Now, I'm beginning to understand. At least in Chicago, I could work off the Italian food, polish sausange, and pork chops by shoveling snow and pushing cars that are stuck. Sitting in my shorts in the back yard with a vodka and lime juice on ice doesn't burn all that many calories.
That's only if you look at money flow not who voted to spend the money where. The programs and regulations voted on by california contributed greatly to the national debt.
That's a strange way to look at it. Bottom line: Even with the "programs and regulations", California is a net contributor to Federal coffers. That means they don't contribute to the debt. Also, California has the same number of senators as Texas, Oklahoma, and all the Southeastern states where they don't wear shoes. They're no more responsible for "programs and regulations" than any other state.
The best Chinese food in Texas/KC/Memphis etc would be broke in CA.
Houston has a very large Chinese population. There is some pretty great Chinese food here.
Having been raised in KC, I make better BBQ in my yard than anything from Texas. So I'm OK.
Wars were fought over less. I admit, Kansas City has some very fine barbecue, but this Texas thing is a whole 'nother level. Plus, KC has the downside of being in Missouri. Having once lived and taught in Columbia and Rolla, I can tell you, outside of KC, you might as well be the Fallout 3 wasteland except with more Bible.
But I still have a soft spot for KC because of it's important place in the history of jazz. The only problem was that all the greats got the hell out of there as soon as they could.
Actually, no. Unlike Michigan, Ohio has soundly rejected RTW.
I guess you're right. It looks like Ohio adopted some very limited version of "right-to-work".
From Findlaw:
"Although Ohio is part of America's "Rust Belt," with a long history of labor organizations, the state has adopted a very limited right-to-work law. Specifically, the law states that union membership or non-membership employment conditions are "contrary to public policy and void." So employees are not required to join a union."
You do not have better barbecue than Houston. Maybe the new city-state of Houston can work out some trade agreement with the Republic of California where we send you some real barbecue and you send us your porn. We have a port, it can all go through the Panama Canal without having to risk the Arizona wasteland.
CA makes a lot of money because it's a port state with refineries and military bases. All that stuff goes with caexit too
The federal government doesn't own those refineries, so why should they have to go? You haven't thought this through.
And since the US government would still need those Pacific-facing bases, they can rent them from the California government, just like they do in Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and all the places those other foreign bases are located. The US needs California a lot more than California needs the US government. Instead of having to pay for those military bases through federal taxes, they could become pure profit centers for California.
How about Wow, a double win! I'm all for it, as long as they take their share of the national debt with them.
Since California gives more to the Federal government in taxes than they get back in benefits, you could say that their "share of the national debt" is negative. We would owe them a rebate, in fact.
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Wait a minute, NOW you're citing Snopes? I thought Snopes couldn't be trusted? Make up your mind, AC.
Trump chose his vice-president to lead his transition team.
This is a guy who, as governor of Indiana, when facing a breakout of AIDS in the rural community due to drug use, chose "prayer" as his only solution.
This is a guy who signed a bill with a government mandate that families hold funerals for miscarried or aborted fetuses.
This is a guy who as governor, instructed law enforcement to investigate women who miscarried to make sure they weren't aborting their fetuses.
You dumb fuck.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/me...
^Doesn't know what "xenophobic" or "racist" mean.
Pointing out his positions and beliefs are not ad hominem attacks.
No, he's an actual creationist. As in, believes in a six-day creation of the universe schedule with Eve being shaped from a rib bone God took from Adam.
And he believes the pyramids were built to store grain.
And vitamins can cure cancer.
Trump is also floating the name "Ben Carson" as Sec'y of Health and Human Services. Ben Carson is a creationist who hawks vitamins to cure cancer.
Now that's easy to prove false. I had carrots at dinner and I have not died. Now, I will eventually die, but you said, "has eventually died". This is why your fifth grade teacher was so insistent upon you learning grammar. Because bad grammar leads to sloppy thinking, which leads to a bigoted con-man with hair that looks like cotton candy spun from piss getting elected president.
That's not technically true. If you use a minute to decide to quit smoking, for example, or quit the sugary sodas, and it adds 10 years to your life, that minute has brought you farther from death.
And electing a bigoted con-man with hair that looks like cotton candy spun from piss could cause a country to go tits up.
Warnings are for pussies.
Teach them scientists with their fancy book-learnin' a less, once and for all. Who's with me?
If ignorance was good enough for my daddy and my grandaddy before me, then by gum, it's good enough for me. Godspeed you Mr President.
No kidding. Even the street food is phenomenal. Today, I had a little snack at the El Rojo Taco Truck and it brought tears to my eyes. And that's just cheap street food.
I used to laugh at all the people driving around Wal-Mart on their mobility scooters because they're too fat to walk. Now, I'm beginning to understand. At least in Chicago, I could work off the Italian food, polish sausange, and pork chops by shoveling snow and pushing cars that are stuck. Sitting in my shorts in the back yard with a vodka and lime juice on ice doesn't burn all that many calories.
They're Russians, so they had to spend yesterday sobering up.
That's a strange way to look at it. Bottom line: Even with the "programs and regulations", California is a net contributor to Federal coffers. That means they don't contribute to the debt. Also, California has the same number of senators as Texas, Oklahoma, and all the Southeastern states where they don't wear shoes. They're no more responsible for "programs and regulations" than any other state.
Houston has a very large Chinese population. There is some pretty great Chinese food here.
Wars were fought over less. I admit, Kansas City has some very fine barbecue, but this Texas thing is a whole 'nother level. Plus, KC has the downside of being in Missouri. Having once lived and taught in Columbia and Rolla, I can tell you, outside of KC, you might as well be the Fallout 3 wasteland except with more Bible.
But I still have a soft spot for KC because of it's important place in the history of jazz. The only problem was that all the greats got the hell out of there as soon as they could.
Wikileaks is now part of the US power structure. This is getting interesting.
I guess you're right. It looks like Ohio adopted some very limited version of "right-to-work".
From Findlaw:
Silicon Valley can just threaten to cut off the US's Netflix, and the whole thing will be over without a shot being fired.
Living in Houston, my Western neighbor is Mexico.
If the food were any better here in Houston, I'd need one of those mobility scooters to get around.
I wonder how the US would feel if California cut off your fucking produce.
You do not have better barbecue than Houston. Maybe the new city-state of Houston can work out some trade agreement with the Republic of California where we send you some real barbecue and you send us your porn. We have a port, it can all go through the Panama Canal without having to risk the Arizona wasteland.
The federal government doesn't own those refineries, so why should they have to go? You haven't thought this through.
And since the US government would still need those Pacific-facing bases, they can rent them from the California government, just like they do in Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and all the places those other foreign bases are located. The US needs California a lot more than California needs the US government. Instead of having to pay for those military bases through federal taxes, they could become pure profit centers for California.
Yes, California still sends more tax money to the Federal government than it gets back in benefits.
By government-dependency rankings, it is near the bottom. 2016 numbers:
https://wallethub.com/edu/stat...
I was willing to give them Florida, South Carolina, a draft pick and a state to be named later.
But now I live in Houston, Texas, and I'm not so keen on seceding, though Houston is a pretty chill place similar to Austin.
Since California gives more to the Federal government in taxes than they get back in benefits, you could say that their "share of the national debt" is negative. We would owe them a rebate, in fact.