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Tomi Lahren, who has no expertise on anything, has discovered, well, probably read on some right wing web site, stairs on Air Force One are lower. Biden is unfit to be president.
 
Road Ratt said:
'A Huge Step Backward': US Export-Import Bank Approves Estonian Fossil Fuel Project

The approval comes as the nation has signed off on $1.5 billion for overseas oil and gas projects so far this year, even though it pledged to stop doing so by the end of 2022.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/exim-estonia-fossil-finance



While his supporters bury their heads straight up his ass... Biden continues to lie to us.
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Reality is that anything less than a carbon tax with progressive dividend is too little, too late.

Anything less is not giving climate change and pollution the required attention.
 
Hoopguru said:
Natural Gas isn't going anywhere soon. Im all for alternative sources but if we think fossil fuels will become obsolete, thats wishful thinking.

The Third Shale Revolution: Reshoring Manufacturing || Peter ...YouTube · Zeihan on Geopolitics6 minutes, 59 seconds7 hours ago
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It's only a dream because of pushback from corporations causing much of the cost being borne by government subsidies and society in general due to pollution.

A carbon tax and progressive dividend would pretty much end that.
 
Stevenson said:
Why is the GOP so mean spirited? I mean really, what the fuck do they have to be so angry about?
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What else do they have? Their policies are unpopular. They give the comfort of being part of the in crowd and you can do whatever you want to those who aren't.
 
Road Ratt said:
Biden DOJ 'Bending Over Backwards' to Protect Corporate Criminals: Report

"If you steal a penny in America, you are a criminal," said the watchdog group Public Citizen. "If you steal millions, you are a multinational corporation."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-doj-corporate-crime

Joe Biden, soft on corporate crime. The hell you say...
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That's how he got to be president... Certainly not as bad as Trump. But the worst kind of democrat.
 
Phatguysrule said:
That's how he got to be president... Certainly not as bad as Trump. But the worst kind of democrat.
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The article shows that in Biden's first year, his DOJ tallied 90 prosecutions to Trump's 94. Well below the 304 in 2000. Every president since 2000 has been softer on corporate crime than their predecessors.
 
Road Ratt said:
Don't tell that to a democrat though. They'll pull a Mike Tyson and bite your ears off. :biglaugh:
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It's okay. I can take it. They no longer care about climate change or pollution, they no longer care about education or research and development.

They care about keeping their corporate overlords rich and making emotionally charged political statements.

They aren't as bad as the MAGA fools, but moderate Republicans have never been as bad as the far right lunatics.

I just wish we had some logical democrats (somewhat progressive) or other party that could actually compete.
 
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I wish we had better voters, as long as we are wishing for things we aren't going to ever get.

Oh, and a pony. I want a pony.

barfo
 
barfo said:
I wish we had better voters, as long as we are wishing for things we aren't going to ever get.

Oh, and a pony. I want a pony.

barfo
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It's the system.

Nobody worth a damn can make a decent living as a politician. You have to be crooked as a politician to bring in as much as you could in the private sector.

So you get the lowest common denominator (and those who get no corporate support).

The voters aren't actually the problem, IMO. That's by design.
 
Phatguysrule said:
It's the system.

Nobody worth a damn can make a decent living as a politician. You have to be crooked as a politician to bring in as much as you could in the private sector.

So you get the lowest common denominator (and those who get no corporate support).

The voters aren't actually the problem, IMO. That's by design.
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Disagree. There is nothing in the design that says politicians shouldn't be paid a fair wage.

Voters consistently punish politicians for salary increases, so they don't often try.

If voters would treat lawmaking as a real job that they want to hire the best candidate for, they'd get plenty of good quality candidates.

barfo
 
barfo said:
Disagree. There is nothing in the design that says politicians shouldn't be paid a fair wage.

Voters consistently punish politicians for salary increases, so they don't often try.

If voters would treat lawmaking as a real job that they want to hire the best candidate for, they'd get plenty of good quality candidates.

barfo
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This is a result of the system we have, which rewards (demands) corruption.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Why are the voters so uneducated (or misinformed)?
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You make a good point - there is a vicious cycle here, for sure. The voters are uneducated because prior voters decided that education wasn't important.

The voters make the system worse, and the system makes the voters worse.

barfo
 
barfo said:
You make a good point - there is a vicious cycle here, for sure. The voters are uneducated because prior voters decided that education wasn't important.

The voters make the system worse, and the system makes the voters worse.

barfo
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And from everything I've ever seen or experienced you can't improve the voters without first changing the system (short of tremendous suffering like Europe saw in WWI and WWII).
 
Phatguysrule said:
And from everything I've ever seen or experienced you can't improve the voters without first changing the system (short of tremendous suffering like Europe saw in WWI and WWII).
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Have you examples of improving the system w/o improving the voters?

barfo
 
barfo said:
Have you examples of improving the system w/o improving the voters?

barfo
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Europe after WW2. Japan after WW2... Germany as well...

The US South after the Civil War...

I feel like Canada did it...

The Nordic and Scandinavian countries somehow went from Vikings to some of the happiest, best educated, and most healthy people in the world.

I'm hoping we can do it without the devastating shock of those wars.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Europe after WW2. Japan after WW2... Germany as well...

The US South after the Civil War...

I feel like Canada did it...

The Nordic and Scandinavian countries somehow went from Vikings to some of the happiest, best educated, and most healthy people in the world.

I'm hoping we can do it without the devastating shock of those wars.
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Are we sure that the Vikings weren't happy, healthy, and well-educated?

barfo
 
When you say voters are uneducated, do you include yourself or is it just those other people?
 
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