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What would YOUR platform be?
Thursday, June 9, 2016 9:03 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Thursday, June 9, 2016 11:55 AM
THGRRI
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I think many people are fed up with the current presumptive candidates. Their stances and proposals just don't fit what we would like to see, and so as voters we have to make compromises between what we want and who we can vote for. So the final election results - whatever they are- are hardly a fair reflection of the popular will. With that in mind, what would YOU like to see? Let the fun begin!
Friday, June 10, 2016 8:59 AM
Quote:The REAL interests of the USA would have us capable of manufacturing everything of military, scientific, and infrastructural significance here, at home. And there's more I would add, but that properly belongs in the "What's YOUR platform" thread. Elon Musk, for all of his money and brains, is an idiot outside of his specific money-making niche. He's not a "technology" expert any more than a physicist is a "biology" expert. His car-making venture wouldn't be making money except for government subsidies, and his rocket-launching venture is energetically ridiculous- you have to loft more than twice the amount of fuel than with a one-way launch. The only purpose that his space vehicle is good for is space tourism. It's not meant for heavy-duty satellite, space station, or exploration launches. And I think the fault goes back to wealthy Republicans who, after Roosevelt, and stinging from the 90% tax rates that were imposed on the wealthy in the 1940s and 1950s, sought to dismember "government" by portraying it as "evil". Now, between the twin onslaughts of destroying the parts of government which looked after the common good, and buying off the rest, there are NO agents who are looking after "American interests". The conundrum that you presented (and there was just an article in the WSJ about chip-making and the Pentagon, which was exactly the same) is the result of decades of wealthy businessmen successfully representing THEIR interests at the expense of the general (and long-term) good, and the [results of this greed-]fueled plan coming home to roost. - SIGNY
Friday, June 10, 2016 9:25 AM
Saturday, June 11, 2016 12:43 AM
Saturday, June 11, 2016 1:10 AM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Saturday, June 11, 2016 10:05 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:55 AM
Saturday, June 11, 2016 1:40 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: I guess your refusal to engage in serious thought about serious issues is the reason you're voting for Hillary?
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