Politics

[Killingtime]

What an idiot. As an "academic" he would know the two parties started their flip from liberal to conservative during the Kennedy administration. Nixon is usually regarded as the last liberal Republican (sort of). Our present strictly partisan nonsense is actually a fairly recent phenomenon ... unfortunately. Carson should stick to brain surgery and leave historical analysis to historians ... or at least to those who are less inclined to distort the facts to fit political agendas.

But he is right in the civil rights act. Historically you can look it up (southern democrats were the majority of the opposition to the bill) and republicans like Dickerson are one of the main reasons it got past.

 

[fourfive8]

I see OH, aka Perfesser Victimology, is at it again.

 

[tinktink12]

 

[Ray B]

The political perspective of the "South" need look no further than Mr & Mrs George Wallace.

 

[skydiver386]

America, just by shear volume of its economy is shoved down every other countries throat, as you are the largest exporter of culture in the world.

Ask yourself why our economy dwarfs most others? The economy of most U.S. States dwarfs the economies of most large countries. It's because our system is better, but most don't take this lesson away from what they learn about America.

So yes, every other nation does have a un-healthy fixation on all things USA. Also, American decisions tend to have impacts felt across the globe, especially elections so it’s not hard to understand why locals in other countries would be paying attention.

Every nation and it's decisions impacts the rest of the World, not just the U.S. If Iran, prior to the present conflict decided it wanted to close the Straight of Hormuz, would this have an impact on Worldwide oil prices? We all know it would. Rather than fixing their own Government or economy, or using their influence against rogue states, many around the World fixate on U.S. influence.

Point being, rather than whine about what the U.S. is doing, it would be healthier to pay attention to the effects your own Government has around the world.

You guys took over the world in the 20th century, not physically, but economically and all eyes remain on you.

I wouldn't say we took over, so much as a huge portion of rebuilding after WW2 was dumped in our lap.

And for what it’s worth, Americans aren’t really that well know for being informed, or caring about, what goes on outside their border.

Perhaps 50% are ignorant, the other 50% are very well informed. As for the rest of the World, I've found the obsession with the U.S. limits their knowledge of every other country. Setting aside what they learned in 3-5 grade geography class, most people around the World are ignorant of everything except their own country and the U.S. Don't believe me, then ask anyone who is the President or Prime Minister in Azerbaijan, Paraguay, Mexico, or Vietnam?

Do you think most around the world from 19 to 90 could tell you who this person was?

Or this person?

Or this person?

Or this person?

Or this person?

Or the relationship of the first person to the last person?

No, the average human being around the world, even if they have an advanced University Degree couldn't tell you who these people are, but I'll bet they can tell you who the last 5 U. S. Presidents were!

We we lucky to have many well travelled, well informed members here.

Rest assured though, there will come a time when the world will stop caring, be it in 50 or 500 years, all empires have an expiration date.

I'd appreciate it if most around the world extracted their cranium from the US's rectum, and not only learned about history, but how they might reform their own Government, instead of whining that the U.S. doesn't do this or that, and I'd appreciate it if they did it sooner rather than later.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Sir that’s not completely accurate. Voting record in the southern states show a slow and steady trend of switching to republican going back to Hoovers time in the 20’s. The democrat party was definitely still dominate but the trend was consistently moving towards republican.

Hoover election was all about religion. Al Smith was Catholic and the Bible Belt Protestant South could not abide that no matter what party affiliation. The fear was Catholic immigrants would control the election and then the Pope would control the President.

"Protestant activists insisted that Catholicism represented an alien culture and medieval mentality, claiming that Catholicism was incompatible with American democracy and institutions."

Ridiculous for sure but no less ridiculous than immigrants eating their dogs, etc. Racism is far from dead in 21st century US politics! Catholics also supposedly leaned more towards segregation. Hoover was known to be a strong Protestant (Quaker) but he simply avoided the race and religion issues during his campaign. At one point a rumor was circulated by a Southern editor that Hoover had danced with a black woman at the GOP convention. "Hoover's campaign quickly denied the 'untruthful and ignoble assertion'".

Anyway, it would seem the issue of religion during the 1928 election amounted to a unique anomaly rather than the beginning of a trend. The Southern conservative block could cross party boundaries but it took a peculiar racist bias to push them in that direction. Once Al Smith and the Catholic threat was gone, things could return to what they were. Well, they could have if the stock market hadn't crashed and the Midwest's topsoil hadn't blown away. Then USS Arizona was sunk.

 

[Aaron N]

Ask yourself why our economy dwarfs most others? The economy of most U.S. States dwarfs the economies of most large countries. It's because our system is better, but most don't take this lesson away from what they learn about America.

Every nation and it's decisions impacts the rest of the World, not just the U.S. If Iran, prior to the present conflict decided it wanted to close the Straight of Hormuz, would this have an impact on Worldwide oil prices? We all know it would. Rather than fixing their own Government or economy, or using their influence against rogue states, many around the World fixate on U.S. influence.

Point being, rather than whine about what the U.S. is doing, it would be healthier to pay attention to the effects your own Government has around the world.


I wouldn't say we took over, so much as a huge portion of rebuilding after WW2 was dumped in our lap.

Perhaps 50% are ignorant, the other 50% are very well informed. As for the rest of the World, I've found the obsession with the U.S. limits their knowledge of every other country. Setting aside what they learned in 3-5 grade geography class, most people around the World are ignorant of everything except their own country and the U.S. Don't believe me, then ask anyone who is the President or Prime Minister in Azerbaijan, Paraguay, Mexico, or Vietnam?

Do you think most around the world from 19 to 90 could tell you who this person was?
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Or the relationship of the first person to the last person?

No, the average human being around the world, even if they have an advanced University Degree couldn't tell you who these people are, but I'll bet they can tell you who the last 5 U. S. Presidents were!

I'd appreciate it if most around the world extracted their cranium from the US's rectum, and not only learned about history, but how they might reform their own Government, instead of whining that the U.S. doesn't do this or that, and I'd appreciate it if they did it sooner rather than later.

You posed a question, and I gave you the answer without being critical of the United States.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

But he is right in the civil rights act. Historically you can look it up (southern democrats were the majority of the opposition to the bill) and republicans like Dickerson are one of the main reasons it got past.

Correct. And that was within the "flip" era I cited. I presume you mean Everett Dirksen?

 

[Brent in Az]

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Tucson has been turning into a mini L.A
Saturday I saw 2 homeless people having sex right next to a side street. I'm not certain, but I think it was 2 dudes.
It's nauseating to see what this city is becoming.

 

[tinktink12]

Tucson has been turning into a mini L.A
Saturday I saw 2 homeless people having sex right next to a side street. I'm not certain, but I think it was 2 dudes.
It's nauseating to see what this city is becoming.

That is horrible and sick. I am sorry you have to witness that.

 

[AJ Peacock]

Tucson has been turning into a mini L.A
Saturday I saw 2 homeless people having sex right next to a side street. I'm not certain, but I think it was 2 dudes.
It's nauseating to see what this city is becoming.

I said the same exact thing about Phoenix/Mesa before we moved back to Michigan "This place is turning into LA"

That was back in 1998.

AJ

 

[Ray B]

It's with great anxiety that I plan on attending my 60th high school reunion in Portland Oregon. We stay Saturday night downtown and attend the church in which my wife and I were married 52 years ago, Then on to a SE Portland country club for the reunion- Several of the people that I knew in high school have died- a few in VN and other from illnesses, mostly cancer. The others I haven't seen since graduation. So that will be enlightening- as my grandmother said when she went to a reunion after several years: my, how old those people got. I'm hoping that Portland won't live up to the news coverage, but the hotel and the church are right downtown- and since I'd be crossing into Oregon from Washington, my CCP is no longer valid.

 

[HuntingGold]

@Ray B Take a deep breath and enjoy your reunion. Enjoy the faces and smiles you haven't seen in a long while. All the best to you.

 

[spike.t]

Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing down

Under pressure from the polls and Gulf allies, the White House is pushing for a deal but Iran wants concessions, writes BBC's international editor.

www.bbc.com

 

[Killingtime]

Correct. And that was within the "flip" era I cited. I presume you mean Everett Dirksen?

Yes I was talking about Everett Dirksen.(good catch on that. Autocorrect always corrects me away from what I mean to type lol)

 

[Foxi]

"Ask yourself why our economy dwarfs most others? The economy of most U.S. States dwarfs the economies of most large countries. It's because our system is better, but most don't take this lesson away from what they learn about America."


That’s certainly true, and I tip my hat to that efficiency.
But without your frontrunners, California and New York (State), the picture would look quite different.
Strangely enough, these are all states governed by Democrats, even though they’re so vilified here.

Do they know more about the economy??

 

[AJ Peacock]

"Ask yourself why our economy dwarfs most others? The economy of most U.S. States dwarfs the economies of most large countries. It's because our system is better, but most don't take this lesson away from what they learn about America."


That’s certainly true, and I tip my hat to that efficiency.
But without your frontrunners, California and New York (State), the picture would look quite different.
Strangely enough, these are all states governed by Democrats, even though they’re so vilified here.

Do they know more about the economy??

Just think how strong they'd be if run efficiently. Texas and Florida are making great strides because of 'correct' policies. The capitalist and business supporting policies of the past is why CA and NY are big now, not because of their current socialist anti-business stances.

AJ

 

[skydiver386]

"Ask yourself why our economy dwarfs most others? The economy of most U.S. States dwarfs the economies of most large countries. It's because our system is better, but most don't take this lesson away from what they learn about America."


That’s certainly true, and I tip my hat to that efficiency.
But without your frontrunners, California and New York (State), the picture would look quite different.
Strangely enough, these are all states governed by Democrats, even though they’re so vilified here.

Do they know more about the economy??

Let's take my home State of Ohio for example.

If Ohio were an independent country, its GDP of approximately \(\$927\) billion would rank it as the 22nd largest economy in the world, placing it on par with the entire economies of Switzerland (GDP \(\sim \$947\) billion) and Poland (GDP \(\sim \$980\) billion).

Most U.S. States have a GDP far above most countries of a similar geographic size and population. Many countries with natural resources far superior to that of Ohio don't have a GDP anywhere near what we have. We all know if everything were absolutely equal, the economy of any country thrives or falters based on two things.

1. The work ethic and value system of the population. If large segments of the adult male population prefers to lay around and drink beer all day, rather than show up for work, yet expects handouts at every turn, the effects on the economy are very predictable.

2. The ethics and value system of the Government. If Government Officials at every level are corrupt, rob from their own treasury, stifle every attempt by business to turn a profit until the appropriate payoff is made, and tax to the limit of what the population can pay, these effects on the economy are also very predictable.

Of course there are dozens of other factors, but these two are far and away the greatest factors in whether a country has a first world economy or a third world economy.

At one time even American Democrats understood this.

 

[spike.t]

Police bidycam footage has just been released....this horrendous tragic story has been on the independent news , like on YouTube...but first I have managed to find on msm is a release on BBC app just now.....the GB news gives a graphic description of what happened.....the police actions are mind blowing in how they behaved......didn't give a fk.....still can't get my head around it after watching the police body cam video.....they are as responsible as the useless piece of shit who stabbed him.....

GB news

The BBC....

Murdered student Henry Nowak told police 'I can't breathe' while handcuffed

An independent investigation into why Henry Nowak was handcuffed by police as he was dying is ongoing.

www.bbc.com

 

[RLD]

Let's take my home State of Ohio for example.

If Ohio were an independent country, its GDP of approximately \(\$927\) billion would rank it as the 22nd largest economy in the world, placing it on par with the entire economies of Switzerland (GDP \(\sim \$947\) billion) and Poland (GDP \(\sim \$980\) billion).

Most U.S. States have a GDP far above most countries of a similar geographic size and population. Many countries with natural resources far superior to that of Ohio don't have a GDP anywhere near what we have. We all know if everything were absolutely equal, the economy of any country thrives or falters based on two things.

1. The work ethic and value system of the population. If large segments of the adult male population prefers to lay around and drink beer all day, rather than show up for work, yet expects handouts at every turn, the effects on the economy are very predictable.

2. The ethics and value system of the Government. If Government Officials at every level are corrupt, rob from their own treasury, stifle every attempt by business to turn a profit until the appropriate payoff is made, and tax to the limit of what the population can pay, these effects on the economy are also very predictable.

Of course there are dozens of other factors, but these two are far and away the greatest factors in whether a country has a first world economy or a third world economy.

At one time even American Democrats understood this.

Well...Ohio having 30% more population that Switzerland doesn't make near parity in GDP such a great thing does it?

In fact Switzerland's GDP per capita is almost double that of Ohio.

But it's a tough comparison due to Switzerland usually being near the top of the charts in GDP per capita due to its specialized economy in finance and advanced manufacturing.

So perhaps Ohio should be taking notes from the Swiss?

The Poland comparison is far better for Ohio. But right now Poland seems to be on a significant upward trend, escaping from the shackles of its very bad location between Germany and Russia.

I think there are a lot more things that go into a healthy economy than the two you mention, but that would make for a very long post! There are also lifestyle philosophies involved as well. Americans tend to work far more hours than Europeans and take less vacations.