not let it affect me
not let it affect me
And just what is it that affects you more?
Fricking mess that is only going to get worse.
Paint dries quicker than these results will be finalized.
There's much better stuff to smoke than disgusting ciggies
Lies.. Cigarettes r da-best.
little lung cancer in a convenient stick form, and the best part is that you share it with everyone around youThere's much better stuff to smoke than disgusting ciggiesLies.. Cigarettes r da-best.
If Trump somehow gets vote-counting shut down - and that makes him stay in power then would be an illegitimate president regardless of what the uncounted votes would have said. A cheater, not a winner.That's illegal, isn't it?
If Trump somehow gets vote-counting shut down - and that makes him stay in power then would be an illegitimate president regardless of what the uncounted votes would have said. A cheater, not a winner.That's illegal, isn't it?
If Trump somehow gets vote-counting shut down - and that makes him stay in power then would be an illegitimate president regardless of what the uncounted votes would have said. A cheater, not a winner.That's illegal, isn't it?
go to sleep, and open your new president in the morning, like xmas :)
me and everyone I knew or ever spoke to thinking George W. Bush getting elected being the most ridiculous thing in history.
I've been watching this from the other side of the world- I've never paid attention to a US election before. It's just been totally depressing- that it could even be a close thing is just unfathomable to me. What's wrong with the country, and how as it come to this?
A minor sidetrack, I have been reading comments about Republican voters being against 'socialists/communists' getting it. What's with this crazy rhetoric? By world standards, American Democrats are pretty right wing already... there's no way the country is going to be even vaguely socialist anytime soon.
Why are US:ians so afraid of "socialism" anyway? Socialism exists in a broad spectrum, and you pick the things you want: it is not as if you would need to impose a totalitarian one-party state just because you have public libraries, trade unions and worker's unemployment insurance: ... oh wait, they already have those don't they.i think it dates back from the cold war, socialism = communism = bad, both side were pretty much dictatorship back then and propaganda stays in the mind of the populous for a long time, especially if some have something to gain from it... and well one small part of the population do have a lot to lose from socialism
i think it dates back from the cold war, socialism = communism = bad, both side were pretty much dictatorship back then and propaganda stays in the mind of the populous for a long time, especially if some have something to gain from it... and well one small part of the population do have a lot to lose from socialism
yes but they know they should hate it because their parents and grand parents before them did. someone does not need to know what something is to hate it, look at dihydrogen monoxide, there is even peoples outright saying it should be banned while it is as bad for you as any water you drink.
It doesn't date back to anything. The Plebs don't know what any of this stuff even is.
You were right, it was. But that was the fault of the Supreme Court interfering with an established process where they did not have jurisdiction.
He was trying to avoid the situation we may be heading into now if Trump loses. He won't let it go and neither will his fans. Biden might, but should he if he wins?
Georgia might be late since now we have to check if our mail-ins were counted or not, then contact about it as to why they were not - if they were not more than likely that's part of the few thousand ballots that never showed up to be counted.
What's wrong with the country,
Why are US:ians so afraid of "socialism" anyway?
I knew he would throw a tantrum and say it was rigged as soon as he started losing. Funny how he wasn't saying that when the election was ACTUALLY rigged.
I knew he would throw a tantrum and say it was rigged as soon as he started losing. Funny how he wasn't saying that when the election was ACTUALLY rigged.
what time period are you saying was, --Actually-- rigged ?
sorry sorry... TAMPERED with. Got to terminology correct these days or you'll get cancelled.
Not in a real universe where facts and reason rule, but there are plenty of cheats, tricks, and judicial tomfoolery that could be employed. The Founders were careful to build safeguards into the Constitution, but they never imagined a corrupt President, a corrupt Senate, and a corrupt Attorney General/Department of Justice all at the same time.they seemed to have built in loopholes to facilitate it, so i dunno if they never imagined it or just wanted it, none of them were saints, pretty far from it actually
Not in a real universe where facts and reason rule, but there are plenty of cheats, tricks, and judicial tomfoolery that could be employed. The Founders were careful to build safeguards into the Constitution, but they never imagined a corrupt President, a corrupt Senate, and a corrupt Attorney General/Department of Justice all at the same time.they seemed to have built in loopholes to facilitate it, so i dunno if they never imagined it or just wanted it, none of them were saints, pretty far from it actually
i dunno if they never imagined it
i dunno if they never imagined it
Remember that the Constitution was written before the Industrial Revolution when the world was very different.
The other important point that is consistently forgotten is that the country was just emerging from a protracted war in which a tiny pitiful band of farmers had beaten back what was arguably the most powerful nation in the world. That pinnacle of unity (in spite of the rancor between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans) has never been matched and has continued to deteriorate ever since. The only other time that we came together to anything remotely like that degree was during World War 2.
The population was deeply engaged and involved for fear that their sacrifice would be for naught. The Founding Fathers failed to imagine that a day would come when the general population would disengage from its own governance and that nearly half of eligible voters would not even bother to exercise their primary civil privilege and obligation.
In recent years, it was the evil ones who took a sledge hammer to the concept of "We the People" and installed a wedge between a people and its government. With their media conglomerate behind them they have worked hard for nearly 4 decades to dis-educate millions of people to believe that something something could protect the needs of the people better than their government could.
The Majority 99%+ wouldn't have truly understood what they were fighting for or WHY.
The Majority 99%+ wouldn't have truly understood what they were fighting for or WHY.
You are saying that very poor and very hard-working people were willing to put their lives, families, and future security on the line for no real discernible reason?
I don't think so. They understood full well that they were fighting to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Remember that the Constitution was written before the Industrial Revolution when the world was very different.the dis-education predates all of that by a very long margins, there exists old documents discussing that, although i am a bit too lazy to search today, the government around the industrial did not want educated peoples that may disobey or look at the risk and refuse to work in those conditions, they wanted mindless workers, and so education was cut back and propagandized...
The other important point that is consistently forgotten is that the country was just emerging from a protracted war in which a tiny pitiful band of farmers had beaten back what was arguably the most powerful nation in the world. That pinnacle of unity (in spite of the rancor between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans) has never been matched and has continued to deteriorate ever since. The only other time that we came together to anything remotely like that degree was during World War 2.i am sorry to pop your little patriotic bubble but the founding fathers were also slavers and wealthy men in a see of uneducated farmers... look at it, it has not actually changed that much has it? and that war was not fought only by those farmers they had outside help too.The population was deeply engaged and involved for fear that their sacrifice would be for naught. The Founding Fathers failed to imagine that a day would come when the general population would disengage from its own governance and that nearly half of eligible voters would not even bother to exercise their primary civil privilege and obligation.the only problem is that the voting system used in the US is built to disengage peoples from the governance, it adds a useless and detrimental layer to the an election processes that is already democratic to the minimumIn recent years, it was the evil ones who took a sledge hammer to the concept of "We the People" and installed a wedge between a people and its government. With their media conglomerate behind them they have worked hard for nearly 4 decades to dis-educate millions of people to believe that something something could protect the needs of the people better than their government could.
Does ne1 think trump can still win ?He shouldn't have won last time either, but then again, it's not a democracy, is it? :p
Woah... didn't notice this before, Biden is Super Old... 77yrs.Yes, Biden has the record for oldest president at the start of his presidency.
Kamala Harris as president.. she should be overall effective, buhhhhh.... it'd almost be impossible for her to be re-elected. as we now know 70million americans are still racist as ff.
that is not the correct takeaway from the last 4 years
all Trump supporters ≠ racist
stereotyping outlooks like that only add kindling to the fire
What IS the correct takeaway from the last 4 years, actually? I'm genuinely curious about this.Kamala Harris as president.. she should be overall effective, buhhhhh.... it'd almost be impossible for her to be re-elected. as we now know 70million americans are still racist as ff.
that is not the correct takeaway from the last 4 years
all Trump supporters ≠ racist
stereotyping outlooks like that only add kindling to the fire
reality tv stars makes for bad presidents? richer != better? US education system is so ****ed that peoples are ready to believe anything someone who can't make a full sentence says? there is a lot to take away, not much we did not know already but the experience proved the theory :)What IS the correct takeaway from the last 4 years, actually? I'm genuinely curious about this.Kamala Harris as president.. she should be overall effective, buhhhhh.... it'd almost be impossible for her to be re-elected. as we now know 70million americans are still racist as ff.
that is not the correct takeaway from the last 4 years
all Trump supporters ≠ racist
stereotyping outlooks like that only add kindling to the fire
What IS the correct takeaway from the last 4 years, actually? I'm genuinely curious about this.Kamala Harris as president.. she should be overall effective, buhhhhh.... it'd almost be impossible for her to be re-elected. as we now know 70million americans are still racist as ff.
that is not the correct takeaway from the last 4 years
all Trump supporters ≠ racist
stereotyping outlooks like that only add kindling to the fire
My takeaway is that given all the time and resources in the world the USA can't make a trustworthy voting system.
Not trying to be a **** or anything, guys, but I think these were pretty well-known things before Trump got elected :p . I don't see how Trump getting elected did NOT highlight that there is a severe problem with racism in the US, though. First the US elects a highly erudite, intellectual, charismatic man of colour to run the country, and then, seemingly out of spite, and just to make a statement, the next one to get elected is the dumbest, stupidest, most intellectually and morally bankrupt, deluded, ridiculous, self-absorbed rich-boy whiteguy idiot you could possibly find. Even the rednecks, who should absolutely hate a spoilt, urbane, vain, hypocrite like Trump voted for him in droves. If it's not out of sheer racism, then what else? It's not like he has any points or politics.well i think it was part sexism and part 2 bad possible choices last time, Clinton was not great either pretty much wanting to create a 3rd world war (although it would have been great of the US economy, it being solely based on the war machine) this time it is just peoples hate being wrong and trump showed them that even while completely wrong you can still stubbornly be right and that is something the basic joe smoe can get behind.
Admittedly I wouldn't have thought Biden is particularly ideal either....
First the US elects a highly erudite, intellectual, charismatic man of colour to run the country, and then, seemingly out of spite, and just to make a statement, the next one to get elected is the dumbest, stupidest, most intellectually and morally bankrupt, deluded, ridiculous, self-absorbed rich-boy whiteguy idiot you could possibly find.
you and the constitution is like the pope with the bible, both are incredibly flawed and need rework to be of any use today, both were made in an old time to keep a tight control over uneducated masses, and neither took into account that maybe one day some peoples would start to questions, and exploit its flaws, now we are there, with a completely obsolete text, hailed as sacred by some, used to dictate how one of the most powerful country in the world works...
First the US elects a highly erudite, intellectual, charismatic man of colour to run the country, and then, seemingly out of spite, and just to make a statement, the next one to get elected is the dumbest, stupidest, most intellectually and morally bankrupt, deluded, ridiculous, self-absorbed rich-boy whiteguy idiot you could possibly find.
That cycle is not new. Carter-Reagan, Clinton-Bush, it keeps happening along with economic cycles partially in synch with it.
The underlying takeaway is that we are crippled by the Constitution. Make no mistake, I think that, in general, the Constitution is one of the most brilliant documents that the human race has ever produced, and a pinnacle accomplishment of the Age of Enlightenment.
That said, it was written before the Industrial Revolution and fails to address many of the realities of modern life: human rights, instantaneous communication, rapid transportation, industry, and most importantly, the dramatic "shrinking" of the space on this planet. The Constitution therefore created a significantly decentralized government with states carrying almost all of the weight, and practically ignoring our relationship to the rest of the world.
We are screwed until the Constitution is heavily amended to address the realities of the modern world, as Justice Steven Breyer said: "It has become threadbare and needs to be stitched up in many places."
Republicans are desperate to load the federal judicial system with "constructionists" who demand that the Constitution be interpreted precisely by the words in which it was written. The newest justice has even expressed her belief that some amendments, which by definition become part of the Constitution and can directly contradict and supersede provisions of the original, are "illegitimate" which is patently absurd but common on the Radical Right.
maybe one day some peoples would start to questions
as i hint with azerty (and said in quite a few places) i live in France so no, the US constitution was actually based on the 1st french constitution, although we are now at the 5th because, well all 5 are ****ed in their own ways, and the bible was "amended" too, quite a bit.maybe one day some peoples would start to questionsAs usual, your response is 10% precisely correct and 90% falsely twisted and out of context. Your profile does not reveal where you live, but my guess is that your own government was created with at least some reliance on the US Constitution, the archetypal structure for a human democracy in the modern world. You would be hard pressed to find any similar document from the 1700s which has stood the test of time as well, flaws and all.
And in stark contrast, unlike any flavor of Bible, the Constitution does expect and account for the need to amend it, even though one of its greatest flaws is that it made the amendment process too cumbersome.
I suspect McConnell has some serious back room discussions happening right about now.
Give the system time to work, if that fails keep faith, our military swears an oath to protect against enemies both foreign and domestic. Taking out a few generals at the pentagon won't change that.
A military coup in the US in this age would be really bad. I don't see it happening, but then I didn't think a reality star would win the presidency. Doubtful these guys would risk their 50year careers for a crybaby, but again there could be ulterior motives.
i can tell you for free that a military coup in the US would not make anyone in power there look any better from the outside, actually likely much worse, but hey right now everything is possible, nothing can surprise me anymore, i think with the exception maybe of tp mellowing out.
lol they're all like 75 and CORRUPT and have committed to destroying the earth as we know it, what the **** do they care? they all got it made in the shade for life