tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post7582301438034207786..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: Politics, National and World Issues, and Sports...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-35750481347593317402016-02-09T14:11:57.816-05:002016-02-09T14:11:57.816-05:00A majority of the country doesn't vote (and wi...<a href="http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/7/most-americans-dont-vote-in-elections-heres-why.html" rel="nofollow">A majority of the country doesn't vote</a> (and will therefore NOT be electing a Republican... if that is what happens). And people don't vote because they think that they'll "get it up the rear end" regardless of who is elected... and sadly they're mostly correct. In that most Repubs and many Dems are working on behalf of the wealthy instead of the majority of Americans. Of course not voting isn't the way to fix that problem - and this time we have a chance to elect a president who is a TRUE progressive (on the side of The People). Let's hope the American people realize this and get out and vote for Bernie Sanders.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-26462937231268869422016-02-09T14:03:04.551-05:002016-02-09T14:03:04.551-05:00FYI, Reagan didn't clamp down on illegal immig...FYI, Reagan didn't clamp down on illegal immigration, he encouraged it. Prior to Reagan's amnesty "non-citizens didn't have access to the non-agricultural US job market... because companies were unwilling to risk having non-tax-deductible labor expenses on their books by hiring undocumented workers without valid Social Security numbers. But Reagan put an end to that. His 1986 amnesty... combined with his aggressive war on organized labor (begun in 1981), in effect told both employers and non-citizens that there would be few penalties and many rewards to increasing the US labor pool (and thus driving down wages) with undocumented immigrants. A million people a year continued to come across our southern border, but they stopped returning to Latin America every fall because instead of seasonal work they were able to find permanent jobs". (<a href="http://www.thomhartmann.com/articles/2006/07/reclaiming-issues-its-illegal-employer-problem" rel="nofollow">Source</a>).Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-85278121014596974122016-02-05T11:59:47.391-05:002016-02-05T11:59:47.391-05:00Well lets see. If a majority of the country elects...Well lets see. If a majority of the country elects one of the top 3 republicans (currently) to the presidency and returns a republican majority to both house of Congress I guess that means,... the majority of Americans want to get it up the rear end?<br /><br />Would be hard for some to understand but... Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-12419943470452309832016-02-05T11:23:39.275-05:002016-02-05T11:23:39.275-05:00It won't only bro the liberals that get it up ...It won't only bro the liberals that get it up the rear end. It will be 99% of the country. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-17955696583505793272016-02-04T21:20:40.799-05:002016-02-04T21:20:40.799-05:00Yes Jerry, the threat from inside is greater. Yes Jerry, the threat from inside is greater. Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-48503612230602370122016-02-04T21:18:19.665-05:002016-02-04T21:18:19.665-05:00Yes Shaw Governor Baker gets it. As did William We...Yes Shaw Governor Baker gets it. As did William Weld when he was governor. Governor Kasich and Chris Christie, regardless of what you think of Christie personally, get it as well.<br /><br />Perhaps Governor Baker is the future of the GOP, only time will tell. <br /><br />One thing I know for sure, liberals on the national level are going to have it shoved up their rear end if Cruz, Trump, or Rubio get elected and republicans hold both the house and senate. I'm certain they will be gleefully vindictive. It won't be a pretty picture.<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-47695402400617255242016-02-04T20:28:47.812-05:002016-02-04T20:28:47.812-05:00RN, effective compromise? Look to our own state w...RN, effective compromise? Look to our own state where a Republican governor works with a Democratic legislature and a Democratic mayor of Boston to get things done. It can happen and Massachusetts proves it. I may not agree with everything Charlie Baker believes, but I understand he is a decent man who looks for solutions to complex problems not by demonizing the opposition party but by finding common ground with it. He very well may be the future of the Republican Party once it gets over its sickness with the Tea Party.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-73370863710573069602016-02-04T20:05:39.300-05:002016-02-04T20:05:39.300-05:00We face a far greater threat from within than from...We face a far greater threat from within than from the outside. <br /><br />Super Bowl and politics -- Both are controlled and fixed by a few billionaires. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-71091267536242564212016-02-04T11:02:43.207-05:002016-02-04T11:02:43.207-05:00Obama Derangement Syndrome, Clinton Derangement S...Obama Derangement Syndrome, Clinton Derangement Syndrome, and whatever future deranged syndrome comes along (maybe TDS) they are all so tedious as well as counter productive. As the nation's demographics have . changed, becoming more diverse both socially and politically, the ideological divisions have become more acute and thus we are where we are. Frankly Flying Junior I do not see it changing anytime soon. The four presidential candidates most likely to insure the current reality continues are, in my opinion, Trump, Clinton, Cruz, and Sanders.<br /><br />As a nation United We Stand, Divided We Fall. It really is as simple as that. Which is precisely why the ability AND desire to find effective compromise is critical. Assuming our choice is to remain standing.<br /><br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-78840546131376885702016-02-04T02:00:29.235-05:002016-02-04T02:00:29.235-05:00As a child I was taught that everything was more o...As a child I was taught that everything was more or less okay after WWII despite the death and destruction of the war in Viet Nam. I guess the idea was we could more or less just wait out the delusion of communism to fail and disappear. This was not an unreasonable model of reality if one did not pay too close attention to poorer and more unstable regions of the globe. WWII had been won by the Allies and the nascent United Nations had a charter and organs to care for the entire war-torn world. Europe and the U.S.A. had led the way into a bright future for all of the peoples of the world. Problems in South America, Africa and the Middle East seemed to present their own solutions in the form of increased communications, better agriculture and modern infrastructure. Organizations such as the Peace Corps guaranteed that eventually the entire globe would ultimately benefit from this new age of enlightenment.<br />Just check in with Captain Fogg if you would like to disprove this theory.<br />Of course, all of this is O/T. I was just providing a background. Maybe the wonderful world that Trump would like to return to exists between 1965 and 1995. Certainly he was a lot younger and good-looking.<br />As far as presidential politics, I would posit that it was fairly civilized ever since the battle between Hoover and FDR, and perhaps all the way until the competition between GHWB and Bill Clinton. Sadly, I must place the blame for the current nightmare scenario of U.S. politics on the first universal symptom of rabid, right-wing politics, Clinton Derange Syndrome.<br />Flying Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02098313953658606206noreply@blogger.com