November 7th, 2016 05:45 PM | ||||
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Fear of change. Fear of the unknown. His point was well made. What sucks is the here we are every 4 years and we can do and see better with progress and effort from all sides. There is not one side that can have personal victories without inclusion of all. It has to be all. Everyone needs to put forth effort. There are no sides only a whole. With sides there are divisions and exclusion. Get it straight. No easy way. We all move together and the total sum of the parts is a strong thriving Republic. Negotiation with neighbors and trade partners. Fairness. Everyone is scared. Brexit fears. It is all fears, but that is not the Way. Open your minds. Hillary has deplorables. There is no victory in exclusion. Mull it over any way you want. Move ahead for us and there cannot be a peace without people here accepting that 2 different sides are still division. Keep the divisions and the battle rages. Ease up on your fellow man and find your way. The fear is bad for your heart and mind. Just think it over. Why are people pitted against others. Someone gains control. |
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November 7th, 2016 02:53 PM | ||||
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Do politicians, especially Democrats, cynically cater ["pander" is a better word] to racial minorities just to get their votes? Of course they do. Every four years. Then they forget about them. Does that mean the working white man is carrying the rest of the nation on his back? I don't think so. In any case, the much-maligned 1% bears a much greater tax burden than everyone else put together, in spite of their loopholes. Quote:
Trump's question was valid, in so far as how the Democrats try to entice black and minority voters with promises of change that never happen. He is criticized for characterizing blacks and other minorities as poor people living in squalor and crime-infested neighborhoods, while Democrats use those same images to show how much they "care" and will work to make things better. Since things don't get better after the Democrats win an election, it's fair to ask what minorities have to lose by voting for the other guy. No matter who wins tomorrow, we all lose. |
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November 7th, 2016 01:16 PM | ||||
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So DD, that must be why I approach the cart saying "Aummmm" and hold out the 3 ones and ask for my hotdog with access to the condiments, onions, relish, ketchup and LEE KUM KEE Sriracha MAYO and put a goodly batch on it, knowing that it might not be cooked too well and might even be a faux hotdog that might need the extra heat. I thank him for being part of the workforce and a self-supporting entrepreneur in a sea of faces, conversely to many of the faces who would rather rail at the government for not cutting them a larger welfare check, and take a powder to their squeezes pad for a quickie between casing the neighborhood and going to the crackhouse for danger and blow. The Monk still believes change comes from within but knows who can afford to lose some change, and you got your hotdog and a lesson from a shrewd capitalist, who finds a sucker every day. When you get to Smart and Final and the black cashier's girlfriend bugs him about taking a break so she can get some action, and he notices you see his action, he holds up a one you gave him in the bills proffered for your measly merchandise and tells you "Looks like this one needs to be replaced!", as if he won't accept it. And you tell him "Yeah Man, the Federal Reserve will take care of that, no worries." And his girlfriend says "Glad to hear you say that bro" Hint you're not checking her bags, but you must be a believer in the system, and are glad that she and her BF get to leave the checkstand and do whatever they must in the breakroom, on Their breaktime. Who gives a shit, everyone gotta get some somewhere somehow, just like me, gotta find your fun times and get rid of some stress. Oh, and outside I see the Monk with his next suckka and I get in the car thinking just how wonderful it is that everything finds it's own level and keeps the unemployment down, as I think deeper about a certain little girl who is just waiting for me to fill in the gaps as soon as I can get there. The big bosses can avoid the taxes, the poor don't get bothered and all the middle class dupes are hauling the load...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was... Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down, Letting the days go by, water flowing underground, into the blue again, after the moneys gone. Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack. And you may find yourself in another part of the world. And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may find yourself in a beautiful house With a beautiful wife, and you may ask Yourself, well how did I get here? Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down. Letting the days go by, water flowing underground. Into the blue again, after the money's gone, Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. And you may ask yourself, how do I work this? And you may ask yourself, where is that large automobile? And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house, and you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife. Letting the days go by, water flowing underground. Into the blue again, after the money's gone, Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground. Same as it ever was... You may ask yourself Am I right? Am I wrong? Time to Vote, yes I did. You may say to yourself "My God! What have I done?" Letting the days go by (same as it ever was) Once in a lifetime, letting the days go by. |
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November 7th, 2016 10:44 AM | ||||
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guys walks up to a buddhist hotdog cart and says" Make me one with everything...." only cost 3 bucks, SO he hands the monk a 20 and asks for change, monk says, change must come from within..... |
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November 7th, 2016 09:18 AM | ||||
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I think you completely missed the point, kind sir. It's not who they USED to be, it's who they still are. The party has morphed, but it is still the same party. I agree with you on the media - both sides - that's why it's time to do our homework and take a look at what's really going on. I never said that blacks are all or mostly anything, amigo. I grew up in So Cal with plenty of black friends, peers, and co-workers. I've never known any black gang bangers, but I've known plenty of vato bangers. And some real winner speed freak tweaker whitees. To argue that we don't have a welfare state that caters to the black/minority vote is blindness. It's not rhetoric, it's real. Here is a question: Why do blacks/minorities continue to vote Democrat when for fifty years they get the same empty promises every four years and are no better off now. At least in the 70's when the auto industry was booming there were jobs. I think that's why Trump is posing the question, "what do you have to lose?" But I could be wrong..... |
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November 7th, 2016 09:06 AM | ||||
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Thick you are a man of integrity. Keep shoveling. Obama promised shovel ready jobs. Hillary gets in by promising we will be done listening to Trump. |
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November 7th, 2016 09:02 AM | ||||
marsean |
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My long time acquaintance...Lib...you're not getting off that easy...I detect a slight bit of sarcasm, no? Well if I am wrong, then I apologize. Simple as that, after all, the people will speak and then it is done. |
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November 6th, 2016 11:14 PM | ||||
asiansam |
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Grab your spoon, boy! |
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November 6th, 2016 08:31 PM | ||||
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You Wanted Trump - You Got Trump Republicans, you own Donald Trump Donald Trump is the Republican's just deserts Now go grab a spoon and eat up |
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November 6th, 2016 07:20 PM | ||||
asiansam |
Ancient history. The Evil Empire used to be the British, remember? Now we're best buds. And who thought we'd ever be friends with the Germans? Times change, so do politics. Does it really matter what they USED TO be? And I have to say, anyone who thinks black people are all (or mostly) on welfare, shooting up the Hood, high on drugs, cranking out fatherless crack babies while demanding more and more freebies from the working white man they hate and envy so much, doesn't know any/many black people and gets their information and point of view from the race-baiting media, the media who plays everyone, black, white and in between like a fiddle. There are of course some black people who fit the stereotype to a T. But not most of them. The same can be said for white people and others. Most people just try to get along, and do a pretty good job, in spite of their prejudices. |
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