President Donald Trump's Final Days...

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by Meini Again

Yep, you got BIG COAL now....

Your hauliers (long distance), can revert to 19th Century fuel, as the EPA is stripped of their ability in protecting towns, cities and regions from pollution.

RE: Rail for distance travel and long distance freight hauls. To mind mind it makes a lot more sense than running automobiles and big rigs. A diesel locomotive is much more fuel efficient than thousands of tractor trailers. Not to mention the possibility of renewable energy sources powering many of the trains of the future.

Coal and nuclear carry too much environmental baggage to project as having much of a future. When I am king all politicians voting for coal powered plants must relocate with their families downwind of said plants.

[hound dog]

Originally Posted by Meini Again

I'll expect more PR and Spin against pedal power, wave, solar and other renewable and cheaper sources, as Big Oil, Big Coal and Big Pollution influence the Trumper

The new tax plan eliminates the $7500 tax credit on electric or hybrid car purchases. The campaign to keep encouraging fossil fuel use and big oil dominant is going full swing. I suspect that US auto makers will repeat history and continue with their muscle car revival, ignoring economy and practicality, like they did in the 70's, until they get caught flat footed again with a major loss in market share and have to play catch up with Asian and European car makers for another decade after that.

[hound dog]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

When I am king

I'll make sure Alex Jones is notified of your intentions so he can include your name with Mueller's in his diatribes to the uneducated, er, I mean his listening audience, of people conspiring against America, secretly working to make themselves the king of the US.

Since it may take a while, you may want to let the next inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. know that they should keep all of Trump's new taxpayer payed for gold decorations....you do like gold, don't you your majesty?

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by vinceprince

I cycled everyday when I stayed in Chicago in the 90s. Cycle paths everywhere, way ahead of the likes of London. Also more bike tolerant and forgiving drivers even to a tourist not used to riding on the right.
Far more cyclists than in the UK.

Where do you get the idea that Americans don't cycle? Where do you think the mountain bike explosion came from?

In my mind I just don't quite think "bicycle" when I think of America.

[vinceprince]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

In my mind I just don't quite think "bicycle" when I think of America.

Maybe you should try visiting American cities like New York and Chicago. You'll see far more bicycles than these vehicles and they'll be moving faster as well.

[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by Jack Tripper

Really interesting piece by Donna Brazile about how Clinton ran the DNC during the primaries and robbed any chance of other candidates winning. It doesn't really tell us anything new, but it's more of a "I knew it!" sort of read.

That's called politics. Hillary wasn't about to let another Obama ace her out.

BTW, I checked Bernie Sanders Senate page again today. He still lists himself as an Independent. Mr. Sanders is not and has never been a member of the Democratic Party during his entire time in the House or Senate. Therefore, his attempts to garner the party's nomination in 2016 was a blatant attempt by an outsider to hijack the party, just as Trump did to the Republicans.

Politicians are regarded with suspicion in our country. However, the parties have every right to reserve their support for those who have spent many hours raising funds and campaigning for other party members, as well as spending countless hours in committees and conventions hashing out the party's agenda. Mr. Trump is vividly illustrating the dangers of allowing a demagogue to hijack a party and compel that party to support policies contrary to the wishes of longtime members and donors.

I like many of Bernie Sanders ideas and suggestions, but feel that a truly honest campaign required him to run as an independent or form an alternative party. In many ways his actions reek of a megalomania every bit as large as that of Donald Trump. It is extremely doubtful that Bernie would have proved able to govern the country or secure Congressional support for his programs. In all likelihood Bernie only managed to turn the country over to the tender mercies of Donald Trump and industry lobbyists.

[AmateurEmale]

@Brian249x: Do you think that Bernie Sanders should have tried to run for the nomination of the Green Party, who are considered the "independent left" and attractive to young people? In the days of Ralph Nader (early 2000s), I knew some fellow college students who liked Nader and/or the Green Party... Bernie Sanders also had some youth support, and yet Democrats consider Green Party candidates evil because of Gore's defeat in 2000, which was supposedly single-handedly caused by Ralph Nader. So what is your take on all this?

[AmateurEmale]

@Everyone: Now that we are going to Talk About Trump, this officially answers a question:

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[Arturo2nd]

Originally Posted by AmateurEmale

@Brian249x: Do you think that Bernie Sanders should have tried to run for the nomination of the Green Party, who are considered the "independent left" and attractive to young people? In the days of Ralph Nader (early 2000s), I knew some fellow college students who liked Nader and/or the Green Party... Bernie Sanders also had some youth support, and yet Democrats consider Green Party candidates evil because of Gore's defeat in 2000, which was supposedly single-handedly caused by Ralph Nader. So what is your take on all this?

Well he is not a member of the Green Party like Jill Stein, either. The Greens are to the Dems what the Libertarians are to the GOP.

I really don't have answers to our 2 party gridlock. It is my opinion that we would be better served to move to a government formed by coalitions of multiple parties and characterized by compromise and consensus building. Given that the entrenched interests would lose power, we will likely need to experience total breakdown and possible dissolution before real change happens.

Before asking me again for solutions, I suggest reading the line at the bottom of my submissions to get a sense of how widely my ideas are embraced.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

Well he is not a member of the Green Party like Jill Stein, either. The Greens are to the Dems what the Libertarians are to the GOP.

I really don't have answers to our 2 party gridlock. It is my opinion that we would be better served to move to a government formed by coalitions of multiple parties and characterized by compromise and consensus building. Given that the entrenched interests would lose power, we will likely need to experience total breakdown and possible dissolution before real change happens.

Before asking me again for solutions, I suggest reading the line at the bottom of my submissions to get a sense of how widely my ideas are embraced.

An unintended consequence of the blatant gerrymandering of American congressional districts is that the people who expected to insulate themselves against democratic accountability are now insulated from democratic accountability but exposed to primary challenges from the more "ideologically pure" if they stray from the righteous path by forming bipartisan agreements to achieve legislation in the national interest in the way the Founding Fathers designed the constitution to work. I would suggest that any effective reform of the failed democratic process in the USA must start by treating gerrymandering, including so-called "affirmative action" [the Democrats alibi] and "identity fraud checks" [the usual Republican ruse] as a serious criminal offence to be rewarded with lengthy prison time.