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It won't be the Republicans who shutdown the government, the Democrats will. Local control means just that--local money, NOT Federal money. If the cities don't want local control, all they need to do is accept the Federal money with all the attached strings.
Let the Republicans shut the government down again. They will own it with the voters, who will view a shutdown as yet another self-inflicted Trump administration fiasco. (This one occurring right at the 100 day mark of Trump's presidency.) Another shutdown will also be further proof that the GOP Congress is incapable of governing.
Like typical politicians, the Republicans give lip service to federalism when it suits their needs. Otherwise, they don't give a damn about it. Such is the case here. For another example, look at lifelong "states' rights" advocate Jeff Sessions' threat to override the will of the voters in those states, like my home state of Washington, who voted to legalize recreational marijuana.
Well, it would seem that there is still blackmail in play...that sounds like familiar BS.
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Yes, comply now, complain later. Ask any black person how thy're treated by the Chigaco Police (though it's been my impression that this mugging was conducted by airport security). So don't question authority, eh? just accept that bar of soap and step quietly into the showers? So sorry, I maintain that the time has come to make a physical stand when our liberties are being trampled. I'm not black, but I still admire the courage of MLK, Rosa Parks and the others that stood up to the kind of physical treatment they were subjected to by the "authorities". It's the only thing that got the unions established in this country, and it ramains the method of last resort when "the man" starts trying to beat us into submission. You roll over for that, you get what you deserve.
The National Popular Vote bill is 61% of the way to guaranteeing the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country, by changing state winner-take-all laws (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), without changing anything in the Constitution, using the built-in method that the Constitution provides for states to make changes.
All voters would be valued equally in presidential elections, no matter where they live.
Candidates, as in other elections, would allocate their time, money, polling, organizing, and ad buys roughly in proportion to the population
Every vote, everywhere, for every candidate, would be politically relevant and equal in every presidential election.
No more distorting, crude, and divisive and red and blue state maps of predictable outcomes, that don’t represent any minority party voters within each state.
No more handful of 'battleground' states (where the two major political parties happen to have similar levels of support) where voters and policies are more important than those of the voters in 38+ predictable states that have just been 'spectators' and ignored after the conventions.
The bill would take effect when enacted by states with a majority of the electoral votes—270 of 538.
All of the presidential electors from the enacting states will be supporters of the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC)—thereby guaranteeing that candidate with an Electoral College majority.
In 2017, the bill has passed the New Mexico Senate.
The bill was approved in 2016 by a unanimous bipartisan House committee vote in both Georgia (16 electoral votes) and Missouri (10).
The bill has passed 35 state legislative chambers in 23 rural, small, medium, large, red, blue, and purple states with 261 electoral votes.
The bill has been enacted by 11 small, medium, and large jurisdictions with 165 electoral votes – 61% of the way to guaranteeing the presidency to the candidate with the most popular votes in the country
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It will be interesting what his Parole officer does about this. He is convicted of 6 felonies. That is not small. He is still on Parole. Resisting arrest.
You need to reread my post #5. I said " I would recommend always following any instructions from flight attendants or other crew while on the airplane. If they say get off, get off. If a policeman says get off, get off. Argue later. He obviously resisted and is part of this fiasco." I also said " It obviously could have been handled better by all involved. But he was being arrested and resisted arrest." It also was not United but United Express which is a different company. I am sure that the crew did not know that it would escalate into what happened with the Chicago Police.
I saw that Ivanca's reaction to the videos of gas victims my have inflenced Trump. So, lets send her all kinds of photos of attrocities and disasters to get her support. How 'bout some videos of other Syrian victims shredded by conventional bombs - including ones we dropped!?
Legend, even assuming your account of Dr. Dao is accurate, it ammounts to an ad hominem argument that is absolutely irrevelant to the treatment he received at the hands of airport security at the request of UAL. He "could" have been the head of the Mayo Clinic; it doesn't matter. The point here is that unless and until ordinary citizens of this country develop a spine, we are on the same one way path taken by the German people in the 1930's. Fascism can not and must not be tolerated, and here we have one great example of where it leads and at least one example of the kind of argument that will allow it to continue to gain traction in this country.
Erinrose disagrees with me and feels that you should fight on an airplane. Makes a lot of sense.
"Dao was arrested in 2003 as part of an undercover operation. Two years later, Dao was convicted on six felony counts of obtaining drugs by fraud and deceit and in 2005, he was sentenced to five years probation. Dao was also convicted for writing prescriptions and checks to a male patient in exchange for sexual favors.
In February 2005, Dao surrendered his license to practice medicine in Kentucky.
In response, the state medical licensing board issued a suspension that was lifted in 2015. But the board has since placed severe restrictions on Dao’s ability to practice internal medicine, which will be lifted on Feb. 28, 2018, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
State records indicate the board believes Dao’s practices are outdated.
Last year, the medical board imposed restrictions on his right to practice. He can only practice internal medicine in an outpatient facility one day a week."
Nice try Diane...turn off your fozaganda and seek the truth....your question was shallow to begin with. Lack of the ability to comprehend seems to be epidemic with you righties... voting against your own best interests would be fine with me if it didn't impact mine too.
So the only answer I get to my question is a non answer from an individual that obviously couldn't comprehend the rules and his/her only answer was to vote democrat party and everything will be fine.
Sorry 2950-10K, we had 8 years of democrat party in the White House and all we got was a further destabilization of the entire Mid East.
ErinRose,
Thanks for adding more texture to the experience.
The key to reform government and to rein in oligarchs is to get all special interest money completely out of politics, totally ban the government/industry revolving-door kabuki theater, and have publicly financed elections at every level. Then, politicians will be responsible to all of the people rather than to just the few fat bastards who donate the most money to their campaigns under the present system.
If Congress had the will, they could introduce legislation right now today to override the Supreme Court rulings that have handed our government over to millionaires and billionaires.
This is the most important issue that voters on both sides of the political divide must demand of their respective politicians to regain what we lost: a people's democratic republic that truly represents our interests.
Until that happens, we're just mopping the deck on a sinking ship.
# Legend:
You sound like an apologist for the airlines, and I don't agree with you at all.
It is your type of sympathy for the devil that is making America the unholy mess that it is.
We need to stand up to these unlawful laws and regulation (or deregulations) as the case may be. More people in the streets demanding change and reform, not more (blank) kissing.
The passenger that was dragged off the plane was one Dr. David Dao, who was trying to get back to his clinic as he had patients to see in the morning. In the process of being dragged out of his seat, his head was smashed against an armrest rendering him bleeding from the mouth, and unconscious. His seat was commondeered by United because they needed to get four flight attendants to an un-attended plane waiting for take-off elsewhere.
What I think:
I think this is a stunning example of the corporate arrogance we have going in this country under an oligarchy (as opposed to a democracy where people matter.)
What we also have is a breach of contract. There was an offer-and-acceptance; a bargained for promise, that if Dr. Dao paid for a seat, he would be transported to his destination at an agreed upon time. United is CLEARLY in breach of contract,
We also have Dr. Dao being assaulted to the point of bloody unconsciousness (a Tort), and I hope Dr. Dao sues the living daylights out of the airlines (tortfeasor) for not only breach of K, but also for wrongful assault, and I hope he gets punitive damages!
The airline absolutely thinks passengers are stockyard animals to which they have NO responsibilities and can jerk around and abuse at will with no consequences. It is appalling that a passenger, and a medical doctor at that, was rendered bleeding from the mouth and unconscious so that United could rush crew to a waiting flight for the sole purpose of making money; they should have delayed or cancelled the flight altogether.
But, hey, as long as the American public keeps voting to put Rethuglicons (and Left aisle low life) into office and just keep adjusting for the changes Congress is putting in to accommodate only the interests of Big Business, and ever increasing abuse of power, it is only going to get worse.
It won't be until this country develops a pair will there be any hope of putting an end to the insanity and corruption in which America is currently awash. I blame Americans for indulging all of this. It makes me thoroughly ashamed to be an American; I thought we were better than this ongoing show of spinelessness. The DNC and the Democratic Party are merely the symptoms of the rotted state the public is in.
# deepspace:
Ha, ha! MAC hops and short-field take-offs and landings; military specialites!
You left out the parts about your ears feeling like they are going to burst, your teeth aching in your head like nothing else you've ever experienced, and the FREEZING temperatures in unpressurized, uninsulted, and unheated military cargo planes!
Man! Does your post ever bring back memories!!!
This is the fact that our most of the inssurance companies never take care about a normal person who don't have much income as they have made rules only for specific income persons. That's really a very bad thing because health for all and a normal life is as important as a rich person. So, our companies don't create any kind of discriminations between the rich and the poors. Our forefathers are used herbs for fitness and you can see that they are more fit than us. So, we also should include herbs/plants in our food as well as for curing different diseases/problems i.e Mardana Kamzori Disease etc. One could continue the list, but the examples presented are sufficient to understand that the reality differs from the field on a field of several hundred hectares on a small experimental scale. Anyways, thanks for throughing attention to unique topics like this.