The end of American democracy?
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- Papa Smurph
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The end of American democracy?
Five Reasons Why the Comey Affair Is Worse Than Watergate - The Atlantic -
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... ate/526443
I think all of this ends in only two possible ways: a few (up to now unseen) principled Republicans put country before party and Trump is impeached, or the great experiment that was American democracy ends in failure.
Thoughts?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... ate/526443
I think all of this ends in only two possible ways: a few (up to now unseen) principled Republicans put country before party and Trump is impeached, or the great experiment that was American democracy ends in failure.
Thoughts?
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Re: The end of American democracy?
We're definitely in a historical crisis. What worries me most is that our fate is in the hands of those that I least trust.
- em2nought
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Re: The end of American democracy?
This is what we need. http://www.naturalnews.com/056039_heali ... chine.html
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Re: The end of American democracy?
Website seems legit. Come for the political commentary, stay for the anti-vaxx pseudoscience.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Re: The end of American democracy?
Yeah, that link is pretty funny. I love that they claim the House Un-American Activities Committee was formed to root out Nazi's, because Trump is buddies with Putin so we don't want to admit it was actually to root out communists. It then calls for Trump to "reactivate" the committee, but that's impossible because it was abolished in 1975. It would need to be recreated, not simply reactivated.
And, yes, a new era of McCarthyism is exactly what we need! Good call, em2nought!
And, yes, a new era of McCarthyism is exactly what we need! Good call, em2nought!
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Re: The end of American democracy?
I thought Holmes was referring to the Atlantic link and couldn't understand what he was talking about Now I get it. I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
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- LordMortis
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Re: The end of American democracy?
I still don't see us in crisis but I do see us at a crossroad with crisis looming on one side.Kraken wrote:We're definitely in a historical crisis. What worries me most is that our fate is in the hands of those that I least trust.
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Re: The end of American democracy?
It's the usual stuff. He's disappointed in Republican voters who elected a reality TV star, he doesn't understand why people aren't seeing through Trump's attempts to demonize immigrants for the sake of populism, and he's worried that our country is heading down a very dark path with the previously unheard of levels of nepotism and cronyism that Trump is bringing to Washington.tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
Also, he's confused by magnets.
He won. Period.
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Re: The end of American democracy?
we had a whole thread on "naturalnews.com" here (when google delisted this site from their search index. the truth is being suppressed!!)
- em2nought
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https://www.truthmonitor.com/2017/05/ms ... ls-ignore/tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
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- raydude
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Re: The end of American democracy?
What I can't ignore is that doing a search for "Trump" reveals that it is only in the headline.em2nought wrote:https://www.truthmonitor.com/2017/05/ms ... ls-ignore/tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
Sad!
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Re: The end of American democracy?
raydude wrote:What I can't ignore is that doing a search for "Trump" reveals that it is only in the headline.em2nought wrote:https://www.truthmonitor.com/2017/05/ms ... ls-ignore/tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
Sad!
We could just as easily change Trump to Lyndon B Johnson in that headline and it would still work. Is that a site for people who don't like to read or something?
He won. Period.
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Re: The end of American democracy?
This is typical Facebook fake news fare. Make up a headline to draw clicks, while the body of the "article" has absolutely nothing to do with the title.em2nought wrote:https://www.truthmonitor.com/2017/05/ms ... ls-ignore/tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
Do you even read articles that you link to? If you did, you wouldn't embarrass yourself like this.
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Re: The end of American democracy?
To be embarrassed requires a sense of shame. Just sayin'.Grifman wrote:This is typical Facebook fake news fare. Make up a headline to draw clicks, while the body of the "article" has absolutely nothing to do with the title.em2nought wrote:https://www.truthmonitor.com/2017/05/ms ... ls-ignore/tgb wrote: I have em2nought on ignore, so didn't see what he posted (nor do I want to).
Do you even read articles that you link to? If you did, you wouldn't embarrass yourself like this.
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken