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NC your posts are way too long. If you go past one or two paragraphs I don't read them. You're not that interesting. Write more concisely, then we can actually converse.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=Schneed10;1144859]NC your posts are way too long. If you go past one or two paragraphs I don't read them. You're not that interesting. Write more concisely, then we can actually converse.[/quote]

Don't worry, I won't expect anything meaningful out of you unless it's insults.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=NC_Skins;1144861]Don't worry, I won't expect anything meaningful out of you unless it's insults.[/quote]

Was your War and Peace response to me basically a semantics argument over what constitutes a war?

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=Schneed10;1144862]Was your War and Peace response to me basically a semantics argument over what constitutes a war?[/quote]


You can't call every military campaign a "war". Were we at war with Lybia? Africa? War is used too loosely as I already pointed out. When it becomes a situation when we mobolize a good portion of our troops to the effort, then we can call it a war.


So yes, it is a semantics argument.

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[quote=NC_Skins;1144855]Why on earth are you bringing up the Democrats as if they are some sort of beacon of equality? Income and racial inequality has widened just as bad under their watch and policies. Both parties have masters they serve. We simply call them donors, lobbyists or corporations. The fact of the matter is, we are an oligarchy at this stage instead of a democracy. That said, I'd imagine you'll find a higher rate of poor people (per population) in red states than you will a blue state. In fact, most red states take more in tax dollars than what they put in.

[url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-states-the-most-and-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2015-7]The states the most and least dependent on the federal government - Business Insider[/url]



Not sure I said the taxpayers are the blame. I don't even recall saying we should dump a bunch of money into the projects to help out. Where are you getting this stuff at? Throwing money at the problem isn't the real solution nor is that help they need. That's like saying I helped out Japan during the tsunami by donating to the Red Cross. These people need help via good paying jobs that they can get without being discriminated against and without being harassed by the police on a daily basis for being black. My claim is that people really don't give two shits about poor black people and that is most definitely true for the most part.



I think I addressed this which you possible ignored or overlooked.



What the fuck is a poverty pimp by the way? Do you realize how little people on welfare get? Nobody on welfare wants to really be on welfare. They'd rather have a good paying job they can be proud of. If you take any psychology course, you'd understand that human beings have this desire to be productive. It's positive to our well being and mental state. Self actualization is one of Maslow's needs that most humans desire. Does this mean 100% of the people fit in this category? Absolutely not. Sure there are some lazy ass people out there that are content with what they are doing and who they are, but they definitely are the very low minority of the overall group.[/quote]

Poverty pimps are folks who can build a career who constantly servicing the poor who do nothing to improve the status of the people they supposedly are helping. So they really don't care, just as long as they can gain...its parasitic. So local government, social programs, urban housing development, real estate developers and owners, clergy, even activist, will benefit off the back of the poor. Politicians are the greatest offenders.

As someone who has worked in the projects, I've seen it first hand.

Why am I bringing up the Democratic Party, well it's simple, you listed previously clear left winged ideas and thinking. I'm saying, those cities of the urban blight which you mention violence are all democrat run strongholds for 25-30 years...they never done anything to improve it.

So I don't want to hear finger pointing because the blame is clear when it comes down to facts.

Education is one key to ending the violence...but it's not the schools only, it's the partnership with the community. Parents have to be a stakeholder, and guess what, it's not nearly as strong as it should be.

Again, as someone who worked for vcu and worked with impoverished communities within Richmond and the school system...the kids who are innocent victims from a) system that is inefficient and ineffective and b) family value structure. Schools arent there to raise the kid, that is done at home hence personal responsibility.

Being poor isn't a crime.

So that's my feeling about violence in impoverished areas...education is the key to squash it. Hope this clears my opinion.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=NC_Skins;1144863]You can't call every military campaign a "war". Were we at war with Lybia? Africa? War is used too loosely as I already pointed out. When it becomes a situation when we mobolize a good portion of our troops to the effort, then we can call it a war.


So yes, it is a semantics argument.[/quote]

Makes no sense. If we weren't running an aerial campaign ISIS would still control a lot more real estate and revenue generating assets, funding itself well enough to pay its soldiers enough to convince even young impressionable people to commit to their cause, even if they don't share the full fledged radical views. Money talks.

It's a war. You seem to be unfamiliar with the specifics. We've strategically targeted the oil fields, refineries, distribution centers, and critical infrastructure first. Our guys in the Pentagon have picked those targets for a reason, to degrade their capability to fund themselves.

It's as war-like a strategic mindset as you'll find.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=Schneed10;1144868]Makes no sense. If we weren't running an aerial campaign ISIS would still control a lot more real estate and revenue generating assets, funding itself well enough to pay its soldiers enough to convince even young impressionable people to commit to their cause, even if they don't share the full fledged radical views. Money talks.[/quote]


If we didn't arm and support these idiots to fight out faux war against Syria, there would be no ISIS. In order to get rid of all the radicals in the Middle East, you'd have to nuke the entire region. Get rid of one group and another will pop up. You can't fight an ideology, you can only hope to change it. Their religion is much like Christianity was some hundreds of years ago before we progressed.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=NC_Skins;1144876]If we didn't arm and support these idiots to fight out faux war against Syria, there would be no ISIS. In order to get rid of all the radicals in the Middle East, you'd have to nuke the entire region. Get rid of one group and another will pop up. [B]You can't fight an ideology[/B], [B]you can only hope to change it[/B]. Their religion is much like Christianity was some hundreds of years ago before we progressed.[/quote]

What is it you hope to change?

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[QUOTE=Hog1;1144877]What is it you hope to change?[/QUOTE]



There are tons of things about their religion that could be tweaked for the benefit of all. Some of there practices are a tad bit barbaric.
Im sure they all aren't so brutal to women, etc.
This guy seems to have a handle on right and wrong. Need the son to "change" and be more like the dad. Well too late now but,....we need others to change.


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Re: Republican nominee for President
 

So how concerned should we be about the Trump/Putin link?

I feel like this is some serious House of Cards shit.

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[quote=MTK;1144931]So how concerned should we be about the Trump/Putin link?

I feel like this is some serious House of Cards shit.[/quote]

wow really.

It's amazing how polar opposite we see the world. I watch House of Cards, and I see the life story of Bill and Hillary, I mean seriously, a good ole southern boy gets in, his wife doesn't care about his indiscretions if it keeps them in power, she longs to be a senator then secretary of state. Hell they even have her running for VP. I will not be shocked if one day it comes out that the whole series was based in large part on their lives.

As for Trump/Putin, Remember when Pres Obama told him just wait until after the election. My guess is Putin will try to talk to any US politician. I doubt it matters a hill of beans once the person is in the White House. But boy it sure deflects from the Democratic party's railroading of Bernie and their incompetence at protecting emails.

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

[quote=MTK;1144931]So how concerned should we be about the Trump/Putin link?

I feel like this is some serious House of Cards shit.[/quote]

What if there is? What been the current administration handling of Russia and Putin?

Obama hasn't really done anything to impede Russia influence in the current world theater....so why are folks worried now?

This supposed hacked happened awhile ago, what's the status of the investigation? If anything this lax administration should be able to update us on the finding of the investigation...I would think?

I see a lot of folks sitting on their hands and the easy thing to do is point fingers.

Oh there's this too:[url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/politics/democratic-convention-dnc-emails-russia/]Sources: US officials warned DNC of hack months before the party acted - CNNPolitics.com[/url]

Re: Republican nominee for President
 

He's afraid of Hillary. That is why he is backing Trump!
You know.....Toy Red Button...Reset hillary....lol

[url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/06/clinton-reset-button-gift-to-russian-fm-gets-lost-in-translation/]Clinton ‘reset button’ gift to Russian FM gets lost in translation – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs[/url]

Republican nominee for President
 

People overthink all this crap. Its pretty simple. Vote for the person who is less a scumbag. Trump stood there and clearly made fun of a handicapped person. Hillary, and any other person with a fraction of a mind or heart that is operating correctly, would never do that in a million years. Eff emails, political aspirations, greed, mistakes - leave it all alone - for Trump and her. You need look no further than this one action to realize he is the bigger piece of shit.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1144936]wow really.

It's amazing how polar opposite we see the world. I watch House of Cards, and I see the life story of Bill and Hillary, I mean seriously, a good ole southern boy gets in, his wife doesn't care about his indiscretions if it keeps them in power, she longs to be a senator then secretary of state. Hell they even have her running for VP. I will not be shocked if one day it comes out that the whole series was based in large part on their lives.

As for Trump/Putin, Remember when Pres Obama told him just wait until after the election. My guess is Putin will try to talk to any US politician. I doubt it matters a hill of beans once the person is in the White House. But boy it sure deflects from the Democratic party's railroading of Bernie and their incompetence at protecting emails.[/quote]

Not sure how we're the opposite as far as House of Cards go. Man you really take things and run with it. I was just commenting on the TV like drama of everything.

You're honestly not concerned about their relationship, or how he's openly praised several dictators including Putin?