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Mar 8, 2019 13:27:33   #
RichieC Loc: Adirondacks
 
TriX wrote:
I notice that the trade deficit with China has grown, not diminished under the Trump administration. How are those tariffs working out for you (and American maufacturing and farmers)? One of those pesky little facts...


Well our economy has sustained at a rate the financial guru Obama said "we'd Never see again", Unemployment is at 3.7%- and manufacturing is expected to outpace the economy in growth. Meanwhile China is experiencing its worst growth rate in 28 years, precisely what the intent was on the tariffs.

Thank you for your sincere concern, we are all, every one of us, touched by it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/world-bank-on-china-economy-expect-growth-to-slow-to-6point2percent-in-2019.html

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Mar 8, 2019 14:35:00   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
But but but but ... Trump said posse!

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Mar 8, 2019 17:24:58   #
Murray Loc: New Westminster
 
Cotondog wrote:
Much better than living in a country with a demonic wannabe dictator (Trump).


Roger that!

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Mar 8, 2019 17:44:08   #
cwp3420
 
ken_stern wrote:
Your buddy totally or almost totally nailed it!!
One of the few ways the average American would know & agree with these almost truths is by going abroad even if that is limited to say a weekend in Canada ---
There is one minor factual error --- "Voting for Trump" --- The majority of Americans did not!!!


And the Electoral College worked as the Founders intended. Poor snowflakes.

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Mar 8, 2019 17:50:44   #
cwp3420
 
ken_stern wrote:
People VOTE - States don't -- The majority of Human Voters did not vote for what is currently sitting watching FOX news in the White house -- Actually many of the States that did vote for the man go out of their way to deny Human American Voters their right to VOTE


You need to get off the hard drugs, dude. They’re causing you to say stupid shit.

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Mar 8, 2019 18:16:51   #
tomcat
 
cwp3420 wrote:
You need to get off the hard drugs, dude. They’re causing you to say stupid shit.


Every American, and I emphasize AMERICAN, does have the right to vote. But I also have the right to make sure that they have the right................. In my large town, my father has voted in the last 2 presidential elections, and he died 12 years ago.......

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Mar 8, 2019 20:26:32   #
wilpharm Loc: Oklahoma
 
LWW wrote:
Who cares what people think who live in a country with a monarchy?




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Mar 9, 2019 16:25:46   #
Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal
 
johneccles wrote:
That used to be the case but now no-one calls round any more, it's all done electronically. You still a licence to watch any TV channels not just BBC.

Sometimes when I say "year" I should say "decade".
My last experience there was @ 1.5 decades ago.
My relative had a small antenna on the roof- with the cable obviously tied up and off.
The BIG one was in the attic.
The tax people had a list of area non-paying addresses, and routinely "visited" them.
All he needed to do was pull off a short cable with push on connectors. The TV was hooked up to a stereo, a DVD and a VCR. With a very large sloppy cable system.

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Mar 9, 2019 16:38:55   #
Texcaster Loc: Queensland
 
mwalsh wrote:
"Womp womp..."


Swing anna miss on that one.




That has potential to be one of Professor Womp's wrasslin' heel heroes.

'Swinging Anna Miss' - "I'm not a jive-time MoFo!"

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Mar 9, 2019 16:43:01   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
ken_stern wrote:
People VOTE - States don't -- The majority of Human Voters did not vote for what is currently sitting watching FOX news in the White house -- Actually many of the States that did vote for the man go out of their way to deny Human American Voters their right to VOTE


Read a book.

States elect the POTUS.

I challenge you to find in the COTUS where you have a right to vote for POTUS.

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Mar 9, 2019 22:19:33   #
tomcat
 
LWW wrote:
Read a book.

States elect the POTUS.

I challenge you to find in the COTUS where you have a right to vote for POTUS.


The 15th amendment states that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude". So when the colonies set a date for their presidential election, the citizens vote for him. Then the results of that vote go to each of the colonies' convention and the duly elected representatives from each party cast their party's Electoral votes for the Presidential race. So by inference, you could say that citizens can vote for POTUS.

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Mar 10, 2019 06:27:04   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
tomcat wrote:
The 15th amendment states that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude". So when the colonies set a date for their presidential election, the citizens vote for him. Then the results of that vote go to each of the colonies' convention and the duly elected representatives from each party cast their party's Electoral votes for the Presidential race. So by inference, you could say that citizens can vote for POTUS.
The 15th amendment states that the "right of ... (show quote)


Brother, you are completely clueless.


Article. II.
Section. 1.
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President

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Mar 10, 2019 11:53:45   #
ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca
 
If all this is being submitted to further my education - Thanks but no thanks -- I also went to school -- I only added the information that our current President did not receive a majority of the popular vote to clarify any misconceptions our British friends my have as how we in the States conduct our democracy

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