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So far there is ZERO indication that Trump will be passing any laws to harm them or change existing laws
correct. but that is what is bothering this special interest group, namely, the lack of action
Reps ran a candidate with even bigger problems, and that Evangelicals are very large hypocrites.
Lets not forget that many republicans voted for the other candidate.
Did you investigate what are the different media choices by sectors (e.g. NY times, NPR, Fox news, Glen Beck circus) in proportion to the GDP each sector generates? That would be something ;-)
it would be something, feel free to make a thread on it.
And the Koch Bros. and Trump do it far better than the Dems do. No doubt about it.
Koch Brothers dislike Trump and didn't directly fund his campaign.
If anything, they only focused on maintaining a Republican majority in the House and Senate and many of those candidates did not endorse Trump.
"Koch Brothers dislike Trump and didn't directly fund his campaign.
If anything, they only focused on maintaining a Republican majority in the House and Senate and many of those candidates did not endorse Trump."
Yep, that's why I said it in response to your comment about Dems losing the Senate and House.
"Lets not forget that many republicans voted for the other candidate."
Did they? Source?
Dems care FAR more about the people than Reps do
Dems PRETEND to care far more than Reps. Throwing a bone (welfare) is what limousine liberals support to assuage guilt. But they don't really want them to get ahead at their expense. When have you ever heard about the widespread movement of getting ghetto kids to go to schools that are 9 or 10 on zillow?
No, most limousine liberals don't want that at all. Welfare is just a vehicle to keep the deplorables on their side of the tracks.
Time to revive this thread, Forum this morning, some bitch warning against the rise of xenophobia and nationalism in the face of renewed attacks, demanding actions against the European citizens by the European government. Even the other guest doesn't give give any counterbalance. Fuck you NPR!
Heraclitusstudent
2016 Dec 20, 12:44pm
This morning I turned on NPR briefly, listening Michael Krasny on attacks in Germany.
One guest was trying to absolve Islam saying the driver was mentally unstable and not all attacks are jihadists. (mentioning white supremacists and Oklahoma bombing).
The deliberate nature of the obfuscation was obvious, and unopposed in the debate. The raw obscurantism was more than I could take.
I turned off the radio.
This morning I turned on NPR briefly, listening Michael Krasny on attacks in Germany.
One guest was trying to absolve Islam saying the driver was mentally unstable and not all attacks are jihadists. (mentioning white supremacists and Oklahoma bombing).
The deliberate nature of the obfuscation was obvious, and unopposed in the debate. The raw obscurantism was more than I could take.
I turned off the radio.
Same. Look at the comments, they are alienating their last non-hardcore leftists common sense listeners.
https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/12/19/suspected-terror-attack-in-berlin-kills-9/
MisdemeanorRebel
2016 Dec 20, 12:54pm
The deliberate nature of the obfuscation was obvious, and unopposed in the debate. The raw obscurantism was more than I could take.
Yeah, anybody who does shit for religious reasons probably has some mental shit going on. Whenever there's the rare Abortion Clinic shooter, you never hear the MSM go on for 10 minutes about his struggles with emotional damage or mental illness, and how that was 'really the cause' of his actions.
We don't even really know who the driver was at this point. I think the Afghan or Paki they picked up wasn't the (main) perp.
Just a reminder to Islamophobe Asserters: More people have been killed in the United States in the name of one religion, that no more than 2% of the US population subscribes to, than all other political or religious causes combined (tax protester, alien cult, abortion, left or right wing politics), since 9/11.
Heraclitusstudent
2016 Dec 20, 1:04pm
Isis apparently claimed the attack.
You would think that would shut-up the islamo-apologists but it didn't after last attack:
Heraclitusstudent
2016 Dec 20, 1:13pm
Full disclosure: I took this video from Zerohedge, which is likely Putin propaganda.
All he has to do though, is to show the facts.
Shaman
2016 Dec 20, 1:29pm
Facts are propaganda!
Lies are truth!
Belief in lies is mandatory!
Any reporting that can be proven true or seems to make logical sense is foreign meddling and "fake news!"
"Just a reminder to Islamophobe Asserters: More people have been killed in the United States in the name of one religion, that no more than 2% of the US population subscribes to, than all other political or religious causes combined (tax protester, alien cult, abortion, left or right wing politics), since 9/11."
Honest question. What's the solution? Because I agree this is an enormous problem. America was founded on freedom of religion--how do you lawfully discriminate against one religion? Can you declare that Islam is not a religion? Seems like a slippery slope exists there.
What is the criteria for something to be considered a religion, so that it can be protected as religious freedom?
ja
2016 Dec 20, 4:17pm
very easy.. anything whose God that doesn't go against the laws of men
Like Pastafarian
Time for the daily bump. 10 minute fake news about Trump's 'unsubstantiated' crowd size/voter fraud claims (no world news whatsoever) followed by a segment of 'rising' 'hate crimes' against Muslims who show up for self defense classes, even interviewing somebody from the utter useless splc hate org. Npr surely has jumped the gun. All they see is orange.
zzyzzx
2017 Mar 16, 8:01am
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-budget-proposes-killing-funding-pbs-npr-national-100158848.html
Trump Budget Proposes Killing All Funding for PBS, NPR and National Endowment for the Arts
President Donald Trump made good on a long-time conservative goal in his first proposed budget Thursday morning, targeting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities for complete elimination.
Trump’s budget would zero out the $445 million budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a relatively small source of funding for programming and broadcast operations on public TV stations and NPR radio stations nationwide, per the Washington Post.
PeopleUnited
2017 Mar 17, 9:28am
"Just a reminder to Islamophobe Asserters: More people have been killed in the United States in the name of one religion, that no more than 2% of the US population subscribes to, than all other political or religious causes combined (tax protester, alien cult, abortion, left or right wing politics), since 9/11."
Honest question. What's the solution? Because I agree this is an enormous problem. America was founded on freedom of religion--how do you lawfully discriminate against one religion? Can you declare that Islam is not a religion? Seems like a slippery slope exists there.
Islamic terrorism is not a religion. So the question is, how will we identify the terrorists?
Patrick
2017 Mar 17, 9:39am
Yes, I call this the AIDS problem with the Constitution.
Just like the AIDS virus infects your immune system itself (white blood cells), Islam infects the freedom of religion provision of the Constitution.
I think the best solution is to use Freedom of Speech:
All people, and especially Americans, must constantly point out, over and over in public, that Islam causes terrorism. It is a direct causal relationship, and unique to that religion alone. Everyone has a responsibility to do this. If you're afraid to do it, then they win.
But also:
* We should call out Saudi Arabia in particular as the source of almost all ideological and financial support for Islamic terrorism (which is most terrorism, worldwide).
* We should limit the number of visas for people from Islamic countries. We have the right to do this because they are not citizens.
* Propagation of the idea that we should replace the Constitution with sharia must be prosecuted as sedition, and visa holders who support the idea must be expelled.
* All immigrants must be asked if they support the replacement of the Constitution with sharia, and if so, denied entry.
We denied entry to communists for decades. We can definitely do the same for the much more direct attack on the Constitution by advocates of sharia.
PeopleUnited
2017 Mar 20, 10:29am
Patrick HIV is a good analogy with respect to how Islamic Terrorists could potentially exploit the Constitution to further their efforts of terror and destruction.
Another analogy would be cancer in an otherwise healthy body. There is a prominent world religion which behaves like a cancer. It sometimes sits dormant for years but occaisonally and with growing frequency it mutates and the mutant cells not only quit performing their basic functions but also start to attack and disrupt the function of other healthy cells. The only solution is to remove the cancer before it spreads.
Remember also that even the bill of rights is not without limits. Freedom of speech is limited when it poses a risk to the safety of others (yelling fire in a crowded theatre for example). The government has enacted laws that limit the ability of people to bear arms (average Joe can't have their own rocket propelled grenades for example). So it may needs be that a religion known for establishing the basis for radical terrorism will have to be singled out and dealt with as the threat that it is.
All people, and especially Americans, must constantly point out, over and over in public, that Islam causes terrorism. It is a direct causal relationship, and unique to that religion alone. Everyone has a responsibility to do this. If you're afraid to do it, then they win.
Well said! I want to see this on the front page of every paper, website, and news broadcast.
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I found their comment form and submitted a polite comment. Maybe it will do some tiny bit of good, but most likely not. At least it made me feel better.
I really wish I had some alternative to NPR, especially my local station KQED, because every time I turn on the radio, it is only a matter of seconds before they go into identity politics.
Nearly every article on NPR divides us.
This morning as I woke up they talked about "whites moving into the center of San Francisco, and poverty moving out to the suburbs". As if most whites could afford San Francisco.
Then there was an article about a Vietnamese grocer in a black neighborhood. The guy was smart and talked about diversity and hiring local blacks and carrying produce. He knows what they want him to say. Good kumbaya Asians getting along with blacks was the story, and he knew it. But that's not why he started a store.
Then there was an article about yet another special program for women's health (and women alone, in case that wasn't obvious). Never a story about men's health on NPR, though men have consistently worse health.
Anyone see a theme?