hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
I approve of the DREAM Act. Heartily. Anyone not familiar with the details and the requirements will be the only ones against it.
Baltimore reacts to Trump
- Thread starter Jimdamick
- Start date
hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
America will be better off because of the act. Look at the results already for some.
abandonconflict
Well-Known Member
hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
When I was in my best buddy at Pendleton was a guy from Colombia. Grew up in Binghamton NY. He’s who told me about Woodstock. His old lady went. She told him in a phone call. Boy was he sad he had missed that. Good guy. Good Marine and already a better American than some on here. I hope he got citizenship when he was discharged.
abandonconflict
Well-Known Member
I can probably help him get connected with some really good support in Tijuana if not. Colombians get visa free travel in Mexico too. He would be treated like family.
hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
Born and raised in El Paso. Yo sabe la gente y yo gusto mucho. Most of my friends there were and are still Hispanics and more than a few Mexicans. Go figure in a city majority Hispanic. It’s not uncommon at all for “whites” to marry Hispanics. It’s always been that way there. Note that even sharing a border with Juarez El Paso is consistently named as one of the safest cities in the country. I laugh and cry at the haters.
squarepush3r
Well-Known Member
squarepush3r
Well-Known Member
How Decades Of Democratic Rule Ruined Some Of Our Finest Cities
Licensing
Don’t drink the water in Flint, Mich. Federal and state officials botched a water supply switch there and ended up contaminating the city’s drinking water with lead. It’s a sad and infuriating story that has gone on far too long. It’s not quite a humanitarian crisis -- blessedly, we don’t see many of those in this country -- but it is a mess.
Of course blame has been liberally tossed around. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has been sued. Moore wants him arrested. (Obviously there's a limit to Moore's ability to think clearly, and he reached it with his Flint tweet.) Some are convinced that the private sector is the villain, because, after all, isn’t it always? The loopy left even says that the Koch brothers are at fault.
But let’s backtrack to Moore’s tweet. Flint is indeed a Democratic Party bastion. Don’t its decades of Democratic dominance deserve some of the blame? It’s the city’s "Democratic rulers," Reason magazine’s Robby Soave reminds us, who have "robbed city residents blind to pad the pockets of public sector unions." They’ve also been in charge as Flint has become one the country’s poorest cities (the second poorest, says the Census Bureau, for a city of its size), and a haven for criminals -- it’s the most dangerous city in America, according to Business Insider.
Flint is not alone, though. America is awash with troubled, dysfunctional cities that have been electing Democratic mayors for decades.
Licensing
- 3/09/2016
Don’t drink the water in Flint, Mich. Federal and state officials botched a water supply switch there and ended up contaminating the city’s drinking water with lead. It’s a sad and infuriating story that has gone on far too long. It’s not quite a humanitarian crisis -- blessedly, we don’t see many of those in this country -- but it is a mess.
Of course blame has been liberally tossed around. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has been sued. Moore wants him arrested. (Obviously there's a limit to Moore's ability to think clearly, and he reached it with his Flint tweet.) Some are convinced that the private sector is the villain, because, after all, isn’t it always? The loopy left even says that the Koch brothers are at fault.
But let’s backtrack to Moore’s tweet. Flint is indeed a Democratic Party bastion. Don’t its decades of Democratic dominance deserve some of the blame? It’s the city’s "Democratic rulers," Reason magazine’s Robby Soave reminds us, who have "robbed city residents blind to pad the pockets of public sector unions." They’ve also been in charge as Flint has become one the country’s poorest cities (the second poorest, says the Census Bureau, for a city of its size), and a haven for criminals -- it’s the most dangerous city in America, according to Business Insider.
Flint is not alone, though. America is awash with troubled, dysfunctional cities that have been electing Democratic mayors for decades.
- Detroit last elected a Republican mayor in 1957. It is now the model of urban failure -- it’s recognized more for its poverty, crime, rot and bankruptcy than the great cars that it turned out into the early 1970s. It is the poorest big city in the nation, with almost 40% of the population living below the poverty line. The website Law Street actually ranks Detroit ahead of Flint as the country's most dangerous city. Either way, it’s clear that both cities have institutionalized crime problems.
- Chicago’s last GOP mayor was elected in 1927. The nation’s third-largest city is home to some of the worst inner-city violence imaginable. More than 2,300 people were shot there last year, and nearly 400 lost their lives to homicides.
- St. Louis has been electing Democratic mayors since 1949. The Gateway to the West has become the gateway for crime. Law Street says that it’s the fourth most dangerous city in the country, Forbes says it’s the second. It had the sixth-highest poverty rate among big cities in 2014.
- The last GOP mayor of Philadelphia left office in 1952. A few years ago, Moore identified it as a favorite to follow Detroit into bankruptcy.
- Both Baltimore and Oakland had Republican mayors as late as the 1960s. In the era of Democratic rule, both are now more well known for their crime and poverty problems than for their charm and character.
- Newark, N.J., hasn't had a GOP mayor in more than a century. It was ranked as the fifth-worst city to live in in 2015. Detroit, of course, was first.
Unclebaldrick
Well-Known Member
John Waters needs to do an Inside the Trimp whitehouse movie.
It is probably too trashy for him.
It is probably too trashy for him.
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
Baltimore is governed by a white republicanHow Decades Of Democratic Rule Ruined Some Of Our Finest Cities
Licensing
Urban Blight: A few days ago, filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted, “Flint has voted for Dems for 84 straight yrs” and wanted to know, “What did it get us?” He’s actually on to something.
- 3/09/2016
Don’t drink the water in Flint, Mich. Federal and state officials botched a water supply switch there and ended up contaminating the city’s drinking water with lead. It’s a sad and infuriating story that has gone on far too long. It’s not quite a humanitarian crisis -- blessedly, we don’t see many of those in this country -- but it is a mess.
Of course blame has been liberally tossed around. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has been sued. Moore wants him arrested. (Obviously there's a limit to Moore's ability to think clearly, and he reached it with his Flint tweet.) Some are convinced that the private sector is the villain, because, after all, isn’t it always? The loopy left even says that the Koch brothers are at fault.
But let’s backtrack to Moore’s tweet. Flint is indeed a Democratic Party bastion. Don’t its decades of Democratic dominance deserve some of the blame? It’s the city’s "Democratic rulers," Reason magazine’s Robby Soave reminds us, who have "robbed city residents blind to pad the pockets of public sector unions." They’ve also been in charge as Flint has become one the country’s poorest cities (the second poorest, says the Census Bureau, for a city of its size), and a haven for criminals -- it’s the most dangerous city in America, according to Business Insider.
Flint is not alone, though. America is awash with troubled, dysfunctional cities that have been electing Democratic mayors for decades.
Detroit is also a pit of political corruption. Just in recent years, one mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, was convicted of corruption and sent to federal prison for 28 years, while building inspectors have been indicted on federal felony bribery charges and a former city council member was investigated in a bribery and kickback scandal.
- Detroit last elected a Republican mayor in 1957. It is now the model of urban failure -- it’s recognized more for its poverty, crime, rot and bankruptcy than the great cars that it turned out into the early 1970s. It is the poorest big city in the nation, with almost 40% of the population living below the poverty line. The website Law Street actually ranks Detroit ahead of Flint as the country's most dangerous city. Either way, it’s clear that both cities have institutionalized crime problems.
Its finances are just as grim. "Chicago is so broke," IBD contributor Stephen Moore explained months ago, "that its bonds are junk status, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel had to go hat in hand last week to the state capital, Springfield, for bailout money to pay the bills." Things have been rotten enough, Moore said, to send "a record number of people ... fleeing Cook County, home to Chicago." Only a little more than half of the city's pension liabilities are funded.
- Chicago’s last GOP mayor was elected in 1927. The nation’s third-largest city is home to some of the worst inner-city violence imaginable. More than 2,300 people were shot there last year, and nearly 400 lost their lives to homicides.
When Democrats are in control, cities tend to go soft on crime, reward cronies with public funds, establish hostile business environments, heavily tax the most productive citizens and set up fat pensions for their union friends. Simply put, theirs is a Blue State blueprint for disaster.
- St. Louis has been electing Democratic mayors since 1949. The Gateway to the West has become the gateway for crime. Law Street says that it’s the fourth most dangerous city in the country, Forbes says it’s the second. It had the sixth-highest poverty rate among big cities in 2014.
- The last GOP mayor of Philadelphia left office in 1952. A few years ago, Moore identified it as a favorite to follow Detroit into bankruptcy.
- Both Baltimore and Oakland had Republican mayors as late as the 1960s. In the era of Democratic rule, both are now more well known for their crime and poverty problems than for their charm and character.
- Newark, N.J., hasn't had a GOP mayor in more than a century. It was ranked as the fifth-worst city to live in in 2015. Detroit, of course, was first.
Jimdamick
Well-Known Member
And are going to get worse thanks to Trump cutting aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
That made a lot of sense, cut the aid to the countries that need it the most, further fucking up the migration problem.
And now Guatemala is going to be the way station for all the migrants seeking to go to the US?
Good luck with that, there's going to be riots in the streets of Guatemala City when all the migrants from surrounding countries trying to get to the US overwhelm the system
All Trump does in every single situation that I have observed is taking a problem and making it far worse.
Paris Climate Accord
Iran Nuclear Accord
Immigration
The entire ME
N. Korea
China
Russia
and that's just tip of the iceberg of shit that he has created internationally and domestically.
Also I'm sick of hearing, well, the economy is doing great, because actually it isn't when compared to other examples of recovery from a recession.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/12/14/comparing-the-trump-economy-to-the-obama-economy/?utm_term=.f310977ff39e
Our cost of living due to tariffs is increasing, the National debt is doubling, and there still is a vast disparity in wealth distribution, so it's the same old, same shit that the richer are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
Anyway, so fucking what if the economy is doing good, is that an excuse to support this disgrace of a human being?
We will see next year if the $ is really all that counts in America today, or we if have some morals and a soul left and kick Trump to the curb.
squarepush3r
Well-Known Member
Baltimore is a city, and doesn't have a governor, it has a mayor.
Unclebaldrick
Well-Known Member
News
John Waters Responds to Trump’s Baltimore Comments: ‘See If You Have the Nerve to Say It In Person!’
By Katherine McMahon Posted 07/27/19 2:58 pm
198K 5716 57 204K
http://www.artnews.com/2019/07/27/john-waters-trump-baltimore/
John Waters Responds to Trump’s Baltimore Comments: ‘See If You Have the Nerve to Say It In Person!’
By Katherine McMahon Posted 07/27/19 2:58 pm
198K 5716 57 204K
http://www.artnews.com/2019/07/27/john-waters-trump-baltimore/
Jimdamick
Well-Known Member
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
The governor of Maryland is a white republican
Baltimore is a city in Maryland
The white male republican governor of Maryland has the most power of anyone in the state . Way more than the mayor of Baltimore
Baltimore is governed by a white male republican
squarepush3r
Well-Known Member
Maryland overall is a pretty decent state. The specific area of Baltimore is a third world country, and a Democrat stronghold.
Maryland has had democrat governor for 86% of the time since 1969.
Your statement is incoherent as saying "The president of Baltimore is Trump, who is a white republican. Therefore white republican responsible for Baltimore failed state."
UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
Trump said he would “fix it fast” when asked about Baltimore
Have him and the other white male republican who governs that state solved all these problems you are complaining about?
hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
Never happened. Prove it. Prove Obama gave them this money. You can’t.