American Politics Thread: Orange is the new POTUS (Archive)

[Azure]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Do tell, I'm legitimately curious from a conservative viewpoint why exactly is Pelosi to blame?

The problem is liberal echo chamber right? So from your view how did Pelosi get Democrats "where they are"?

Why does it have to come from a conservative viewpoint? Pelosi is part of the old Democratic elite. You know the old, senile, spineless cowards who made sure the deck was stacked against Sanders?

Democrats need to clean house and give some of their younger voices a leading role. Pelosi is stale junk.

[polak]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll gladly trade you places and cover that Carbon tax to get away from this clown show.


In other news, the House is working on the big issues.



http://thehill.com/regulation/317634...a-era-gun-rule

So it's clearly very important that someone not mentally stable enough to sign their own checks has unfettered access to firearms. I feel much safer now.

How is that possible? How could people possibly think that's a good idea?

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by SixPoundBurrito

How is that possible? How could people possibly think that's a good idea?

Because it's America and anything that regulates guns, no matter how logical, is bad.


And the Senate just keeps things rolling.

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge passed by the Senate undoes the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule, a regulation requiring coal firms to clean up waste from mountaintop removal mining and prevent it from going into local waterways.

The coal industry and its congressional allies have looked for ways to kill the rule since Obama regulators began crafting it early in his term.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-env...bama-coal-rule

So we desperately need mentally ill people to have weapons, but we definitely don't need to worry about clean water.

How the hell is this real life?

[jayswin]

Serious question, Witty: Is there any point that you seriously contemplate a move to Canada? Everything in your posting history suggests you're a way better fit up here.

[Regulator75]

Has this been posted yet?

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment...ent-trump.html

Millionaire comedian Sarah Silverman appeared to call for a military coup in a tweet last night, as protests against far-right Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos turned violent.
'WAKE UP & JOIN THE RESISTANCE. ONCE THE MILITARY IS W US FASCISTS GET OVERTHROWN. MAD KING & HIS HANDLERS GO BYE BYE,' Silverman wrote.
Later she added: 'We're all gonna die sounds so dire but we are though (all gonna die).'

[Minnie]

Is is possible to renounce your citizenship to one country, before having citizenship in another?

[CaptainCrunch]

Only if you want Tom Hanks to play you in a future movie.

[Minnie]

Damn.

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Serious question, Witty: Is there any point that you seriously contemplate a move to Canada? Everything in your posting history suggests you're a way better fit up here.

It was never really a serious consideration until November. I haven't yet looked into exactly what would be involved in the process, but it's getting really tempting. I miss being able to read the news without being bombarded with awful stories the entire time.

Honestly I'm probably more likely to move more into the Northeast/New England area, Boston or something along those lines. I don't need to worry about citizenship/immigration issues that way, just way higher rent costs, and Boston is pretty wonderfully liberal. I've been a few times, and it's a great city, so long as I don't have to talk hockey with Bruins fans and I can avoid Patriots fans (if I want obnoxious football fans I can just stay here in Pittsburgh with Steelers fans).

EDIT: All that said, there's a big part of me that wants to stay here, because in Boston my vote is just another in a sea of blue votes. Here in a swing state, I feel like maybe my vote actually means something in the larger picture.

[Drak]

Remember when Trump was on the trail and his theme song was "It's the End of the World As We Know It."

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Is is possible to renounce your citizenship to one country, before having citizenship in another?

It's apparently against some UN convention to make a person stateless, although it still happens from time to time. So if you tried to renounce without something already set up, it's likely that they wouldn't accept it.

[Drak]

If you're on FB watch this

https://www.facebook.com/LordForgive...c_ref=NEWSFEED

Unbelievable? Nah this is the new normal.

Edit: Never mind. Apparently older footage from the campaign trail. I'd never seen it before.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Regardless of whats going on in the USA I still think the Carbon tax is a load of ####.

Yup. Gas costs less now than it did before the carbon tax, we have pipelines coming out our asses and still no sales tax, but #### that carbon.

It could all end tomorrow. At this stage, I'm reasonably convinced we're going to witness America use nuclear weapons within three months.

[nik-]

If you think gas being cheaper is in any way related to the carbon tax then I really have no idea what to say. I'll just laugh instead.

[DownInFlames]

I may need to tune out the news for awhile. Every day it gets worse. My blood pressure can't handle seeing Trump sink America into the mud. It's not even my country and I'm getting worked up. I love America and what it's supposed to stand for, and I love the people of America for the most part, so it pains me to see their country being torn apart by a sociopath.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I'll gladly trade you places and cover that Carbon tax to get away from this clown show.


In other news, the House is working on the big issues.



http://thehill.com/regulation/317634...a-era-gun-rule

So it's clearly very important that someone not mentally stable enough to sign their own checks has unfettered access to firearms. I feel much safer now.

To be fair, if a mentally ill person can become President, mentally ill people should be allowed to follow their dream of gun ownership.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by nik-

If you think gas being cheaper is in any way related to the carbon tax then I really have no idea what to say. I'll just laugh instead.

We don't have a sales tax. If you'd rather pay 13% on everything instead of an extra $600 a year to heat your house and an indistinguishable amount of money on fuel, I really have no idea what to say. I'll just laugh instead.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

We don't have a sales tax. If you'd rather pay 13% on everything instead of an extra $600 a year to heat your house and an indistinguishable amount of money on fuel, I really have no idea what to say. I'll just laugh instead.

Are you unaware that we didn't have a sales tax before the carbon tax or are you just doubling down now out of embarrassment?

[driveway]

Can we refrain from posting tweets not from government officials or sources in this thread? They really aren't newsworthy or worth discussion.

Maybe if Gaskal comes in once a week and does an 'Around the League' for the news we can discuss celebrity tweets.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

It was never really a serious consideration until November. I haven't yet looked into exactly what would be involved in the process, but it's getting really tempting. I miss being able to read the news without being bombarded with awful stories the entire time.

Honestly I'm probably more likely to move more into the Northeast/New England area, Boston or something along those lines. I don't need to worry about citizenship/immigration issues that way, just way higher rent costs, and Boston is pretty wonderfully liberal. I've been a few times, and it's a great city, so long as I don't have to talk hockey with Bruins fans and I can avoid Patriots fans (if I want obnoxious football fans I can just stay here in Pittsburgh with Steelers fans).

EDIT: All that said, there's a big part of me that wants to stay here, because in Boston my vote is just another in a sea of blue votes. Here in a swing state, I feel like maybe my vote actually means something in the larger picture.

Maybe CP can sponsor you, like a Syrian Refugee! Trumpian refugee