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[wierd]

He might be meaning "your", as in "american".  IIRC, Willfor is canadian?

(I think?)


And as much as I hope Trump does not win the nomination..... .... ...  I think he will. No matter how much Mainiac tries to apply liberal coatings of anodyne lineament to my psyche on that matter.

[smjjames]

He might be meaning "your", as in "american".  IIRC, Willfor is canadian?

(I think?)

I was thinking British because of the 'superpower' quip, but he threw a few 'we' s in there, so I wasn't sure.

[Willfor]

Yeah, sorry, I was only using 'your' in the US sense, sorry. I'm only 50 miles from the border, but it still feels very weird to say 'our' when I am not a citizen. It makes some phrasings weird.

US policy does directly affect my life though. Just yesterday I paid 33% more for a service due to currency issues.

[smjjames]

US policy does directly affect my life though. Just yesterday I paid 33% more for a service due to currency issues.

Due to currency conversion? I don't think the Canadian dollar is that much off from the US dollar though.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Again, I despise all of the candidates, but Trump is simply irresponsible to vote for.

Hillary is merely dubious-- I can forgive somebody voting for her. But Trump? That's just straight up pathological.

Sanders seems pretty fine to me. Then again-Not my country!

[Willfor]

US policy does directly affect my life though. Just yesterday I paid 33% more for a service due to currency issues.

Due to currency conversion? I don't think the Canadian dollar is that much off from the US dollar though.

8(

[wierd]

Yes. Of the current crop, Sanders has my vote by default.  However, should he be elected, nothing will come of it. The congress and senate are filled with octogenarian old farts who scarcely understand electricity, let alone things like the internet, and modern approaches to social problems. (moreover, there is a strong holdover from the McCarthy days against "Dreaded communism!" which poisons any such debate, and which gives rise to things like last election's arguments about "free riding poor people." and other absurdities.)

I realize the irony there, given that sanders is himself, an old fart.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Well, Bush said he looked into Putin's soul and saw he was good, so..

And of course! Bush is absolutely to be trusted![/sarcasm]

[Shadowlord]

I wouldn't consider anyone's opinion very reliable if that was their reason (or if it was "because God told me so," which is arguably even more concerning).

[smjjames]

I just realized what Trump's first move would be should he wind up in office, based on all of his talking and the like.

I think the first thing he'd do is have the country declare bankruptcy in the hopes of trying to abuse the law.

Probably. If his attempt at suing a Bush supporting PAC shows anything (he tried to use, it's possible that he'll try to do something absurd like that which doesn't actually work.

Though I'll give him the benefit of the doubt there because apparently that lawyer has no clue about election law or something.

Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if he attempted to use his company's assets to get around congress or do what he wanted. Not sure if theres some clause or whatever that says a president can't be on the board of or the CEO or whatever, of any businesses they own or are the boss of before they become elected. Candidates usually leave the board of whatever (if they're on one) before they start their candidacy.

Edit: Did a quick wiki look and it doesn't look like there is anything regarding businesses owned by the candidate. We've never had a president like Trump who also controls a major business (Real Estate in this case), so, this would be uncharted territory.

Edit2: Wait, there were the two Bushes who were in the Oil industry, not sure what positions they were in.

[wierd]

IIRC, I think that is part of the insider trading laws.

Basically, as a politician, you are able to make policies that unduely influence the ability of companies to be profitable or not-- and can stand to profit greatly from this by remaining on the board.  To eliminate the risk of being brought up on such charges, the career politicians recuse themselves through stepping off the boards in question while in office.

[Toady One]

The thread is spinning through topics fairly quickly, but there was some sniping up there not too long ago time-wise that was nearly out of control.  I'd appreciate it if those involved would inhabit themselves with a spirit of calm after composing their posts and before pressing the post button, and then make changes as needed.

[PTTG??]

I'm voting for Toady One.

[Egan_BW]

Toady One/Three Toe 2016

[Bauglir]

Last thing you want is a procedurally-generated law being passed.

that is far from the last thing i want