answersfound said:post 116205Zachs said:narouz said:post 116183kiran said:The war against ISIS will certainly not be won by feel good press releases.
Obama has not indulged in "feel good press releases" about the war on ISIS.
Though imperfect,
his handling of the very complex and difficult issue
has been pretty reality-based and has avoided getting more Americans killed and maimed.
That cool realism is not very satisfying to our understandable hunger for vengeance.
However, it is realistic.
What is truly "feel good press" are the barking pronouncements of Trump, Cruz, and most of the other Republicans.
Trump is going to "bomb the sh*t out of them."
(Oh yeah...some deep thinking there for sure.)
Cruz is going to "carpet bomb" them "until the sand glows."
(Yahoo! Oh, wait: carpet bombing kinda went out with Vietnam, Dresden, and Tokyo.
ISIS is embedded within civilians in cities and towns; Cruz is gonna carpet bomb entire Syrian cities?)
Those are the real "feel good press releases."
Well...at least it makes Trump and Cruz feel good.
And it drives their frothing followers absolutely bats**t crazy with delight.
Hot. Stupid. Air.
And it in no way aligns with Peat's political leanings.
Great post. Some republicans are so radical now, I fear for my safety.
As for the "they're gunna take er guns!!", can anyone tell me what gun laws have changed since Obama has been president? As a law abiding citizen, I am still able to aquire a hand gun and ammo extremely easy as of this year. The only thing I have really noticed is ammo prices skyrocketing because of NRA propoganda of shortages and extreme gun law reform.
Also I'll take the cost of living pay increases, massively high stock market, massively low job unemployment, really strong dollar and lowest gas prices in like 20 years. Seriously, I have no idea what people are talking about when they harshly criticize Obama's presidency.
You fear for your safety because of radical Republicans? How about all the mass shootings that have happened under Obama? And the shooting in San Bernandino that Trump basically forecasted. (The ability to predict the future is indicative a strong metabolism). And ******* Obama is out playing golf, pumping his fist like everything's all good. What the hell is wrong with that picture?
Let's stop blaming the guns and start blaming the individuals that have compromised metabolisms and go crazy. A concept ALL Peatarians should be able to grasp completely.
Trump is EXACTLY what this country needs right now and Peatarians should agree. Or even Rand Paul. If Rand Paul was president, raw milk would be legalized everywhere. Trump is close with Alex Jones who is highly aware of the detrimental BPA, SSRI's, GMO's and fluoride. ALL which are acknowledged as threats to ones' wellbeing in THIS community. Yea, life is nice if you know about all these dangers and know how to avoid them, but 99.99% of Americans are unaware of these poisons that are in their food supply, destroying their health, making Obama a criminal. Rather than implement preventative measures to restore people's health, he creates Obama care designed to suck more money out of people's pockets or otherwise be fined, in the name of being a hero, "providing health care to everyone." This only encourages the exact system that Peatarians stand against. No, I'm not saying that all these problems will go away with a Trump presidency, but atleast he is more AWARE of how much of a disaster the current medical system is. You get absolutely no hope for these types of changes with a Democratic candidate. The serotenergic state is becoming rampant, and it makes for a scary world to live in. And without any significant intervention, we only will get more of it in the coming decades. This is not about unemployment rates, gas prices, the stock market, etc. I mean are you insane? That's how you define a successful presidency? Gimme a break. Those numbers are all easily manipulated to create the illusion that everything is working. They play you like a fiddle. How about the overall sentiment of our country? The trust we have in our government to improve our lives? The feeling of safety that you mention. Go look at comments on Instagram and Facebook. Look at how people bicker and argue over meaningless issues like Justin Bieber, and cannot step back and see the big picture. The system is designed to keep you thinking small. I can't stand people thinking the government has their back and everything is all jolly. Especially when you know what is going on as a member of this community. When we jump on the Trump train, it's not because we necessarily love his antics or like the insults, it because we know he is the best candidate to get some real improvements in this county. It's an ackowledgememt that the current system is slowly destroying the country and a hope to get things in the right direction. Not more of the same garbage you would get with Hillary or Bernie.
LETS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
#TRUMP2016
Rand Paul wants to do away with medicare, medicaid, social security, there is debate between Bernie Sanders and rand paul. Here he is equating single pay health care to slavery !!! He is an absolute joke.
Donald Trump on the other hand, actually believes in single pay health care, medicare, medicaid, and more funding for social security. So you support trump, but you don't support his views on health care ?
Your anti-government rhetoric is not completely true. Corporations buy government officials to vote in their favor. Here is a quote by Ray Peat....
Political scientists have recognized the process in which big corporations "capture" the governmental agencies that were created to regulate them. The editorial boards of professional journals can be captured even more cheaply than the agencies of government, and their influence can be even more valuable to industry.
If science impinges upon the plans of an industry, it can be managed into compliance, when the industry controls the journals and the agencies that fund research.
http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/vitamin-e.shtml
So really, its the corporations causing massive amount of dis information by capturing government agencies. I am reminded of a scandal in the 1950's when a whole generation of women were given the diuretic thalidomide during pregnancy. Causing low birth weight, birth defects, epilepsy.This "trend" went from the U.S western Germany, Australia, England. Interestingly enough, when they tried to give it to people in East Germany. The authorities did not approve of it's use.
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