Here in the U.S., there are states that require ID each time you vote. Most states don’t, because you needed ID, including proof of citizenship, to register to vote when you turned 18. The United States had no problem with this institution before Trump and his dimwit supporters came along.
We have an infinitesimal amount of voter fraud, just like the dozens of other democracies with similar procedures. That is, of course, unless Trump loses, in which case it’s totally rampant.
When I was a schoolboy, I remember clearly the distinct impressions I formed about where some of my teachers stood politically.
We had the occasional “hard-ass” who was almost definitely a conservative, some of whom might even be Trump supporters today. And we had the kindhearted guy, maybe teaching English or social studies, who was likely a liberal.
Was that a big deal then? Is it really today?
If you’re gullible enough to believe that our nation’s school system is essentially a manufacturing plant that produces woke communists, you’ll believe anything.
As usual, Fox News and its viewers have a distinctly twisted way of looking at the world. A few comments:
Why poll people on their perceptions of what groceries cost? The price of groceries in the United States either is or is not rising, quite independently of how people respond in surveys.
The truth is that inflation is running at around 3%, which is not horrible, regardless of who claims otherwise.
A smart friend of mine once told me that U.S. presidents are generally given too much blame when times are bad and too much credit when times are good. Honest and intelligent people do not blame Trump for rises in prices, especially as modest as they are. However, they are appalled about his pitiful lying, and about his deplorable lack of interest in the issues that are destroying the lives of so many Americans.
Of course, our nation’s ambivalence on prices could change very quickly depending on the effects of Trump’s extreme tariffs. If, as many economists predict, prices go through the roof and large swaths of American businesses are wiped out, this country, as dimwitted as many of us are, will figure all this out and turn on him in about 15 minutes.
As anyone could have foreseen, however, there are a couple of major issues:
1) Like every other state in the nation, Colorado has in-person polling places. Here are their FAQs.
2) As explained in this piece by PBS, there are dozens of countries that allow mail-in voting.
Do you think the Australians or the Japanese are raising hell, claiming that their elections are rigged, that they are experiencing massive voter fraud? No. That’s because they don’t have major candidates who are pathological liars, and electorates that are composed of about 50% gullible fools.
There are grown-up people on this planet who believe that more energy can be pulled out of a system than we put into the system. This supposed hydrogen-powered Norwegian ship at left ostensibly:
1) Starts with seawater
2) Uses electricity to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen
3) Runs the hydrogen through a fuel cell, generating electricity that not only powers the boat, but also repeats step 2).
The words at left are 100% correct.
Yet, Trump has one capability that’s rarely if ever seen: He can invent stories that have no basis in fact–and convince tens of millions of Americans that they’re true.
Re: the meme at left, I would draw a different conclusion: it’s possible that the United States has lost its appetite for lies, cruelty, and stupidity.
Trumpism just may be on its way out.
Thank you, Bill.
Well, there are two good reasons for this:
Big cities have lots of people living in them; rural areas are sparsely populated. It might be worth looking up “city” and “rural.”
The people living in cities tend to be well educated and value the well-being of everyone (black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor, etc.), which is the core principle of the Democrats.
Poor choice.
Cincinnati has lots of affluent, well-educated people. Other parts of Ohio would have elected Vance’s brother as king.
To the reader who sent me this: no one’s offended. We know we live among racists, and being offended by a racist doesn’t help anything.
Perhaps the very greatest thing about being an American is what’s etched at the base of our Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Notably, the poet didn’t mention speaking English.
The folks who were here before North America was populated by immigrants, i.e., Native Americans, didn’t speak English. Nor did the immigrants themselves: the Italians, Germans, Danes, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, or the rest of the Asians.
Maybe it’s time to rethink the bigotry? You’re a bigger person than this.
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