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• Where Focus is Needed, and Where It Is Not

  Recently, I had a long conversation with some of my loved ones about the problem of rampant sexual harassment in US society. I tried to convey that I am entirel... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why is the US Plagued by Insurrectionism When Other Commonwealth Countries Are...

  I know someone who has a T-shirt with rebellious US Colonists that says something like "right wing crazies" on it, which is patently wrong. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An Open Letter to the US Legislature.

  I am tired of you lot being a bunch of Galahs on the issue of gun control.Australia’s political climate surrounding this issue at the time of the Port Arthur... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What If the Las Vegas Shooter's Weapon Was Perfectly Legal?

  OK, I'm not talking NFA firearm or illegally converted semi-auto, but a gizmo called "bump-fire". This ties into my previous post about banning semi-auto. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ban Semi-automatic Weapons

  Listening to the online vids of the Las Vegas shooting, it sounds as if a fully auto weapons, or something which has been modified to fire extremely quickly... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Another Person's Reasons for Voting Green

  I am posting this, which is the opinion of another Green Voter.  I don't agree with everything this person says, but the reasoning is pretty much what I was... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Don't Get the Russian Interference Accusation.

  

  OK, didn't Clinton supporters tell us that there was no issue in regard to her e-mails? Yet it seems that any Russian interference relates to her and others... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Respecting The Flag and Service

  The Flag of the United States is a symbol of the United States.  There is an unofficial flag code that says you should stand for the flag as it passes by.  Ther... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Good Resources on the Electoral College and How It Distorts the Vote.

  

  The first one is this report from the Pew Charitable trust on how the Electoral College distorts the vote. The second is this map at 270towin.com which... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Misogynists for Jill Stein

  

  That sounds pretty dumb doesn't it, but that is sort of what happened if you listen to the Clinton supporters.  They liked playing the woman card in both 2008... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• United States v. Cruikshank 92 U.S. 542 (1875), the "lost" Second Amendment Case

  The Second Amendment part is short, very short: The right to bear arms is not granted by the Constitution; neither is it in any manner dependent upon that... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What About the Parents?

  DACA is Deferred Action for CHILDHOOD Arrivals, which makes me wonder what about the parents? Seriously. First off, the parents of these kids are the ones... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Wasting Votes

  

  I find it odd that people who claim to be liberal and believe in democracy would demonise people who vote third parties.  Especially since that is pretty... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• So Long, and Thanks for All the Money.

  OK, I knew that one of the anti-DACA talking points was BS: that unlawfully present people do not pay taxes. They do using something called an Individual Tax... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More DACA Bullshit.

  As I said in my last post, I am not anti-Immigrant and I believe in free movement, but one needs to follow the rules. I don't give a shit where the unlawfully... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Don't Get DACA and Its Supporters.

  OK, lets start with the silly "people can't be illegal" argument. It's not the people who are "illegal"--it's their lack of proper immigration status (i.e. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The US is Neither a Republic nor a Democracy

  

  If free and fair elections on a secret ballot are one of the criteria for both systems. Likewise, five million votes separated Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Brexit v DACA

  EU citizens have a Fundamental RIGHT to free movement between member nations.[1] Prior to Brexit, a citizen of Holland could live in the UK or a Citizen of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Gun Control Irony

  

  It would be really ironic if instead of all the mass shootings the US has suffered (my condolences to the victims and their families of those), that the inciden... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What is the Difference Between a Republic and a Democracy? (Part II)

  

  Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians. — Che... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2017 DEBATE, SOCIETY