Mike Nifong, Democrat, violated the right of defendants to a fair Trial, so where is the Democrat's outrage?
Where is the media's coverage that Mike Nifong is (or was-I think he is done!) a Democrat? Let a Republican do something half as bad as this Democrat did and the MSM (Main Stream Media) would have been all over the fact that he was a Republican. Boy, they were lapping up his Rape charges of the Duke lacrosse team members. They publicized every accusation as if it was fact proven beyond a doubt. But they sure have been quiet about the fact that the scumbag was a protect your rights Democrat! I have to wonder whether he would have prosecuted a black rapist with anywhere near the vigor, much less the illegal tactics. But, Democrats use their heart instead of the heads and EVERYONE knows that privileged white students are ALWAYS the villians and poor black prostitutes are ALWAYS the victims. What he did was 100 times worse than what Scooter Libby was convicted of doing, but what kind of sentence do reckon he will get?
Are there any intelligent and/or highly educated people who support Donald Trump?
I know plenty of well educated “decent" people who support Donald Trump.Among them are several Ivy League grads, multiple MBAs, and Ph.Ds, college professors, multiple lawyers, including one who has argued (and won) a case before the Supreme Court, multiple M.D.s, several social workers, and many, many others. I can add small business owners, retired command grade military officers, corporate officers and a few rocket scientists- we are in Houston, the home of NASA.Most of these folks are generous supporters of various community projects to help the poor. Some, like myself are active in service organizations like Rotary (of which I am a member) that has nearly eradicated polio after raising and spending over $500,000,000 with the help of a matching grant from the Gates Foundation. Conservatives routinely give of their time to help others. In fact, it is a well established statistical fact conservatives give substantially more to charities than liberals. Liberals, on average give less than half of what conservatives give to charities. Liberals are only generous with government money.Margaret Thatcher wisely noted this when she observed “ The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.”Most of the generous people of whom I speak are members of my parish church, in long term committed marriages, with successful, stable lives, who care about others and who live decent, productive lives.I would guess that 80-90% of my parishioners voted for Donald Trump.I spent 15 years in the corporate world as a banker, I went to seminary and was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in North America, where I first served as a church planter, and now as rector of a parish .I have been married to the same wonderful woman for four decades,. Together, we have raised two daughters.I hold an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston, two earned masters degrees ( Master of Arts in Religion; Master of Divinity). Related to my previous career, I am a graduate of the National School of Commercial Lending at the University of Oklahoma, and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at S.M.U. ( MBA in Bank Management).In 2008 I was awarded a Doctor of Divinity Degree ( Honorary).Most of the people I know personally voted for Donald Trump. So maybe you need to expand your circle of friends.Of course, I live in Texas, in flyover country. We are “deplorables”. You know, “ bitter people who cling to guns and religion.”
What is your opinion of the Southern Poverty Law Center and their hate group list?
Conservatives, how many jobs should Americans expect us to create next year?
1. Conservatives believe in trickle-down economics to create private sector jobs. 2. The Reagan Administration proved that trickle-down does not create private sector jobs. 3. Conservatives don't care because Reagan is their deity. 4. Trickle-down leads to the bourgeoisie pocketing the money they save. 5. The Conservatives will not create private sector jobs. 1. The Conservatives believe in reducing the size of government in welfare. 2. They will expand government in defense and domestic monitoring. 3. Spending, therefore, will continue. 4. The tax cuts will add to the deficit. 5. The Conservatives will not reduce, but instead grow, the deficit. This is how you fix it all: 1. Cut the Department of Defense from $700 billion/year to $120 billion/year. This generates nearly $6 trillion in ten years against the deficit, AND keeps us as the #1 military spender in the world. 2. Invest in the Department of Education. This trains the youth to succeed in life and will therefore benefit the economy, growing GDP, and therefore growing taxable income, which is used to reduce the deficit. 3. Let the tax cuts expire for everyone. We can't cut the government's income when it is in debt so heavily. Taxes aren't fun, but when our deficit is about to exceed GDP, they are necessary. 4. Allow for government competition in the market. This boosts competition overall, leading to the supposed magical powers of Capitalism to advance the nations out of its recession. Furthermore, it allows for greater job creation, as public sector jobs are much easier to create than private sector jobs (coax someone to make jobs vs. make jobs yourself). 5. Refine and cut Welfare. There are abusers of the system. They need to be dropped. By focusing on jobs, unemployment goes down, and, therefore, the necessary of unemployment benefits goes down. Therefore, you can cut the largest government budget sections. I did the math, and, with these steps (and a few more controversial ones), along with an overall spending freeze, the $13 trillion deficit would be eliminated in 10 years' time AND we would, for the first time in history, have a legitimate surplus of $3 - $5 trillion! We can't just cut based on partisanship, after all.
Why is the media excoriating Donald Trump for his hard-line on illegal immigrants? Aren't the illegals the ones who broke the law, and not Donald Trump?
At the risk of plugging my blog, I wrote about this subject yesterday: Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper Yes it's true that "illegals" broke the law, but there isn't a one-size-fits-all policy that should apply. What about the kids who were brought here as infants and have lived here all their lives? What about the woman who came here to escape forcible female genital mutilation in her country? What about ... I could go on. My point is that there are many reasons people come here illegally, including a broken system that favors certain immigrants (and certain countries) over others. I'm not defending it. I'm just saying it's a complicated issue, and one that should not be used for scoring cheap political points. Mr. Trump, whose companies at one time or other have undoubtedly hired undocumented workers, is taking a politically popular stance: the Republican base genuinely believes that "illegals" are the problem with just about everything. That isn't true, but for Mr. Trump, it's all about politics. I understand that. But what I don't understand is punishing innocent kids for the "sins" of their parents, or rounding up millions of people at a cost to American citizens of BILLIONS of dollars. So, I think there's a lot more to the story than just "taking a hard line." Mr. Trump's plan is not sensible at all: it's not economically feasible, and in many cases, it's not even ethical. Since the media, and some in his own party have questions about his plan, what is wrong with asking? I don't think the media are excoriating him so much as they are pointing out that he is offering a rhetorical solution (one that makes his conservative base happy), rather than a realistic solution that actually fixes our current broken system.