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Posted: Dec 27, 2022 - 12:53pm

 westslope wrote:


"We're in a war. We're at war with Mother Nature."
— NY Gov. Kathy Hochul

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Going to war (sic) with Mother Nature is a really bad idea.  That silly rhetoric indicates that Gov. Hochul is either 'losing' or simply attempting to distract future voters for pure partisan gain.  Whatever happened to enlightened leadership?   

Next.   Americans demonize Mother Nature?    



Americans believe in what they read, I guess. Even if this one is from Fox, the quote made it across to other media as well... so, we never know what's next. Americans love War, at least per the media.

If not, they shouldn't begin a war on the media, who have long lost their original democratic role by being bought, just like the rest of government; if any part of government has been left as "intouchable", i.e. not to be bribed at all.

The world's best "democracy" that can be bought. - What's the difference to a global oligarchy?

THEN, what next?

The worlwide belief in our western democracy-labelled systems seems dwindling, and only to be kept afloat with a further pandemic, much more lethal than the one before. - Help us, dear God!


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Posted: Dec 27, 2022 - 10:05am

 thisbody wrote:

From the pacifist peace nation that brought us the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, and the War on Poverty (and a few more honorable mentions like the War on Illiteracy), now comes: War on Mother Nature.

It used to be that you declared war on countries. Confusing times, I tell you.



"We're in a war. We're at war with Mother Nature."
— NY Gov. Kathy Hochul

————————————

Going to war (sic) with Mother Nature is a really bad idea.  That silly rhetoric indicates that Gov. Hochul is either 'losing' or simply attempting to distract future voters for pure partisan gain.  Whatever happened to enlightened leadership?   

Next.   Americans demonize Mother Nature?    


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Posted: Dec 27, 2022 - 7:24am

From the pacifist peace nation that brought us the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, and the War on Poverty (and a few more honorable mentions like the War on Illiteracy), now comes: War on Mother Nature.

It used to be that you declared war on countries. Confusing times, I tell you.
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Posted: Dec 21, 2022 - 1:04pm

Warren, Jacobs Accuse Pentagon of Vastly Undercounting Civilians Killed by US Military
"Every time Congress is briefed about an instance of civilian harm, we are almost always told that the service member followed the proper protocol and processes," Jacobs told Politico earlier this month. "So I think it's clear that it's an institutional not an individual problem."

While it is notoriously difficult to track how many civilians have been killed by a military that, in the words of Gen. Tommy Franks, doesn't "do body counts," researchers at the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs estimate that combatants on all sides of the U.S.-led War on Terror have killed as many as 387,000 civilians as of late last year.

Airwars, meanwhile, said last September that U.S. airstrikes alone have killed as many as 48,000 civilians in nearly 100,000 bombings in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen since 2001.

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Posted: Dec 16, 2022 - 8:31am

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Yes, would love to see two years of 'service to community' —> I honestly think young people would be on side for that.



A: what are you doing here? 

B: AmeriCorps/ VISTA, etc. are for just this sort of thing.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2022 - 6:06am

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Yes, would love to see two years of 'service to community' —> I honestly think young people would be on side for that.


I see the signs on the highway "this stretch is maintained by XX's money" and think, "no, someone needs to get off their ass and come out here and pick up."

Instead of incarcerating nonviolent criminals, make them clean up a block for a few months, or work in a food bank, or work at a library.
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Posted: Dec 16, 2022 - 3:03am

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OTOH, all Americans should be mandated to spend one or two years in military service or the equivalent.

For a large number of conscripts, military training would be cruel and unusual punishment.   Health....

Might want to include a social service option.  Or a play video games option.

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Posted: Dec 15, 2022 - 12:50pm

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Yeah but what about my bone spurs?

Ivy League educated... critical thinking about international issues won't be a problem when you need money and can't get it from US banks.  NEXT....

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Posted: Dec 15, 2022 - 12:46pm

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Yep, people need to have skin in the game.   Makes them pay closer attention to the world and the so called big picture.

Their decisions might be a little bit more enlightened as a result. Or not, as our education system is a shambles and not conducive to making critical thinkers.



Yeah but what about my bone spurs?
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Posted: Dec 15, 2022 - 5:40am

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OTOH, all Americans should be mandated to spend one or two years in military service or the equivalent.
 
Yep, people need to have skin in the game.   Makes them pay closer attention to the world and the so called big picture.

Their decisions might be a little bit more enlightened as a result. Or not, as our education system is a shambles and not conducive to making critical thinkers.

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Posted: Dec 14, 2022 - 10:45am

The Empire is going down: 

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Posted: Dec 11, 2022 - 6:28pm

 Red_Dragon wrote:


I've long thought that Heinlein's idea that two years of national service be required for full citizenship to be something considered, but have always eschewed the military side of it.


Yes, would love to see two years of 'service to community' —> I honestly think young people would be on side for that.

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Posted: Dec 11, 2022 - 6:21pm

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OTOH, all Americans should be mandated to spend one or two years in military service or the equivalent.

Freedumb!

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Posted: Dec 11, 2022 - 6:12pm

 Steely_D wrote:


OTOH, all Americans should be mandated to spend one or two years in military service or the equivalent.


I've long thought that Heinlein's idea that two years of national service be required for full citizenship to be something considered, but have always eschewed the military side of it.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2022 - 6:07pm

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OTOH, all Americans should be mandated to spend one or two years in military service or the equivalent.
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