US Government is Closed!
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I can name and place them all. I can probably also name more states and their capitals and place them on a map than most Americans. Probably name more presidents too.
America is too class oriented a culture for that to happen. There is an interesting book called "The Civil Aspects of the US Civil War" that devotes a chapter to the subject. It was crucial for the ante bellum southern aristocracy to maintain a two-class society beneath them in order to assert their social leadership. Beneath them was what were called the poor whites. However in order for the poor whites to maintain their place, there had to be a sub-strata for them to look down on. That was blacks. The system didn't end with the defeat in the Civil War. It became more important because the old aristocracy had been defeated. The old leadership needed something to buttress its position and the old pecking order worked naturally. It was a conscious, deliberately maintained and managed multi-class system. The old landed aristocracy has since been replaced by successive cultural changes, but the system still exists.
Actually bud, you are an American on a Canadian site, that makes you pretty much entirely irrelevant, but have a nice f*cking day anyhow!
Pitty you prefer to defend extremism just because of my passport, you seemed to be much smarter and more objective than that.
Give me one incident where Obama "negotiated" anything. He hasn't. It's his way or the highway. The problem with Obama Care is that its supposed to cover those who do not have health care. It doesn't and that's one of the problems. In fact, if/when it goes through there will be more people without healthcare than ever before because of the way the Dems want it implemented. Most of the legislative people haven't even read the 2000 plus pages of the health act so they don't even know what it contains!! And, having the IRS manage healthcare??? How absurd is that?? Scarey, fer sure.
So a bit of the government is closed - not all - and it looks like it might be a good thing in the end - saves some "sheckles".
Has anyone noticed that people being interviewed on TV have not noticed any difference in their day to day lives? I was actually quite surprised considering the coverage on pro Obama TV. Guess "The View" et al don't have large audiences lol!
The only ones affected seem to be tourists because they've closed down some touristy sites, some unnecessarily I might add. I suppose that is on purpose....
JMHO
So a bit of the government is closed - not all - and it looks like it might be a good thing in the end - saves some "sheckles".
Has anyone noticed that people being interviewed on TV have not noticed any difference in their day to day lives? I was actually quite surprised considering the coverage on pro Obama TV. Guess "The View" et al don't have large audiences lol!
The only ones affected seem to be tourists because they've closed down some touristy sites, some unnecessarily I might add. I suppose that is on purpose....
JMHO
He's almost as bad as Harper that way, would you say?
And how should he be, with an opposition so unprofessional they have defiantly stated they will hurt anybody and obstruct anything because they resent Obama so fiercely?
Yep, makes me ashamed.
We had to know the provinces and their capital cities in grade 2, and be able to name them and map them. Our grade 2 teacher was a bit of a drill sergeant, which is why I can still do it
Not much of a whole hell of a lot else, but, by Jesus, Provinces and Capitals, yep.
They had that question on a CANADIAN QUIZ SHOW not too long ago, and no one could do it.
Now grade 3; that's a whole nother story............long division...........I dropped out.................:-(
Too funny, lol. the days of American apartheid as you call are long behind us.
Boner, Boner, you dolt. But, not a bad person.
How did they test for one drop of black blood. ???
I mean I can see two drops.............but, ONE !!!
no way.
How did they test for one drop of black blood. ???
I mean I can see two drops.............but, ONE !!!
no way.
I think it's fair to say that applies to the Republicans too. Both parties are playing Russian roulette if you ask me. There's no tellling who will ultimately take the fall, politically, for this. Right now the Republicans are incurring the wrath of most, but that could change.
Could you possibly mean. . .
The South politician preaches to the poor white man
"You've got more than the blacks, don't complain
You're better than them
You were born with white skin" they explain
And the Negro's name
Is used, it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But he ain't to blame
He's only a pawn in their game
--Bob Dylan
I didn't say it was fair or accurate. Racism never is.
The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 codified what is commonly known as the "one drop of black blood" rule. It also specified how "pure white" ancestry was to be established.
Here's the act, not that I expect you to understand it.
Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924
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Pitty you prefer to defend extremism just because of my passport, you seemed to be much smarter and more objective than that.
It has nothing to do with his passport. That is just the narrow Yank position attempting to deflect. It is the US national character. They spend their lifetimes broadcasting their version of "America" to the world, then become upset when we recognize the message and ignore the spin.
Its important to see what Obama -care 'really is ' You still have to 'purchase insurance' the difference is there is an 'insurance pool' that can't be 'denied coverage'
Its not Canada's Medicare or the NHS.
And no one on the Dem side is wiling to see problems - issues - Any program of that size has a negative impact in areas not considered.