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POTUS 45.7 - Has the left reached the acceptance stage yet?

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China is now going to kick our *** on clean energy initiatives, but tDon is going to save virtually no jobs in the coal industry. I'm sure mookie has a cute platitude to avoid that reality as well.
 
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Slap Shot said:
China is now going to kick our *** on clean energy initiatives, but tDon is going to save virtually no jobs in the coal industry. I'm sure mookie has a cute platitude to avoid that reality as well.
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50k jobs in coal, 500k in clean energy. Too bad the GOP is innumerate.
 
alfablue said:
There was an article on Morning Edition this morning- pointing out how very rural areas of the country will be the most hurt by don's plans.

They are ok with it.

When it comes down to protecting the borders vs clean water- they would rather protect the borders.

So they will die 5 years earlier, but at least a threat that isn't actually a threat to them directly, will be "faced".
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They just posted the article a little while ago:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/30/52177...embrace-the-sacrifices-that-come-with-support
"If you ask me would I rather see the money go for our water plant, or to possibly try to control our borders and the security of our nation, the security of our nation is more important to me,"
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In simpler terms: "If choosing between clean water and brown people or brown water and white people, pass the Brita filter."
 
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Handyman said:
So much for walking away...he is so bitter about Health Care he is declaring Civil War :D
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The thing with conventional wars is that both sides can usually agree that mutually-assured destruction is bad or that there is a point at which you will need to surrender if you are losing. These are two sides that don't give a **** about surviving, would cut off their own arm if it meant they won, and don't care about collateral damage.

It's going to be great if he follows through with it.
 
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Slap Shot said:
China is now going to kick our *** on clean energy initiatives, but tDon is going to save virtually no jobs in the coal industry. I'm sure mookie has a cute platitude to avoid that reality as well.
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I've been posting about this for years now. It's stupid that we're giving up a global leadership and trillions of dollars in technology because of some f_ckwits in West Virginia are too GD stupid.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I've been posting about this for years now. It's stupid that we're giving up a global leadership and trillions of dollars in technology because of some f_ckwits in West Virginia are too GD stupid.
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It's not that, it's the stupid "Manly Man" cultural image of the GOP, where you need to drive a Chevy and drop out of school in the seventh grade to be a Real 'Murican.

Part of their blind hatred of anything "sophisticated" is their opposition to environmentalism. Obviously that's fed by the corporate paymasters of the party, but it fits perfectly with the Celebration of Lunkheadedness that is the right's brand now.
 
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Kepler said:
It's not that, it's the stupid "Manly Man" cultural image of the GOP, where you need to drive a Chevy and drop out of school in the seventh grade to be a Real 'Murican.

Part of their blind hatred of anything "sophisticated" is their opposition to environmentalism. Obviously that's fed by the corporate paymasters of the party, but it fits perfectly with the Celebration of Lunkheadedness that is the right's brand now.
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Isn't that just a sophisticated way of saying they're stupid? :D
 
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Slap Shot said:
China is now going to kick our *** on clean energy initiatives, but tDon is going to save virtually no jobs in the coal industry. I'm sure mookie has a cute platitude to avoid that reality as well.
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You realize about 40% of what he posts on this board is a bit, right? Even more than that in the political threads. It's fun once you just go with it.
 
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Kepler said:
The great irony is the "administrative state" which Bannon has vowed to destroy was created to give the least powerful some leverage against the wealthy. Liberals have the education, income and skills -- we will be fine. When the conservatives destroy the EPA we'll move to nice places, when they destroy education we'll send our kids to private school, when they destroy the FDA and OSHA we'll do our own research on the products and employers which adhere to health and safety standards.

The people who voted for Trump are the people who need the administrative state. They voted to slice their own throats. Let it be. We should stick to protecting people who want to be protected. That is a big enough job by itself and it wastes resources to try to help the drowning man who is actively trying to drown you too.
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Can you try to sound a little more elitist, please?
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I've been posting about this for years now. It's stupid that we're giving up a global leadership and trillions of dollars in technology because of some f_ckwits in West Virginia are too GD stupid.
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It's too bad there wasn't a candidate who offered increases in economic redevelopment and job training. Of course, that would mean having to adapt to a new reality, though being given a lot of help along the way. Rather, they literally want the same jobs they had 30 years ago. These being the same people who whine about inner-city people being too lazy to take some initiative to improve their lives.
 
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French Rage said:
It's too bad there wasn't a candidate who offered increases in economic redevelopment and job training. Of course, that would mean having to adapt to a new reality, though being given a lot of help along the way. Rather, they literally want the same jobs they had 30 years ago. These being the same people who whine about inner-city people being too lazy to take some initiative to improve their lives.
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At the same time, companies that have to deal with tech have to import people to do the jobs, because people don't want to be re-trained.

Where I work, there are a TON of people from Asia- China, Japan, Indonesia, India etc- because US citizens apparently don't want to be engineers. And NPR has had more than one article saying the exact same thing for other tech companies.

There's a HUGE shortage of STEM jobs, which are highly skilled and very well paid, but for some reason people want their kids digging coal out of the ground??? I just don't get it.
 
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Tiggsy said:
Can you try to sound a little more elitist, please?
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A factual statement is not elitist. For decades we've been harangued to tell people the truth and not patronize them by hedging or lying so as not to hurt their little feewies. The truth is lower income whites are voting for their own economic misery. Either put on the big girl panties and change the behavior, or stop whining.
 
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aparch said:
They just posted the article a little while ago:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/30/52177...embrace-the-sacrifices-that-come-with-support

In simpler terms: "If choosing between clean water and brown people or brown water and white people, pass the Brita filter."
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I heard this story this morning and thought this was interesting: It says they received about $2.7 million in federal grants for a treatment plant to serve about 500 homes and businesses. What if these idiots hadn't been saved by the Federal government!? (Would serve them right!) But what then?? The article relies on the assessment provided by Larry Sigler, wastewater treatment plant worker and, I guess, NPR expert in municipal financing:

"Oh, it would have been inconceivable. We couldn't have done it. People couldn't afford for us to do it," says Larry Sigler, who works at the plant.
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Only Larry isn't an expert at all, is he. He's a plant worker. $2.7 million on a municipal bond for 500 homes and businesses would amount to about $20/month per each. (That's assuming you charge homes and businesses equally, which you're probably not going to.) A bite in a tight budget? Sure. Inconceivable? Hardly.
 
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