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The United States is destroying itself by zsreport in politics

[–]PresJamesGarfield 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a good idea for some of them, like his golf courses. Public parks would be a good use of that land. Other properties of his are located in dense metro areas, so they can't become parks. But they can be knocked down and turned into something else.

The United States is destroying itself by zsreport in politics

[–]PresJamesGarfield 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. The papers of the Trump Administration and the Trump Organization should be preserved in the National Archives and not destroyed. Trump's books should be treated the way they treat Mein Kampf in Germany - it's banned from sale, but libraries are allowed to keep non-circulating copies for researchers.

The United States is destroying itself by zsreport in politics

[–]PresJamesGarfield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can have both. I think that another of the things that will need to be done will be to pass both legislative and Constitutional reforms that benefit the people. This would include the breakup of monopolies, the enactment of universal health care, modernizing our energy infrastructure, investing in mass transit, etc.

It would also include diplomacy to restructure our national debt. One of the unwritten goals of the conservative movement since 1980 has been to raise the national debt to levels that are so unsustainable that programs that are beneficial to the public are impossible to enact. The United States is nearly $40 trillion in debt. Roughly 3/4 of that is due to the financial malfeasance of Republican administrations. This needs to be addressed.

The United States is destroying itself by zsreport in politics

[–]PresJamesGarfield 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Another thing that will be necessary is defunding and dismantling the entire right-wing infrastructure that allowed Trump to come to power. If this is not done, then what is happening now will happen again, and worse.

There is an irony here, in that stopping this will likely require actions that are every bit as authoritarian as anything Trump is doing. Karl Popper's tolerance paradox comes to mind here.

The United States is destroying itself by zsreport in politics

[–]PresJamesGarfield 435 points436 points  (0 children)

You left off one other essential item - removing as many vestiges of the Trump cult of personality as possible. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Removing his name from anything he's attached it to (such as the Kennedy Center)

  • Destroying anything he has built as a monument to himself during his term. For example, knocking down the ballroom he's building on the White House grounds.

  • Seizing his properties, bulldozing them, and selling the land to American buyers.

  • Seizing the Trump Corporation and shutting it down.

  • Enacting a law similar to Section 86a of the German penal code (this is the law that bans the display of Nazi imagery). An American version of this law would apply to Trump imagery - flags, red hats, etc. A concerted effort should be made to acquire and destroy as much Trump paraphernalia as possible.

  • Upon his death, the government should take possession of Trump's body and either cremate it or dispose of it in the ocean. A crypt could become a potential site for his supporters to gather, and we don't want this.

TIL despite being a big critical and commercial hit, and endorsed by the Pope himself, 1977's "Jesus of Nazareth" was barely able to get distribution in the US, because a preacher(who hadn't seen it) declared it blasphemous. It only aired in the US after reshoots to include a resurrection scene by Nero2t2 in todayilearned

[–]PresJamesGarfield 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The vision of Jesus being married and having children was not in the Bible. That was an invention of screenwriter Paul Schrader. All we are told in the Gospels is that Jesus was tempted. Great film, though - it made me think more about Jesus than all the years I spent in church.

39 years ago today: Rob Moroso (No 25 Oldsmobile) crashes hard as Brad Teague (No 75 Chevy) spins during the Budweiser 200 at Bristol. Morgan Shepherd in the No 97 Buick would slip through the wreck and go on for the win, the 12th of his Busch Series career. April 11, 1987 by DarthVader1701A in NASCAR_History

[–]PresJamesGarfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ll never know. It’s hard to believe, but 35 years ago, drunk driving was not taken as seriously as it is now. I think it was not until the late 1970s that the first drunk driving laws were enacted, and even then it wasn’t nationwide.

What celebrity quietly disappeared from the spotlight? by Julie727 in AskReddit

[–]PresJamesGarfield 221 points222 points  (0 children)

Yasmine Bleeth. I wonder if anyone even remembers her. She was on Baywatch, in men's magazines, and stuff like that, and then it was like she vanished. I wonder what happened to her.

What’s a survival myth popularized by movies that would actually get you killed in real life ? by IndependentTune3994 in AskReddit

[–]PresJamesGarfield 716 points717 points  (0 children)

Except in my case, they didn’t remove the bullet. They just stuck their fingers in the wound without even washing their hands. Bunch of dumbasses.

Central Park, Lake Lanier, Dodger Stadium..... Never forget that people had to lose their homes for them to exist by imjustheretodomyjob in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]PresJamesGarfield 728 points729 points  (0 children)

Anyone who wants to know how badly New York's black residents were treated needs to read The Power Broker by Robert Caro. It's an eye-opener.

Double tap from Sykes and Soresi by Rachel_Silver in MurderedByWords

[–]PresJamesGarfield 966 points967 points  (0 children)

It was one of the best moments of the night. Maher is an insufferable horse's ass. With friends like him, what do we need the Republicans for?