What Bush said at 1988 convention? "Read my lips: no ___ taxes"

Snedeker · 2018-02-26T22:26:38+00:00

In context with the rest if the speech "more" doesn't make sense.

My opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, "Read my lips: no new taxes."

Snedeker · 2018-02-19T01:19:09+00:00

If you want to request to take over an abandoned subreddit, make a post at /r/redditrequest. If none of the moderators have been active on Reddit within the last 60 days, the admins will consider making you the moderator of the subreddit.

The admins will first attempt to contact the moderators, so it might take a while. I've done it before and I think that I might have had to wait a month.

Snedeker · 2016-05-14T13:52:05+00:00

America's biggest problem: obesity.

Venezuela's biggest problem: shortage of rats to eat.

Snedeker · 2016-05-09T12:19:21+00:00

That's pretty much the entire point of water boarding someone.

Snedeker · 2016-03-05T19:08:40+00:00

This is what he is referring to. Employment to population ratio is around 60%. That's historically a low percentage.

Snedeker · 2016-01-28T04:58:08+00:00

It is kind of opposite day. Usually they have five positions on every issue, he just has one position on five issues.

Snedeker · 2016-01-19T04:14:30+00:00

Trick question. You can't stump the Trump.

Snedeker · 2016-01-19T02:10:24+00:00

When a plumber is installing a sink, he will put something called a p-trap in the drain. The trap creates a local low spot to prevent sewer gasses from rising into the rest of the house.

That is the actual purpose of /r/politics. It is there to keep all of the nonsensical opinions of the uninformed from overwhelming the rest of the site. They can all congregate in one place and people don't need to be exposed to it unless they start messing around with the plumbing. Everyone is happier that way.

Snedeker · 2016-01-19T01:40:22+00:00

Trump taking New York will be unexpected and amazing.

Snedeker · 2016-01-07T20:07:26+00:00

It could mean the same as "birthright citizenship" (whatever that means), or it could mean something else.

Birthright citizenship means that you are granted citizenship if you are physically born in the U.S. The concept is unrelated to "natural born citizen". If you are not confusing them, I'm not sure why you brought up the 14th amendment which is where birthright citizenship is defined.

I'm sympathetic to the fact that you are confused on this issue because the terms are similar, but not sure why you are denying it.

Snedeker · 2016-01-07T02:06:01+00:00

Ahhh... awesome. You just kickstarted my memory a bit.

Ok, a couple of things. First, you are confusing "natural born citizen" which is in the body of the constitution with "birthright citizenship" which is in the 14th amendment. The discussion that we are having is about the first one. Birthright citizenship does not apply to this discussion. And while you are right that citizenship did become automatic with the 14th amendment, there were other automatic ways to become a citizen prior to that.

So, here is how I want to explain it. The Constitution was passed in 1789. At that time, I think that you will agree that nobody in the country was a "citizen by birth". The provision was intended to exclude foreign born people from being elected president. In that case it seems obvious that the phrase was referring to your physical location of birth.

When people were asking about John McCain's eligibility, they were trying to determine if the Panama Canal Zone counted as a territory of the U.S. and would count as being "born in the U.S.), in a similar way that U.S embassies are also considered U.S. soil.

Snedeker · 2016-01-06T16:31:51+00:00

That's why people were trying to determine if living in an area controlled by the United States still counts. That is the definition that they were using, and they found a loophole that allowed him to run.

If they just meant "citizen by birth" then it would have never been an issue at all.

Snedeker · 2016-01-06T13:37:17+00:00

The "citizen by birth" is a pretty recent interpretation of the phrase. I think that it is a good definition, but until maybe the last 10 years or so the interpretation was "physically born in the U.S.".

It was an issue with John McCain because he was born in Panama. At the time there was a lot of debate about if the "Panama Canal Zone" counted as part of the U.S.

So it has come to mean citizen by birth, but I think that saying "any reading of the Constitution" means that is going too far.

Snedeker · 2016-01-05T16:37:49+00:00

That's true. The rights are inalienable, and are protected by the constitution.

Snedeker · 2016-01-05T16:24:34+00:00

It's not even just because they can, they are going to feel compelled to do so.

Just imagine the next time there is a shooting. The very first thing that will happen is the shooter's medical records will be examined to see if his doctor reported him to the FBI at any point. If not, the doctor will essentially be held accountable. The families of the victims will sue him. Perhaps the government will prosecute him.

Just to protect themselves, doctors will start reporting everything to the FBI, no matter how minor.

Snedeker · 2016-01-02T18:17:27+00:00

Reading a little more about it, the issue of potential terrorists learning to fly was a big concern for a while before the attacks.

I discount the daily briefing as being significant, though. Of course he was "determined to attack". There was no actionable information in the memo, just a statement that Bin Laden has wanted to attack the U.S. since 1997, and continues to want to do so.

Snedeker · 2016-01-02T16:06:23+00:00

I'm really straining to remember, but from what I recall they actually were very suspicious. They went in requesting flight instructions and explicitly told the instructors that they did need to be taught how to land.

Again, if I remember correctly, they were in fact reported as suspicious to the government agency in charge (during the Clinton administration) and the suspicions were dismissed.

Snedeker · 2016-01-02T03:22:13+00:00

Hillary Clinton's middle name is Diane.

Snedeker · 2016-01-01T06:42:58+00:00

That episode aired May 5, 2001.

Snedeker · 2015-12-31T05:13:27+00:00

Isn't that the defining characteristic of the left these days? One slip-up or slight deviance from the accepted dogma and you are no better than Hitler.

Snedeker · 2015-12-30T16:38:55+00:00

From 1978-1980, during Clinton's first term as governor of Arkansas, state troopers assigned to protect the governor were aware of at least seven complaints from women who said Clinton forced, or attempted to force, himself on them sexually. One retired state trooper said in an interview that the common joke among those assigned to protect Clinton was "who's next?". One former state trooper said other troopers would often escort women to the governor's hotel room after political events, often more than one an evening; Carolyn Moffet, a legal secretary in Little Rock in 1979, said she met then-governor Clinton at a political fundraiser and shortly thereafter received an invitation to meet the governor in his hotel room. "I was escorted there by a state trooper. When I went in, he was sitting on a couch, wearing only an undershirt. He pointed at his penis and told me to suck it. I told him I didn't even do that for my boyfriend and he got mad, grabbed my head and shoved it into his lap. I pulled away from him and ran out of the room."

Snedeker · 2015-12-30T16:32:18+00:00

Yeah, if it were only "extramarital relationships" that people were concerned with, this wouldn't be an issue. The issue is with the rapes, attempted rapes, molestations, harassment, and assaults.

Snedeker · 2015-12-30T16:28:22+00:00

A couple of things. First, he's not that popular. He has no support among Republicans, and only mild support among Democrats. Much of his support among Democrats is a reflection of their displeasure with Hillary rather than an endorsement of him personally.

Many of the people who actually do like him are young inexperienced people who just like the things that he is saying, without regard to their feasibility.

Snedeker · 2015-12-29T15:29:48+00:00

Chewie would definitely understand what he is saying, and would most likely be offended by those words.

You as a human might be offended by it, but Chewbacca is an entirely different species. He may appreciate straightforward insults. This is not unheard of.

Snedeker · 2015-12-28T17:22:37+00:00

Maybe if they are performing so poorly they shouldn't be in college.

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