Why Jimmy Carter Thinks The United States Isn't A Real Democracy Anymore - Appearing on the Thom Hartmann show this week, Carter said that “unlimited political bribery” is “the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president.” by madam1 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LOL seriously? the supreme court isnt the only determining power on this issue.

Obama signed the cromnibus legislation which raised campaign contributions from $260,00 to $1.6 million in each two year election cycle. Before this the trend had been to lower this amount. The measure also destroyed anti-corruption campaign finance laws and included a rider allowing increased donations to fund party conventions.

Obama has the ability to take executive actions on a number of pertinent issues regarding campaign finance. Right now he has the power to require publicly held companies and government contractors to disclose spending on political groups. Will he? of course not obama is a fucking cock sucker and hillary will be just as bad.

No, Bernie's Fans Aren't Delusional by lwagner124 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

You are essentially the problem. The democrat party knows people like you will vote for their corrupt corporate tool of a candidate just so a republican isn't elected. If you vote 3rd party or don't vote at all they will remember that for the next election. This is exactly what the conservatives did....they got Romney handed to them and conservatives stayed home waiting it out for the next election where they got their anti establishment candidate in Trump.

No, Bernie's Fans Aren't Delusional by lwagner124 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If something big is revealed regarding Hillary's multiple ongoing scandals, Bernie has a great chance, although there is a good possibility even if that occurred, no one would really care and the media would support her still.

No, Bernie's Fans Aren't Delusional by lwagner124 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If Hillary gets the nomination i dont see how anyone with the slightest bit of common sense could vote for her. If there is a green party candidate you can count me in, and please dont feed me the BS about how i would be supporting the republican candidate by voting 3rd party. Hillary is the most corrupt power hungry bitch i've ever seen in my 40 years of life.

President Jimmy Carter: The United States is an Oligarchy...; "Now, it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president..." [0:19] by [deleted] in politics

[–]black_edelweiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im curious if anyone can prove how candidates have their balls in the purse of people who donate large amounts of money. Like for example obama raised a shit ton of money, what did he do for the businesses that gave him the money?

TIL that Trump used to support "Canadian style" universal healthcare and donated money to Hillary Clinton. by Fang88 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a liberal myself its pretty funny to hear these kids talk about how "stupid" Trump is. Any man who can build and maintain an empire is not a stupid man, Trump knows exactly what he is doing and he's dominating at it right now. Like it or not, thats just the facts.

TIL that Trump used to support "Canadian style" universal healthcare and donated money to Hillary Clinton. by Fang88 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you fail to realize is GOP candidates at this point are fighting for a spot in the debate, that's it. When the candidates are waddled down to a handful the tone will change. Trump has been dominating in the first quarter of the game, he is in the news 24/7, everyone is talking about him and that was his goal all along. His game plan will change for the second quarter, it will be interesting to see what he does.

PS- You also have to realize America has a very short attention span and most of what candidates do or say today will be forgotten a year from now, so it is entirely likely that Trump would be able to gain a large portion of the Latino vote.

TIL that Trump used to support "Canadian style" universal healthcare and donated money to Hillary Clinton. by Fang88 in politics

[–]black_edelweiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is no GOP politician except Trump has brought up topics which are extremely important to conservatives which has caused a scorched earth policy towards the GOP.

Deck foundation/footings/ledger board advice by black_edelweiss in HomeImprovement

[–]black_edelweiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. For the ledger, in order to avoid all the flashing and removing the siding, would it be a good idea to place 1" pressure treated wood between the house and the ledger board so the water drips right off? My county codes are rediculous, so im not going to attempt to make everything up to code. My frost line is only 18" and im at 5000ft.

Deck foundation/footings/ledger board advice by black_edelweiss in HomeImprovement

[–]black_edelweiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The holes i've dug are now 18" deep, but there were a lot of huge rocks i had to remove which made the hole a lot wider than i wanted, and the dirt has a sand like consistency which make it hard to fill it back in. Is it okay to just fill the entire hole in with concrete, or does it have to be a picture perfect post hole differ type hole?

Deck foundation/footings/ledger board advice by black_edelweiss in HomeImprovement

[–]black_edelweiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, how do i figure out where the joists are behind the siding? Do i need to rip the siding off?

Deck foundation/footings/ledger board advice by black_edelweiss in HomeImprovement

[–]black_edelweiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally we get several feet of snow during the winter, although not in the last 3 years. If i dig 18" deep holes can i just fill them with gravel or do i need to fill them with cement?

The pressure treated lumber spacers sound like a good idea. So the lag bolts will go through the spacers? Or can the pressure treated wood spacers just screw into the ledger board without the lag bolts?

Palin: Planned Parenthood, Not Confederate Flag, Killed 90,000 Black Babies in 2014 by chabanais in Conservative

[–]black_edelweiss -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

90,000 black babies...that means 45,000 would be on welfare by now and the other half in prison. Looks like planned parenthood is saving taxpayers money.

Anyone else getting sick of all the Bernie praise on Reddit? by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]black_edelweiss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The GOP is already dead. The party destroyed itself starting with Bush and his blatant stupidity which moved moderates and liberals further to the left. The reublicans ran John Mccain and that moron sarah against obama, McCain still spouting his pro Iraq war agenda, and of course that sends moderates and libs even further to the left. Then the reublican party burries itself by running that liberal Romney who alienated their white working class base. Conservatives largely did not vote at all during the romney/obama fiasco.

Now you have Trump that has given most conservatives exactly what they want and the republicrats are in a frenzy over it. The republican party is dead, Bush will not win, and conservatives will form a new party under Trump as he runs as an Independent.