Anonymous poll

[toeskr]

Nothing will work for you if you don’t put effort into it.

There is very little effort expended for the politics of the progs. The media will take care of that.

 

[BrokenBarbie]

There is very little effort expended for the politics of the progs. The media will take care of that.

A combination of threatened violence, feigned guilt, and “free stuff” is not what I consider a political platform. It’s more of a tantrum.

 

[bellisarius]

Maybe it should be pointed out there that the US is NOT a democracy, it is a Federal Republic. So where "democracy" appears in the poll should be replace with "Republic." If you make that change then yeah, I'd vote that the Republic is in trouble.

 

[SpeareChucker]

Maybe it should be pointed out there that the US is NOT a democracy, it is a Federal Republic. So where "democracy" appears in the poll should be replace with "Republic." If you make that change then yeah, I'd vote that the Republic is in trouble.

I attempted to do that,
but I don't think it is going anywhere.

We are surrounded and besieged by the "educated."

 

[jaF0]

I'm fed up. I want it all to to end.

Me too:

http://assets.hulu.com/shows/key_art_life_after_people.jpg

We need to end for the world to survive. Strive for Population Zero.

If the Earth dies, you die.
If you die, the Earth survives.
-- Klaatu

 

[SpeareChucker]

xyz is anathema to our culture.




You really think so?
Give us your schools and two decades...


We'll git your miahnd riaght!

 

[toeskr]

A combination of threatened violence, feigned guilt, and “free stuff” is not what I consider a political platform. It’s more of a tantrum.

Agreed. But the actual violence at the beginning was labeled "peaceful protests", now that it has been exposed as not, blame Trump.

Tis funny when cherry picking. We want your help, jk, your help is inciting violence. Almost like it wasn't there from the beginning.

"Hey," look at this magical pallet of bricks that appeared. Thank you soros.

 

[rockcasbah]

Biden said that Trump is stroking violence.

Is that a kinky gay thing?

 

[oggbashan]

I feel sorry for US voters. You seem to have a choice between the bad and the worse, and I'm not saying which is which.

But you should see it as your duty to make a choice and vote even if you have to hold your nose as you vote.

In the UK, the next election might be more evenly balanced with a repaired Labour and a saddened Conservatives with the liberals irrelevant as usual.

The last one was mainly about Brexit and the attitude of the EU negotiators has made many glad we are leaving. If they had offered a minimal concession to David Cameron we would never have had Brexit. Now? They seem to want everything and give nothing, especially on fishing when EU waters have been overfished for years and now they are trying to eradicate fish form British waters too. Sustainability? Stock preservation? No. That would upset the French..

 

[silver gurl]

The States need to become United again. Not sure how to fix that.

 

[JohnnySavage]

How are people feeling about American politics and society right now?

In my never so humble opinion - most people don't care too much about either.

Politics... its like rooting for your favorite football team. You are either on team Trump or team Biden. Few actually know what either stands for; and fewer actually know what the extent of Presidential powers are. National politics simply aren't that important to most people.

Society... same thing. People jump on bandwagons to be part of a group. But the mess we see on tv, quiet frankly, doesn't affect most people. City problems. I'm rural, and the general opinion is that the police should just leave the cities and let the hooligans hooligan.

And I'm speaking from my world view. I'd feel different if I lived in a city. People living on top of each other tend to get testy. Life hasn't changed much in the past 50 years where I live. We socialize and gossip. We plant gardens and hunt and fish. We go to fund raisers for people who get sick and are outraged when Emma Jane's boy got caught stealing a candy bar from the Walmart.

 

[Conager]

The States need to become United again. Not sure how to fix that.

Nope. The blue States need to quit telling the red States how to live. We are supposed to be united in specific, enumerated ways and perfectly free to conduct our affairs independent of Washington.

 

[Adre]

Laughing at the guy who thinks his state is still red.


And a Trump supporter pontificating about objective moral standards. That’s rich.

Oh look who edited out all his hate speech.

 

[Conager]

We have a whole apparel line here, "Don't California my Arizona."

If it goes blue, it will be abandoned for some remaining enclave of freedom, or it will come to an end one way or another.

We have 80,000 ASU students being groomed to be asshole Democrats. We have people fleeing what the created in California. We have increasingly been hosting Chicagoans fleeing the violence they created there bringing gangs and drugs with them. We have East Coast assholes fleeing high taxes.

They all need to be persuaded, or they need persuasion. Much easier to address these problems locally than fight all of California's imported third-world fans of redistribution.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Nothing will work for you if you don’t put effort into it.

The welfare check deposited into Bobo's bank account each month shows the fallacy of the above statement.

 

[Rainblow]

Why are they called the United States if all they do is argue?

 

[Conager]

Why are they called the United States if all they do is argue?

Why is it called the European Union if Brussels cannot dictate every aspect of any citizen's life in any of sovereign States that voluntarily formed the compact known as the EU?

We are United primarily for common defense. Once it was discovered that Uncle Sam could manipulate currency, borrow money and deficit spend. . .suddenly Washington's got a lot of power.

How to spend four or five trillion dollars a year leads to a lot of squabbles.

 

[Ziggins]

The small d is fine. This is what happens every few decades. The big D, Democratic Party, will eat a big slice of humble pie or starve to death.

 

[Conager]

Actually, in America it is small "r" republicanism. Democracy is anathema to our traditions and our documents. Democrats are aptly named and are our oldest surviving political party. They have always been on the wrong side of freedom and liberty.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Actually, in America it is small "r" republicanism. Democracy is anathema to our traditions and our documents. Democrats are aptly named and are our oldest surviving political party. They have always been on the wrong side of freedom and liberty.

Your side has morphed from 'small "r" republicanism' to 'big "F" Fascism' in the past three years.

 

[Rainblow]

http://progressivecynic.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/pc_8e311199a00fb812d7ecc95b766b2986.jpg

http://memegenerator.net/img/instances/74169747/constitutional-republic-try-corporate-dictatorship.jpg

 

[silver gurl]

1) Is the United States a democracy?

Yes, the United States is a democracy, since we, the people, hold the ultimate political power. We’re not a “direct democracy,” but we are a “representative democracy.”

2) Is the United States a republic?

Yes. The United States is a republic because our elected representatives exercise political power.

3) So, which term should I use?

It’s really up to you. In practice, the word “republic” has the same meaning as the term “representative democracy.” And a representative democracy is a form of democracy in the same way that a Granny Smith apple is a form of apple

4)What type of government is the US, exactly?

To be very specific, the United States could be defined as a “federal constitutional representative democracy.” You might also call it a “federal constitutional republic.”

 

[butters]

1) Is the United States a democracy?

Yes, the United States is a democracy, since we, the people, hold the ultimate political power. We’re not a “direct democracy,” but we are a “representative democracy.”

2) Is the United States a republic?

Yes. The United States is a republic because our elected representatives exercise political power.

3) So, which term should I use?

It’s really up to you. In practice, the word “republic” has the same meaning as the term “representative democracy.” And a representative democracy is a form of democracy in the same way that a Granny Smith apple is a form of apple

4)What type of government is the US, exactly?

To be very specific, the United States could be defined as a “federal constitutional representative democracy.” You might also call it a “federal constitutional republic.”

they'll deny the word till blue in the face, like a child throwing a tantrum

even wiki can't convince them that words actually have set meanings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy

Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy or representative government, is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.[1] Nearly all modern Western-style democracies are types of representative democracies; for example, the United Kingdom is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy, France is a unitary semi-presidential republic, and the United States is a federal presidential republic.[2]

 

[stickygirl]

How are people feeling about American politics and society right now?

You should try and get some sleep hone

 

[jaF0]

Welk, perhaps a little entertaining.

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Anna one, anna two, anna ....