CNN Politics/Gloria Borger and Tom LoBianco, 3/17/16. "Conservatives pin hopes on convention fight to stop Donald Trump."
| "Make America Great!" That's what you want to hear. |
| My way, my vision, my control, my profit; or, you know... |
'If that unity ticket is unable to get 1,237 delegates prior to the convention, we recognize that it took Abraham Lincoln three ballots at the Republican convention in 1860 to become the party's nominee and if it is good enough for Lincoln, that process should be good enough for all the candidates without threats of riots,' Erickson wrote in a statement after conservatives gathered in Washington to discuss ways to thwart Trump's march to the nomination.
.... The group left the door open to potentially supporting a third party race if Republicans are unable to stop Trump. .... ... Deborah DeMoss Fonseca, likened the Trump phenomenon to a '1,000 year flood.""It
happens once every 1,000 years and you don't know how to handle it,"
she said. "So I think people have been experimenting with different
things to see what would work.' " Read More.
Related article update. The Daily Journal/Associated Press/Alicia A. Caldwell, 3/19/15. "Only Trump can decide to curb aggressive campaign language." ... ... "The only person who can stop Trump from egging on the brawling crowds is Trump himself. .... Through the end of January, his campaign reported paying about $170,000 for security, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes at least $55,000 to security firms and local police departments since Trump asked for Secret Service protection. The campaign doesn’t include the nearly $78,000 paid to Trump’s personal security chief, Keith Schiller. The majority of that money the campaign reports as “pre-paid payroll.”
Note graphics. Wrapped in flag photo-illustration by Bobby Doherty/photograph by Michele Asselin/Contour/Getty Images New York News and Politics/Frank Rich, 9/20/15, "The importance of Donald Trump." Finger from DC Gazette/Paris Swade, 7/17/15, "What Donald Trump just said about the Chattanooga terror attack ..."
Related article update. The Daily Journal/Associated Press/Alicia A. Caldwell, 3/19/15. "Only Trump can decide to curb aggressive campaign language." ... ... "The only person who can stop Trump from egging on the brawling crowds is Trump himself. .... Through the end of January, his campaign reported paying about $170,000 for security, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes at least $55,000 to security firms and local police departments since Trump asked for Secret Service protection. The campaign doesn’t include the nearly $78,000 paid to Trump’s personal security chief, Keith Schiller. The majority of that money the campaign reports as “pre-paid payroll.”
Note graphics. Wrapped in flag photo-illustration by Bobby Doherty/photograph by Michele Asselin/Contour/Getty Images New York News and Politics/Frank Rich, 9/20/15, "The importance of Donald Trump." Finger from DC Gazette/Paris Swade, 7/17/15, "What Donald Trump just said about the Chattanooga terror attack ..."
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112 comments:
Stop Trump? Why would we ever want to do that?
Trump is one of the greatest real estate minds the United States has ever seen.
He created more jobs in a year than Obama did in eight.
He's going to close our borders to nimby newbies, make trade with China fair and make our country great again.
Greatest real estate mind ever? Maybe.
Good president for these United States? I don't think so.
Who's vice president? Palin
I've got no problem with Trump. He tells it like it is and is going to build a wall that keeps us and our children safe. You ever see what percent of your taxes go towards fighting crime from Mexico?
Careful what you wish for cowboy. Are you fighting age?
If not, hope you have kids who are. We're gonna need them in the wars he starts.
Not 403, but look at how many wars Obama started in Office, 510
Look how many countries Obama with Billary as Secretary of State handed over to the Muslim Brotherhood in the last eight years.
Trump will stop Muslim Immigration to the US.
Trump will make us strong again.
Trump knows what to do to protect property rights.
I agree with a lot of what Trump says.
Don't think of him as a Republican.
Think of him as a Democrat that actually does what he says he will.
How many wars did Obama start while in office?
We probably bombed seven different countries under Obama that we're aware of.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Syria.
I think it's quite clear that Trump will be our next President. I'm hoping he'll shut down the border for good and make Pacifica and America like it was thirty years ago.
Trump is a TV game show host. He's a con man who makes funny money off other people's misfortune and stupidity. America is FULL of very stupid people which is why this joker is in the headlines. He's a clown, not my president, regardless of what party he claims to represent. You Trumpsters are just as stupid as the faux-enviros who believe "Our Environment is Our Economy".
6:37
He did a pretty good job keeping Iraq and Afghanistan going.
Then he didn't listen to the military leaders to leave troops in Iraq.
If you want to talk about the deficit.
Trump gas zero political experience, which means it's Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0.
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Trump sure knows his Bankruptcy Laws. Availed himself of them multiple times. As far as actually delivering results and doing what he says? Trump sure knows his Bankruptcy Laws.
Can' ttell if those five comments are all the same guy in ten minutes or what, but i'll pretend they aren't for now.
7:35 p.m. Obama was a senator for six months before he ran for President, and look how that turned out. Disaster.
7:36 p.m. If you think Clinton is getting the free media ride Obama got you're dreaming.
7:36 p.m. the 2nd Don't pretend Obama didn't push Chrysler and Chevy through bankruptcy. Bankruptcy exists to preserve jobs. Trump created more jobs than all the othercandidates combined this season.
I like Trump, he's smart, he's no bs and he'll be our next president.
I'm glad to see a majority of folks on this blog agree.
Always good to be surrounded by smart friends.
823 "Always good to be surrounded by smart friends." Uh huh. Put the mirror down. Ignore those voices in your head.
@7:26 "make Pacifica and America like it was thirty years ago"?
Pacifica is already like it was thirty years ago - the only difference is that Denny's has closed down and Ed Cordero's is now a 24 hour fitness. Other than that, not much different.
Q. "How many wars did Obama start while in office?"
A. "We probably bombed seven different countries under Obama that we're aware of."
That's not the same as starting a war.
Think how crazy all you Nimby Demoweasels would be going if Barack Hussein Obama had been treated the way Trump has.
If Dems had talked about a brokered convention to replace him after he won the majority of delegates in 2008.
If the last contender, whether Al Gore or John Edwards, had came out and Mitt Romney'd him?
You'd be apoplectic with accusations of racism and false global warming conspiracies.
Trump is winning. He's winning fair and square.
If Hillary is such a great candidate ,why are you all so worried?
Let Trump run. I think he will bring prosperity and growth to Pacifica.
10:11 A legal act of Congress is a less compelling line in the sand than dead children in the streets.
Demagoguery and idolatry are loose in the land. That's plenty to worry about. Trump is a plague.
@10:12 Barack Obama was a good candidate, an existing senator, who won fair and square. Trump is a loose canon carnival barker who has hijacked the Republican party - that's the difference. Not that Ayatollah Khotedcruz would be any better. But it is fun to watch the Republican party implode. Maybe Washington will even start working again when the dust settles?
Get your facts straight 10:12, Obama was a Senator for at least 2 years before running for president (not 6 months), and before that served in the State Senate for 6 years.
With the Country over $18 trillion in debt, with another $200 trillion plus in unfunded liabilities, I can't think of anyone better to be President than a bankruptcy expert.
Yes 704, that's a pretty impressive resume! No wonder you and he thought he should be President of the United States - the highest office in the land.
7:04, when did Obama announce his candidacy again?
Trump has exponentially more experience than Obama did when he took office.
Trump will protect property rights of all US born residents.
You Nimbies cried when 3.5 million was spent Swift boating John Kerry, but when 63 million is spent doing the same to Trump it's just fair play.
We'll remember.
150, 158 well I'm no NIMBY, but those of us with moderate views, and relatively sophisticated brains, easily recognize the extreme, unfair, unhinged commentary that is coming from your Presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Hopefully the Republican political organization will find a way to "swift boat" Donald Trump, whatever it cost them-- the "63 million" you've imagined sounds good.
Kathy, can we please have some specific examples (by way of quotes) of the "extreme, unfair, unhinged commentary" coming from Trump? Perhaps they seem that way because that's how you choose to interpret them. I could certainly take some of Obama's comments and make an excellent case for them to be interpreted as hate speech. We get it. You don't like Trump. You don't like any Republican. In fact, with respect to national politics, you don't like anyone to the right of Lenin.
^^^ 418 example, Donald Trump candidate follower: big bully, BS comment, no name.
The latest "hate" comment from Donald Trump was if he didn't get the nomination, there would be "riots in the streets". (Trump is savvy enough to know he is making an "incitement to riot" suggestion). A minor example of how that works was his comment to hit a protestor in the mouth.
Yeah, Trump is a real piece of work, and so was your idiotic personal attack.
BTW who is buried "to the right" of Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)? I don't know and don't care-- but, those may be dead people you seem to be obsessed with.
And, as for being a Republican in the current strange right-wing environment, that would be retro-- kind of like climbing into the predatory slime of prehumanity.
Trump is bad news for America. Forget the questionable behavior in his personal and business lives, forget the contrived headline-grabbing remarks of this campaign--this country could probably survive all that and just wipe off our shoes and move on. It's his staggering, sick ego that makes him vulnerable to manipulation by people who are truly evil and have agendas that will tear this country apart. Never Trump.
Oh puhleeze. Obama said much worse things, like
“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said in Philadelphia last night.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2008/06/obama-brings-a-gun-to-a-knife-fight-009692
Trump plays the role of hate-monger like he was born to it. I don't believe he was, but he's got a good act. Like any good demagogue he taps into people's fears and biases, names the scapegoats, and stokes the fires. Even if we accept that much of his appeal is simply that he's not PC, if he's elected do you think he'll drop the act? Do you think he'll be allowed to drop it? Those rabid Trump supporters aren't acting.
851 They'll pet and stroke him like a good luck charm. Here's a dead give away to how he sees himself and the presidency...he refers to previous presidents and their time in office as a "reign" as you would a monarch or a beauty queen. LMAO. You bother to listen and people will tell you what they really are.
857 That's all you got? Sit down.
857, President Obama used an old, known expression in a totally different context.
Donald Trump understands (through his business dealings, securities and legal understanding) what he (Trump) is doing through repeated suggestions of hatred, violence and scapegoating. And Trump's twisted rhetoric is a divisive pattern.
Trump's behavior is erratic. (Bernie Sanders may be correct in his view that Trump may even be a psychopath.
851 has stated important core issues and concerns about Donald Trump. Taking this further, Trump may not need to be influenced, he seems quite capable of advancing multiple forms of manipulated "evil" all on this own. As 851 says, "never Trump".
Trump. A grown man mooning over Princess Diana after she divorced Charles. Bombarding her with so many flower arrangements and stuff that it became a joke in the British press. A grown man obsessed with Megyn Kelly. Obsessed and enraged because she showed no interest in him. It's not her questions that bother him, it's her previous rejection of him he can't stand. He's unstable, narcissistic, massive ego, and clearly subscribes to the old "if you tell a lie often enough, it's accepted as the truth". Bernie Sanders says Trump may be a psychopath. Well, if he isn't, he'll do til one comes along.
As a business owner in this town frustrated by the nimby anti business council, Trump is a breath of fresh air. Lots of business experts think he'll be the best thing that ever happened to us.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/03/17/cnbcs_jim_cramer_say_what_you_want_about_trump_he_is_right_about_trade.html
No political experience means chaos. Arnold Schwarzenegger 2.0.
Kathy, 1:58's $63 million number was ABC's big story yesterday
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/63-million-counting-anti-trump-ads-airwaves/story?id=37752543
Take a little read on Herbert Hoover's presidency. It's a good predictor of what business man Trump would do to our economy not to mention his race baiting that would exacerbate the problem a hundred fold.
Trump is only Republican that likes Social Security and Medicare.
1034, then that's another reason to vote for Democrats.
750, thanks. Spend whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump, this candidate with Fascist, psychopathic inclinations. As 3/18, 851 says "Trump is bad news for America."
750, from your ABC news, 3/18/16 reference:
"Broadcast advertising dollars aimed at toppling GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has soared 900 percent since his first primary victory in New Hampshire - a total of more than $63 million -- according to an ABC News analysis of CMAG/Kantar Media data.
The total haul aimed at blocking the real estate mogul is now three times as much as what Trump has spent on his whole campaign and twice as much as the behemoth super PAC Right to Rise spent during its tenure supporting Jeb Bush."
Cynically aware of who he appeals to, Trump strategically embraces the Second Amendment and claims to revere the Constitution. Odd that he's not so happy with the First Amendment. You know, the one that protects freedom of the press. A free press is essential to democracy. First move by oppressive regimes is control of the press. Trump has already said he'd push for changing the laws that protect our free press. He doesn't like what the media writes and says about him and what they ask him. Should we fear an oppressive ideology with Trump? Nah, it's just his massive ego. Relax. Laugh at him. Not a chance he'll find friends as President who've been waiting for someone just like him to make a few changes to this country. Right?
Enjoy Trump taking Republican establishment apart;they are rotten to core,and screwed public for almost 8 yrs.He is only Republican that wants good jobs for American workers by direct action,not trickle down!
I'm a little surprised at you Kathy, name one good reason we should block a real estate mogul? And calling us stupid because I vote for Trump?
Trump supports property rights, he is against rent control, he is pro developing, and he is anti immigration.
Trump is the kind of candidate we need in office right here in Pacifica right now.
201, wow, answered your own question... "he (Donald Trump) is anti immigration", but that's just one negative character flaw.
104, think of all those "good" jobs available when our "immigrants" (without official papers) are all deported.
Remember Donald Trump pushed the birther campaign claiming President Obama (born in Hawaii) was not born in the USA.
But with a potential Trump presidency, given his current hate verbiage laced with positive comments, Trump law will likely be efficient followed by oops.
I think Trump's birther campaign against Obama claimed he was born in Kenya.
I don't support Donald Trump, but I won't denigrate those who do.
(For those who do support Trump, denigrate means "to put down".)
Chris 315, true, but Obama's birth certificate was certified from the State of Hawaii. And Donald Trump (through his staff research) knew that.
But "does truth really matter" when Donald Trump and others were having fun?
What was that all about anyhow? And would a sincere, fact based, rational person without twisted motive continue such mythology?
(Oh, but versions of such deceitful promotion could happen anywhere, even within a city very nearby).
PS: a news update has been added to the article. And, 318 your sentiments seem just about perfect!
C'mon Chris Porter, Trump never said Obama was born in Kenya.
You made that up, period.
803, Chris Porter is correct. Donald Trump said President Obama was born in Kenya. After all, Trump (or his staff) may have read that on a right-wing conspiracy website, didn't bother to reason the issue (or hand it to one of his attorneys to research). Rather, Trump chose to use the rumor for his own deceitful purpose, over and over.
The following is an article from Politifact/Robert Farley, 4.7/11, "Donald Trump says President Obama's grandmother caught on tape saying she witnessed his birth in Kenya."
.... "Trump, who is considering a run for president, said in a telephone interview on the program that he would not back off the issue, and that over the last few weeks he has only become more skeptical that Obama was born in the U.S. (His campaign released a Certification of Live Birth, which Hawaii officials say is an official birth certificate and sufficient to prove he was born in Honolulu. Trump and others have said that is not sufficient and that they still have doubts. We've gone over this ground repeatedly at PolitiFact.)
.... This is actually an old claim that has been bouncing around the Internet for years. But keeping up with the latest birther claims is often like playing Whac-A-Mole, and we never got around to this one. So here we go.
The claim is based on an Oct. 16, 2008, telephone call between Bishop Ron McRae of the Anabaptist Churches of North America and Sarah Obama of Kenya, Barack Obama's elderly step-grandmother. The interview is complicated by the addition of at least one translator, because Sarah Obama, then 86, spoke Swahili. ..."
803, YOU too could do a simple internet search-- or better, ask 318 for advisement.
Kathy, the birther thing was about obsession. Trump suffers from it. Just one of his pathologies.
803 Pray, tell us where you think Obama was born.
Trump can bring Sheriff Joe Arpaio for his VP.
Hahaha the Liberals are in a tizzy already. Mention Obama and Kenya and they go off their rails.
Still waiting for a plausible explanation for Obama's fake Connecticut Social Security Number. Still waiting... How can one person have so many problems with ID?Occam's Razor?
That's a non-starter, 8:20. The claim is false. Obama's social security number is not a Connecticut one. Obama's "problems" with ID are nonsense invented by birthers. Check it on Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/ssn.asp
820 another stupid (no substance), fake e-rumor, try google. Quick search Truth or Fiction. "Barack Obama’s Social Security Number Actually Belonged to a Man Named Jean Paul Ludwig-Fiction!"
Next...
Obama haters just make shit up. Like Trump, they're racists in birther clothing.
1001- When you have NOTHING, call them a "racist".
913- Google must work differently for you. Check your filters. Plenty of "truth" there.
9:05- Again, Occam's Razor. Glad you put all your eggs in the Snopes basket, i.e., unless you don't like all of your eggs scrambled.
Bias is a funny animal. Perhaps you can appreciate how foolish your claims about Trump sound to his audience. Probably not...
The cynics who invented and pushed that birther crap sure knew their audience. It's the people who no longer notice the eye-roll from others when they speak.
315, No fan, but Trump doesn't say Obama was born in Kenya.
That's not his style. He says Obama's grandmother says he was born in Kenya, and listening to that interview, she does say that, but she's over sixty at the time, who knows maybe her brain has gone to mush, happens to a lot of seniors.
1001, yep, "they make shit up", scientifically (?) proven to be correct on both sides of the argument, Occam's razor.
Hence 1222, that philosophical theorem probably also works with those "truth doesn't matter" assumptions.
And right, the "foolish" unbiased, correct information, fact-checking links are so anti-Trump, gosh!
143, Donald Trump promoted both the "born in Kenya" lie, and questioned the validity of Obama's official Hawaiian birth certificate. Trump publicly repeated those lies over and over; he supported this nonsense without qualification, he owns these comments-- either way, in effect "he said it".
Being y'all missed sleep over Trump the Billionaire and Obama the many times over Millionaire when he leaves office you pigeons missed Justin Bieber at Linda Mar Beach the other day.
3:47 I know. I'm heartbroken over it.
I want Trump to make America great again.
Like it was before Justin Bieber.
347 Feeling real lucky here.
The Beeb likes to keep it real for his fans. His manager offered him Hunter's Point, the Tenderloin and Pathetica State Beach for a photo op. We won!
It's simple logic:
Trump supporters hate Obama.
Most Obama-haters are racists.
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Most Trump supporters are racists.
If the premises are true, the conclusion must be true.
On the "birther crap": ll O had to do was show his real birth certificate, like every other candidate did and has done over the years, and he would have silenced all of his critics. No big deal, right? But he and most of you doth protest too much. Way too much! I have absolutely no doubt that you would be screaming bloody murder if any Republican tried that stunt. Just listen to yourselves.
Lots of white folks on here claiming everyone but themselves are racist.
As a Latino, Hillary & Bernie are as white as it gets to me.
623 seriously, Donald Trump's "birther crap" is "all Obama's fault"?
Well, here's the Long form Birth Certificate released 4/25/11. An easy Google search brings that up.
Remember Trump said something to the effect he sent researchers over to Hawaii, but there was an official electronic version of the birth certificate on line prior to 4/25/11.
BTW, aren't our Government Officials vetted, and wouldn't that include Representatives, Senators, all Divisions, including the Executive Branch, (The President is part of the Executive Branch). And since Republican officials have the same vetting process, no Democrat I know would ask such a remedial question.
707, guess that make YOU racist.
Note: you have categorized other Anonymous as racist?
And if Donald Trump is Latino to you, he may be the only one worthy of deporting.
Kathy, you might want to edit that, it looks like you're saying we should deport Latinos, when I think that's probably not what you meant to say.
I mean sure, get them out of Pacifica, right? But don't deport them.
Btw Kathy, Latinos can't be racist we're a minority.
I get what Trump is. Monstrous ego, lacks integrity, lots of money and uncanny skill at manipulating his public image. His run for President (no lesser office would do) was bound to happen. But who are these people that support him? Are Americans really that stupid and ugly these days? How can they believe this carnival barker?
7:07 was claiming he/she is/ are Latino
Kathy, can't you just ban all these Trump fanatics?
We all know they're racist white power hate mongers who are simply upset because we have a black president.
Would you recommend I vote for Bernie Sanders of Hilary Clinton?
White people have outlived their welcome to this great country.
When can we expect them to self-deport back to Europe?
Trump is not politically correct,which means he is not hiding his thoughts:like it or not!He still loves everyone!
735, 736 let's see, at 707...
1. You have expressed a racist view toward Anonymous comment you consider posted by "White people",
2. But you have no such view toward Donald Trump.
3. Therefore, Trump may be "Latino" to you.
4. I'm saying then let's deport one (1) German/Scottish "Latino": Donald Trump.
5. That is the same as my opinion at 717.
Then at 736,
6. You said minorities can't be raciest. What, that's a joke? Of course minorities can and may be raciest. Apparently you are, but no worries, racism is a human condition that deselects no one individual or group without thoughtful consideration.
7. And unless you know your genetic DNA profile, you may be an assortment of many ethnic types, including a wide range of "White people". Yikes!
Finally at 735,
8. You said "get them out of Pacifica"? Get who out of Pacifica? Latinos, no! Others, no! Got to choose one? Okay, maybe a few NIMBIES.
744, good point. I too thought the people of this country would be less susceptible to such autocratic political manipulation.
824, can we split the vote?
835, there you go, give California back to Mexico. That should make 735, 736, 707 happy!
851 Sorry to "hit you in the face" with this, but Trump loves himself, not you. He is however a great teacher, I learned this quote from him while he was trying to be politically correct.
Trump's a realist, but in philosophical terms he's what's called a pessimist... he thinks white people's consciousness is a tragic misstep in evolution. That they became too self-aware. Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself creatures that should not exist by natural law, things that labor under the illusion of having a self, that accretion of sensory experience and feelings, programmed with total assurance they are each unbiased, when in fact they are all racists.
Honorable thing for our white people to do would be to deny their programming. Stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction - one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal.
Hi Kathy, "California Territory" is an invention of Spanish Empire. Likewise, Mexico.
You see, there were native people here in perfect harmony with the land before the Europeans arrived.
There is clear and documented evidence of European rape of Americas for the past 400 yrs. Europeans cannot save America. And they certainly cannot make America great again having destroyed what was once already great. Europeans can however be kind enough to evacuate and leave America with their kit and kin. I am fairly sure Americans are incapable of doing something as basic as recognizing their overstay and being the good guest.
Kathy, what's your take on why Trump has such strong Jewish support?
A plurality of Jews believe he is the best candidate to represent them.
Surely they can't all be racist?
http://news.walla.co.il/item/2942633
950, try another language and country-- you know, a link to American voters.
(Besides, the KKK guys in white sheets probably like Trump best).
942, native people lived on this continent in perfect harmony before the Europeans arrived? No, but try history.
Far enough back the overstay for natives might be Asia. Good luck!
929, the evolutionary trace back to racism is likely discernment, tribal protection, then cultural experience, isolation, neighborhoods, various forms of tradition and mythology.
60 years ago the world population was about 3.5 billion people, now it is about 7.4 billion. Worldwide birth control might help the people and the planet.
Kathy, are you implying that it is ok to replace natives by force or other means by technologically or numerically superior numbers?
Perhaps then, the economic migration of mexican farm workers and other migrants is entirely justified. In closing, I guess per your logic "fuck europeans and whities" should be acceptable. Good to know and got it!
950 When Trump fields questions about Israel and American support of Israel, he often mentions his daughter and her conversion to Judaism prior to marriage. She and her husband have several children. If Trump has any real knowledge of complex Mid-east diplomacy, strategic and historical alliances, he's keeping it well hidden. However, Jewish grandchildren come in handy. Trump knows which cards to play for which audience. That, he's good at.
"Kathy, what's your take on why Trump has such strong Jewish support? A plurality of Jews believe he is the best candidate to represent them."
I'm Jewish and find that very hard to believe. Jewish Democrats outnumber Jewish Republicans by 2-1. Plus, most American Jews don't go for the ethnic or religious stereotyping that Trump engages in.
1050, what? The Mexican-American wars ended about 160 years ago? Isn't it about time to deal with the good fortune of your modern life today.
At the same time, some elements of these old wars continue in sentiment, as viewed in the US southern states hangover from the American Civil War.
And, that focused angst of territory gone is not really different from the some of the older wars in Europe, and elsewhere.
What you think I said is apparently your own extended mindset, not what I said.
Humans have migrated all over the world, including the ancient world when "natives" settled in the Americas. But, various tribes did not live in "perfect harmony" (after all they were only human). Later in Mexico, the Spaniards were not such "nice guys" either.
From your expletive commentary, I don't know what you're saying about the "economic migration of Mexican farm workers" or "European and Whites."
But, is it true that you plan to vote for Double-White Donald Trump, who is intent on building a "big, beautiful wall" between the USA and Mexico? Trump plans to deport ALL Mexicans who do not have immigration papers. And bonus: the Republican congress is against providing "green card" immigrants a path to citizenship.
On a personal note, much of the semi-skilled, and skilled trades work I'm aware of is done by Hispanics (many from Mexico). FMV, these soft spoken, good, hard working people deserve to be treated fairly through easily accessible immigration paperwork, and a path to citizenship.
The farm workers would probably not be here if they could survive financially in Mexico, but conditions should be better for them.
Possibly unlike you, I would never consider voting for Donald Trump or any Republican who would further complicate the lives of these immigrants (with or without papers). The immigration/deportation "live in fear" cycle is a too old government conundrum that needs to get fixed.
But look around, we are fortunate our Bay Area is a mixture of people from all over the world. The Hispanic population is growing and gaining leadership (especially in Southern California). Mexicans are getting back more of their share of California. And mostly they vote for Democrats.
2:07
Sinai, I heard the complete opposite, In fact very influential Jewish Rabbi's have said not to vote for Trump.
The Jewish people are mostly very very rich, and the very very rich don't like paying high taxes. I would think they were afraid of anyone who wants to raise taxes?
Bernie Saunders is Jewish why didn't he get the Jewish support.
I think it goes along with there views about Israel.
Mexico doesn't send us the brightest and smartest. You never see Mexican Doctor's Lawyers or Business People coming across the border. These are the poorest of the poor. These are the people Mexico doesn't really want, so they let them cross over here. Then the US taxpayers support them.
Don't get me wrong I know a lot of hard working Mexican Immigrants who came over here with nothing and worked there asses off and are doing very well.?
Like John McCain said, Trump is waking up the crazy's. I wonder if Trump picks Palin for his VP?
It looks like Trump will be last man standing.He likes to win!
310 Chris, Trump didn't say that but he implied it was accurate.
755 Politico is talking about Israel, not the American vote
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/donald-trump-israel-2016-netanyahu-213748
7:55AM: Oy vey, you labor under too many stereotypes. Most Jews are not very very rich, nor is Israel their number one concern, nor do they vote for a candidate just because the candidate is Jewish.
White people generally screw things up wherever they go. For all the enlightenment, civilization and technological superiority they so claim, they are also responsible for 1) largest and most violent wars humanity has ever witnessed
2) largest scale colonization along ethnic lines
3) largest scale financial manipulation and transfer of wealth ever in the history of world
4) largest scale destruction of ecology and species across the world
5) largest scale human genocides in the history of world
White people have expressed the worst aspects of human character in a manner that puts the worst non-white tyrants to have walked this planet to shame. And now they want to impose the monstrosity called "Trump" on the rest of us, after they've given us George W. Bush who destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. And Obama who has destroyed Libya, Syria and helped Egypt revert back to militarism. Before that another loser named Bill Clinton who destroyed Yugoslavia and the Balkans. And before than another loser named George H.W. Bush who started the destruction of Iraq. And on and on ...
US is not a savior. And white people are not enlightened. Please just hurry up and remove yourself from this planet for the sake of future generations.
Woohoo Fix Pacifica you got a whole lotta crazy goin' on!
112, people, governments and institutions sometimes ".. screw things up", yet generally almost all do a lot of good; and, the cultural, social and economic trend over centuries (for all people) tends toward better human conditions and social "enlightenment".
You don't like the USA and the "white" Presidents Bush, OBAMA, and Clinton, maybe think about immigrating elsewhere. And in the meantime, consider calling 911, where your voice will be heard.
2:03, Fix Pacifica, are you channeling "Trump"? Because you are on point with the message. No room for dissent. While you are at it, are you going to ask "your people" to get me out of here too?
Hahahaha! Take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Then you might just understand what makes Trump tick in this country.
Trump believes in everything I believe in.
"Unfortunately, rent control is a disaster for all but the privileged minority who are protected by it. As much as any other single factor, it is responsible for the desperate housing crisis that has plagued New York City for the past twenty years. Like a lot of failed government programs, rent control grew out of a decent idea that ended up backfiring.
What I underestimated was how much the tenants stood to lose. I soon came to understand a simple axiom: the lower the rent, the bigger the apartment, and the better the location, the harder people will fight to keep what they have. It’s no great hardship to consider moving if you’re living in a mediocre apartment in a marginal neighborhood. Likewise, if you’re paying market rent for a good apartment and you can find a comparable one at the same price, a financial settlement will often induce you to move. But at 100 Central Park South many tenants were fighting to keep the ultimate in New York real estate: beautiful apartments with high ceilings, fireplaces, great views, and an unbeatable location. With rent control and rent stabilization, these tenants were enjoying one of the great windfall subsidies in the free world: on the open market, their apartments would have rented for as much as ten times what they were paying. If I’d been a tenant at 100 Central Park South, I’d have led the fight against anyone who tried to get me to move."
112 You're too good for us. We'll only bring you down. Leave now. Plenty of time for deep-thinking and list making in your morally superior, simpler world. You'd love a local freighter up the Amazon, swinging in your hammock on a deck crowded with a hundred hammocks in tiers and yours mere inches above the dozens of loose chickens and pigs you're traveling with. 90 degrees and 100% humidity night and day. Unisex bucket bathrooms and plenty of them. Revel in the humility and the humanity. Just be back in time for your regular teeth-whitening, laser peels and a good colonic cleanse, ok?
Awww rent control. Yeah, Trump understands greed. He can appreciate it wherever he sees it. In fact, he believes greed is good, sehr gut! Has that gone from being a character and biblical flaw to being a quality we want in our president? And he's so proud of his greed!
The German view of Donald Trump. "A recent poll found that 83% of Germans had a negative opinion of Trump and that 79% said it would be bad for Germany if he became president. ... The same poll found that a large majority of Germans would prefer to see Democrat Hillary Clinton — widely viewed here as a steady hand — as the next president.
In a country with a deep aversion to building walls (which recall the walls dividing the country during the Cold War) or making aggressive statements toward other countries (which recall the Nazi past), many townspeople expressed anxiety in interviews about Trump's campaign."
Los Angeles Times/Erik Kirschbaum, 3/21/16, "What do residents of Trump's ancestral village in Germany think of him? Not so nice."
Good point, Kathy. Trump's paternal grandparents, original name Drumpf, immigrated to the US. His mother was born in Scotland. Don't miss the documentary "You've Been Trumped" for a look at how Trump behaved in Scotland. Bit of a bully in his business dealings. Ran into an unimpressed Scottish farmer who had no use for the Art of the Deal or Donald Trump. How Trump reacted to that speaks volumes about Trump's flawed character. Not presidential--at least not for America.
505 Very Trumpy of you! All wrong, but very Trumpy. Now careful you don't spin yourself into a sharp point.
505 May be joking, but stopping Rent Control will absolutely be the biggest issue in the November Race.
You may laugh at Trump, but he has been a tireless defender of property rights for decades. He knows that Rent Control hurts poor minorities the most, and he may even block it at the federal level.
I'm tired of politicians smiling at you with veneered yellow teeth as they stab you in the back.
Trump says what he thinks and does what he says he does.
I trust what Trump is saying. I trust what Sanders is saying.
I don't trust what Hillary is saying.
Trump is against Rent Control. Sanders is for Rent Control.
I'm voting for Trump.
903 Yeah, sure, rent control, whatev. But first he has to nuke Utah for slut-shaming his wife with nude photos. I don't think it was the Dems that did it. 49 states...
10:43p.m. As a woman I find your comment misogynistic and offensive.
Your parents were nude when they conceived you, your mother gave birth to you nude, you were nude at the time, and there is nothing about the female body that is 'slutty' as you so idiotically put it.
Dinosaurs like you should be castrated without anesthesia so you can never have daughters.
Obama and Hillary would not answer the phone. Donald Trump answered and gave a response to the three muslim suicide bombers who killed 31 people yesterday in Brussels, Belgium. That says it all.
Trump has been a lifelong opponent of rent control.
That's good enough for me. I like Bernie but he is on record as having voted in favor of rent control etc three different times in his career, and all those promises will have to come out of our back pockets.
Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money.
RIP-TIDERS are just trolling here. It's a Rovian stunt.
If you must respond, do it thoughtfully.
Don't be stooges for the NOBIES.
932, after the first 5x, think we got you're supporting a USA President who is against rent control in New York, and locally-- for you, it's a #1 national agenda item.
930, Donald Trump answered his phone, did he also put out a tweet? Did he say, "wall-off the USA, and deport 'those' people"?
Meantime, the Hillary Clinton statement I heard on CNN or MSNBC (flipping between the two) about an 1 1/2 hours ago was informed, inclusive, unified and comprehensive.
1021 if so, Rip-trollers again prove they understand the manipulations of extreme and simplistic (from a spectrum of disingenuous tricks that have worked for them in this City for years).
Rent control really was a big issue for Pacifica last year, and council members Mike O'Neill, Karen Ervin, and Mary Ann Nihart protected us from falling victim to the dangers of rent control.
I don't know about the whole birther issue, and though Trump never really said that, everything Trump he did say on rent control was true. If you don't think the coastal area has a megaproblem with immigrants and drug gangs then you live in an ivory newby tower.
Chris or anyone else won't find an error in Trump's rent control position.
247, since you can't seem to find a link to Donald Trump's complicity in spreading the Obama birther conspiracy smear here's a link. There are multiple articles on that link.
There is still rent control at the mobile home park. There is a new City committee to consider renter issues.
Most immigrants are good people, good citizens and good residents, including in this City and along the coast.
Your twisted FALSE and xrenophobic comments are tiresome.
Good bye to these redundant crap comments from unidentified you, unless in administration Steve overrides. If he does, I'm back...
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