Politics Thread

[LA Muskie]

Yes because victims of genocide are the same as college acceptance rates.

I'm all for supporting and protecting victims of genocide. ALL of them. Not just the Christians.

[Juice]

Chuck Schumer is a Nazi http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...x5bF60.twitter

[Caf]

Chuck Schumer is a Nazi http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...x5bF60.twitter

I must have missed where Schumer said a Muslim pause may be necessary.

[Caf]

And I completely agree with that. None of this is being done in conjunction with Congress (since they're too cowardly to say anything regardless). But earlier visa bans and travel bans by Obama were done with executive orders too and no Democrats said shit. And let's also not pretend that Democrats all of a sudden give a shit about limited government and checks on federal power. I actually do which is why I voted for Gary Johnson in this election. I know he wasn't an ideal candidate but he best represented my views, especially compared to Trump who isn't a Republic and could tell he was going to increase (or definitely not decrease) the size of the federal government. But what I despise most is people suddenly giving a shit about what a president can and cannot do when Obama abused that power for years.

Just wanted to remind you that the difference is the minority religion language. Which is quite literally the difference between banning people of a state and people of a religion. Oh, and I know you're concerned about genocide victims, so just wanted to let you know that more Muslims have been killed by ISIS than any other religion, especially the Shiites.

[paulxu]

I'm an idiot, but I don't understand the reasoning.

If you wanted to keep the country safe, and were worried about terrorists coming into the country, why do you stop people from 7 countries whose people have never committed a terrorist act in America?
Why wouldn't you stop the people from countries who have exhibited such a threat...like Saudi Arabia?

That's (hopefully) a serious question. (Save the snarky remarks about Trump not having business in those countries, while he does in others)

[GoMuskies]

Saudi Arabia is an ally. Maybe a shitty ally, but an ally nonetheless. We have military bases in KSA and many business interests there that are not Trump's. We cannot really screw with them unless we just want to completely alienate EVERYONE from that part of the world. No administration has labeled KSA as a state sponsor of terror, and Trump's not going to start now unless he's an idiot. Err...an even bigger idiot than we think already.

[bobbiemcgee]

Yeah, but we could take their oil.....

[GoMuskies]

Yeah, but we could take their oil.....

Hell, we never even took Iraq's oil. I mean, if we were going to fuck everything up so badly, we should have at least paid ourselves in crude! Couldn't have turned out any worse.

[94GRAD]

Hell, we never even took Iraq's oil. I mean, if we were going to fuck everything up so badly, we should have at least paid ourselves in crude! Couldn't have turned out any worse.

Black Gold, Texas Tea!

[SemajParlor]

Hell, we never even took Iraq's oil. I mean, if we were going to fuck everything up so badly, we should have at least paid ourselves in crude! Couldn't have turned out any worse.

The biggest case for not believing in any of those inside jobs / largely orchestrated government conspiracies is this reason. The people in charge are usually not very good at being competent.