20 Oct 20
@moonbus saidWe'll be on the road to recovery starting Jan. 21, 2021.
I grew up in the JFK and LBJ years, I watched as MLK Jr. spoke of having a dream. After watching, for decades, America slide ever farther away from consistent implementation of its great founding principles, the failure to apply equal civil rights for all, the failure of the ERA to pass, etc., I voted with my feet and went looking for a place to live which better suits me. I ...[text shortened]... ht now, America has COVID with Caligula-on-steriods at the helm. Get well soon; you do still matter.
I understand history. I know all about JFK and MLK, and even though I missed out on witnessing it, it's plainly obvious how great these people were, and the measure of devotion they gave to this country. I see the effects of this current administration every day, and my God, do I miss having a real president at the helm. I've seen firsthand how this administration has left the 'little guy' (read average American) behind, and how hopeless the most destitute Americans have become. I miss having an America we can be proud of. I can't wait to wave 'goodbye' to this nightmare 'baby-in-chief'.
20 Oct 20
@shavixmir saidLake Constance 536 sq km, Lake Geneva 541 sq km, and Lake Maggiore 212 sq km (the longest lake in Italy, BTW).
The famous water borders of Switzerland...
@suzianne saidUnfortunately, a bad president can do more harm in 4 or 8 yrs than can be undone in the succeeding 4 or 8. George W. Bush, for example, started two wars; the last American military forces left Iraq in Dec 2011, the other is on-going.
We'll be on the road to recovery starting Jan. 21, 2021.
I understand history. I know all about JFK and MLK, and even though I missed out on witnessing it, it's plainly obvious how great these people were, and the measure of devotion they gave to this country. I see the effects of this current administration every day, and my God, do I miss having a real president at th ...[text shortened]... ng an America we can be proud of. I can't wait to wave 'goodbye' to this nightmare 'baby-in-chief'.
America can do so much better than either Trump or Biden. The two-party system is broken. America must re-invent itself, get some younger people in instead of 70-yr-olds with massive vested interests in the status quo.
@no1marauder saidThe essential thing is not the number of weapons in private hands, but rather the threshold for using them in anger. That threshold is very low in America, and very high in Switzerland. We resolve our conflicts here without guns. See the murder/homicide rate table for confirmation:
Not true:
"The country has about 2 million privately owned guns in a nation of 8.3 million people."
https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2
By contrast:
""The United States has 270 million guns and had 90 mass shooters from 1966 to 2012."
https://www.axios.com/how-many-guns-in-the-us-90003c19-7c56-4ac4-97b1-f2f6beee5c5b.html
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHE/switzerland/murder-homicide-rate
Compare that with Trump's recent speech to Michigan and the roar of approval he gets from his supporters ("lock them up!" ). America needs collective anger management therapy.
@shavixmir saidMotorways are not free anywhere. You pay road taxes, or petrol taxes, or at toll booths, or, as in Switzerland, a sticker on your windscreen -- or some combination.
No it bloody isn’t.
It’s a throw-back to 1930’s Germany and should be sold to Russia to use as a graveyard!
Or... make your motorways free like the rest of us and I’ll admit Switzerland is gorgeous.
Ya don't like it, on yer bike, Tebbitt !
20 Oct 20
@moonbus saidWe need to put out the forest fire before worrying about forest growth management. One step at a time. Better to have a president who believes in America, or we'll never get there.
Unfortunately, a bad president can do more harm in 4 or 8 yrs than can be undone in the succeeding 4 or 8. George W. Bush, for example, started two wars; the last American military forces left Iraq in Dec 2011, the other is on-going.
America can do so much better than either Trump or Biden. The two-party system is broken. America must re-invent itself, get some younger people in instead of 70-yr-olds with massive vested interests in the status quo.
No person in America is better placed to undo everything Trump has done. Biden knows how it worked before. If I were him, I'd appoint a "Recovery Czar" whose job it would be to make a list of everything Trump did in office and reverse it, much like he's done to Obama.
20 Oct 20
@suzianne said"Undo everything Trump has done"?
No person in America is better placed to undo everything Trump has done. Biden knows how it worked before. If I were him, I'd appoint a "Recovery Czar" whose job it would be to make a list of everything Trump did in office and reverse it, much like he's done to Obama.
WHAT has Trump done that you would like to see reversed?
21 Oct 20
@moonbus saidFodder for Russia!
Motorways are not free anywhere. You pay road taxes, or petrol taxes, or at toll booths, or, as in Switzerland, a sticker on your windscreen -- or some combination.
Ya don't like it, on yer bike, Tebbitt !
Take your clocks and yer smelly cheese and peddle them on the steps of the Kremlin, you cowbell wearing gremlin!