Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "CNN Spent More Time Running Fossil Fuel Ads Than Covering Climate Change" video.

  1. +Alex Raskalove http://www.youngcons.com/bernie-sanders-gets-destroyed-on-twitter-after-his-climate-change-tweet/
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  2. +TomWithtime I guess you should do more research. He was talking about DC at the time. I guess you love to cherry pick data like old Bernie does.
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  3. +Rob McCune Not quite.
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  4. +TomWithtime I am very busy right now with the end of the semester but ultimately it comes down to this. We have seen times in the past of high unusual high temperatures. That is called weather. The original commenter is referring to weather but is trying to justify climate change for it. James Inhofe was criticized for bringing in a snow ball in congress to try to argue against climate change. Meanwhile the same people who criticized him (Kyle for example) are hushed when Bernie does the exact same thing. I do see hypocrisy there.
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  5. +Ylze Tyr In both cases they are using weather to justify a change in climate. They are the same.
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  6. +Ylze Tyr It is exactly the same, you are using weather to make a comparison that is climate. And when did I ever show that I denied climate change? Please point that out.
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  7. +Ylze Tyr The intentions are the exact same thing, using weather to justify climate. So yes, it is exactly the same thing. Both individuals have an agenda and both used weather to justify climate. "you've questioned whether or not the planet is warming; " Nope, never did that " you've questioned if humans are playing a role in speeding the process" I question the strength of their role which is pro science and is a legit question "you've questioned whether or not continued warming would be a "bad thing"" Considering how climate change has been happening for over 4 billion years and nature has evolved it is questionable if what is going on is even bad. "so yes, you deny the science because all of those things are known already. " Those things are not known (besides the warming of the planet), and it isn't anti science to question. Quantum mechanics came from questioning. If it weren't for questioning basic physics concepts like inertia would not exist or we will be still be using the theory of aether. I suggest you study science like I do for a living before you talk about it to another scientist.
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  8. +Ylze Tyr If other scientists followed your mindset we will not even have computers
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  9. +TomWithtime It doesn't make sense because that is called weather.
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  10. +Ylze Tyr You have never brought up how massive sudden climate change has caused mass extinctions. Climate change is a driving force of evolution, and if done drastically it will have a large negative role in nature. The question is what is drastic? Is what going on drastic? Also, several scientists do say "just a theory". We have a whole group of scientists called theorist, but of course you wouldn't know that.
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  11. +Ylze Tyr I am a scientist and I used the phrase "just a theory". Is it a bit careless of me? Yes, I would admit. But it doesn't change the reality that in science nothing is factual nor can you prove anything. The phrase "just a theory" is a bit degrading but I used it in that context because I am going to be having a discuss with someone like you, a person almost illiterate in science. I have to knock them down so they don't make science more than what it really is thus turning it into almost a religion. As I said before, go out and study science for a living if you want to discuss science with an actual scientist.
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  12. +Ylze Tyr I have had the problem of posting links sometimes on youtube, others have as well.
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  13. +Ylze Tyr You never said sudden climate change though. At that point we are talking about the evolution which is natural. If you did then you are clearly lying or editing something, or I just simply ignored you since I really don't need to be educated about science from you. Do me a favor, go grab a copy of Quantum Mechanics by JJ Sakurai and work on half of the problems from chapter 1 and then get back to me. I have all the answers down that I worked out myself so I can study for my comprehensive exams, I will grade them. If you get a 100% I will respect you.
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  14. +Ylze Tyr I do have actual published papers, so I am an actual scientists. Again, do those problems, I grade, I respect if you get a 100%. Actually not even a 100%, 50%. I will make it easy.
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  15. +AlM NlOlS Don't get sucked into this fool's game. He will call you names, curse about 5 times everyone comment, and then run away when he can't form an intelligent argument. I am actually pursuing my PhD in physical chemistry but yet he feels he knows more science than I do. I have friends that do research in alternative energy sources that would behoove greatly if we went to them, but yet he feels I am a climate change denier. He is a fool, be prepared to some stupidity from him now.
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  16. +TomWithtime I am not denying increasing temperature. What I am criticizing is his tactic. Last winter was rather warm in my city. This most recent winter was cold, lots of snow and it is still cold now. I guess based off of Bernie's standards climate change is not happening.......or more likely that Bernie does not understand the difference between climate and weather like the original poster as well.
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  17. +TomWithtime When you dramatize it and have a political agenda-then yes.
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  18. +Ylze Tyr Ran away? You never asked a question. Acknowledging climate change is happening has no political affiliation. What does is wanting to create a new tax off of it or changing our life style off of it. Let us compare it to abortion. By definition you are killing something with abortion. That has no political affiliation but yet people created one.
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  19. +Ylze Tyr i answered the questions. Both people are using weather to discuss climate. Changing people's lifestyle drastically is a political agenda. I told you that scientific research in other fields require energy that you can only get from fossil fuels, like in the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Even in my lab itself requires efficient energy that comes from fossil fuels. We had a speaker come to our department that works at Los Alamos and they said that around 70% of our energy comes from fossil fuels. Getting off of that is drastic and will hurt several people with no guaranteed results. I am all for gradual change, but taxing something is a political agenda and is a radical change. The issue of climate change is being dramatized to make another excuse to tax people, that's it. You fell for the trap. I am the one that wants real, efficient change. You want to destroy the economy and blame others for your failures.
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  20. +Ylze Tyr Now you are just playing games. Sorry child, but the adults are having a grown up discussion. Please go back to the kiddies table.
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  21. +TomWithtime It is spreading ignorance, that's the problem.
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  22. +Ylze Tyr Because you are not in this to debate, you are in this to play games. What that congressman did with the snowball and what Bernie did are exactly the same in that they are using weather to justify changes in climate. You are just digging to find any error I make so you can ridicule me for it because you have nothing else to get me on. If you want to have a mature discussion on climate change policies we can. The problem is that you don't, you just want to find any way to ridicule me because you are too ignorant on the topic to actually come up with an actual argument. You playing your games is your running away from the topic.
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  23. +Ylze Tyr Ok, you want to play? Here is how they are exactly the same. Both politicians pointed towards weather to justify climate. What they did was exactly the same. If you want to split hairs what they did is not exactly the same because they are both different people. That is why what you are saying is ridiculous. You are digging the bottom of the barrel for anything to rip me on since you can't have an actual intelligent discussion on the topic.
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  24. +Ylze Tyr Here's the deal. I showed you how ignorant you were on the topic of climate change. After I exposed you what you are do now is throw up a smoke screen by looking at something that it totally irrelevant to the topic at hand. The pure fact is that Sanders did use weather to justify climate change. I guarantee you that if I were to say "it was -20 degrees during Christmas last winter, what climate change?", you would be all over me on how that is weather and not climate. Meanwhile, Sanders does it and ultra liberals are hush hush about it. I sense a lot of hypocrisy here. Sanders is a radical, and that tweet did make him look foolish. The fact that he does not know the difference between weather and climate does not make him fit for president.
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  25. +TomWithtime He is still talking about weather to justify climate change. There is a distinct difference between climate and weather.
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  26. +Ylze Tyr Here is what you are doing. You are sitting in your mom's basement, huffing and puffing at how I basically showed you up, pounding your table and getting all red. So what you do is you find anything to try to ridicule me. That is where you go to the whole "exactly the same thing" and you claim it isn't. There is no substance at all in your rebuttal, you are just frustrated. I use to be wrong a lot as well, then I became intelligent. But to get that way you can't get all mad. "you are. he does understand climate change" He doesn't understand the difference between weather and climate. Face it, he was foolish on this one.
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  27. +Ylze Tyr It doesn't matter if he runs his own twitter or not. Maybe he should hire a better person to send out tweets. This is a reflection on Bernie. But remember, terrorism is directly related to climate change, or if you are white you don't now what it is like to be poor. This is the only time Bernie said something stupid.
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  28. +Ylze Tyr You site the HuffingtonPost. Anyway, how about you stop using logical fallacies and instead attack where they were wrong. It doesn't matter though, Bernie lost. Goes to show that making excuses and acting like a fool gets you nowhere.
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  29. +Ylze Tyr It is a reflection of Bernie. The fact that he hires people who can't differentiate between weather and climate means that either 1. he can't himself 2. he sucks at hiring people Do you really want someone that ignorant being in charge of picking cabinet members? If you do I won't be surprise, but is is clear by this election most people don't. I am glad Bernie lost because his policies are extremely radical and will be destructive to the US. He is foolish, racist, and an economic illiterate. The fact that he lost shows that people in this country are not dumb. I don't like Clinton, it is that she is not psycho. But as I said, Bernie lost. Doesn't matter, not like he cared anyway. This was nothing more than a retirement party for him as a career politician. After this election people will forget about him.
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  30. +TomWithtime If Bernie cared he would have ran earlier in his career. The fact is that he is a career politician and this is a retirement party for him. If he would have somehow won the presidency he would have served his four years and then be done. Him losing means he is done. Either way he is retiring as a career politician. Saying that if you are white you don't know what it is like to be poor is racist. That isn't the only tweet from Bernie's staff that was ignorant http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/12/26/bernie-sanders-mercilessly-mocked-for-posting-economically-illiterate-tweet/ I think my favorite response was this "Hello, my name is #Bernie and although I have no clue how collateral works, I am running for president. Weeeee!"
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  31. +Ylze Tyr You have cited ultra left wing sources like the Huffingtonpost before, but yet you criticized me for citing ultra right wing sources. You used logical fallacies by attacking the source and not the content. Also, I am a scientist and I said "just a theory". Seriously, I know you get angry in your mom's basement being wrong all the time. Trust me. If you want to get better in life you have to act more intelligent.
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  32. +Ylze Tyr But hey, as I said, it doesn't matter. Bernie losing shows that people on the left will rather vote for a corrupt politician in Clinton than some ultra liberal Bernie who is a radical and a fool. It shows your position is the position of losers. Man I am going to love using this over and over again. Results don't like, your position is the position of losers.
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  33. +Ylze Tyr People know Bernie is a joke, that is why he received almost no attention from the media. That is why Fox did not mention it, Bernie is a joke. Why give more attention to the fool? You may feel I am not a scientist but that doesn't change the fact that I am. Sanders is a radical and a loser. The fact that you feel he isn't makes you a loser as well. Tell me, what does it feel like to be a loser? What does it feel like to support policies and positions that losers support? "but it is hilarious watching you pout because you got made to look like a moron" Why would I pout? Your side and your radical, foolish policies lost. I am taking my victory lap. Man this is fun being correct.
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  34. +Ylze Tyr Actually I told you who I am supporting. If John Kasich runs as an independent I will vote for him. You know, a guy who was an actual governor of a state and not just a mayor of a tiny ass town. If not, just to piss off ultra liberals like you, I will vote for Trump. I don't even like Trump, I think he is a fool as well. It is that regressive liberals like you created him, and regressive liberals are destructive to this country. It will be fun watching you pout during his 4 years of presidency. Maybe a slap in the face will get you to change your ways.
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  35. +Ylze Tyr Face it, Bernie lost. Your position can't even beat Clinton, a very corrupt politician. That should tell you something. Seriously, who likes Clinton? Obviously democrats hate Bernie more.
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  36. +Ylze Tyr Doesn't matter. Kasich, Cruz and Trump are all moderates compared to Bernie. I would vote for them over Bernie. It appears the people will as well. Face it, you are a loser and support loser policy.
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  37. +Ylze Tyr Sanders lost bud. Your ideas and policies is that of losers. You are losing to a corrupt politician, congrats. Your own party, who is supposed to be against corruption and for the people are voting against a man who supposedly stands for that. That is because his radical ideas are not popular. "if you'd vote for Trump or Cruz over Sanders, you're an idiot. there's no better proof you've ever given me. you'd rather support a theocrat or a guy who thinks he can get Mexico to pay for a wall" And you rather vote for a guy who promises you a pony that flies and shits rainbows. But it doesn't matter, because he is a radical and a loser, like you. Face it, you radical ideas exist in the lowest of our society and lost. This is hilarious. This is pure proof that you are a loser and so are your idea. This proves that I have been right all along. You can't weasel your way out of this one. Face the facts, you area a loser. I was right all along.
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  38. +Ylze Tyr Wow, someone is crying. Trump, Kasich and Cruz were very similar in politics. Clinton is very corrupt and Bernie is a radical that is supposed to be or the people. It is clear that the very policies you support are so bad that they can't beat corruption. Face it, your ideas are ideas of losers. You can't beat a corrupt politician. After this election people will be like "Bernie who?".
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  39. +TomWithtime How? Please explain.
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  40. +Ylze Tyr It doesn't matter if Bernie is still running. I do know that Bernie fans are not good at math, but his delegate count is low. His chances of winning is low. He is still running because he doesn't care, this is him making noise before he retires. No one knew who Sanders was before the election either, and afterwards no one will care. How is Clinton cheating? Please explain. She is corrupt but she is not cheating. Rules are rules. Maybe Bernie should not have been such a loser. Corruption does not equal cheating. People clearly don't support Bernie's policies because he is losing. You are sounding like a loser again, making excuses.
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  41. +Ylze Tyr Him losing is him having lost. But so what? You feel that corruption equal cheating proving once again you don't understand simple definitions. What rules are Clinton breaking? I agree that she is corrupt, but she is not breaking any rules. You are making excuses. "Oh, no one knew Bernie. Oh, but people do support his policies. Oh, Clinton cheated". Face it, you are a prime example of a Bernie supporter. Always making excuses and asking for handouts. This is why people saw Bernie and his supporters as a joke.
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  42. +Ylze Tyr It is more like this. If a team is down 42 points in the fourth quarter then they lost. So yes, Bernie lost. Remember, according to you corruption equals cheating. Please tell me what rules Clinton broke again? You are avoiding the question as usual. And yes, Bernie supporters want those things for free because they want other people to pay for it. So when you say "out tax dollars" you mean "other people's tax dollars, mainly the rich and Wall Street". I don't see Bernie and his supporters demanding the middle and lower class to "pay their fair share".
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  43. +TomWithtime What policies in particular? Also, those countries have completely different societies. Bernie, in order to get what he wants, will have to change how 300+ million people act and think. Even at that the US ha arguably the best healthcare system in the world and the best university system.
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  44. +Ylze Tyr What question am I avoiding? You are the one that is saying that corruption equals cheating. The top 10% percent pay 70% of federal income taxes while earning only 40% of the income. They are the ones paying for it. So it is free for others because it is not their tax dollars but someone else. "you just can't argue against Sanders common sense policies" Actually I can. The simple fact that you are saying they are "common sense" but can't give any legitimate support for them is enough to show they will be failures. That and Bernie losing. " they're humans and they need the same exact things any other human requires." Very vague. Isolated tribes live without college and healthcare (at our level). If you were to force them to change their ways they will resist. The reason why is because their society is different.
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  45. +TomWithtime Those other countries have a lot of debt as well.
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  46. +Ylze Tyr Nope, she is winning because the democratic party would rather vote for a corrupt politician over a radical. No laws or rules were broken, so everything was fair. But what am I saying, Bernie supporters feel that "fair" is Bernie getting a portion of Clinton's delegates. Face it, Bernie lost because of his radical policies. I can easily give arguments against Sanders' policies. But why? He lost. It is clear the people don't want him. "and if something is paid for by tax dollars, it's not "free". there is no possible way you can rationalize that." Yes I can. The top 10% pay 70% of federal income taxes while earning only 40% of the income. The bottom 47% get money back from the government. It is free for them because they are getting something without working for it or paying for it. By definition it is free. "we're not talking about isolated tribes. we're talking about modern nations that have a very similar culture to ours. " One, they don't have similar cultures. Take colleges for example. No other country has the NCAA attached to it. Next, you said people. So yes, we are including isolated tribes. "point is, our society is not that different from the countries that have such policies" They are different. Denmark, for example, has mandatory military. Do you support that? Norway subsidizes their programs with oil. Bernie wants to get off of fossil fuels. So it is clear we can't copy Norway. We can't copy Denmark either considering Bernie supporters want to cut the military. Germany, by law, prevents people from going to college. Do you support that? So yes, it would be a drastic adjustment. Like I said before, how do you account for the NCAA with colleges?
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  47. +Ylze Tyr We do have debt. The other person said other countries don't go into debt when they do.
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  48. +Ylze Tyr I know Bernie supporters lack understanding of economics, but debt is not good. That brings up another point. Despite the major differences between countries, how do you pay for those programs with our massive debt?
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  49. +TomWithtime http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/-the-business-of-health_110115929760.pdf
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  50. +TomWithtime I just posted a book for you to read on healthcare. We have arguably the best healthcare system in the world. Of course Bernie will never mention that, to him it is "free shit".
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  51. +TomWithtime What's wrong with profits? Tell me, do you work for free or do you work for money?
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  52. +TomWithtime Plus, you are clearly being myopic here. It is not saying that profit-seeking improves healthcare, it is saying that it doesn't hurt healthcare.
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  53. +TomWithtime Plus, you are clearly being myopic here. It is not saying that profit-seeking improves healthcare, it is saying that it doesn't hurt healthcare.
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  54. +TomWithtime Would you work for free though?
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  55. +TomWithtime Police and teachers are locally funded. They are paid. That means they are selling their services for a profit. So tell me again why profits are bad? If you say profits are bad but receive payments for your services than you are a hypocrite.
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  56. +TomWithtime Being paid by the government is still being paid. I agree that insurance companies are a problem, but that stems from the payroll tax created by the federal government. If you have a problem with insurance companies then go complain to the federal government.
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  57. +TomWithtime " Being paid by the government is having money allocated to necessary services that perform well." Not necessarily. We are a nation that is $18 trillion in debt. Being in debt is a sign of poor performance. "Being paid at an insurance company is finding ways to fuck your clients. " Not if insurance was designed for emergency and critical care like car insurance. Healthcare insurance has become healthcare thanks to the federal government. "My problem with private markets is when they are services essential to life. " Like food and housing, both which are offered privately? "It's hard to argue this stuff because for the most part I don't know what's going on" It shows. "But bernie has stated how he plans to pay for everything." No he hasn't.
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  58. +Ylze Tyr Trump's, Kasich's and Cruz's polices a very similar. Trump did a better job at selling it. Bernie lost to Clinton who was corrupt and unfavorable. Sanders' policies are so radical that he can't beat a politician that very few people like and how is corrupt. I know what Sanders' policies are. Somehow in a nation that is $18 trillion in debt he plans to pay for healthcare and college. With a federal government that is corrupt, and I agree, he feels that allowing it to run our healthcare and college will stop it from being corrupt. There is a reason why he lost. He policies are too radical. The NCAA has an influence on colleges in more ways than just sports. Job training is done through athletic programs. Following the model of other countries will kill jobs for college students and thus opportunity. Selective Service is not similar to mandatory military. We are not forced to serve in the military. Plus, you just admitted that you wanted to cut military which, by the way, will still leave us with a deficit even if you cut all of it. Less than 20% of our budget is in defense spending. "we spend way more than anybody does on the military" Not true. If you look at percent of GDP we are 4th in the world. I know math is a hard subject for you, but that means there are 3 other countries that spend more than us.
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  59. +Ylze Tyr Actually Tom said that government funded healthcare is free. So what is it? Is it free or not? Also, I suggest you read the book I linked to him.
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  60. +Ylze Tyr No, my guy's policies are similar to that of Trump. Trump just sold his better. Democrats had a choice between a corrupt politician and a radical, they choose corruption. Sanders feels that with out $18 trillion debt we can somehow pay for more shit. And he thinks that the government won't become corrupt anymore when it controls our healthcare and college education. Evidently giving it more bargaining chips eliminates corruption. Also, Tom said government programs are free. So are they?
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  61. +Ylze Tyr You really sound angry here. I know what makes you mad. All I have to say is this. Bernie lost.
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  62. +TomWithtime One example of how Bernie is lying is when he is saying that women earn 79 cents to the dollar for men. Oh, and remember, if you are white you are not poor.
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  63. +Ylze Tyr Roses are red; Violets are blue; Bernie lost
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  64. +Ylze Tyr Why argue. I have been right all along. In this election I wanted Bernie to lose. I was going to vote against Bernie no matter what. Bernie losing proves that his radical ideas, that you support, don't work and is not what the people want. Anytime you try to argue with me all I have to do is say "Bernie lost". Face it, you are a loser.
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  65. +TomWithtime To start, he does not cite where he gets his numbers. And when I say cite, I mean from someplace credible. His employ young americans act is questionable because he does say what jobs he will give them. It also does not consider the fact that youth unemployment will go up when if his min. wage proposal goes up. On infrastructure spending, what is he going to spend it all? Even if his numbers are correct of what he can bring in, what will he spend it on? You do know that the price of resources change a lot. When the bay bridge was first proposed it was supposed to be 1 billion dollars. When it was finally built it was over $6 billion. From that alone Bernie's numbers are wack in that 1. he does not say what infrastructure he will build 2. he doesn't have a plan on how to actually approach it That is just two examples. I can give more but that alone is all I need.
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  66. +Ylze Tyr "Sanders won many states " By small margins with the exception of VT and NH. He has lost numerous states by large margins. "by your logic and love of states rights, that means that many states believe that Sanders' policies do work. " Which is fine. If they want those policies then they can implement them at the state and local level. I won't agree with them in if it would work, but I would support the system and their rights to do that at the state and local level. That is why I am a moderate. I support a system, listed in the constitution, that allows for checks and balances. I support a system that creates a government that actually works for the people to where we can make sure it remains the servants as opposed to the masters. Some of Bernie's policies could work at some degree at the state and local level. It would never work at the federal level. Bernie is complaining about corruption in federal government but somehow feels that giving it the power to control our healthcare and college will somehow end that? He is crazy to think that way. If states want to implement them then great. If that is what the citizens want then great. That is they system I support, a government for the people. You support a system where you want to jam your ideas and policies down other people's throat which is why I was correct in calling you a fascist in the past. So tell me, why do you oppose state right? Isn't Bernie losing a clear indication we need it? Wouldn't you want those states that supported Bernie to implement his policies and not be forced to follow others?
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  67. +Ylze Tyr I never once said that liberal policies will never work anywhere, I said it would never work at the federal level. Just like right wing policies won't either. At the state and local level the can. My state is giving a huge tax cut to a business to come and build here which is creating a lot of jobs, that is a right wing policy working. My city is doing a lot of infrastructure spending and it is working well. At the local level you can see if you are getting your money's worth and money is actually invested as opposed to being wasted. Sanders' ideas are radical because he wants to expand the fed. which has us lose control of the federal government. So great, it pays for our healthcare under Bernie's plan. Meanwhile 5 of the top 10 richest counties surround DC. Bow down to your lord and savior the federal government. If you don't they will take away your healthcare and college.
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  68. +Ylze Tyr Because liberals want to enforce their policies at the federal level, that is why their policies will never work. They are against state rights.
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  69. +Ylze Tyr Who pushed for Obamacare? Who is pushing for a federal min. wage? Who pushes for progressive taxes? Who pushes for programs like the Department of Ed., the EPA, and the FDA? Liberals are pushing for those programs that can easily be ran at the state and with higher efficiency.
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  70. +Ylze Tyr Wow you are dense. Democrats could literally be murdering people and you would still vote for them.
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  71. +TomWithtime The numbers are not fine. I told you how infrastructure spending alone is unpredictable. That does not even consider the fact that he does not say what infrastructure he wants to spend on.
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  72. +TomWithtime He is not specific in any way. What bridges and roads does he want to rebuild? He needs to point me to some. Saying that he is going to raise $1 trillion to rebuild infrastructure means nothing if he can't point to me what he is going to rebuild. At this point this sounds like him just wanting to create jobs which isn't always good. Milton Friedman went to China and a Chinese official showed Friedman workers digging a canal. Friedman asked why were the workers using shovels instead of bulldozers and earth movers? The Chinese official said by using shovels they created more jobs. Friedman replied that was a job creation programs, he thought they were building a canal. Sanders, with is infrastructure building plan, is doing just that. He doesn't want to build anything, he just wants to create jobs. Creating jobs is easy, creating wealth is the challenge. If Bernie can point to me what he wants to rebuild and how it will grow the economy (create wealth), then I will give him credit. But he hasn't.
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  73. +Ylze Tyr "yeah, that's why I'll vote for Jill Stein" Why not write in Bernie? Why vote for another loser? "so you require him to literally list every single road that needs work" Yes, because he is the one that is saying we need $1 trillion to rebuild the infrastructure. I am looking for what infrastructure needs to be rebuilt and why does he need $1 trillion. Where do those numbers come from?
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  74. +Ylze Tyr So he is just going to raise $1 trillion dollars (somehow) and spend it on ???????? " fuck you, answer your stupid questions by yourself." You saying that means you can't even justify his policies. "there are plenty of links out there that fully explain how his plans work." But yet they don't answer my questions I have.
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  75. +TomWithtime Which bridges and how much will they cost in particular? You are throwing stats out there but are not giving any specifics. What vehicles drive on those bridges? There are bridges in my home county that are considered deficient but no one cares because only cars and pickups drive on them in the country. "That creating jobs things with shovels was a pretty shitty response," No it isn't. Bernie wants to create jobs for the youth. Jobs doing want? It is a wise investment? Creating jobs is a political sales pitch that means nothing without specifics.
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  76. +Ylze Tyr Bernie has to give specifics no what infrastructure is falling apart. I don't see it, neither do several others considering how he lost.
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  77. +Ylze Tyr Oh no, Sanders won 5 more delegates than Clinton today. I am sure she is shaking in her boots being up almost 800 delegates (and polling well in NJ).
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  78. +TomWithtime I don't live in Pennsylvania, Iowa or OK, so why should I care? I live nowhere near those states. If their roads and bridges are so bad then they should fix them. Also, being raised near Iowa, I know they have a lot of windmills. That is one drawback with windmills, they destroyed a lot of roads in the transport of them. Now I am not opposed to them (I support them in many ways), it just goes to show how pushing for alternative energy does have a lot of negative side effects. "185 of 239 bridges in Washington DC are also planned to be fixed." Good for DC, again, not my problem. "So... the more you look... the more specifics there are. " Actually no. I want to know specific cost, longevity, how long it will take and so on. Just spending $1 trillion is not wise if you don't have a plan. Without a plan that will lead to hindering economic growth. "Any of these facts sinking in?" What facts? All I see are hopes and dreams.
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  79. +Ylze Tyr Bernie's largest margin of victory out of any states with the exception of VT and NH is 81%. If he wins 81% of CA delegates Clinton still wins 90 delegates. If Bernie wins 81% of NJ delegates Clinton wins 24 delegates. Clinton needs 144 delegates to win. That means she just needs to get 30 more somewhere else. And that is assuming Bernie wins by that much in those states which won't happen. Face it, Bernie lost.
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  80. +Ylze Tyr " and no, she's not up by 800." I said about. I know math is not a something regressive liberals excel at, but thanks for showing reading isn't as well.
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  81. +TomWithtime It is about if it is my problem or not. That is my tax dollars going there. Why can't it be spent in my state? Anyway you never stated which infrastructure it will be spent on. I want the names of the bridges, the cost of steal and concrete, now long it will take, cost of each bridge and so on. You see, every other candidate is offering you ice cream, Bernie is offering you a pony that flies and shits rainbows. How is he going to do these unrealistic goals?
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  82. +Ylze Tyr Watch the youtube video "Why Bernie Sanders is Actually Winning" by College Humor You are sounding like that guy now.
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  83. +Ylze Tyr That guy in the video sounds like you "oh, we can't count super delegates yet" "Bernie won a state" "You are a Clinton supporter" Face it, Bernie lost. Even TYT, who give daily BJ's to Bernie admits it.
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  84. +Ylze Tyr I know how the election process works. You don't because you feel Bernie winning WV actually means something when it doesn't. It doesn't matter. Bernie loser confirms that regressive liberals like yourself are losers.
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  85. +Ylze Tyr Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon And Bernie Lost
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  86. +Ylze Tyr Need I remind you that Bernie Sanders lost?
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  87. +Ylze Tyr Clinton is going to lose to Trump.
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  88. +Ylze Tyr Because she is a loser as well making Bernie an even bigger loser.
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  89. +Ylze Tyr "you realize that Sanders beats Trump in every single poll by double digits, right? " First, get past the primaries. Remember Bernie was getting stomped in the polls a few months ago. Next http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/26/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-says-he-polls-better-against-gop-ca/
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  90. +Ylze Tyr "when independents are allowed to vote, Sanders wins huge almost every single time." Yeah, in states where voters who typically vote republican will vote for a democrat candidate they know they can beat. WV did that because no democrat will win in WV. So it is isn't just independents. This is why there are closed elections. It prevents the other side from voting in a loser to be their representative.
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  91. +Ylze Tyr Look at WV alone. He won a lot of independents despite his anti-coal stance. They know he won't fair well in a general election.
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  92. +Ylze Tyr Also, if he is doing so well in the polls, then that shows he does have name recognition. So why did he lose to Clinton?
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  93. +Ylze Tyr " i said AT THE BEGINNING of the election she had more name recognition." But yet he is still losing.
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  94. +Ylze Tyr That's it. Mute me when you lose. Remember, Bernie lost.
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  95. +TomWithtime So link of a link of a link? Bernie could not post the list himself? No wonder he lost.
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  96. +TomWithtime Really? I am currently working on my PhD in physical chemistry and when writing grant proposals you have to have data. You have to lay out what you will spend your money on and how much it will cost. But you really need data to show that your money won't be wasted. Bernie claims he will raise $1 trillion, and how? And he wants to spend it on what bridges? You claim he has a list, but yet he does not show that. So to me, immediately, he is just raising $1 trillion to waste. He does not get into specifics on how much steel costs and concrete or labor. So that $1 trillion is sounding like a number he just pulled out of his ass. He is not writing a presentation here, he is asking for tax dollars to spend. No different then when my research group writes grants asking for money to spend. We need data and a plan to show how we will spend that money. So it is clear to me that you never written anything to request money. It is the same for his job program for the youth. What jobs? He does not say that, or say how it will generate wealth. Paying people to dig holes in the desert and refill them is not an investment. The last grant we wrote we gave data on a molecule showing the spectrum. If we get that grant we have to collect more on that molecule and others similar to it. If we don't we won't get our grant renewed. We just don't write a grant proposal saying "we need $X amount of money to do research". We present data, we write up how it is relevant, and how we will spend it. It may be pages. From this conversation I imagine you are one of those guys who never even studied science or worked in the field of science. "The universe is flat. How does that sound to you? Would the number of resources you would need to go through to understand the fundamentals of that make you say it's bullshit and conclude only that?" Not many resources really. To understand the math behind it in details you will need a solid background. It is a graduate level problem in Classical Mechanics where you start talking about a flat university, an open and closed one. On top of that you start talking about the big bang and the big crunch. But someone in that field can explain it with limited resources. Scientific American does so for they layman to understand. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/degrees-of-freedom/httpblogsscientificamericancomdegrees-of-freedom20110731what-do-you-mean-the-universe-is-flat-part-ii/ My research requires a deep understanding of physics and biology, but I can explain it to people who never took those classes to where they can understand what I do for my research. The fact that Bernie can't lay out his plans on what bridges need to be built, the estimate cost of resources and labor, and if they are even necessary shows he is unfit for president. And as a voter I am similar to a committee that approves or denies grant. And I, along with other voters denied him.
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  97. +TomWithtime I don't have a problem following URLs, I have a problem with a candidate who is wanting to do all this taxation and spending but gives no clear plan on how they want to get that money or how they will spend it. When I publish a paper or submit a grant I give a citation that immediately supports what I am saying. It isn't creating a paper trail. As far as tech is concerned, I work with some of the most sophisticated LASERs developed and do a lot of theory with my research. " But it's still only a high school" And it shows with you inability and experience in actually trying to fund something or sell something. "A grant proposal is definitely a different format than a website, " I know, a grant takes work and effort. That is why Bernie lost, he has no clue how to work. Remember, this is a man who wants to be the President of the United States. "Do you struggle with technology in general?" Nope. I do quite well with technology. I am wondering how you can't see past Bernie's BS.
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  98. +TomWithtime A website is a great way to attract children and fooling them in if their plan will actually work. Bernie says he will raise $1 trillion dollar? How? So there is just money sitting in vaults somewhere? And then he says he will spend it on infrastructure. Where? And how much will it cost? How much will steel and concrete cost? How much for labor? How long will it take? How long is the new bridge expected to last? None of that is listed. The same is with youth employment. What jobs are they going to do? He wants to employ the youth but doesn't say in what. You don't spend money just to spend. You have to invest to generate wealth. Paying people to dig holes is not going to cut it. So Bernie's website may fool someone with the mind of a child, but it obviously didn't fool actual adults. "Bernie doesn't list the specifics because he probably doesn't know what goes into building a bridge. " He can easily hire someone. He has been in congress for 20 years, he should have a general idea. He use to be a mayor, he should have experience in this. "Who cares about how it's going to be done? " I want to build a bridge in the most efficient way possible. One that will cost the least and develop a bridge that will last. When you add government and bureaucracy in the mix that usually doesn't happen.  "The money figure comes from engineers and the building will be left to builders." And as we have seen with the Bay Bridge they were 4 times off their numbers. So it isn't a clear as what you think. Someone with only a high school education like yourself will not see that and instead be fooled by Bernie.
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  99. +TomWithtime "The first bit is listed under the "how will bernie pay for everything" section on his website. The second bit is being left to engineers - if they can't do it, who can?" 1. It isn't. It says it is projected to raise that much. You also have to realize that money does not have finite value. Taking it and wasting it lowers the value of the dollar. If he does that prices, such as the price of concrete and steel, goes up. So the $1 trillion now won't be that much 5 years from now, the purchasing power will be less. "Yes, the engineers I mentioned. " Which engineers? I need names and credentials. Bernie is the same guy who wants to hire Robert Reich feeling that he is an actual economists (he isn't). "If you're suggesting we can't trust an ENGINEER, " I can trust an engineer, it depends on which one. I am not suggesting engineers are often wrong, I am saying they can be wrong and have been wrong in the past. Remember, this is all projected cost. I still don't see details. And the federal government has a strong history of being wrong on several points, and not in a good way. "The people best suited to do the estimates are doing them." Not really. I also see you continue to ignore the youth employment issue.
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  100. +TomWithtime All that is fine, it can be dealt with at the state level, and is overall. Around 3/4 of funding for roads is done at the state and local level. What Bernie is doing is federal overreach and a waste. That, and his numbers are questionable. If his policies were really that simple then we would have done it a long time ago.
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  101. +TomWithtime Bernie doesn't want to do it at the state level because he is borderline fascist. Watching Bernie speak makes me realize that he is crazy. "He gives reasonable common sense-esque answers " The phrase "common sense" is not an argument. From my experience he give a lot of rhetoric for answer. In Vegas he was asked how he was going to prevent prices from going up when he increases the min. wage. He did not answer the question. Bernie resorts to one of three things when answering questions 1. Punish the rich 2. Free shit 3. Climate change His foreign policy is taxing the rich for exporting jobs and feeling that terrorism is the result of climate change. He is a fool.
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  102. +TomWithtime I think one of the funniest videos of Bernie was when he was in a discussion with Douglas Holtz-Eakin on the minimum wage and Bernie immediately went to Walmart. Never mind discussing the min. wage, he just wanted to talk about Walmart. I love the comment on the video "Bernie sanders has a learning disablility"
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  103. +TomWithtime "I guess american fascism would be strictly enforced government legislature with no variation per state? I don't think that'll be the case with everything, just health care, wages, other debate topics. Positive fascism.. haha. " According to the constitution we are supposed to have state rights where states took care of domestic policies. Also, what may be positive for one state is a negative for another state. With Bernie's plan my tax dollars will be spent on a bridge I will never use. Thus that is not a positive for me. 1. It is punishing the rich. The top 10$ pay 70% of federal income taxes (which used to be unconstitutional) despite only earning 40% of the income. "The 1% doesn't just own 99% of the wealth, they own the majority of new wealth created too. " That is not true. Also, wealth does not equal income. The average home owner has 30 times more wealth than a renter. The average homeowner has around 60% of their wealth tied into their home. Beyond owning a home the average person has little to no wealth. Someone with no other assets and only having $10 has more wealth than 25% of the country. Having wealth disparity is actually good because it means wealth is being created. There is no such thing as redistribution of the wealth. It is only destruction of wealth. "I know it's capitalism 101 that a rich person could buy the contents of a grocery store and let everyone else starve, " That is a very naive way of looking at it. Capitalism is someone making an investment, possibly going into debt, to open a grocery store and selling food to consumers. In order for that person to become rich they have to sell a good or service to consumers. Nobody just doesn't become rich. But I guess in your mind they do. That is why you think like Bernie that the rich must be punished. 2. How do other countries do free college? By limiting who goes. They track students and if the government does not feel you are qualified for college then they don't allow you to go. Other ways are that they simply have inferior colleges compared to the US. 3. Climate change has been happening for over 4 billion years. While we should continue studying it and look at the issue of climate change, we can't make radical decisions when so much is unknown. Bernie does which will kill many jobs, raise energy prices, and hurt the economy in other sectors including scientific research. So on the climate change issue I label Bernie anti-science.
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  104. +TomWithtime "Why do you care where the money goes if you're paying less and you're contributing to the welfare of your country? " Because I want to make sure that society gets their money's worth, and that money is not wasted. If money is wasted then the value of the dollar drops so my purchasing power drops. So it doesn't matter if my taxes are lower, I will be worse off. " America is the only true capitalist first world country where freedom and opportunity are the priority no matter the cost in money or life. " That is not true. We have a lot of federal government involvement and not surprisingly they are programs that are going broke or cause more problems. "His mission to make us "more like the rest of the modern world" might be sincere but misguided since america is NOT that. " But the US has arguably the best healthcare system in the world, the best university system, is top 5 in productivity, and as Bernie puts it, the richest nation in the world. Seems like we are doing something right. "Do I understand? Your mention of the constitution and states rights leaves me to believe the single entity people first approach is actually unconstitutional?" My idea is a checks and balance system. We are a nation of 320+ million people. Having a one size fits all policy will not work. You want money out of politics? Reduces the size of the federal government, don't expand it like Bernie wants to do. I want to make sure that government remains the servants and not the masters. You do that with smaller, more local government.
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