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Looking at Cleveland today, I'd say we are worse off now in 2025 than in 1962. Slums, poverty, and urban decay are still major problems. Middle-class jobs? Mostly gone. My grandfather worked for J&L (later LTV) from 1933 to 1968. Raised two kids, and my grandmother was a stay-at-home mom. Nowadays, everyone in the household has to work just to make a living. It's a far cry from the vision of progress they had back then. Yes, back then, two cars in the garage, wife could stay at home, and you could do all that on nothing more than a good work ethic and a high school diploma.
I have 3 college degrees, work full-time, and have one car (it's 18 years old by now), and I still struggle to make ends meet. Sure wish I could get my piece of the good life; I'm more than willing to work for it. Living in Garfield Heights in 2025, it is turning into the slums.
Instead of sending money overseas, maybe we should invest in our own communities for a change.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Man, I must have ruffled some feathers with you! You wrote me a whole book as a response, and still failed to invalidate my point.
In any event, you understand where I am coming from on this issue; we need to stop sending American tax payer money to all of you freeloading foreigners who pay nothing in return.
Now let’s get into some of the so-called “facts” that you presented. They are definitely skewed to say the least, which is most likely a direct result of the communist propaganda that exists in your country….
You wrote: “US are having the worst high school education system even behind Vietnam 16 ranks. Most US college or university now a day are having 30% of foreign students.”
^^^Not completely true at all. As for the poorer urban school systems in large cities, yes, they are not properly funded (that’s because Washington politicians are too busy giving the money away rather than investing it here). But as for our private schools, they are some of the best school systems out there. As for our colleges? Absolutely right on! We have the best colleges on the planet bar none! After all, do you actually think an ambitious American student would want to come to Vietnam to earn a degree??? For that matter, would anyone else (a Canadian, German, Brazilian for example) want to come to Vietnam for an education? 😂
You wrote: “US are having the worst healthcare system even Vietnam are saving more people with health problems than US despite be the system in Vietnam is far behind US in term of technology and experiences.”
^^That is pure communist propaganda. You can be sure that nobody comes to Vietnam for medical treatment or for the so-called medical advancements. In fact, I have never heard of any particular hospital in Vietnam. But I am sure you have heard of the Mayo Clinic, or the Cleveland Clinic, which are very respected hospitals that are known all over the planet. Never heard of anyone from the Saudi royal family coming to Vietnam for medical service, but the sure do come to the Cleveland Clinic.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/10-best-hospitals-in-the-world-ranked-by-newsweek.html
You wrote: “US are having the worse infrastructure in their even behind China now and Vietnam will surpass US in 20-30 years”
^^^Partly true, but mostly false. As I have said before, if America wants to keep sending all of you foreign freeloaders our tax dollars, then yes, what you contend could happen (though on a much smaller scale). By contrast, if we as American’s invest our tax dollars here at home; we will guarantee our infrastructure as one of the best. The choice is in the hands or our politicians; I just hope they wake up in time before they sell us all out. And if that is not feasible, then let American’s vote them out in the next election.
You wrote: “US are having the worst public transportation behind Japan 50 years, already are behind China and at this rate, some developing country like Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia will have public high-speed train before US even did in 10 years.”
^^^First off, most people have cars here in the US, so we do not need a train transportation system beyond what we already have in place. However, we are on the path to getting the HyperLoop system, which means one could travel from Chicago to Cleveland in 32 minutes. And it is worth noting that we will soon be leading the way with making the transition from fossil fuel cars to electric.
You wrote: “5. US are having the highest death rate of malnutrition, even 45 times higher death rate than Vietnam.”
^^^Absolutely nonsense. In fact, there is not much to say to refute this silly claim of yours, aside from telling you to come to the US to see for yourself. Look, our rats, roaches, and mice eat better from any dumpster located behind any restaurant or grocery store from the sheer abundance of food that is thrown away compared to what people in Vietnam have have access to; we are a land of plenty. Malnutrition? Hardly. Even homeless people in American eat better than you do in Vietnam. Our people tower over your people. You are probably 5'0" and 110 pounds dripping wet. Us Americans? 6'0 and 220 pounds (or even bigger) is not hard to come by. I do not see any Vietnamese NFL Football players here in the U.S. I see plenty of Japanese baseball players here, but not in the NFL. You guys are just too small by comparison.
Look Nguyen, the Vietnamese communist party propaganda has you in a tight grip.
You wrote: “US are having the highest below poverty line rate at 15%, even poorer country like Vietnam only have 5.6% living below poverty line.”
^^^Well, not exactly. We have a high cost of living. What we as American’s would say is lousy pay at $10 per hour at Dunkin Doughnuts is probably middle class (or better) in your country. Why don’t you mention about the wealth of the upper crust of America??? How many people in your country get salaries like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Robert De Niro, or Lebron James??? You get my point. Some of the wealthiest people on the planet live here in the U.S.
You wrote: “US are having the highest homeless rate and population than any country in the world, while Vietnam is one of the lowest.”
^^Absolutely a hot load of steaming, fly-strewn Vietnamese fecal matter. You really need to get out more, and for Pete's sake, shake off that Vietnamese communist brainwashed nonsense.
You wrote: “US are having the highest incarcerate in the world at 738 per 100,000 capita, 6 time higher than Vietnam.”
^^^And what is so odd or revealing about that? Someone breaks the law; they get prosecuted and go to jail. With the notion of freedom there comes free choices; not everyone makes the right choices. Nevertheless, in America, at least they get a fair trial. In Vietnam (and China), a defendant is already considered guilty by the communist party, and then subsequently executed. Start giving people in your country a fair trial, and you will soon see your numbers going up with the incarceration “facts” that you presented.
You wrote: “US are having the worst car in the world, 45% of their cars in their country are foreign brand and their cars can't be export to other countries, even Vietnam's new car brand called Vinfast are being import to US and Europe. Etc”
^^Oh, now this is a good one! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂 A “Vinfast”????? 🤣🤣 That sounds like some weight loss supplement! Something like "Nutra Slim." 🤣🤣
Worst cars? HARDLY!!! I have never even heard of a Vietnamese “Vinfast” until you mentioned it, let alone see one anywhere on the road (not even on TV). That must be the King Daddy of rice burners over there in your country. In any event, my experiences owning a Dodge, GM, or Ford vehicle is WAY cooler than any import; no two ways about it! The styling of the American cars is without equal. A close runner up would be some of the European imports (not Asian rice burners).
Just for entertainment and laughs though, I’d really love to see a “Vinfast” at the local race track against a Corvette, Mustang, or a Dodge Challenger! And as for work trucks? Please, no contest at all. A Ford F-250, Chevy 2500 will out haul anything you got (and look better doing it too). By the way, how much rice per gallon does a Vinfast get on the freeway? 🤣🤣🤣😂😂 This is a good future YouTube video idea for someone out there to compare a "Vinfast' (more 🤣🤣) with a Corvette or Tesla, smh. (I'm sorry, I can't help with more 😂😂😂😂).
Nguyen, you really need to brush up on your fact finding, son (and your English too). Stop being so gullible to party rhetoric Vietnam. You see, the Vietnamese communist party tells you what to think, whereas Americans get to do their own thinking for themselves. You ought to try that (you know, thinking for yourself), oh, but on second thought you might be arrested by your communist secret police/ Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam.
Yes, we as Americans really do need to put a halt to all of the financial waste that stems from sending our tax dollars overseas. We have helped all of you along up until this point, now we need to take the training wheels off and let you guys fend for yourselves for once.
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Trump's bravery knows no bounds, doesn't it? Addressing another party's convention is like crashing your ex's wedding and giving a toast—it takes guts! I mean, who else would have the audacity to grace such a humble gathering with their presence? It's like shining a spotlight on the little guy, except the little guy is wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. Talk about making an entrance! Without Trump, they might as well have been holding their convention in a broom closet, right? Truly, the hero we never knew we needed!
He's also the first candidate to sell gimmicks. From selling bibles to gold sneakers, he's like a one-man shopping channel meets religious revival. I mean, who wouldn't want a pair of kicks that can walk on water and make your bank account magically grow? Forget about turning water into wine—Trump's turning it into cold hard cash! It's like watching a reality TV star moonlighting as a street vendor, but hey, in Trump's world, anything's possible!
Sorry, MAGA faithful, looks like the only wall Trump's building is the one between him and the truth!
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@acts2211
I agree with your notion. An officer on a lawful stop can demand the driver's license without needing to first state the reason for the stop. What I was referring to is that at some point during the investigative stop, the officer should state the reason to the driver.
Regardless of how an encounter like this plays out, the driver MUST provide the license. Compliance is always the best policy (and safer too with some of the badge-wearing hotheads out there strung out on power and testosterone). If the motorist feels that they have been treated rudely or unfairly, then the correct response is to file a complaint against the officer based on unprofessional conduct.
This goes back to officer tactics at the scene. There could be a logical reason in place to hold off on providing the "reason" for the stop, but there never is a valid reason for the motorist to say, "I will give you my license only when you tell me the reason for the stop."
So yes, a motorist will be wrong in the eyes of the court for refusing to provide a license on the sole basis that they didn't have a reason provided to them by the officer.
Plus (as a former officer myself), it is just easier to tell someone the reason for the stop upfront and avoid the initial confrontation like this one. By stating the reason for the stop, this takes away from the driver any excuse (however invalid it may be on their part) to require a reason in exchange for providing their driver’s license. Also, from my own experience as a LE, drivers who want to stall about providing their license upon request is usually a response mechanism to some other issue that the don’t want you to find out about (usually an active warrant). I mean, just because the vehicle registration checks clear on the vehicle and is valid does not mean that the registered owner is the person sitting in the seat.
I could empathize with both sides here; both as someone who wore the uniform and someone who has been stopped for whatever traffic offense I was accused of. For me, I always provided the license upfront. After all, being uncooperative with an officer is a sure way to get a ticket instead of a possible verbal warning if someone is compliant.
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Man is he (Trump) desperate and pathetic! He recently stated that he "...intends to keep his promise..." in reference to his corny campaign pledge to build his wall (a mere monument to himself, btw). Why are his other promises not important? This guy’s word means NOTHING!
What ever happened to his promise to release his tax records???? I suppose it is easy to understand why he does not; the tax records would undermine him, whereas the wall would be a monument so he can brag about himself.
What a tool! It is easy to see that Trump doesn’t give a hoot and holler about border security. No, this is based on nothing more than wounded pride. His ego is the only thing fueling this border wall funding idea. It is something that is very personal to him (and it has nothing to do with preventing illegals from entering the U.S.) Hey, but YOU said Mexico was going to pay for it! LOL!!! Still waiting for that peso…
Here is some advice, Mr. Orange-glowing, 1970’s outdated disco hairdo wearing “President”, why not keep ALL OF your promises? People may come to respect you a little bit more than they do now (then again, maybe not). You have made a big enough fool out of yourself to have any hope for redemption in the eyes of public opinion. And another thing, STOP LYING all the friggin time! Even lies about lying. “I didn’t say that”, and yet you can role the tape of an interview with him saying exactly what he later claimed that he didn’t say. Like he actually thinks people are that stupid, no, he is the one that is stupid.
800,000 plus workers will not get a paycheck so that you (Mr. President) can keep your ego inflated. What is next? What will be the next group of people that you will use as a pawn to get your stupid communist East German inspired wall?
It is worth noting that,you do not have to worry about a paycheck, it is not you who has to worry about paying the rent or putting food on the table for you or your family. You say, “they can adapt.” How about YOU adapt and forget the dump wall and end the shutdown. People have to eat you know. They don't have the privilege of walking around all fat and orange with every luxury at their disposal (like you do). There must be a more cost-effective alternative to building a wall to promote border security.
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@onthelake9554
Oh, absolutely! Trump won't be a felon for long. I mean, who needs a crystal ball when you have such unwavering faith in a man whose legal strategy involves tweeting in ALL CAPS and calling everyone "losers"? His appeals will surely be as successful as his casinos.
And of course, he'll be president again. Because nothing says "fit for office" like a rap sheet longer than his list of ex-lawyers. Just imagine the campaign slogans: "Make Bail Great Again!" or "Lock Her Up, But Let Me Out!" The debates will be thrilling, especially when he gets to phone in from his court appearances.
I can see it now: the Oval Office, redecorated with bars on the windows and a big, gold-plated "Do Not Disturb, Inmate #45" sign on the door. He'll be running the country from a cell with all the executive orders signed in crayon.
And let's not forget his loyal followers! They'll proudly wear "Free Trump" t-shirts and protest outside courthouses, chanting "Four More Years!" while holding up signs that read "Pardon the President." It'll be the most entertaining reality show ever. Move over, "The Apprentice," there's a new hit series: "The Incarceration."
So, rest assured, your hero's legal woes are just minor inconveniences on his path back to the White House. Because if history has taught us anything, it's that nothing galvanizes a political comeback like a good ol' fashioned criminal conviction.
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Douglas Butler Sorry they don't have this in pop up book form for you to understand, there cupcake...
"A federal judge issued a scathing order Saturday dismissing the Trump campaign’s futile effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania, shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots" (Scolforo, 2020).
https://apnews.com/article/judge-throws-out-trump-suit-pennsylvania-87eaf4df86d5f6ccc343c3385c9ba86c
And how exactly does this equate as a "victory" for Trump???? Yeah, drugs aren't cheap and being a two-bit clown like yourself does not help you any.
How about some Bee Gee's for Trump?
"What you doin' on your back, aah
What you doin' on your back, aah?
You should be dancing, yeah
Dancing, yeah..."
...as the disco balls reflecting lights off his disco hairdo while he is being escorted off to jail by Federal agents armed with an arrest warrant! 🤣😂😂
"And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.."
"Trump's going nowhere, somebody help him, ah, ah, ah, STAYING ALIVE....."
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@worky Proof? I always ask these Trump supporting goofs how the Trump presidency improved their lives. Did he put two cars in your garage or boost your pay $1 or more per hour because of his studious efforts? Did he pass any legislation to forgive student loan debt, NO!!! I have nothing more now than I did before he got elected in 2016. So the hell with him; he is all talk and all in it for himself.
What has Trump done to enrich the lives of working class Americans? No, he only helps the stinking rich get richer (people of privilege like himself). This orange-glowing clown with the 1978's disco hairdo has done nothing but sow discord and upheaval in this once great nation. "Make America Great Again", sure when he is GONE! America is facing social chaos with Trump in office. Trump's very character and temperament is absolutely disgusting.
From my own observations, I have seen nada, zilch from Trump. Oh, but he did manage to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Yes, made a huge difference to Americans over here that are struggling (yes, that is pure sarcasm like Trump's policies are pure bull). Wonder how many millions that Embassy move cost the tax payer here in the good ole U.S.
Trump is nothing but an vainglorious buffoon, bent on arrogant entitlement behavior and then whines when he doesn't get his way. Was music to my ears to see him L-O-S-E! 😁 Cost $3,000,000 for a recount in Wisconsin that actually netted Biden an additional 87 votes!!! 🤣🤣
I'd take a double dose of Obama or Biden/Harris any day of the week over some racist buffoon who wears his feelings on his sleeve (he is not good at criticism at all), golf course president.
Even if I were to turn a blind eye to everything Trump said and did over the last four year......Just consider the way he has acted during this election!!! Absolute childish disgrace! The American voters spoke by casting their votes and the election results STAND (even after a stupid recount)! But Trump is such a cry baby, "It's rigged!" Yet he could not provide a shred of proof of election fraud.
Sure, it is always "rigged" when the Orange Man doesn't get his way. This guy will never grow up and accept any responsibility for his own failures in life; it is always the fault of someone else. Yes, he cried that nonsense back in 2016, and then he suddenly shut up when he won the election! Maybe it was rigged after all back then!
The heck with Trump! He is a lying sack. The SOB said he would release his tax records and then FOLDED on this promise! Every president for the last 40 odd years has released their taxes. What is Trump hiding?? Yeah, he is hiding something, otherwise he would release them.
But that is ok. The State of New York will see to it that the truth comes out on Trump (he won't have his presidential office to hide behind). He came across as some unhinged manic during the presidential debate (arguing with Chris Wallace). Yeah, instead of selling his pitch on why he should get 4 more years, he is too busy arguing and acting like a two-year-old. And this presidential fool had the nerve to say, "I did really good in the debate." Man, if that is not a sure sign of mental illness and delusion then I don't know what is.
If Trump sent everyone a check for $200,000, I would gladly send mine back to him if it meant he would not be president. So sick of this cult leader president; QAnon, lizard conspiracy theorist/Proud Boys racist supporter. This country is ready to cut loose and burn itself to the ground with him in office! Never seen so much chaos and discord in America. This guy has got to go, and with 20 days or so left, let's hope he doesn't manage to do even more damage; Biden may not be able to repair Trump's chaos (Mitch McConnel won't make it easy).
And that is another thing with Trump; why is it that those close to him (working for him) end up going to prison? He is next for sure!
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Mike Brockway THEN WHERE IS THE PROOF????????? Even Christopher Krebs as the (former) Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (appointed by The Great Orange One himself) interviewed and was confident that there was no evidence of election fraud.
Trump fired him via Twitter because Krebs would not go along with Trump's BS.
Come on now, this whole "rigged" and "fraud" thing is getting really tiresome. Not a shred of proof anywhere by anyone in any state and it has been nearly two months since the election. Even the courts (state and federal) have tossed out these ridiculous arguments of voter fraud by Trump. The only fraud is Trump himself. He lost the election because of nobody but himself. He is so arrogant and self-important enough to think that he can say and do anything he wants (guess he couldn't do that after all).
Trump put that nonsense out there and the Trump cult followers (people like yourself) gobbled it up as gospel! Sure, I totally understand. It is not like Trump would ever lie about anything, right? LOL!! He is always so honest and forthcoming (sarcasm). If Trump told everyone that the moon was made of cheese, all of you Trumplicans would believe him! If he said the world is flat, you all would smile with delight knowing that The Great Orange One knows everything and must therefore be correct!
Look, nobody is coming to take anybody's gun(s) away (though Trump would like to take freedom of speech/press away). Just the same as there is not a 200,000 strong Chinese battle group in Canada all gassed up and waiting to invade the U.S. if Trump does not stay in the White House.
I tell ya, Trump and his wild deep state conspiracy theories (think QAnon for example) have fed all you gullible Trumplicans (you're not even Republicans at this point).
You guy's are almost like some nutjob religious sect out there. Better hope the Orange Man doesn't tell all of you Trumplicans to drink the cool-aid; there would be approximately 70 million graves to dig. We need all of our grave diggers to prepare graves for the Covid-19 victims that Trump fumbled the ball on. Yet, Trump calls it a "lovefest." Orange buffoon!
Face it, Trump lost the election.....game over.
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@Rob You want to argue how exactly this "superpower" thing benefits the average American??? Seriously, 😂😂🤣 You’re joking, right? Because I’ll tell you what, it only benefits the rich and most American’s are not in that category. Don’t believe the hype of what people in your county think is that all American’s are movie stars with million-dollar mansions and Bentley's in different colors. Try visiting any U.S. major city like Cleveland, Detroit, Dallas, Oakland, etc. You’d have a tough time selling this nonsensical point on yours to a working-class mother and father who had to bury their 20-year-old son, or who must take care of a disabled son/daughter from this world police action.
Tell you what then; why don't you come here to the U.S., become a citizen, and then go work at Target or Walmart for a measly $11 bucks an hour on 40 hours (if you are lucky to get full time) and then let's reassess your notion of the good life in America because of superpower status. Yeah, try that on raising a family too. You clearly know nothing of what you are talking about.
So, by all means, tell me all about this point that you like to "argue” (I like a good debate). And you are from where??? UK, Canada???? Just know what you are talking about.
And Trump not starting wars? And your point is??? Look, wanting to get out of Afghanistan is not the same thing as actually getting out of Afghanistan, so you drive a moot point here on Trump.
America can still be a Superpower with all the points that I have raised.
Let me rehash for you:
Instead of giveaways for arms and other hardware for people in these other countries, I say let everyone pay twice the value of this merchandise and let's help eliminate poverty here in the U.S. Put more money into communities that are lacking in opportunities.
It is high time for other countries (your country too) that benefits directly from American's "World Police" status and operations. Yeah, let the U.K. France, Germany, Italy takes care of European and middle east security and let Japan, Australia, New Zealand take care of the Asian theatre. I am ALL FOR IT.
Because as far as I am concerned, the Monroe Doctrine didn't include the whole planet and outer space, so let’s keep things in perspective here.
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@cnn787-i9e Oh, I know they do.
I really hope they would stop though. It is almost like having home or auto insurance that you pay for every month, except the insurance company (in this case the U.S. Government) is going to give free policies and coverage to those who do not pay (in this case the foreigners that do not pay taxes).
I read somewhere that it ( I believe it was the cost of operations in Afghanistan) cost the U.S. approximately $8,000,000 per day. Why not take that same $8,000,000 per day (since evidentially they can spare it) and give it to a major American city each and every day. Education would likely improve, crime would go down, depilated houses could be torn down and rebuilt, and it would give people in the community a sense of calm that something positive is being done to improve the community. But no, all the government wants is taxes, taxes, and more taxes so they can waste it on some useless foreign support. You'd think that the foreign governments were voting for our politicians and paying their salaries.
I mean, I don't see any foreign governments giving their tax dollars to support improvement initiatives here in the Untied States at the cost of their tax base in their countries.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn No kidding; you're not telling me anything that I don't already know. With the sheer amount of American tax payer funds given away to foreign nations each and every single day, sure, they love us like no other.
Instead of giving military equipment, money, and yes, American military lives away in these foreign expeditions, why don't the American politicians try to win over the American people by routing that same money into domestic issues such as community building and improving schools in urban areas?
It's not like people in Vietnam or South Korea pay taxes to the American government, or vote for them at election time. Meanwhile, the American politicians keep coming to John and Jane taxpayer for more money to give away. This would be tantamount to having insurance policy holders pay a monthly premium for coverage, but then let people without coverage get free plans.
If foreigners want a piece of America's pie of propensity, then they can chip in with tax money to participate.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Huh???
Look, kid....
You are contradicting yourself...
You wrote: "I don't thinks you guy are 220lbs in average, you have to be 440lbs in average since 75% of your adult population are over weight and 42% are obese "
^^^So which is it? Are Americans malnourished (as you earlier stated) or grossly overweight at 440lbs??? Either way, the average American male is much more powerfully built than the little scrawny, boney, fellas like you over there in Vietnam. 🤣😄 Besides, I don't know where you get all of your percentage statistics from regarding weight, so why don't you include a source link? In any evert, I know I am rocking a serious physique working out 2 hours a day, 4 days a week. I have more muscle mass in my one forearm than you have on your entire body, boy.
And your statement about Walmart? What? Ok, that literally made no sense whatsoever. However, I suppose it may be something worthwhile in your socialist controlled mind. Next, they will be opening a series of Walmart stores in Vietnam. And you know what? YOU would be first clown in line to buy clothes from the boy's department to fit your scrawny little frame, and grab a bottle of soy sauce while you are at it.
As for some side show freak action at the circus, I'll bet both of your Grandmothers were most likely some cheap, sideshow freak action for a dozen or more drunk American G.I's during the 1960's! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 Those Vietnamese girls would do ANYTHING for a few bucks lying on their backs for 10 minutes to put a smile on these guy's face. "Oh, me love you long time, G.I." LOL!!!!😂😂
Check this out: https://youtu.be/EwIEUflY6YI?t=8
I like the depiction on the billboard in that movie clip of the figure with squinting eyes and big teeth that we all know you zipperheads are good for! 🤣🤣 And yes, everyone in Vietnam seems to be named "Nyguyen."
5"9?? Really? You are quite the giant in your country! lol.😂🤣 You could be on the Vietnamese basketball team, and then you could come over here for an exhibition game against the Miami Heat or the Dallas Mavericks. (That was sarcasm by the way...). Any local elementary school here in the U.S. has 14-year-olds bigger than you guys.
But seriously, there are plenty of women in America that are 5'9" or taller. My aunt is 5'11. On the other hand, 5'9" for a man in America is a bit on the short side.
In any case, you probably can't grow any facial hair like most men in your culture (aside from a few stray hairs and some peach fuzz), whereas I have been shaving since the age of 13 (with a full beard at 18).
You are clearly under the control of the Vietnamese communist party mind control agenda. Yes, they have you captivated by propaganda and fear.
At the tender age of 21, you are too inexperienced with life to know any better. By this point, I have lived double your lifetime, and I have lived in America from birth to the present. What you contend as "factual" about America simply does not reflect the reality that I see everyday in America.
You probably have never even left your little village tending water buffalo and wearing your nón lá on your father's farm, let alone ever having traveled to a prosperous country like America.
And for someone like myself that has two college degrees (graduating with a third degree next year), you are in over your head if you want to debate me on the topics that you foolishly presented. You simply lack life experience and education, kid.
You have much to learn about life (and everything else for that matter).
You can see today how communism is grossly inferior to democracy. Just look at North Korea vs. South Korea. Life is much better in South Korea. For that matter, life in South Korea is probably better than your standard of living in Vietnam.
Yes, I understand your situation in a repressive socialist country, so I know you may not want to admit that you are wrong for fear of the secret police monitoring your internet activity for antigovernmental statements. But for me, I do not have to lie about my government or lie about the prosperity in America. I am free to write anything good or bad about my government. And you know what? Nobody with a badge is going to come and take me to a forced labor camp (or worse) for doing it. You gotta love the 1st Amendment right that is enjoyed over here in the U.S.
So long, squirt...you bore me with your broken English, imbecilic commentary, and your pitiful farm/communist inspired intellect. Google Translate isn't doing you any favors.
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@cnn787-i9e We "have to feed them"? Well, actually, we don't need to do anything. You know, it would be like putting the training wheels on a bicycle for a 4-year-old; fast forward to when this 4-year-old is now a 40-year-old man and the training wheels are still on. You got to take the wheels off. You got to sink or swim at some point, can't have the U.S. carry the weight of foreigners for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, they might just as well have their countries occupied by us, add a few more stars to our flag for the "new states", and then they can pay taxes like Americans do. Sounds fair and reasonable to me.
It has been going on the better part of 50 years since the end of the Vietnam war. As for the so-called "lazy" SVA's in America? You got it all wrong; they are working their little fish frying, or dry cleaning business, and doing what other working Americans do, drum roll..........pay taxes like every other citizen. A novel idea, I know.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn So, that is your answer to not having Pell Grants in Vietnam? lol. That is what I thought.
$1,000,000 that is a big number! Considering all one needs is less than $75,000 for a bachelor's degree in America.
Not even the ivy league colleges like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cost that much.
Sounds like you accessed some click bait, because the most debt I have heard of from someone is $58,000, which is WAY LESS than $1,000,000.
Nguyen, don't be so gullible.
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@puffy-pancake You sound like you are angry at Alzheimer patients. What is Trump's excuse? Trump is an orange-glowing, disco era hair style wearing moron and Biden is still leaps and bounds ahead of Trump. And yes, if you don't know what I am talking about, Sanders dropped out today, so that leaves (drum roll), you guessed it, Biden!
Biden will wipe Trump in 2020. Trump is in WAY over his head. Let someone with experience lead the nation. Biden has come this far, so why wouldn't he be able to go up against Trump? Trump is old too you know. And that unhealthy orange hue he has about him...yikes.
As for you claiming I sound "angry at anyone who made money", far from it. I am just sick of people with money who think they can run the country on the backs of the working class. Yeah, rich, snobby people who think they can run the county because they have the money to get their names out there. You must have been born a millionaire or something if you don't know what I am talking about. In that case, forget it.
Trump has set a dangerous course for running this country. Now it appears that any idiot with larger than life ego and income can sit in the Oval Office. Yeah, they don't need the little paycheck the President gets, but for ego points! WOW! That is the only reason Trump does it, because he is a buffoon otherwise. Being President should come with qualifications (like political experience and bonus points if you served in the military).
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Yeah, BONE SPURS! You were so arrogant and full of yourself that you thought you were above the law. You believed you could skate free while the disturbed clowns in your camp did your bidding and became felons for it (Flynn, Cohen, Manafort, etc.). Now it's time for you to pay the price.
Ah, yes, in a courtroom drama that could only be described as "The Art of the Conviction," former President Donald Trump found himself guilty on all 34 counts, proving that sometimes reality TV just can't top reality itself.
As the verdicts were read, Trump's trademark hair seemed to deflate slightly, like a balloon finally succumbing to gravity. He reportedly asked his lawyers if this meant he could appeal directly to the "Supreme Twitter Court," only to be reminded that he was still banned from the platform.
In a twist of irony, Trump was quoted saying, "I never lose. But if I did, it would be the biggest, most spectacular loss you've ever seen. Believe me." True to form, he promised to build a "great, great prison" and make Mexico pay for it.
Meanwhile, the internet exploded with memes faster than you could say "covfefe." One popular image featured Trump in an orange jumpsuit, holding a "Make Alcatraz Great Again" sign. Another depicted him building a tiny wall around his cell, hoping to keep the "fake news" out.
Despite the gravity of the situation, it's clear that in the court of public opinion, Trump has once again become the star of a show that no one can stop watching. Stay tuned for the next episode of "Law & Order: Special Trump Unit."
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@IgnoranceIsNot AVirtue And Clinton, Biden, and Bush are NOT currently in the White House.
As for Bush, at least he served in the Texas Air National Guard as a pilot. And his father served as a naval pilot in WW2.
Don't make excuses for "Capt. Bone Spurs" and his 1970's disco haircut. The man is a buffoon and a racist. I'll take 1 Biden over 10 Trumps any day. Trump tries to make himself out to be this so-called "tough guy." The man is a wimp. All talk he is.
As for Vietnam, you speak as if I started the war (heck, I was not even alive at that time).
Nevertheless, young men answered the call of duty and went. Regardless if it was to fight in Germany or Japan, or later in Vietnam, or in Iraq, we need to honor the sacrifice of ALL American veterans. And today's veterans volunteered (yeah, like I did in the 90's). We didn't need a draft mandate to show up for service; we followed our personal convictions to serve our great nation.
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@jonathanrichter4256 If that is so, then " thousands" likely stayed home to avoid wasting time listening to Trump's typical arrogant nonsense, and the others came to heckle him. The guy is a snake oil salesman; will say whatever and promise whatever to get elected. Even willing to resort to mob violence like Jan. 6th. I mean, it took more than 3 hours for Trump to finally do something about the rioting on that day. Why? Even his own family was begging him to intervene. But no, Bone Spurs wanted to sit back and watch it on TV to see what advantage it could gain for him. Either he's shockingly incompetent, or he’s calculatingly malevolent. Either way, we definitely don’t need him back in the Oval Office.
I know I'll be avoiding Trump's name on the ballot in November.
The guy is too full of himself, lies for the sport of it, and is too immature. Past GOP leaders were at least worth most people's respect (even if one did not care for their brand of politics). Imagine if Reagan or the Bushes acted the way Trump does. It's like, grow up already, Trump!
A second term for Trump? It would be a never-ending revenge tour against anyone he thinks is disloyal. Expect more rioting and domestic chaos like we saw during his first term. MAGA is a cult, and Trump is their Jim Jones.
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Oh yes, let’s consider what traveling song would ole Trumpy have on his iPod on his flight to Russia (besides the Russian national anthem)? I can see it now: As they enter Russian airspace and Trump looks out the window of Air Force One to see the sun breaking in and out of the clouds on his way to freedom, he sees the Russian fighter plane escorting his plane to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, he probably sits back and pushes the play button and the Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter" starts pouring into his ears, with him bobbing his head back and forth, singing along inserting Putin’s name into the song, "Puty Pu, gimme shelter, ohhhhh come on now, gimmie shelter Puty Pu, it’s just a shot away!" with that stupid orange grin his, with him playing some air guitar as if he were Keith Richards. This would be a departure even more ignoble than that of Benedict Arnold.
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In a courtroom drama that could only be described as "The Art of the Conviction," former President Donald Trump found himself guilty on all 34 counts, proving that sometimes reality TV just can't top reality itself.
As the verdicts were read, Trump's trademark hair seemed to deflate slightly, like a balloon finally succumbing to gravity. He reportedly asked his lawyers if this meant he could appeal directly to the "Supreme Twitter Court," only to be reminded that he was still banned from the platform.
In a twist of irony, Trump was quoted saying, "I never lose. But if I did, it would be the biggest, most spectacular loss you've ever seen. Believe me." True to form, he promised to build a "great, great prison" and make Mexico pay for it.
Meanwhile, the internet exploded with memes faster than you could say "covfefe." One popular image featured Trump in an orange jumpsuit, holding a "Make Alcatraz Great Again" sign. Another depicted him building a tiny wall around his cell, hoping to keep the "fake news" out.
Despite the gravity of the situation, it's clear that in the court of public opinion, Trump has once again become the star of a show that no one can stop watching. Stay tuned for the next episode of "Law & Order: Special Trump Unit."
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@variantways2704 Does any of that excuse Trump and his behavior?? You almost sound like you are ready to jump into the Republican camp. Look, I am just glad to see Trump out. It is nice to have grown-ups back in the White House again. The last four years was a stupid experiment to see what it would be like if a spoiled 12-year-old got a chance to be POTUS. Folks thought it would be funny, rather it was both sad and dangerous at the same time. Half a million covid deaths is nothing to bat an eye of indifference at. And sucking up to Putin and damaging relations with our allies was not a wise move either on Trump's part.
Mr. Orange could have used his celebrity status and position as president to take early intervention measures to limit the spread of covid, yet he politicized it and downplayed it (and then gets it himself!!! 😂). Guess it wasn't a "hoax" after all, or as he called it "the China virus."
The man was/is a vainglorious buffoon who will never accept blame or responsibility for anything. He is a mentally disturbed cult leader. QAnon Shaman is a fitting example of the type of deranged people that follow Trump.
And if CNN isn't doing what you claim they should with the matters that you brought up, well, then what about Trump's Fox News? Yes, we can all know that Fox News is just as dedicated to the truth as was Trump (chuckles). Fox News ALWAYS tells the truth (sarcasm). Yeah, if Trump got his way there would be no press. Sounds like the method of a despot in a dictatorship, wouldn't you say?
Instead of vague references, why not tell everyone here about the threats that Biden made to Russia, or the Mexican response to the border "crisis"? I am sure you have the scoop on it, so why not share it. And please, do provide credible sources.
Trump is the very reason I am NOT a Republican. Wasn't too much into one party or the other until Trump came along.
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Fahad Mahmud Look stupid, Trump lover, brain-dead space cadet,
No need to be relaxed when I am already relaxed.
Our taxes have gone done? Really? For who? I don't see any tax breaks, but then again, I am not a billionaire either. They are the ones getting the tax breaks. You are going to "break" things down for me? That is about as laughable as Trump's presidency! His outrageous words mirror his outrageous actions. Wake up, Fahad. Things are far from “milk and honey” in America with this imbecile in the White House.
"According to the 2016 media..." WAKE UP STUPID! Peaceful as it has ever been?? What are you drug on you on dude?? Is it some Columbian grade cocaine mixed with PCP or what???? Turn on the bloody news and you will see violence and destruction active in the world. ISIS in ruins, eh? Well I guess we can all sleep much better now, can't we? LOL!! Again, WAKE UP!
ISIS defeated, that was funny! Even if that was true, it doesn’t matter what group pops up next, they all have the same agenda. Be it ISIS, or Al-Qaeda, or Hezbollah, or some other group will always fill the vacuum for extremism.
He WILL NOT be getting my vote in 2020! No matter how much fascist propaganda you want me and others to believe. It is quite clear that YOU would believe anything Trump says. If he told you that the world is flat and pigs fly, YOU WOULD BELIEVE HIM! LOL!!!! After all, it is not like Trump would ever tell a lie, now would he (sarcasm)?
CNN, Fox news, Time magazine, MSNBC, BBC, New York Times, Boston Globe, etc. and your local news, can't have it all wrong at the same time and on the same scale.
So since you are stupid enough to believe that “all is well in Trump’s America, and the world as a whole” we can call all the deployed troops home? Right? IDIOT!
Throw the drugs out, Fahad. I am giving you the extreme benefit (and I do mean the most extreme) of the doubt that perhaps your stupidity and the fact that you are so gullible can be attributed to a raging drug habit instead of life-long abject stupidity.
Seek help. And quick!
No need for a reply. I have little patience when dealing with drug induced imbeciles...
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As an American service veteran (and taxpayer), I believe that foreign military personnel should NOT be receiving military training (funded by American taxpayers) in the U.S. Let these so-called "allied" countries train their own military people in classrooms over in their own homeland. After all, if one day these foreign military personnel become our enemies (not impossible to fathom), do we really want them to have the same knowledge of our tactics and training that is on par with our own service men and women?
This story is an unfortunate incident; we have our own nut-job shooters over here. And while it is true that America has worthwhile allies, nevertheless, we really can't trust these foreign military personnel on our soil. The notion of them as our Allies today could well end up becoming our enemies of tomorrow.
And having losers like Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani in our country is a prime example; you can never know their true motivations to be here.
If the American government has all this money to give away expensive military equipment and provide training to FOREIGN military personnel (on a regular basis) to support the geo-political ambitions of politicians in Washington, well then these politicians can stop crying about raising taxes for AMERICAN taxpayers here in America! To Washington politicians: start putting Americans first by using tax dollars and other so-called "surplus" revenue to use for raising the living standard and easing the burdens of our impoverished citizens. Forget about supplying high-tech military hardware and training to support foreigners. Do their citizens pay tax dollars to America? Can they vote for you Washington fat-cats at election time? Didn't think so. It is almost like having people pay for car insurance, but if there are some out there who can’t pay, well they can have full coverage for free!
At the very least, if they want the training and equipment, let them PAY top dollar out the nose for it, and these foreign governments can sponsor the training for American military instructors!
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Greatest in what regard? The greatest liar, the greatest pervert, or the greatest draft-dodging, yellow bellied coward of all time (all the above)? Or maybe the greatest orange glowing hair/wig with half moon white eye bags? ROTFLOL!!!!!!! It would just be easier to acknowledge the fact that he is the greatest buffoon of a President of all time. So yes, I agree he is the "greatest." This orange glowing, 1970's disco hair wearing CLOWN is definitely in the classroom history books for the next 50 generations to come, though it won't be on the basis on anything honorable, but rather on the basis of notoriety.
Cadet Captain Bone Spurs, too yellow-bellied, too cowardly to go to Vietnam like other Americans who took up the call to arms (many who do not want to go, but still went). But yet 50 plus years later, he is "the fittest president ever." LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! More bombastic hot air, with images of self-grandiose worship! Arm chair hero to the rescue! In reference to Trump's comment regarding the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting, Trump stated, "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon" (MORE ROTFLO!!!!!) Let me guess, Mr. President/Commander in Chief Bone Spurs (in light of your past heroics and all), you will single highhandedly put out the so-called "County Fire" that is blazing away in California with just a bottle of water? Perhaps a bottle of Trump Water from one of your hotels will suffice? ROTFLOL!!!!!! Wonder if that yellow 1970's disco wig of his is fire proof? hmmm? Between Kim Jong-un and Trump, it is difficult to say who has the worst haircut.
Let's put on some Bee Gee's for Trump's Disco hair! "Baby night fever, night fever, we know how to do it..." Or how about some disco tunes by ABBA "Dancing Queen"
He is the "fittest president ever" so he should have no problem with his 1970's disco dance moves...or putting out the fires in California all by himself, because this man can do anything other mortals can't (sarcasm). BUFFOON!
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Sounds like you traveled kind of lite. From my own time as a police officer in America, I can tell you we carried quite a bit of gear. From a bullet resistant vest, 4 pairs of handcuffs, a X26 taser (with spare cartridges), can of pepper spray, (2) 13-round magazines, collapsible ASP baton, a Glock pistol, and a radio (felt like a cement truck, and felt like I had the speed of one too). Also carried a fairly heavy equipment bag in the trunk of the squad car that consisted of extra writing instruments, and spare evidence bags and paperwork.
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Death notifications can always be tough, especially when it is a resident check where the person has been deceased for several weeks (need a strong stomach for that). Though a "body in the boot" is something that I have never encountered.
Thanks for sharing your story (really like your history material).
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@MintTree117 Is Bush in the White House NOW? No, so stay focused on Trump, the orange-glowing clown. He is the current President here and now (hopefully, not again for a second term).
I don't give a hoot and holler about Bush, Clinton, Obama, or whoever else you want to bring up; they are history book Presidents by now. I'll lay off Trump when he is out of office (hopefully SOON).
I got far more respect for Bush than for a draft-dodging pansy like Trump. Trump is too weak to be a wartime President anyways.
So, don't bother to waste your time trying to make a Trump convert out of me. I am 100% off on this guy. Heck, people from his own party can't stand him. Compared to Bush (if you want to go there), civil unrest and racial tensions have never been worse than with this buffoon in office. He's a demagogue and nothing more.
Trump is a 1970's disco hairdo wearing, golf club swinging hypocrite. A mere Twitter President that fusses about other people via Twitter like a little 12-year-old schoolgirl. The man has A LOT of growing up to do. But by this point in his life, I guess that is a lost cause.
So again, save your breath (or fingers in this case) Martin Grof, there is no redemption for Trump in my eyes or the eyes of most sane and sensible people in America.
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Yeah, Trump spewed quite a few promises out of his orange mouth. Such as "The Wall Almighty", releasing his tax records once elected, going after Hillary Clinton (recall special prosecutor and the histerical chants of "lock her up, lock her up" and all that). He choked up and folded.
Just a whole bunch of high-winded clap trap.
Trump is far from the "...second coming of Christ..." even in the disturbed and delusional minds of his cult-like following. They see him from the viewpoint of steely-eyed Nazi’s cheering Hitler at the Luitpold arena in the 1930's.
Forget his wall. It didn't work in Berlin from its construction in 1961 up until the time they began dismantling it in 1990. Hadrian's Wall proved equally futile during its time, and The Great Wall of China had limited effectiveness. Can only imagine the hundreds of millions of dollars that will needed to be spent each and erery year to repair and maintain the stupid "Trump Wall." Plus, it will be an absolute eyesore for everyone. Spray painted on one (or both) sides, and crumbling concrete on both in a decade or less. Trump just wants the wall as an everlasting memorial to himself. His followers will call it "The Trump Monument." Heck, they can paint the wall orange too then.
An enduring monument to celebrate the legacy of a imbecile throughout the ages.
And just like all walls, people who are determined to get past them will always find a way around them. Total eyesore and waste of money for such limited effects of preventing unlawful entry into America. Find a more practical way, Trump...(or pay for the wall YOURSELF out of your won pocket)!
Walls are the tools for and by tyrants.
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I can't wait for the guy with the world's biggest ego, the biggest liar LOSES to Harris in 2024!!! I love watching Trump failing, which is good medicine for a lifelong, self-centered, egomaniac like Trump. I just hope he will NOT be back in 2028.
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Oh, of course! Clearly, his sole purpose in life is to perfect his golf swing. Policy? What's that? Some newfangled concept he hasn't had time to Google between tee-offs? He's not here to lead or govern—heaven forbid! No, his mission is far more noble: to grace every golf course with his presence and bask in the adoration of his caddy. After all, why bother with trivial matters like running a country when there are putts to be made and egos to be inflated?
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Love how he has time to talk about something that has absolutely no importance whatsoever (golfing), all the while he has no solutions for how to help Americans who are living just above or below the poverty line in America. Created jobs from 2016 to 2020? Really? Crap jobs, low-paying, entry-level jobs. Decent paying jobs that existed at GM's Lordstown plant in Ohio were lost when the "Great Orange One" was in office.
Why not bring back the prosperity that once existed in America? Who cares, right? Gold is all that matters (for those who can afford to). And Trump's approach to healthcare? He has nothing to offer. He only cares about giving tax breaks to the already filthy rich (like they need extra money for another Bugatti, or down payment money for a new 28,000 square foot mansion).
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/he-lied-ohio-voters-struggle-after-trump-promised-jobs
"Where's Hunter?" Who cares, Trump. Are you running against Hunter? Obviously not, so stay focused on running your failing campaign.
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Trump is SO immature. He will never grow up! So sick of this guy. Sex offender, felon, and now president? It will be really telling to watch this habitual liar raise his hand and take the oath of office to uphold the very Constitution that he has no respect for.
On another note, I'm afraid I have to disagree with the comment made by Charlie Angus about going to Vietnam for America. Canada didn't go at America's behest (and that's perfectly fine), but if England had called on them to go to Vietnam, Canada would have gone cheerfully. As for WW2, America was not a signatory to guarantee Polish sovereignty if Germany invaded; that was England and France's position. When they got in over their heads and couldn't take Germany down, they wanted the U.S. to come to their aid and shed American blood. Unlike Canada, we broke away from England by force of arms, whereas the Canadians did not (we are not a Commonwealth tool for England to use as their fodder). It was the same way in WW1, too. They wanted to go to war in 1914 against Germany and the Central Powers, but when the war dragged on and casualties mounted, they wanted the U.S. to come to their aid.
Bad mouth Trump all you want on any day, Mr. Angus, but don't make it out like America is bullying Canada.
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@RedAndBlueAndOthersToo And what's the big reveal here? Did you see Trump up there, wearing his signature orange smug and arrogant expression (like he's auditioning for 'America's Next Top Narcissist')? Assuming everyone believes he's "awesome," which, let's face it, is about as believable as finding a leprechaun riding a unicorn.
And hey, didn't spot Biden pulling any shenanigans on January 6th either. But oh boy, will I ever forget Trump's circus act of a presidency! From covfefe tweets to golfing like he's in the PGA Tour, he's a walking comedy sketch.
I was on the fence about him in 2016 and preferred him over Clinton, but let's just say, the honeymoon phase ended quicker than a Tinder date. A mere showman with an infantile streak? That's like calling a tornado a gentle breeze! Oh, Trump, you never fail to entertain... or should I say, bewilder!
Whether it garnered good press and publicity for Captain Bone Spurs' campaign or not, it would be disastrous for our nation if this guy were to get back in office. Trump is too immature and has a lot of growing up to do. There is nothing at all about him that I like, and nothing that you can say that will change my mind. He won't get my vote.
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Oh, absolutely! Being in the public eye demands some seriously thick skin—something Trump seems to have missed the memo on entirely. It's almost like he thinks he's above criticism, but, oh boy, the universe has other plans. Watching him get roasted is like a spectator sport, and now that he's a convicted felon? It's like Christmas came early for comedians everywhere!
Comedy writers must feel like they’ve struck gold. Their job has never been easier. I mean, they don’t even have to break a sweat. Just kick back, watch Trump bumble his way through life, and voila! Instant material. It's like he’s their unending fountain of comedic inspiration.
Honestly, I worry for these poor writers once he’s out of the picture. What will they do? They might actually have to start working for their jokes again. Tragic, really. For now, though, let’s just enjoy the show. Trump's blunders are the gift that keeps on giving!
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Bill Hader said, "And when I hear my name three times I appear like a Goomba beetlejuice." 😂😂😂
https://youtu.be/W-Q671j1MO4?t=44
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Something tells me that even if he loses in November, he'll be back again (sadly) in 2028. The GOP acts like they don't know how to exist without Trump.
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Yes, and too cowardly to serve in the military as a youth due to "bone spurs." Yet as a frail old man, the bone spurs are magically gone so that he can play round after round of golf on the tax payers’ dime.
Trump: "Daddy (Fred Trump) I don't want to go to Vietnam, I am too scared and my keister is too precious to risk (sob and whine), please don’t let them draft me! I couldn’t fight my way out of a wet paper bag with a ginsu knife in each hand.”
Fred Trump: "Don't worry son, it is true that you are a raging whimp, but we have loads of cash on hand and can buy off a few doctors and members on the draft board so that you will never have to take the same risks that other boys in America will have to take. After all, their lives are not valuable as a child of Fred Trump family."
Trump: "Oh thanks Daddy (wiping tears away), I promise to help you deny minorities fair housing rights for all of our properties and will cheat American workers out of as many jobs as we can by having our products made outside the borders of America." "Later when I am President, I will criticize business owners who send jobs overseas. Hope I am not viewed as a cowardly hypocrite."
Fred Trump" Son, don't worry about reputation, we have loads of money, so we can buy a favorable reputation if need be."
Fred Trump: “Don’t worry about morals and integrity either, we can always buy these commodities too (wink, wink).”
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Oh, absolutely! Trump won't be a felon for long.🤣🤣🤣 I mean, who needs a crystal ball when you have such unwavering faith in a man whose legal strategy involves tweeting in ALL CAPS and calling everyone "losers"? His appeals will surely be as successful as his casinos.
And of course, he'll be president again. Because nothing says "fit for office" like a rap sheet longer than his list of ex-lawyers. Just imagine the campaign slogans: "Make Bail Great Again!" or "Lock Her Up, But Let Me Out!" The debates will be thrilling, especially when he gets to phone in from his court appearances.
I can see it now: the Oval Office, redecorated with bars on the windows and a big, gold-plated "Do Not Disturb, Inmate #45" sign on the door. He'll be running the country from a cell with all the executive orders signed in crayon.
And let's not forget his loyal followers! They'll proudly wear "Free Trump" t-shirts and protest outside courthouses, chanting "Four More Years!" while holding up signs that read "Pardon the President." It'll be the most entertaining reality show ever. Move over, "The Apprentice," there's a new hit series: "The Incarceration."
So, rest assured, your hero's legal woes are just minor inconveniences on his path back to the White House. Because if history has taught us anything, it's that nothing galvanizes a political comeback like a good ol' fashioned criminal conviction.
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Jack Mac Yes, loyalty can be a contemptible quality when it comes from someone who is equally contemptible. Of equal consideration is who that loyalty is extended. Loyalty to Trump is a contemptible notion all by itself and no less so when extended by the “contemptible” people who extend this loyalty. Poor Sanders… She would sell her soul for this guy (Captain Orange) to get a few crumbs of approval from his self-indulgent banquet table with all the other petty sycophants competing for favors in his circle. No vice or sacrilege displayed by Trump is too much for them to bear. And what makes it sad is that he has a very thinly veiled (and I can’t stress “thinly” enough) misogynist view of women.
It was outright laughable (and lamentable) when Trump stated during his campaign, “"I have great respect for women. Nobody has more respect for women than I do. I've said things that, frankly, you hear these things I said. And I was embarrassed by it. But I have tremendous respect for women. And women have respect for me" (Trump).
So, he actually admits “…things that I said. And I was embarrassed by it” (note: he didn’t say he IS embarrassed by it, rather he "was") LOL!!! This would have been like Jefferson Davis saying, “Nobody has more respect for Blacks than I do.” Wow, if that is Trump’s “respect”, I’d hate to see his side of disrespect and what it means.
The man is an absolute clown who talks out of both sides of his mouth and his posterior (often at the same time). A shameless LAIR at every occasion. Some people lie because they must to avoid some personal calamity; Trump does it because he does not know how to tell the truth and enjoys spreading falsehoods. He better be careful though, if he eventually gets subpoenaed, he better be ready to tell “the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God” when he gets called in, or get ready to share a future jail cell with Paul Manafort.
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We will get over Trump once he is out of office. Hindsight is always 20/20, which is to say that if the American people had the advantage of knowing what they know now about Trump, they would have seen him for the buffoon that he was and is. Doubtful he would have been elected.
It is not the Office that makes the man, rather the man that makes the Office; you either have integrity or you don't.
He is president, but he, yes he, brings such shame to the office by his conduct. The guy is selfish, a blatant hypocrite, a prolific lair, a racist, and obnoxious to the extreme. Oh, did I forget to mention that he is a draft-dodging coward. It pays to have a rich dad like Fred Trump who can buy a draft deferment for his son. The working class in American didn't have that luxury, and some of these sons didn't come back from Vietnam.
It is like saying Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia, so we should respect him "good or bad" for the office that he holds.
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Same B-O-R-I-N-G beer belly covering red ties, same black suit, same white shirt, same third grade grammar level foolishness...same 1977 disco hairdo. He is all ready to jam down disco style to KC and the Sunshine Band “That's the way, aha, aha, I like it, aha, aha” There are other colors to wear Mr. Orange President. How about an orange tie, and a orange shirt with an orange suit to wear with your clown shoes that you fill out so well on the world stage of politics.
Trump stated, "...people agree that we need a wall..." I think most sane people at this sad point in our nation’s history can agree that "we" need a new President, one that is not a ragging 12-year-old immature CLOWN with 24 hours access to the nuclear football!
Yikes!
Another doozy by Trump, “Uh, I wouldn’t say Tijuana is too happy, but they are happily living in Tijuana right now…” What? LOL! What an inarticulate moron! It is like he is making up this cr#p as he goes along in a vain effort to sound more philosophical. He is good at sounding sophomorically unsophisticated by comparison.
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Some say, "Amazing job"??????? What? Were these statements made from sober people, or are these remarks from Russian bots? Wow! Another way of saying it might be along the lines of, "Putin is doing a great job of running America through his puppet Trump". Just don't get the marionette strings tangled Mr. Putin, because Trump is enough of a mess as it is.
The only thing "Amazing" about this so-called President is his total lack of political tact and honesty. A raging BUFFOON! A liar on every occasion.
There are ALWAYS preconditions that have to be met when negotiating with a adversarial power; this is just how negotiations are done. This moron stated, "...korea no longer threat..." Oh now that is just reassuring ins't it (sarcasm)? And now there are reports coming in that the N.Koreans are building missiles again. Trump's predicted reply to that would be, "FAKE NEWS." Just like global warming is "FAKE NEW."
The only thing "FAKE" is you, Mr. President. Now RESIGN! Pathetic tweeting President. Moral degenerate on all levels, orange glowing, out of style 1970's disco haircut wearing GOOF! You want the "Fake News' to go away? Easy, keep your mouth SHUT!
I swear, this clown (Trump) has nothing on the negotiation skills of Neville Chamberlain back in his 1938 "negotiation" with Hitler, and that is no compliment! Trump's self-assured statement, "Korea no longer a threat" is comparable on all levels of absurdity (and blind stupidity) with Chamberlain's statement, "Peace in our time" as he holds up the peace of paper with Hitler's signature on it. The big difference is that Chamberlain probably didn't have vast real estate holdings in Germany, unlike Trump, who probably has real estate and other business ventures in Russia, Iran, North Korea, and a host of other nations too numerous to list here.
It is absolutely amazing that there are people on here who think Trump is doing a great job. I guess it should come as no real surprise, some think Hitler was doing a fabulous job, even while the bombs were raining ruin down upon German cities.
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That's not how it appears. She gestured for this orange-faced buffoon to go ahead in an effort to salvage some honor from the situation. He was going to walk ahead anyways, and that is exactly what he did. She saved some face by pointing for him to go ahead. He is walking around like a drunk tourist who is lost in Central Park. It would have made better sense to follow along with her. I am sure an advisor mentioned something to that effect. But no, Mr. Know-it-all decides he is going to lead the way, because he always knows what is best (sarcasm). He would not have dared to walk out in front of his master Putin at a guard review ceremony in Moscow. If Putin told Trump to get down on one knee, and lick the bottom of Putin's left shoe, Trump would have obliged (and with much enthusiasm).
Trump is as embarrassing as they can come. If you lived another 100 years you would not see someone of his level of buffoonery in the Oval Office. You mention Obama patting her back, "The Donald" does far worse, haven't you heard? Surprised he didn't grab her by the P****. Which according to "The Donald" is something you can do when you are famous as he once stated. Remember Billy Bush video? Was that petty too? Just some "locker room banter." There is noting "petty" about this sort of thing. High office requires high standards, which means much more is expected of you when you are the President. Just because he is an unprincipled clown does not mean he gets a pass for his repeated stupidity. Time for him to start acting like a President, don't you think? I do. Or are your expectations so low? Must be quite low if you support this bombastic tool. He is not some silly kid (silly yes, but not a kid) who while in the Pope's arms, reaches up and snatches the Pope's zucchetto off of his head.
In Hollywood, they actually make up characters for people to laugh at. We have a real life character (a character without character) in the White House. You can't make this stuff up! Russell Griswald meets Mr. Bean as President.
I think most people have forgotten about George Bush vomiting on the Prime Minister of Japan. Nevertheless, it is doubtful that anyone 25 years from now will forget about this TOOL. His presidency is in the history books for sure!
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Absolutely I can. I do not have a stake either way. I could not possibly care less regarding if a Democrat or Republican occupies the White House. Because between the two of them, NOTHING gets done anyways. Bipartisan red tape and all. Some Senator or Congressman will say, "Oh I won't vote this way or that way because the proposal comes from someone in the 'other' party." "I have to vote according to my party." NO! Rather vote for what is best for the county and the American people! How about a one-party country? (yes, one WITHOUT Trump).
What I do care about is the fact that this Knob (Trump/aka Capt. Bone Spurs) making an absolute FOOL of himself at every turn, which is fine (it is his life-long craft), but it is NOT ok when you are the President of the United States! With Trump wasting space in this position, he makes a fool of the entire U.S. from sea to embarrassed shining sea. Bombastic CLOWN, "Oh I am the fittest President ever..." "The button on my desk is bigger and it works" "I am going to release my tax records when I get elected" "I am a stable genius." "I had the largest audience ever..." at his inauguration. Which there could be an element of truth to, but not because there was a large group of supporters, but because there was large group of PROTESTERS to jeer him! These are all HIS words, you can't make this stuff up. And this is someone who has access to the "nuclear football?" WHAT????? Putin's bosom buddy. Yes, Trump is Putin's PUPPET, can you "get over" that?
Yeah, his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" is an absolute steaming crock of fly-strewn horse dung and loud baked bean flatulence! Hot air (yes foul). A business man who has most of his products made overseas, wearing his Chinese neck ties at his swearing in ceremony.
Is that ok with you? Are you a fool? Would it be ok for "The Donald" to grab you by the p****, or your mother or daughter? He has no respect for women. Yet some of them (women) still blindly support him. It would be like Jews supporting Hitler and the SS, which is not too far out of wack for people like Erhard Milch (a half jew that was second in command of the Nazi Luftwaffe). Sex offender President (orange glowing) BUFFOON!
He is not a politician by any absurd stretch of the word, and he is not even good at trying to play one. Heck, Keifer Sutherland plays a better President on TV. Sutherland does a far better job of reading a teleprompter than Trump can hope for on his medicated best day! ROTFLOL!!!!!! Perhaps Donald can enlist the Help of Keifer to do ALL of his press conferences for him. Heck, Martin Sheen could get into West Wing mode and do a better job than President Bone Spurs!
Speaking of movies, remember the movie Escape From New York with Kurt Russell? It is an older movie, but I think the late Donald Pleasence played the role of a President with better morals (and his character was a self-centered scumbag). Hey, we have the real deal in the White House right now, a self-centered SCUMBAG! A TOOL that makes all these absurd grandiose statements (more like LIES).
Maggie, you must be a graduate of Trump University LOL!!!!!!! What a cheap and sordid CLOWN your Trump is!
It has been said that Adolph Hitler was admired by millions of people (sadly there are some that still do). Taking that fact into account, it is no surprise that we have our own megalomaniac in the White House. Dorito Mussolini.
Just like Trump had told contestants on The Apprentice with the catch phrase "You're Fired" Congress needs to tell The Donald, "You're Fired." Now that would make America Great Again! And I wouldn't care if another Republican replaced him. As I said before, it makes no difference what party is in the White House, because nothing gets done anyways.
https://www.google.com/search?q=dorito+mussolini&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWptCeqKbcAhXD34MKHYLGBi8Q_AUICigB&biw=2048&bih=976#imgrc=dAixkp2GxF2dQM:
"Nacho President" get it?
If by any chance our illustrious Tweeting President happens to read this post....... Will you release your tax records like you said you would? What better way to prove the "Fake News" wrong with evidence of your record of prompt tax payments and "generous" donations to the poor. (Sarcasm).
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Donald Trump will go down in history—and infamy—as the undisputed heavyweight champion of truth evasion, the Picasso of prevarication, the maestro of mendacity. If Trump told me water is wet, I’d have to question everything I’ve ever learned about H2O, take a moment of silence, and then cautiously dip my finger in the liquid—just to make sure it isn’t secretly Jell-O. LYING SACK OF FILTH! Being a FELON suits you like a custom-made orange jumpsuit! Dirtbag extraordinaire! Completely untrustworthy!
In a city (Washington DC) where dishonesty is practically a job requirement in a political career, Trump saw the bar and thought, "Challenge accepted!" He decided to surpass them all with his Olympic-level scumbaggery. Nixon and Bill Clinton look like saints made of marble by comparison.
He lies not just because he has to, but because it’s his favorite extreme sport! Golfing or lying, it is a tough pic, but one that Trump can do at the exact same time!
"Oh, I don't know anything about Project 2025. Never heard of it" YOU LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are up to your neck in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn
In broken English, you wrote: "Since when Vietnam pay taxes to American?"
I never said they did, and whether a country has an American military base or not is not a precursor to my point. But any country who gets money from the U.S. should pay taxes to America. That is more than fair. I said it before, and I will say it AGAIN to you: American tax dollars (and military lives for that matter) should not be wasted outside our borders. Instead, that tax money should be spent here in the U.S. building jobs and promoting community development.
Here, I will make it real s-i-m-p-l-e for you by using an analogy. If you pay home insurance or car insurance, this is because you pay the insurance company a monthly payment to have coverage in the event your house burns down or your car gets wrecked (you still with me here?), and the insurance company will replace these items so long as you have been paying your monthly dues. Now, how fair would it be if that same insurance company (in this case America) decided it would give out free policy and coverage to those without a paid policy? Wouldn't be fair at all. Soon, the paying policy holders would say, "I want free coverage too." This analogy is comparable to the fact that American tax payers pay taxes to our Government, with the general idea that we will have our needs satisfied here at home. But no, somehow or another the American politicians want to give out "free coverage" to supplying all the wants and needs of foreign countries. The U.S. Government owes all that it can do for it's citizens (the voting base), not non-voting, non-tax paying foreigners. These countries don't pay anything (certainly not on the same level of return). Yeah, why don't all these countries chip in and help pay down the national deficient that is climbing over here on Uncle Sam's tab? Here is a better idea: If the American politicians want to give away tax dollars, well then, they can reduce the taxes of Americans. Sounds more than fair to me. But no, they want to raise tax dollars and the like, and yet still give money and support to foreign governments.
American "Nation Building" on the planet needs to become "Community Building" here in the U.S.
You see son, you don't pay attention, and that is part of your problem.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Well, you do keep coming back to me, no??? You are free to quit writing me on here anytime you like. After all, you have noting to gain by going back and forth with me on here. I won't budge so much as a hair on my points, and I see you are equally determined to believe your party propaganda (that is your choice).
Your wrote: "45 times more than Vietnamese from what you eat in US, food in Vietnam are much tastier and healthier than what you can afforded to eat in US, health and height in Vietnam are getting improved while Americans are going down."
^Where do you come up with this nonsense???? You guys eat cats and dogs, and you claim that is tastier??? What???
And as for "45 times more than Vietnamese..." to die? We have more people over the age of 100 than you do. For those in the U.S. that want to abuse their life span by eating and smoking, well, the same could be said for those who make poor lifestyle habits in your country.
As for "American food", well, again kid, you are wrong. America is multi-cultural, and this even includes the food. Yes, they have soul food, Chinese, Japanese, (and yes, even Vietnamese), Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern food, etc. Our menu really reflects the various cultures that make up this great country. Had I not shared this point with you, you would not even know what quote "American food" is. This is how narrow-minded you are. Let me guess, you just assume "American food" is McDonalds', Burger King, or Pizza Hut, right? WRONG! There is an abundance of food and choices for one to dine on.
So like I said before, and I will say it again; YOU have a lot to learn. You need to get ot more and see the world.
Communism is a dying political system. I remember with great joy when the Soviet Union, East Germany, and all the eastern bloc communist countries gave up their repressive system. And for China? They modified their system to incorporate components of capitalism. Cuba will be going next...wait and see.
Here: Vietnamese seek asylum in U.S.
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/resettling-vietnamese-refugees-united-states/
2.2 million of your people live in the U.S. And you know what, son? They would be here in the U.S. if life was all milk and honey in socialist Vietnam. And that is just common sense.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/facts-for-features/2020/aian.html#:~:text=The%20Chinese%20(except%20Taiwanese)%20population,and%20Japanese%20(1.5%20million).
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Well of course they do that when they are members of the communist party. At least I am free to laugh too without fear of punishment by my Government. As for you guys in Vietnam??? You laugh or say something negative about your government (you know, tell the truth about how things suck over there), and they will put you in a labor camp or shoot you. Nothing too funny about that. So, clicking on that link proves nothing except that the Vietnamese Communist Party has a Facebook page to put matrial on. I am sure North Korea makes some of the same baseless and brainless assertions that you do about "real freedom" in a repressive socialist country.
By the way, I am still waiting for a response to your earlier comment about the lack of freedom here in the U.S. compared to your country. So, go ahead and tell me what you can do legally in your country that I cannot do in my country. 😂 Please, I know this is going to be good for laughs if nothing else!
As for me: I can vote for my leaders, and I can also protest and criticize them. I can move anywhere I want, be it in a different state or another country. I can also work whatever job I want, or buy a home (or any number of homes), buy whatever car I want, choose my own insurance, eat where I want, get married and have has many children as I want, go buy an airplane. Heck, if I go and pay the $200 Federal Tax Stamp, I can even go buy a machine gun. The sky is the limit over here in the U.S. That is why some of the wealthiest people on the planet live here. And as for the poor in the U.S? They would be middle class citizens in some of the banana republics (or in your case, "rice republics").
If one absolutely had to move to a communist country (and thank God that is not a issue to decide), I believe most people would go to China, not Vietnam. The food in China is better for one, better sanitation, and economic propensity is as good as it gets in a communist country.
Thankfully, I will never be pressed to make a decision to move to a socialist country.
Here, read this and form your own opinion:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/world-remaining-communist-countries-economics
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn
Everything in this stupid narrative that you wasted space with means nothing. If you really have private business, well, guess what moron? That would make you just like us in America. There are over 100 internet service providers in America, and you know what? They are privately owned. Your internet is owned and closely monitored by the government.
You know that communism is repressive state (doesn't take a genius to figure it out), that is why they are willing to shoot people for leaving. In America, not only are we free to leave, heck, 10,000 Mexicans a day are going across the border INTO the U.S.
Anyways, you wrote: "Americans don't even trust your own thinking the pandemic is just another political hoax."
^With a statement like that, now I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are a imbecile. A "hoax" you say? Really? I know people who had the covid virus. They even had the same symptoms that the CDC informed everyone of. And a hoax by who? Who is going to benefit from promoting a hoax like that? They can make up the fevers, along with the loss of the sensation of taste that people experienced. You can go anywhere on the planet and see people with masks on. I suppose you are dumb enough to believe that the pandemic of 1918 was a hoax as well? I suppose that the plague of the 1300's was a hoax too, right? Wake up stupid. Plagues and pestilences do in fact cause illness and death in humanity.
Nguyen, you really are not that intelligent. You make baseless and imbecilic assertions as though they were facts. Look, you are just 21 years old with a village level education trying to debate with someone like me that has two (2) college degrees (earned in America, of course), and I am on track to earn a third one at the end of next year. What credentials do you have, moron? You probably still live at home with your diminutive parents, and I am a grown man twice your age with house and a car. You probably are still a virgin and believe in "Ghost Money for Ancestors." 😂
You trust your own government because they demand that you trust them. You are not free to speak out against them, and you know this very well. They will arrest you, and then send you for some "political reeducation", which is just a euphemism for some fate reserved for criminals.
You're a buffoon, a clown, and someone not even close to my level of education and life experience. You have much to learn about life, Nguyen. You are a prime example of how communism has mind control over the people. There are two kinds of people in your society: those that are too stupid and brainwashed to think for themselves, and the second category are those that are too scared to speak out for fear of reprisals (that fear is well-founded).
Still want to waste time with me on here, day after day? What, do you actually think you will make a communist out of me? NOT!. You'll soon be extolling the virtues of democracy long before that happens.
We will just have to agree to disagree. I served in the military, and have lived twice your life with the freedom to come and go as I please. With a passport in hand, I can go wherever I want. Can you say the same for yourself? I didn't think so. Few Europeans were crying when communism came crashing down in the Warsaw Pact countries. Cuba will be next.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You believe Trump? The man is a habitual liar. I wouldn't believe him if he told me water was wet.
Oh, "kicked out of Vietnam"...
Well try this source then...
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=4abb0d406b784d8984784ed18691266a
If life in a communist Vietnam was such a great thing, then why were the former South Vietnamese so eager to flee?
They were wise to flee, because your people would have killed them in cold blood.
By historical contrast, our own civil war (1861-1865) resulted in nobody being executed. Amnesty was granted to all. In fact, the confederate soldiers were granted generous surrender terms, and these soldiers were allowed to keep their weapons and horses. Yes, even the Confederate President Jefferson Davis was set free after his arrest; he was never formally charged for treason.
Got news for you, kid. When a government has to resort to murder to keep people in order, then you can be sure it is a repressive regime. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot during the 1970's is a fitting example of what communism represents. But you'll say, "that is a hoax." Sure, everything is a "hoax" when it does not support your communist narrative. And when something does support communism, then you blindly embrace it as the absolute truth. Wake up, stupid! The time for you playing ostrich with your head in the sand is far over.
You remind me of the holocaust deniers. Yes, there are actually people out there that think Hitler was a saint, and that the murder of 6 million people never happened.
Look, you have no credibility with me at all. You are a mere child at 21, and you have no advanced education or life experience beyond your father's farm. You trying to debate me on something you clearly know nothing about is laughable.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn "Ha, Ha" I'd rather eat fast food (not that I do all that much) instead of eating a cat or dog. YUCK! 🤢Disgusting. You might as well eat a rat. Your diet explains why "42%" of your population is small, skinny, and weak. For me? An Asian size XL shirt is too small for me. I'm just too buff for that.
By the way, where is your source for this so-called "42% of American adults being obese???? Did you forget that in one of your earlier posts to me on here you made the baseless assertion that American's were suffering from "malnutrition." This is an obvious contradiction on your part.
I know I am not obese, that's for sure. I am a physical fitness guru. I eat clean food, fresh vegetables, lean fish (no pork, no organs), and I consume red meat sparingly. This all fuels a productive workout at my own home gym. All this equipment that I have probably cost $3,500, and it clearly has served me well.
You go on and keep enjoying your grossly inferior communist system (and have nothing in life), and I will continue to enjoy the good life in America, where the sky is the limit.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn
I noticed that you didn’t want to take up the challenge of saying something derogatory about your leaders. I gave you a few fitting examples to use. What didn’t you give it a try? Are you scared of the Vietnamese security police? After all, nobody has more freedom than those in communist Vietnam (at least your warped mind), so what do you have to lose?
Yes, by all means, give it a try. Don’t use a VPN or any IP address masking tricks to hide your IP address, just do it straight from your browser and hit “enter” when finished. And for an extra bonus, why not go ahead and say something about that cat/dog eating imbecile Ho Chi Minh.
When the Vietnamese Security coming kicking your door in, just tell them that you wanted to prove to some capitalist American in the comment section on YouTube that you have more freedom than Americans do. I am sure that not only will they understand your intent, but they will applaud you for your free-thinking approach. Just write about how Trần Thị Nguyệt Thu looks like a cross-dressing man freak.
Maybe you took your nation’s flag, doused it in gasoline, and set it on fire in view of the public. Of course, you can do that, no? (sarcasm). I can! You bet! As I said before, I can say whatever the heck I want about any leader in America (past or present), and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Furthermore, if I wanted to take the assault rifle of my choice and sling it over my shoulder and walk down the street at high noon, I would be free to do so based on my 2nd Amendment Right (so long as I don’t aim it or threaten anyone with it) based on Constitutional Carry. If any American wants to burn their flag in protest, they are well within the boundaries of free speech to do so. So long as I do not make a death threat towards our leaders; any insult and criticism of our leadership is fair game. In fact, I took frequent liberties to insult and criticize that orange-glowing moron, that self-important vainglorious imbecile Trump, and mentioned his cowardly dodging of military service. So, for you to say that you have more freedoms than those of us in America is just laughable; you live in a dream world of fairy tale socialist nonsense.
It is clear that not even you believe that you have more freedom than those of us in the United States of America. Anytime you hear of “land of the free”, it is almost always in reference to America, and it never is in reference to Vietnam.
Look Nguyen, you can continue to walk with the blind if you choose, but as for me, my eyes are wide open to the reality in America, and my eyes are equally open to reality in repressive regimes like you have. I have never once heard anyone that is dissatisfied with the American way of life say that they are going to pack up and move to Vietnam for the abundance of opportunities that are there. They would not only be free to say this (or write it for that matter), they would be more than free to put word into action and do it.
Look at the below link and see how little and tiny Nguyễn Xuân Phúc looks compared to our orange former president!
What is he about 5’1”??? He looks like he is craving a tabby cat soup sandwich with a side of fried dog legs with soy sauce and bean sprouts!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Xu%C3%A2n_Ph%C3%BAc#/media/File:President_Trump's_Trip_to_Vietnam_(47176536782).jpg
Grow a backbone, and make an insult of your leaders on here. You have (😂) freedom of speech in Vietnam.
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Your sense of logic is seriously flawed if not outright imbecilic, Nguyen.
It is funny how you come up with some absurd figure of “30 million killed by the U.S.”, yet you have no proof or source to support this unrealistic figure.
So, tell me, what country lost 30 million killed to the U.S. and in what conflict(s)??? Ok, for that matter, what series of countries combined have lost 30 million people to the U.S.?
Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 didn’t even come close to that crude figure that you presented. A figure of 30 million people is quite a large number, which would cover almost all of those killed on all sides in WWII (military and civilian).
It is clear that you believe every bit of nonsense that your communist party spoon feeds your feeble mind. You ought to fact check EVERY claim that they ever made.
Pol Pot’s regime didn’t even come close to 30 million. And regardless of the actual figure of people killed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s, you make it out like the U.S. is somehow responsible. I can assure you they were not. I can be honest and say that the U.S. has provided support for governments that are a bit on the unsavory side to be sure, but it was for use as a counterweight to the opposition that the U.S. political agenda was facing at that time. If Vietnam hadn’t invaded Cambodia, then there would have been no support from the U.S. However, China may still have supported them, and they did in fact provide the majority of support for Cambodia. But because they are fellow communists like you, they get a pass.
One fitting example of support provided for a government was our support of the Soviet Union in WWII. Yeah, Stalin was just as complicit as Hitler for invading Poland.
You say Hitler was evil? Yes, he invaded Poland, and the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east. This is tantamount to one man robbing a bank though the front door, and then ten minutes later a second man robbed the same bank through the back door; both are equally guilty.
Had it been up to me in that era, I would have not given Russia any support. More people died by Stalin’s regime than even the Hitler regime murdered. Without support from the western allies, it is more than likely the Hitler’s military would have crushed the Soviet Union.
Nguyen, you are just a small-minded, socialist peasant farm boy with no education living at home with his parents, who in turn live at home with your grandparents. At 21-years-old, you are still just a mere kid with no life experience at all compared to me, and you don’t know your backside from a hole in the ground.
And the fact that you eat cats and dogs just illustrates what a savage you really are. If there is one bit of freedom in Vietnam that you have that we do not, it is the ability to eat cats and dogs! Lol. Yeah, we can’t do that in the U.S. due to the fact that this type of activity is illegal (not that we are missing out on anything).
Fortunately, cat and dog consumption in Asia is becoming less common as those governments come to terms with the fact that this action is not what intelligent people do. That sort of barbaric stuff is what people in a famine crisis would resort to in order to sustain themselves. Savages on the other hand? They eat whatever crawls (including each other if the opportunity arises).
Yeah, “we have more freedom in Vietnam than those of you in America” statement by you is just laughable, and pitiful that you are so brain washed by the socialist propaganda.
I always get a kick out of whenever communist countries title themselves, “democratic republic of…” What is so democratic about communism and state owned property? Nothing at all.
Here, view an example of free speech in America:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE-KUvF7SZ0
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Biden is quite a bit different than Trump. For one, he acts like a grown up, and secondly, he is not a prolific liar like Trump. And unlike Trump, Biden will not instigate a riot at the U.S. Capital. Oh yes, you didn't hear about that one, did you? January 6th.
Interesting that Biden/Harris released their 2020 tax returns, but we are still waiting on Trump's 2016 tax returns that he said he would release during his first term in office (he later reneged of course).
You wrote, "did you see his sniffing and touching on young girls? "
^^^ Oh really now? Is that the latest from the Vietnamese communist propaganda funnel? If there was any truth to that child molesting allegation, he would have been criminally charged, and his political career would be over.
Besides, you don't know what your political leaders do behind closed doors. Believe me, they are no saints to be sure. Yes, that is one of the vast differences compared to communist countries; they have no free speech and political leaders can not be criticized by the public. What, you still don't get that? You are worse off than I thought, Nguyen.
You wrote, "With this kind of circus show, why would we want to adopt democracy to our country then?"
Call it what you like, but it would still be better than living under some repressive, backwards country that still feeds on cats and dogs like uneducated savages.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Well then, you do not know enough about Stalin, whereas I do from the countless research over the years (years that exceed your time on this planet).
How about the Soviet imposed famine of 1932? You didn't bring that up, and that is just another example of how little you actually know about history compared to me. And no, it was not a genuine famine, but rather a more deliberate act on Stalin's part. It would be a safe bet to say that Stalin could have been responsible for 9 million deaths. So, regardless if it was 9 million, 20 million, or 30 million, does that make him any less of a monster?
Your summary of the population of the USSR and what could have taken place during those years is flawed. I got news for you, communist countries do not like to release figures that showcase their criminal acts against their own people (it's not good for their propaganda business). So, you would not have access to that information. The mere fact that anything of substance came out at all on this subject was most likely due to a defector. Recall that Stalin was in power until 1953.
So, as I stated in my previous post to you, not only did your friend Stalin invade Poland just as Hitler did, Stalin was also responsible for killing approximately 22,000 Polish military officers in 1940 at the Katyn massacre. Never heard of that one, eh? But, you communists are good for killing off the opposition after they surrender. Doesn't matter if they are Asian, or European communists, you guys are all cut from the same cloth.
I see you still won't make any derogatory comments about your leaders on here. You would be wise not to do so. You don't have freedom of speech such as that in the U.S. By contrast, I can tell any political leader (past or present) to go to hell if I want. I am free to give them the middle finger as their motorcade passes by on Pennsylvania Avenue if I so desire.
You didn't like my negative comments about your party comrade Stalin? Look, he is just as much a murderer as was Hitler himself. Stalin was responsible for quite of few of his own military deaths. Yes, having penial brigades act as mine clearing crews by having them march through the mine fields to detonate the mines with their feet. After this, then he would send in his guards divisions.
Any famine in the U.S. never resulted in "millions of deaths." Again, your figures are wrong. Under the capitalist approach, the government puts together resources and people get fed. Churches also feed people (you guys hate religion, I know).
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Well, the Supreme Soviet didn't do enough then....
Nguyen, your continued attempts to justify communism to me have failed repeatedly.
You are a classic case of someone with a severe case of Stockholm Syndrome. How much more of your time do you wish to waste on here with me? A week, two weeks, several months, five years?? Regardless of how long you want to give it a go, I will NOT be swayed by your arguments that communism is a good thing for people or the world, and I will steadfastly rebuff your attempts to do so. It is a lesson in futility for you.
While I can admit that no government is not without its flaws (including democracy), I do believe that democracy is as good as it can get, at least until someone can come up with something better. Regardless of what that “something better” is as it relates to a more efficient form of government, it is clear that the rights of free speech (good or bad about the country or leaders), the right to assemble in public, the right to exercise freedom of religion, along with protection against cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to due process in a court of law will always be the cornerstone of what a successful government can be. Communism lacks these traits across the board.
You know it as well as I do that you can’t say anything critical about your government, its leaders online or in person. Evidently, you can’t say anything critical about Russia’s past communist leadership too. Stalin was the most murderous of them all, yet you back him up with compliments. Stalin was a psychopath willing to kill anyone. Consider his foolish purge of the military leadership in the 1930’s. This had a devastating effect during the early days of the German invasion in June of 1941. The German Army got to within 10 miles of Moscow in just a few months. If Hitler had been a communist instead of a Nazi, you would not have criticized him either.
Communism is keeping your country behind the times, Nguyen. Let me know when Vietnam gets to go to the moon (a feat we did over 50 years ago during the days of black and white television broadcasts). We’ll be the first to put a man on Mars, yes, even before China does.
In America there are many political factions that are allowed to exist without fear of reprisal by the U.S. government.
During the 1920’s when communism was almost fashionable with any number of countries in the world, the U.S. had communists that were active in trying to get the U.S. to become communist society; luckily they failed.
https://fee.org/articles/why-communism-failed/
As for Vietnam as it exists from the 1970’s until now? No chance that any political party (aside from the communist party) is permitted to exist in Vietnam. It is illegal as you well know.
Russia is better off now than it was before 1991; however, it still has some elements of corruption from officials that were hardline communists (such as Putin). All of the European countries that had communism are better off with the democracy that they now enjoy. Germany is now quite profitable, and it is one of the wealthiest members of the European Union since being reunified with East Germany.
The evidence speaks for itself that communism is a failure. And you know what? If China (a communist country in name only) didn’t adopt elements of democracy and free trade, they would be just as backwards and impoverished as North Korea or Vietnam now.
I noticed that part of the modus operandi whenever a communist party seizes power is they always seek out and kill off the intellectuals and the previous government officials. Apparently, they do not find stupid people like yourself to be a threat to their system governance. After all, it was a movement by the peasant class, those that are uneducated and eager to blindly serve their communist masters.
So, you go on ahead and continue to walk with the blind and enjoy being a yes man to whatever your government demands of you.
Oh, and eat your dog burgers, and gobble down a warm bowl of cat noodle soup if you like. I’ll bet you have something similar to what a Caesar salad is in America, except you have a Dog Meat Caesar Salad with croutons. Perhaps some barbeque Tabby Cat Ribs with Smoky Sauce! (barffff). Fried Poodle legs, anyone? (more barffff , 🤢🤢 wrenching guts out).
Oh yes, remember you were talking all that nonsense about human longevity in Vietnam and the lack of it in America?
Hummm….
Hate to break it to you, but see for yourself….
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+lifespan+in+vietnam&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS863US863&oq=what+is+the+lifespan+in+vietnam&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l2.7028j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Even Thailand is ahead of you folks in Vietnam with the longevity curve.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn What is so unique about that story? Do you actually expect me to believe that murder does not happen at all in Vietnam?
People who kill people in America can get the death penalty too (for capital offenses). Nevertheless, there is an appeals process to consider.
Ever hear of the "The Innocence Project"??? Of course you haven't! Nothing like someone being wrongfully convicted and then executed, right? All for a crime they may not have committed. No, in Vietnam they just go ahead and execute everyone convicted, and this is because they "never get it wrong", right? 😂😂😂 The "Great Leader" is all knowing and never makes errors in judgement.
Got news for you, my young, very limited intellectual, socialist "friend', people are fallible, and I don't care what country you want to name. People get facts wrong and innocent people get punished for it.
https://innocenceproject.org/
Man get's new trial after spending decades in prison.
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2020/05/cleveland-man-released-from-prison-after-winning-new-trial-in-wifes-1974-slaying-that-he-says-he-didnt-commit.html
Man executed 4 years ago for a murder that was later determined by DNA that cleared him of the crime.
https://www.cbs58.com/news/he-was-executed-for-murder-4-years-ago-now-someone-elses-dna-has-been-found-on-the-murder-weapon
You know nothing about law, whereas I do. As one who worked in as a police official for over 11 years (full time), I can tell you first had that the courts often rely upon this thing called "eye witness testimony" when determining a person's guilt. And we know from phycology studies, that people due to time and space and get it wrong when identifying someone as the criminal.
You need to get an education, Nguyen.
And one more thing; you still haven't named any rights and privileges that exist in Vietnam (or any communist country for that matter) that we do not have in the U.S.
Can you speak out about the government? Yes/No???
Can you burn your nation's flag as a means of protest out in full view of the public? Yes/No
Can you start (or join) a political party that is NOT communist in your country? Yes/No
I can do all the above and more! 😁
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You say, "on the government." How about YOUR government. Calm, polite? lol, yeah, I don't have to be polite or calm about my government. I can even call them liars if I like.
"Too much freedom..." No such thing. You are either free or you are not. You have no freedom to do what can be accomplished in a democracy.
I can vote Democratic or Republican, or even Green party if I like. I am not bound to any party.
You said earlier that I am a racist? That reference to BLM is as about racist as it gets. It sure doesn't stand for "Burn, Loot, Kill", more like Black Lives Matter.
You talk about looting and setting things on fire in protests, well, how about the property that was destroyed by YOUR communist buddies and the people that they kill when they take power in a country??? Your take over of Hue city was quite destructive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_at_Hu%E1%BA%BF
And yes, they have a right to protest.
600,000 Americas died? From what? Covid 19 is reported to have killed approximately 500,000 out of a population of 370 million. Largely because that imbecile Trump wanted to politicize it and claimed it was a hoax (just like you did). Trump later shifted course on this. People didn't riot about masks, they were protesting George Floyd and Brionna Taylor (and several others) being killed by police. Floyd's murder, former officer Derek Chuvin was convicted on murder in the Floyd case, and is now awaiting sentencing. Police in Vietnam can kill citizens and get away with it. No protests, no accountability, nothing. And this is because officials in Vietnam make no mistakes, right? 😂 Everybody is always of the highest moral character, right?
Don't kid yourself on not having corrupts officials. They exist in Vietnam and in other communist countries too. In America, they get called out on it. And if they are convicted of corruption, then they go to jail. If they are not convicted, well, maybe they weren't guilty in the first place. Remember, just because someone accuses you of something doesn't mean that person is guilty.
Communist countries have their (albeit rare) protests .But when they do they put down violently. Recall 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China, Did you not hear of that one? Or how about Hungarian Revolution of 1956? There are others to name too.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn No evidence, you say? LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣😂 Did you actually type that with a straight face?
Look at all the countries that got rid of communism, and look how they are successful today. China is communist in name only. They have adopted a number of ideas from the "capitalist" west.
No evidence that democracy is failing.
Visit a communist country to see for myself? Visiting and living somewhere are two different things, my man. In any event, why not take some of your own advice here and visit a democratic country like the U.S., Canada, Mexico???
I have had the opportunity of speaking with several persons over the years that lived in communist countries. None of them expressed any regret of not living under that system anymore, and they seemed quite impressed by the abundance of everything here in the U.S.
How many people do you know that previously lived in a democracy (born there, etc.) and moved to a communist country???
Even Lee Harvey Oswald (Kennedy's alleged assassin in 1963) left the U.S. after serving in military to go to Russia; supposedly he was a Marxist sympathizer. He got a job there as a lathe operator at the Gorizont Electronics Factory in Minsk, and met his future wife. However, he was dissatisfied with the soviet way of life after only 2 years and moved back to the U.S. to live in Texas with his wife.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Well if is as you claim it is over there in Vietnam, guess what then? YOU'RE A DEMOCRACY in the making! 😁
Either way, you still don't have it as good as workers in the U.S.
Do you have Trade Union's there? OH NO! That is a dirty word in a communist country! LOL!!
These unions do quite well representing their members with negotiating better pay and benefits. Even school teachers here in the U.S. are represented by unions. They get paid fairly well, and they get summers off, which frees them to work other jobs, or sit back and wait for the school year to start back up again.
Wanna start comparing pay for the jobs that you work in Vietnam vs. the same jobs in the U.S? You'll get spanked again by me! You simply can't beat what we have over here. And 2.2 million Vietnamese that live here in the U.S. are in no hurry at all to go back to communist Vietnam. They know the truth. Unlike a socialist slave like yourself that does not know any better.
I can say with confidence that whatever the pay is for these jobs that you mentioned, it probably is less than minimum wage in the U.S.
I see that the approximate value of dollars (Vietnamese to U.S.) earned in a month is around $148 dollars to $750 per month in some of the better paying jobs. Guess what??? Hate to break it to you, but I was earning over $3,689 per month 7 years ago, which was based on 160 hours for the month (40 hours per week, with 45 minute paid lunch a day). That is 85,053,584.00 Vietnamese dong. And that is just an average middle class earnings for me.
You made a joke about Walmart a few posts back. Guess what? The stock boys and cashiers make more than you do. They are getting $15 U.S. dollars per hour. That is 345,840.00 Vietnamese dong.
In twice the lifespan experience that I have over you, along with a significate advantage of quality of education that you do not have, I have not met so much as one person who said they were going to leave the U.S. to go live in a communist county due to better opportunities. Not even Oswald wanted to stay in soviet Russia.
No, not one (1). So, what does that tell you?
If you leave Vietnam and come to America, you can actually make a step up in wage and living standard if you work at the so-called "circus" of Walmart.
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You have wasted nearly a week of your time going back and forth with me here on the this whole “Democracy vs. Communism” argument, and you have failed to make any salient points here in support of communism. No, not one substantive point in support of communism.
What is so superior about communism to democracy? You need to draw some solid points on this issue if you are going to convince me; points based on factual evidence instead of that pitiful pro-communist bravado and wishful thinking that you have.
As an American with an advanced education, you are really going to have to give it your all if you want me to believe that communism is the way to go (because it clearly isn’t).
Is it the lower standard of living and the restrictive control by the government over every facet of life in communist Vietnam that you like so much? Why would we want that? More importantly, who would want that and why? With access to better waste and sewer management, better medical technology and medical experience, along with a superior education system in a democracy, why would we want a lesser standard of living in an oppressive communist regime? It would be like going backwards in time.
Here in America, military service is optional. In most communist counties all males upon reaching the age of 18 must serve. And you know what? Service in a communist military doesn’t even come close to the better pay and educational benefits enjoyed by an American serviceman. Veterans receive the Montgomery G.I. Bill (money for college), and Veterans Home Purchase Loan to name just a few of the benefits. As for healthcare? Veterans get access to V.A. health care if they ever find themselves outside of coverage due to unemployment.
In the U.S., (along with most democracies) the standard of living is much higher than in a communist country; no two ways about it. Be it in America, Canada, Denmark, Norway, etc., the freedom enjoyed by the citizenry is beyond your warped conception of what freedom actually is. Additionally, the life span of the average person is higher in a democratic society than in a communist society. You can make claims to the contrary, but I’d say prove it, and prove it decisively. You are so gullible, if your great leader told you the moon was made of cheese, you and the idiots dancing and singing in the video would believe it! 😂🤣
To be quite frank, I really have seen no advantage at all of your life in a communist country compared to my life of relative prosperity here in America. If eating cats and dogs is an advantage to be gained, well, you can keep that so-called “perk” (barf 🤢🤢🤮 ). For the rest of us, cats and dogs are companion pets. The thought of eating one is beyond revolting to say the very least. Personally, I lean more towards a vegetarian-based diet, with the notable exception of fish, chicken, and beef (the latter on more rare occasions).
Communism is a dying breed of government. No wonder there are fewer and fewer communist countries with each passing decade (even you know this). I’m calling it now; Cuba will be the next country to trade communism for democracy (8 years or less). And when they do, they are going to experience tremendous growth and quality of living that will surpass anything in Vietnam (mark my words). Currently, Cuba ranks the lowest in terms of economic freedom compared to other South American countries.
With approximately 167 democratic countries vs. less than 5 communist countries at the present time, it is not hard to see that democracy is the better choice of the two, and gaining ground where communism is losing ground.
At the tender (and grossly inexperienced) age of 21, you are young enough to possibly see the eventual exit of communism in Vietnam. Either way, I really don’t care if Vietnam stays communist for the next 1,000 years, or if it goes democratic in the next few years; there is no stake in it for me. Based on some of the stuff you reported about jobs in Vietnam, it is clear that foreign investments are pivotal in creating some of the prosperity that Vietnam enjoys compared to other communist countries (China being the higher exception). Man, the Japs are making a handsome profit at the expense of all you cheap laboring Vietnamese! They took advantage of you guys in WWII as well.
Nevertheless, this prosperity in Vietnam is noting at all to brag about when compared to the prosperity of the democratic countries (and neither is the dancing and singing of a few Vietnamese morons in a video).
America was founded on the very principles of religious freedom. A person can choose any faith they want, or be free to choose none at all, and they are free to support any political party they wish. And while American democracy may have some faults, the pros far outweigh the cons of this system of governance. With democracy, change is always possible, and indeed it has already. Rights for women and racial minorities has gotten much better than it was years ago.
Here is a study conducted by the Pew Research institute regarding the opinion of people polled from former European communist countries. I think the research provides some valuable insight to this contentious topic. Yes, there were some surveyed that preferred communism over the current governments. However, the vast majority are satisfied with the transition from communism to democracy over the last 30 years.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/10/15/european-public-opinion-three-decades-after-the-fall-of-communism/
Just the facts, kid. Eat it and weep.
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Ok, so this is day 7 of this communism vs. democracy debate?? Yes, and it is yet another day wasted by you.
I am still waiting for you to convince me with facts that clearly and decisively show that you have a better life in a communist society, and I am waiting for you to tell me all of the great socialist advantages. You have failed yet again to produce any foundation. All you can keep saying, “Oh, communism is so much better and it has so much more freedom compared to the democratic countries.” Blah, blah, blah. What a steaming crock of you know what…
I have already provided you with information time and time again that clearly shows that a life of democracy in the U.S. is far superior to anything you have in communist Vietnam.
Quick fact for you: Did you know that a city bus driver in a city in the eastern U.S. makes approximately $30 dollars (693862.15 VND) an hour after only 5 years of being on the job? No long shifts past 8 hours (unless they want overtime). They start at $16 per hour while in training. Yes, full-time hours too. Union job with paid vacation, paid sick time, bereavement leave, and good medical coverage too. It is a job that does not require a college degree or extensive experience. Paid training as well. Think I am joking?
See for yourself:
http://www.riderta.com/career-opportunities
A few of the highlights of democracy in America (these are just a few of many):
1. Better living standards and wages (you don’t even come close).
2. Access to better education (you are far behind this point too).
3. Social Security and pension benefits
4. Far more expansive rights relating to freedom of speech and press
5. Press is not owned by the government.
6. Protection against cruel and unusual punishment (can’t beat on a so-called “suspect” to make them confess).
7. The right of defendant to have a trial by judge or jury.
8. Freedom to start a business (just look at Amazon and Jeff Bezsos or Bill Gates for a rag to riches comparison).
9. Right to protest against the government, and the ability to criticize political leaders.
10. Freedom of religion
11. Superior technology available in the U.S.
12. Better safety regulations for food inspection and safety (think of the U.S.D.A).
13. Better access to hospitals and urgent care facilities (our doctors and medical support staff are some of the best on the planet!).
14. Government must prove each and every element BEYOND A REASONALBE DOUBT to convict a defendant.
Now that you understand how to better frame your supportive points for your “argument”, I want to hear about all the great things and the so-called high living standard of communist Vietnam (things we can’t do here in the U.S.).
Come on now, stop spinning your wheels and make me jealous of the “good life” in communist Vietnam! You may have to contact your local village political leader for some help on this. He/she will be more than glad to fabricate, I mean provide you with some fresh propaganda.
Look, the proverbial ball is in your court, Nguyen. Stop wasting time and don’t disappoint me with nonsense, I want facts.
By the way, I noticed that you didn't seem to comment on the subject of the innocence Project. You know, the point where I brought up that there is an initiative underway in the U.S. to free those who have been wrongly convicted. It does happen. People are human, and people can make mistakes (Prosecutors, Judges, etc.). Nobody is infallible, no, not even in Vietnam.
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I still disagreed with your absurd notion that communism is beneficial to people, and that people will enjoy the most freedom and prosperity under this outdated system of governance. It just isn’t so, my man.
The undertone from most of your statements seem to center more on anti-Americanism instead of anti-democracy. Any social issues and points that you raised in relation to riots, etc. do not bear relevance to societal issues in other democratic countries (Canada or Norway to name a few). By contrast, my debate stance centers on an anti-communist position instead of an anti-Vietnamese stance. All you can do is focus on perceived negatives (more like communist party exaggerations) of some of the downsides of democracy in America.
Nevertheless, as I have maintained on previous statements to you, the good points of democracy FAR outweigh the negatives. Communism on the other hand? Nothing good at all of this political system stands out as a decisive and overwhelming advantage.
The facts that I presented stand; fewer and fewer communist societies are in existence today. If it was so good of a political option, then it would stand to reason that more and more countries would adopt it.
We have seen from numerous examples of how vital it is to have free trade. The most successful communist countries are those (like China) that have adopted some of the economic principles utilized in democratic countries. On the flip side, North Korea stands out as one of the more faithful in terms of maintaining their Marxist principles, although it comes at the cost of economic prosperity. South Korean citizens enjoy tremendous advantages economically, socially, and in quality of life issues overall.
The advancements of human rights are paramount in the furtherance of a nation’s prosperity. You can argue all that brainwashed commie nonsense of how people in communist Vietnam have the most freedom (you clearly don't).
Apparently, your idea of freedom differs considerably from mine and others who endeavor to get the most out of life. Being able to practice your religious preferences, or exercising your right to free speech without intimidation tactics from the government is what true freedom really is.
Communist governments exert strict control over radio and television broadcasts (Vietnam is certainly no exception to this restrictive practice).
What concern is it of the government to decide if a certain business(s) have employees who wish to unionize so that they can bargain for better wages and benefits? Why should the government decide? In America, it is a choice to unionize if workers wish to do so.
Are you going to deny this….
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/vietnam#
^^Any truth to this, or are you going to deny it?
And while there is no doubt that some retirees (few rather than many) from a democratic country may move to a country that has a much lower cost and standard of living (communist Vietnam is a fitting example), it is only because their retirement funds will go much further.
American money goes a long way in places like Mexico too, and it is no wonder than some retired Americans move there to stretch their retirement money; doesn’t necessarily mean that Mexico is a better place to live. Some wealthy Americans go there to retire, whereas impoverished Mexican’s are trying to get into America for the better opportunities (and they are not even communist nation).
Communist countries are notaries for their abuse of human civil liberties. You can claim to the contrary, but that would make you either delusional, or an outright liar. I have been around too long to have some wet behind the ears 21-year-old pull the wool over my eyes and tell me everything is milk and honey in a communist regime.
Just to indulge you a little on this silly topic, let’s imagine for one disturbing (and equally depressing) second that America became communist. Well, there goes my freedom of liberty, right to bear arms, access to freedom of the press, and I lose everything I have. And for the legal system? The communist state has already decided your guilt and punishment beforehand in their Kangaroo court system. If that was on the horizon for America’s political future, count me on the first flight out of there to Montreal, Canada! I’ll N-E-V-E-R live under a communist system anywhere! I am definitely a staunch anti-communist.
Fascism would be a better option to communism if one were faced with making an extreme choice where democracy is not an option.
In any event, let’s agree to disagree on this issue. You continue to live at a much lower living standard and wage, and I will continue to enjoy access to better education, housing, wages, benefits, and free exercise of religion, speech, along with all the other finer advantages of democracy. Sounds fair to me.
Oh, how is your 401k doing? I am sure you have one of those, right? (that was sarcasm by the way).
Doubtful you even know what a 401k is (without doing a quick search on the internet).
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You say he is "highly educated"? Did he receive that so-called "high education" in Vietnam or the U.S.? If in the U.S, then you just disproved your own point. In any event, who ever said he is an expert on the subject?
No possible way that would be a true statement. How many people from the U.S. (or anywhere for that matter) are skipping past a education in the U.S. to come to Vietnam instead?
And if you claim the Vietnamese education system is better than that in America, in what ways? Be specific, since at the tender age of 21, and with so much life experience, you know better than anyone about this subject matter. 😂
Anyways, this article link below refutes your claim and that of the American idiot in the video, who apparently is not that educated at all (must have received his education in Vietnam)..
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-rankings-by-country
^^Vietnam is not even mentioned. Some sources have claimed either Canada or the U.K. as having the best educational system. This must be in reference to elementary school. As for colleges, nope. America holds the edge in this category. Princeton, Yale, Harvard University? No equals on the planet, certainly not in Vietnam.
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@Chí Thiện Nguyễn Not much of a fact at all.
Did you not look at the bus driving job link that I posted in my previous message, or did your government that controls what you see on the internet stop you from seeing it???? No degree needed at all. And there are quite a few jobs that are available. 30 million "unfilled" jobs that are restricted to the "educated"??? How many "great" paying jobs are unfilled in Vietnam? Oh wait, there is no such thing (ah, for the love of sarcasm).
As I said before, and I'll say it again for you.... The lowest paid American with a GED certificate flipping burgers at McDonald's makes more money than many so-called middle-class people in Vietnam.
With an average salary of less than $700 U.S. dollars a month (16190116.78 VND) earned in a job in Vietnam, man that is absolute garbage by comparison. Most low wage jobs in America are around $500 a week (more or less depending on area), with most middle-class jobs in the U.S. earning $1,080 per week.
You can't compete, Nguyen. You can't compete at all with the fact that America (or any other democratic country you want to name and compare to). Singapore is better than communist Vietnam!
So, how long you want to go back and forth with me on this issue? 1 more week? 6 months, 15 years? You'll tire long before me, son. With a superior American education behind me (primary and secondary levels), and armed with facts and life experience, you can be sure I will not yield an inch of ground on this topic.
You are in way over your head, kid. Ignorance and communist bravado are all you have to sustain you. And while the communist government in Vietnam clearly has you brainwashed and they control what you can and cannot see on the internet; they are unable to do the same to me.
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You wrote, "Vietnamese IT worker make $24,000-$36,000"
^^^Well, then they should come to the U.S. and get paid what they are worth.
Dunkin Doughnuts pays about $24,000 a year. And you know what they do? Yeah, employees serve coffee and doughnuts to customers on a daily basis. Wouldn't even need an education beyond the 6th grade, let alone have a college degree in information tech.
As for the cost of living in cities in California or New York? You are not telling me anything new. Heck, I knew that much before you were even a sperm cell swimming down your father's penis into your mother's vagina after a shared meal of Thit cho and rice. Look, those are two extreme examples. This is why $70,000 a year in New York is a poor wage, whereas in Texas that would be a good wage. How about Cleveland, Ohio???? What about Norfolk, Virginia In Cleveland, one can rent a 3 bedroom house for less than $1,300 per month in the suburbs. An IT specialist can earn $50,000 a year up to $100,000 + in Cleveland depending on experience and industry certifications like CCNA, CCNP, PMP, CISA ,etc..
I really do get a laugh at how you at the age of 21 are preaching to me like I was born yesterday. I have been out of grade school longer than you have been alive. Nevertheless, I am on track to earn my third college degree in less than two years from now (all in Information Technology).
In the next five years, I will have completed my graduate degree. Let me know when you can catch up.
Oh, yeah, So, tell me again about your 401k plan. Tell me about how you have your own house and car.
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New Topic: The Olympics
Vietnam: 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 0 Bronze, Medals total: 4
United States: 1,127 Gold, 907 Silver, 793 Bronze,
Medals total: 2,827
You guys can't even compete seriously in the Olympics compared to our record?
What has your local political leader told you to say on this point? Or have you not called this person?
And you expect me to believe that you have a better education system and other nonsense??? You may be gullible enough to believe this, however, I am much more informed. Even Singapore and Taiwan did better than you guys.
Here, see for yourself...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/olympic-medals-by-country
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn And, your point is????
Some of these same news links are what you earlier referred to as "fake news" when these news sources presented information that was not favorable to communism. But now they are credible, right? 🤣🤣🤣
More and more people are being vaccinated against Covid, which means the "frustration" will soon be over.
I'm am sure there are students in Vietnam who have the same frustrations about mask requirements.
"Covid parties in Alabama"??? So, what point is that suppose to serve?? Students are always looking for something to party about, And you know what? When Covid is gone, they will be partying about something else. So again, what point are you trying to drive here???
What won't be over soon is the fact that you don't live free. You are not free to speak your mind, and you have a low living standard, and your country is weak in sports among many things.
"Highly educated in Vietnam made an AI robot" Yeah, I was not all that impressed to tell you the truth. China is WAY ahead of you guys in just about everything, including Artificial Intelligence. And the U.S. is ahead of both of you.
By the way, you talk about Information Technology, how do you like American made hardware and software? You can thank Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs for that!
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Oh, I am sure there are many small businesses in Vietnam. Yes, they make very little money and pay their employees very little as well. Perhaps I should sell off my house, car, quit may job, and move to Vietnam so I can work for the crummy money over there. Yeah, that last part was sarcasm.
You wrote, " in US small companies or businesses will be brought by bigger companies or giant corporations just like what Microsoft and Disney been doing in the last 2 decades. "
Not necessarily true. And for the situations where it is true, guess what? The big companies will buy these business at a rate that the small business owner's will be satisfied with. It is a free choice in any event, which does not exist in a communist country like Vietnam (free choice).
It is no secret that companies like Disney are doing deals with China. Again, they provide cheap labor, which means Disney makes more money. If companies in Vietnam could actually afford to do what Disney does, they would (assuming your oppressive government would allow it).
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I also notice how you quickly gave up cultivating that silly idea about Vietnam’s contribution to the exploration of outer space, lol. Really?? The Russian’s could easily go into space alone, however, Phạm Tuân could not have gone into space without the Russians; it was a publicity stunt and nothing more. This would be comparable to a father that lets his 8-year-old son sit on his lap while driving a car and allows him to put his hands on the steering wheel to make the boy feel like he is driving instead of his father.
Do you actually think that the Russians needed Pham to get into space? By contrast, Alan Shepard made it into space, not onboard a Russian or Vietnamese space craft, no, rather he accomplished this feat onboard an American spacecraft. Same for John Glenn. I know you probably heard of these great American astronauts, but to be quite honest with you, I never even heard of Pham until I did a Google search a few days ago. This was most likely due to the fact that his contribution (and I say this as kindly as possible with a little bit of laughter) was so inconsequential to the Russians and their mission that it was not given much publicity (not even in Russia).
We have all heard of Russian Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin (much respect for him). He was the first man in space at a time when the space race was in full swing between the U.S. and Russia. A close race indeed, where the winner could have been from Russia or America, but America ultimately won by landing a man on the moon first. Sure, I know we had some help in the early days of our space program with former scientists from Nazi Germany’s rocket program (Wernher von Braun).
https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/23092241/dr-wernher-von-braun-632141main_vonbraun_web.jpg
You see, Nguyen, there is a reason why American is always at the very forefront of space exploration and the advancement of technology in the world. This point is evidenced by our superior education system and vast resources. Mark my words, we’ll be the first nation to put a man on Mars before 2030. Vietnam may (and that is a stretch) be able to hitch a ride on a Chinese or Russian spacecraft in the year 2085 (this is a very generous estimate at best). And again, neither Russia or China needs anyone from your underdeveloped country to achieve this goal. So, your country needs to start kissing up to China.
You made reference to the American entertainment industry, well, what does Vietnam have that is worth mentioning in the entertainment industry? Nada, zilch, không có gì. Our entertainment and actors are known all over the planet. Vietnamese movies or entertainment? Never heard of anything. But you can be sure your entertainment is heavily regulated by the Vietnamese communist party; it must meet their approval first. Our entertainment is not owned by the U.S. government. It is privately owned in large part by Jewish entrepreneurs to have been in the Hollywood movie business a long time.
You have heard of Superman and D.C. Comics? Great! Now, what exactly does Vietnam have in the entertainment category that can be compared to Superman or D.C. Comics??? Lol! I’d love to hear the answer to this one! Let me guess, a resurrected Ho Chi Minh with a flapping red cape, emblazoned with the yellow outline of five-pointed star, wearing red underwear over a yellow form fitting leotard! Yes, his weak, scrawny figure flying through the skies to save people by having them work on collective farms! What a miracle! I’m sure it would be a box office hit in Vietnam!
Look, you are not free, Nguyen. A free society allows people to decide for themselves by the process of voting on what type of government they want. Communism is forced upon the people through violence and revolution. Democracy is chosen by the people and for the people. If enough people here in the U.S. wanted communism instead of democracy, we’d be absolutely free to have a vote and make that transition to a system that would restrict our freedom and give us lousy wages across the board.
Try asking your local government political leader for ideas on how to formulate a free election to vote for whoever you want? Don’t be a bit surprised if your political officer quickly takes your name down and puts you in handcuffs, and then they will have you off to the labor camp for “political re-education.” And we all know what that means, hint, hint.
You saw what happened when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev gave people the right to choose, right? They chose to get rid of communism and the iron curtain came down. His Glasnost policy was pivotal in bringing about the necessary change that brought about increased freedoms for Russians. Once Putin is gone, things will get better. Putin is a former commie who runs things like they did prior to 1989. He can't run everything the commie way, but he sure is trying his best.
A Vietnamese “glasnost” would be the best thing for your country and advancing true freedom in your oppressive country. Instead, you allow businesses from democratic countries (Japan for example) to use your countrymen as cheap labor to maximize profits for the stakeholders in Japan. Do you think that the Japanese respect you? If they did, they would pay you a respectable wage. Evidently, you are too stupid to even realize this. You know the old saying, “If you can’t beat them, join them.” So, on that note, it is time to get rid of communism and adopt the democratic way Vietnam; you’ll be that much better off.
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Notice what countries are ranked as having the best healthcare? See a familiar trend in this grouping??? No? Confused?
Here, allow me to point out to you what they all have in common (drum roll), they are all democratic nations (and none are communist). Doesn't matter if the U.S. is ranked #22 in this article; your country didn’t even make a ranking.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/countries-with-the-most-well-developed-public-health-care-system?slide=13
Did you notice that Vietnam is conspicuously absent from this listing?? Guess your healthcare is not as good as it is in the free West. Told you communism sucks.
Oh, this is a very telling article below. Like how you criticize American college students on break, and their approach to mask mandates. Seems as though Covid-19 has hit Vietnam as well. Businesses are closing, this means people are losing their jobs, etc.
“According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, in the first 6 months of 2020, the number of enterprises suspending business for a definite time was 29.2 thousand, increasing by 38.2% over the same period last year, while 19.6 thousand enterprises stopped and focused mainly on the service sector. There were 897,050 thousand people losing jobs while the number of unemployed people was at 1.3 million, an increase of 123.900 thousand, making the unemployment rate reaching the highest point in 10 years (3)”
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.590074/full
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Do you realize how delusional and pathetic you are? You are in complete denial of the facts and reality to the extreme. Your little 21 years of life on the planet in a communist country that tells you what to think illustrates that you don’t have a clue about what you are talking about.
As for me? I have said it before and I’ll say it again for you (at the risk of sounding like a broken record player), with two (2) college degrees behind me and a third degree by 2023, AND consider the fact that I have lived twice your life span, it would be safe to say that I am much more qualified to know what is and what is not freedom.
As an American that has lived twice as long as you, I know full well what freedom is. I can write disparaging and unflattering comments about my government (even if they are untrue), our leaders, and their policies if I so desire. And you know what? Nobody with a badge is going to come and put me in prison for it. As a matter of fact, I wrote something at the beginning of this video’s comment section about how my government needs to stop sending money and resources to other nations (I am against this). Also, I am free to pick up a copy of newspaper or magazine knowing that the government didn’t write the material. No, a news correspondent and their team of editors covered a story and presented their findings. Often these stories contain content that the government would find embarrassing to politicians. No such freedom exists at all in Vietnam, NONE at all. Your government (regardless if you want to embrace reality and admit it or not) will always censor any material that they deem unflattering about their socialist society and their policies. In America the internet is NOT owned by the government. There are approximately 2,774 internet service providers in the U.S.
As for Vietnam, they have a mere 5 internet providers (all strictly regulated by the communist government).
Look, your reasoning and critical thinking skills are imbecilic to the extreme. There is no way in hell that you are going to convince me (or anyone in a free democratic society) that life in a communist country has more freedom than a democracy, or that there is more opportunity for success. That is just plain ludicrous to say the least; you’re totally divorced from reality.
A better education system than the U.S.???? LOL!!!! Better wages and opportunities than in America??? MORE LOL!!!!! A better hospital network than America?? Oh, boy you are one dumb S.O.B. I almost feel sorry for you (almost that is).
And you know what? Any Vietnamese person working in Information Technology for what would be the U.S. equivalency of less than $35,000 per year is not getting paid what they are worth. Perhaps this is because the training, equipment, and technology is more sophisticated in the U.S. than it is in communist Vietnam. Heck, our nation is the one that pioneered the whole concept of the internet and information technology; you guys sure didn’t. You’re just “riding coattails” on what we have already accomplished in the U.S.
There is greater diversity for places to travel to, or if one wishes, move to. From warm tropical climates to winter landscapes, and mountainous alpine climates, there is something for everyone.
You can post all the goofy YouTube links that you seem to foolishly believe are relevant and support your points, but I got news for you, boy; YouTube videos are not authoritative sources for supporting a point. Try a “.org” source or something credible. When you get a college level education someday, you’ll see what I am talking about regarding the importance of citing sources. If you try to use YouTube or Wikipedia as a base for your narratives, people will soon be convinced that you are a moron, a simpleton.
Quite a few Americans own more than one car, have a home (sometimes more than one of those as well), a boat, and a 401k through their employer. Some of our lowest paying jobs are better than most of your good paying jobs in Vietnam. Just he way it is. We are a nation of prosperity that has been on the world stage for a lonnnnng time. And it is clear that we will not be leaving the world stage anytime soon. You can choose to remain jealous if you like, or you can curse communism and move to the U.S. for the abundance of opportunities.
I see you have said nothing more about the Innocence Project that I have brought to your attention a few times. Executing 435 people a year in communist Vietnam compared to 35 persons executed in the United States is quite revealing about the fairness about sentencing criminals. With that large number of executions in your country, it is safe to say you have a much higher degree of getting it wrong and killing someone that was wrongly convicted. In America, when someone is sentenced to death, they are entitled to an appeals process. So, in other words it could take around 20 years before someone is executed.
Oh yeah, in America, we do not have kin liability like they do in communist countries. You know, where the government wants to prosecute you, but if they can’t get you, they will come after your family and put them in camps.
So yeah, tell me (as I asked you before) about your “great” retirement benefits and 401k plans in communist Vietnam.
Communist Vietnam is not known for high ratings regarding respect for human rights. And you know what? It is like that in all communist countries.
Here is a fitting narrative illustrating the oppression that exists in communist Vietnam: “Constitutional guarantees of due process are generally not upheld. Defendants have a legal right to counsel, but lawyers are scarce, and many are reluctant to take on cases involving human rights or other sensitive topics. Defense lawyers do not have the right to call witnesses, and often report insufficient time to meet with their clients. In national security cases, police can detain suspects for up to 20 months without access to counsel.”
https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam/freedom-world/2020
Not so in America. A defendant has a constitutionally guaranteed right to have an attorney represent them through each phase of the judicial process, and they have the right to call witnesses. It is called a Miranda Right, and police MUST advise a defendant of this right prior to custodial interrogation. And if the police fail to do this, well then, the defendant’s statements will not be used against them in court. If a defendant can’t afford an attorney in America, one will be provided at no cost to a defendant that is indigent. Doesn’t get anymore democratic than that, and that is freedom.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Fairy tales, socialist fairy tales.
If you are so free (and again, you are not, you moron) then speak up and voice your support for free elections in your country! lol. You get to choose anyone you want so long as that person is a member of the communist party. So, don't fool yourself.
You wrote, "research shown 96% of Vietnamese people have a positive view about their own current government, US only have 40% of Americans sacrificed with their own government, so we Vietnamese don't expect any change."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man o man! And where the hell did you come up with that crock of fecal matter???? The Vietnamese communist party came up with that study! Which is just another way of saying it is totally unreliable, and doesn't at all reflect reality.
96%? eh? Where are the other 4%? Probably in prison or in the ground with a bullet in the back of their heads. What research and more importantly, WHO conducted it?
Sounds like 96% of the people are just as brainwashed as you are.
You wrote, " US only have 40% of Americans sacrificed with their own government"
^^^Americans "sacrificed" what with our government??? That doesn't make any sense.
Did you mean "satisfied'??? You got that wrong too. You may be referring to a particular President's approval rating, but that does not at all indicative of how American's feel about democracy in our country. They sure as hell wouldn't trade it for Vietnamese style communism. You can be sure of that!
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn And another point? Who would want to drive for Uber of Lyft? Be it $9 buck an hour or even if it were $20 per hour? When one drives for these companies, they are just burning up the resale value of their own car. Does that make a lot of sense???
You do all that driving with your own car, only to devalue it if you want to sell it or trade it in; makes no sense. A person puts quite a few miles, along with wear and tear on their car (tires, gas, etc.). Plus, someone pukes in your car, YOU have to clean it up. Someone dumps their beer that they were hiding under their coat all over the floor of your car, again, YOU have to clean it up. Some drunk wets themselves in your backseat, YOU clean it up. So, bringing up Uber of Lyft and how it compares to driving a taxi in Vietnam is a moot point.
If driving is what one can do for a living, and if they expect to make a decent living out of it, then why not drive for a trucking company or a metropolitan bus company?????? Get paid a heck of a lot more money to do it, AND you have the company pay for the upkeep of the vehicle. It breaks down, they bring you another vehicle (and you still get paid for downtime). Not so with Lyft or Uber.
However, since you want to compare driving for a living and the wages that come from it, yeah, let’s discuss that, shall we?
Comparison: Truck driving in the U.S. vs. Vietnam
https://www.erieri.com/salary/job/heavy-truck-driver/vietnam
LOL!!! Driving a truck in Vietnam comes out to approximately VND 121,560,442. That is around $5,279.28 United States Dollars!!! What a joke!
Truck Driving Salary in the U.S. $40,378 and $53,000 USD (Hazardous material drivers make even more!).
So, if a truck driver rents a house in the U.S. for $1,100 a month, that comes out to 22 percent of their salary $50,000.
In Vietnam? The truck driver that makes VND 121,560,442 (or $5,279.28 U.S.) a year is spending more than their yearly income to rent a home that would cost approximately $800 U.S. dollars a month. That Vietnamese truck driving better have an additional source of income! That wage is not even $500 U.S. dollars a month!
https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/truck-driver-heavy-salary
Some of the sign-on bonuses comprise what one of your drivers in Vietnam makes in a whole year. And that is just the sign-on bonus!
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes533032.htm
You are getting beat by me time and time again on this Vietnamese Communism vs. U.S. Democracy and quality of life stuff. You are getting crushed!
So, what do you want to compare next, Nguyen??? Professional Chef’s or Police Officer salaries??? Maybe Pipefitters or Construction Equipment Operators?????
How about garbage men?
We already know actors, musicians, and sports celebrities in the U.S. make FAR, FAR, more money than someone of comparative backgrounds in communist Vietnam.
I’m ready! Bring it on.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Again, you are an idiot. Totally clueless.
You wrote, "Your US police committed 1,000 cases of public"
^^^Look stupid, first off, when a police officer encounters an armed suspect, be it with a gun, knife, baseball bat, that officer has a right to defend themselves. So what you call an "execution" is actually self defense by a police officer. After all, approximately 135 U.S. Police Officers are killed in the line of duty each year, often at the hands of hostile suspects. Your police have killed people too.
And for officers that do kill without cause, they go to jail and lose their job! And the government pays the family a large sum of cash. Remember Rodney King and the LAPD from the early 1990's??? They didn't kill him, but they did beat him severely. He got around $8 million U.S. dollar's in compensation.
I'll bet your government does not pay compensation to anyone.
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I needed to respond to something that you said earlier that got lost in this maze of comments. So, here goes...
Yeah, punching a police officer is called "Assault on a Police Officer", and yes, it is a crime. Just like punching anyone on the street is a crime. No fear in Vietnam of being arrested? (that is an outright lie and you know it).
You really expect me to believe that you can hit a Vietnamese police officer, and nothing will come of it????? Ok then, I’ll give you the extreme benefit of the doubt on that one; however, I will require you to PROVE IT THEN! Get your Go Pro out, turn it on to record mode, and walk up to the nearest Vietnamese Police Officer and cold cock him right in the mouth! I want you to hit him hard enough to make his mouth bleed and for him to pick himself up off the ground! Then put the video on here.
Yet if you make a critical comment on Facebook about the government in Vietnam you go to prison for 6 years? That doesn't add up to logic. Well, go burn your flag in public then. We can do that in the U.S.
Come on, Nguyen, for once in your pitiful life don’t be a scared little punk. Get your video camera out, grab a Vietnamese flag, squirt it real good with lighter fluid, and set it on fire with a zippo lighter. Then after you walk through the street with a burning Vietnamese flag to the rising adulation of the crowd that will think you are so cool for exercising your "free" speech rights that are respected in Vietnam, post the video on here to YouTube. I’ll give it a thumbs up if you do, and I’ll even give it a like and subscribe to your new channel!! How else to prove me wrong, right? Do that, and you may gain my respect! What have you got to lose?
You’ll actually be cool for once in your life!
You wrote, "But US, they are always fear of the cop because they don't want the public excution [sic] by gun shots lol."
Really? Cops go to prison too when they shoot people without legal justification. You didn’t know that, right? All deadly use of force incidents are carefully reviewed by the district attorney’s office for possible charges. Same can be said for any American to use deadly force if they need to (depending on that person’s particular State of residence).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0syS9bI9Xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkY6FjqWp00
https://youtu.be/GHVddBKsCKk?t=2
^^that last one has someone of your general appearance going to prison as a cop! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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Chí Thiệ Nguyễn 'unlike US" as you ended that comment, that part is clearly wrong. What you meant to write was "almost like in U.S."
With the vast array of entertainment and sports, there is literally no limit to the amount of fun Americans have.
You STILL have not told me what it is that you can do in Vietnam that I as an American cannot do in the U.S.??? Besides eating dog or cat meat. Heck, even cats and dogs have more rights in the U.S. than they do in Vietnam. Animal cruelty to a domestic pet is a crime (and indeed it should be). You are going to have to respond to this point, I won't let this one go. If need be, I'll copy and paste this comment into this discussion everyday if I have to.
No police abuse of citizens in Vietnam? Wanna explain this then?......
"The Committee specifically requested that the State of Vietnam elucidates and informs the Committee about the outcome of the deaths in police custody of the following individuals by December 7, 2019:
Do Dang Du, a 17-year-old minor, who reportedly died in custody on 5 February 2015 as a result of severe injuries to the head and body while in police custody in Chuong My district, Hanoi;
Nguyen Huu Tan, a Buddhist who was detained and whom the police alleged had committed suicide while in custody. No independent investigation of the death was carried out, and the detainee’s family was subjected to reprisals from the local police after complaining to the authorities;
Ma Seo Sung, a Hmong Christian who was arrested and detained by the police and allegedly committed suicide by hanging and whose family also received threats of reprisals;
Ksor Xiem of the Montagnard Evangelical Church, who died of injuries sustained in police custody, and
Y Ku Knul a Montagnard Christian who died while under arrest and whose body showed signs of electric shocks."
https://www.thevietnamese.org/2019/01/vietnamese-police-faced-new-brutality-allegations-amid-obligations-to-follow-up-un-committee-against-tortures-recommendations/
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Chí Thiệ Nguyễn Watched you video link, and???? You act like that doesn't happen in America?
My turn...
The commercial that preceded it features McDonalds in Vietnam. Big deal, we have that here too.
Regarding your referenced video:
I observed people standing outside taking pictures and women in yellow shirts dancing, and guys wearing orange and pink shirts? Ok. So? People dance outside here too, as they do everywhere else on the planet.
“Unlike in America” you say?
https://youtu.be/xGPjonxrUYc?t=6
Quite a few people here at this event in Miami, Florida in 2017. People of all ethnicities, and flying their own flags from their respective cultures (you can do that in America).
Here, Native American dancing link below…
https://youtu.be/RJkkK3PG3qw?t=3
Chicago dancing
https://youtu.be/vF_ghvvIfjU?t=2
So, this video that you showed did not contain anything that is so unique that it can't be found in America. Well, I clearly showed you otherwise on the matter.
And that is just dancing as one activity. For others, there are other fun things to do. Gun range is always fun. Do you have this? See below...
Can you do this??? We can.
https://youtu.be/IlXbFE_ZO6Q?t=4
Or how about track racing your sports car?
https://youtu.be/KJ0OkRciKKc?t=2
Heck, bring your Vinfast! 😂😂😂 I'm sure it can hold it's own against a Ford Shelby Mustang or a Dodge Charger Hellcat!
How about skydiving???? Got that too.
https://youtu.be/hWAC_TS6BcY?t=4
Anything else you want to showcase from Vietnam that we can't do here in the U.S.???
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You are going way off topic.
Here is my question again for you:
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO IN COMMUNIST VIETNAM THAT I CAN'T DO IN AMERICA????
Simple question dude, very simple question. I am not asking the man in the video, I am asking YOU.
Regarding this guy though, he admits to "hanging with the wrong crowd" and "selling drugs and going to prison for 14 years."
This means that he now has a criminal record in America, which makes things harder for him (won't be able to pass a background check). So yes, he may as well go back to Vietnam for a fresh start. However, if he gets caught with drugs there in Vietnam, your government will execute him.
Plus, he has an elderly mother that is still in Vietnam, and this was part of his decision to move there.
And 1 guy supports what you contend, yet there are over 2.2 million Vietnamese in the USA that would have a different opinion. So, he is right and all the other Vietnamese have it wrong? I hardly think so.
What did he say about Norway, or Canada and the comparison of freedom? Nothing! Those are free countries with more freedom than communist Vietnam.
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Phương Pháp Thành Công claimed that you can say whatever you want in Vietnam (free speech), however, you can’t criticize the government or what they are doing.
People in Vietnam will criticize the government when there is no government official around. BINGO!!!! That is exactly what I have been trying to get through your thick skull, Nguyen!
In America, not only can we say whatever we want (just ask John Cena, lol), but we can criticize the government, their actions and policies, and the words of protestors may or may not even be factual. And you know what? ISN’T A DARN THING THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CAN DO ABOUT IT. That is freedom, pure and simple.
I can make any critical statements about America in the presence of ANY government official. Doesn’t matter if it is the F.B.I, a judge, mayor, or governor, and none of these U.S. government officials need to be my hang out buddy or friend.
Yes, you can’t do that in your country. So, strike 1 for you on free speech.
In Công’s second point, he claims that poor people in America and people with no influence have free speech, but rich people and those with influential positions are limited by free speech. Not 100% accurate. Công makes an assumption that the media, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc. are blocking material that would say good things about Trump. Whoever said that there were only good things to say about Trump? There are PLENTY of bad things to say about Trump, and the negative comments about Trump are due largely to the stuff that comes out of Trump’s own mouth! Yes, even Trump has free speech to tell as many lies as he wants (and he takes great liberty with this point).
In any event, it is not democracy or even the American government that is controlling the media. The media is NOT owned by the government. This means that rich people in America can block comments from people they do not like. But again, it is not the government doing it.
Công’s comment at 9:09 raises an interesting point. Nevertheless, it is not the government that is controlling what gets posted to the media, and what does not get posted. Think about it for a second; Trump (at that time he WAS the government), and people like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (who is rich, but not a government official) blocked Trump’s statements. So, did Fox News and CNN, I saw that with my own eyes, Nguyen! I was watching Trump talk on TV, and he was taken off the air, not by the government or police, but by the privately owned media (this has NEVER happened before to a President on live TV).
This could not happen in communist Vietnam for the simple fact that the government controls the media.
It is obvious that Công is a Trump supporter (fine, that’s his choice). But the deplorable things about Trump is not what the media says about him, no, it is what comes out of Trump’s own mouth whenever the media provides him coverage.
At 10:01, Công claimed that his business crypto currency accounts got shut down and they gave him his money back because of his support of Trump. Regardless if that was true or not, it was not done by the government. And you know how I know that? Easy, Trump WAS the head of the government at that time.
Oddly enough, there are still pro-Trump businesses out there that did and still do flourish. So, what gives?
https://www.flare.com/news/brands-that-support-trump/
^^^ That is a link that shows business entities that support Trump. And you know what? They are still in business! As for Mr. Công, who knows why his situation turned out the way it did. We already know from his own statements that he is a convicted felon that served 14 years in prison in California. So how do we know his crypto accounts were not shut down due to illegal activity? I don’t know, and neither do you, and he is not going to come out and say that.
At 10:55, Công even claims that this is just his opinion on the matter and that he has no proof to support his claim.
11:46, Công talks about “freedom of speech” and compares this notion with “freedom of action.” He talks about living in a “pretty decent neighborhood in north Dallas.” He claims that in this good neighborhood, that a person is not free to paint their house the color they want. Well, this is true! However, this is because a person CHOOSES to live in a community that has this Homeowner Association requirement. This does not mean you can’t move into a rich neighborhood that is not in this classification. So, that is freedom. In the Homeownership Association, everyone is held to the same standard. He said that the homeowner has to get permission to paint, but so do the other homeowners that need his permission, so it is fair at the very least. Otherwise, again, that person is free to move to a home that has no restrictions.
Công mentioned that he would need the majority approval from the 400 neighbors that live in the Homeownership community. Well, that is how we elect our politicians too! You can’t make everyone happy. The majority of the vote is what counts.
15:31, Cong complains that his 3% tax on his property tax comes out to over a $1,000 a month. Well, the more your homes costs, the more you have to pay. If he has money to go shopping for Lamborghini’s, then he is well off financially to afford this.
I mean, I do not even know someone who owns a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. If he were wise about it, he would have moved into a community that does not have HOA rules. The tax would be the value of his property (not based on his income). He says it is not freedom. Well actually, it is freedom in a sense. He is free to move out of the HOA in Dallas and buy a home someplace else. Choices are freedom. I pay less than $300 per month in property taxes.
Property taxes are necessary for a local government to fund services such as the fire department, police department, emergency medial response, road repair, snow removal, etc., and the salaries for those employed in these functions.
25:38, Cong makes a statement regarding running a business without requiring safety measures (steel toe boots, hardhats). Well, in the U.S. there are regulations in place to protect workers from unscrupulous employers who cut corners to maximize profit. Think OSHA; they do inspections of business to ensure that these businesses operate in a safe manner to protect the employees, as well as customers. Just because they may not do that in communist Vietnam does not mean that is a good practice. Less business regulations means more injuries or the potential for a fatality.
I can agree that as a business owner you should be able to do what you want; however, you should not be able to make decisions that compromise the safety of your employees and your customer base. Employees have rights too, namely a safe work environment. Under our system of government, the right of safety for workers is prescribed by law.
27:18 Loud music being played at full volume? How is that freedom? So, a person can play their music as loud as they want without regard for the neighbors who may not share your taste in music?
Just as a person may have a right to play their music, I have a right not to have to hear it, same goes the other way.
However, people still play their music loudly here too (don’t let anyone fool you). Unless the police are called, there is no enforcement in this regard.
27:34 Cong said he can’t work on his car in front of his home in Dallas. Well again, he was part of that HOA community. He chose to live there, and he knew the rules and regulations up front. As for me? I live in America (non HOA community), and I can change my oil, or any other automotive repair function (and no, I don’t live in the " hood” either.
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You still are not addressing the point here; what benefit do YOU (as in your own experience and in your own words) have in communist Vietnam that I do not have in the USA???
You claimed your idea of freedom was represented by a YouTube video of a public dance party in Vietnam. Well, I easily supported the fact that this sort of activity exists in large measure right here in the U.S.
And while it is true that some people do move to Vietnam (including some expats), it is equally true that far more people move to the USA for the rewarding opportunities that are here.
As for communism? When Vietnam was getting established as a communist country in 1976, the USA was celebrating its bicentennial (1776). This supports the fact that democracy does work, and it is a system of governance that won't be going away anytime soon. By contrast, Russia became communist after the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and their system of socialist government fell by 1990. So, what does that tell you? China adopted elements of democracy and became the success that they are today. They are on track to eventually become democratic.
As for communism, you stick up for it like it is some Asian creation to be proud of. It is not; it began in Europe and spread from there. Carl Marx “Das Capital” began in Germany (specifically Prussia), although it was Russia where this movement began to take form.
America takes in more refuges than any country on the planet (at least according to 2015 figures).
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/10/migration-how-many-people-are-on-the-move-around-the-world
Most migrants move to the USA, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Vietnam is NOT even mentioned as a top destination for those looking to move abroad. Communism is a system that fosters government control over most things, it also excites exceptional paranoia over what the citizens are saying about them, secret police that monitor everything and report back to the party. In their twisted doctrine there is nothing that even compares to the rights that are outlined in the American Bill of Rights.
So, Nguyen, once again you have failed miserably to convince me that communism is the right thing for me and America.
So far, anything and any point that you raised that you feel is an advantage of your life under communism in Vietnam has also been shown to exist in the U.S. In addition to these points, I have also outlined how similar jobs in communist Vietnam offer significantly less pay than the same job in the U.S. Democracy just offers a higher standard of living. After all, did you get 3 different stimulus checks from your government since the Coronavirus pandemic (tax free of course)???????? I did! Does your government offer a Federal Pell grant for students to earn their 1st bachelor’s degree???? The U.S. does! That is money that you do not have to pay back. All one has to do is be within a certain income bracket to qualify.
You posted a video link concerning “not all Vietnamese Americans are agree with you, here one lol”
Well, here is a link for a video of one that does agree with me:
https://youtu.be/3C7dwBlF61c?t=1
From this video ^^^at 1:06 “fear and panic” gripped the streets when Saigon fell. Why would there be “fear and panic” Nguyen?? Can you explain that???? If the communist government is so nurturing and caring about the Vietnamese, why would they experience the emotion of fear instead of joy? Why would they risk their lives to escape the communist consolidation of Vietnam???? And we are not talking about 1 person, but rather thousands!
Thuy Vu was one of the lucky ones to make good her escape from Vietnam with her family and go to America where she works in the lucrative career of journalism.
Here is another video “Boat People” with Van Nguyen (hey, same name as you. you may have a relative in the U.S.!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFW35zWsRew
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Part 1 my response to you:
You wrote:
“The people who speech against the government aren't always smart, they're always asking for the least-smartest thing that they thinks it will fix their problem from the government, but it is not.”
^^^^Not always smart? Then it would be fair to say that some are indeed smart and well informed.
You wrote: “You can criticize the U.S. government all the time as you want, but that can't never be translated to action nor changed anything from the current situation in US, meaning it is totally the most useless thing you can do against your government. The US government doesn't care about fixing the problems that the American criticized them for, they will just do the cheapest way as possible to decreasing the old problems by creating more new problems on top of the old. They don't fix the problem from the root, they fix it from the top. For example:
1. The BLM Americans protected on their government for police brutality. But not by expand the training time of the police to make them more professional in action so they can be more calm and know more ways to handling in each situation they are facing without using their gun and force that will decrease the police brutality rate, because this is the most expensive way. Instead they go for the cheapest way by decrease the police funding, fire some police or giving them earlier retirement, so now there are lesser police in action meaning there will be lesser police brutality meaning problem sold right? Then what will you do about the crimes rate that have gone up 1000% because of the lack of police and the money that was used to fund the police gone to the politician's pockets after that?”
^^Not true at all. You clearly do not know how things are over here in the U.S. based on that statement.
So, allow me to educate you a bit on this….
First off, criticizing the government can indeed bring about change. Did you not hear of the George Floyd Act being handled at the legislative level of the U.S. government???? Communities across the U.S. are revamping their Police “Use of Force” policies. More training and crisis intervention techniques are part of this bill.
Also, police departments (aside from the F.B.I. or DEA, or U.S. Marshals service) are not federalized. This means that each state, be it Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, etc., have different standards for police training.
Even though the George Floyd incident happened in one city (Minneapolis, Minnesota) in 2020, protests were in virtually EVERY major city in EVERY state in the U.S. And you know what? It didn’t stop there either. No, protests occurred in other countries where there is a right to free speech; with the notable exception of totalitarian governments like in communist Vietnam.
I’d like to touch on one point that you raised (however brainless it is on your part) …
You wrote: “Instead they go for the cheapest way by decrease the police funding, fire some police or giving them earlier retirement, so now there are lesser police in action meaning there will be lesser police brutality meaning problem sold right?”
^^^First off, you can’t “fire” a police officer without just cause (i.e. unless they do something like what Derek Chauvin did in 2020). You see, almost all police departments are “unionized” (an alien concept in communist Vietnam), which means that the individual officer has a right to the collective bargaining process, and secondly, early retirement is a choice made by the officer, not the government.
Your suggestion (if implemented) would mean that young, inexperienced police officer would exacerbate the situation compared to the seasoned veteran police officers. And what makes you think that a new officer can handle a stressful situation better than a veteran officer?
And being a veteran officer does not necessarily mean that individual can handle a stressful situation. Each person (doesn’t matter where you live on the planet) can react to a stressful situation differently. Some may panic, while others are more composed and rational. You never can tell how an officer will react until they are in a stressful situation. And you know what? It is not everyday that a police officer gets shot, or shot at.
And secondly, when and where did the talk of “defund the police” actually translate to action on the part of anyone tasked with funding the police??? President Biden is not supportive of “defund the police”, so what makes you think that is going to be the outcome?
If anything, more funding will be steered towards police reform, not a reduction in police officers. This means that funding will help hire more social workers to accompany police to better assist them with handling calls for service that involve possible mental health encounters with the public.
Do some research on the “George Floyd Act.”
Look Nguyen, your responses just show how very young and inexperienced you are in life compared to someone like me. You have no college degree (to say anything of an American education), and you lack the critical thinking skills and common sense that I have gained in my own life experience. This is why you are having a difficult time defending your points in support of communism compared to may debate strategy in defending democracy.
Furthermore, with the momentum and support that BLM generated from ALL races in America, the protests over the last year have definitely captured the attention of American politicians to take measures to bring about change in policing.
Do you actually think the George Floyd Act would have come about if everyone kept their mouth shut and didn’t criticize the government here in the U.S. over the past year???? These politicians really want to be reelected next term, so they, along with the “Free” media attention has generated pressure on these politicians.
Here, read about the George Floyd Act below:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7120
Read up on this one, kid; you have some homework to do, and you have a lot to learn. I suggest you get busy ^^^ Don’t just read the summary on the page, no, click on all the tabs at the link about and read up.
part 2 to follow...
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Part 2
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You wrote: “You Americans ask the government to defund the police:
What "defund the police" really means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9w841nrIBg 260 Seattle cops leave force following defund police movement, budget cuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqnKMn71Y-k
Minneapolis pouring money into law enforcement after 'Defund Police' movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BejR0FI8Y50
And here is the result of defunding the police: Portland reports 2000% rise in homicides after defunding police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYa7aLiCS38
(This is what the democrat did) 2. You are complaining about cost of living in US are too high for you. So why not asking the US billionaires or CEO to keep the lesser money in their pockets for themselves and taking lesser profit by charging their products and their service lesser? Instead you asked for more minimum wage which result the employers hire lesser employees, cutting the working hours, forcing more works in every single employee or the price of the products and services gone up meaning it increase of unemployed rate, increase the stress on employees and the cost of living will still gone up again. If the minimum wage go up, some US manufacture companies will not want to hire American workers any more, they will just gone to Mexico, Vietnam, India Bangladesh and more for cheap labor, Americans are losing their job for that. Because they have to pay their employee more, they will just have to charge their service higher. Imagine having a college degree but still have to work at the minimum wage in US. Just watch: Working Woman Testifies About Reality Of Poverty In The U.S. | NowThis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQ1V2WLJt0 Living on Minimum Wage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW8EyV_jsr8 The minimum wage: does it hurt workers? | The Economist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H4yp8Fbi-Y What Will Happen If We Raise the Minimum Wage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHC_UzavmW0 How a $15 Federal Minimum Wage Might Affect the Economy | WSJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHLX73_qziw The Minimum Wage Debate Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL5VOorY9pw America's Overwork Obsession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejoAG5n19iE A $15 minimum wage would hurt those it's meant to help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCpaON5NyE”
I pity you Nguyen (shaking head). Any of the officers that left that department (200, not 260) left in protest because they don’t want to change their abusive policing habits.
Doesn’t matter if they left or not, Seattle has hired more officers. It is a good paying job, so finding replacements will not be that hard.
Portland? That is ONE city in one state among thousands of major cities in 49 other states.
I notice that ALL of your references are strictly YouTube. You do know that there are better sources to get information, right? Maybe not.
Now, on to the minimum wage topic, shall we….
First off, raising the wage will not cause the problems that you have raised. You sound like a Republican instead of a communist. Are you sure you are a communist at this point???
If people have a better wage, then they tend to spend more of their disposable income, which has the effect of growing the economy. This brings about a positive turn of events at reducing depression, which means that drug and alcohol abuse goes down, and crime goes down.
By contrast, if you keep wages low, especially at a level that does not keep pace with inflation, then what does that do? People don’t spend money, because they have none to spend. Instead, the government has to support people on welfare and that will cost the government money.
In any event, it really doesn’t matter if the government steps in or not. And you know why??? Because businesses are raising wages on their own. This has the ripple effect of causing one business to raise wages or face losing their employees to the competitor that pays more. It is a simple matter of common sense, Nguyen. Would you work a job that paid less than an employer down the street??? Of course not! Then why would you expect that someone in America will be satisfied working 40 hours a week at $7.25 per hour? That may be big bucks in Vietnam, but in the U.S.? That is where the poverty line is. In one of your previous posts you brought up California, New York City... Look, $7.25 per hour in these two locations is a guaranteed tent under a bridge there. No way someone is getting an apartment with that wage in those locations.
Why do you think small businesses are having such a hard time finding employees in the U.S.??? Want to take a guess? Amazon already pays their employees $15 per hour (and this is an entry level job with no college needed), and most retail establishments in America are on track to raise the wage to $15 per hour in the next year or so.
Raising the minimum wage would bring more than a 1 million Americas out of poverty.
Here, since you base your arguments on everything YouTube videos and their content as “gospel”, here are a few that refute your idea that raising the minimum wage will be a bad thing.
That’s the thing about YouTube, one point can support or refute the other.
https://youtu.be/8H4yp8Fbi-Y?t=2
The 5 Biggest Myths Republicans Use to Avoid Raising the Minimum Wage | Opinions | NowThis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPn6T0zT6jc
As for your point that businesses will lay off people or send jobs overseas?? LOL!! They have already been doing that! It is called greed. Why do you think the American Steel Industry took a hit in the 1990's???
The millionaires and billionaires always want more and more at the expense of the working class American. Funny though. Since 1990, business CEO pay has gone up 514%(https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2018/09/19/growth-in-ceo-pay-since-1990/
Yet the minimum wage has only gone up by approximately 52%. If the minimum wage had gone up by the CEO's 514%, the working wage would be 19.53 per hour from 1990 to today! Nobody is proposing that kind of raise.
You wrote:
“If the minimum wage goes up, some US manufacture companies will not want to hire American workers any more, they will just gone to Mexico, Vietnam, India Bangladesh and more for cheap labor,”
Yeah, as I said before…. the businesses have already been doing that very thing. Cheap labor? They already get that with shoes and other items marked “made in China.”
So, what is your point?
n any event, individual states and businesses are doing the right thing that the federal government is struggling with…. increasing wages to $15 per hour.
The Federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. Prices and the cost of living have gone up since 2009.
If businesses want to keep wages low at $7.25 per hour, then fine! Seriously, fine! Just don’t raise the costs of groceries, vehicles, houses, and other consumer products. Sounds fair to me! But no, the business wants to keep raising costs, but they don’t want to raise the wage to $15? Let them work for $7.25 per hour and see how they feel about the issue.
$15 per hour would boost economic growth by providing more money to spend. Higher wages mean employers have more people to hire. By contrast, if an employer wants to pay low wages, then guess what (and it doesn't take a Harvard Economic degree to figure it out)? Few people apply to the business that pay low wages, and the employees that are there begin looking elsewhere for better wages. So, doesn’t that hurt the business that want to pay low wages? Uh, yeah! 🙃
Let’s talk about Henry Ford and his approach to DOUBLING wages at his factory in 1914…
“In January 1914, Henry Ford started paying his auto workers a remarkable $5 a day. Doubling the average wage helped ensure a stable workforce and likely boosted sales since the workers could now afford to buy the cars they were making. It laid the foundation for an economy driven by consumer demand.”
https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-took-off-100-years-ago-thanks-to-henry-ford#:~:text=In%20January%201914%2C%20Henry%20Ford,economy%20driven%20by%20consumer%20demand.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn It is funny, you know. You raise all these things about wage increases, defunding the police, 2000% increase in Portland homicides, etc. but what are they doing in communist Vietnam to help the average worker keep pace with the rising costs of living? Police brutality exists in your country, so what are they doing about it over there in communist Vietnam??? Because, I really don't know. Your country keeps a tight lid on things over there. That is because the government owns and controls your media, TV, internet, etc. If it were not for free speech and free media in America, you wouldn't know anything that is going on over here. And just because you know, does not necessarily mean you understand.
Heck, give me a YouTube link on the subject (I am use to you doing this by this pitiful point).
Recall the video link of the guy that left the US to go to Vietnam. It was video #2 link. Did you watch video #1???
I did! The guy clearly stated that the communists took his father's property when they took control in 1976.
Here, watch video #1 "Living in Vietnam #1" by Tai Zen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsViX-uu17E&t=851s
By the way, I noticed you are VERY silent when I brought up the stimulus checks that people in America received during the pandemic. Did you forget? Did you get one from your government?
How about the free grant money to earn a college degree in America?
Here is a few links on that topic as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLl40TslC4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pjYN4eSP1I
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Yeah, I am talking about Mark Zuckerberg "the man who sold his user data for money."
Your point is a moot one. Zuckerberg indeed censored Donald Trump, as did the executives at Twitter. Want to bring up dirt on their conduct too? Wouldn't underscore the point that they banned the lying, fake tan-orange, hypocrite!
Yes, we have freedom of speech in America. You are just too stupid and uneducated to know any better. You are not free, so how can you even know what freedom is? Simple, you don't.
You wrote: :i don't want to live in a country where you are being control by big corporation."
Well in your particular case, your government is "the big corporation" and they own EVERYTHING, including you.
Yet another loss for you, Nguyen, little boy punk.
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Hanh Tran was one of 800,000 Vietnamese that fled your communist Vietnam.
Tran stated, "We were certain of what was going to happen," said Hanh. "We were very scared of the Communists. If you said one wrong word you would be invited to the police station and never return."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48501390
That was and still is freedom of speech in Vietnam (sarcasm). An “invite” to the police station; never to return. That is what is commonly known as “political reeducation.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
40 years ago? It is still happening, Nguyen. You really need to wake up from your slumber and delusion.
"The United States is the top destination for Vietnamese migrants, followed by Australia (with 238,000 Vietnamese immigrants), Canada (192,000), and France (128,000), according to mid-2017 estimates by the United Nations Population Division."
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/vietnamese-immigrants-united-states-5
Eat it and weep, kid. America is where it is at for freedom and opportunity, with Canada being a close second, (heck, I'd consider Canada if I had to leave the U.S.).
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Another point I’d like to raise regarding your comment about “Portland homicides up by 2,000% because of defunding police.”
Ok, first off, your reasoning on “cause and effect” in this statement is way off balance here; absolutely moronic of you.
Policeman do not prevent homicides. Let me say that again for you, police officers do not prevent homicides from occurring. And you know why that is? This is because there are not enough police officers (even at full strength and pre-Portland craziness) to be present in every home, in every dark alley, on every street corner watching every person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; it’s just not feasible. Otherwise, no homicides would occur anywhere. Just good ole fashioned common sense, Nguyen. I told you that you have much to learn about life at the tender age of 21 (you're probably still a virgin too).
This is quite an insurmountable task even under ideal situations.
There are more than 350,000,000 people in the U.S. (not counting persons here illegally). All told, there are approximately 1,000,000 police officials. That is 1 police officer for every 350 people, and this of often over vast distances.
So, how are they going to stop the majority of homicides? Add to this fact that police officers do far more than just respond to and investigate homicides. They also handle damage to property complaints, noise complaints, stolen property, juvenile curfew complaints, investigating drug activity, and the list goes on.
Police officers patrol areas and respond to calls for service. Sometimes (VERY rarely) they may be in a position to stop a murder, or provide life-saving care to a victim of a shooting/stabbing. But for the most part a police officer responds to a report of a gunshot victim, stabbing victim, and once on scene they first determine if the person can be saved. If so, they provide basic care until a fire rescue squad shows up to transport the victim(s) to the hospital. Either way if the victim is dead or hanging on to life, the police officer will document the crime scene, gather evidence, and then try to identify a suspect(s) and bring them to justice after probable cause has been determined that a certain person(s) are the culprits.
And in any event, if the 200 (again, not 260 as you falsely claimed) did quit, then what do you think will happen? Simple, the county Sherriff’s Office or state police will come into Seattle to provide patrol service until Seattle hires more officers.
Have you heard of Antifa??? You have heard of BLM, but what about Antifa? Antifa (anti-fascist) is comprised of people of YOUR calling. That’s right, they are far left (socialist) and or anarchists that oppose law and order.
Note the communist red hammer on the shield of the Antifa guy at the forefront in the link below.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-antifa-trump.html
And the civil unrest that exploded in Portland in 2020? Who was in the White House when that happened (or was at his golf course most likely)??? Your boy Donald Bone Spurs Trump/5-time draft dodger.
Yes, I have NEVER seen things in the USA as they were from 2016 - 2021 before Trump got elected (recall Jan. 6th incident at U.S. Capital). I have been around long enough to see presidents from both the republican and democratic parties and this is off the charts.
And ever since Trump’s departure, things have calmed down bit. You see, Trump’s words promote chaos and discord. He is the one that far right group (Proud Boys) neo-Nazi groups and other whack jobs gravitate to in order to justify their conspiracy theories and support for their racism against blacks, Hispanics (and yes, even Asians).
Trump is the first cult leader to ever be elected president.
If communism is so great, then why aren’t other nations adopting it??? Can you answer that? If anything over time, your beloved communism is shrinking country by country.
Allow me to make an example here to better conceptualize things for you:
Suppose a certain city (doesn’t matter where in the world) has 4 grocery stores on the same street just a few hundred yards apart. Let’s say that store “A” is offering 40% off all of their products for the next 3 weeks, along with a free gallon of milk. Stores “B”, and “C” have reasonable prices, and their quality is just as good as store “A”, only without the sizable discount.
Where do you think people in the city will go to shop for the next 3 weeks? I’ll make this really simple for you by using a multiple-choice format to answer this question:
1. Store “A”
2. Store “B”
3. Store “C”
4. All the above
5. None of the above
6. I’m a communist idiot who does not know the correct answer to this very difficult question.
7. I’d like to call my local communist party official for help to do my thinking for me to answer this question.
Pick one answer (theme to the American game show Jeopardy playing in the background). And if you don’t know what that theme is, well:
https://youtu.be/g3Kq1vURcL8?t=14
Now, to put this scenario and the right answer into perspective for you (man, I really do hope you selected choice 1). If America and other democratic countries are getting the highest number of immigrants, then wouldn’t it stand to reason that the democratic countries (particularly the U.S. and Canada) are the best “deal in town” that appeal to most people?
And while I do not dispute that there are some that will move to Vietnam, it just is not reflective (or even comparable) to the sheer number of immigrants coming to democratic countries. I know that is a tough pill for you to swallow, but it is what it is.
You can be absolutely certain that if you had the better opportunities in communist Vietnam, it would not just be a few people of Vietnamese heritage with a few family’s connections in Vietnam as the impetus for going back, no, you’d have tens of thousands (if not millions) of Americans of European stock. And a few expats here and there is not a big enough number to convince me that communism is the better choice.
Far more Vietnamese still are coming to America by contrast.
Businesses in democratic countries like to do business with communist countries because they can take advantage of the people due to the very low labor cost. And really it is communist and other third world countries that are making it difficult for better wages in America.
The greedy billionaires in America would have to swallow their greed and pay better wages if they could not outsource their work overseas. This further supports my point that money and other resources (paid for by the American tax payer) need to be invested within our borders first foremost.
By the way, did you get a few rounds of stimulus checks that most Americans received over the past several months??? 😉
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Religious freedom in Vietnam???
Here: "The law, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2018, regulates legal procedures and conditions regarding people's beliefs. Faith groups will be required to register with authorities and inform them of their activities with authorities having the right to approve or refuse."
https://www.ucanews.com/news/vietnam-passes-controversial-law-on-religion/77714#
Here is our Freedom: It is called the Bill of Rights:
The First Amendment
"The First Amendment provides several rights protections: to express ideas through speech and the press, to assemble or gather with a group to protest or for other reasons, and to ask the government to fix problems. It also protects the right to religious beliefs and practices. It prevents the government from creating or favoring a religion."
The Second Amendment
"The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms."
The Third Amendment
"The Third Amendment prevents government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes. Before the Revolutionary War, laws gave British soldiers the right to take over private homes."
The Fourth Amendment
"The Fourth Amendment bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property."
The Fifth Amendment
"The Fifth Amendment provides several protections for people accused of crimes. It states that serious criminal charges must be started by a grand jury. A person cannot be tried twice for the same offense (double jeopardy) or have property taken away without just compensation. People have the right against self-incrimination and cannot be imprisoned without due process of law (fair procedures and trials.)"
The Sixth Amendment
"The Sixth Amendment provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges. Witnesses must face the accused, and the accused is allowed his or her own witnesses and to be represented by a lawyer."
The Seventh Amendment
"The Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial in Federal civil cases."
The Eighth Amendment
"The Eighth Amendment bars excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment."
The Ninth Amendment
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The Ninth Amendment states that listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been spelled out."
The Tenth Amendment
"The Tenth Amendment says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or to the people."
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Quite a few people can get into the military, and quite a few play professional sports too.
Your wages and quality of living are WAY below the living standard in the U.S.
A Starbucks beverage would take a week's worth of wages for you to save up and buy a "cup of joe"! lol!!!! Average income in Vietnam is $750 U.S. dollars per month (17,209,500.00). That is partly why you guys are so weak and skinny. You can't afford to eat. And white rice? You can't live on that alone (too many carbs).
I myself prefer the wild grain rice.
America exports items such as maize, soybeans, and milk. Other common exports include wheat, sugar beet, sugar cane, potatoes, and chicken.
You can't compete, Nguyen.
Chalk up another loss for you.....
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn The United States has the highest GDP on the planet at over $19 trillion dollars, and the U.S. is the 2nd biggest exporter of goods to other nations.
Communist Vietnam????? You guys are not even in the top 10, let alone the “honorable mention” category. So, you go on ahead and pat yourself on the back for Vietnam’s coffee exports. 😂
You think you know what freedom is, that is until you come live in the U.S., then you’ll know what real freedom is (along with a higher living standard).
You wrote: "Vietnam doesn't banned same sex marry"
Neither does the U.S. With democrats in the White House, LGBTQ is widespread accepted.
And it is not that the "U.S. allowed..." anything. It is up to individual state governments (that is how things work over here). What is legal in one state may not be legal in another. Example: You must apply for a concealed handgun permit in order to carry in several states, however, in some states like Arizona, no permit is required. Nevertheless, the 2nd Amendment applies to all 50 states.
Freedom of religion?? Doesn't get any better than that offered in the U.S.
You have nothing that even comes close to our Bill of Rights (hope you took the time to read it, you may learn something new).
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"On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, legalized it in all fifty states, and required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses in the case Obergefell v. Hodges."
https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/c.php?g=592919&p=4182201#:~:text=2015%20%2D%20The%20U.S.%20Supreme%20Court,Hodges.
So once again, young Nguyen, you are WRONG. This is getting to be a habit for you, eh? 🤣
Do your research first before you rattle off and display your blind stupidity on here.
By the way, how is your 401k retirement doing? Did you get that stimulus check yet??? Pell Grant for school???? You keep avoiding these topics.
You can't compete, Nguyen. Not with your outdated communist country vs. my democratic country, and you can't compete with me one on one on any debate topic. And you know why? You lack the necessary life experience and education that I have. You live at home with your parents rent free and you are still a virgin (be it a gay virgin or a straight virgin makes no difference), and you think you have all the answers about life (sarcasm) 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!
Yet another loss for you, young, Nguyen.
Talk to you tomorrow, moron.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn There is this neat thing called "zoom." Perhaps you have heard of it? Well anyways, people can attend religious service via this platform if they choose, and the government isn't determining what can be preached in a religious setting. Freedom of religion, baby, freedom of religion.
You wrote: "we will wear it not like some Americans who said to their government god created this beautiful breathing system, you can't take that away from god. Lol"
^^What are you even talking about?? Do you do drugs? Who said anything about "god created this beautiful breathing system"???? lol, Dude you must be on meth or something.
The government has indeed told us to wear masks and we do wear them. Now that the government here in the US has lifted the mask requirement (for those that are vaccinated), there are quite a few people that are still wearing the masks. So, what are you even talking about?
And your Florida video link proves what??? You are not telling me anything new. In fact, once again, you are just supporting my point! lol!!! Freedom of speech and freedom to protest! Yes, people in Florida or any of the other 49 states can speak up and voice their disapproval over masks.
How about in Vietnam? Nope! All you guys can do is wear your masks and be sure not to offend the government with any dissenting opinions! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Another loss for you....
Chat with you again tomorrow, stupid....
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Looks like the both of us are at a complete impasse here with this debate, wouldn’t you say?
No matter what I say or what evidence I present here about the superiority of democracy over the communist way of life in Vietnam, you will never accept the reality. Guess we will both have to agree to disagree.
The same can be said about your statements and opinions about this topic. No matter what you say/have said will convince me that communism in Vietnam provides a better life with more freedom than what is found in the U.S. No way you’ll ever convince me.
You are simply too young and inexperienced at life to know better than me. Just think about it for a moment; in the year 2000 you were not able to wipe your own butt (probably still couldn’t perform this basic task by 2005), whereas I was already a grown man that had been out of High School for several years, served in the military, and had completed some college. And as one who has taken advantage of the opportunities here in America to advance my education (2 college degrees earned, with a 3rd one next year), I am in a much better place to evaluate which system of governance is better; you have no education or experience to match me. So, what some virgin boy at the tender age of 21 living at home with his parents (having never been out of your village, let alone your county), playing video games using Microsoft products, means that any opinion of yours is a complete joke and cannot be taken seriously. And you know how I know? Easy. Everything you have said over the last month does not even come close to the reality that I see every day, yes, days of freedom and opportunity that FAR exceed your little born yesterday lifetime.
Your point about universal healthcare is a moot point to support communism. And guess why? Go on, take a guess, genius. While America does not have this universal healthcare standard, other democratic countries such as Canada, Denmark, Germany and France ALL have universal healthcare. So, it is not some great communist implemented strategy in communist Vietnam to serve their citizens with universal healthcare, democratic countries have this as well.
Will America ever have universal healthcare? I don’t know. I know I have healthcare coverage through my job, and it that were not enough, I'd still have Veterans Affairs (VA) to cover me in a pinch. It certainly is not a “deal breaker” for me to consider leaving the U.S. to go live in some backwards communist society in Vietnam and earn a lower living standard, and have to watch what I say so that I am not put in prison.
Besides, there are far too many people to provide the universal healthcare in the first place. Secondly, the vast majority of people in this country earn a very good wage, so why should they get it for free?? Should Jeff Bezos’s get free healthcare? Should Lebron James or Donald Trump get free healthcare? Lol. But then again, there is already a healthcare program for those that are poor; it’s called “Medicaid”, which provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities.
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/10-things-to-know-about-medicaid-setting-the-facts-straight/
So, there is no need for universal healthcare for all 350,000,000 (and rapidly growing) people in the U.S. Think about it for a second, would Madonna, Beyoncé, Jay Leno, Tom Brady, or Billy Ray Cyrus need access to free medical care with the large amount of money that they make??? Lol. You really need to learn how to think more pragmatically, Nguyen.
Doctors in the U.S. make very good money compared to doctors in Vietnam (I know, I know, you’re going to claim that that is untrue, lol, You: “Vietnam has the best wages compared to the U.S.”, LOL!!!!!!). Sure, any you have the best dog stew too no doubt! LOL!!!!!!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 , oh wait a second, BARFFFF 🤮 (wipes mouth with towel).
Despite all your failed attempts to criticize America by exaggerating things about our economy, healthcare, etc., our way of life even if it were as bad and gloomy as you foolishly make it out to be (it is far from that), our way of life at its so-called “worst” would still be better than your very best living standard and opportunities in communist Vietnam. Lol.
You: “Oh, we have more freedom because we can dance outside.” Newsflash, stupid….people dance outside here too in America.
To summarize just a few of my points about our superior way of life in America compared to communist Vietnam:
1. Government Stimulus checks mailed out to those making less than $75,000 during the pandemic.
2. Pell Grants (money that does not have to be paid back) for students below a certain income to attend college and earn their first bachelor’s degree in whatever major they desire.
3. EBT and food assistance provided by the U.S. Government for poor people and the unemployed.
4. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide living quarters for those who are financially destitute.
5. Significantly higher living standard and wage earnings across careers in the U.S.
6. Right to protest
7. Right to criticize the government
8. Freedom to practice ANY religion without government interference. This one point all on its own is the very reason why our great nation exists in the first place. And if you don’t know what I am talking about, go read up on this cool historical topic called “The Reformation” and figures such as Martin Luther, Jan Hus, Jerome of Prague. Religious intolerance in Europe was the starting point for what would later become religious freedom in America. And this notion of freedom led to other freedoms as well, such as free speech, freedom of the press, the right to file grievance against the government. Yes, a right to be heard!
9. We have a stronger economy as well.
10. Safer food regulations to ensure food (especially meat and dairy) are stored and handled in a manner that does not cultivate harmful bacteria.
11. Better rights for the work industry to ensure a safe working environment for all workers (OSHA).
12. Unions to represent workers to advocate for better benefits and wages! HOORAY!!!
13. Medicaid coverage to provide healthcare coverage for the poor (yeah, Clint Eastwood, Chris Rock, and your good ole buddy John Cena do not need free healthcare coverage; they all have loads of cash).
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Do you realize how delusional and pathetic you are? You are in complete denial of the facts and reality to the extreme. Your little 21 years of life on the planet in a communist country that tells you what to think illustrates that you don’t have a clue about what you are talking about.
As for me? I have said it before and I’ll say it again for you (at the risk of sounding like a broken record player), with two (2) college degrees behind me and a third degree by 2023, AND add the fact that I have lived twice your life span, it would be safe to say that I am much more qualified to know what is and what is not freedom.
As an American that has lived twice as long as you, I know full well what freedom is. I can write disparaging and unflattering comments about my government, our leaders, and their policies if I so desire. And you know what? Nobody with a badge is going to come and put me in prison for it. As a matter of fact, I wrote something at the beginning of this video’s comment section about how my government needs to stop sending money and resources to other nations (I am against this).
Also, I am free to pick up a copy of a newspaper or magazine knowing that the government didn’t write the material. No, a news correspondent and their team of editors covered a story and presented their findings. Often these stories contain content that the government would find embarrassing to politicians. No such freedom exists at all in Vietnam, NONE at all. Your government (regardless if you want to embrace reality and admit it or not) will always censor any material that they deem unflattering about their socialist society and their policies.
In America the internet is NOT owned by the government. There are approximately 2,774 internet service providers in the U.S. As for Vietnam, they have a mere 5 internet providers (all strictly regulated by the communist government).
Look, your reasoning and critical thinking skills are imbecilic to the extreme. There is no way in hell that you are going to convince me (or anyone in a free democratic society) that life in a communist country has more freedom than a democracy. That is just plain ludicrous to say the least; you’re totally divorced from reality. A better education system than the U.S.???? LOL!!!! Better wages and opportunities than in America??? MORE LOL!!!!! A better hospital network than America?? Oh, boy you are one naïve individual at the extreme limits of blind stupidity.
I almost feel sorry for you (almost that is). And you know what? Any Vietnamese person working in Information Technology for what would be the U.S. equivalency of less than $35,000 per year is not getting paid what they are worth. Perhaps this is because the training, equipment, and technology is more sophisticated in the U.S. than it is in communist Vietnam. Heck, our nation is the one that pioneered the whole concept of the internet and information technology; you guys sure didn’t. You’re just “riding coattails” on what we have already accomplished in the U.S.
There is greater diversity for places to travel to, or if one wishes, move to. From warm tropical climates to winter landscapes, and mountainous alpine climates, there is something for everyone.
You can post all the goofy YouTube links that you seem to foolishly believe are relevant and support your points, but I got news for you, boy; YouTube videos are not authoritative sources for proving a point. Try a “.org” source or something. When you get a college level education, you’ll see what I am saying about the importance of citing sources. If you try to use YouTube or Wikipedia as a base for your narratives, people will soon be convinced that you are a moron.
Quite a few Americans own more than one car, have a home (sometimes more than one of those as well), a boat, and a 401k through their employer. Some of our lowest paying jobs are better than most of your good paying jobs in Vietnam. Just the way it is. We are a nation of prosperity that has been on the world stage for a lonnnnng time. And it is clear that we will not be leaving the world stage anytime soon. You can choose to remain jealous if you like, or you can curse communism and move to the U.S. for the abundance of opportunities.
I see you have said nothing more about the Innocence Project that I have brought to your attention a few times. Executing 435 people a year in communist Vietnam compared to 35 persons executed in the United States is quite revealing about the fairness about sentencing criminals. With that large number of executions in your country, it is safe to say you have a much higher degree of getting it wrong. In America, when someone is sentenced to death, they are entitled to an appeals process. So, in other words it could take around 20 years before someone is executed.
Oh yeah, in America, we do not have kin liability like they do in communist countries. You know, where the government wants to prosecute you, but if they can’t get you, they will come after your family and put them in camps instead.
So yeah, tell me (as I asked you before) about your “great” retirement benefits and 401k plans in communist Vietnam.
Communist Vietnam is not known for high ratings regarding respect for human rights. And you know what? It is like that in all communist countries.
Here is a fitting example of the oppression that exists in communist Vietnam: “Constitutional guarantees of due process are generally not upheld. Defendants have a legal right to counsel, but lawyers are scarce, and many are reluctant to take on cases involving human rights or other sensitive topics. Defense lawyers do not have the right to call witnesses, and often report insufficient time to meet with their clients. In national security cases, police can detain suspects for up to 20 months without access to counsel.”
https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam/freedom-world/2020
Not so in America. A defendant has a constitutionally guaranteed right to have an attorney represent them through each phase of the judicial process, and they have the right to call witnesses to testify on their behalf. Another cool thing is this process called a Miranda Right, and police MUST advise a defendant of this right prior to custodial interrogation. If the police fail to do this (intentionally or otherwise), well then, the defendant’s statements will not be used against them in court. If a defendant can’t afford an attorney in America, one will be provided at no cost to a defendant that has declared indigency. Doesn’t get anymore democratic than that, and that is freedom.
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"Vietnam will face severe power shortages from 2021: ministry"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-energy/vietnam-will-face-severe-power-shortages-from-2021-ministry-idUSKCN1UQ11M
"Container shortage compounds Vietnamese exporters' shipping woes"
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/industries/container-shortage-compounds-vietnamese-exporters-shipping-woes-4258894.html
"As World Shifts Away from Meat, Pork Shortage Worries Vietnam"
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/world-shifts-away-meat-pork-shortage-worries-vietnam
Root Causes of Vietnam’s Hunger Problem
"Despite the decrease in percentage over the years, the number of those who face hunger in Vietnam is still very high. Here are four factors that ultimately connects to Vietnam’s hunger problem:
High Poverty Rates: The issue of hunger ultimately roots to the high rates of poverty in Vietnam. According to the U.N., Vietnam has around 9 million citizens, or 9.8% of the entire population, who live in extreme poverty. The statistics of those facing hunger mirror the percentage of citizens in poverty.
Issues with the Education System: The VN Express International News, or the most viewed Vietnam newspaper, reports that the key to combating poverty is providing an equal opportunity for an education to children of all backgrounds. According to a report provided by Oxfam in 2018, only 3.1% of the population were college-level graduates in Vietnam. As a result, the same research discovered that only one-fifth of Vietnam’s young adults occupy a different job from their parents. Without the proper higher education, the majority of those in poverty remain in the endless labor-working cycle that their parents lived through.
Imbalanced Income and Spending: The Vietnam Briefing, a website that provides insights on doing business in Vietnam, reports that the average monthly spending of a Vietnam citizen is VND 6.5 million, or $280 USD. However, the citizens’ monthly income is on average only VND 4.6 million, or $197.8 USD. Due to this issue, most people have to work overtime to make ends meet.
Agriculture: Vietnam is one of the top five countries that faces environmental challenges. Due to this problem, rice production has experienced negative impact. The United States predicts that Vietnam’s rice paddy production will drop 3.3% in 2020 because of its droughts and incidents of saltwater intrusion. In the Central Highlands, coffee production also declines frequently due to intensive droughts. The food production rate affects the percentage of Vietnam citizens facing hunger."
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/texas-enters-2021-as-worlds-9th-largest-economy-by-gdp-301216400.html
^^^^”Tiers” of joy, lol! The so-called "poor people" of Mississippi and West Virginia live like kings by comparison! lol.
Go feast on your dog meat sandwich, Nguyen! lol!!! What will it be this time? Great Dane, or Poodle? A slab of bbq Husky ribs, anyone? lol
Death to communism, long live democracy and freedom! lol
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Did you go riding on your Moped again today? Bundle up, cupcake! It could rain on Tuesday.
Must be nice living at home with mom and dad, who in turn live with one of your grandparents. They need all the help they can get though. You know, since none of you make more than $400 U.S. dollars for the entire month. That’s right, so-called “poor” people in Mississippi and West Virginia will average $24,700 (568,100,000.00 dong), and you know what? They don’t have to eat cats and dogs to survive. They also don’t have to ride gay mopeds, and eat rice with every single meal, every single day! LOL!!!!
Their oral hygiene is better too. So, go get on your little moped, Nguyen, and find a cozy little diner on some dirty street corner in your poor fishing village that will fix you up a warm meal of dog meat served on white rice (of course, lol), and have some Nuoc Mam Cham to drizzle on your dog meat, lol!!!
Nguyen, you squeaky high-pitched voice, scrawny lightweight, with big rotten, brown teeth. LOL!!!! Eat rice with everything, right? LOL I’ll bet you have fast food businesses that specialize in cat and dog meat. Is there Dog-fil-A in town? Lol. Perhaps a Burger Dog fast food chain in your rat-infested, little hole in the ground of a town? Lol.
Here, read another article. This one shows how the democratic U.S. is/was helping poor Vietnam with a 5-year plan. If it were up to me, you guys would get NOTHING unless you gave up communism and accepted democracy.
https://borgenproject.org/facts-about-poverty-in-vietnam/
Note the part where they stated, “The United States has been strategizing with Vietnam to transform it into a more sustainable developing country and partner. A five-year plan was developed in 2014 where $86 million is being allocated to improve trade, grow the private sector and develop higher education.”
Because I got to tell ya, it is not like America owes anything to Vietnam for our prosperity and position on the world stage. Chomp on that fact, little jealous, communist weasel. We are successful and you are not. You even envy Taiwan (as you should too), they have it much better than you do in communist Vietnam.
Down with communism! Yes, with each passing decade more and more communist countries are giving up their outdated and oppressive system.
Democracy? More and more countries are adopting our system. And you know why? It has been going strong for more than 200 years with no sign of ever letting up.
“A LONG-TERM BATTLE: REMAINING CAUSES OF POVERTY IN VIETNAM”
https://borgenproject.org/remaining-causes-of-poverty-in-vietnam/
From this article: “With Vietnam having emerged as a lower middle-income country in 2010, all eyes are turned to its economy. Historically, almost all of Vietnam’s production has been handled by its government, weakening its private sector.”
^^^What does that say? “lower middle-income country in 2010” and the root cause? YOUR government, since it controls EVERYTHING. Facts are facts, Nguyen. America is one of the wealthier counties on the planet, and has been this way before 2010.
I mean, look at all that trash being hauled by the guy on a MOPED in the picture of that article!!!! LOL!!!!! Roach infested, filthy sheets. He hauls it like it is gold! For us? That stuff is ready for the trash heap or burn pile.
Since I know that you are well aware of the fact that you will NEVER convince me of the same brainwashed propaganda that your government has instilled in you about the so-called "superiority of communism", I think at this point it is not me that you are trying to convince, no, rather you are trying to convince yourself. Because, I really don’t care if you like America or democracy or not.
You can continue to live in abject poverty and lack of freedom, and I’ll continue to enjoy both economic prosperity, home ownership, and drive my car (yeah, not a gay, little moped) and continue to reap the benefits of the good life here in the U.S. And you know what? The 2.2 million Vietnamese that live in the U.S. will continue to enjoy a much higher standard of living. A living that does not put them in the position to eat cats and dogs.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Yeah, that made no sense whatsoever. Your stupidity is truly boundless...🤣
Yeah, there is no "if" in reference to poor people in Vietnam eating dog, they DO eat dog. lol
Poor American's eat beef??? Got news for you, pal, American's from all socio-economic backgrounds eat beef. From poor to rich. Yes, even your dear friend John Cena (the guy you thought was America's official spokesperson) eats beef.
Eating dogs on the otherhand? Not even poor people in America would eat that. You could not give dog meat away to any poor people over here.
In America, a dog is referred to as "man's best friend", not "Man's best meal." Eating dogs is for savages, and desperate people in a war-ravaged country where food is scarce.
You say dog meat is expensive? By your poor standards it may be. But over here? Dogs are too common.
Here, check this video on a Steakhouse in this video.
https://youtu.be/hqB_TTCE-3U?t=2
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You could save yourself all that pointless typing by just saying that you do not know how to support your point(s) that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that communism is better than democracy. Admit it, you can’t do it.
Communism is a worthless political mechanism that is fading with each decade, while democracy has only grown in popularity amongst nations
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Government ownership of property (communist system) does not promote the best in human rights opportunities, and it does not promote the maximum benefit for people to build their own way to success. To support this point, we have FAR more billionaires and millionaires than you could ever hope to compare to. Even our poor live as high a standard as your middle class.
It is clear that you are insanely jealous of the success that has been America for over 245 years. You can’t match the GDP of Texas, let alone the entire U.S. Just facts, dude, just facts.
Your society can not match our level of technology, or our higher standard of living. In fact, you guys are STILL waiting to go to the moon! Lol. Been there done that in July of 1969.
“All of the World’s Wealth in One Visualization”
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-wealth-in-one-visualization/
In this ^^^^ article, it shows the USA at the top spot, which comes as no surprise. As for Vietnam? You guys are even behind Indonesia and Singapore, lol. You will also notice that (with the exception of China), all the top economic heavy hitters in the world are democratic countries (you can't deny this reality). You can cry “fake” and “exaggerated” `all you want, but that won’t make it less true! Lol.
Yes, for you young Nguyen, delusion can be its own prison. But if it makes you feel a little better, communist Vietnam is ahead of the Philippines (though not by more than a hair). By contrast, Mexico is way ahead of you, and you know what? People from Mexico are cramming our southern border on a near constant basis. And you know why? Better opportunities in America. If it were not for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, we’d have a very serious crisis with people trying to get into our country through two more lengthy borders.
Again, facts are facts. Thankfully, Canada’s citizens are content with their brand of democracy, so they are not trying to cross our borders, and likewise we are not trying to cross their borders.
But if you want to go on daydreaming about the brainless notion of communism as the ultimate solution to society, and Vietnam as the world economic superpower, then you are free to walk about blindly in the land of delusion trying to find your way in the so-called “utopian society” where there is plenty for all (yeah, plenty of poverty that is).
This is just a perfect example of your lack of education and life experience, along with your tender, virgin age of 21. You have been a man for a mere 3 years, which is hardly enough time to know anything about life in your own country, let alone grasp an understanding of an advanced country like America that you have never been to.
As for one of your earlier comments about “why a severe shortage of truck drivers”, well who ever said there was a crisis? I have close ties to the retail industry, so if what you say is true, then I should see empty shelves at all the stores, and I should see gas stations with no gas available for sale for lack of truck drivers (which, none of that is the case). I can drive down the highway and see any number of 18 wheelers hauling their load.
If you meant to say that there is a need for more truck drivers, well then yes. After all, online shopping has skyrocketed during the pandemic, which means more shipments need to go out due to the increased demand for shipping online orders. And if your backwards country is experiencing an increase to online sales, then you too are experiencing a shortage of truck drivers. Yes, drivers that make FAR less compared to their American counterparts.
And a severe shortage of truck drivers (even if that were true), how would that prove that communism is better than democracy? How would a communist society prevent a shortage of truck drivers????? Put a gun to a guy’s head and order him to drive a truck??? Threaten a trucker in Vietnam with imprisonment for his family if he does not comply and drive???? Go on and tell me, Nguyen (since you think you know everything and have many years of life experience, lol, sarcasm).
In America, you can choose to work whatever career you want. And if someone happens to be a truck driver and they want to quit to pursue some other career opportunity, well guess what? They are more than free to do so and quit if they like. With the wages that truck drivers in America make, there is no shortage of ambitious young men (and women too) ready to step up and drive a truck. `
You need the U.S. FAR MORE than the U.S. needs Vietnam. We can do without you, whereas you can’t do without America.
Like, what do we really need communist Vietnam for? Coffee as you once brought up? Hello then to our friends in Brazil and Columbia for all our coffee needs, lol. Starbucks wouldn’t miss a beat with Vietnam out of the coffee exporting picture, believe me.
You lose again, Nguyen.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn She is smarter than you in any event (thanks to that quality American education). lol
Look, stop dancing around the issue and tell me how America would be better off with a communist government???? It is not that hard of a question, since you "know everything" from your extensive years of experience of 21 years on this planet (sarcasm) lol.
Let me dummy it down for you:
If the American government went full commie next year; they do away with the Bill of Rights, free speech, Government owns and controls everything, no work unions, low wages, etc., how would that make America a greater economic superpower than it is already???
If that happened, I can absolutely guarantee you that the American southern border crisis would do a 180! Mexicans would stop coming, and American's would be running for Mexico! And 2.2 million Vietnamese would be heading out of America. If anything, these folks know from first hand experience about communism.
So, come on Mr. "Know-it-all", tell me how a communist society in America would be so darn great? You can't answer that, can you?
My second question: Tell me how if Vietnam went to a democratic state (right to criticize the government, free speech, freedom of religion, employment unions, better wages, etc.) how that would be detrimental to Vietnam??
So far, all you have shown me are examples of American's exercising what you DON'T have; that is free speech. You won't get that from anyone in Vietnam, and you know why? They would rather keep quiet rather than go to prison (or worse).
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As I said before, what you need to keep in mind is that subjective opinions do not carry the same weight as objective facts when proving a hypothesis (or what you wish was true).
So far, you have attempted (albeit repeatedly in vain) to convince me of the superiority of communism over capitalism using only this person or that person’s opinion on YouTube. Sure, I can find as many people who think vanilla ice cream is absolutely nauseatingly disgusting (doesn’t necessarily mean that it is though).
Likewise, the 4 or 5 people on YouTube that made statements that you believe supports your point means nothing when weighted against my own personal experience of living here in the U.S. for more than 40 years. By contrast, there are plenty of people in Vietnam that would like to complain, but, oh yeah, they can't post a negative statement about your oppressive government, or they go to jail! lol. So, I guess we will never know to what level of discontentment there is there in Vietnam.
I really have no complaints about the democratic process that I have lived under. I can say what I want about my government, our officials, and complain or praise as I see fit. And while I do not posit that democracy in America is flawless, I do believe that it is the best option on the planet until someone comes up with a better political option, and communism is certainly NOT the better option. A constitutional monarchy would be my second pick.
Communism is an outdated political and economic philosophy. Sure, its basic social philosophy sounds good and all, but from a standpoint of economics it is an abject failure in practice. Communism entails a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely curtailed.
Communist China has become quite successful due to the fact that they have incorporated many of the economic principles of capitalism, heck, they are communist in name only it would seem. All they need to do is get rid of the restrictive position on freedom of speech and religion.
Read the following excerpt from Investopedia:
Why Did Communism Fail?
While there has been extensive study of the reasons for communism's failure, researchers have pinpointed a couple of common factors that contributed to its demise.
The first is an absence of incentives among citizens to produce for profit. The profit incentive leads to competition and innovation in society. But an ideal citizen in a communist society was selflessly devoted to societal causes and rarely stopped to think about his or her welfare.
"At all times and all questions a party member should give first consideration to the interests of the Party as a whole and put them in the foremost and place personal matters and interests second," wrote Liu Shaoqi, the second chair of the People's Republic of China.
The second reason for communism's failure was the system's inherent inefficiencies, such as centralized planning. This form of planning requires aggregation and synthesis of enormous amounts of data at a granular level. Because all projects were planned centrally, this form of planning was also complex. In several instances, growth data was fudged or error-prone in order to make facts fit into planned statistics and create an illusion of progress.
The concentration of power into the hands of select few also bred inefficiency and, paradoxically enough, provided them with incentives to game the system for their benefit and retain their hold on power. Corruption and laziness became endemic features of this system and surveillance, such as the one that characterized East German and Soviet societies, was common. It also disincentivized industrious and hard-working people. The end result was that the economy suffered.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/communism.asp
Think about it, Nguyen? Where is your Wall Street????lol
Another loss for you, young Nguyen.
By the way, how long do you want to go back and forth with me on here? I know I have asked you this several time on here with no reply from you. You want to go 2 more months? 5 years? 20??? Yes, you are required to answer this.
The term “brainwashing” is synonymous with totalitarian regimes like communist Vietnam. A coercive system that keeps the truth from people, and then tells them what to believe or make them face lengthy imprisonment if they disagree (no free speech = communist Vietnam). Not so in America. There is no “brainwashing” because there is free speech and free press that allows people to form their own opinions. And a nation of opinionated people we are!
Plus, there are different political parties in America that compete with each other for the votes. This process alone ensures that no one gets “brainwashed.”
Your oppressive regime on the other hand? Lol. One party, one way of thought, and every citizen in Vietnam had better be on the same thoughts as the government or off to prison (or the grave) they go! Lol, yet you consider that system of governance as “freer” than the U.S., lol.
You’ll brainwash yourself LONG before you convince me of so much as a single iota that communism is better than democracy. You’ll never succeed, Nguyen. My level of educational achievements, along with my lifespan of nearly double your little virgin 21 years of life means you can’t prevail against me on this debate.
Look, I would STRONGLY recommend that you find someone outside of your little mud hut in the fishing village that is better educated and possessing more life experience than you do to argue your foolish hypothesis for you. Because quite frankly, you suck at applying any semblance of logic to real world situations.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn I have asked you two very important questions over the last few weeks, and either you do not possess the mental capacity for higher level debate, or you are afraid of your government taking you to jail for making critical comments (if you answered the questions honestly and objectively). Either way, if you cannot, or if you refuse to answer the questions below, then you lose this debate or forfeit it outright. So, it is time for you to grow a backbone, put on your thinking cap and answer the following:
1. Explain to me how America would be better off economically and socially if we replaced democracy and adopted communism as our system of government. When I mention socially, I am looking for a you to illustrate how people would be better off (be it happier, or wealthier) if they had the same restrictions on speech and religion that exist in communist Vietnam.
2. Explain how Vietnam would be worse off if they were to adopt democracy.
I know the second question could possibly land you in “hot water” with your authorities (at least if you answer it honestly and not like some brainwashed commie).
In any event, facts have been provided by me that substantiate that most of the wealthiest nations (i.e., successful) on this planet are in fact democracies. Communist countries (including Vietnam) are not as successful as democratic economies. You can’t refute these facts.
China has been by far the most successful communist country, and you know why? And I have said this before and I will say it again; they have adopted many economic practices of the successful democratic societies.
As I alluded to in my previous statements to you, a few people making complaints about America does not mean that their opinions are valued as gold and are the very word of God. It is just an opinion based on their specific circumstances.
In any event, these criticisms do not prove your point that democracy is a failure. Did you compile critical statements from citizens in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Norway, U.K.??? No, you didn’t. You only focused on American democracy. Nevertheless, our GDP is higher than the aforementioned democratic countries.
I found it outright laughable that whenever someone who has lived in America, or who is American is by default described by you as “a very intelligent person.” For example, take the 9-year-old girl that was critical of her schoolboard. How do you know she is “a very intelligent person”??? Do you know her personally? Did you see her grades? Did you see the results of her I.Q. test??? Is she the top academic performer at her school???? No. You made a baseless assumption (which seems to be the “mortar” for all your arguments thus far). She could be just an average kid in terms of intelligence, or she may be gifted, or she could have a mild learning disability. Either way, her situation does not speak to the experiences of millions of other kids located in thousands of other school boards in the U.S. I mean, I am sure she is smarter than you due to her American education and all🤣 , but just because she made a critical statement that you feel supports your argument that American democracy is an abject failure is pure nonsense and illogical to say the least.
There have got to be literally thousands of school boards throughout America. I had no complaints about my schoolboard and how they handled things in the school district that I attended. And being a member of not one but two honor societies at my college, I would say that my education during my formative years was more than adequate in preparing me for the academic success that I am today.
In case your mind has wandered a bit, I will repost those two questions from above. I expect an intelligent answer backed by facts (you can get help from someone a little smarter than you in your mud hut, dog-eating village if need be).
I could easily answer those two questions for you, but you need to do your own thinking for once and do your own work.
Here they are again (don’t start sweating now, Nguyen!):
1. Explain to me how America would be better off economically and socially if we replaced democracy and adopted communism as our system of government. When I mention socially, I am looking for a you to illustrate how people would be better off (be it happier, wealthier) if they had the same restrictions on speech and religion that exist in communist Vietnam.
2. Explain how Vietnam would be worse off if it were to adopt democracy and incorporate free speech and freedom of religion.
Remember boy, if you fail or refuse to answer these two questions, then you forfeit this debate and lose. Similarly, if you answer these two questions and they are baseless generalities that were formed from what a few so-called “very intelligent” people on YouTube said, well then you lose. You'll never make it in college if you support all your arguments with what so and so said on YouTube. lol. My professors would laugh me to scorn if I had your same approach to critical thinking and writing that you do. You'd flunk out over here in our colleges, Nguyen. Tending water buffalo and cultivating rice on your father's farm is all that you know, so leave issues of philosophy and critical debate to the those who possess the mental aptitude to carry them out.
Either way it goes, this exercise will amply demonstrate how your life experience and critical thinking skill sets are grossly inferior and fall far short of mine on every level. Because at the tender age of 21, you don’t know your butt from a hole in the ground.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Coming from someone like yourself that has the grammar ability of a 2nd grader, I'd say the girl has you beat too! lol. Your English is lamentable to say the least. I can only imagine how you sound in person speaking English.
Moving on to the video....
And if you did not notice from watching this girl speak, she is not doing this ad lib, no, it comes from a prepared written statement.
So, your reply supports what? That the 9-year-old was exercising this democratic thing called "freedom of speech?" That is good of her. However, I do take issue with what she is saying. Everyone has a right to freedom of speech over here, yes, even the views of people that differ from each other. If the girl had an issue with a BLM poster being up, well, she is free not to look at it, just the same as those who espouse the BLM movement have a right to have their poster up to voice their displeasure over racism. So one girl has a right to say what can and cannot be put up on the wall??
She could not do that in Vietnam, that's for sure.
As someone who is not gay, I don't agree with the LGBTQ movement or gay marriage. But does that mean that such a movement and marital rights should not be allowed to exist just because I do not embrace it? No. This month (June) is recognized as "Pride Month" (in reference to LGBTQ), and I hear it on the radio all the time. Should I call in and make a complaint? That would make me a conservative then! No, liberalism is what we need more of over here. Conservatism is what you saw in Stalin's Russia or Nazi Germany.
What about your school system? Do they not teach your brand of politics too? And that is not "brainwashing?" At least over here in our school system, the subject of politics is diversified.
Liberal adults are what we need more of over here. The conservatives would like a fascist society where blacks would be back in the cotton fields with the social status of what they had 200 years ago. We have come along way as society to be more inclusive of the various cultures in this country, and this concept is part of what makes our system of governance great.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn You wrote, “Democracy will make Vietnam very unstable politically with government changing every few years, similar to other countries in Southeast Asia.”
^^^Unstable? First, define what “stability is” and secondly, what SE Asian countries are you referring to?
From my own knowledge on the subject of stability, I’d say democracy works in other parts of Asia (and the world as a whole), so why can’t it work in SE Asia?
You wrote, “Vietnam is having an advantage over those countries: stable politics and unchanging government, which is cited by Western experts themselves”
^^Your government has been around barely 45 years, whereas our government has been around 245 years. When you get to celebrate a bicentennial with your government, then you can talk about “stability.”
You wrote, “I can also sell some home made juice and meat skewers after work for some extra money tax free”
^^^I am sure glad that arrangement doesn’t exist over here. Health codes? The whole purpose of which is to ensure that people aren’t just putting anything out there for sale that could prove unhealthy to someone. What if someone has an allergy or other health issue? How would they know the ingredients beforehand?
Over here, if a licensed business that sells food fails a health code inspection, guess what? They face a fine, and possible shutdown if there are repeated violations.
You say YOU have more freedom because you can open any business in your home, you can design and build any home without asking for permission from a council. How does that take OTHERS into consideration? Over here these laws exist for the enjoyment and convenience of everyone collectively and not just one person.
Without a building permit that is approved through the local Building Department, who is to say that the work being performed is safe, or that the work was not done by a novice? With things such as installing gas lines, electrical boxes (proper gauge, etc.) these permits are necessary.
You wrote, “won’t worry about my rights being taken away because some crazy politicians just got elected by some radical people living in my town. No anti abortion law, no religious fanaticism, no gun ownership”
^^^First off, at least we get to elect our politicians, and secondly, they do not have the unilateral power to abolish or institute any new laws without the cooperation of other members of government. You mention abortion? That is a dicey subject. Some say a woman has a right to abort, the other side says, “what about the rights of the unborn?”
As for “crazy politicians”, well at least if we get any “crazy politicians”, we are only stuck with them for the term they are elected for. You on the other hand? You guys are stuck with whatever “crazy politician” you have for life! Look at Cuba, they had Fidel until he died! Look at N. Korea? They will have this whack job of a leader for the next 50 years!
You wrote, “There is nothing a Westerner does that I can not do. So there is no point of fighting for freedom. For Vietnamese people we already have freedom.”
^^^ We have already covered this point a thousand times by now, nevertheless, I will go over this one again for you: There is PLENTY that we can do that you can not do. Just for starters: 1. Freedom to speak out against our government officials (such as your “genius” 9-year-old in the video did with the school board), 2. freedom to defend ourselves with a lawfully owned weapon from a dangerous attacker, 3. The right to join any political party, 4. Vote for who we want, 5. Freedom from government intrusion into our lives, Do I really need to go on providing more examples?
You say we westerners do not understand your so-called culture? Then it would be fair to say that you Asians in communist countries do not understand our western culture either. Though other successful Asian democratic countries know better.
You wrote, “It is acceptable to criticize the government in Vietnam, even make satires and comics. However to create unrest and destabilize Vietnam, that is a crime against the Vietnamese nation.”
^^^^Now you are not being honest. Even the Vietnamese guy that lived in America (remember him from Texas?) stated in his video that you cannot say anything bad about the government. And if I am wrong? Then post a comment here saying something negative about Nguyen Xuan Phuc or one of your other government officials. Just remember, they own your internet and monitor it carefully.
You wrote, “What is better for Vietnam’s future? It is:
-Strong ambitious and long term plan for structuring Vietnamese economy and industries
-Promoting businesses and entrepreneurial culture
-Creating infrastructure -Adopting technology”
^^^You forgot to mention getting financial help from democratic America.
https://www.usaid.gov/vietnam/press-releases/apr-27-2020-united-states-provides-assistance-vietnam-respond-covid-19
Would it kill you to extend a little gratitude for the help from America, Nguyen? I get that your a diehard Marxist and all, but come now, give credit where credit is due.
Promoting businesses in a communist society where the government controls almost everything is not the same concept in America regarding the ability for
businesses to grow.
So, you neglected to say how communism would be the best option for America. It is funny how you espouse a political movement that did not even originate in your country (or even Asia for that matter). This communist theology originated with a German by the name of Carl Marx, and this movement gained traction in Russia from 1917 until it mercifully fizzled out in 1991. All the communist regimes in Europe went like dominos after that.
Well, you go on ahead and enjoy communism in Vietnam, and I’ll continue to enjoy freedom and prosperity here in the U.S. with the other 2.2 million Vietnamese that were lucky to escape with their lives. You'll say this happened over 40 years ago, but people don’t forget how their family members were murdered and their property taken by the communists.
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn Is that a serious question? Think about it: If you were still in your mother's womb, would you like it if she decided to abort you????
Once sperm meets the ovum, this constitutes the start of life.
Does knowing "your father is a rapist" change the worth of your life? Doesn't matter if it was a rape, a one-night stand, or someone forgot to take the pill that month. What if the child's father was a murderous communist? Still, the unborn is not the criminal. I'll even go one further with you; what if one of your grandparent's was a rapist, does that make the prospective life less valuable?
Financially unable to support a child? That too is easy to answer: It is called ADOPTION. And there are quite a few couples that would love to have a child, but may be unable to produce one due to being sterile.
So how easy it is for me to pick apart your augments? With a more extensive education background, life experience, and critical thinking skills, you can't win a debate with me, Nguyen.
We can go each day, and everyday for the next 5 years on here if you want. Debating with you is mere child's play.
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You wrote, "No you can't elect you politician and we can. "
Well, (😂😂😂😂😂😂), if you are stupid enough to believe that, then guess what? You are a democracy!
So-called "elected" officials do not get life terms in office. They get re-elected or someone else gets elected to replace them. And this my dear boy is called democracy!
I am going to disagree with you and your so-called "knowledge" of what a "fair" election process is, because clearly you do not.
You wrote, "In Vietnam we have fair election..." lol, sure just like the notion of a "fair" trail in Vietnam.
Dude, you are so hopelessly stupid and delusion
If you want to continue wasting your time on here trying (vainly) to convert me to your outdated communist philosophy, then go ahead.
I hated the communists before you even took your first breath and I will hate them until my last day.
Oh, and Nguyen, remember those 2 questions that I asked you???? You attempted to answer one, but you failed to answer the 2nd question. You know, the one where I asked you how communism would make America a better place, and make our economy even better?
You lose, just admit if, Nguyen. I am much better educated than you are, and my life experience far exceeds yours. You are just a boy at 21 and know nothing outside of you mud hut village on your father's rice farm. lol
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn And another reason why your arguments are so thoroughly imbecilic is that they are predicated on what one or two people say on some YouTube videos. Got news for you, kid, objective opinions do not carry the weight of subjective facts. And with your debate and logic strategy (and I use the term "logic" very loosely here), you'll lose every time (even to a 9-year-old girl in America).
It is funny how you stick up for communism like it is your very own culture; something that you can be proud of. I can assure you it is not. No, it is a political philosophy that originated in Europe. The Vietnamese culture got by just fine before the entrance of communism, and it will do much better without it. Other former communist nations have got along great without communism and have successfully moved on with democracy, and Vietnam will do well too. Food for thought, boy.
Japan and Singapore have it better than you do.
Time to wake up, Nguyen. With each passing decade you can see the decline in numbers of communist countries. Just use your common sense for all of 2 seconds here; if communism is/was so great, then why are there less communist countries now? And for those that do remain, why are they behind economically than democratic countries?
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Chí Thiện Nguyễn I wouldn't have voted for Biden? Since when did you even vote in an American election?
I am clearly better educated than you. Assuming you could vote over here, you would have to be a moron to vote for Trump.
I am not a conservative if you haven't deduced that by now. I am clearly liberal for the most part and that is why I voted for Biden (as did most other college-educated people).
Paranoid conspiracy crackpots, and conservatives with only a high-school education flocked to Trump. He is the first cult leader elected as president. Mercifully enough his time is over. Had he been "elected" in Vietnam, you'd have him for life. lol
Mass shooting? Do you smoke meth or something, or are you just naturally gifted as stupid?
Mass shooting have occurred before Trump was in office, while Trump was in office, and when he left office. So, how did Trump make a positive impact on mass shooting? What did he do? lol
Ever since Trump left office, it appears that the tempo of craziness and riots has subsided considerably.
"Defund the police", yeah, when did that actually transform from a far-left saying into action? Your political philosophy called communism was involved in the riots too. Ever hear of Antifi? Look it up. They don't have the communist hammer and sickle on their shields because they think it is a cool looking emblem.
Parents getting arrested for speaking out? No, they were arrested because they committed some kind of other crime. Freedom of speech isn't a crime over here like it is in communist Vietnam. People in your oppressive regime get arrested for speaking out, our people get arrested when they break the law. Seems only fair.
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@chithiennguyen1371 Compared to you? I am quite the economist, politician, and historian! lol Because you know absolutely NOTHING! You are a raging buffoon with 3rd grade elementary logic. You are not even good at pretending like you know what you are talking about. lol
Go ahead and take a moment to wish all of us patriotic, freedom-loving Americans “Happy Independence Day”, Nguyen! We celebrate today with 245 years of prosperous democratic heritage, and we are not fading from the world stage yet! Lol. Patriotic Americans of all cultural backgrounds are celebrating this holiday across our great nation. Yes, even the 2.2 “very intelligent” Vietnamese that found freedom in America have much to be grateful for. They know all too well about oppression in communist Vietnam from over 40 years ago (nothing has changed with the passing of time) and the freedom they enjoy today.
You sure are having a difficult time processing the fact that you lost this debate long ago. But it is like that with small-peckered (small Asian penis syndrome), bird-brained individuals like yourself. In fact, not only did you lose the whole “Communism vs. Democracy” debate, but you also lost all those peripheral debates as well. And you know why? Because you are a moron, a buffoon of epic proportions. You may be the one person that is actually dumber than Trump. And believe me, he is an idiot with few equals. Lol.
I mean, I gave you chance after wasted chance to pitch your cause and make your case stand. I was willing to listen and made it very straightforward by giving you two (2) simple questions to answer, and all you could do was make a weak and fruitless attempt to answer one question with support from YouTube videos, and you utterly FAILED to even attempt to answer the other question. Oh well, sucks to be you! Ah, the hubris of the vanquished (you)! Lol! YouTube videos are not solid evidence, rather they are objective opinions that carry no weight in serious debate circles.
It really stands out in my mind just how pathetic your really are, Nguyen. I almost feel sorry for you (almost that is). At one point you stated that you would not know what life was in your mother’s womb, and that you would not want to be born to a family that does not want you. LOL!!! Wake up, cupcake! If an embryo is not able to process what life is, then common sense should tell you that they would not know what rejection is either! STUPID! When did smoking crack become legal over there in Vietnam? Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were growing up? Do you sniff glue on a daily basis?
Anyways, you have not convinced me in support of your worthless and uneducated peasant opinion.
What’s for dinner tonight, Nguyen? Is your mom making French Bulldog stew? Lol!!!!! Perhaps a Great Dane Kung Pao! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know you are jealous of our great heritage and economic prosperity over here in America, but hey, that is just the way it is. But you know what? If our economy did take a nosedive, it would have a ripple effect that would spill over into an economic disaster felt around the world and would include your country and countless other countries as well.
Your country would be much better off if you just let the Chinese take over and occupy Vietnam.
You are tactless and VERY unsophisticated in every way, Nguyen. Your best so-called insult was to say that “ALL” American service members are “gay” and no citizen want to join the U.S. military. That would be a typical response from someone in 3rd grade elementary school, which is probably as far as you went with your rice field peasant education. Over 1 million Americans serving, and you say, “no one wants to serve.” Lol. Sure, that is why the government over here has not had a draft in over 50 years, which means that the 1 million serving did this neat thing called “volunteer” for the service. An alien concept in socialist countries where military service is often compulsory.
Anyways, you have bigger problems looming in your not-too-distant future by 2050.
Consider this:
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/scientists-triple-their-estimates-of-the-number-of-people-threatened-by-rising
Better get your raft ready! Too bad (laughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣) your beloved bastion of Russian inspired socialism Ho Chi Minh city, and most of southern Vietnam will be UNDERWATER, LOL!!!!!!
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@chithiennguyen1371
Your “great” leader Nguyen Xuan Phuc (lol) speaks like a simpleton. You can tell his education level is VERY limited in scope! I’ll bet that 9-year-old girl that you were so impressed with is smarter than he is! Lol I like his egg-shaped head and his comb over to hide his hair loss. lol
Now on with a reply of mine to answer and debunk more of your brainless rants….
You wrote, “haha this is so funny, you said you can burn the American flag and talk trash about the US government, so what about the LGBT+? They are representing the Democracy”
The first part is absolutely correct. I can “talk trash” about my leaders, government and burn my nation’s flag if I so desire (as can anybody else over here). But the second part?? What about LGBT+??? How do you figure they “represent” democracy?
You have LGBT+ people in your country too (take yourself for example). Do they represent communism? No, and they don’t represent democracy either. And you know why? Simple. Homosexuality existed long before democracy, and the existence of democracy is not the cause and effect of LGBTQ. The only link between democracy and LGBTQ+ is that democracy allows for LGBTQ people to live here without fear or intimidation from the government or discrimination from fellow citizens. Same can be said for Muslims, Jews, Amish people or any other group that lives here.
Like I said, we have Muslims here. Does that infer that Islam represents democracy in America just because they are allowed to practice their faith without hindrance?
So, again. Your reasoning is simply stupid. Lol.
The only one that thinks that LBGTQ+ is somehow representing democracy is YOU. Lol. What an idiot, lol!!!! 😂😂🤣 Now that is too funny! Here, let me quote you again here, “…so what about the LGBT+? They are representing the Democracy.” LOL!!!! No, they are not, I can assure you.
LGBTQ+ represent themselves and have the freedom to do so, and that is where their so-called "representation" ends for them.
After all, since we have far more heterosexuals over here (which is evidenced by our growing population), does this sexual orientation group represent democracy? Lol!!! Every country has heterosexuals and gays, right? Lol.
Look Nguyen, GO GET AN EDUCATION. Displaying your blind stupidity on here day after pitiful day is not doing you any favors to be quite frank with you.
Nguyen, you are such a “intellectual” lightweight; a wannabe philosopher. You are too inexperienced in life and too stupid to argue any salient points with anyone with the same education as you that exceeds the 3rd grade peasant education that you have.
And if you haven’t figured it out yet, I have not and will not read any of your comments beyond the “Read more” part of your comment. It is just not worth my time arguing with a tactless clown like yourself. If I were to do so, then you would have to set up a PayPal account and pay me $40 U.S. dollars an hour for my counseling to you (poor as you are, you can’t afford even half that amount).
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@chithiennguyen1371 Has plenty to do with Vietnam. Doesn't matter if you are responsible for it directly or not. But unless everyone and every business in your country does not use gasoline powered vehicles and your factories do not emit pollutants into the air, then yes, your country is responsible for it just the same as other countries.
If you import products from countries that use gasoline and have factories that emit emissions into the air, then you are just as culpable with regards to global warming as any other country.
Last I heard, Vietnam is FAR from a "green" country that relies solely upon wind mills and solar panels.
You communists are sure good at evading any responsibility and pointing fingers at everyone else. So, I'll go ahead and predict your next move on this topic (it will save you loads of time)...
You will respond, "lol, the U.S. produces more waste and pollutants than Vietnam, lol." Even got your little "lol" included.
And I would not disagree on that point (it is not like I don't already know that). That's just the way it is with having one of the largest industrial infrastructures on the planet. Nevertheless, we will soon be leading the way with green energy. And for the sake of Vietnam, you BETTER hope we succeed at green energy. Otherwise, bye bye Vietnam to rising sea levels. Just be little Nguyen (by 2050, an older man instead of a mindless kid in 2021) on an inner tube tire floating on your way to China! LOL!!!!
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@chithiennguyen1371 I like this one! A guy gets over 3 years for teaching a subject matter that dared to differ from the mighty communist party.
Yep, lol, that' "freedom" alright! LOL!! 🤣🤣😄 But then again, had he done this in America, nothing would have happened to him. Free speech, Nguyen, free speech. It is totally freaking awesome, but you wouldn't know anything about that! 😂😂😂
"The first time Thiện was imprisoned, it was for teaching a high school history class in which he contradicted the government’s account of how Japan was defeated in World War II. He spent three and a half years in reeducation camps, where he began composing and memorizing poems with no pen or paper. He was released briefly in 1966, then sent back to jail again for his “politically irreverent” poetry. He spent another 11 years and five months in labor camps, until 1977, when he was released to make room for officers of the Republic of Vietnam."
https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/prison-poet-and-hero-nguyen-chi-thien/
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As an American service veteran (and taxpayer), I believe that foreign military personnel should NOT be receiving military training (funded by American taxpayers) in the U.S. Let these so-called "allied" countries train their own military people in classrooms over in their own homeland. After all, if one day these foreign military personnel become our enemies (not impossible to fathom), do we really want them to have the same knowledge of our tactics and training that is on par with our own service men and women?
This story is an unfortunate incident; we have our own nut-job shooters over here. And while it is true that America has worthwhile allies, nevertheless, we really can't trust these foreign military personnel on our soil. The notion of them as our Allies today could well end up becoming our enemies of tomorrow.
And having losers like Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani in our country is a prime example; you can never know their true motivations to be here.
If the American government has all this money to give away expensive military equipment and provide training to FOREIGN military personnel (on a regular basis) to support the geo-political ambitions of politicians in Washington, well then these politicians can stop crying about raising taxes for AMERICAN taxpayers here in America! To Washington politicians: start putting Americans first by using tax dollars and other so-called "surplus" revenue to use for raising the living standard and easing the burdens of our impoverished citizens. Forget about supplying high-tech military hardware and training to support foreigners. Do their citizens pay tax dollars to America? Can they vote for you Washington fat-cats at election time? Didn't think so. It is almost like having people pay for car insurance, but if there are some out there who can’t pay, well they can have full coverage for free!
At the very least, if they want the training and equipment, let them PAY top dollar out the nose for it, and these foreign governments can sponsor the training for American military instructors!
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Pence is mocked for exercising faith. And while don't care much for the Republican party (just my preference), I do applaud Pence for not being ashamed of his faith in Jesus. It is largely an atheist or agnostic society that we all live in (too bad for the unbelievers and their love for materiel things, it will prove their eternal doom).
Yes, the words of the unbelievers and their mockery have a ring of Biblical fulfillment found in 2 Peter 3:3-10:
"3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."
The unbelievers are fulfilling Bible prophecy and they don't even know it. The return of Jesus cannot be that far off (read Matthew 24).
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My grandfather (WW2) and father (Vietnam) went to Great Lakes. My time at GL in 1992 (22nd Div. Co. 129) was a bit different in a few ways. For 14:56 (the gun range), we didn’t have a holster strapped to us. Instead, the 1911 pistol (as opposed to the M92 shown in this video) was placed on the table, and we each lined up single file behind several table that were parallel to each other at the range. From this point, we fired three magazines in total. That was it. However, the instructors made it clear that if we picked up the pistol without being instructed to do so or if we pointed it anywhere other than down range, they would be justified in shooting us dead.
As for ball caps, the only headgear we wore in basic training back then was either a black knit cap (or watch cap) or a white cover. Since I was there in July, we had to wear the black knit watch cap when we got cycled. Had it been winter, that might have been an advantage. Didn't get a ball cap until we got to the fleet (CVN-69, V-1 Division). Now, back at the recruitment center in my home town, they gave us a ball cap with "Navy" on it, but we were not going to be wearing it to basic. In those days, if you went to whatever branch recruiter, they usually gave you something.
What they now call the "confidence chamber" also seemed different. I remember the ceiling being much, much lower, and the gas exposure felt far more intense. The lower ceiling kept the gas closer to your eye level.
As for some of the notable uniform changes, our dress whites had no stipes or stars on them, and the biggest difference is that we didn't wear BDU type uniforms, we wore the dungarees. Also, for our pass and review graduation ceremony, we didn't wear ribbons or name tags, or even rank patches.
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@1974jrod Really? I am wrong? If the stop is lawful, meaning that a violation occurred, then yes, you are required to show your ID to provide proof of who you are. How else can an officer write a ticket if he or she does not know who you are? Recall that if a driver does not or is unable to provide satisfactory proof of their identity, then they are subject to immediate arrest.
A traffic stop is NOT an arrest, rather it is an investigative detainment. A equipment violation or other minor traffice offense (improper lane change for example) is not an arrestable offense. If it was an arrest, then an officer would have to immediately issue a Miranda warning before asking any questions. Secondly, if it was an "arrest" (as you erroneously contend) then everyone who has ever been pulled over has an arrest record then, right? No, instead a traffic stop is an investigative stop based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause.
With 11 and a half years on the job, I never was once sued for violating someone’s rights for asking them for their ID on a traffic stop. Evidently, you are not aware of Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada. Read it, and then maybe you can actually sound like you know what you are talking about (shaking head in abject pity at you). Stop and identify is lawful so long as there is reasonable suspicion that an offense has occurred. Note: key word is: “reasonable suspicion” that an offense HAS occurred.
If the stop is unlawful, THEN you could sue the department for a violation of your 4th amendment rights.
Think about it, can you just imagine if someone like Ted Bundy (at that time on the run in Florida after escaping from jail out west) was stopped for a traffic offense (which he was) didn’t identify himself (which he didn’t). What, did the cop who stopped him say, “Oh well, he didn’t want to tell me his name, so I will just walk away and let him drive off then.” Luckily, that scenario didn’t occur! If it did, many more women would have been murdered by this screwball. Bundy didn’t tell them who he was until after they had him in custody.
So just stick with what you know (which is very little evidently). And if you still think I am still wrong (which I am not), then the next time you are stopped for an “alleged” traffic offense by a law enforcement officer, don’t bother to show them your ID or tell them who you are and then come here and tell us all how that went (my guess is it will go down the way it did in this particular video).
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@1974jrod
Last thing before I go (I forget to address a few points of yours): You wrote, “but the citizen has no obligation to comply, certainly for a traffic violation, which is not a crime or an offense. If the person is committing a crime or has been witnessed to criminal activity, then the rules of arrest are automatically assumed. You don’t need a warrant in this case. No one does.”
First, nobody said anything about a warrant. An arrest warrant is not needed IF there is probable cause to support the arrest (submitting a grand jury packet is another matter in the judicial process).
You wrote, “If I caught you in your uniform, stealing flat screens out of a BEST BUY, I can and have the power to arrest you without a warrant.”
Well yes, because what you described is felony. But if I was in uniform taking a leak on the side of a Dunkin Doughnuts (a minor criminal offense), then you could not arrest me. You could file a written complaint, but that would be the end of it for the most part. But if I was in uniform and saw you peeing down the side of a Best Buy building (Disorderly Conduct/ Urination in public misdemeanor), then I could arrest you IF you failed to provide your ID upon “request.” Initially, you would be under an “investigative detainment” until the issue was sorted out. Even if ID was provided, it is a discretionary arrest by the officer or issue a summons in lieu of arrest.
You stated, “I have read my states Traffic law statutes thru and thru. They must not contradict the constitution which is the supreme law of the land.”
AH! Not so fast there! The basis of Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada allows for individual states (considering the “supreme law of the land”) the legal authority to use “stop and identify” laws. If this was not true, then Ohio 2921.29 “Failure to disclose personal information” is unlawful, yet it is not. I was never sued in federal district court for “requesting” (or in some cases even demanding) identification from someone detained based on a violation of law by the person detained.
You mentioned, “If I dont want to give it, then you have no right to demand it. Period. You have a right and ability to ask for it, but the moment I refuse, is the moment you are in the wrong for demanding it. If a woman say no to sex, no means no. The same applies here.”
Well, you have to understand that "requesting" an ID is really not a request; it compliance is expected. And forcing a woman to submit to sex after being told no and driving over the posted speed limit are two different kettles of fish mind you. I am just telling you from experience regarding individuals who refuse to provide ID upon “request.” They get arrested (and you would too), get booked in as John or Jane Doe, have their fingerprints submitted through AFIS for identification purposes and then get charged under Ohio’s “stop and identify” code that I gave you the link to, along with whatever else came of the incident; resisting arrest and or obstructing official business.
Would be interesting to see how things later played out for the guy in this video that didn’t’ want to identify himself. Think he won a lucrative civil suit? Not likely.
The forcible sexual encounter you brought up would be like me bringing up the fact that even POW’s must give name, rank, and serial number to their enemy captors.
Also stated by you, “Even if they are committing a crime you have to Mirandize them after arrest. If a criminal has the right to shut up and not give you anything, how much more does a citizen have that right who is not committing any crime?”
Mirandizing a person prior to custodial interrogation is Basic Police Academy 101, day 1. Traffic laws are just that; laws. Breaking a law is a crime, so it stands to reason that if you commit a traffic violation, then you are breaking the law. There is a fine schedule associated with traffic offenses, and possible jail time depending what it is, or the number of prior offenses.
In your first sentence of this paragraph, you mentioned that even criminals have to identify themselves, they don’t have to admit to killing somebody, selling drugs, or robbing a bank, so they can exercise the right to remain silent on that topic,. Just the same as a motorist is required to provide an ID, but does not have to admit to speeding, drinking alcohol or smoking blunts in the car.
To ask for an ID is about the only valid point that you have raised (and I am been agreement on that issue since day one on the job some years back). Nevertheless, after the request for an ID has been made and there is no compliance on the part of the vehicle operator (or been refused outright), THEN it will be demanded of the motorist. And yes, there IS an obligation on the part of citizens to furnish a valid ID to a Police Officer on the sole basis of criminal activity (or suspected criminal activity).
The key point: “public place.” If you read my link for the Ohio law writer code, I want you to read it again, with special emphasis to section A (1). Public place…commit criminal offense… What is a criminal offense you may ask? It is any action by an individual (running a stop sign, or not wearing a seatbelt for example) that is codified by ordinance and is prohibited by law (State or local). This also applies to traffic offenses too. There are no stipulations regarding traffic or nontraffic offenses on this law.
Perhaps this issue is different in your state (doubtful though). But here in the buckeye state (Ohio) it is as I have stated along throughout this dialog. So, if you happen to get stopped in Ohio, DO furnish your ID to an Ohio law enforcement officer upon “request.” Because the “request” will quickly escalate into a demand when there is no compliance on the part of the motorist who is alleged to have committed a traffic offense in a public place, and then the result is what we saw in this video.
Ok, now that I have those points out of the way, have yourself a good day! And I exercise my 5th from this point on.
P.S.
If you happen to get stopped in your state for a traffic offense and you refuse to provide your name and ID, and this unfortunate occurrence that we saw in the video becomes your personal experience with you getting wrenched out of your vehicle and face-planted on the pavement by officers with hurt feelings of not getting your ID. I want you to sue the municipality that is responsible and when you cash out big, post a video here of your mansion, boat, and Dodge Charger Hellcat (you can buy them in colors) on here for us. I will give you a “like” and a “Thumbs up” and will subscribe to your channel. Heck, I will even post a message that says, “I have no clue what I am talking about. I am an idiot. This guy had it right all along!”
As for me? Would I try it? Forget it! If I get stopped, I will have my ID at the ready. After all, what is the worst the Officer can do at that point; give me a ticket?
I do not want to get kicked, punched, car damaged, kicked in the scrotum or whatever else. And you know why? I may indeed get a settlement check after a lengthly civil suit, but I can’t cash it or spend it in the morgue. My life (and the ability to walk and taste my food is more important than some thick wad of cash. I live by the adage that “everyday above ground is a good day.”
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Did that mean you didn’t like it, or were you just too easily confused about the subject?
You wrote, “decision I cited. I can ID myself by stating my name. Cased closed.”
"Case closed" hardly! At that point you are just catching a case Lol! Really? So, if you were an officer and you stopped me, requested my ID, and I said, “My name is John Smith” you’d believe that? Need proof. I have one better; I could tell you my name is Clint Eastwood and you would be gullible enough to believe it.
I mean it is not like people tell lies (sarcasm).
Pride is your fault here, my confused friend. Accept that you are wrong. Don’t believe me? Heck don’t take my word for it. Call your local prosecutor’s office and ask them the following: “If I am driving my vehicle on a public thoroughfare, and the police stop me and accuse me of failing to stop for a stop sign, do I have to show them my ID, or can I just tell them my name is Donald Trump?” See what they say . Yeah, you probably won’t like their answer either.
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@1974jrod
You wrote: “So based on everything you said, We agree, together you and I that a traffic violation is not a crime just like peeing behind Dunkin Donuts isnt either. ? Correct?”
Uh, no, not correct actually. A traffic violation and peeing wherever in public IS a crime. Yes, IT IS a crime.
You also stated: “We agree that a lawful arrest is, well, lawful if there is probable cause of a crime. Correct?” Bingo! Yes, that IS correct (I may be making progress here with you).
“Correct? If a traffic violation is not a crime, which is true, which is what this guy was pulled over for, where the fuck does the cop have probable cause of a crime to make an arrest here, especially since it is self evidently clear that he unnecessarily escalated the situation in the first place?”
You got lost again, my man….A traffic violation IS A CRIME. I don’t know where or how you figure it isn’t.
The probable cause for this particular traffic stop is NOT mentioned in the video. The officer never stated the reason (I would have), so how would I know? You don’t know either.
You mentioned, “Among the aforementioned questions, what crime did this guy commit to be drug out of the window of his car?”
How would I know? Was I there? Were you? Maybe you know, right? We don’t know what the infraction (the initiating factor) was for the stop. Maybe a registration check on the plate indicated an active warrant hit, or maybe a thousand other things. Maybe the tags were expired. So, again, we don’t know.
I suppose if I had to make an educated guess it would be a safe bet to say that lack of license plate illumination was not the issue (it was daylight outside and no lights were on)… Man, I like the space program and all, but space cadets? Geeze. Having one in the White House is bad enough.
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@1974jrod
“Left the building…” not quite yet, so don’t get your panties in a twist just yet. I know you need a pen-pal and somebody to write to, so for the moment you have that, even though you have mentally left the building some years ago. So, be patient (I have to type out a reply you know).
Note at 4:04 officer informed the guy he is under arrest. When a law enforcement officer tells you that you are under arrest (regardless if you agree about their probable cause to make the arrest, or if you don’t want to show your ID), you MUST comply and step out of the vehicle immediately, no two ways about it. If you refuse to comply with their orders to step out of the vehicle (as this guy did) and put your hands behind your back so that they can cuff you (per arrest protocol in just about any jurisdiction), then that person is deemed to be resisting arrest and they can snatch you right up out of the vehicle. They can use reasonable force to effect an arrest. That means if they must pull arms and legs and direct someone to the ground to cuff them, then that is permissible under the circumstances.
Now you say assaulting the male? That is a grossly misapplied term on your part. Being pulled from the car and attempting to place him in custody is not the same as punching and kicking the guy. That is what an assault is, kicking, punching, biting, pistol whipping, etc. and you see none of that. They didn’t so much as call this guy any choice expletives either.These guys know full well that they are on camera and there is a sergeant on scene. Do you see that here? No. They are pulling him (due to his continued resistance) and they are forcing him to the ground, where they forced his hands behind his back to cuff him.
Now with four officers on this guy, I do question and view things from a tactical perspective. One officer should be watching the other occupant (and anybody else who may walk up with hostile intentions) to ensure that they don’t access a weapon and come out firing at the officers. “Case closed.”
When you find yourself in this situation, you still MUST comply with the officer’s orders, whether you like it or not. If you don’t like it, then comply, and then contact an attorney and file a complaint.
View from 4:14 onwards… I didn’t observe so much as one officer punch, kick, deliver an open-hand slap, use a racial slur or anything, baton strikes, and neither did you.
The guy was under arrest and resisting, plus there was a sergeant (supervisor) on scene.
See: Freeman v. Gore case law.
“Police officers in all states are granted authority to use force to accomplish lawful objectives, such as arrest, entry to serve a warrant or make an arrest, and detention (Freeman v. Gore, 483 F.3d 404, 5th Cir. 2007).”
I know you are not a lawyer or an officer, so your input and ability to process is limited to what you see on TV. The world is much different in reality out there on the streets for officers and suspects alike.
And if you want to continue to delude yourself that you don’t have to show your ID on a lawful traffic stop upon “request” (more like demand) of a law enforcement officer, then you go on ahead do what you want. I could not care less.
And whether you think I “lost” or not means nothing to me, because that is the sort of thing kids worry about and I am a grown man. You should try to be one too.
So, 1974jrod aka “Mr. Sovereign Citizen I don’t have to show the pigs my ID” now I have left the building…so clap and go find yourself a new pen-pal to write to on here. “Elvis has left the building" (chuckles).
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@edwardkennedy2257 I am not a "ghetto officer?" If you mean one who worked in urban areas, then it doesn’t get too much more "ghetto" (your words not mine) than Cuyahoga County.
The term you used “monkey” is not a matter “if” it may not be the right term; it is totally unacceptable! I know of a former colleague (a probie) who thought it would be funny to refer to his arrest of an African American man as one he arrested from “monkey island.” Sure, was funny to him until he got canned for it when the complaint came in, along with a statement from jail staff.
To be aware of your surroundings is to use good tactical sense (not bias), teamwork, along with some verbal judo.
My department was/is known as a department that stands by ethical principles (sure there are some who think like you) and a department that does things the way it should be done (individual bad apples being the exception). Remember, you took an oath (just like the rest of us) to uphold the laws and rights of others without consideration for their race.
I don’t know what “history book” you are referring to, but Chicago isn’t exactly known for their stellar race relations record. Who has the most homicides is not exactly something to brag about. The risk of an officer getting shot or run over by a car in Chicago is no less of an risk than it is in any other city in America.
Change doesn’t happen overnight, but it is nonetheless necessary. We can’t live up to our oath and improve the community if we don’t foster a cooperative trust with the community that we swore an oath to serve.
I mean, these so-called “monkies” (again, your words not mine) work with us too. They have our backs as we do theirs, so why should serving the community be any different? You could go on a call to a residence with other whites; does that mean there are no low-life hillbillies to be encountered? I’ve seen them from all cultural backgrounds from good, average, to all-out scum.
Use of good training and tactics is of much more use than looking at the color of someone's skin or the texture of their hair to make a threat assessment.
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Cheri Merchant Ok, then candidate making $20,000 a year. Will that do it?
Because evidently you have not earned $40k a year. Subtract taxes and other deductions from that $40k and you will find a much smaller take home than $40k a year. That is the sort of money ($40k a year) that a city worker might make or that a mailman would earn. Not good money at all. And I am speaking from experience.
For $40k a year, they aren't driving Lamborghinis, living in 20,000 square foot mansions on ocean front property either, and they are not out on a 200-foot sailing boat for their water cruising pastimes (with its own captain and chef of course). So yes, compared to the rich, a $40k a year worker is a mere peasant by comparison. Donald Trump’s barber gets more than twice that amount.
I'll go to the other end of the spectrum for a comparison; someone making $80k a year would be more sympathetic towards the poor then some orange-glowing idiot (Captain Bone Spurs) bringing in hundreds of millions per year. See my point?
I can absolutely guarantee you that Nancy Polesi, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, Mitch McConnel (any other names I am forgetting?) are not making the paltry sum of $40,000 per year, or even $140k a year. No, they measure their wealth in the millions.
By contrast, I can speak from a platform of experience of making a mere $12,800 a year all the way up to a shade under $50,000 per year (though I am no longer employed in the $50k a year job). And for 2017, I made a whopping $0k per year due to unemployment.
Yes, they can afford to go to prestigious learning institutions like Yale or Harvard or Oxford, while the working class can go to a community or state college.
The point is, I was using $40k a year as the low-end of the spectrum of middle class earning. People in this category (or those making far less) have more in common than the filthy rich in politics. Yes, people that can buy Ferrari's in colors to soothe their boredom. $40,000 per year? That is not even $20 bucks per hour.
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Cheri Merchant
@Cheri Merchant Oh spare me!
Nothing that you have said has served to undermine my point.
You make it like anyone who is in the $40k a year category is living life on the ham with Rolex watches on their wrist and tailored Desmond Merrion men's suits, walking on Testoni oxfords.
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So, let me steer you back to my original point: The rich (and I am talking multi-millionaires) run this country and attain the highest offices in the land, PERIOD!
As I alluded to in my previous post; I have been jobless with $0 income for a year all the way up to almost $50,000 a year (and every wage category in between).
$40k a year ain't jack squat compared to Trump money or the kind of money that Pro Athletes and actors and musicians make. Trump spent $70k a year alone on his disco haircut. And you want to cry a river over the "rich" people making $40,000 a year ($19.23 per hour fulltime btw). Rookie law enforcement and firemen put their necks on the line for around that amount, LOL! Yeah, about the only thing $40k a year will benefit a person is that they won't be on food stamps or on the city bus (I can attest to that). And you make it like they have their own jet liner and Bentley to drive around in and take vacations every other weekend. I'd love to have Patrick Mahommes money at $40 million a year! Now that is some money! That is like $5,000 an hour compared to $19.23 an hour!
Yet he would pay the SAME amount of money that I would for a Big Mac and fries! 🤣
Anyways, Sheri... If you are so down and out in "poverty" living in America, then go take a civil service job and get that $40k a year. Yeah, because if you really want "to go there" with your concept of so-called poverty and living on $750 a month on ssi, then consider that YOU are rich compared to someone living in a third world country who has no access to running water or sanitation or even toilet paper to wipe their backsides (they don’t have ssi to fall back on like you). I know for the entire year that I got $0.00 per hour (for a grand total of $0K for the year of 2017) I didn't get the benefit of ssi! No, by no means; the only way I was able to float along during this difficult time period was to cash out my pension (which I earned the old fashion way; I worked for it) to make ends meet and keep a roof over my head and food on the table.
Try getting a job in the $40,000 a year category and then we will see how much money is left over after taxes for extravagant vacations indulging in the finest cuisines and wines, buying sports cars and 200 foot luxury boats on ocean front property that you seem to think people in this earning category make. 🤦♂
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Cheri Merchant That is exactly it! Millionaires who live millionaire lifestyles. Isn't that who I said runs the country??? I only suggested someone more down to earth to take the place of the millionaires who do not understand (or flat out don't care) about the plight of working-class Americans.
You seemed to take issue with my suggestion of someone earning $40k a year to replace the rich that run America. This was just an arbitrary figure on my part. It could easily be someone earning $8.90 an hour on 20 hours a week. In any event, who cares if it is $40k a year, $80k a year, $200k a year, or a person living on a HUD property with money earned at Arby's at minimum wage. Anyone in these categories is NOT in Trump's (or Mike Bloomberg's) category of extravagance and profligacy! Nancy Pelosi is worth a cool $80 million and she didn't earn and save up based on $40,000 a year, you can be sure of that! These Washington fat cats would cry that they are poor if they earned only a measly $200,000 a year! Only the ultra-rich run this country, and I want you to understand that (or at least acknowledge it).
So, I guess you didn't like my idea of having everyday people run this country instead of the rich, correct? So, we will just leave it as it is and let the rich (those that measure their wealth in the tens of millions) continue to run this country. Well, in that case, they will continue to make life "better" for you as Trump has, right? Because the rich have always done so much for you compared to average Americans (sarcasm).
But as I said before, YOU (yes, YOU) are rich in your current economic status than someone in some third world country. Do you think someone in Nigeria or Ethiopia has it as good as you and eats as good as you do?? If they could switch places with you, they would think they died and went to "money paradise." The rats in America eat better than do some humans in this world with what gets discarded in the dumpsters behind any restaurant or grocery store!
Yes, you can fall back on SSI and HUD and HEAP benefits and have access to clean running water. People in these parts of the world fetch their cooking and drinking water from the same creek that they wash in (and animals access this water supply too).
And I got news for you; a person making $40,000 a year in California or New York city is dirt poor. Perhaps in the Midwest like Ohio or Indiana $40,000 a year will carry you along a good distance. But if you think you'll be driving a brand-new Corvette and living in a 4,000 square foot home or apartment in Ohio....DREAM ON! The wage isn’t that good. Look, $40k a year was terrific money back in say 2005.
Go take a civil service test for your State, County, or City and get the $40,000 a year job. It is not that difficult. Consider the following as general prerequisites:
1. Can you perform simple math?
2. Can you read and write?
3. Can you pass a background check?
4. Can you pass a drug/alcohol screen
5. Can you follow simple instructions?
If you answered "yes" to the above, you got a solid shot at a civil service job in the $40k a year (maybe more if you have a college degree and relatable experience).
Even a city transit bus driver after 5 years makes $30 per hour, which comes out to just over $60,000 a year. Forget about $40k a year, these guys (and women) get paid well to drive up and down the same streets all day for 8 hours at a time.
Go back to school and make yourself a more viable candidate! If you are poor, you get up to $50,000 in Pell grants! Or stay as you are and continue to think that $40,000 a year is awesome money, because it sure isn’t! You almost sound like my grandparents who thought that $6.50 an hour was great money...ohhhhhhhhhh back in 1956! That kind of money in 2020 will land you in a tent under a highway bridge somewhere. I tell ya, there will come a time one day when $50 per hour is going to be the functional equivalent of $9.00 an hour today! Hard to imagine, I know, but it will come to pass. Yes, in the year 2250, a new car (nothing fancy) will probably run someone $175,000. And a Corvette for that year (assuming GM is still around), it will probably go for $700,000. And NFL quarterback salaries??? It sure won't be $40 million a year! IT SURE WON'T! It will probably be $200 to $300 million a year. And to think that Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins back in the early 1980's got around a million bucks a year.
And consider that a G.I. back in WW2 made $50 a month as a private! But back then you could get a new car for less than $900.00 (and gas at 21 cents a gallon) and a steak dinner would be less than a buck! You can't get a meal deal like that even at Golden Corral nowadays.
Stop trying to sound like I don't know what poor is????? Were you not listening? For 2017, I made ZERO dollars due to unemployment! Can you beat that??? ZERO DOLLARS ($0,000)! Didn't find a job until March of 2018. And it was not until May of this year that I got 40 hours a week! I know all too well. I have been in your wage category (and less) and I have been in the $50,000 a year category as well.
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tanzanable “Billions” of followers? LOL! Don’t you wish! Not even Adolph Hitler Stalin combined had that many brain-washed followers. I seriously doubt Trump’s pin-head base of support is even a pin-hair fraction of that number. Nevertheless, it is truly disturbing that cult followers (like you for example) of Trump are so devoted to is cause of blind stupidity. Trump even let people like you down! He said he would appoint a special prosecutor and go after Hillary Clinton! Whatever happened to that campaign promise????? Simple: he choked up and folded! He can't even be true to his followers! Too funny! Oh, and how about those tax records that he promised to release....LOL! Maybe he meant to release them at his next election in 2020 (let's hope not)!
“Getting nowhere” by insulting Trump? I would get nowhere if I (and others) didn’t take a stand against this orange-glowing imbecilic, self-seeking buffoon! Trump is firmly set on his own personal crusade to megalomania! People need to take a lawful stand against this clown!
“Do you understand how Trump went from a private businessman to leader of the free world?” Not hard to understand at all. Lying, cheating, and screwing people over has been Mr. Trump’s path through life. He is a master manipulator! His book “The Art of The Deal” is his answer to Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” Even Hitler was able to go from an unemployed artist to tyrant with the blood of millions on his hands. Stalin also had humble origins coming from peasant stock to tyrant in the Soviet Union. So, was I supposed to be impressed by that question? I wasn’t.
You stated, “…people have HAD IT with global elitists ripping them off…” There may be an element of truth to this statement (the only one btw). But Trump is NOT the answer to this issue. American voters can do much better; they will get this chance in 2020 and vote this clown out of office (that is if he doesn’t find his way to federal prison first).
People like you are like cult followers. Recall Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite… If Trump ever goes to Prison or flees to Russia, he will tell all his feeble-minded followers (yes, that would be YOU) to drink the “cool aid” to meet the mothership as it hovers over earth! And none of you would lose hast to obey your orange-glowing “King” and do it. What a sick and pathetic following your group is!
Join (I am trying hard not to laugh) “…the Trump revolution or get run over by it!” Now that statement just sounds like some Hitler supporting and fanatically brain-washed nonsense to the very unbalanced core! WOW! Why not just shout, “SEIG HEIL, SEIG HEIL” until you are hoarse and band together and break out all the shop windows of businesses owned by Mexican immigrants and Muslims and anyone else on Trump’s hate list in the U.S.? You can bring torches and goose step too if you like, you Rudolph Hess wannabe! You could have your own Kristallnacht!
Hess once shouted into the mic at a Hitler rally, “Hitler is Germany, Germany is Hitler, SEIG HEIL!” Surprised someone from your disturbed group doesn’t shout at into the mic at a Trump rally, “Trump is America, America is Trump, SEIG HEIL!!!!”
On a serious note, I wouldn’t stoop so low as to join such a dishonorable cause, and I won’t have to be concerned about getting “run over” by Trump’s “revolution” because it a few short years (the fewer the better) it will mercifully run out of steam (it already has no momentum) with him either sitting in federal prison or in Russia being protected by his bosom buddy Putin.
My so-called “cheap” insults still have more value and integrity than the cheap and classless value of having Trump as our sordid “leader.”
America let’s take a firm stand and vote this immoral and pretentious buffoon out in 2020! I know there has got to be a more honorable candidate(s) to run against “Herr” Trump in 2020.
Hopefully, the next administration will spend more money on mental health solutions and intervention; Trump's disturbed followers (yes, "Billions") like tanzanable could benefit from this treatment.
All "HEIL" Trump! (that was sarcasm btw tanzanable), so hold off on emailing me recruitment paperwork to enroll in the (again trying even harder not to laugh)socalled "Trump Revolution." LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know that tanzanable is without help. Ole tanzy will be out hopping and drooling like a mad fool attaching door hangers in his local trailer park for Trump's 2020 campaign. Dress warm cupcake (or fruitcake) it will be a cold walk in peckerwood county. A sad group with outdoor Arctic Circle temperature level IQ's points.
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@tanzanable I can see it now: As the Mueller net begins to close in and tighten, Trump will probably be aboard Air Force One ostensibly on its way to a summit in France to meet with Macron, but really on his way to Russia. The pilot will say, “Sir, we just overshot France. If we do not turn back now, we will be heading directly into Russian airspace in about 4 hours. We will be breaking a number of laws.” Trump’s terse response as he brandishes a pistol as he pushes it into the back of the pilot’s neck, “I know that you idiot! Plus, it doesn’t matter anyways! I have been breaking quite a few laws as it is, so what is a few dozen more for Mueller to tag on? So, shut up and just fly the darn plane!”
Putin will dispatch a flight of Mig-35’s to provide cover for Air Force One as it enters Russian airspace and safely touches down at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. As they fly into Russian airspace, Trump looks out the window and with that big orange grin, grinning ear to ear like a kid sitting for a holiday portrait on on the lap of the Easter Bunny, he returns the salute of the Russian fighter pilots as they take up protective formation around Air Force One.
Putin will give him a warm greeting in broken English and grasping his hand, “Welcome, Comrade Trump, we’ve been expecting you. Make yourself at home.” Trump: “Oh thanks Puty Pu. Now we can be roommates!” Putin: “Not so fast with the roommate thing. I like you and all, but I have a nice villa way on the other side of town for you to stay in. It even has its own stand up orange spray tanning applicator for your personal convenience.” Trump in true business form will negotiate a cash sales price for Air Force One to the Russian military.
All the brain-dead Trump followers back home will say, “Oh it is such a shame that we will be without his fine and noble leadership talents here in American, but so long as he is safe and sound and out of reach from the hands of the United States Justice Department and the fake news, we’ll be a bit less sad. He was the most honest and upright President ever of all time.”
In this instance, too bad Trump couldn’t take all of his feeble-minded followers to Russian with him. I am sure Putin has nice and cozy accommodations for them in Siberia.
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Sadly, this behavior on the part of Donald Trump should come as no surprise. A self-admitted sex offender who laughs about grabbing women by the p** with Billy Bush. But to him, it was just "locker room banter" and the type of stuff you can do when "you can do anything..." "when you are a star." NO YOU CAN'T!
I am totally embarrassed that he is my President. A complete TOOL that has a difficult time reading a teleprompter. A MORON who cannot pronounce/remember the name of a deceased military veteran when he called to give his so-called condolences to the family, and then lies about it after being called out by the family regarding his indiscretion. Here is a hint Trump: Try writing the name down on a sticky note next to the phone as you dial the phone number. May even want to use a few minutes to practice saying the name correctly too. IDIOT!!!!!!!!!
A fascist megalomaniac that constantly lies and makes himself out to be so "great." "I am the fittest President ever" Yeah, sure, you fat, out of shape, draft-dodging, snobby rich punk. Captain Bone Spurs with five draft deferments, to becoming the "fittest" President ever. Rich in terms of money, bankrupt in morality and and speech etiquette.
If asked, he probably would say "I am the most handsomest President ever, the best looking man of all time." "I have the body of a 24-year-old Calvin Kline underwear model." "I have had more sexual relationships with the most number of beautiful women of all time." "I am the most honest person you will ever meet of all time." I could just see Alec Baldwin in Trump mode saying these lines, waving his hands with each syllable like Trump does.
This latest episode by Trump is just one more to add to the litany of his blind stupidity that he has already accomplished in his year and a half of wasting space in the Oval Office. A champion of the golf course. "No body plays golf as good as I do, Tiger Woods is almost as good as me."
Regrettably, we will have to endure him for the rest of his term. Unless fortune should smile upon our nation and he gets removed by on the basis of a criminal conviction.
Trump, the master of revisionist history. The stuff of legend in his own, warped mind.
Come on 840 days until November 3, 2020! (And for the love of mercy and wisdom, let it NOT be Trump's reelection)
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This is a good test to evaluate how overpenetration in walls can result from missing the intruder in a burglary situation. But, what if there was a gel test simulation conducted in this video mimicking a human target, and then evaluate if there would still be an issue with penetrating walls.
With a standard spacing of 16 inches between wall studs in a typical American home, the concern is that a bullet hitting an intruder and then exiting through that intruder could go through drywall, insulation, exterior plywood, then the aluminum siding, possibly penetrating the neighbor's home walls that are likely less than 25 feet away in a typical urban setting. Yes, one could get lucky and hit the stud in the wall (likely stopping the bullet from hitting the neighbor's home), but this is no given.
Potential overpenetration is an issue that needs to be considered ahead of time when preparing for home defense with any gun. That being said, would a frangible round be the answer to this problem?
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It would be nice to be able to come out ahead in a home defense situation by eliminating the intruder that is trying to cause you harm, but no so much if you have to face a civil suit from neighbor for damaging their property, wounding them (or worse) due to over penetration issues.
Bullet manufactures may want to seriously consider opening up a whole product line that can address this problem.
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Dave Jackson Look stupid, YOU HAVE NO FACTS ON THIS SO-CALLED ECONOMY or to support Trump on his grossly rated "accomplishments!"
All you Trump lovers always say, "Oh he is the greatest ever." Yet you conservative right wing supremists (neo-nazi’s) can NEVER state what it is that makes him so good. You people always make vague (and I do mean VERY vague) references to a so-called great economy. Yeah, great for billionaire business men like Trump. I do not see any appreciable increase in my paycheck.
Obama, Clinton, WHO CARES already! Are either one of these two individuals currently sitting in the Oval Office? No, this orange clown is. So stick with what is relevant!
Safer country? LOL!!! Man, really, LMAO!!!!!! You are serious, aren't you? Tell me that was meant for humour (though noting is funny about people getting killed). I suppose school shootings and the other mass episodes of violence on the evening new is just "fake news" right????
A big hoax by CNN, yes???? SLAP! Wake up!!!!!!
Dude, wake up, throw out the drugs/booze or whatever you are on. Get professional help if need be.
This lying piece of filth is dangerous for our country, or don't you care? All the shootings and other violent incidents are happing under Trump's watch! All talk, hot wind! Most embrassing person to ever to be addressed as "Mr. President" or "Commander in Chief."
Oh, and by the way, the Mueller investigation is not done yet with Trump. His attorney took a felony plea recently, so what does that tell you? He acted at the behest of Trump.
Stormy Daniels, etc. UNFIT for the Presidential Office!
Oh sure, let Trump send 15,000 U.S. service personel down to the Mexican border. And then as they get ready to cross over, open fire with cannon and maching gun fire into the mass of men, women, and children! Yes, "All Hail Captain Bone Spurs." This clown isn't fooling anyone (except gullible people like you). People will still be crossing the border illegally just as before. Indeed I am sure someone are walking across the border at this very second.
Trump supportors, They live in a land of sick delusion just like their master, Trump himself. "Heil Trump!" "Seig Heil!" fools!
Mr. Golf Course/Twitter President...
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@evanplayz6851 That is just plain Trump brainwashing nonsense! And you have been duped for sure!
You are like one of the girl's that followed Charlie Manson; you believe anything your cult leader tells you.
No one man Trump/Biden/Whoever can take your rights away! PERIOD! They would have to do away with the U.S. Constitution to do that, and they can't do it. Biden or whoever would be removed from Office by the other branches of government. My gosh! Take a civics class or something!!! This isn't Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia.
Will taxes go up, sure. How else does government go about paying for running the country. It is just a fact of life. "Death and Taxes" are the two things certain about life.
After all, someone has to pay down the national deficit at some point. What, you want a tax break now so your kids and grand kids or great grand kids can pay it down? It must be paid down at some point, it just can't go on and on unpaid. That sure is selfish, but that does not come as a surprise; Trump is SELFISH and self-centered, so it stands to reason that his followers (people like you) idolize him so much.
You'll get over Trump's loss. With Trump gone and perhaps some mental health therapy for you and your Trump cult members, along with the passage of time to aid in the coping process, you will become rational thinkers (instead of letting someone else tell you how to think like Trump). That is what demagogues do; they promote fear and hysteria to fuel their cause. And I must say, Trump is an expert at cultivating chaos and promoting strife. This is why is is all the more imperative that he goes NOW!
I am sure that the "talent" of being a gifted demagogue is a skill that few could equal Donald Trump (with the notable exception of Hitler or Lenin). A Trump rally could erupt in a series of "sieg hiels" echoing off the stadium walls just like Hitler. Really sad.
And now Trump wants to waste more tax payer money (what, you thought he would use his own?) to litigate and recount the ballots for the election. The end result will stand nonetheless.
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I'll ask you a question and if you answer it, then I'll delve into my point further, though the proof will most likely have to wait until Trump's upcoming indictment after Jan. 2021 (and we all know it is coming). But I’ll throw you a hint; just listen to his divisive rhetoric and how he vilifies free speech. Like the media or not, the media is one of the cornerstones of democracy. Suppression of free speech is a tool of despots in totalitarian dictatorships.
I mean, why else would Trump need to examine if he can pardon himself or not? Did he break the law? That would be the only reason to ponder that question from a so-called honest president. That would be akin to the police investigating a murder that took place and then the next-door neighbor yells out the window, "I didn't kill him. We never had an argument. I was out of town all week." Yeah, Trump, "I wonder if I can pardon myself. I didn't do anything wrong of course. I am the most honest president of all time." See my point?
And why won't he release his taxes like he said he would do? What is he hiding??? He is hiding something! None of you Trump Cult followers can answer that. You'd be the first if you can provide a rational answer (again, based on articulable facts). I would have been totally cool if Trump (back in 2016) had said that he won’t release his taxes because it is his business and nobody else. But the lying SOB said he would do it, and so I hold him to it! Message to Trump: TRUMP, RELEASE YOUR DAMN TAX RECORDS!!!!!!! Get your fat behind off the golf cart and get those tax records out here and NOW!
Question to you: What proof is there that the election was "rigged" or that there is supportive evidence of "election fraud"? Are there 50,000 dripping wet ballots with Trump's name on them that were fished out of some obscure creek in rural America or in PA or Michigan, or Georgia (do I really need to go on)???? Explain and craft a supportive argument based on FACTS, and not on one of Trump's vast arsenal of idiotic conspiracy (think QAnon) theories. Trump is way too immature to be president. He still acts like the 12-year-old playground bully that he still is. Absolutely pitiful!! Trump conducts himself and the affairs of his office with the tacky and sordid atmosphere of the Jerry Springer Show or WWE Raw!!! This is an absolute disgrace! And that first night debate by Trump (yeah, in his own self-centered and warped mind he thought he did good) was the worst I have seen.
You would think that the more absurd his behavior and statements got (and who could fail to notice), the harder it would be for Trump Cult followers (gullible people like you) to defend him. This guy lost any hint of support that I may have had for him LONG ago! Yeah, about a month or two in office and I was done with this guy! If someone more honorable than H. Clinton had run against Trump in 2016, Trump would most likely have lost then and there. Only this time around, Trump is the H. Clinton that people don’t like or respect.
And it is nobody, no, not even the media or the democrats, but the blame lies squarely at the foot of Trump himself for the way rational people view him; he acted like a racist jerk the whole time. And that 60 Minutes interview...WHAT A DISASTER! How childish he acted, walking out like the pouting, orange-glowing, fat little 12-year-old he is!! If you are going to be POTUS, then you need to have tough skin and weather the good and bad questions that come your way.
And his handling of the pandemic???? He would not wear a mask!!!! And yet he comes down with Covid-19 (as did his wife and son). Upon his recovery, and in a moment of self-centered importance he claimed it was a "lovefest." I doubt the family members of the nearly 300,000 dead share his outlook on the experience as a "lovefest." What a goof he is!
I too am waiting...
This Time magazine cover parody best sums up Trump's presidency:
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trump-melt-final.jpg?quality=85&w=840
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@Responsible Citizen A game?? Trump has been playing a game the whole time with Covid and people are dying from it.
"No one cares about his taxes." Oh, so now you speak for everyone? Believe me, people DO care, especially people at the DOJ. His taxes are the very hinge pin for the legal entanglements he will soon face.
Obama's taxes? If anyone could care less about the taxes of a president, it would be Obama's tax returns. Stay focused here. After all, you do know that Obama is not up for reelection, right? So, I don't care about Obama, Clinton, Bush, or any other president that you want to use as a distraction technique to this argument. What matters is Trump (he is in office now until Jan.).
As for Obama, when was that an issue and when did he refuse to release them? That is a moot point on your part.
Use apostrophes then? So, now you give me English lessons? lol. I made it a quote as an element of sarcasm (which obviously went right over your head).
What is annoying is your blind faith in this lying sack Trump. But you are a Trump Cult follower after all. Just wait, he will soon tell you to drink the "Cool-Aid" and you will dutifully do so. Yeah, if you can endure Trump over the last four years, you can handle the most annoying people. Because Trump is as about as annoying as one can get. The sooner his ugly orange mug is off the TV the better.
You still didn't provide any proof of any election fraud in your emotionally charged response to me. As for my reply about Trump endangering the Constitution, I clearly stated that his rhetoric and his casting doubt on our election process (which he clearly did) is a threat to the Constitution. I swear, you'd give Trump a pass on anything, right? He could rape a nun, take a dump on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, spit on the face of a Mexican child at a detainment center and you would roar with delight and approval. Sad.
I'm not only glad that Trump lost for the sake of getting him out of the Oval Office, I am equally glad that his support base feels the loss too.
The vainglorious orange-glowing cult leader must go.
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Trump is all talk... hot wind and nothing more. Guy loves to hear
his own voice. "POTUS says he called off strike because of estimated death
toll", uh, yeah, Mr. President, people will die in an air strike, that is
a fact in case you didn’t know. Should have never scheduled it in the first
place if you don't have the guts to see it through.
Funny, the Dresden air raid in 1945 and 25,000 plus civilian
dead didn’t bother FDR, and Hiroshima didn’t bother Truman either. And nobody
in Washington lost a wink of sleep during operation “Rolling Thunder” in
Vietnam.
Yes, POTUS has proven himself a rhetoric-hungry buffoon once
again...
“Talk, talk, talk…” only emboldens our nation’s enemies.
My guess is if Trump went forward with the airstrike, it might damage his ability to build commercial properties in Iran after he leaves office.
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@tetrarhetoric7647
You wrote: “Ok so I think I understand what you are getting at in reference him making empty threats and I agree that is a major sign of weakness but I disagree that that applies to this situation. I don't think this was an empty threat because the fighter pilots had already been sent out when he had to call them back... “
Absolutely, it was an empty threat. POTUS spoke all that clap trap about “Cocked and Ready” and then sends out the pilots. No doubt the pilots had the resolve and courage to do their duty. However, POTUS was not up to it. As for the price of deploying the aircraft; I am sure it is pricey (though I do not know the cost). The second point of what you stated is an obvious contradiction. You stated, “…I agree that is a major sign of weakness…”I don’t thing this was an empty threat because the fight pilots had already been sent out when he had to call them back…”
What? Yes, that is a sure sign of weakness if ever there was one to be illustrated here. Fighter pilots were just obeying precise orders from their command.
POTUS choked...
You wrote, “And as for you NOT comparing an unmanned drone to Hiroshima and the Dresden bombings, this is a quote where you directly compared them whilst claiming he is all talk. "...Should have never scheduled it in the first place if you don't have the guts to see it through. Funny, the Dresden air raid 25,000 plus civilian(sic) dead didn't bother FDR, and Hiroshima didn't bother Truman either."
Thanks for presenting my quote and I stand by it.
Now for your quote, “This war we are in now is nothing compared to the carnage and loss of life during WW2 and any similarities that are there are weak or coincidental at best. (apparently The Iranian government is also gassing groups within their society) he made the right call by canceling the order. The response was disproportional to the offense committed. No one died, the drone couldn’t be identified as American if im not mistaken and last I heard there wasn't any confirmation if it indeed was in Iranian airspace but if it was they were well within reason to shoot down a FORIEGN COUNTRIES SPY DRONE.”
Firstly, we are not at war yet (and I do stress “yet”), but if that war comes, it will make WW2 seem like child’s play by comparison (though there is nothing trivial about 50 million + dead from that conflict). We are talking nukes here. In WW2, we (the U.S.) were the only players on the world stage with nukes, now at least 7 countries have that nuclear weapons capability. Don’t be fooled, I am sure Iran has or is on the very cusp of making nuclear weapons.
Do you know for certain that the drone was in Iranian airspace? And of course they claim that the drone was in their airspace, and why wouldn’t they? It is not like they would ever tell a lie, right?
You stated, “To your point about Dresden.. May the dead rest in peace but...It wasnt found to be an "insignificant" military target they just weren't providing as much aid as other german cities.” “But that wasnt why the bombed them. It was to demoralize, like hoe the germans were bombarding Britain/England/Uk(sorry for my ignorance but i dont know the difference between them)”
Well, we can agree to disagree on that point regarding the military importance of Dresden. Bombing to “demoralize” the Germans? Didn’t work all that well, now did it? Didn’t work for the Germans either when they bombed Britain during the “Blitz” of 1940. On the contrary, bombing to “demoralize” serves only strengthened their resolve to fight to the end. And fight to the bitter end they did. Anyways, let us not digress too far here.
“They still contributed and they still stayed after Hitler showed his true nature..”
No, they didn’t. Propaganda is a very powerful psyche weapon. Nevertheless, there had been significant resistance from German civilians (some that paid with their lives for their defiance of Hitler) and some were from the military establishment too (recall July 20th 1944 bomb plot and Colonel Stauffenburg if you will).
You wrote, “They provided aid to the Nazi warmacht[sic] and stayed for the entirety of the war... so yes they were Nazi's. Children you say? heard of the Hitler jugend (Hitler youth)? In some places the children fought as German soldiers.. soo yes, they were Nazis. Though I would express remorse for these poor misguided children because what choice did they have? but war is hell.”
Really? What “aid” did they render? Did a 90-year-old grandma point an mg-42 machinegun from a apartment building window on the 12th floor???? Did grandpa Erving hobble around in his wheelchair with a panserfaust strapped to his back and a luger in his hand? Even so, if civilians were responsible for defending their homeland, it was under duress to say the least. I don’t believe that a toddler sitting down in their cradle is capable of wearing a swastika armband and saying, “Seig Heil” in affirmation to a Gobbles "Total War" speech blaring over the radio. And yes, I certainly have heard of the Hitler Youth. Apparently, you are not aware that they (German civilians) did not enjoy the freedom of free speech. If you spoke out or were otherwise “too critical” of Nazism and the war effort, you could end up at Dachau or worse. By the late stages of the war these “children” and others were forced to fight. The SS would not hesitate to string up from the nearest tree those that would not fight and would place a placard around their neck stating that this would be the fate of cowards and malingerers on the home front.
In any event, I didn’t see you address any issues with the 80,000 + japs that died when the Enola Gay dropped the big one on them? Are you going to say that even the babies and elderly were all “japs” responsible for the Bataan Death March or Pearl Harbor or the “rape of Nanking”? No, of course they were not, and neither were the residents (civilians) of Dresden responsible for Auschwitz or Treblinka. Would we dare say that as American’s that each and every one of us is somehow responsible for some of the evil that we have unleashed? And if you don’t know what I am talking about, think about the “Trail of Tears” from the Jacksonian era. Heck, the U.S. needed far less provocation to go to war with Spain when the USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor (it was later proven that the Spanish were not responsible). Our nation was hungry (yes, starving) for the acquisition of more territory (thanks Teddy and the Rough Riders).
So, we have no more guilt than your average German who lived in Germany in WW2.
It is a sad and hypocritical fact that over here in America during WW2 we took 100,000 American civilians of Japanese heritage and took their freedom from them for the duration of the war by placing them in internment camps. Or consider the wrongs committed against African American’s (going back 200 plus years and to recent years) making them sit at the back of the bus, lynching them, and compelling them to use restrooms designated for their use only, and addressing their menfolk as "boy" or “Leroy.” Does that mean we are ALL responsible for these injustices committed in our nation??? No, but we are all responsible for correcting those wrongs and helping to ensure that America is the land of the free for EVERYBODY, regardless of color or heritage. When we as a nation achieve that, then we will truely be a becon of freedom to the rest of the world; a shining example of liberty.
In any event, you are digressing too far from the point here. We are not here to debate the culpability of German infants, adults or whoever, or some clerk who gave lip-service to Hitler so that he wouldn’t lose his job or be shot. Instead, we are here to discuss the fact that Trump is all hot wind and weak-minded.
The bottom line is this: If the President is just going to keep drawing the proverbial “line in the sand” and then step back each time and keep drawing it, we will soon find ourselves like Prime Minister Chamberlain during the 1938 Anschluss…making appeasement to avoid catastrophe.
Remember, Trump’s weakness is not just something being viewed by the Iranians, but N. Korea and Russia are watching to see our resolve as well. Are we a nation of ttough talk, or are we a nation of resolve? The fat lunatic with the terrible haircut in Pyongyang will do something really stupid if he sees that Trump is weak with Iran. Heck, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the North Koreans sent the Iranians a nuke or two with a ribbon tide on top.
Listen, Trump is no Jack Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. I wasn’t even alive back then, but I have to say that watching that grainy black and white footage of Kennedy making his speech makes me darn proud to be an American! Now before you go ahead and bash Kennedy, I really don’t care. The fact that he stood up to Khrushchev and held fast to his resolve is nothing short of awesome! The Russian’s had to blink during that stare down. Trump could never do this. His buddy ole Puty Poo would pull the leash on him really quick! And you know why? Besides the fact that he is yellow as can be (I know he is glowing orange in reality), but yes, he is a coward and an opportunist who seeks to enrich himself by butt-kissing our adversaries.
Trump is a back-peddler, a buffoon who says one thing out the side of his mouth and then lies about it.
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Babe Mccarty
Look who is talking? How do you figure I am a hypocrite or a robot? Make sense of that. Oh did I offend a graduate of Trump University (you)?
Hypocrite? In what way? Am I the one running the country into the ground, or is your dear King Trump doing so? So again, how am I the hypocrite? Did I say one thing and do another (like your idiot President)?
My stool has more integrity in one morsel than Trump has in his entire body (yours included).
I won't go as far as to say YOU are a hypocrite (since I don't know you, don't care to either), but you must be as much of a GOOF as Trump if you support him, along with the fact (and yes FACT) that it is ok to be a racist, a misogynist, and a lying pervert.
So yes, "look who is talking" because I do a far better job of expressing myself than Trump could hope to do reading (or trying to read) a teleprompter. Let's give a big round of applause (sarcasm) for draft-dodging COWARDLY President Bone Spurs and his 1975 yellow disco toupee!
You need to have that silly Trump balloon from England flying over your trailer. Yeah, orange glowing President wearing a diaper and a disco wig.
"...nonsense..." Yeah, ok. Try L-O-G-I-C, something you know nothing about.
Bye Russian bot.
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I guess Babe Mccarty is impressed with Trump's statement that "...a missile hasn't been fired off in 9 months..." Well, I guess we can all celebrate then, can't we? And we can sit back and say "peace in our time." Now doesn't that have a ring of deja vu. A whole 9 months, isn't that comforting. Sort of like an alcoholic who says "I haven't had a drink in a whole 9 minutes."
Trump did a lot better reading off the teleprompter this time. Must have practiced it a few times on a "dry run" before getting it right. Maybe he should do the same thing next time he wants to call up the family of a recently deceased U.S. soldier so he can get the soldier's name right! Simple: It was La David Johnson. Heck, write it on a stick note and paste it on the phone before you dial it. STUPID!!!!
Trump actually wore a tie that wasn't red or blue. Nevertheless, it is still probably made in China. And he want's to make "America Great Again." Mcarty, if you want to know what being a hypocrite is, consider Trump's silly WEAK campaign slogan, and then consider that this imbecile has numerous products manufactured outside of the U.S. Trump is a fraud, a liar, and too incompetent to sit it the Oval Office. Our "Twitter" President.
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Hey Babe Mccarty, I wouldn't know what it is like to be misinformed. But if I ever suffered the unfortunate experience of getting to that point in life (like you for example) I will let you know how it feels. It is easier for you to say, "...stupid information..." when in fact the information is good, but the "stupid" part is your brain-dead lack of understanding and alienation from reality (kind of like your President Bone Spurs).
If I had to speculate on it though, I would venture to guess it is like YOUR life-long experience of walking blindly along the corridors of your pathetic life with your head stuck between your butt cheeks (you probably can still hear Trump's lies and bombastic commentary from inside there).
So instead of trading insults on here, why not qualify your statement of "Trump is the greatest president in American history." Simple, you can't! Just admit it, Trump is Russia's greatest President in U.S. history! I can acknowledge that!
He is not even close to being a good president, to say nothing of an honorable comparison to other presidents that we have had. Just a lying, racist, ignorant scumbag, that thinks it is ok to grope women. And it is "ok" to do this when according to Trump, '...you can do that when you are famous..." Billy Bush thought it was worth a giggle or two, but was it worth his career? It should have cost Trump his career.
Face it, Babe, your president is a MORON! The most decisive president in history! A real life National Lampoon President! Just an orange glowing, out of shape, 1975 disco hair style TOUPEE wearing, china tie wearing CLOWN! Draft dodging coward! Always waving his hands with each word in his 6th grade level vocabulary!
Come on Election 2020, and vote this goof out. He will do enough damage between now and 2020.
Hey Babe, would you like a Trumpy Bear to go with your "Make America Great Again" hat? Here: https://www.ebay.com/i/153028036258?chn=ps
Cheeto face president! https://www.pinterest.com/seanbond735/heir-trump/?lp=true
Trump in Russian Military Uniform (he would dodge service with them too if Putin didn't tell him to join)
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In reply to this, I will use a quote by your so-called "great" president, "WRONG, WRONG" LOL!!! First, there has to be a reality that reflects what you contend. I will accept a reality of a "...great President..." when I actually see one (might have to wait to 2020 for that, or longer if he gets a second term). More like a delusion that you can't let go of (there is treatment available). You are still unable to show how it is that he is "great." Simple, you can't. Who needs CNN, when you have Trump making a fool out of himself at every turn? Must be why his constant stupidity resonates so well with Y-O-U!
So again, stupid, WHAT HAS HE DONE THAT IS SO GREAT????? Groping women and telling lies all the time does not count towards greatness. Here, let me help you out a bit: He is the GREATEST BUFFOON OF ALL TIME! There, we can acknowledge that he is great at something.
I tell ya, the comedy outlets have never had it easier with this clown in office, and they may never have it this easy again. Yes, they even have it easier than when G. W. Bush was in office.
Would you give President Trumpy Bear a pass if he groped your Mother, Aunt, or Sister? Would he still have your vote in 2020? After all, you can do that "when you are famous."
So stop your whining Babe, and instead of using Trump's strategy of "FAKE NEWS" as an answer to everyone who dislikes Trump, show what it is that he has actually done that is so great??? If he is the "greatest" President in history, there should be a plethora of positive accomplishments to rattle off. This should not be too difficult of a question for you to answer if you believe in him so much. He is a stupid liar who said (and CNN didn't put the words in his mouth) that he would release his tax records once he was elected. Well, what is he waiting for????? All he had to do was to say that he does not want to release the tax records (insert any excuse) and that would have been that.
"Bye Mr. F-O-O-L!!!" You have got to be the biggest fool on the forum here (indeed your entire trailer park too). You make a stupid statement with "Trump is the greatest president in American history" but yet you cannot state why or what to qualify your comment. STUPID!
Ah yes, Babe the quintessential redneck American who believes firmly in the Trump "legacy" but cannot state a single reason why! LOL!!!! Too funny! Don't worry, Trump does not know the answer to this question either. He is too busy playing golf like he thinks he is Arnold Palmer or somebody. I am sure if you asked Trump, he would tell you that he is the greatest golfer of all time in the history of the sport ever! And you are stupid enough to believe him.
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@flyboy6258 Just as you did!
By the way:
When did it become "his" stimulus check? You make it out like he cut everyone a check out of his own account. Did it come out of his account? No, that check was part of a bipartisan effort (tax payer money that YOU and I both paid throughout the year and tax money Trump and his billionaire friends DIDN'T pay 😂 ). Yeah, let's see his tax records so that we can all see how generous he is, along with all the taxes that he supposedly paid. Wait, he won't let us see that.
So, don't give Trump all the glory. If it was his check (as you contend), I'd gladly give it back with interest just to get him out of office!
Yeah, $600 bucks, like that is a life changing amount of money. Hey, thanks Mr. Bone Spurs Trump, the check paid for approximately 1/3 of my monthly living expenses. Made a huge difference (sarcasm). Now he can go off and do some golfing that he said he'd be too busy to do because he'd be working his a$$ off for us. Shame on Obama for playing golf, because Trump doesn't 😂😂😂😂
On my last point (golfing), here is a video to refresh your memory about Trump's hypocrisy:
https://youtu.be/-SItU_PMMeA
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It's the same if one's name were "William." In English, that is what it is, but in another language, such as German, it would be Wilhelm. Similarly, Guillaume would be the French version of "William." In the English language, we sometimes refer to Jesus as "Christ." However, in Spanish this name is spelled and pronounced as "Cristo."
Thus, the same word or name can be spoken and spelled differently depending on one's native tongue.
Another noteworthy aspect is that monarchs often possess exceptionally lengthy names. Case in point, I am sure we have all heard of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia from the WW1 conflict. However, his full name is Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern. Yet he is often referred to simply as Kaiser Wilhelm II in historical literature.
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@integritymatters7727 Yes, if Trump gets back in office, he'll probably cut off aid to Ukraine and start sending care packages to his pal Putin in Russia! Trump just can't get enough of those tyrants and dictators. He's also Viktor Orbán's number one fanboy. I bet he has a secret shrine with photos and scented candles!
Donald Trump:
"Let me tell you, folks, Viktor Orbán, he’s a tremendous leader. Just tremendous. Big, beautiful results. Some people don’t get it, but I do. I get it. Viktor knows how to get things done. Hungary is so lucky to have him. They’re winning, big time. Believe me, he's tough, he's strong, and he’s doing fantastic things for Hungary. A lot of people are saying he’s one of the best, really, and I think they're right. He’s a friend of mine, and he's making Hungary great again!"
"Absolutely, folks, Viktor Orbán, let me tell you, he’s doing an incredible job. Incredible. People say to me, 'Donald, how does he do it?' and I say, 'He’s just that good.' He’s got Hungary running like a well-oiled machine. People love him, they really do. I heard they’re renaming the goulash after him—it’s that good! Viktor, he’s like the Michael Jordan of politics. Unstoppable. Everyone else is playing checkers, and Viktor’s over there playing 4D chess. Amazing guy, just amazing."
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@MrUnknown7212 HE LOST! How in your warped mind is he president!?!?!?!? Fake News? What a tired sounding pro-Trump rhetoric. He lost plain and simple. And he lost largely to his immaturity, he incessant LIES, and his incompetence in handling a pandemic.
If he won't be a grown-up about it, then they can take him out by force if need be.
People like your (and of course Trump) are living proof that mental health is in serious decline. You don't want to accept the facts, so "its fake news." LOL!!!!
Maybe if you tell yourself that your are wealthy, you will eventually make it a reality in your OWN head. Wake up from your Trump induced coma. Biden is president now, so it is time to get back on track to normal and put Trump's Alice in Wonderland presidency in the past.
You are like Hitler's fanatical diehards; they too thought the war was won by them and not the allies.
God allowed Trump to gain office and God TOOK him out of office due to his lies and immoral conduct.
Dan 2:21 "And He changeth the times and the seasons; He removeth kings and setteth up kings. He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding."
Yes, Trump was REMOVED because he would not humble himself before the Lord.
Trump will accept his defeat and vacate the White House like a real man, or be dragged out by the Secret Service if need be. If Trump (being the whiney man-toddler that he is) wants to hang on for dear life to the desk in the Oval Office, then a few strong Secret Service guys can pick up the desk (with Trump holding on for dear life, orange fingers turning white) and walk it right out of the White House to the tree lawn for garbage pickup. It is that simple. The American voter (and not Trump) spoke and God was listening!
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Russia WON nothing! Ever heard of this thing called Lend Lease? Don't extend a belated thank you to Uncle Sam for the 50 Navy Destroyers that you got to help fend off the U boat menace that was driving you guys to your knees (and that was just the start phase of our help). Lend Lease didn't just benefit England. Russia didn't do the work of the 8th Air Force bombing Nazi Germany's industrial infrastructure on a multi daily basis. Yes, the UK bombed Germany during the night, but nobody could put as many planes in the air as America or as much ordnance on target either, no way! The US saved the UK's butt not once, but twice in WW1 and again in WW2. If it was not for our entry into WW1, the Ludendorff Offensive in the spring of 1918 would probably have succeeded, and no thanks to your friend Russia by the way, who signed a separate treaty with Imperial Germany, thereby releasing hundreds of thousands of German soldiers from front-line service in the east to come west to face the allies. UK save America? What, are you kidding me? Too much rum on the brain? Will never happen. The UK tried everything it could to destroy America from 1776 all the way through the UK supplying the Confederate States of America with guns/military supplies, and guess what, WE STILL WON.
"You [America] barely did anything" You obviously know nothing about history. Look it up, America manufactured 40% of all the military hardware on the planet during WW2. Without American participation in WW2 and 13 million service personnel in uniform, the UK and Russia would both be singing the "Deutschlandlied" as a duet. Face it, without America, there would have been no Operation Torch or D-day. PERIOD! However, I can say with a great deal of certainty that if American had entered into WW2 earlier, there would have been no Dunkirk for you guys either. You remember that debacle, yes? "Oh me lost me balls at Dunkirk..." Perhaps you would like to extend your thanks to the Eagle Squadron for helping you guys out in the Battle of Britain (before American even entered the conflict).
"Oh so much poverty..." Really? So much wealth too. The one place you can go from "poverty" to bouncing a basket ball/catching a football/hitting a baseball on TV to earn paychecks that come out to around $20 to $40 million dollars a year. Rookie contracts? How does a cool $399,000 a year sound to start? Sure, that is "poverty" money/chicken feed compared to Lebron James, or Payton Manning. Free education? Do the teachers work for free? Is gas, water, and electricity free? Do construction companies provide free repairs? No, it costs money, and somebody has to come up with it. It is not free, wake up. Besides, free as in what, money from taxes? Money from tuition? Has to come from one of these two sources, or donations from the wealthy for a tax write off. Nothing is free, you have to work for it. With a country with a population as large as it is in the U.S. how is the so-called "free college" idea supposed to work? With will over 300 million people, and with an average cost of $9,000 for an Associates degree (and that's a conservative figure at a local community college, not a state college or an ivy league college like Harvard, Yale, or Princeton), where and how could it possibly be free? "Free" college and healthcare; simple, join the military and get the G.I. Bill for your schooling. Later after an honorable discharge, get VA benefits and healthcare.
"Good bye America" I wouldn't be so quick to say that. Putin may decide to act the aggressor in Europe, and guess what, your nation will come BEGGING for American military support again to bail you guys out. Better hope you do not face a resurgent Germany again either (they may get it right the third time). I only hope we don't help though, just for the sake of ungrateful Brits like you. And I wouldn't have helped in WW1 either. Instead, I would have presented England with a bill (with compound interest) for the cost to rebuild the White House and other government buildings that England destroyed in the War of 1812, and pension money for the descendants of Union soldiers in the Civil War that had been killed by weapons that had been supplied directly from the British. Heck, I would have rather helped the Kaiser out and gave him 50 ships. Sales to the highest bidder so that we can "end poverty" and extend "free healthcare" and a "free college education" here in the U.S. Imagine, we just sell massive quantities of guns, planes, shells, rifles, and ships to Germany and England at the same time, with no preference or stake in who wins or who loses. We would have been making money hand over fist!
These comments only show how ignorant Trump is, and he is not an accurate reflection of the greatness of America. Donald Trump always will, and always has been about Donald Trump. I am sure the Irish would be glad to see Brits like you humbled. Your miserable world empire that is no more, a mere footnote in the history books!
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And Trump always took credit for things that others in the administration helped him achieve. "Me, me, me, I, I, I am so great."
However, when it came time to take criticism, well then Trump would just blame it on others.
Of course, the Jan. 6th incident at the U.S. Capital (where a police officer was killed) was not the Great Orange One's fault (sarcasm).
It's not the Great Orange One's fault that he is an ego-centric, immature 5-year-old, who thinks that he knows EVERYTHING. Empathy is not something he knows how to exercise (in words or deeds). Selfish as they ever came.
Yeah, Trump is beyond reproach on anything and everything. He is SO perfect. 😡 Yes, the adjective "infallible" ties directly to Trump himself (at least in his own mind and in the minds of his cult followers).
Trump: "I Could Stand in the Middle of Fifth Avenue and Shoot Somebody and I Wouldn't Lose Any Voters. It's incredible."
^^^^He got that one right! Not even the "all-knowing, all-wise" Trump knew that he was capable of being America's first cult leader president in 2016.
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Trump: "It was the biggest boo ever. Nobody gets boos like we do, I got to tell ya. Big, beautiful boos. The crowd loves me, I'm the greatest ever. Nobody has done more for blacks than I have, and nobody has more respect for women than I do, let me be perfectly honest here. And if I am re-elected to lead this great nation, I won't have time to golf. I love golf and everything, but if I get back in the White House, I'll be too busy getting Project 2025 underway and on the law books. And you won't have to vote again in 4 years (big orange grin), you'll be stuck with me like the Russians are with Putin, my dear friend. Wait, I don't know what Project 2025 is, never heard of it."
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The only way and the only reason that Trump would even entertain this idea (pardoning himself) is if he has been or is currently involved in illegal activity. Did he just unwittingly out himself?
Not even Nixon considered the idea of pardoning himself, which if he could have done so, he would have.
I just hope Biden doesn't take the route of Gerald Ford and extend Trump a pardon; he doesn't even come close to deserving it. Not with the way Trump has acted during this election and over the last four years. And Trump's willingness to cast doubt on the integrity of the election process without a shred of proof is just meant to undercut the will of the American people who voted. Not a single fact to support Trump's claim of fraud has ever come to light. And if he and his legal team have any factual proof, then why has it not been presented? Simple, there is no proof of fraud. Just because Trump claims there is fraud does not make it true.
Yes, without a pardon from Biden, Trump will finally be exposed as the con artist and charlatan that he is and that he violated his oath of office on numerous occasions. I know that Biden wants to heal the nation and bring everyone together again (by contrast to what Trump has accomplished with his divisive rhetoric and thinly veiled bigotry), but Biden should NOT extend Trump a pardon, otherwise, Trump gets to sail off to the sunset of his golf course without any accountability for what he has done.
Trump knows something about his unsavory activates that he doesn't want to come out. And it probably starts with the elusive tax records that he is doing everything in his power to prevent the release of these records. Yes, the same tax records that this orange-glowing liar said that he would release back in 2016. Once Trump is a citizen again, he won't have the protection of his presidential office to thwart the Justice Department; he won't be above the reach of the law.
Proof of election fraud and Trump's taxes have two things in common: 1. we will never see either of them. 2. both originate from a habitual liar (Trump).
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The man of honor (The Great Orange One) strikes again! And this is the type of stuff that got him impeached the first time. Heck, he will surely NOT be our president come Jan. 20th, but there may be just enough time for Trump to make history as the first president to be impeached twice!
Most politicians are unsavory and selfish types; I get that, but Trump makes them all look like plaster saints by comparison.
But regardless, Trump's cult followers out there would give him a pass on this recent conduct too. Sad, really. They would make Trump dictator with hereditary rights for his descendants to the oval office "throne" for the next thousand years (yikes).
Face it Trump, you LOST to "sleepy joe." I'll say it again, YOU L-O-S-T!!!! You talked all that junk leading up to the election (with your childish antics and name calling), and made an absolute mad fool out of yourself during the debates (especially the first night), and you were so cocksure of yourself and you LOST!! I love it!!🤣🤣🤣😂
When you are out of office, why not stop by the barber and get that ridiculous 1978 disco hairdo that you have had nearly your whole life and get it updated to something more modern. How about a bald fade? You couldn't disco dance to the Bee Gee's "Staying Alive" back then with that silly hairdo, so get rid of it! And why not get a real tan instead of that creepy looking orange stuff that you spray yourself down with. After all that, why not stop by a psychotherapist to get help with your narcissistic /entitlement personality disorder too!
Time to grow up, Trump. I mean if you are ever going to, now would be a good time to try and act like an adult for once. Have some dignity and concede already. Even Hilary Clinton had more self respect when she lost, and you never heard her cry and whine about "fraud" and "I won" or making calls to people of her party to overturn the results of the election to her favor. Pitiful, just pitiful.
We will all be gone one day, but they will still be talking about POTUS 45 and Trumplicans (his blind cult followers) in Civics class well into the next century and beyond.
0:47 Going over the numbers and you figure you won? What, are you high? If you won (as you brainlessly claim) then why do you need 11,780 votes to be "found?" I swear, delusion is its own prison and Trump is deep in solitary confinement in this prison of delusion; totally divorced from reality. This guy has the mentality of Hitler in the closing days of WW2 in the bunker! You think the election is not yet lost, and the Fuhrer believed the war could still be won when Berlin was surrounded by the Soviets in 1945. Just as there was no relief for Berlin in April 1945, there will be no last minute reprieve for your lost presidential campaign either; YOU LOST!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
0:54 Rally size, really Trump??? Elections are not decided by rally size (real or not). It is determined by votes, and again, you LOST. You claim thousands at your rally, and only hundreds at Biden's rally? Yeah, that is because your supporters think that Covid-19 is a hoax, and Biden's supporters mostly stayed home. But you go ahead and be a denialist and play endless rounds of golf while people continue to die from the virus.
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Uh, well golf and Tweeting come first for Mr. Trump. Yeah, that and using his position as president to look after his billionaire friends at the expense of the working class. If he has any spare time, perhaps he will devote it to reading the important stuff.
My guess: "Mr. President, we have some important memos for you to read. There is one of particular importance."
Trump: "Fake news, fake memos! We'll blame it on Greta Thunberg or Nancy Pelosi! Eric, get my golf bag ready and inform my Air Force pilot to get Air Force One ready for Mar-a-Lago. We leave in 30 minutes."
Eric Trump: "Sure dad! Can I sit in your chair in the Oval Office and play with your pencils and fidget spinner? I think I could be POTUS one day!"
Trump: "Eric, just do what I tell you for once!"
Eric Trump: "Aw shucks, dad. Well ok."
I wonder if Trump pays out of his own pocket for that weird, mysterious "orange stuff" to be painted on him every hour on the hour, or if the tax payers pay for it. But, like his tax records, I suppose we will never know.😉
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@RedAndBlueAndOthersToo
Oh, where's Joe, you ask? Probably off doing presidential stuff, you know, like reading reports and making decisions. Meanwhile, Trump is "up" right now? Sure, like a cat stuck in a tree—loud, confused, and needing a fireman to get him down. And seeing any candidate show up is impressive? Absolutely, it's like finding Bigfoot riding a unicorn. As an independent voter, you must be thrilled—choosing between a sane conversation and a reality TV meltdown. So, let’s all take our blinders off and enjoy the comedy show that is Trump’s latest attempt at relevancy!
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$80,000 for first line supervisors in law enforcement? Yes and no (with a bigger leaning towards "no"). If you work for a large department, then yes, but not so much if you work in a more rural area. Some Chief's (way above the first line supervision step stated here) may not even make $80k a year in these low populated areas. In Ohio, most sergeants (we are talking first line supervision here) in a large metropolitan area like Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati (including immediate surrounding suburbs) will get approximately $34 per hour and a lieutenant will get around $38 to $41 per hour. I am sure the NYPD and agencies in California get paid even more.
As for making supervisor in the first place; well it is a very competitive process let's not forget. Some factors to consider could be: are you or are you not a member of the "clique" (could be the "unofficial" requirement).
As a former law enforcement officer, I can tell you firsthand that I have seen people with ability and good test scores get passed over by the command staff to promote someone with less ability and lower test scores (just because they brown-nosed the Chief all day long providing canned laughter at inappropriate jokes or refilling his/her coffee or refueling the Chief's car) or they needed a diversity promotion for continued federal funding.
By contrast, I have known basic patrolmen who made more than $80,000 a year (closer to $100k), but that is because they grab up a lot of overtime (20+ hours EVERY single week without fail on top of their usual 40) and also work off-duty security details "moon lighting." Basically, they have no life outside of work and are always nodding off due to lack of proper rest, along with experiencing failing marriages due to infidelity or just lack of spending quality family time.
For me, I said forget it with trying to burn life's candle at both ends to cash in at the bank. The danger is that if you get too tired, you get sloppy with your tactics, which could cost you your life. You need to be well-rested and stay alert for this profession.
Just food for thought on this one.
Otherwise, some of the other career positions stated here seem to be worthwhile.
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0:07
You forgot to mention the most narcissistic and delusional aspects. He’s like a late-war Hermann Göring or Hitler, only without the historical significance. The comparison is almost too perfect in its absurdity.
And? He is OLD. 😅 Even his hairstyle is old. It's like he is stuck in a perpetual time warp from 1970s disco era.
His shock comic approach to politics is dead. I just hope that this time around when Trump loses, the spell that Trump holds on the Republican party will finally be broken and they can find someone else. Just hope it is not someone just like him that they will back in 2028. No, MTG or people like her. We need rational, mature (not as in old, but as in more grown-up). We don't need a con man, orchestrator of Jan. 6th, and now a convicted felon in the White House to abuse his power (and he wants complete, unfettered immunity on the scale of a dictator).
No, Trump. You will NOT be getting my vote. Perhaps when it is all said and done, perhaps your bosom buddy Putin will allow you to run for office iin some part of Russia in a support role to his. They have "fair" elections 🤣, so you'll actually fit right in with the political landscape of Russia.
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Jake Stephens
Ah yes, yet another Trump loving asswipe who thinks he knows something...
I have over 11 years in the criminal justice field, what do you have, Mr. gas pumper boy???
"Feel dope" What are you, some little 17-year-old who loves Trump when he is not too busing following the adventures of Logan Paul on youtube? Jake Stephens: "Dude, man, that is like so dope, dudes..."
When someone (Trump) breaks the law, THAT MAKES HIM A CRIMINAL. That means he engaged in felony related conduct. Do I have your attention yet, MR. know-nothing??? Just because he hasn't been indicted and convicted at this point in time, does not mean he isn't a criminal. We are talking about Trump's character (or lack of one). How about you go talk with a lawyer "Jake-off Stephens" to explain to you the relevancy of character, so you can "feel dope" in your little circle of juvenile
friends.
You are way out of your league little boy if you want to go one-on-one with me in a legal debate.
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@JakeDaMistake I disagree with you? Who contacted who on here?? Did I speak to you, or did I respond to you? But yes, I certainlly do not suscribe to your immoral brand of politics. Is that "dope" enough for you? "Pissed off" or pissed on makes no difference to me. And I am certainly not your "friend."
You support this King Herod president that we are unfortunate to have, and you actually have the gall and desire for respect???????????????????
If my response seems a bit acrimonious and harsh, then simple: DON'T CHAT WITH ME ON HERE, STUPID!
Maybe Trump will let you hold his "moral compass" (he can't do any worse, not even with your company).
P.S. Jake-off Stephens, you sound too much like a pansy for me to care if you could get "pissed off" or not. Probalby couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper bag with the aid of a Scottish Claymore. And no wonder, Trump is a whimp too. He was too scared to serve his country, so he went and used his family money to buy a few draft deferrments from a doctor. Pure yellow-bellied COWARD! And to think he gets to present the Medal of Honor to a brave veteran who earned it in service to his country. Trump should not be able to breath air that is near it, let alone put his dishonorable hands on it!!!! As a honorably discharged veteran, I WANNA PUKE!!!
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