tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post922352894090372031..comments2024-03-12T21:13:06.850-05:00Comments on Legal Schnauzer: IRS should investigate and prosecute Donald Trump for tax evasion and political corruption, according to complaint about donations to Florida and Texas AGslegalschnauzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-57738290154029008362016-08-26T17:10:27.160-05:002016-08-26T17:10:27.160-05:00SC makes some good points regarding the American 2...SC makes some good points regarding the American 2 party system. With only 2 parties, they require very large ``tents` to accommodate all.<br /><br />Canada has 4 main stream parties. The two biggies and originals, The Conservative Party of Canada, The Liberal Party of Canada. In the 1950s a third party was created, the C.C.F. which eventually changed its name to the New Democratic Party (NDP). In the 1990s a fourth party was created, The Green Party of Canada, which holds one seat in the House of Commons (sort of like your Congress). The Province of Quebec also has a party which sits in the house of Commons, the P.Q. (they want to separate from Canada)<br /><br />We are doing just fine. it takes years for parties to develop. In Europe many countries will have 6 or more national political parties and all of the countries have done fine. It forces political leaders to co operate with each other, because no one from time to time holds a majority.<br /><br />A third party could work in the U.S.A. but the players need to be well funded and have the stick too itness to make it work. Our NDP spent almost 50 years to make it to the status of Official Opposition party. That takes dedication. That maybe what is lacking in American politics, is dedication to the cause. <br /><br />if a country is to develop another major national party they will most likely have to start at the state level, which is what happened in Canada. Every once in awhile the NDP was needed to keep the Liberals in office and they had them implement what they wanted. That is how Canada eventually got some of its social programs. <br /><br />The British, who started this democracy thing, in more or less modern times, well back almost into the middle ages, have 3 major political parties. has`t harmed them. <br /><br />Could Bernie Saunders have created a vialbe 3rd party, perhaps, but it would have required years of work and dedication and it would have been necessary to develop a state arm of the organization. ¸if the young people of today, who support Saunders, started working now at the State or civil level, by the time they are seniors, they may accomplish their goal. It will also cause the other 2 major parties to pay attention and modify their position. <br /><br />In my opinion, unfortunately the U.S.A. has not been one of those countries where the national mind set is for the long game. it is a country born of revolution, had a major civil war and at times appears to have been at war with itself via riots and such things as Kent State. By in large, Americans individually are great people, its collectively I do worry about them.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-35861586046864556012016-08-25T23:28:57.697-05:002016-08-25T23:28:57.697-05:00Does anyone ever talk (seriously) about eradicatin...<br />Does anyone ever talk (seriously) about eradicating the two-party system? What could we accomplish if we rid ourselves of the endless pontificating and drama surrounding US VS THEM, BAD VS GOOD, PERSECUTED VS NON-PERSECUTED, XYX news station VS FUCX news station. This country is more divided than i can ever remember, and that is the saddest thing that most of us can imagine. There's enough meanness out there to sink a battleship, yet we bicker and argue and pontificate between ourselves, and not a damn thing gets done. Another eight years have passed. Whether you love, hate, or simply tolerate our current President, the thought & anticipation of the next four years could unnerve a rattlesnake. <br /><br />Clinton & Trump are both paralyzing in their own way. Will we take the hint, come together, and make a change? Or has the world of reality TV brain-washed everyone into thinking that nothing is real...until the day that everything is quite real & everything that our parents and grandparents endured through the great depression and the great county that they rebuilt afterward gets destroyed by assholes and egos throughout a great many Statehouses, cities, and counties across this county of ours that a lot of us would very much like to preserve....and more than that, rebuild again, continue to love, and take pride in working together for shared prosperity.S Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509304644528517350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-75040901541055229292016-08-25T21:19:35.610-05:002016-08-25T21:19:35.610-05:00Has there ever been a year when the 'less of t...<br />Has there ever been a year when the 'less of two evils' is more apropros?<br />S Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509304644528517350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-10095035832629118402016-08-25T20:25:33.662-05:002016-08-25T20:25:33.662-05:00I think you are absolutely right, e.a.f. Trump has...I think you are absolutely right, e.a.f. Trump has no clue about bribery law, for example. In his own words, he's violated the law umpteen times.legalschnauzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619089628125964154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-45412791782084288092016-08-25T19:30:39.252-05:002016-08-25T19:30:39.252-05:00OMG, that is funny. O.K. its not funny, but reall...OMG, that is funny. O.K. its not funny, but really can any one make this sort of stuff up? not so much. <br /><br />Trump is really the "ideal" of the capitalist system. No holds barred, its just lets make money and ethics be dammed. Ethics are for losers. In my opinion Trump doesn't understand the law or boundaries. <br /><br />It has been said, that if you aren't unethical when you start in politics you will be once you're into it. Its how the system perverts people. Very few people remain ethical. Those who do, either don't care about money or they have trust funds and haven't had to work for it for a generation or two.<br /><br />The change, in my opinion, which is required in the U.S.A. is the need to take the money out of politics. there needs to be limits on what can be donated to a candidate by one person and/or their corporation. <br /><br />As to Clinton, well Trump says she is a crook. Others say Trump is crazy. Personally, I think the country can survive this type of "crookedness" but it can't survive Trump's type of crazy and neither can the U.S.A.'s neighbours. You know that old saying from back in the 1970s, "one nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day". Perhaps some one will start selling that bumper sticker again. I don't have the AMC Gremlin any more on which I had the bumper sticker.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-75019519910953470812016-08-24T12:13:32.068-05:002016-08-24T12:13:32.068-05:00And the IRS should look in to the Clinton Foundati...And the IRS should look in to the Clinton Foundation. This ain't just a republican thing...all of them are crooks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-49377900305387671762016-08-24T11:28:21.138-05:002016-08-24T11:28:21.138-05:00I don't think Trump has the slightest clue abo...I don't think Trump has the slightest clue about the law, what is legal and what is illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-48647601515622051822016-08-24T10:23:27.806-05:002016-08-24T10:23:27.806-05:00This shouldn't be a hard case to prove. I'...This shouldn't be a hard case to prove. I'd assign it to Stevie Wonder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669412675139526125.post-32078849349520141882016-08-24T10:01:14.717-05:002016-08-24T10:01:14.717-05:00Big question. Will the guv actually do anything ab...Big question. Will the guv actually do anything about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com