@bobsal u1553115,
He also said this:
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.”
@TheCobbler,
Wont work Cob. Most states have conceal and carry.
@Baldimo,
Yeah! Like voter ID programs, Homeland Security, Right to Work laws, stand your ground, Patriot Act, TPP ..........
@TheCobbler,
Kinda slut shamey, maybe? I hate to think sinking to their level creates some sort of moral or ethical high ground. And of the examples shown by RW buttholes of Michelle Obama: they need no defending, least of all by posting naked photos of other peoples wives.
If I were a woman I believe I would have a WTF moment over this meme. Less because I believe women in general have huge collections of WTF moments regarding Donald Trump to begin with and more about shaming the partner/spouse/daughter/female relation of the man.
Just saying.
Let's take our use of public restrooms back to the good old days.
When there was no sex or gender distinction regarding who used what.
https://theconversation.com/how-did-public-bathrooms-get-to-be-separated-by-sex-in-the-first-place-59575
In fact, laws in the U.S. did not even address the issue of separating public restrooms by sex until the end of the 19th century, when Massachusetts became the first state to enact such a statute. By 1920, over 40 states had adopted similar legislation requiring that public restrooms be separated by sex.
@bobsal u1553115,
I'm not sure why gender bathrooms have become such a big issue. In many countries, bathrooms are unisex. When on an African safari where there are no huge trees to hide behind, men and women use the front or back of the vehicle.
Sweden and Nordic countries have unisex bathrooms that works just fine. They are similar to airplane bathrooms that provides privacy when someone is inside.
A woman architect in Texas designed more bathroom stalls for women when she designed sports arenas. That's the key.
(In Secret) Trump Supports Cutting Social Security From A ‘Moral Standpoint:’ Report
Donald Trump supposedly told House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) he supports cutting Social Security but will not admit it publicly because it would hurt his election chances, according to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee reportedly made the comments during a May 12 meeting with Ryan aimed at mending ties between the two top Republican leaders, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed source who was in the room. (Ryan has yet to endorse Trump.)
“From a moral standpoint, I believe in it,” Trump said of cutting Social Security. “But you also have to get elected. And there’s no way a Republican is going to beat a Democrat when the Republican is saying, ‘We’re going to cut your Social Security’ and the Democrat is saying, ‘We’re going to keep it and give you more.’ ”
Trump’s professed opposition to cutting Social Security and Medicare has been both a hallmark of his campaign and one of his greatest departures from traditional conservative ideology. And Ryan, who repeatedly criticized Trump before the mogul effectively secured the GOP nomination, has made proposing dramatic reductions in the popular social insurance programs a defining feature of his congressional career.
Many conservative House Republicans told The Huffington Post shortly after the May 12 meeting that that they were unconcerned about Trump’s public posture on the programs. Several members interpreted him as wanting to extend the solvency of Social Security and Medicare solvency through some combination of the benefit cuts and other reforms that conservatives favor.
Trump policy advisor Sam Clovis had already appeared to reverse course on May 11, indicating that Trump would be willing to consider cuts as president.
Of course, what Trump reportedly said to Ryan is consistent with what he told Fox News host Sean Hannity back in 2011.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-supports-cutting-social-security-report-says_us_5749db63e4b0dacf7ad515e4
JUST IN: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Hit With Federal RICO Lawsuit For Flint Water Disaster
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan has already cost thousands of residents sleepless nights, endless visits to doctors as they see about their poisoned children, and proven yet again that too often in this country people cannot trust their elected representatives to do what is in the public interest.
Now, it will cost Michigan Governor Rick Snyder one massive headache atop the one he has already inflicted on himself and his state. Snyder, it was announced today, is now the subject of a federal racketeering (RICO) lawsuit filed by hundreds of Flint residents.
The lawsuit alleges that the state of Michigan ran Flint’s day-to-day operations through an emergency manager, who then attempted to partially balance the city’s budget through a what he felt was a wise cost-cutting measure: Switching Flint’s water source from Lake Huron, which had been the source of water in the city for more than 50 years, to a local, heavily polluted river.
The state could have used federal bankruptcy protections for Flint, rather than appoint an emergency manager who was charged with balancing the budget, according to John Clark, an attorney with the law firm Bern Ripka, but state officials decided not to for purely political reasons:
More:
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/04/06/just-in-michigan-governor-rick-snyder-hit-with-federal-rico-lawsuit-for-flint-water-disaster/
Harris County Republican tries to block Muslim from office
Council aide: Man's faith disqualified him from GOP post
By Mike Morris and Rebecca Elliott Updated 11:00 am, Friday, May 20, 2016
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Trebor Gordon said Syed Ali should not be named to fill a vacant precinct chair post in the Alief area because "Islam and Christianity do not mix." Take a closer look at how political parties in America view Muslims. Photo: Video
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Trebor Gordon said Syed Ali should not be named to fill a vacant precinct chair post in the Alief area because "Islam and Christianity do not mix."
Take a closer look at how political parties in America view Muslims.
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Trebor Gordon said Syed Ali should not be named to fill a vacant precinct chair post in the Alief area because "Islam and Christianity do not mix."
Take a closer look at how political parties in America view Muslims.
A local Republican precinct chair, who is also a Houston City Council staff member, is under fire this week for trying to block the appointment of a fellow precinct chair because he is Muslim.
Trebor Gordon, who makes $55,000 a year as community outreach director to first-term Councilman Mike Knox, said Syed Ali should not be named to fill a vacant precinct chair post in the Alief area because "Islam and Christianity do not mix."
Gordon, who serves as a part-time pastor at a Near North Side church and as chaplain for the Harris County Republican Party, contended Ali did not bow his head Monday night during his prayer at the party's quarterly meeting.
"If you believe that a person can practice Islam and agree to the foundational principles of the Republican Party, it's not right, it's not true, it can't happen," Gordon said.
A video of the discussion shows a fair number of voice votes in favor of Gordon's motion, but a louder chorus of members opposed.
Gordon did not respond to a request for comment.
GOP chair Paul Simpson, who ruled Gordon's motion defeated, noted Ali - one of 37 candidates up for confirmation on Monday - had received a unanimous recommendation from the party's vacancy committee.
Simpson also lauded Ali for being "a voice for Republicanism in the Pakistani community for years," and noted what he said was Ali's regular Republican voting history.
"I agree with the overwhelming majority of our volunteer grass-roots activists that we don't have religious tests for those who want to fight for our country, help elect Republicans and advance conservative principles," Simpson said.
Ali, who works in the insurance business, said Gordon's comments did not offend him.
"I don't have anything against him. That's his point of view," Ali said. "Freedom of speech, Constitution of the United States, his belief, his thought, his experience, his individual mind – that was his mind, and that was his speech. That's fine with me."
No test needed
Mustafaa Carroll, of the Council on American–Islamic Relations' Houston branch, was less sanguine.
"There is no religious test necessary to be a public official in the United States of America," Carroll said. "This country is founded on religious pluralism and if he (Gordon) knew about the document the Founding Fathers wrote, then he would know that."
Knox said he was upset when he learned of Gordon's comments, which he called "unfortunate" and "incendiary," but said he does not plan to fire him.
"As a conservative person, I believe in the First Amendment and I think people can say whatever they want on their own time, have their own beliefs and so forth. We shouldn't be throwing people away when they make mistakes in judgment the first time," Knox said. "I've had a discussion with him about it. He understands that's not the policy of this office and we're not going to tolerate that kind of behavior up here."
Gordon's social media pages are dominated by political commentary, including repeated references to Islam.
He recently has shared links from sites such as "Bare Naked Islam," whose tagline is "It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you," and "Islam Exposed."
Alongside one link about a man being charged with a hate crime for tearing off a Muslim woman's headscarf on an airplane, Gordon wrote, "Here, we find Islam defining morality," along with the hashtag "#IslamicSupremacist."
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Knox said he doesn't monitor Gordon's social media posts. Late Thursday, following a reporter's inquiry, Gordon's Facebook page no longer appeared in search results and links to it from his Twitter account stopped working.
"As long as he's been working here, I've not noticed any of that attitude here in the office during our business hours," Knox said. "The people of Houston need to know I don't think that way. All the citizens of Houston can expect fair representation from me."
Muslims comprise an estimated 1.2 percent of Houston's population, meaning Knox can count about 27,000 Muslims among his constituents, as he holds an at-large seat and serves citywide rather than in a specific district. An estimated 422,000 Muslims lived in Texas as of 2010, the highest tally of any state.
"It appears that Muslims are the last people in America that you can talk about and use hateful language and hateful speech, and there are no political consequences," Carroll said.
Ali, who has been involved in the Republican Party for three decades, said he had not previously faced discrimination from members.
"Matter of fact, this has become a blessing to me, since so many people talked to me, (shook) my hand," Ali said. "If one person has this kind of experience or this kind of remark, there's 300 people (who) have a positive remark."
One of those in attendance at Monday's meeting was Katy-area precinct chair Felicia Winfree Cravens, who recorded a video of Gordon's motion and the ensuing discussion.
"I don't know that I've heard anybody make that kind of an objection on the floor, ever," Cravens said, adding she feels the party has become more inclusive in recent years. "It's been a little bit of cold water in the face to realize that some of that sentiment is still here."
Councilwoman Ellen Cohen, who last year rallied votes for Houston's since-repealed nondiscrimination ordinance, said she found Gordon's comments "abhorrent."
"That attitude is so disruptive and doesn't speak for the kind of country we are and should be," she said.
Gordon was the plaintiff last year in a lawsuit that resulted in the removal of some of the city's campaign finance restrictions. Gordon, who in 2013 finished a distant fourth in a four-man race for City Council, argued the rules kept him from effectively challenging an incumbent.
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