Turning The Ballot Box Against Republicans

I won't disagree that the amount of trade deals we have made in the last 20 or 30 years have added to this happening but the total of govt regulations and union overreach have also added to this happening. As I said, look at the foreign automakers, a majority of their plants are not union and they still provide good pay and benefits. Taxation is also higher here than in other parts of the world and the "cost of doing business" is also much higher here than in other parts of the world. It isn't just about making profits, but also what you have to spend to comply with regulations.

http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/the-cost-of-doing-business-in-the-us-1031/

There were terrorists prior to 9/11, but only Bush was stupid enough to let them carry out an attack on American soil, turn Iraq into a playground for IS, and allow American foreign policy to become the jihadis recruiting sergeant.

It's almost like Bin Laden gave Bush a list of demands and Bush granted all of them. (I don't think Bush was a traitor, just monumentally stupid, although not as stupid as those who see his presidency as anything other than a complete disaster.)

You just described Baldy perfectly.

It's strange how people can still support him after he screwed up so badly. Over here the Tories are turning on David Cameron, he announced he was stepping down as an MP and the very next day he was given the blame for what went on in Libya.

After key donations, GOP tried to keep poisoned kids from suing lead makers
Source: Ars Technica

Between 2011 and 2012, large, secret donations from the billionaire owner of one of America’s leading lead producers provided critical support to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican-led legislature as they weathered recall elections. Not coincidentally, around that time the lawmakers passed two laws that would effectively make it impossible for childhood victims of lead poisoning to sue lead companies, according to leaked documents obtained by The Guardian.

Since the laws were passed, federal courts have overturned key elements of them, ruling them unconstitutional and allowing legal challenges to go forward. However, if the laws had stayed in effect, it would have spared lead industries from potentially paying out millions in damages to hundreds of victims who were exposed to extremely high doses of the poisonous metal through paint during childhood...

...Under the two Wisconsin laws, Clark’s negligence suit would have been thrown out. The first of the laws, enacted in early 2011, required any new alleged victim to definitively prove that the company they were suing was responsible for making the exact paint that they inhaled or ingested at the time of their poisoning—basically an impossible feat given multiple paint layers within houses and exposures that occurred long ago in childhood. The second law, slipped into a 2013 budget bill at the last minute, made sure the rule applied not just to new lawsuits, but pending ones as well. Together, the laws would render lead producers and lead paint manufacturers effectively immune to all lawsuits.

According to the leaked documents—which were assembled during a state investigation into alleged campaign finance violations—the GOP got several key donations in between those two legislative moves. Harold Simmons, the billionaire owner of NL industries, a leading producer of lead previously used for lead paints, wrote three checks, totaling $750,000, during that time. The checks were made out to the Wisconsin Club for Growth, then run by one of Gov. Walker’s top advisors.

Read more: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/after-key-donations-gop-tried-to-keep-poisoned-kids-from-suing-lead-makers/


The leaked "John Doe" files can be found here:

https://www.documentcloud.org/public/search/projectid:%2029102-the-john-doe-files
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So, now we agree that many factors affect why companies moved jobs overseas and we are just dickering over which ones are the most responsible.

The foreign non union plants have only forced wages for everyone to go down. Do you really think $10-$15 an hour is a good wage?

Your link points out that the benefits of regulations often outweigh the costs. It seems it is only about making profits often at the expense of workers, the environment and the country as a whole.

For first time in over 100 years, New Hampshire's largest paper won't be endorsing a Republican
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/09/15/1570494/-For-first-time-in-over-100-years-New-Hampshire-s-largest-paper-won-t-be-endorsing-a-Republican

It's good to know that at least one media has the balls to refute this fraud who calls himself Donald Trump. They have my highest respect. All the rest of them are chicken littles who don't deserve any following. They're not reporting the obvious about Donald Trump.



That's probably true with most Americans. Trump has been pitching the birther issue for five years, and just recently admitted Obama was born in the US. 67% of Republicans still believe Obama was born in Kenya.

Trump is right on American memory.

https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=What+Media+Are+Speaking+Out+Against+Donald+Trump&qpvt=what+media+are+speaking+out+against+donald+trump&FORM=EWRE

Trump's birther issue should remain alive for many years to come. At least as long as Trump lied about Obama's birth place. Minimum: 5 years.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-birther-cnn_us_57dc2301e4b08cb14095847e?section=&

Its up to us to keep reminding them. I have pissed off a lot of republican and voters who consider themselves middle of the road with proofs of tRump's lies.

FactCheck calls Donald Trump, "The King of Whoppers."
http://www.factcheck.org/2015/12/the-king-of-whoppers-donald-trump/
Here's a line from that article:
"In the 12 years of FactCheck.org’s existence, we’ve never seen his match."
And yet, 50% of Americans support him. There's not cure for stupid.

ELECTION Trump Claims He Weighs 236 Pounds, Internet Has A Field Day Calling Him Out, This Is GLORIOUS!
http://realtimepolitics.com/2016/09/15/trump-claims-he-weighs-236-pounds-internet-has-a-field-day-calling-him-out-this-is-glorious/

Donald's athought leader. He forecasting the US going metric. He meant kilograms not pounds.

That's why he is world class!

Trump has lived in a vacuum all his life with his wealth, and we cannot expect him to have the same values as those who left their cacoons long ago.
His respect for Putin tells us all we need to know about this idiot.

Ditto!

I suspect that if McConnell and Ryan did do this it would only add to Trump's cachet.

And help them to retain their vestigial souls.