Linda Weide: Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln are the worst Presidents. Wilson was a bigot who re-segregated the Army and Navy. He gave us the Income Tax, Federal Reserve, and involved the USA in WWI which led to WWII and Communism etc. Wilson was a disaster.
Abraham Lincoln's war killed more Americans than any other war in the country'…
Linda Weide: Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln are the worst Presidents. Wilson was a bigot who re-segregated the Army and Navy. He gave us the Income Tax, Federal Reserve, and involved the USA in WWI which led to WWII and Communism etc. Wilson was a disaster.
Abraham Lincoln's war killed more Americans than any other war in the country's history.
Do you have proof of this "White Supremacist" policy in the Armed Forces? Last I looked all the leaders of the US military were African-Americans.
Timmy, when we were doing a presentation on the military I had different students researching the history of different groups in the military, like women, Asians, Native Americans. One of my students wanted to do "White Men," so we looked them up. Every single article was on how White Supremacy is a big problem in the military. Then we read that at least 1/3 of the people in the military say they know someone in the military who is a White Supremacist and how that is a problem. Here are some articles on it.
It was reading these stats that had me worried about Trump staging a coup. I was not sure whether the military would stand up to him or support him in his coup desires. We now see that they stood up to him.
I have been talking about presidents in my lifetime. I was not alive for Wilson or Lincoln. However, Wilson is not alone in being a bigot, so that is not a criteria I use, but he did not have the global environmental impact that Trump has had. By following the Reagan playbook (the second worst president in my lifetime and perhaps the globally more important problem) putting industry insiders into regulatory agencies and filling the court with people who are destroying any environmental protections we have, Trump will have more negative impact on the USA and the planet than any president prior to him at a point in time when these actions are now irreversible. Biden is attempting to undo this. I certainly feel the government is responsible for our well being. We are global players and a president needs to be making sure we have strong alliances with other countries who back us up against our enemies.
Linda Weide: Thanks for the reply. I'm no fan of the military so I'm not surprised by your research results. IMO the US military should be disbanded. The National Guard in each state and the Coast Guard is all we need for self defense.
Biden has already undone all of Trump's executive orders. Biden can't control much. The government debt is out of control and getting worse. Each President has increased the debt since Clinton. The last President in my lifetime who was any good was JFK and look what happened to him.
Timmy we are going to have to disagree. We are not Costa Rica, who can get away without a military it seems. We can not. My daughter was living with a family in Costa Rica recently who live in a small town. Their 5 year old son has asthma and the medical center does not have an asthma specialist, so when he is having asthma problems he has to lie down and take it easy. This is not true for my daughter who also has asthma that has been controlled by medications until she outgrew the need to take regular ones, and now just has emergency ones like I do. So, Costa Rica probably cannot afford to have a military. I posit that we can afford to have one. People are in poverty in this country not because the money is going to the military, although I would like to get rid of the waste, but because we don't manage our nation in a way that ensures people and children will not be in poverty. The money is here in this country to take care of people, but we don't. We could be giving more money in welfare for example, but policies have taken that away. One of my aunts in Germany explained to me that the reason people there get more money from the government is that they don't want them to fall into a depression while they are getting it together. Wish that were the attitude here, but try telling that to Joe Manchin. We need to tax the wealthy at a higher percent, and we can start with billionaires and millionaires. We should not allow dual citizenship with countries that allow Americans to hide their money from taxation. Let Clarence Thomas' billionaire pal Crow move to the Caribbean Island where he has become a citizen to shelter his money. Biden has not yet undone all of Trumps and Reagans destruction of the government. We have enemies, and until they are gone, I think we do need a military.
Linda Weide: The Founders of the uSA hated standing armies. They knew that a federal military was a threat to liberty. The Army will be used against the people of America. It has been used before. Look at what happened to the Bonus Army in DC. Or look at the Coal Wars or the Draft Riots in NYC.
People don't get money from the government. The government has no money. Every dime the government has is taken from the workers of the USA.
Sure, the Fed prints currency to fund the government, but then we all pay the Inflation Tax to pay for that currency printing.
The USA can't afford to have a military. The Federal Government will pay $1 trillion in interest on the debt this year alone. That's $1 trillion going right to the people you want to tax even more.
Your support of the US Military and the debt it causes is making the rich richer.
I think South Carolina attacked Fort Sumpter. The south succeeded. Do you wish that would have been successful? Should slavery still exist, and if not when should it have ended?
Christopher D Austin: No one was injured or died in the bombing of Ft. Sumter. The Federal troops in the fort were allowed to leave a few days later after they surrendered.
The War Between the States was not about slavery, at least not at first. It was about tariffs and taxes. Abe Lincoln did not abolish slavery in Kentucky, Maryland, or West Virginia (the border states that stayed neutral). Lincoln also did not abolish slavery in the northern states. His famous Emancipation Proclamation only abolished slavery in the Confederacy over which he had no authority.
You end slavery the same way the British Empire did. Buy the slaves from the slave owners and set them free. Lincoln could have done this but he didn't. Lincoln wanted a strong central government. Lincoln was a railroad man. He supported Wall Street and the Big Boys in NYC. They wanted to rape the South and they did.
The 13th amendment is what made all slaves free. The Lincoln proclamation was a war powers act that regarded the administration of the war. It was not intended to end slavery. The president did not have that authority.
Timmy ! , There has been Bad Presidents , in the Past, granted. There is GOOD , Bad , and UGLY !, in this " World Order , & there WILL BE ! , " untill JESUS ! , RETURNS ! { tRUMP ! , TAKES the CAKE !, for a LOSER !) a TOUNGUE ! , that Calls OUR VETERANS " LOSERS, and SUCKERS ! , Should have THAT Tounge ,,,,, CUT OUT ! " Nuff SAID !"
Linda Weide: Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln are the worst Presidents. Wilson was a bigot who re-segregated the Army and Navy. He gave us the Income Tax, Federal Reserve, and involved the USA in WWI which led to WWII and Communism etc. Wilson was a disaster.
Abraham Lincoln's war killed more Americans than any other war in the country's history.
Do you have proof of this "White Supremacist" policy in the Armed Forces? Last I looked all the leaders of the US military were African-Americans.
Timmy, when we were doing a presentation on the military I had different students researching the history of different groups in the military, like women, Asians, Native Americans. One of my students wanted to do "White Men," so we looked them up. Every single article was on how White Supremacy is a big problem in the military. Then we read that at least 1/3 of the people in the military say they know someone in the military who is a White Supremacist and how that is a problem. Here are some articles on it.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/deep-history-white-supremacy-within-us-military
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/09/white-supremacist-group-patriot-front-one-in-five-applicants-tied-to-us-military
It was reading these stats that had me worried about Trump staging a coup. I was not sure whether the military would stand up to him or support him in his coup desires. We now see that they stood up to him.
I have been talking about presidents in my lifetime. I was not alive for Wilson or Lincoln. However, Wilson is not alone in being a bigot, so that is not a criteria I use, but he did not have the global environmental impact that Trump has had. By following the Reagan playbook (the second worst president in my lifetime and perhaps the globally more important problem) putting industry insiders into regulatory agencies and filling the court with people who are destroying any environmental protections we have, Trump will have more negative impact on the USA and the planet than any president prior to him at a point in time when these actions are now irreversible. Biden is attempting to undo this. I certainly feel the government is responsible for our well being. We are global players and a president needs to be making sure we have strong alliances with other countries who back us up against our enemies.
Linda Weide: Thanks for the reply. I'm no fan of the military so I'm not surprised by your research results. IMO the US military should be disbanded. The National Guard in each state and the Coast Guard is all we need for self defense.
Biden has already undone all of Trump's executive orders. Biden can't control much. The government debt is out of control and getting worse. Each President has increased the debt since Clinton. The last President in my lifetime who was any good was JFK and look what happened to him.
Timmy we are going to have to disagree. We are not Costa Rica, who can get away without a military it seems. We can not. My daughter was living with a family in Costa Rica recently who live in a small town. Their 5 year old son has asthma and the medical center does not have an asthma specialist, so when he is having asthma problems he has to lie down and take it easy. This is not true for my daughter who also has asthma that has been controlled by medications until she outgrew the need to take regular ones, and now just has emergency ones like I do. So, Costa Rica probably cannot afford to have a military. I posit that we can afford to have one. People are in poverty in this country not because the money is going to the military, although I would like to get rid of the waste, but because we don't manage our nation in a way that ensures people and children will not be in poverty. The money is here in this country to take care of people, but we don't. We could be giving more money in welfare for example, but policies have taken that away. One of my aunts in Germany explained to me that the reason people there get more money from the government is that they don't want them to fall into a depression while they are getting it together. Wish that were the attitude here, but try telling that to Joe Manchin. We need to tax the wealthy at a higher percent, and we can start with billionaires and millionaires. We should not allow dual citizenship with countries that allow Americans to hide their money from taxation. Let Clarence Thomas' billionaire pal Crow move to the Caribbean Island where he has become a citizen to shelter his money. Biden has not yet undone all of Trumps and Reagans destruction of the government. We have enemies, and until they are gone, I think we do need a military.
Linda Weide: The Founders of the uSA hated standing armies. They knew that a federal military was a threat to liberty. The Army will be used against the people of America. It has been used before. Look at what happened to the Bonus Army in DC. Or look at the Coal Wars or the Draft Riots in NYC.
People don't get money from the government. The government has no money. Every dime the government has is taken from the workers of the USA.
Sure, the Fed prints currency to fund the government, but then we all pay the Inflation Tax to pay for that currency printing.
The USA can't afford to have a military. The Federal Government will pay $1 trillion in interest on the debt this year alone. That's $1 trillion going right to the people you want to tax even more.
Your support of the US Military and the debt it causes is making the rich richer.
Lincoln war? WTF
Christopher D Austin: Lincoln attacked the Confederacy. The states had a right to secede.
I think South Carolina attacked Fort Sumpter. The south succeeded. Do you wish that would have been successful? Should slavery still exist, and if not when should it have ended?
Christopher D Austin: No one was injured or died in the bombing of Ft. Sumter. The Federal troops in the fort were allowed to leave a few days later after they surrendered.
The War Between the States was not about slavery, at least not at first. It was about tariffs and taxes. Abe Lincoln did not abolish slavery in Kentucky, Maryland, or West Virginia (the border states that stayed neutral). Lincoln also did not abolish slavery in the northern states. His famous Emancipation Proclamation only abolished slavery in the Confederacy over which he had no authority.
You end slavery the same way the British Empire did. Buy the slaves from the slave owners and set them free. Lincoln could have done this but he didn't. Lincoln wanted a strong central government. Lincoln was a railroad man. He supported Wall Street and the Big Boys in NYC. They wanted to rape the South and they did.
The 13th amendment is what made all slaves free. The Lincoln proclamation was a war powers act that regarded the administration of the war. It was not intended to end slavery. The president did not have that authority.
Christopher D Austin: You are splitting legal hair. 90% of Americans think Abe Lincoln freed the slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation.
Perception is everything. Narrative is everything. Facts don't matter to Boobus americanus.
Timmy ! , There has been Bad Presidents , in the Past, granted. There is GOOD , Bad , and UGLY !, in this " World Order , & there WILL BE ! , " untill JESUS ! , RETURNS ! { tRUMP ! , TAKES the CAKE !, for a LOSER !) a TOUNGUE ! , that Calls OUR VETERANS " LOSERS, and SUCKERS ! , Should have THAT Tounge ,,,,, CUT OUT ! " Nuff SAID !"