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[Mikeoxenormous]

Not being judgemental. Just asking why neither side worries about the truth rather than the politics. Certainly it isn't an exclusive USA thing, but like I said, it seems pronounced.

Because since Bill Clinton changed the definition of "IS", the liberals have been lying up their asses since.

How to spot a sociopath - 10 red flags that could save you from being swept under the influence of a charismatic nut job

#3) Sociopaths are incapable of feeling shame, guilt or remorse. Their brains simply lack the circuitry to process such emotions. This allows them to betray people, threaten people or harm people without giving it a second thought. They pursue any action that serves their own self interest even if it seriously harms others.

Why Barrack O and Hillary C, left 4 americans to die in Benghazi then blame a movie as the cause, not Al Qaeda.

#4) Sociopaths invent outrageous lies about their experiences. They wildly exaggerate things to the point of absurdity, but when they describe it to you in a storytelling format, for some reason it sounds believable at the time.

Hillary C said she landed in Boznia under sniper fire, and was found out that she lied, as usual.

#5) Sociopaths seek to dominate others and "win" at all costs. They hate to lose any argument or fight and will viciously defend their web of lies, even to the point of logical absurdity.

The liberal elite know that if the black people of America find out that they have been lied to by the left, those liars are going to be strung up and beaten with an ugly stick, making liberal women even uglier than they are now.

#9) Sociopaths never apologize. They are never wrong. They never feel guilt. They can never apologize. Even if shown proof that they were wrong, they will refuse to apologize and instead go on the attack.

M Cohen has been proven to be a LIAR, and now the Democrats are going to believe a pathological liar as being true? Just because they HATE President Trump.

#10) Sociopaths are delusional and literally believe that what they say becomes truth merely because they say it!

Trump Colluded, Trump Colluded, Trump Colluded.....2 years now and how much Collusion was talked about in the M Cohen hearings again?

Liberalism/Progressivism/Fascism/Marxism/Socialism/Communism/Democrat are all the same thing, deception and lies. If they told the truth, no one would like them..

 

[Anathema]

This I understand. I have been following US politics for several decades. Regardless of the two party system, if you are a candidate, you side with what ideological principles you mostly align with. Capitalistic/Right Leaning/Republican Socialistic/Left Leaning/Democrat. But if I was a Democrat during the Clinton impeachment process, I would want to know the truth, and if a Republican today, same thing.

Right and Wrong, Truth and Lies don’t factor into it for these people. Unlike our Founders these folk are career politicians who are only interested in maintaining their positions and the power of their party. Nothing more.

 

[Meathead]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

Well, you do sound like you come from some paradise, but for all we know you might come from some corrupt shithole in Africa.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I don't want anything, as someone who isn't American, I don't have the right. (Although globally, the better the USA, the better the world)

So, what country are you from, already?

You wish to cast stones while hiding yourself from those cast back. That sounds cowardly to me.

In any case, for better or for worse, we have a two party system, which tends to create a mindset where people see the world in binary. They choose a team and proceed to fight with the other team. People become tribal based upon political orientation.

The only major difference between here and western Europe is that Western European countries have more tribes.

Just as western Europe is often confused about America, so, too are many Americans question the European union. Why, for instance, have so many countries in Western Europe abandoned their own culture and all the things that have made them great because of political correctness run amok?

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

I am not an American, so there is something that I can't understand about Trump and American Politics.

If Trump has done everything that Cohen has suggested, why do the Republican members of Congress blindly just try to defend him or attack the other side.

The same occurs from the Democrats side that they just defend their side to the end rather than try to find the truth and a better USA.

Can anyone explain it?

The Cohen hearings are 100% purely political theater and so is the whole Russian Collusion issue.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I am not sure why that matters?

Boxers or briefs?

Damn.

I took you for a mesh jock strap kind of fellow, myself, Aaron.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I don't want anything, as someone who isn't American, I don't have the right. (Although globally, the better the USA, the better the world)

So, what country are you from, already?

You wish to cast stones while hiding yourself from those cast back. That sounds cowardly to me.

In any case, for better or for worse, we have a two party system, which tends to create a mindset where people see the world in binary. They choose a team and proceed to fight with the other team. People become tribal based upon political orientation.

The only major difference between here and western Europe is that Western European countries have more tribes.

Just as western Europe is often confused about America, so, too are many Americans question the European union. Why, for instance, have so many countries in Western Europe abandoned their own culture and all the things that have made them great because of political correctness run amok?

Yeah, at one time this country knew "right from wrong" , "good vs evil", but since liberalism has gotten a foothold in the US, the 50 shades of grey is all that matters now.

 

[francoHFW]

Not being judgemental. Just asking why neither side worries about the truth rather than the politics. Certainly it isn't an exclusive USA thing, but like I said, it seems pronounced.

Foreigners may not understand that the GOP voters are living on a imaginary planet made of lies from Fox TV and Rush Limbaugh Savage Levin etc etc... Democrats not. GOP dupes believe hundreds of phony scandals about Hillary Obama holder the FBI now even, based on lies and innuendo, none of those scandals have ever reached law enforcement or journalism, all investigated and totally discredited, but they believe them anyway. Fox and Rush Limbaugh etcetera never retract anything, the biggest and worst propaganda machine in the modern world.

 

[Hossfly]

Not being judgemental. Just asking why neither side worries about the truth rather than the politics. Certainly it isn't an exclusive USA thing, but like I said, it seems pronounced.

Foreigners may not understand that the GOP voters are living on a imaginary planet made of lies from Fox TV and Rush Limbaugh Savage Levin etc etc... Democrats not. GOP dupes believe hundreds of phony scandals about Hillary Obama holder the FBI now even, based on lies and innuendo, none of those scandals have ever reached law enforcement or journalism, all investigated and totally discredited, but they believe them anyway. Fox and Rush Limbaugh etcetera never retract anything, the biggest and worst propaganda machine in the modern world.

Har, har,har, Franco.

 

[Ambivalent1]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

I'm an american, what are you?

 

[francoHFW]

Not being judgemental. Just asking why neither side worries about the truth rather than the politics. Certainly it isn't an exclusive USA thing, but like I said, it seems pronounced.

Foreigners may not understand that the GOP voters are living on a imaginary planet made of lies from Fox TV and Rush Limbaugh Savage Levin etc etc... Democrats not. GOP dupes believe hundreds of phony scandals about Hillary Obama holder the FBI now even, based on lies and innuendo, none of those scandals have ever reached law enforcement or journalism, all investigated and totally discredited, but they believe them anyway. Fox and Rush Limbaugh etcetera never retract anything, the biggest and worst propaganda machine in the modern world.

Har, har,har, Franco.

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[Meister]

But wouldn't most elected representatives find re-election easier if they were to look out for the best interests of the citizens? I know that in all democracies ethics problems exist but it seems very pronounced in the US.

You need to step away from the msm in the United states and do your own due diligence.
One party is hellbent on destroying Trump and the other party is not onboard with Trump. Go figure.
Seems Trump is for the American citizen

But, here is a good read for you:


Economic Growth

• 4.2 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.
• For the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed 3 percent over the calendar year.

Jobs

• 4 million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than 3.5 million since Trump took office.
• More Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.
• Jobless claims at lowest level in nearly five decades.
• The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.
• Job openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the first time on record.
• Unemployment claims at 50 year low
• African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached record lows.
  • African-American unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.
  • Hispanic unemployment at 4.5 percent.
  • Asian-American unemployment at record low of 2 percent.
• Women’s unemployment recently at lowest rate in nearly 65 years.
  • Female unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since October 1953.
• Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.
  • July 2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July 1966.
• Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades.
  • July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001.
• Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low.
• Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.
• Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.
• Poll found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives are headed “in the right direction.”
  • 68 percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.
• Last year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level since 2005.
• Nearly two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality job.
  • Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.
• Added more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.
  • Manufacturing employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two decades.
• 100,000 new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural gas.

American Income

• Median household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.
• Wages up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.
• Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.
• Council of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown by 1.4 percent over the past year.
• Some 3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.
• Median income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed $50,000 for the first time ever in history.
  • Home-ownership among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.
• Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded.

American Optimism

• Small business optimism has hit historic highs.
  • NFIB’s small business optimism index broke a 35 year-old record in August.
  • SurveyMonkey/CNBC’s small business confidence survey for Q3 of 2018 matched its all-time high.
• Manufacturers are more confident than ever.
  • 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future, the highest ever.
• Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.
• 12 percent of Americans rate the economy as the most significant problem facing our country, the lowest level on record.
• Confidence in the economy is near a two-decade high, with 51 percent rating the economy as good or excellent.

American Business

• Investment is flooding back into the United States due to the tax cuts.
  • Over $450 billion dollars has already poured back into the U.S., including more than $300 billion in the first quarter of 2018.
• Retail sales have surged. Commerce Department figures from August show that retail sales increased 0.5 percent in July 2018, an increase of 6.4 percent from July 2017.
• ISM’s index of manufacturing scored its highest reading in 14 years.
• Worker productivity is the highest it has been in more than three years.
• Steel and aluminum producers are re-opening.
• Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have all notched record highs.
  • Dow hit record highs 70 times in 2017 alone, the most ever recorded in one year.

Deregulation

• Achieved massive deregulation at a rapid pace, completing 22 deregulatory actions to every one regulatory action during his first year in office.
• Signed legislation to roll back costly and harmful provisions of Dodd-Frank, providing relief to credit unions, and community and regional banks.
• Federal agencies achieved more than $8 billion in lifetime net regulatory cost savings.
• Rolled back Obama’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule.
• Used the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations more times than in history.

Tax Cuts

• Biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts and Jobs act into law
  • Provided more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of which will go to families.
  • Increased the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms & Small Business.
  • Nearly doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.
  • Enabled vast majority of American families will be able to file their taxes on a single page by claiming the standard deduction.
  • Doubled the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of raising a family.
  • Lowered America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed world to allow American businesses to compete and win.
  • Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
  • Cut dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the wealthy.
• 9 in 10 American workers are expected see an increase in their paychecks thanks to the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department.
• More than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases, bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.
• Over 100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
• Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.
• Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.

Trump’s list: 289 accomplishments in just 20 months, ‘relentless’ promise-keeping

 

[jc456]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

dude, what a fking foreign loser you are. things are so boring where you live that you need to come and ask us questions without the obligation to answer ours? fk off.

 

[francoHFW]

I don't want anything, as someone who isn't American, I don't have the right. (Although globally, the better the USA, the better the world)

So, what country are you from, already?

You wish to cast stones while hiding yourself from those cast back. That sounds cowardly to me.

In any case, for better or for worse, we have a two party system, which tends to create a mindset where people see the world in binary. They choose a team and proceed to fight with the other team. People become tribal based upon political orientation.

The only major difference between here and western Europe is that Western European countries have more tribes.

Just as western Europe is often confused about America, so, too are many Americans question the European union. Why, for instance, have so many countries in Western Europe abandoned their own culture and all the things that have made them great because of political correctness run amok?

Yeah, at one time this country knew "right from wrong" , "good vs evil", but since liberalism has gotten a foothold in the US, the 50 shades of grey is all that matters now.

Yes, we know you are a brainwashed functional moron. Who loves the good old days of segregation, bigotry, and misoginism...

 

[Ambivalent1]

Not being judgemental. Just asking why neither side worries about the truth rather than the politics. Certainly it isn't an exclusive USA thing, but like I said, it seems pronounced.

Foreigners may not understand that the GOP voters are living on a imaginary planet made of lies from Fox TV and Rush Limbaugh Savage Levin etc etc... Democrats not. GOP dupes believe hundreds of phony scandals about Hillary Obama holder the FBI now even, based on lies and innuendo, none of those scandals have ever reached law enforcement or journalism, all investigated and totally discredited, but they believe them anyway. Fox and Rush Limbaugh etcetera never retract anything, the biggest and worst propaganda machine in the modern world.

Har, har,har, Franco.

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Yes, we know you are a brainwashed functional moron....

Yabba* Dabba* Do that's as intelligent as anything you ever post

 

[jc456]

I don't want anything, as someone who isn't American, I don't have the right. (Although globally, the better the USA, the better the world)

So, what country are you from, already?

You wish to cast stones while hiding yourself from those cast back. That sounds cowardly to me.

In any case, for better or for worse, we have a two party system, which tends to create a mindset where people see the world in binary. They choose a team and proceed to fight with the other team. People become tribal based upon political orientation.

The only major difference between here and western Europe is that Western European countries have more tribes.

Just as western Europe is often confused about America, so, too are many Americans question the European union. Why, for instance, have so many countries in Western Europe abandoned their own culture and all the things that have made them great because of political correctness run amok?

Yeah, at one time this country knew "right from wrong" , "good vs evil", but since liberalism has gotten a foothold in the US, the 50 shades of grey is all that matters now.

it was inevitable since it has failed everywhere it's tried to fk people. It was a given, given our constitution and free speech set up. INEVITABLE.

 

[francoHFW]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

dude, what a fking foreign loser you are. things are so boring where you live that you need to come and ask us questions without the obligation to answer ours? fk off.

There you go, perfect example of provincial brainwashed functional moron GOP dupes and haters.... Everything he knows is garbage propaganda and Hate, based on nothing but the brainwash....

 

[jc456]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

dude, what a fking foreign loser you are. things are so boring where you live that you need to come and ask us questions without the obligation to answer ours? fk off.

There you go, perfect example of provincial brainwashed functional moron GOP dupes and haters.... Everything he knows is garbage propaganda and Hate, based on nothing but the brainwash....

there you go.

 

[Hossfly]

Since I don't know you,(And respectfully don't feel obliged to answer) I was just curious and my nationality is irrelevant to my question.

dude, what a fking foreign loser you are. things are so boring where you live that you need to come and ask us questions without the obligation to answer ours? fk off.

There you go, perfect example of provincial brainwashed functional moron GOP dupes and haters.... Everything he knows is garbage propaganda and Hate, based on nothing but the brainwash....

there you go.

.....again!

 

[Dirk the Daring]

I am not an American, so there is something that I can't understand about Trump and American Politics.

If Trump has done everything that Cohen has suggested, why do the Republican members of Congress blindly just try to defend him or attack the other side.

The same occurs from the Democrats side that they just defend their side to the end rather than try to find the truth and a better USA.

Can anyone explain it?

Because in America, your side being right is infinitely less important than the other side being wrong.