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05-02-21 14:10 #2806
Posts: 1604Originally Posted by Canada [View Original Post]
GM recently announced it will invest $2 billion at Spring Hill Assembly in Tennessee to build the Cadillac Lyriq EV SUV along side the internal combustion SUVs it presently builds. GM is investing $800 million in CAMI to build the EV600 electric delivery truck later this year for GM's electric light commercial truck startup BrightDrop. " So GM has spent or will spend $5. 5 Billion to upgrade US and Canadian plants.
Additionally, the fact that GM workers in Mexico are paid $15 PER DAY (1/10th of what US GM workers are paid) probably had absolutely nothing to do with GM's decision. Smh.
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05-02-21 11:38 #2805
Posts: 1184[Deleted by Admin]
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05-02-21 05:28 #2804
Posts: 16077Callin Bullshit
Originally Posted by JohnClayton [View Original Post]
I tend to live by my experience and I have experienced this very big world to the tune of over 100 countries. Maybe shit like this is effective on someone that never lives outside of their 3 block neighborhood, but I know better. From nursery school to the Navy I have been around people of all races and my Black parents never talked to me about race. People were just people. Only in undergraduate was I around only Black people because I went to a historically Black college. Never had a sense or thought that a person among my group was getting an opportunity that I did not because they were White or I was not getting an opportunity because I was Black.
I am 49 years old and I have carried a gun since I was 21. At this point I own enough to carry a different one everyday of the month. Back when I first got my license my state was an open carry state, meaning the weapon had to be visible. I went into Bank of America one morning and waited in line with with my weapon exposed. Somebody tripped the alarm. Of course 30 policemen rushed in and asking no questions filled me with lead.
NOT! A lone WHITE policeman came inside and whispered to me to FOLLOW HIM outside and do not touch anything. We got outside to his car and I showed him my license. He said that the law says that you have to have it out in the open, but just cover it up anyway so people will not get scared.
I have not even been pulled over by a policeman in the last 20 years and the license plate on my car makes it known that I am Black. The two times before that when I was arrested (unpaid tickets), I did not argue and I did not resist. I knew I was in the wrong and did not try to fight the case in the street. I just got the handcuffs on me and got in the car and went to jail. I called someone to get me out. You know, like kind of how the system is designed to work. Simple!
Hell, one time the WHITE cop had pulled me over on the expressway, but when he found out he had to take me to jail he told me to pull off the exit and into a gas station so he would not have to tow the car. Then he let me call my mom and waited for her to come get the car. This was like 3 am. So fuck the shit CNN is trying to make everyone believe about the police and Black people.
And about this systemic racism shit. First question is what did you do to make yourself qualified for whatever you were trying to do? Folks claim this racism only using one set of data. 10 people over here are White and nobody is Black. They never even make mention that maybe no Black people were even interested in the position, or that over the last 10 years half the people applying have been Black but none of those that were QUALIFIED were accepted. We are led to believe that because there were no Blacks, no women, no gays, no whatever, something is wrong with the system.
Makes a big difference how you make your mind up depending on the data that is available to you. That is why they need to quit letting the public decide a case by seeing a short video clip and go back to the old system where a jury that has been presented ALL the evidence deliberates on the case and comes up with a decision.
I just want to see one time someone ask these well-off or popular people who keep shouting there is systemic racism, "Well how did you do it?" You mean with all this systemic racism the system let you accomplish something you wanted and you got rich. Let everybody in on your method so we can follow in your footsteps and circumvent this racist system you talk about the same way that you did.
Sorry. I am a 49 year old Black dude that has taken advantage of a multitude of opportunities that appeared before me. Ain't nobody giving nothing away. You have to put in work to make yourself marketable for what you want. Listening to these clowns reinforce you will never be able to do shit and will never be able to have shit because of this phantom racist system is pure bullshit.
I have heard Fox News say some ridiculous shit almost everyday, but drilling into people that they are somehow disadvantaged and don't stand a chance in this country is not one of them. When you know other countries and see what not having a chance really is, you realize the limitless chance you actually have in the USA.
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05-02-21 02:45 #2803
Posts: 16077Originally Posted by Golfinho [View Original Post]
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05-02-21 01:28 #2802
Posts: 1680Huh?
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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05-02-21 00:51 #2801
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by Paulie97 [View Original Post]
Now, for reality: candidates to run for office are selected and funded by either of the two parties. Does anyone want to pretend this is done democratically? For just one recent example, there's the Dem Presidential primaries of 2020. Primary rules designed to exclude third party candidates are another feature of democracy American-style. Too many other examples. The system is (currently) working to prevent democracy, while maintaining the pretense. Try to see things for what they are.
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05-01-21 22:36 #2800
Posts: 10681903
Originally Posted by Beijing4987 [View Original Post]
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05-01-21 22:10 #2799
Posts: 1068Real News
Originally Posted by JohnClayton [View Original Post]
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05-01-21 21:41 #2798
Posts: 1680Well
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/.../False-Dilemma
The US is both a representative democracy and a constitutional republic. The former term was used by the framers, including Adams and Jefferson. These elected officials you speak of are voted in democratically at state and local levels. It's true that we have this archaic (another subject) electoral college going at the national level, but states do choose the electors based on popular votes. It's also true that we don't have a direct democracy, but who does? The only way to achieve that would be to have every citizen vote on every legislative bill which is hardly practical. That's even though voter referendums exist from time to time on state and local ballots. It's simply asinine to say we aren't a democratic country as a representative democracy is a form of democracy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-is-like-cash/
As to gun laws, the context of the second amendment involves maintenance of state militias, which is largely made obsolete by national guards. That's in spite of these wingnut Alex Jones fans running around hiding from black helicopters. It is good news that violent felons and those with severe mental problems have no right to own grenades or sub machine guns, so there are limitations. We the people through our representatives decide what the limitations are going to be, as to certain weapons, background checks, etc.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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05-01-21 21:03 #2797
Posts: 16077Originally Posted by PVMonger [View Original Post]
There is always going to be mfs willing to whip some ass over something they believe in. If it is your ass they are tearing in to then you label them a terrorist. If it is somebody else's ass that you are tearing in to then you label yourself a freedom fighter.
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05-01-21 20:56 #2796
Posts: 1680Well
Originally Posted by Beijing4987 [View Original Post]
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05-01-21 20:48 #2795
Posts: 16077Originally Posted by JohnClayton [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by JohnClayton [View Original Post]
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05-01-21 20:22 #2794
Posts: 756Originally Posted by Canada [View Original Post]
So, in a democratic country, how do they get the people to vote against their self interest? Fox News exists to stimulate fear (ask why Hannity, Carlson, Pirro, etc shout so much). When the amygdala is active, rational thought is suppressed and people are (even more) susceptible to slogans, simplistic thought, and authoritarian rule. Yes, in fact there is a right wing conspiracy to keep the masses afraid and in thrall -- it's run through Fox.
If you're a Fox viewer, and you doubt this, here's an experiment you can try on yourself: turn off Fox for a week and then measure your blood pressure.
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05-01-21 20:20 #2793
Posts: 756Originally Posted by Canada [View Original Post]
So, in a democratic country, how do they get the people to vote against their self interest? Fox News exists to stimulate fear (ask why Hannity, Carlson, Pirro, etc shout so much). When the amygdala is active, rational thought is suppressed and people are (even more) susceptible to slogans, simplistic thought, and authoritarian rule. Yes, in fact there is a right wing conspiracy to keep the masses afraid and in thrall -- it's run through Fox.
If you're a Fox viewer, and you doubt this, here's an experiment you can try on yourself: turn off Fox for a week and then measure your blood pressure.
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05-01-21 18:43 #2792
Posts: 1184[Deleted by Admin]
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