Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Whose "intellect"??

Yours?  Yeah, those words might be fitting for you, however don't include me or other Free market conservatives in the mix with you leftist ideologues.  

You guys are statist puppets all the way.

No wonder you responded as you did.  You fit the bill perfectly.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

BTW, the first sentence of that arrogant author's writings could be the epitaph on your headstone:

"Here lies Demorrhoid Kaufman, An American who was of course, one of the most thoroughly and passionately indoctrinated people on Earth"

ROFLMAO!!!  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

BTW, we knew you were a blame America first-er type.  

At least I have pride in my nation and I don't take crap from Canucks like that insulting joker up North like you do.

No wonder you have no backbone.  You just nod your head stupidly when he's insulting you and everyone else in this country with his regular postings that are meant to tell us just how crappy we are. 

Why don't you go live up there if it is so wonderful?  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Well at least I'm not a pussy and an America hater like you, you sorry bastard.

Why don't you go burn an American Flag F' head! 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Now that the funniest thing I have heard today. I don’t think that word means what you think it means. 😂

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Dave:

I certainly will not argue that Democratic Socialism as practiced in Scandinavia seems to work well for them.  Although, I think the word "Democratic Socialism" is being too broadly defined if it encompasses Australia, Canada and western Europe.   What are the main differences between the economic and social systems of CA and the US?  Centralized health care is the biggie of course, but other than that, the US and CA are a lot more similar than Canada and an actual socialist country.  You know more about Canada than I do of course, so I might be missing something fundamental.

I personally do not want Democratic Socialism, as it is being promoted locally by Sanders, AOC and the rest of our own Democratic Socialists.  Obviously most US voters agree with me, or Biden would not be the D nominee.  I am comfortable that our system is right for us, even if Sweden's system is right for Sweden.  This is one fundamental where I disagree with the author.  He ignores the benefits of our system entirely.   

Also, the arrogance and thick snobbery of his prose is a key factor in the election of Donald Trump.  Rather than try to understand those who feel differently about governance the author merely insults them/us/me.  "Americans are, of course, the most thoroughly and passively indoctrinated people on earth..."  Puhleeze.  The whole article is a "basket of deplorables" indictment of the US citizenry cloaked in academic language.  The article speaks to exclusively to those who deem themselves to be of a specific and vastly superior intellectual and moral class.  As such, it is a crummy starting point for any discussion.

Jim

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

Canada --- NATO Contribution..

"Canada is responsible for 5.9% of the overall contribution to NATO Common-Funded Budgets and Programmes. Assuming that the US continued to maintain its 21.7% of the overall contribution to these projects, an equal distribution by the remaining 27 members states would be 2.9%. With Canada contributing 5.9%, evidently there are other countries in the Alliance that are contributing less than equal amounts to NATO. Perhaps in answer to Paris’ question, Canada is, after all, “pulling at least its own weight” in the Alliance in comparison to these other countries, providing the 6th highest overall contribution to these projects."

Proportionally, Canada is pulling over double its own weight.....   

The 5.9% figure, by the way includes the annual contribution as a percentage of GDP plus all the NATO missions that Canada sends ships, planes and troops to.  

 Reference

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

This is all one need know about the book:

First lady Melania Trump’s former senior adviser and close friend has written a tell-all book that describes the first lady as someone who can’t be trusted and who often competed for influence in the White House with Ivanka Trump.

LOL

Sure, she's a REAL CLOSE FRIEND.  I know that most people have close friends who tell the world how UNTRUSTWORTHY they are. 

With friends like that who needs enemies.  

My guess is that your friends might be like that, but this is just another loser cashing in on their 10 seconds of fame.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

A "loser" they hired. You know, one of the "best people". What, she wasn't qualified for the position?