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VOTE, USA! -- UPDATE
9 years ago
General
By now we should all be aware that the worst has happened. Not only is Donald Trump the next president of the USA, but the Republicans have retained both the House of Congress and the Senate. We all know what this means, too. Over the next four years, all of the progressive changes that Barrack Obama managed to make will be undone, from the Affordable Care Act to LGBT soldiers. Women's rights will be dismantled, all minority rights will be attacked; some of you will be lucky if you're allowed to vote in the 2020 election. And we can be sure that Trump will make good his campaign slogan to Make America White Again.
For America, I offer one hope. Your Electoral College actually meets in December. That will be plenty of time for Trump to do something really embarrassing, or to have some of his own scandals highlighted. The whole reason you have an Electoral College is to provide some sober second thought, isn't it? True, the college almost always elects the candidate they were supposed to, but they have elected the other guy in the past. Donald Trump is a narcissistic, misogynistic, racist, ignorant fool who's run three businesses into the ground. Surely the Electoral College will see that! There must be some way to remind them!
Canada is being hit pretty hard by this. The TSE is down before it even opens. Our dollar has dropped to three Yankee quarters. And it's only going to get worse.
But there is one silver lining to this dark, sulfurous cloud. Trump is going to tear up NAFTA and try to negotiate an even more unfair advantage for America than it already has. And make no mistake, NAFTA has been nothing but bad for Canada. As soon as Brian Mulroney and his cabinet ratified it, Canada, (and mostly Ontario), lost several million dollars in manufacturing as thousands of well-paying jobs were sent to the American south, then Mexico, then Asia; places where a dollar a day is a damn good wage. (Yes, they were eventually replaced... by poor-paying, part-time service sector jobs.) Since then we've lost on steel, potatoes and soft wood lumber, t name a few, while NAFTA rules have allowed American corporations to sue Canadian provinces and cities for restricting their ability to make a profit. (The latest of these was an American oil driller suing Quebec for stopping them from drilling for natural gas under the St Lawrence Seaway.)
My advice to Justin Trudeau is, when Mr Trump tears up NAFTA, don't even discuss replacing it with anything. Prepare for his historic tearing-up with a punitive set of tariffs and trade bans under the slogan Maîtres Chez Nous!
Personally, I am seriously reconsidering attending AC next year, or any American convention. I'll be watching the news, we'll see how it goes.
You know, I figured with a choice between sending The Establishment, (in the guise of Donald Trump), to shake-up The Establishment, or sending The Establishment, (in the person of Hillary Clinton), to uphold The Establishment, that Americans would just not vote in record numbers. What I seem to be seeing, both in the news and even here on FA, is America desperate to exercise your franchise! I applaud your enthusiasm! Really, I admire you for it.
What I fear is not so much Donald Trump in the White House, however, as another Republican Congress and Senate. Why, you might ask?
- Well, the RNC HATE Donald Trump. He was supposed to be a joke, an ignoramus who'd never held a political post before and knew nothing about it. He wasn't supposed to have stood a remote chance of winning the nomination, never mind the election. Instead, he not only defeated all the serious candidates, he's standing today a step away from the Presidency! The GOP is never going to forget or forgive that.
- But the RNC LOATHES AND DESPISES Hillary Clinton. It's not so much that she's a Democrat, they've dealt with the DNC before. Hillary is a B***H! She's a certified, natural, p***y-having B***H! Those RNC Good Ol' Boys no more want to see a B***H in the Oval Office than they wanted to see that N****R boy there!
If the Republicans take the Congress or the Senate, no matter who sits in the Oval Office on the evening of January 20th. the impeachment proceedings will start on the morning of January 21st. That's my prediction.
And now a word from our otter.
Lei-Lani wrote:If you run into any issues on Election Day, or you just have general questions about voting, please call this non-partisan hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). They'll have local attorneys and volunteers on hand ready to make sure your vote is counted. ^^
GOOD LUCK, AMERICA!
For America, I offer one hope. Your Electoral College actually meets in December. That will be plenty of time for Trump to do something really embarrassing, or to have some of his own scandals highlighted. The whole reason you have an Electoral College is to provide some sober second thought, isn't it? True, the college almost always elects the candidate they were supposed to, but they have elected the other guy in the past. Donald Trump is a narcissistic, misogynistic, racist, ignorant fool who's run three businesses into the ground. Surely the Electoral College will see that! There must be some way to remind them!
Canada is being hit pretty hard by this. The TSE is down before it even opens. Our dollar has dropped to three Yankee quarters. And it's only going to get worse.
But there is one silver lining to this dark, sulfurous cloud. Trump is going to tear up NAFTA and try to negotiate an even more unfair advantage for America than it already has. And make no mistake, NAFTA has been nothing but bad for Canada. As soon as Brian Mulroney and his cabinet ratified it, Canada, (and mostly Ontario), lost several million dollars in manufacturing as thousands of well-paying jobs were sent to the American south, then Mexico, then Asia; places where a dollar a day is a damn good wage. (Yes, they were eventually replaced... by poor-paying, part-time service sector jobs.) Since then we've lost on steel, potatoes and soft wood lumber, t name a few, while NAFTA rules have allowed American corporations to sue Canadian provinces and cities for restricting their ability to make a profit. (The latest of these was an American oil driller suing Quebec for stopping them from drilling for natural gas under the St Lawrence Seaway.)
My advice to Justin Trudeau is, when Mr Trump tears up NAFTA, don't even discuss replacing it with anything. Prepare for his historic tearing-up with a punitive set of tariffs and trade bans under the slogan Maîtres Chez Nous!
Personally, I am seriously reconsidering attending AC next year, or any American convention. I'll be watching the news, we'll see how it goes.
You know, I figured with a choice between sending The Establishment, (in the guise of Donald Trump), to shake-up The Establishment, or sending The Establishment, (in the person of Hillary Clinton), to uphold The Establishment, that Americans would just not vote in record numbers. What I seem to be seeing, both in the news and even here on FA, is America desperate to exercise your franchise! I applaud your enthusiasm! Really, I admire you for it.
What I fear is not so much Donald Trump in the White House, however, as another Republican Congress and Senate. Why, you might ask?
- Well, the RNC HATE Donald Trump. He was supposed to be a joke, an ignoramus who'd never held a political post before and knew nothing about it. He wasn't supposed to have stood a remote chance of winning the nomination, never mind the election. Instead, he not only defeated all the serious candidates, he's standing today a step away from the Presidency! The GOP is never going to forget or forgive that.
- But the RNC LOATHES AND DESPISES Hillary Clinton. It's not so much that she's a Democrat, they've dealt with the DNC before. Hillary is a B***H! She's a certified, natural, p***y-having B***H! Those RNC Good Ol' Boys no more want to see a B***H in the Oval Office than they wanted to see that N****R boy there!
If the Republicans take the Congress or the Senate, no matter who sits in the Oval Office on the evening of January 20th. the impeachment proceedings will start on the morning of January 21st. That's my prediction.
And now a word from our otter.
Lei-Lani wrote:If you run into any issues on Election Day, or you just have general questions about voting, please call this non-partisan hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). They'll have local attorneys and volunteers on hand ready to make sure your vote is counted. ^^
GOOD LUCK, AMERICA!
I am crossing my fingers he'll be impeached rapidly.