whatever said:
elprincipe said:
Starless said:
elprincipe said:
tk1989 said:
which is left wing and which is right wing? :P
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Democrats are on the left, Republicans on the right. It's Giuliani. McCain is from Arizona. Romney was governor of Massachusetts (and also in charge of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics). It is too early to dismiss other candidates than the leaders in any case (there are currently 11 declared Republican and 8 declared Democratic candidates). >koffieboon said:
Well, mainly I hope the American People will vote for a wise leader, one to solve problems around the world instead of creating new ones. One who at least also looks at environmental concerns instead of always putting economic growth in first place. And maybe a president with enough balls to finally start putting serious restrictions on gunlaws as well. Which environmental issues are you talking about? Just curious because that is so general as to prevent an intelligent response. No president can do anything about gun laws. Part of our Constitution says "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed." This means to stop people from getting guns would require a constitutional amendment, which requires a 2/3 majority in Congress and 3/4 of the states to ratify such a change. This is not going to happen anytime soon. The biggest restrictions you might get nationally (localities can be more restrictive; for example, Washington, DC outlaws handguns) is a return of the assault weapons ban. |
  Seriously? Even the president couldn't do anything about gun laws? No offence, but America has one sucky law system.    And I'm fairly sure koffieboon is talking about global warming. |
Not at all, our system is great, the people in the system are the ones who sometimes let us down. The president isn't charged with legislating; that's up to Congress, a body that represents the people better (or at least it should) than one person. I guess I shouldn't have said the president can do nothing, but the most he can do is strictly enforce gun laws (the president is charged with enforcing the laws) and ask Congress to pass more restrictive laws. Thank goodness we don't live in a country like Venezuela where the president decides to just disregard the laws of the land. And if koffie wants to talk about global warming, I think that will need a whole separate topic since it's sure to be controversial! I very much doubt most of the Europeans here will like what I have to say on the subject. |
 The fact that anyone would buy into this conservative propaganda that global warming is either not happening, or is not due to the fact we've spewed all this crap into the atmosphere, is just amazing.  Exxon/Mobil's billions in profit is being well spent on this propaganda. |
I think this needs it's own topic. My 2 cents, yes humans are responsible for the increased CO2 emissions, yes it's a greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming. Yes warmer temperatures mean more CO2 as the gas dissolved in the ocean comes out of solution, not to mention more H2O evaporates becoming water vapor, a green hous gas. No, the isn't the end of the story, the situation is alot more complex and their are factors that we still haven't quite worked out that are counter-acting, or at least slowing the process (as oppossed to what happens in a laboratory experiment). No, there really isn't anything we can do about it, yet, people's livelyhood combined with the global political climate ain't gonna let that happen. The best thing we can do is to continue to study the situation so that we might better understand it. What I'm saying is no one really has all the facts on the situation (though some of us like to pretend we do). This isn't the time for any knee-jerk reactions. This really need it's own topic if were gonna continue to discuss it.
