USA Presidential Elections: Democracy in the Balance
Submitted by Charles Knighton
Democratic and Republican candidates Trump and Clinton
One can only hope that Barbadians are viewing what has transpired in the US over the last 25 years or so as a cautionary tale, one never to be emulated in their local politics. A democracy cannot function without good losers. Human beings are not naturally inclined to surrender power to their ideological and cultural adversaries; a society must train and educate its citizens—civilize them, if you will—to tolerate political defeat, seek compromise, and work patiently to regain power by winning the next election. This has always been the fundamental problem with transplanting democracy in the Middle East: There are precious few moderates, and they inevitably lose out to more ruthless extremists.
It’s not just the Iraqis, Syrians, Egyptians or Palestinians who have “a moderate” problem. America now has one too. A recent Pew Research survey found that Americans are deliberately sorting themselves into red and blue tribes; they seek to live, work and socialize with people who share their worldviews and shun those who do not. One out of four Democrats and one out of three Republicans sees the other party “as a threat to the nation’s well-being.” It is these people, with the most vehement views, who now shape their politics: Why compromise with evil? As a result, Washington is dysfunctional, and Congress can no longer reach consensus, make decisions, or even agree how to pay to rebuild aging infrastructure. In their ideological and cultural silos, meanwhile, their distrust of and contempt for the other tribes deepens.
In study after study, political scientists are finding that Republicans and Democrats view each other with a growing disdain that borders on hatred. In one recent experiment, Democrats and Republicans showed instant, automatic bias against people of the other party—more bias, in fact, than whites show against blacks, and vice versa. It’s the one form of bigotry that’s still acceptable, with entire TV networks devoted to making Democrats or Republicans look stupid or dangerous. This year’s race to replace President Obama seems to have fully opened Pandora’s box. I have to wonder what will be the fate of this once great experiment in Democracy.
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I agree with their findings. The US has been “ungovernable” for some time. Tribal support has become more important than ANYTHING else. Most people vote without knowing the issues or candidates, or even caring.
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The idea a Socialist Democrat is challenging an entrenched establishment Democrat and Trump (an establishment person) along with a Tea Party Senator is front running. We have not gotten to the political tribalism yet. Interesting perspective.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-bernie-addressed-race-racism-article-1.2518180
They are all stupid and very dangers, that’s the reason why many people are leaning towards Bernie Sanders, despite him being a socialist democrat, they have come to the realization that politics and politicians will be the death of us all.
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*They are all stupid and have become very dangerous.
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Tribal support is a perfect description of America today. When 97% of an ethnic group votes because the candidate looks like them and that is the only criteria, why bother about issues. One need only look at the rather bizarre, almost effeminate gushings and adulation for the current president to see that effusive praise , (unwarranted and undeserved ), rather than critical thought and analysis has taken over . Most importantly, they have taken God out of their lives, so no more grace, judgement has begun .
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I think Obama has divided America into those who feel he did well and those who feel he is a complete disaster and that there is an urgent need for change.
I don’t think the ideologies of the Democrats and Republicans have markedly changed, they were always different from each other.
It is not like the D’s and B’s here which are the same thing.
Trump can only survive because he has tapped into the Americans who think Obama was “One Big Ass Mistake America”
I think so too but if I could vote I would have to see how he progresses before committing to giving him my vote. He is just a little to crazy for me.
Obama had his moment in time because there were Americans who were fed up with the Bush era.
We are just watching the natural swing of a pendulum.
I would not read anything deep or devious into the pendulum swing except to say it happens in democracies.
One thing I do really enjoy about this race, the press is effectively neutralized by Trump!!
He is an absolute genius!!
There is no use the press digging up dirt on him to show he was a naughty boy, everybody knows it already and that is a part of his charm!!
I am not sure I would like to see him as president, but what I think does not matter, I cannot vote, the Americans will figure that one out.
… and the same Americans will chuck him out if they get it wrong!!
Democracy!!!
Bernie Sanders is supposedly favoured to beat Hilary Clinton and he is supposed to have support from the university towns.
One would think, ahhhhhh, it is the youth and the intelligentsia who support Bernie … that is until you watch this group being interviewed about their political views and realize they are complete and utter airheads!!
God help America!!
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Lol….John, it’s convoluted. ..lol
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Trump uses the P….y word. What a JA.
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The United States has a very bad system of government, and it is only because the country became rich and powerful, in spite of this system, that misguided pundits praised it as a model worthy of emulation. It’s another example of the “halo effect”.
Consider that the President cannot even secure the appointment of his own cabinet unless he can gain a measure of consent from the opposition party to each appointee. A single senator from the opposed party can similarly block routine appointments – of ambassadors, department heads etc.
A recipe for paralysis. Without plenty of goodwill the system cannot work, and goodwill is sometimes in short supply.
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chad99999 February 9, 2016 at 7:02 AM #
The United States has a very bad system of government, and it is only because the country became rich and powerful, in spite of this system, that misguided pundits praised it as a model worthy of emulation. It’s another example of the “halo effect”.
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Maybe the country became rich and powerful because of its system of government!!
Maybe what you really mean to say is that it is bad to be rich and powerful!!
The world has been there and done that too!!
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Check this one out.
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I watched Part 1 of the documentary which had in clips from Donald Trump and it made me realize that Trump has a qualification none of the other candidates have, he has made a go of an economic activity.
He is like the entrepreneurs who made America great.
I think this puts him way ahead of the field!!
Time will tell …. for me I am just watching to see what he does between now and the nomination.
It will take some serious work from the other Republican candidates to knock him out and even if they do there is always the possibility he will run as an independent.
I prefer Carson and Rubio, in that order but it looks like Carson has been skittled.
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I just watched two of the best political speeches I have ever heard by Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
We need a Bernie Sanders or even a Hilary Clinton here.
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Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Win the New Hampshire Primaries
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTINFEB. 9, 2016
Senator Bernie Sanders and Donald J. Trump CreditTodd Heisler/The New York Times; Damon Winter/The New York Times
Continue reading the main story
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald J. Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont harnessed working-class fury to surge to commanding victories in a New Hampshire primary that drew huge turnout across the state.
The success by two outsider candidates dealt a remarkable rebuke to the political establishment, and left the race deeply unsettled.
Mr. Trump, the wealthy businessman whose blunt language and outsider image have electrified many Republicans and horrified others, benefited from an unusually large field of candidates that split the vote among traditional politicians like Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/us/politics/new-hampshire-primary.html?_r=0
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Bernie Sanders is an utter fraud. He takes $50 contributions from people who can barely afford to give him money, and it will all be for nothing. He is a mere placeholder, a device used by the Clintonistas to stir interest in the Democratic Party nomination process, so that the Republicans do not run away with all the TV coverage.
Bernie has nowhere to go from here. He has zero support in the American South. He has close to zero support in the Western states. What a joke!
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Sanders has said he believes slavery reparations are too divisive, which is the point that he proved not be a socialist revolutionary as touted
UN group has stated Slavery Reparations should be made by USA
http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/united-nations-us-should-give-reparations/
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Sanders half baked platform of a single payer healthcare system like the crumbling Medicare system for senior citizens where Government cover insurance via tax would not be feasible with private hospitals making massive profits unless he nationalises Hospitals and make doctors and staff part of public services, and would never pass congress.
He needs to go back to the drawing board and work on a bi-partisan solution with industry consensus that would deliver results
His socialist tag will mean he would lose elections and GOP would repeal ACA. ACA has some life for about 10+ years and a long term workable solution will need to implemented in future
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Chad
Right now Bernie is the man to watch.Bill getting angry and beginning to lose it.Bill got the Monica Monkey on his back,Hillary got the email servers scandal and her attachment to big money….read Wall Street.Bernie appealing to the demographics……the blacks,the working class,the Latinos,the middle class and the students.His problem is going to be funding no doubt.He has the added advantage of being of Jewish ancestry.
Trump is a stand up comic and beyond his entertainment one liners is as daft as a republican is supposed to be.Bush,Christie,Carson,Fiorino,Paul,Huckabee are all also rans.The race is now Trump,Cruz and Rubio for the republicans,Clinton and Sanders for the Democrats,and Bloomberg Independent.For sure Bloomberg won’t be elected.He caused blacks and Latinos horrors in NY with his racial profiling police stop and search policy.
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The party will back the candidate who matches up well across the country, that candidate is not Saunders.
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If Hilary is relying on the Blacl/Latino etc vote in the south because of the Clinton administration she may not realize but that administration ceased 15 years ago.
A lot has since happened.
Unemployment is high among those groups and she is on record as saying she intends to continue Obama’s policies …. Bernie wants to go further left!!
I think she may be toast even without the email issues!!
Probably will be left with Bernie/Trump faceoff!!
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“that candidate is not Saunders”
Be careful. Momentum is a bitch of a thing. We are moving into ‘minority voter territory’, and places with centrist blocks. The prevailing assumption 4 months ago, was that NH was Clinton Territory? Today, I am concerned the commonly held beliefs as to where her support lies, is as solid or accurate as previously thought.
The race becomes dichotomy. The more Trump scores, the more the other side leans left and vice versa.
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The next Primary will be the test for Saunders.
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Nevada? Clinton will likely win, but unless she gets 2/3 of the delegates, it’s a loss.
Super Tuesday is the next real test.
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The one after, South Carolina. It will provide an indication if Saunders is able to command the minority vote.
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David,his name is Sanders….lol
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Barney or Colonel?
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@Gabriel,
We have to agree to disagree about Bernie. Trust me, he is trailing far behind Hillary in every remaining primary state. Each and every one. Hillary will be hard to beat for the Democratic Party nomination. She has the party hierarchy behind her. She has the middle aged and senior voters.
Remember, even in 2008 when Hillary was making big mistakes every day, she ended up with more votes, but slightly fewer delegates than Obama.This time she has learned from her mistakes and Bernie does not have as much charisma as Obama.
Only the FBI can stop Hillary.
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@chat99999 Feb 9:
US Constitutional scholars would point out that the Constitution was designed on purpose to make it difficult for much to get done unless there is at least some broad agreement. That’s why there are so many checks and balances. It’s to prevent tyranny — one person or branch acting without the consent of the others. Having just overthrown a powerful monarchy, they knew what they didn’t want.
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@Lawrence James Bauer
It may be defensible to design a political system to prevent a president from becoming a powerful “king.” It is utterly foolish, however, to give the opposition party the power not only to block the president’s agenda and prevent him from fulfilling his campaign promises, but also to interfere with his ability to select a governing team of advisors, and carry out his administrative functions. Obama cannot get senior civil servants appointed because Republican politicians are sabotaging routine appointments. Bi-partisan agreement should be required for judicial appointments, but not appointments to the ruling Administration.
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That’s exactly the point. We don’t elect kings. Just because you’re elected, you don’t have the power to do anything you want. That would be totally stupid. Since senior civil employees have immense power to, effectively, make law and run roughshod over everyone, it’s wise to have some control over what kind of person is allowed in such a position.
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Former Top Obama Official Just Went Rogue And Dropped Bombshell About Hillary- ‘Unbelievable…’
“What was going through this woman’s mind?”
President Obama’s former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) believes that Hillary Clinton should be disqualified from being president in light of her alleged gross mishandling of classified material.
Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn (Ret.) told the Daily Caller, “This is unbelievable. I don’t think anybody should be talking about her being potentially the next President of the United States.”
“I think Hillary Clinton, for the good of the country, should step down and let this FBI investigation play out,” Flynn added.
The former DIA chief expressed particular concern that highly classified Special Access Program (SAP) material, which is to be viewed on a “Need to know” basis, was transferred to her private, non-secured server. This material is deemed even more sensitive than Top Secret.
“Placement of SAP-classified information on a non-secure server was the ‘single, most dangerous security violation that can ever happen to the United States,’ said Col. James Waurishuk, former deputy director of intelligence for the U.S. Central Command,” The Daily Caller reported.
“In order for Mrs. Clinton to get Top Secret/Special Access Programs onto her private server, numerous, redundant safeguards were deliberately bypassed, probably by unauthorized personnel who were given access to these documents. It was a deliberate, intentional act. It just could not happen by accident,” Waurishuk said.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/former-top-obama-official-just-went-rogue-and-dropped-bombshell-about-hillary-unbelievable/
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How The Establishment Elite Are Rigging The Presidential Election
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Charles Knighton………………Why should democracy be transplanted to the Middle East? Barbados has a democracy does that mean that all is well? Wasn’t the ME working fine with all its problems before it was invaded and bludgeoned for its resources? Despite popular beliefs shaped by the media, the political process in the US is nothing short of a “dog and pony show.” The next President should there be one is already chosen just like Obama was back in the 1990s. The people don’t chose their candidate furthermore decide who will be President. The candidates are always chosen for them and eventually the President. The Electoral College has more power than your average blow joe at the polls. All Smoke n mirrors.
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The media IS the dog & pony show, providing all the smoke & mirrors.
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Nevada: Clinton 53% Sanders 47%……a win. yet lower than predicted. Onto SC
S.Carolina: Trump 32%, Rubio/Cruz 22%. Bush drops out. Trump keeps rolling.
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@NorthernObserver
Clinton Trump?
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@Northern Observer
A win is a win, Clinton is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, Trump will also be the nominee for the Republicans no matter what the Party Establishment wants. The media will continue to play this out as though it is still a primary contest as it is in its best interest to have eyeballs glued to the screen or visitors to their websites or purchasers of their newspapers.
Clinton vs Trump both flawed candidates, you can place your bets in Vegas.
NB. Bloomberg may still declare as a Third Party candidate, whom will he draw votes from if he decides? My guess is disaffected Republicans as Ross Perot did to GHW Bush in 1992.
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@David I agree with your comment way back on February 8 at 6:16 AM that “We have not gotten to the political tribalism yet” and the author does offer an “Interesting perspective”. Not sure however how the US political landscape should be considered as failed, as noted by others, when compared to all the other democracies around the world.
There is still time for Trump to falter. It may not seem feasible I know. And more importantly one wonders which candidate will supplant him. I like Kasich. If he catches a fire he will burn all…time is quickly running out for him though as its now Trump, Cruz, Rubio. So it’s the ides of March for him in particular.
Gov Kasich, on paper and record of experience, makes for the best President.
Bloomberg as an independent is interesting simply because he add more oomph and wow factor to the race. I do not see how he can carry enough voters to win the election as an independent however.
Saunders as US President. Very, very, very …very unlikely. That would translate to Impossible I imagine. But months ago I thought it was impossible that the Donald would be leading his other party candidates. So what do I know.
Incidentally, re Obama being such a disaster. Health Care Act may not be the best admittedly. But the US economy is back on a sound footing (although I always wonder how a Pres is to blame or praised for the economy per se BUT that’s a key metric); he has not taken the country into another war when many were baying for that; he has effectively made fundamental change to the good (like Cuba).
Yes he made mistakes but none as egregious or confounding as his immediate predecessor.
Many of us want to look past the fundamental, underlying narrative that is fueling Trump’s high-flying position and why so many white supremacists support him. But to do that would be to deny that millions of Afro-Americans supported Obama based on who he was. I don’t know that made them racists as the context and dynamic was so compelling and different.
Maybe some of Trump’s supporters have their own compelling rationale now.
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@Dee Word
Gov Kasich does not have the money and organization nationwide.
On 21 February 2016 at 16:30, Barbados Underground wrote:
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de Ingrunt Word February 21, 2016 at 12:30 PM #
Saw this post on fb from “occupy democrats”,showing the comparison between Bush GW last year and Obama B today……according to their figures it would seem that Obama is way better than Bush…..the bias is obvious but do the figures lie?
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True to a great extent David. But as you would know it’s very much a chicken and egg issue. If he catches a fire the money pours in and he gets the network in place.
Remember he is a Governor. He has traveled the country over his tenure to those National Gov conferences and knows the lay of the land very well and he has some very solid and key people working for him.
These networks can scale out very quickly if things develop well…a whole lots of Bush people looking for work right now.
But it’s all a matter of timing and to your point his network building abilities may be running out of time and MONEY.
Man if only he played a mean sax, squared those (rounded) shoulders and jutted that square jaw out who knows what he could do to this Trump dude. LOLLL.
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I would think a bet which bookmakers would give the shortest odds. But they would still be taking bets on Trump vs Sanders, and possibly one of Cruz/Rubio vs Clinton.
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@Vincent
the one missing category is DEBT. Money can buy a lot, and the US pumped trillions into the economy via what they call QE.
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@Vincent, a hearty LOLLLL. The US economy is a frightening juggernaut and although the Pres as the captain at the wheel sets the steady tone and can inadvertently steer it into a underground reef or even an iceberg, on such a big ship its his many engineers and key commanders in the control room that generally keep things copecetate and moving well.
So kudos to Obama for being steady and purposeful on actions against Wall Street, the good parts of the Health Care Act and many other captain programs to keep the ship on course.
But of course he has little to do directly with teen pregnancy. But that said his actions in the mid-East along with the tremendous growth of the US shale oil production has driven the cost of a gallon of gas into the deepest well. So I presume he gets some props on the oil thing.
Remember that he has still been vilified by the Republcans for not approving the Keystone pipeline, for example.
Anyhow at the end of the day the US is generally in a solid position at the moment and don’t get me wrong I support and praise the President’s actions as being a significant part of that solid position.
But as a broad point I believe Presidents are often wrongly blamed when things tank or indeed praised when they are good.
As this blog discussed it becomes a partisan political and personal critique and nothing really to do with practical economic or policy decisions.
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@Dee Word
Has Obama really been responsible for driving the price of oil down or is it all contrived and political. The bottomline is that today’s price point is not sustainable.
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@Northern, and so did also many European countries, Japan and lately China of the big economies to use QE or some version of it as part of their Central Banking monetary policy strategies.
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@Dee Word
Have you considered that the US dollar is treated as the world’s reserve currency? A luxury Obama and US governments have come to take for granted in economic planning.
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@ David who wrote “The bottom line is that today’s price point is not sustainable.”
The price will go up if oil fields are blown up or there is another strategic war.
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Of course not David…I didn’t say he was responsible just that one can give him some props that his mid-East strategy did not escalate into a war that caused problems there.
The issue with oil in a very simple analysis is the US shale production which was making US a net ‘exporter’ of oil rather than importer.
Yes many shale producers are not out of business
You say its not sustainable and are quite right but things are strange in the oil industry. Iran’s production is going to hit the market and that will not make things any better.
Many folks are losing jobs (good paying ones) in oil industry…25,000 just recently at one company. So worldwide we are in for an interesting ride if these low prices continue for an extended period.
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Yes David @ 1:57 PM. That is very much a given and an important one as you allude to. Russia can huff and puff and China can get their currency on that reserve platform as well but do you actually perceive that power brokers will ditch the US currency for any other anytime soon? Of course not.
A rough ride ahead.
And yes the US does take that for granted and will continue to grease the wheels of relationships to keep things as they are.
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Correction: Yes many shale producers are NOW out of business
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@Dee Word
They will not ditch it but would have taken away learning from the 2007 Wall Street meltdown and applied a deeper strategy of mitigation.
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The Chad9999 poster on 02/09/2016 @ 7:02am said “the United States has a very bad system of government”. This poster disagrees. It does not have a bad system of government, it just has a system that is needing some updating. There is controversy that Texas Senator Ted Cruz should not be racing “he is not a natural born American”. His mother is American but he Cruz was born in Canada (Calgary, Alberta) NOT the United States. The Constitution provides that “No person except a natural born citizen shall be eligible to the Office of President. There was also controversy concerning nationality of President Obama. President Obama. His father was a native of Kenya in Central Africa. His mother, though was American born in Wichita, Kansas and Obama himself is natural born, born in Honolulu Hawaii. He could not be denied right, President of the United States. Cruz does not have right and surely will not be allowed entrance into the white house.
Also, a presidential debate has been offered in every month since August 2015. The Americans soon will be seeing campaign ads – lots but have been given opportunity to hear from the presidential candidates regularly in debate. All are really a waste of time excluding these two: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Obama I say was disastrous. His predecessor George W. Bush was totally disastrous as would be Donald Trump. Oh! Chad9999 poster, the United States you know is a rather large country and unlike Barbadoes it does have transparency and integrity. It also has Eminent Domain law and persecutes dishonest lawyers, judges, politicians too. Barbados don’t you know is surviving on life support. Both government parties, the BLP and DLP is really a laughing matter.
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@ David
Have you considered that the US dollar is treated as the world’s reserve currency? A luxury Obama and US governments have come to take for granted in economic planning.
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They don’t take this for granted.
Every serious contender who has dared to voice a global move away from this ridiculous position has ended up dead …and their country in ruins….
The latest challenge is coming from BRICS ….and between Ukraine, Syria and Turkey WRT Russia; …and the Zika thing WRT Brazil /Olympics 2016, it is clear that BRICS is under serious challenge too…
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@DIW
u might added Barbados to that list.
My point….to make the comparisons between Bush’s final year and Obama today as they did, without referencing the additional Debt taken on, “skews” the VH posting.
@David ‘The bottomline is that today’s price point is not sustainable.’
Who told you that? The majority of producers can make money, the ‘sustainability’ is they wish to make more, because all else in their economies depends upon oil revenue. And for many, what else do they produce of value?
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@NortherObserver
Can you explain what kind of margins are available for oil producers given production costs?
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members Nigeria, Libya, and Venezuela have the highest total cost of producing crude oil. The total production cost is at $31.6 per barrel, $23.80 per barrel, and$23.50 per barrel, respectively.Jan 13, 2016
Crude Oil’s Total Cost of Production Impacts Major Oil …
marketrealist.com/…/crude-oils-total-cost–production-impacts-major-oil–pro.
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https://www.cars.com/news/2016-Detroit-Auto-Show/?pageIndex=1
What else do they (The United States) produce of value? The Boeing Company home based in Chicago, Illinois produces commercial airline jets that are sold to other countries all over the world. Another United States manufacturer, Lockheed-Martin home based in Burbank, California produces fighter jets and oh Detroit did you know is home of the United States automotive industry and additionally the annual North American Auto Show.
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http://www.secureenergy.org/policy/new-american-oil-boom
US still producing lots of oil and still less dependent on the Middle East and Venezuela.
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A more accurate link to add value is this one:
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@LOOK
I said “for many”, I was not referring to the USA, or Canada or Russia for that matter.
@David
pretty damn good margins if you are at the low end costs? If I gave you an opportunity where your costs were $10 and you could sell at $30, that is a 67% gross margin or a 200% mark-up? Even better if you could sell 1.5million units per day.
Also don’t go willy nilly accepting such reports, because HOW all these various producers do accounting varies. If they include a $5/barrel state tax in the costs, what is the true cost? $10 or $5 oil +$5 tax. And they all ‘play games’ in how they account for the so-called fixed costs, especially if the set-up costs are provided by another state run or “friendly” operator.
We know Canada, minus the oil sands, has many wells which produce waaaay under that $41 mentioned.
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http://www.antillean.org/moodys-downgrades-barbados/
Barbados is in no position, has no right to be peeping in other people’s window – US, Canada, Russia, etc. You people on that island have far to many problems, So do this, mind your own damn business.
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You are right.
That’s why Edward Snowden is my hero. And why Presidential candidate Trump told citizens to boycott Apple until they advise how to make their encryption key public. Bim can’t compete; other gov’t have a lock on the peeping title.
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http://www.eurweb.com/2011/03/minister-louis-farrakhan-says-rihanna-is-filthy-she-responds
Other countries allow transparency and integrity and have in place Eminent Domain law and honor it. Owen Arthur, Mia Mottley, Dale Marshall, George Payne, etc. should be in jail. Again, as previously stated, you people on that island should just mind your own business. Edward Snowden, Donald Trump and The Apple Company is the United States business. You could though talk about that nasty filty Rihanna who admits to naughty naked selfies.
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LOL…u see the moniker NORTHERN, do you think I LIVE in Barbados!!!! We are probably geographical neighbours.
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Northern Observer, we possibly are neighbors. My postings are Not directed to you specifically. LOL
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@LOOK
Why don’t you go back under the rock you slithered from under? If Barbados means nothing to you why are you on the blog.
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@ David
There we go with that ‘American’ attitude again from LOOK.
Of course it is true that Barbados is full of problems, but shiite man, compared to the USA we are talking ‘Paradise’ here …just with a lot too much brass in the place…
In fact, 98% of our problems and brass bowlery are a direct result of locals and ‘imports’ bringing the greedy, self-centred, materialistic and bombastic American ways to Bim…. all the bribery, graft, selfish ways…. even AC..(probably stands for ‘American C****)
A perceptive traveller can actually ‘smell’ the materialistic selfishness in the air in LOOK’s precious USA. New York reeks of it, …and has the ‘smell’ of a doomed place…
Admittedly, Barbados reeks of brass bowlery……but if only Caswell would BUP….
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Bush shit u ole scoundrel u are in no position to point moral fingers at govts in or out of this region.for sure you moral compass is in a dilapidated state of confusion
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Drunk driving in Barbados is legal, breathalyzers are not. That’s bullshit.
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https://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/happy-new-year-2014-forbes-announces-that-barbados-is-on-its-knees-in-a-financial-meltdown/
Barbados on its knees.
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An interesting article
http://themindunleashed.org/2015/11/the-connection-between-911-jfk-and-the-global-collateral-accounts.html
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An interesting article
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-23-richest-countries-in-the-world-2015-7
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Bush Tea
You just needed a REALITY CHECK. You too David. The very STRONG & POWERFUL USA vs. The HOPELESS little Barbados
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Democracy, such a funny word. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-untold-story-behind-saudi-arabia%e2%80%99s-41-year-us-debt-secret/ar-BBtRLGL?ocid=spartanntp
There is that name again, kicking before the Second World War and still kicking, Brown Brothers Harriman, the investment firm that Prescott Bush used to be a principal of.
Democracy… hmmm yeah…
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@Crusoe
As if some of us who follow geopolitics have not suspected. It certainly explains US foreign policy as far at Saudi Arabia is concern.
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