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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? I thought we all agreed to this, or do you like speaking German and Japanese? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? Ask that of those at Standing Rock. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It looks like the Greek Prime Minister called it right. "It is either a wake up call or the treading onto a dangerous path" Will 2017 continue where 2016 left off? 2016 has shown that experts & pollsters talked from the wrong end. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
Ask that of those at Standing Rock. The few should have dominion over the many for their own good..........result: The people of CUBA wallow in poverty depending on the largess of other countries, while the Castros are worth nearly a BILLION dollars........modern Socialism reality.... "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
KWSN - MajorKong Send message Joined: 5 Jan 00 Posts: 2892 Credit: 1,499,890 RAC: 0 |
Sirius B, IF Boeing should decide, ON ITS OWN, to repay the 'subsidy', who should it repay it to? Only one possible choice... The State of Washington. Now, I realize that this is not the case in many/most other Nations... BUT, in the USA, it is the State Governments of the several (currently 50) States the CREATES the 'US Federal Government'. It is the sovereignty of the State Governments that CREATES the sovereignty of the Federal Government, under the US Federal Constitution. NOT the other way around. To change things to restrict the State Governments ability to assess and collect State taxes as they see fit would require an Amendment to the US Federal Constitution. And since to get said Amendment, 3/4ths of the 50 State Governments would have to agree, the odds on that happening are somewhere between slim and none. Things might be a little different if the USA had joined the WTO by Treaty... maybe. But it did NOT. ...or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? You are beginning to get the idea. The USA 'joined' the WTO for our own advantage. The moment it ceases to be in our own interests, bugger the WTO, especially since Boeing is a US Defense (military) contractor. http://www.boeing.com/defense/ https://youtu.be/iY57ErBkFFE #Texit Don't blame me, I voted for Johnson(L) in 2016. Truth is dangerous... especially when it challenges those in power. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? They are "not taxed" |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? Why tax them when you can take their land? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
or is it a case of a level playing field - AS long as it favours the USA? Just like Israel? |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
When I stated he was wrong because 'He who has the guns, controls the land'. He agreed. 100 Million gun owners plus a basket full of deplorables agree with you...........11/8/16......... "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Just like Israel? That too. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
What those Dakota Access Pipeline protesters don’t tell you. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-standing-rock-sioux-other-side-110916-20161109-story.html Interesting read. Makes me wonder what is really going on. Is the land in question 'Public Land' or Tribal land? They moved the Tribal water source 70 miles further away from the project. ... |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is the land in question 'Public Land' or Tribal land? Everything except Manhattan is tribal land, some treaty was broken. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
J mercer, interesting read but the fact remains they took their land. You can use all the officious arguments you want but many people are fed up, witness the recent presidential election. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
J mercer, interesting read but the fact remains they took their land. You can use all the officious arguments you want but many people are fed up, witness the recent presidential election. No argument just an interesting read and a couple questions. Har! ;) ... |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
but the fact remains they took their land Just asking a question.......did the Standing Rock Tribe ever accept monetary compensation for the easement across the land? "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11411 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
but the fact remains they took their land Reuters says the pipeline would be built outside, but near, the land owned by the tribe. The tribe is arguing that the pipeline would affect its water, as well as sites of spiritual significance, and says the government took the land away by reneging on past treaties. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is the land in question 'Public Land' or Tribal land? Most likely |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is the land in question 'Public Land' or Tribal land? Affirmative. Theft is theft. Saying but he did it and got away with it, doesn't work in a court. As a former police officer I'm surprised by your answer. Unless of course you are into collectivism and don't believe in the ownership of property, like communism. Are you left of Bernie? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24909 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Cabinet taking shape Just a slight hiccup :-) "However, a legal hurdle must be overcome before he can be appointed. Under US law, a retired officer must be out of uniform for at least seven years before he or she can serve as defence secretary. Republican-controlled Congress will have to approve legislation bypassing the requirement so he can take up the role." |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30969 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Unless of course you are into collectivism and don't believe in the ownership of property, like communism. Are you left of Bernie? I thought you subscribed to the circle theory of the political spectrum. As such, you are to the left of Bernie by your own definition. Understand? |
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