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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/19/2014 8:02:57 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

you can get an ID on line when is the internet closed ??

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/19/2014 8:04:01 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

are located at inconvenient locations. no they are not

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/19/2014 8:25:27 PM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 224659

Kenneth, you are out of it. Not true.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/19/2014 9:30:47 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

Ken are you still of the mindset that Kobani will be liberated by bombs alone?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/20/2014 10:26:13 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee lorne TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

Why Do Democrats Oppose Voter ID? It isn't simply because they want to cheat and such laws interfere with their plans. Lots of folks think Democrats oppose voter ID laws because they want to cheat and such laws interfere with their plans. That’s an attractive explanation, but it ignores the far more complex architecture of voter ID opposition. Here’s the real reasons Democrats oppose voter ID. Understanding these three reasons will help you decode the whole narrative behind voter ID. 1. Opposition to Voter ID Is a Base-Mobilization Tool. Simply, Democrats and civil rights groups spend millions of dollars opposing voter ID because they are trying to scare minority voters into thinking that Jim Crow is back. If Jim Crow is back, then they better go vote in November. This was made starkly clear to me when I learned that a 3rd grade teacher in a government-run school was telling her students that Republicans were trying to take away the right to vote for black people, so they better get their parents to vote against Republicans. (Yes, that’s another story for another day, and yes I know her name and the school where she still teaches.) Fear mobilizes people to vote better than does logic. If you can scare minorities falsely into thinking that they may lose their right to vote if they don’t vote for Democrats, they will vote for Democrats. 2. Voter ID Opponents Have the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations. Leftist opponents of voter ID truly think minorities are less able to function in American life. I learned this when a Department of Justice Voting Section lawyer opposed to voter ID told me he thought blacks were more likely to forget their photo identification than whites were. Their lives “were more disorganized,” he said. This is a lawyer currently still working in the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. This is a perfect example of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” And it isn’t just one crank lawyer at DOJ. The plaintiffs challenging voter ID and election integrity laws actually hired an expert to testify in federal court in voter ID cases that blacks were less capable of functioning efficiently in a daily routine and photo ID laws have a disparate impact on them. The expert called this idea the “calculus of voting.” For example, they have to take the bus more. Taking the bus, naturally, makes it harder to get photo ID. The plaintiffs argue that voting “is largely a product of habit,” and blacks, well, their habits just don’t brook any interruptions to their habits, so they argue. This is another perfect example of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” Opponents of voter ID are genuinely afraid that forcing blacks to get photo ID will impose a burden on them they just can’t handle. 3. They Need Money. Groups like the NAACP and ACLU are looking to justify their continued existence, decades after they won the fight. Opposition to voter ID helps them fundraise, and pay salaries. So next time you wonder why Democrats oppose photo ID, don’t fall for the easy answer. Don’t think it’s because Democrats have organized cheating operations. The real answer is much more sophisticated, and much more sinister.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/20/2014 10:59:19 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By gronieel2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

DUP

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173916)	10/20/2014 1:02:34 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	3 Recommendations Recommended By rayrohn TideGlider tonto Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224659

Doubling down on Liberal Logic... Socialist Party: There Should be a $20 Minimum Wage, But Our Employees Should be Exempt by Aurelius • October 20, 2014 In a story broken by Pundit Press, the Seattle Socialist Party is offering Web Developers employment at $13 an hour, despite pushing for a $20 minimum wage. Now, in a follow up interview, the party insists that it should not be held to its own standards. “We’re practicing what we’re preaching in terms of continuing to fight for the minimum wage,” Doug Barnes, the Freedom Socialist Party’s national secretary, told the Huffington Post. “But we can’t pay a lot more than $13.” Apparently completely unaware of his own hypocrisy, Barnes added that he personally supports a $22 an hour minimum wage. Doug Barnes, from his Twitter Account “The right-wing attack is very hypocritical,” Barnes continued. “These are the same people who fought against the minimum wage and support companies like Walmart.” Barnes is unaware, it seems, that conservatives who blasted the Socialist Party’s ad did not do so because they want a $20 minimum wage, but because the Socialists did, then wanted to pay their workers less. Barnes ironically then complained that the Socialist Party could not afford to pay much more than $13 an hour. Again, he is apparently unaware that this is the same reason small businesses are against the law.