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What presidential candidate would be most beneficial to the climbing community and land access?

Tony B · · Around Boulder, CO · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 24,665
ScoJo wrote:Many of you may find this interesting: worldhappiness.report/ Article on the report: nytimes.com/2016/03/17/worl… Denmark was found to be the happiest country. The last paragraph of the article read: '“The libertarian argument that economic freedom should be championed above all other values decisively fails the happiness test: There is no evidence that economic freedom per se is a major direct contributor of human well-being above and beyond what it might contribute towards per-capita income and employment,” Dr. Sachs wrote. “Individual freedom matters for happiness, but among many objectives and values, not to the exclusion of those other considerations.”'
Strange...
As far as I know, the Libs advocate for both, and economic freedom (IE: property rights) are often hinged to personal freedom, endemically.
As well, the quote seems to admit/imply some benefits of economic freedom ('per-capita income and employment') that are contributors...

And....
"From 2005 to 2015, Greece saw the largest drop in happiness of any country, a reflection of the economic crisis that began there in 2007."

Greece has all kindsa public benefits... that it can't afford to make the Germans pay for any more.
So there's that end of how these things play out when you charge up the ole' government credit cards to gain personal largess.
Todd Graham · · Tennessee · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 401

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Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480
Todd Graham wrote:
Didn't realize you read Investors Business Daily.
Todd Graham · · Tennessee · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 401

IBD ... the best. On the web ... Powerline, HotAir, RealClearPolitics, Drudge, Instapundit, Weasel Zippers, and Volokh Conspiracy.

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480

The others don't surprise me. I've been reading what you write.

Are you a trader? Financial advisor?

Todd Graham · · Tennessee · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 401

Bill ... no ... but I have been reading IBD for years. Best opinion page around.

Scott McMahon · · Boulder, CO · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 1,425
Todd Graham wrote:Typical campus fascism: "Last year, for example, the University of Colorado Boulder proudly launched an on-campus spying campaign that encourages students to report incidents of “bias” to government officials at the school. The extensive online “bias” reporting mechanism solicits nearly two dozen pieces of information about perpetrators of “bias” including their names, addresses, phone numbers and student ID numbers. The point of the “Bias Incident Reporting” scheme is to make the taxpayer-funded University of Colorado campus free of “demeaning and hurtful statements.” To advertise the taxpayer-funded scheme, University of Colorado officials paid for posters featuring demeaning and hurtful statements that denigrate various cultures and ethnic groups. “Go back to Africa, you don’t belong here,” one school-funded poster reads. “Your mom must be the janitor ’cause that’s the only job for dirty Mexicans,” declares another. Except for the “Bias Motivated Incident” poster campaign, there appears to be no evidence that anyone on the CU Boulder campus has ever said these things."
I remember that. There was some nasty KKK shit written in one of the campus bathrooms a few weeks ago that made some light news, but it's 20 year old frat boys. Most likely with a general studies major. haha
Mason Lemar · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2016 · Points: 0

Trump will build us a nice new wall to climb so I vote him

ubu · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 10
Todd Graham wrote:IBD ... the best. On the web ... Powerline, HotAir, RealClearPolitics, Drudge, Instapundit, Weasel Zippers, and Volokh Conspiracy.
All of which are about 1/4 step away from infowars . com.
Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880
Altered Ego · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 0

Mike or Tony,

Either of you care to respond to my question on page 33?

Todd Graham · · Tennessee · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 401

Hillary should be in a bright orange jumpsuit ... from Powerline this morning:

A reader writes to comment on part 16 of this series. I think that his message may advance the analysis for readers following the saga of the Clinton private email server used for her official business as Secretary of State:

I am a retired Foreign Service Specialist who served as an Information Management Specialist. I worked on all Department communications systems. This whole thing with Hillary is proof that the DNC has completely destroyed the integrity of every government agency and politicized everything. Remember too that numerous Obama appointees have been caught at DoJ, the IRS and in the White House using private emails as well – this is a systemic problem from the top down; the government headed by Obama tried to shield its activities from FOIA, official systems and the American people. Nixon was a piker compared to this crew.

So now Hillary was using “private” BlackBerry phones [instead of] the Department’s official BlackBerry phones…The BlackBerrys used by the DoS reside on commercial BlackBerry networks, although the Department has its own servers. Those servers are regionally located for each of the five bureaus and Washington, D.C. Regional Information Management Centers (RIMCs) are where these systems reside.

In the final leg of my long career in government service, spanning a career with the Army, jobs with the EPA, VA, USMC/Navy, DoD-Army and the Department of State, I was a BlackBerry admin for the Department in South America and was an actual foreign service specialist doing information management work on all the systems Hillary (her team included) used. Many of us in the Department questioned why HRC22 was showing up in emails from the Secretary of State. We were told to drop it. In the Department of State those in management or supervisory positions frequently flout the rules for the rank and file employees; that is life in the Foreign Service.

At the Department of State, anyone who even leaves a classified document on his desk overnight is given a security violation; two or more mean reassignment to Washington, D.C., without a chance of promotion for five years. In the Department of Defense if an officer has a security violation, he rarely ever sees a promotion ever again and is forced out. The standard for a violation is not actual or accidental disclosure, but rather MISHANDLING of Classified information. To top it all off, nothing at the Department of State is classified below S-E-N-S-I-T-I-V-E-B-U-T_U-N-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-E-D and therefore not allowed on private systems or Gmail, Yahoo, Live Email addresses.

Hillary should be in jail, not roaming free, along with her entire entourage. However, in today’s DNC controlled America Hillary is the presidential contender to increase our vulnerabilities well into the future.

Will the nation survive? Should the DNC even have her as a candidate is the question I keep asking myself, but then with the complicity of the RNC (why I now support Trump because he will prosecute her) she is not only free but possibly will be the next president.

How can anyone ever again be prosecuted for mishandling classified information?

Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880
Long Duk Dong wrote:Mike or Tony, Either of you care to respond to my question on page 33?
Ok.http://stat-and-ancap.tumblr.com/post/129006095046/anarcho-syndicalists-like-noam-chomsky-claim-to-be
Mike Lane · · AnCapistan · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 880
Todd Graham · · Tennessee · Joined Sep 2015 · Points: 401

Support trump? Are you kidding me?

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480
Tim Lutz wrote: Good to know you support a fascist, racist dictator. Have you raised your Right hand to do Trump pledge yet? The once classy GOP of Reagan has turned into a reality TV series of dick measuring and dumb and dumber jokes.
You're voting for Hillary Clinton?
Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480
Tim Lutz wrote:Nope, as I said upthread, although I think libertarianism is unrealistic in a number of ways, I voted Gary Johnson in the last election and likely will again if Bernie doesn't get the nomination (aka lot more $$$$$$$$$$$$)
I know he was a successful third party candidate but wow, I always took you for a liberal.
Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480

Despite you guys burning me at the stake, I would vote for Trump if my choices are Clinton or Trump.

Legalization of all drugs is a tough sell to the voters. It brought down abuse and overdose numbers in Portugal. So it does work. Law enforcement and prison unions are a big hurdle after the public.

Quinn Baker · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2016 · Points: 1

While I disagree with your decision to vote for trump, Bill, I have to say its a better decision that Gary Johnson.

Gary Johnson is a fine guy, I have nothing against him, but as a third party candidate, he has no chance of winning. As such, a vote for him is voting against your own self interest. You are essentially helping the candidate you least agree with by denying the other "big party" candidate a vote. If you hate Trump, but just dislike Hillary, vote Hillary. If you hate Hillary, but can deal with Trump, vote Trump. Until the voting system changes (which it totally should) voting third party is a waste of your vote.

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480
Tim Lutz wrote:I am also suspicious of legalization of all drugs. I should have said full scale marijuana legalization.
The funny thing, to me anyway, is the stat that emergency room visits involving Marijuana went up a bunch in CO. That shows that more people are smoking pot than before. That statistic could be used to stop any legislation.

Edit: I thought about the whole Trump's helping Hillary thing but... Hillary Clinton is in with Wall Street and big business. She wins big business and Wall Street wins. Ted Cruz wins big business and Wall Street wins. Republic controlled Congress too, they really win. Donald Trump comes along so now what?
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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