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Foreign Invaders crisis cost $150B in 2023, forcing some areas to cut police and fire services: report Israel kills head of Hezbollah Intelligence. Status: Not Logged In; Sign In United States News See other United States News Articles Title: The emergency of government by Democrats Source: washington examiner URL Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ... ncy-of-government-by-democrats Published: Jan 28, 2021 Author: Hugo Gurdon Post Date: 2021-01-28 19:54:01 by tankumo Keywords: None Views: 1445 Comments: 7 During the Cold War, a U.S. Air Force Starfighter radioed to an airport in England asking for permission to land. Starfighters were difficult to fly, and many crashed. Air traffic control told the pilot he was using a frequency reserved for emergencies and should switch to a different one, to which the pilot responded with the laconic bluntness of his caste, "Listen, pal, when you've got a Starfighter strapped to your a--, that's an emergency." Whether the amusing story is true or apocryphal, it captures the fact that an emergency can be real and must be dealt with immediately or it can be an exaggerated claim cited for convenience. Increasingly, Democrats conjure up emergencies to camouflage long- standing policies, to press electoral advantage, to extend government overreach, and to assault freedom. Incoming administrations are shocked — shocked, they tell us — to discover the appalling state of affairs left by their predecessors, and they solemnly announce that emergency remedial action is unavoidable. Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest #1. To: tankumo (#0) Increasingly, Democrats conjure up emergencies to camouflage long- standing policies, to press electoral advantage, to extend government overreach, and to assault freedom. Schumer suggests Biden declare 'climate emergency.' 'He can do many, many things under the emergency powers ... that he could do without legislation' Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer suggested Monday that President Biden consider declaring an emergency on climate change. "It might be a good idea for President Biden to call a climate emergency," the New York Democrat told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Schumer seemingly suggested Biden do for the climate what President Trump did for the border-- declare a national emergency to bypass legislative debate and use executive authority. "He can do many, many things under the emergency powers ... that he could do without legislation," the Senate leader said. "Trump used this emergency for a stupid wall, which wasn't an emergency. But if there ever was an emergency, climate is one," Schumer added. Republicans have warned that Trump using a national emergency to handle immigration and fund the border wall might set a troubling precedent. "If today, the national emergency is border security ... tomorrow the national emergency might be climate change," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said on CNBC in 2019. Biden has already used the powers of his new office to push forth a number of environmental measures. In some of his first executive orders the U.S. rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement and rescind the Keystone XL pipeline permit. For the first time in nearly a decade, Democrats control the Senate, House and White House. But most legislation still has to pass the 60- vote hurdle. Schumer -- who hasn’t committed to leaving the filibuster in place permanently -- told MSNBC that his party was looking into ways to include climate change legislation and other parts of Biden’s Build Back Better plan in budget reconciliation. Reconciliation eliminates the filibuster on certain budgetary legislation. "There may be things that are reconcilable," Schumer said about the ability to include climate rules in budget legislation. Reports this week predict the Biden administration will take further executive action on the matter Wednesday. A memo obtained by Reuters revealed a new round of forthcoming executive orders to combat climate change domestically and elevate it to a national security threat. Biden will impose a moratorium on federal oil and gas leases, The Washington Post reported Monday. Top climate advisers also said that the Biden administration is turning up the heat on China to toughen its targets for greenhouse gas emissions. John Kerry, Biden’s special climate envoy, said a recent pledge by China, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, was "not good enough." In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would be carbon neutral by 2060, 10 years after other nations in the Paris Climate Agreement had agreed to do so. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-suggests- biden-declare-climate-emergency Gatlin  posted on  2021-01-28   20:07:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #2. To: Gatlin (#1) BLAH, BLAH, BLAH Instead of citing all the POWER that everyone agrees with about Biden's power centrist theme ( all EOs; about 34 in one week ) ... could you be so kind as to tell us AN OPINION based on your personal perspective? buckeroo  posted on  2021-01-28   23:03:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #3. To: buckeroo (#2) buckeroo to Gatlin: ... could you be so kind as to tell us AN OPINION based on your personal perspective? buckeroo posted on 2021-01-28 I will take your request under advisement and give it due consideration when you become so kind as to post intelligent remarks to me instead of the tedious repetitive posts filled with your totally unnecessary and absolutely boring dribble – like these: buckeroo to Gatlin: I worry about you. What did you do with "yukon" up in Alaska? Fuck him to death? buckeroo posted on 2021-01-11 buckeroo to Gatlin: The only area of your expertise is sucking "Yukon's" personal sexual organs. buckeroo posted on 2020-11-30 buckeroo to Gatlin: You remind me of "yukon" rubbing you ass. buckeroo posted on 2020-11-28 buckeroo to Gatlin: Go fuck yourself with "yukon." buckeroo posted on 2020-11-02 buckeroo to Gatlin: You loved "yukon" in special ways didn't you? buckeroo posted on 2020-11-01 buckeroo to Gatlin: You supported a homosexual named "yukon." buckeroo posted on 2020-10-31 buckeroo to Gatlin: … what did you do to yukon? buckeroo posted on 2019-08-24 buckeroo to Gatlin: .. weren't you yukon's greatest supporter? buckeroo posted on 2019-03-16 And so on – Ad nauseam … In the meantime, as you so often continuously say to me – GO FUCK YOURSELF. Gatlin  posted on  2021-01-29   2:40:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #4. To: tankumo (#0) Having Biden (and Camela) in the White Hut him signing piles of EOs negating the accomplishments Made by our President is so incongruous it should make our blood boil over! The Central Socialist Government just grows and grows and grows as more highly paid jobs are added to the burgeoning octopus. A proper president believes in lean government. This mistake is still tryinjg to figure out where baby monkeys come from. His picks for secretaries has been wrong-headed in evry instance. All politicals, with the exception of two or three keep referring to our form of government as a democracy. It is a Republic. We keep talking about bringing American democracy to countries less fortunate. It is nothing but a time bomb. Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs. IbJensen  posted on  2021-01-29   8:27:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #5. To: IbJensen, tankumo (#4) (Edited) All politicals, with the exception of two or three keep referring to our form of government as a democracy. It is a Republic. Actually, It’s not a republic either – though that is the form of government which was intended by the founders. The reason is that In a “true republic” the elected officials are answerable to the electorate. In the United States, the desires of the electorate have a near-zero effect on policy. The influence of money has a near-100% effect on policy. Hence, elected officials are not answerable to those who elected them, but to those with money. It is therefore easy to say that this makes the United States a Plutocracy/Oligarchy. [End sarcasm – But, the statement is unfortunately oh so true in many cases]. An answer to the question – “why do many people refer to the United States of America as a democracy” – may lie here: i have heard so many different responses to this question over the years that it has honestly become something of a joke to me. The USA is so obsessed with the terms ‘Democracy’ and ‘Freedom’ that we’ll slap them on just about anything it seems. Here’s the way I see it, though, take it how you will. Google’s provided definition of the term ‘Democracy’ reads as follows (quoted directly from the search result page): “a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” And similarly? Google’s provided definition of the term ‘Republic’ reads as follows (also quoted directly from the search result page): “a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.” We can then take the Google provided definition for the term ‘Constitutional’ (third verse, same as the first): “relating to an established set of principles governing a state.” And we see that, basically? All three of those terms are correct answers for what system of government we have in The United States of America. What’s really interesting to me, however? Is that there are some other governmental terms that could easily apply too (all following definitions provided by Google). Plutocracy: “government by the wealthy.” (When was the last time you saw a lower, or even upper middle class, candidate for president, senate, representative, or any other federal level elected position?) Ultranationalist: “extreme nationalism that promotes the interests of one state or people above all others.” (How many wars have we participated in, now, where our only invested interest was the spread of our own form of government, or other such national interests?) Now. It is worth noting? I don’t actually believe either of the above two terms are really good examples of our governmental system. They’re more like biproducts of American Culture than they are hard and set rules. After all. There isn’t any law stating that a poor man -can’t- run for President, it just doesn’t happen. And there are just as many arguments that the wars we went into were for the sake of our allies, or for humanitarian emergency purposes, or something else other than just serving our own national interests. The reason I pointed those out, though? Is because a lot of the terms used for defining governmental systems? Are redundant, repetitive, and semantic. The only real distinction between a Democracy, a Democratic Republic, a Constitutional Democracy, and a Constitutional Republic (the four answers I hear most often when I ask someone what kind of government America has)? Is how you phrase the definition. The spirit of the definition? Is the exact same for all four answers. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-many- people-refer-to-the-United-States-of-America-as-a-democracy-Am-I-wrong- in-understanding-that-it-is-actually-a-constitutional-republic There is really no need for you to pay such attention to semantics, when – “"The devil is in the details." You really need to pay close attention to what the “politicians” actually do – or don’t do – and not what they call it. Just Sayin’ … Gatlin  posted on  2021-01-29   9:14:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #6. To: Gatlin, yukon (#3) I will take your request under advisement and give it due consideration ... Did you have a lover's quarrel with yukon AND as a result, did you, in fact, murder him? buckeroo  posted on  2021-01-30   11:19:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   #7. To: buckeroo (#6) Did you have a lover's quarrel with yukon AND as a result, did you, in fact, murder him? Why you have such deep “morbid curiosity” feelings – is explained here: What makes you rubberneck until the scene of an accident is absolutely out of sight is morbid curiosity — defined as “a fascination with grisly or gruesome matters” by the Merriam Webster Dictionary. Morbid curiosity is the undercurrent that sustains industries that provide disaster tourism, cover news on crimes and disasters, and produce horror flicks and crime reality shows. It is also the instinct that the steady flow of disturbing sexual clips, pimple-popping videos with blood and pus, Reddit-threads on gross, creepy experiences, and clips of brutal crimes, cater to. And, experts have theories on what causes human beings to be morbidly curious. Speaking to BBC, Dr. Val Curtis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine explained that the reason behind someone popping a pimple knowing it’ll be pus-filled, or lifting up the lid of a bin to take a sniff knowing it’ll smell unpleasant, is because the brain is interested to see what happens, and record the information for later. Simply knowing isn’t enough sometimes. “You’re practicing to see what happens. Small children put their finger in their poo and lick it — but no one does it again,” she said. Even though there’s no immediate threat to an individual who is reading gore, or watching a disaster documentary, the brain still prepares for a fight-or-flight response. This causes a spike in adrenaline, endorphins and dopamine. Being in a state of alert can also make it difficult to look away from the source of horror. But, since there was never any real danger, the physical manifestations of the fear, such as faster rate of breathing, and muscle tension, soon wear off to be replaced by a positive surge of relief. This is akin to a roller coaster ride. “When riding a roller coaster, the rush continues after the ride is over, and it tends to intensify the positive feelings of relief,” Professor Sparks said, explaining how euphoria follows the stress. Dr. Alexander J. Skolnick, an assistant psychology professor at Saint Joseph’s University, has also compared the pursuance of gross subjects, and objects, to watching scary movies. Because it is challenging to go through these experiences without getting repulsed, or terrified, some draw satisfaction from the fact they endured the experience without chickening out — akin to a “self-esteem boost” from feeling stronger and more confident. “It goes back to the initiation rites of our tribal ancestors, where the entrance to manhood was associated with hardship,” Professor Glenn Sparks from the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University explained. In addition, immersing oneself into the violence unfolding on the news is a also a means to purge oneself of negative emotions like anger. This catharsis forestalls the need to act one’s own aggressive impulses out. Another explanation for why people are intrigued by an accident on the road, or by news coverage of disasters, or any other morbid events, is simply because it imbues a sense of certainty into events that we don’t see unfolding before our eyes everyday — but still, continue to fear. Watching it unfold, witnessing people cope with it, and tracking how it is being dealt with, helps people soothe the anxiety caused by uncertainty, and understand the situation better. And yet, for some, morbid curiosity can provide a sense of reassurance. “Maybe someone was jogging at 4 a.m. in Central Park and got murdered, or maybe they got into a car accident while talking on the phone. You want reassurance that this couldn’t happen to you because you’re safer than that,” Dr. Matthew Goldfine, a clinical psychologist from New York, told Women’s Health Magazine, explaining how we are constantly trying to see how our actions can differ from victims, in these scenarios, to feel safer ourselves. This also explains India’s long-term obsession with crime reality shows like Crime Patrol and Saavdhaan India. The element of death is an important part of morbid curiosity. Human beings are obsessed with learning about death because we know it happens to everyone, but we cannot really ever understand death. And, due to “their blurred relationship with death and the body,” zombies, vampires, monsters, and other supernatural creatures in the realm of horror fiction, capture our imagination — by baiting our curiosity with insights into death. Sometimes, a morbid curiosity-ridden obsession with death is also about acceptance. Megan Rosenbloom, a medical librarian at the University of Southern California, and expert on anthropodermic bibliopegy, or the practice of binding books in human skin, who heads a collective of morbidly curious artists and intellectuals, explains that morbid curiosity can bring about a healthy acceptance of death as an ordinary part of life. In her book, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory, Caitlin Doughty said that: “Accepting death doesn’t mean you won’t be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions.” It also helps us appreciate the present more. Morbid curiosity can also inspire empathy. “Our attraction to the macabre is, on some level, a desire to experience someone else’s suffering,” Eric Wilson, author of Everyone Loves A Good Train Wreck, concluded at the end of his conversations on morbid curiosity with psychologists. In fact, a 2012 study by the Ohio State University had found that tragic movies stimulate empathy in viewers. But, Wilson’s research also led him to the opposite end of the empathy spectrum: schadenfreude. And, therein lies the explanation for our collective obsession with celebrity scandals, or with enjoying the spectacle of people washing their dirty laundry in public. “The deeper the darkness is, the more dazzling. Our secret and ecstatic wish: Let it all fall down,” Wilson wrote. The preoccupation of human beings with morbid curiosity stems from an array of factors like feeling safer and reassured, learning from the experiences we subject ourselves to, or simply purging oneself of negative emotions. But, at the same time, it exposes our complex relationship with the notion of death — ranging from the urge to safeguard ourselves from it, to exploring its uncertainties, and finally, to accepting it. https://theswaddle.com/why-do-people-feel-morbid- curiosity/ Gatlin  posted on  2021-02-02   5:48:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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