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It has been a while since school, but iirc... We live in a "Representative Republic", not a strict Democracy. We have areas, such as your local voting districts where popular vote winners are declared. Then you tally them up statewide where, again, the popular vote winner is declared. After that, the Electoral College votes per state are counted. So up until that point, every single vote counts and is in effect, a strict Democracy based on popular vote counts. At that point, the "Representative votes" for each state take over. Functions very much like the Senate, where regions have a "Representative" doing daily tasks of law. In this manner, the delegate can do their job without taking a poll for every single item that they come across. In this manner, the whole country is represented, not just what people within cities think should be done. Feel free to correct me if I misunderstand something here. --Tom The right of self preservation, in turn, was understood as the right to defend oneself against attacks by lawless individuals, or, if absolutely necessary, to resist and throw off a tyrannical government. | |||
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Yes, but he'll still be closely involved, just from the outside. Ben Carson doesn't want to deal with bureaucracy, especially something as massively bureaucratic as the Department of Health and Human Resources. Or even education. And who can blame him? But make no mistake, he'll have the President's ear. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Yeah, MANY times but still entertaining. | |||
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Now in Florida |
That actually kinda annoys me. The guy wanted to be President, but now he declines to serve the new president because he doesn't want to deal with bureaucracy? I think that's pretty weak. He'll deal with the bureaucracy as long as he gets the glory and the power, but it's too much to ask if he is merely a cabinet guy? | |||
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Surgeon General ?? | |||
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Bad dog! |
The anti-Trump protestors are paid troublemakers. Paid for by George Soros. We shouldn't even use the term "anti-Trump protestors." But I realize we're sort of stuck with it, like "the media' for Democrat shills. On the positive side, it's all more exposed now than ever before. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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He went for president, and when that didn't work out, he was a steadfast supporter of Trump, all the way to the victory. If he decides now that he wants out of politics-- that's his choice. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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 Could be an interesting choice to consider. Currently Secretary of State of Kansas. He's also counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute. Filed numerous lawsuits involving immigration and has helped craft legislation - including the Arizona law that attracted so much attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kobach “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Of course it's Carson's choice to not serve, but to me it does seem a bit of a cop out. I think he'd be very effective and well thought of. I'm disappointed to hear he won't pursue/accept a position. SIGforum: For all your needs! Imagine our influence if every gun owner in America was an NRA member! Click the box>>>  | |||
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Texas Proud |
Please, just shut up already! You're already irrelevant. It's just impossible for your narcissistic ego to grasp that concept. Get used to the idea that the great majority of your so called legacy will be gone by 6pm January 20th, 2017. It'll be piled with all your other shit on the curb outside the Whitehouse. NRA Life Patron | |||
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Has he checked since last Tuesday? | |||
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| The Unmanned Writer |
Hey Hillary, Can you hear us now? //s// America Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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My wife, who was not happy with Trump but voted for him anyway, told me today that she's been watching complete, unedited videos of DT, and that she really likes what he is saying. She says his positions are reasonable. I told her that once you get past the pundit's hyperbole, Trump seems like he has a lot going for him. As a side note, why are we still hearing from that Obama guy, as if his opinion matters? Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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Fine by me. He's needed more for his help and expertise in the dismantling and replacement of this absolute abortion known laughably as the "Affordable" (LMAO!) Care Act, and not buried in some obscure Cabinet position. He's going to play a major role in the Trump Administration, don't you worry.
Good Lord, no. That position is kind of a joke anymore isn't it? When was the last time we ever heard from Obama's Surgeon General? It always struck me as kind of strange anyway to take someone who never served in the military and put them in what is basically a 4-star Admiral's uniform in that job. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
These Silicon Valley dipshits think they're cute, but I love it when comeuppance goes their way 
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Karma is a bitch. http://www.americanthinker.com...as_consequences.html "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Patent Pending |
Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhXfsdoias ************************************************* NRA Life Member Capital punishment means never having to say, "You again?" | |||
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.... breaks me up. First, there's president sparklemuffin, now stampy-feet. ... both times nearly cost me a new Mac Air ... at least I'm waterproof. We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin. "If anyone in this country doesn't minimise their tax, they want their head read, because as a government, you are not spending it that well, that we should be donating extra...: Kerry Packer SIGForum: the island of reality in an ocean of diarrhoea. | |||
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I picked up 'president stampy-feet' from somebody here on the forum, so I cant take credit for that one. There are a myriad of appropriate names for the kenyan. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Paul Ryan has been unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the House. "Vice President-elect Mike Pence made it clear to House Republicans that the incoming president wanted Paul Ryan as Speaker." Source | |||
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