taffy
- 2017-06-05
"Is Donald Trump dismantling the international order that has existed in the Western world since the end of World War II? "
I don't know but isn't that the business of The Western World. This Fareed Zakaria doesn't look very Western to me. He should sling his hook and mind his own business. Fed up with these Johnny Foreigner chaps sticking their noses in.
Curious
- 2017-06-05
"Is Donald Trump dismantling the international order that has existed in the Western world since the end of World War II? "
Latina in LA
- 2017-06-04
Trump supporters seem to be decreasing in number these days as his support is down to 37%. It's a curve that will be interesting to watch.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles is becoming a country in itself, with a legal framework, law enforcement and community initiatives that reflect our values, not the federal values.
caring
- 2017-06-04
Trump's into money, cheap development and oil which all is not for the environment. The man doesn't want to spend money to make it. He doesn't want to look for alternate sources of energy at the expense of oil. So, what Trump supports is very simple but not your simple.
What's not simple is the fact that China's coming to be the power in the climate change talks and agreements. The polluted nation's a model that'll confuse many countries. Future fickle Accords will be hard to follow.
trump supporters are against the Paris Accord not because they have studied the research about climate change (read a research: god forbid!!!) and the text of the Accord. They are against the Accord because Liberals are in favor of it. Simple!! Simple, as in simple minded.
trump supporters are against the Paris Accord not because they have studied the research about climate change (read a research: god forbid!!!) and the text of the Accord. They are against the Accord because Liberals are in favor of it. Simple!! Simple, as in simple minded.
"Why, then, are so many people on the right determined to block climate action, and even trying to sabotage the progress we’ve been making on new energy sources?
Don’t tell me that they’re honestly worried about the inherent uncertainty of climate projections. All long-term policy choices must be made in the face of an uncertain future (duh); there’s as much scientific consensus here as you’re ever likely to see on any issue.
Don’t tell me that it’s about coal miners. Anyone who really cared about those miners would be crusading to protect their health, disability and pension benefits, and trying to provide alternative employment opportunities — not pretending that environmental irresponsibility will somehow bring back jobs lost to strip mining and mountaintop removal.
Pay any attention to modern right-wing discourse — including op-ed articles by top Trump officials — and you find deep hostility to any notion that some problems require collective action beyond shooting people and blowing things up.
Beyond this, much of today’s right seems driven above all by animus toward liberals rather than specific issues. If liberals are for it, they’re against it. If liberals hate it, it’s good. Add to this the anti-intellectualism of the G.O.P. base, for whom scientific consensus on an issue is a minus, not a plus, with extra bonus points for undermining anything associated with President Barack Obama.
And if all this sounds too petty and vindictive to be the basis for momentous policy decisions, consider the character of the man in the White House. Need I say more?