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Rajoo 08-30-2017 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99 (Post 360421)
No, he found it hard to empathize with a state and an city. But neither of those things are people, so empathy is sort of difficult for anyone, I would think.

Actually, Rajoo and Professor Storey have the same problem--applying political judgement to a disaster, as if political entities were experiencing it. It's people that are experiencing the disaster.

Sorry no, my comment was not political, rather technical/scientific. I had read this article earlier in the day and felt that the city and the state had to bear some responsibility, not for the hurricane but the aftermath. Flooding and the after effects were predictable.

Houston was a ticking time-bomb for a devastating hurricane like Harvey

http://www.businessinsider.com/hurri...flooded-2017-8

And I have as empathy for Texans that Cornyn and Cruz had for victims of Sandy.

Dondilion 08-30-2017 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99 (Post 360421)
No, he found it hard to empathize with a state and an city. But neither of those things are people, so empathy is sort of difficult for anyone, I would think.

Actually, Rajoo and Professor Storey have the same problem--applying political judgement to a disaster, as if political entities were experiencing it. It's people that are experiencing the disaster.

The state and the city are in reality people.

Dondilion 08-30-2017 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rajoo (Post 360422)


And I have as empathy for Texans that Cornyn and Cruz had for victims of Sandy.

Basically, tit for tat.

donquixote99 08-30-2017 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dondilion (Post 360423)
The state and the city are in reality people.

Sure, but people don't think and act that way.

Delta Flight 08-30-2017 07:03 AM

Wheels up for another day.

Morning to all.

Chicks 08-30-2017 10:37 AM

Sadly, Michael Moore and others are predicting that the idiot in chief, incompetent fool, could win again in 2020. Hillary is still out there, dividing the Democrats, blaming everyone but herself for losing, looking very much like she wants to run again. Sigh. Go away, Hillary! You're damaged goods.

http://theweek.com/articles/721436/t...might-win-2020

Pio1980 08-30-2017 10:50 AM

Buyer's remorse bubbles up.


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‘Everyone knew he was a nut’: Regretful Trump voters don’t think he’ll ever act like a president

BRAD REED
30 AUG 2017 AT 07:46 ET
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President Donald Trump’s upset win over Hillary Clinton last November hinged upon victories in three key Midwestern states: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

However, Politico reports that a recent focus group of Trump voters held in Pittsburgh found that many people who voted for Trump had significant regrets about their choice, even though none of them expressed any sudden affection for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.


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“We must have been at a low moral ebb to have these two Hobbesian choices,” said Trump voter Tony Sciullo, who said he backed Trump primarily out of his opposition to Hillary Clinton.

Republican voter Brian Rush, meanwhile, told the panel that he wanted Trump to shake up the status quo — but he’s nonetheless appalled that the president doesn’t seem to have grown while in office.

“I look at a president to be presidential, someone who is calm, focused,” he said. “Ronald Reagan came in as an actor, but he goes down as one of our better presidents. [Trump] came in not as a politician. In some aspects, he’s almost turning into a politician in a different way, saying things he thinks his base wants to hear. He’s let me down.”

And Trump voter Christina Lees said she’s simply gotten tired of having to watch Trump’s antics on the news every day.

“We know he’s a nut,” she said. “Everyone knew he was a nut. But there comes a point in time when you have to become professional. He’s not professional, forget about presidential.”

CarlV 08-30-2017 11:40 AM

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“We must have been at a low moral ebb to have these two Hobbesian choices,” said Trump voter Tony Sciullo, who said he backed Trump primarily out of his opposition to Hillary Clinton.
And aren't we so very lucky to have not ended up with Ralph Nader as POTUS?
It is nice that he quit running after we got Bush and 9/11.

Delta Flight 08-30-2017 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by CarlV (Post 360436)
And aren't we so very lucky to have not ended up with Ralph Nader as POTUS?
It is nice that he quit running after we got Bush and 9/11.

Are we lucky to have Trump then????

LOL

CarlV 08-30-2017 12:21 PM

You're a funny guy. :p

I think our POS CEO POTUS is definitely worse than a Mr "Vote for me instead of none of the above" consumer advocate.


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