Hi Rick, On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Rick Moen via luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> wrote:
Serious damage will be committed by one or both of those persons to the US Supreme Court, whose near-term fate was probably the most-vital issue in this election cycle.
I find this strange. I have never heard from fights over appointments for German courts. This includes the Federal Constitutional Court which can declare bills as unconstitutional. The judges are not put into place to play politics. They are only called to ensure the constitution is not tarnished by laws made by elected parliamentarians. The United States are more than 200 years old and even precede the French Revolution. It sometimes looks like a medieval organisation which missed more than 200 years of modernisation. Just take the Electoral College. You can see them coming from all over the country riding their horses, taking the coaches, after weeks of travel reaching Washington D.C. so they can vote for president. The amendment about gun laws come from the same time and mindset. The reluctance to adjust the political system to a changing world seems odd to outsiders.
He pretty much stands for everything I oppose: provincialism, misogyny, xenophobia, religious bigotry, economic protectionism, and identity politics. And, just as in the George W. Bush years, once again I stand to need to keep apologising for my country every time I go abroad.
The society has forgotten to have a story for the workers in old-fashioned professions generations made a living from. You can see it here. What is the message for the Ford employee leaving the factory in Geelong now? The heavy lifter is ambassador in America now. It is their fate, He just told them. On the "Left" you have people like the leaders of the Catholic shoplifters' union which for decades believe it is more important to influence Labor to keep and make laws against abortions and gay rights, then to look after workers. The later ended up as thousands of underpaid working bees for Coles and Woolworth, undermining the award system and establishing a culture which became even more toxic at franchises like 7-Eleven or Caltex. We will see what comes out of the Andrews plans for the time after Hazelwood. At least it did get some attention it seems. I did not have much fun reading American literature lately. E.g., years ago I read "American Rust" by Philipp Meyer. It was pretty depressing, as much as the title already indicates. Here we are not there yet, it seems. But we should be careful not to sink further. The Sanders and Corbyns seem to pick up what was abandoned by the Clintons or New Labor under Blair long time ago. It is telling that they are discredited as not electable by the established politicians in their parties. Maybe just reflect on the fact that Hillary Clinton lost this election, not Bernie Sanders, and the leaders of the Democrats did their best to prevent him from running. With regards Peter