Who was it that said "You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste?"
That would have been Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (D), and what he means by that is an oppertunity to do things that you think you could not do before.
ENTER: COVID-19
The perfect "serious crisis" to do all of them things you not only thought you couldn't do before, but you know damn well you couldn't do before!
Things like soliciting ballots by mail and allowing mail in ballots with little to no identification or poll station oversight. The ability to lock inspecters out of vote counting stations under COVID maximum capacity restrictions, the ability to keep inspecters more than six feet away from a ballot. These are some of the unthinkable things that have been ushered in for 2020's COVID crisis. From the very first Presidential Live task-force broadcast and the infamous Dr. Fauci "Two weeks to slow the spread" lie, it's become clear that COVID is no longer just for politicians to abuse, but the entire world!
Think of how much our lives have changed, some people in liberal states much more than those in conservative ones, where people are forced to wear face masks and sit at home and go in debt to satisfty the twisted musings of the political leaders. Think about how it has shut down schools for over a year and made your dining experiences at resturants almost unbarable. Think about all the restaurants that WILL be out of business next year! But that is only the start! Big pharma will need to make some money hatching a cure and governments around the world are ready to shell out big bucks for the silver bullet. One can only imagine the intense pressure placed on people once said vaccine has been purchased.
Even your local stores and businesses are getting in on the game, making little changes to policy to better serve their bottom lines, rather than your best interest. All in the name of COVID!
And who are the big winners? The big banks and big businesses of course! WTF were you thinking? You got $1,200 to STFU and give up a year of your life (But you were told it would only be two weeks!) The chaos has been most definitely manufactured, and this time around it would be the biggest powergrab in the history of our generation. The Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Jack Dorcey's of the world are getting richer because the digital age is not only upon us, it's being THRUST upon us. Don't want to deal with a bunch of mask wearing idiots looking for drama at your local store? Order you groceries online and have them delivered to you for extra money, that's right! You can pay more for the luxury of waiting for your items to arrive rather than going into a store, saving money and leaving with the item right away!
Can't work in the office due to COVID? Enter "Zoom" a video conference company that sells what everyone used for free back in the 1990's... which is, well, just regular old video conferencing technology given freely by every major platform from Apple, MSN, Yahoo and on thru Facebook and everyone else!
Hungry? Enter DoorDash and Uber Eats who will deliver you cold meal for a premium and a tip! No longer does your fast food lunch only cost $8, but now it's $8.00 plus delivery and tip!
Remember them old Haynes sock encap displays? They still have them, but now they don't contain socks, they contain MANDATED MASKS, because hey, there is no mandate to wear socks!
Folks, this has gotten far enough out of hand and I fear that just like 9/11 we will never know who really caused it, but I can assure you it was planned!
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I'm pretty sure Obama hatched this plan and formulated the virus back when he was living in Kenya. Then he sold it to China, which is how he could afford to buy fake US citizenship papers. That way, decades later, after he had already been president, he could help his white brother from another mother achieve the same.
Although I might add that maybe it didn't happen exactly as you said... All I know is well before the election, February or March - the fix was in.
We had all the liberal platforms advertising that election results would "probably" not be settled on election night as they have been a majority of times in the past, on account of all the unsolisted ballots that were sent out and the many that would be dumped at the last minute, or even submitted late.
And if there was a problem? You could just go on in and "cure" your ballot, even if it was days after the election! Not only that you could check your ballot online, wherease everyone else who voted in person was not afforded the same luxury. Isn't there a law that states that ALL voters must be treated the same? Doesn't seem to be the case in these liberal cities and states!
I sure hope the Supreme Court puts a stop to all this nonsense. Honestly I feel like my straight Republican vote could have been given to Joe Biden by the Dominion voting equipment! Worst part is there is no way for me to check because I voted in person! Yet the lazy mail in ballot people are afforded more oppertunity than people who voted the "proper" way? This just isn't fair! You talk about being disenfranchised!
These problems are exclusive to liberal run cities and states that are "new" to the mail in ballots, on account of the COVID. They been locking the cities down since March getting ready for this!
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Isn't there a law that states that ALL voters must be treated the same? Doesn't seem to be the case in these liberal cities and states!
Nope, states set their own rules, and Counties too in some cases.
I sure hope the Supreme Court puts a stop to all this nonsense. Honestly I feel like my straight Republican vote could have been given to Joe Biden by the Dominion voting equipment! Worst part is there is no way for me to check because I voted in person!
Every election you can apply for a job as a poll worker and be involved in the actual counting if you so desire. You can also become one of the Republican election monitors in the room. Or you can simply watch the live stream of the counting provided by most counties.
There is a Federal Law that says, regardless of what the states say, that all voters are to be treated equal. Due to COVID that is NOT the case.
People who were sent unsolicited ballots are able to check their votes online and "cure" them well after the election. People who voted the traditional and "proper" way by showing up in person, showing identification and casting their ballots ON TIME before the polls closed are being disenfranchised and discriminated against because they are not afforded the same luxury of checking to see if their vote was counted, or being allowed to "cure" a mistake. Under FEDERAL LAW this voter discrimination is NOT allowed! So while local states can pass their petty little laws and rules for "State" elections, Federal portions of the elections MUST adhere to Federal law since it's a "national" election. This is VERY-VERY Big here PowerStroker, and if the SCOTUS does not do the right thing and set an example on THIS election then we the people, Democrat and Republican will forever have our lives turned upside down every two and four years during the election.
Oh, and FYI PowerStroker, I DID partisipate in the recount in 2016 here in Detroit at Cobo Hall (Now the TCF building). We were allowed to inspect ALL ballots and if the amount of ballots in a precinct did not match exactly the number shown on the ticker tape the entire box would be tossed out! No if's and's or but's about it. That is the rule! Individual ballots could be spoiled also by irregularities, for example casting a straight ticket and then trying to individualy select other candidates in the partisan section. Also seen a lot of times people doodling on the ballot, that is a shame because it also spoils the ballot.
Thing is, this time around they would not let the inspectors into TCF center to inspect! Another big no-no.
-- Edited by SELLC on Wednesday 25th of November 2020 08:08:04 AM
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This handful of Democrat run States and Cities are bound by the rulings of the SCOTUS. Their local laws and efforts to combat COVID do not Trump the law of the land.
As I said earlier, Democrats will try and steam-roll Trump. First with that big China Drive-In celebration where Biden showed off his Chinese drones and Fireworks, and a little bit more each day as he tries to weasel into office knowing damn well his only hope is that Trump will concede. Trump will not concede, this is going to the SCOTUS and for good reason.
I think any of these Cities or States that tried to circumvent election laws should have ALL of their ballots thrown out! Maybe next time the people of these Cities and States will vote more wisely? Nothing makes me laugh more than people saying they don't feel safe at their local polls, or that their polling station is too far away... to me that would be a sign they have been voting for the wrong people! If they would quit electing partisan hacks maybe their neighborhoods and polling stations would improve?
We all know how corrupt politicians in Detroit are, the ex-Mayor is still in jail for corruption as we speak. Yet they keep voting Democrat! LOL
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That's just it PowerStroker, I didn't want to mail in my ballot! I wanted to wait until the very last day when I had an oppertunity to view ALL the facts and I didn't want to risk my vote not being counted by sending it in or dropping it off on the last day. The irony here is that my vote very may well have been changed for all I know! I may NEVER know!
The fact that I had a right to vote by mail early does not mean that my right to vote on Election Day should have been any better or worse than voting by mail in advance! That is where the "equality" comes in! That is the 900 pound gorilla in the room that no Democrat wants to talk about because they know damn well they screwed up and got greedy. They are favoring one group of voters over another, and that my friend might well spoil all the ballots in these discriminating districts as "Fruit of the poisonous tree."
The blame would just fall on whoever was in charge of whatever districts were guilty, and wouldn't you just know it, they all just happen to be Democrat swing cities that introduced new voting laws at the last minute in the name of COVID!
It needs to STOP! And the only way to do that is spoil ALL the balots in cities that adhered to such discrimination, let the local officials that took it upon themselves to change election laws without congressional approval fall on the sword come 2022 when they are known as the politicians that got an entire states ballots spoiled! That there will send a very powerful message that transparency and equality will not take a back seat regardless of whatever crisis our nation may be in when an election rolls around! Regardless what Democrats might tell you this is a VERY serious issue! One that needs to be addressed right now before any other elections can be trusted!
Dont you feel that every voter should have the right to check the status of their ballot, how they voted and how it was tabulated? Nobody should ever feel ashamed to vote! Don't you agree!?
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Really? You wanted to wait until the last day so you could "view ALL the facts"? You really think there was anything that could have happened in the final days that would cause you to cast anything but a straight Republican vote? I feel as though I know better, because I know you. And you sir, are a "grievance voter," and as such, you will always vote Republican. Anything that happened in the final days of a campaign would only serve to increase your grievances, and make you vote Republican even harder.
You weren't discriminated against, YOU chose to vote the day of. And no, I don't agree that anyone who voted by mail should have their vote tossed. My vote would be tossed too in that event. And so far every judge that has looked at any of these idiotic cases agrees with me. SCOTUS is very likely to not even accept a hearing in any of these matters.
That is just not true PowerStroker! Proof can be gleened from one of many post in this forum both public and private! I got behind Biden TWICE when I was very unhappy with Trump's flip flopping, my biggest being the time Trump said face masks were patriotic! The other time being even before the election when I said Biden had the name power and would beat all the other Democratic nominees. But you know ole' Joe, the very next day he would say something stupid like letting illegals live in the country and vote, or start talking about gay rights and gender neutral bathrooms and immediatly turn me off. Not that I am against people immigrating to our country legally, or gays having rights - but rather his total disregard for anyone else outside that group.
The bottom line is I kept an open mind the entire time, constantly watching what both candidates were saying and watching all the debates! Some people voted even before any of the debates took place! That is just fucked up if you ask me! We literally had people wanting to change their votes and that is not good! People should wait until ALL the details and debates have concluded, if for any reason because anything can happen prior to Election Day! Let's face it, most of the times people running for President arent exactly spring chickens and could even die of natural causes before election day! Then what!? Do I think Pence is a good guy and could wing it, yeah! Is he Donald Trump? No! Same goes for Biden, does he have a lot of experence? Yeah! 47 years of nothing, but he stayed in the game so he must at least have some friends. Kamala? Well Kamala is no Joe Biden and I have no confedence in her after seeing her debate Pence. You talk about emotional! She might be a bit pre-mature for VP if you ask me, but she is easy on the eyes for Biden, plus after the ass chewing she gave Biden I wouldn't be shocked if he had some grudge fantasies that he wouldn't mind seeing played out, on account of her past reputation anyway. Bottom line is I could not roll the dice with Harris and let's face it, Biden is getting old and at times he seems to struggle keeping up. So I couldn't put my weight behind Biden.
SCOTUS will take up the case, and if the most recent Cuomo NY ruling is any indication, I think it's clear... you may have just got caught cheating and it could cost Democrats the election. But we will see.
Just remember that the SCOTUS has already told PA that they cannot count late ballots already, so when they say PA what they mean is the entire United States. If it is proven that voters like me who voted in person were disriminated against, well that could be the game.
Winners never cheat and cheaters never win.
-- Edited by SELLC on Thursday 26th of November 2020 05:38:55 PM
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And I should also mention that if and when Trump does pull off the biggest election upset in the history of the planet, and should he be given a super-majority in the House and Senate due to many House seats flipping in California and all over the country, along with wins in the GA runoff for the Senate, then I would expect him to make a big difference in the two short years before 2022's election... because buddy if things didn't come together like he had a magic wand he might be facing a Democrat majority in the House and Senate for his final two years in office!
This BS pandemic and the election aftermath have ravaged my finances and seen my credit limits cut by over $50,000 by partisan lenders while I am still locked out of my homes equity because of said cuts over the past year and a half. The market is doing good but that don't mean shit for my bottom line. Factor in these crazy lock downs (at least in my state of Michigan) and a lot of people are on the edge! I just don't think Biden could handle it and the markets would crash which while it does nothing for my bottom line it would kill moral and people would start holding back even more and that would hurt us all.
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What is to give light must endure burning -- Viktor Frankl