Samuel Whittemore

Constitutional absolutist. Not a partisan for anyone in the Uni-Party.
They are all fools and crooks. Your opinion is only that, your opinion.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

What the hel are you talking about?

This administration cut taxes for the middle class the first year in office. I got a tax refund for the first time in 4 years.

Redistribute wealth upwards?

If the bottom has no wealth, what the hell do you claim they want to "redistribute"? You can't steal what doesn't exist.

Idiots like you have been forecasting starvation and death for 100 years. It has only come true whenever your ilk gets in power.

Employees do not need to accept minimum wage. I'm an employee and I certainly wouldn't accept minimum wage. Of course, my skill sets are far more valuable than the skill sets of someone that would only be offered minimum wage.

Perhaps that is your problem, you refuse to gain skills that would let you earn more than minimum wage.

Or perhaps you lack the mental capacity needed to work in a job that requires you to understand things more complex than a fry machine and your ego requires you to cast the blame on someone else.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

OK, I will address some of these fallacies.
In the US, a capitalist country with a thieving government, the poor are obese. You cannot claim that "the poor struggle to feed themselves when the governments (Federal and State) speed so much money feeding them that they are morbidly obese.
Laws against unionising? Would you like a list of the hundreds of labor unions in the US?
Minimum wage? Let's leave aside that the minimum wage should be precisely the minimum wage a qualified employee is willing to accept.
Minimum wage laws exist at both federal and state government. So I don't see the rich being actually effective at preventing minimum wage laws.
Insurance?
I will assume that you mean health insurance?
We have had health insurance in the US for 100 years. It became much more expensive when Obama care became law. Perhaps revoking it might make it less expensive?

The empirical evidence proves that the more involved government becomes, the worse the outcome becomes.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

In my opinion it was poorly written and directed. It's a shame because the basic concept, although it's been done before, had potential.

The protagonist had no hero's journey. He just sprouted as an antihero without explanation. He is a wealthy man through inheritance from an uncaring father who decides for reasons never explained, to start dispensing justice. At least Batman had a reason for his behavior, a criminal killed his parents. The Falling Down character had his journey also. Here we get nothing,

The sex scene was unnecessary but oher scenes, like him playing chicken with the cab killed the story. You are supposed to admire him, yet he indiscriminately kills the innocent just to make a point. We are supposed to find his killing the cops as just but it's just a premeditated and unnecessary ambush.

It could have been "Law Abidding Citizen".

Instead, it failed to make us care,

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

I can explain if you would permit me a few assumptions about the Japanese culture.

1. Japan until recently has been a monolithic culture were respect for oneself and respect for others are incredibly important, almost to the level of a religion. This creates an environment where violence is minimal and crime is more of a cultural embarrassment than an expected event. Guns are not needed tools for self-defense since self-defense is not really needed.

On the other hand

The US has been, since its birth, heavily impacted by other cultures. Native peoples (American Indians) were, contrary to recent propaganda, violent and loved war. The colonists and later citizens had to be armed to protect their home and families. Currently this cultural impact continues in the form of violent crime committed to a sub-culture that shows no respect for property or human live. True, the possibility of violence is mostly restricted to certain regions, but it still exists.

2. The US has a historical culture of hunting wild animals for subsistence that remains today. Most rural children grow up hunting and fishing for sport. Guns are an integral part of this tradition. More importantly, our culture emphasizes rugged individualism and rejects dependence on the State. We are not a monolithic culture, so a fraction (about 30%) of the US is the complete opposite and love the State.

On the other hand

Japan had a weapons restrictive culture where weapons could only be carried by a limited number of men (Samurai) and only in service to the State for thousands of years. This culture remains in your psyche today.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

Most Americans own several. Guns are tools for specific purposes.
Shotguns can be used for clay shooting (skeet), bird hunting or short range two legged predators.
Pistols are for every day carry. Small light and concealable and still gets the job done at ranges under 50 yards.
Rifles are for hunting, target practice and human predators. Longer range and more effective, but heavier and harder to carry or conceal.

You wouldn't own only one tool in a tool box.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

Moffar's brilliance was that the doctors had a logical progression, the thuggish looking doctor who was trying hard to work through his pain. The goofy doctor that tried to be semi serious but wore a bow tie to make a mokery of himself. The brilliant doctor that was gangly and physical, almost healed. The sober adult doctor who had finally accepted his place.
The companions were perfect. The shop girl who fell in love. The young woman who grew up with him. And finally, the adult in the room. The impossible girl who was his equal.

Post Moffat? Vague imitations created by someone who hated the show.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@Citizen_of_KS @ScottPresler @grok It's actually quaint how naive you are. Do you honestly think that the same party that setup J6 so they could terrorize the opposition, weaponized the Federal agencies to silence dissent and scammed the tax payers out of trillions will actually show reciprocal restraint?

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@NadelParis @FreedomIs4U @brivael Oh please, you can't even protect your daughters or your goats from the parasites that flow into your country. You welcomed your invaders. At least with the Nazis some of your grandparents tried. You instead pay them tribute and protect their feelings.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

"Civilization ending" assumes that there is a magical minimum population number needed to sustain a civilization.

That is not necessarily a correct statement.

Replacement numbers assumes that the same, or greater, number of people are required to maintain or expand our current standard of living or economic growth. Yet, there is currently a significant percentage of the population that doesn't provide net productivity. Add to this the imminent arrival of AI and robots and the number of workers needed to support the nation sharply decreases.

The vast majority of childless women are "educated career" women. Their politics trend towards socialism and other society destroying views. On a generational scale it's actually a positive trend since the next generation will trend right, away from socialism.

Quality vs quantity.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@hoshizorarock @Mike_Bianchi A partner pulling in the same direction.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@RepJackKimble Instead, we have some fairly well paid idiots. BTW, Congress was never meant to be a career. You are supposed to serve your two or six years then go back to your previous career.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

May I humbly propose Roosevelt Roads naval base in Puerto Rico?
US territory, abandoned naval base. Caribbean Sea access, major airline flights several times a day. Incredible isolation that would permit large solar power arrays. No seasons. Predictable weather. Inexpensive and educated labor pool.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@TVNewsNow @johnrobertsFox "This would be the first time that a sovereign country is invited to join the United States,,,,'

Texas enters the room....

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

This is idiotic. Pray tell, what better use could that land serve? You do understand that cattle land is used for cattle specifically because it serves no other purpose?
Second, if we stop raising cattle and the land becomes useless, who compensates the land owners?

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

If we stopped eating meat, we could reduce the land we use for agriculture by 75%.

That's 31.3 million sq km, or 12.08 million sq mi. An area larger than all of Africa, or about four of the contiguous US.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@SGTWipper1Each Army Scout: finds snake thru thermal sight on a tree. Dumps 270 rounds of 25mm HE, 800 rounds of 7.62mm and 12 TOW missiles. Pops smoke and backs up while calling DPICM oo the snake. After the smoke clears, the only standing tree is the one where the snake is.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@grey4626 Oh my God!! I have tears running down my cheeks of either admiration of the sheer beauty of this prose or laughter....and I'm in the Metro.
My ass is definitely getting stopped for questioning...

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

So sorry Greg, but you are sadly misinformed. Under the 1st amendment CONGRESS may not pass a law infringing Kimmel's right to be an obnoxious ass.
The 1st lady, nor the President are members of Congress. The President lacks the power to, by executive order, silence the bloviating windbag, but, just like the sainted Lincoln, he has plenty of other tools to force him to behave. Defamation law suites are one way. Pulling ABCs broadcasting license is another.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@SarahisCensored Probably because Kash is a "POC" and, according to the Marxists, is a victim of White Supremacy tm and lacks agency.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@usmc_colonel TBF the MG42 rate of fire is so high that a little 3 second burst would eat the whole belt. The Ma Duce is glacier slow in comparison.

[Samuel Whittemore @SamWhittemor]

@Alashkid @Simon_Ingari Yeah you are right. I went from 77k to 125k by changing companies. Two years later I'm at 133k. But yeah, it doesn't happen.