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In reply to the discussion: No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all]stuck in the middle
(821 posts)31. Everybody will see the origin...
of our current problems thru different lenses, depending on their cultures and experiences.
I have lived under 3 different political systems (UK, US, Sweden).
I see our current problems here in America as extending back some 500 years, and coming from the notions of illegal cultures and illegal persons. (Palenque cultures, Indigenous cultures.)
Some history of interest to me. (Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/122111682
This topic blew up in the early 1990s, and our response was to begin construction of a Wall, and demolish our immigration system with IIRAIRA in 1996, the year that I met my wife.
(In our case, they tried to kick us out of the country, with a 10 year ban on applying for re-entry, because they didnt like who I married, and considered my wife illegal but they failed.)
But, as many of us predicted at the time, appeasement failed, and so, here we are, today.
The disastrous, forgotten 1996 law that created today's immigration problem
https://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11515132/iirira-clinton-immigration
The law that broke US immigration
What if he didnt understand what he saw?
Then you had better figure it out, because it was coming for you!
We Don't Talk About Bruno
It was my wedding day
It was our wedding day
We were getting ready, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky
No clouds allowed in the sky
Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin-
Thunder!
You telling this story, or am I?
I'm sorry, mi vida, go on
Bruno says, "It looks like rain"
Why did he tell us?
In doing so, he floods my brain
Abuela, get the umbrellas
Married in a hurricane
What a joyous day... but anyway
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No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all]
Pototan
Aug 2023
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It's not hard to see how people got the impression Hillary lost a lot of votes to the Greens.
ShazzieB
Aug 2023
#17
They all scream & whine about Jill Stein or Sarandon, but they never seem to talk about the impact
SunImp
Aug 2023
#25
This is quite true. We do not own the votes of non-Democrats. They were never ours.
Earth-shine
Aug 2023
#26
I've posted here & many other places about how American partisan politics is binary.
elocs
Aug 2023
#42
People ignore it because Libertarians actually differ in ideology than Republicans.
W_HAMILTON
Aug 2023
#43
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11
Celerity
Aug 2023
#15
I was not commenting on anything to do with that, just the proverb and the Kipling quote
Celerity
Aug 2023
#22
I believe Cornel West and Tavis Smiley both suffered a loss of respect among Black people with their
LoisB
Aug 2023
#7
They need to update their official color to the fluorescent toxic shade of green
Blue Owl
Aug 2023
#13
We're a two party system, so every faction has to find it's home in either the D's or the R's
Kennah
Aug 2023
#28
Reminds me of a line in the musical 1776 when Jefferson wants to end slavery in the
Quixote1818
Aug 2023
#50