How Antonin Scalia Could Undo A Key Part of Obama’s Green Legacy

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-antonin-scalia-could-undo-a-key-part-of-obama%E2%80%99s-green-legacy/ar-AAbYgWa?pfr=1

My comment:

Gary Smith you are right too. It's all about regulation mechanisms. I'm getting pretty old now so I've gathered a few experiences along the road. Opposition to regulation kills people.

I've been in places where you can't drink the water or eat the fish. I've lived in towns where very high cancer rates occurred because the air was killing people. I've seen children die because profits were more important than kids’ lives.

Attending those funerals is very sad. Usually the people, who can do the least to solve the problem, are the ones dying. Throughout the industrial age, corporations have had little regard for people’s lives. When it becomes apparent they are killing people, someone has to step in and do something. Corporations will keep killing people so remote owners can have another mint julep, if something isn't done.

I agree that over regulation can harm job creation. There has to be a middle ground. At the same time, if producing a product, enhancing the financial welfare of stockholders, not having to die because of the manufacturing process, perhaps that product should not be produced.

Somebody along the way has to say, "Human lives matter".

House panel approves $30.17B bill cutting EPA funds, blocking rules

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-panel-approves-dollar3017b-bill-cutting-epa-funds-blocking-rules/ar-BBlef4o?pfr=1

My Comment:

When did a Congress, controlled by religious zealots, corporatists, science disbelievers and climate deniers become more knowledgeable than the scientists working for the EPA? It's a little scary to think people with such backward and outdated opinions are putting at risk everyman man, woman and child's life in the United States.

It's as though witch doctors with voodoo magic are now in control of our government. God forbid they get control of all three branches of government. Modern day Republicans are truly a disgrace and millions of Americans vote for them.

It's a little disconcerting to see Republicans threaten the air we breathe and the water we drink in order to increase corporate profits or to place solutions preventing environmental catastrophe in the hands of God. Repeatedly Republicans have demonstrated an inability to govern for the good of the people.

People keep voting for these power hungry people bent on privatizing America and ramming their false beliefs down everyone's throat. They keep voting for these golden-tongued con artists because the tactic of scarring people to death and lying to them about everything works.

Americans have fallen for an age-old con-artist game propagated by the Republican Party. Will we wake up before it's too late? We probably won’t in the near future. Hang on to your rear end. A total takeover is in the works. You haven't seen anything yet. A fascist religious government is just over the horizon. The American people will empower this takeover with their vote.

Bernie Sanders wants to bring back your 40-hour workweek

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-wants-to-bring-back-your-40-hour-workweek/ar-AAbQFE2?pfr=1

My comment:

It's about time this issue is discussed. Why the other candidates from both sides aren't talking about our labor laws is a mystery. I'm 70 years old now and this is the first time I've heard anyone speak to the need to repair our labor laws.

I'm old enough to remember a time when if you worked 8.5 hours in a day you were paid time and a half for the extra half hour. You didn't have to work 40 hours before you got extra pay. If you worked the graveyard shift, you got extra pay.

If you worked on Sunday, you were paid time and a half regardless of how many hours you had worked during a pay period. Holidays paid two and a half your regular rate. Family time was considered more important in those days and if an employer wanted to intrude on family time, he had to pay.

Union rules were not required in order to be paid in this manner. Employers were simply better people. Employers were less greedy. Corporations didn't selfishly increase their profits by abusing their workers. Employers knew if workers were paid well, productivity increased, turnover was reduced and theft decreased because employees were more loyal. Everybody benefited because of mutual respect between the boss and the worker.

When workers were being paid in this manner it was also an era when family values were not just a jingo but a way of life. There was a general feeling among everyone that you gave 40 hours a week to the "MAN", 40 hours for sleep during a workweek and the rest of the time was for you and your family.

If the "MAN" wanted more than that, he had to pay extra for that intrusion. If the employer wanted you to work on Sunday, he had to pay more for working you on the "Lords Day of Rest". Sunday was considered a day for church attendance and time with the family. If an employer could not pay extra for intruding on their workers time, then the business didn't open on Sunday.

Family values were at the heart of Union demands when people believing in those values died in the streets demanding workers’ rights. The very concept of overtime, holiday pay, the 40-hour workweek, no child labor came about because of the blood spilled in American streets by people believing in Family Values.

It's very odd how the people bragging how they believe in family values are the same people trying to destroy family values because of their greed.  They do everything they can to reduce peoples pay, employ children again, maintain unequal pay between men and women and demand a workers free time without extra pay, all for the sake of increasing profits.

Union values are family values. Dictatorships do not have unions because dictatorships don't believe in family values. Free societies have Unions, dictatorships don't. Workers’ rights are family values and those opposed to workers’ rights are interested only in their own self-gratification. Without realizing what they are doing, they advocate for dictatorship. Therein lies the struggle. This issue is a fight between self-serving dictators and free men. This conflict will always exist.

Rand Paul to GOP: It's Time to Move Beyond the Second Amendment

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rand-paul-to-gop-its-time-to-move-beyond-the-second-amendment/ar-AAbNnWp?pfr=1

My comment:

This is a good strategy. Rand Paul can give the illusion of wanting to implement some gun control but if you look at his record, he will never introduce gun control. Rand Paul will say and do anything to become President (he's like Mitt).

The truth is, when two candidates square off in the final run for the Oval office, Republicans will vote for Daffy Duck if that is who their candidate is. Much has been said about Romney's 47% comment but the converse is true for Republicans. No matter who the Republican candidate is, they are guaranteed 47% of the general electorate.

Consistently, most republicans will not vote for a liberal. You can bet your last dollar on this truth. People don't realize how much Republicans in this country hate the word liberal. More than twenty years of demonization has worked.

At one time or another, every Democrat running for any office, anywhere in this country, is called a Liberal and that's all it takes to get half the vote. Republican hatred for the word "Liberal" runs very deep.

Rand Paul is very sly. He will say all kinds of things trying to lure Independents and Democrats to cross over and vote for him. However, those who are fooled by him will be very disappointed if he becomes President. Look at his record. He is just as dangerous as any of the other crazy Republican running for the Oval office.

Rand Paul is a consummate liar just like Mitt Romney. Don't be deceived by some golden tongued con artist who will say things seemingly contrary to Republican values. Look how well Mitt Romney did.

Much of the Republican base thinks if you are not Saved or if you don’t think Jesus is Lord, you are a demon destined for hell. Mitt did not believe any of those Christian things. In the end, none of those beliefs mattered at all. Republicans hate Liberals and blacks more than they love Jesus.

Rand Paul is guaranteed half the votes in this country as long as he is perceived not liberal. Paul knows this and that's why he will try to woo you into voting for him. Do not be deceived by some Libertarian who hates our government right down to his bone.

Reid on Obamacare case: ‘I hope the Supreme Court can read English'

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My comment:

I've lived a few years now but I have never seen so many Americans cheer for the demise of legislation which clearly benefits all. Millions of Americans committing mass suicide is truly a site to see. Christian values have been abandoned by the same people claiming to love Jesus.

It shows the power of propaganda and the ability to tell a lie repeatedly in order to finally make that lie the truth.  Defeating the ACA and going back to the days before passage is the ultimate self-centered position only those devoid of empathy can take.

Having lousy health care insurance, which pays for nothing, only increases the number of Bankruptcies people have to take in order to pay medical costs. Insurance companies collecting money for policies that won't pay is just one of the problems the ACA tries to address. Bankruptcies drag everyone down, not just the person seeking this remedy. Going back to the old ways harms everyone.

With 50,000 Americans dying every year from lack of health care, something had to be done. Some people believe this number is much higher. There is a lot of misery represented in these numbers. Most of these deaths happen to good Americans.

Sure, there are sum bums in those numbers but overall, people dying from lack of health care are decent people. Some of them may be your relatives. Defeating the ACA may ultimately kill your own child. Nice work you self-centered millennial Republican.

One of the biggest problems the ACA has tried to address is the huge amount of free medical care hospitals have to absorb because so many people cannot afford health care or they just become consummate moochers. Millions of Americans who can afford health care. However, they choose to be irresponsible by passing their health care expenses on to all the rest of us.

These moochers are the very same people wanting to cut food stamp money to an indigent mother and deny an innocent child basic food in order to learn better in school. The people screaming the loudest about the ACA are the same people willing to get welfare from hospitals when they need medical care.

They selfishly care less about their neighbor dying from lack of health care but scream the loudest when they find out they could live a few more years if they get medical attention. Of course, they want society to pay for their expenses. They have been irresponsible all their lives but when it's time to accept a handout, they gladly do so.

I have never seen such a broad disagreement on an issue, which should enjoy common agreement by all. The old days when Americans cared about their fellow Americans is gone. In recent years, an attitude of "Me, Me" has swept our nation. Selfish, self-centered people with no tolerance for anyone but themselves are slowly starting to take over our country.

This coming election is a conflict between those who no longer care for anyone but themselves and those who want to help other Americans less fortunate. The election is about those possessing old time Christian values and those who wave a Christian flag but have abandoned everything taught to them by Jesus. I still care about my fellow Americans. Unfortunately, many of my friends, claiming to follow Jesus, do not. I am a Democrat of course. I still care about someone besides myself.

Donald Trump Denies Paying Actors $50 to Attend His Presidential Announcement Amid Controversy

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/donald-trump-denies-paying-actors-dollar50-to-attend-his-presidential-announcement-amid-controversy/ar-AAbMADl?pfr=1

My comment:

If Hillary were paying actors to bolster attendance at her rallies, the right wing would be all over the story like stink on a skunk. Nothing like that has ever come out and sitting on your keyboard making up lies doesn't help your cause.

If you want people to believe you, start telling the truth. Tell me something I can believe in and I

might listen to you. One of the reasons I vote Democrat recently is because of the constant lies all Republicans tell.

I already know what Hillary stands for. I don't agree with everything she proposes but this early in the campaign, I know what she is going to do if she becomes President. She has not engaged in personal attacks and has not started telling a bunch of lies about any individual. I can't say the same for Republicans.

In other words, Hillary is exemplary compared to all Republicans. This is true of all Republicans starting from the biggest names right down to people like you sitting on a computer and anonymously telling lies.

In my mind, this election is about people trying to do something good for the country verses a pack of liars who have nothing more to offer than name-calling. Sitting around exhibiting your hate for all things female, black, brown, gay and Democrat will not win my support.

Bush: You need 'boots on the ground'

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bush-you-need-boots-on-the-ground/ar-BBl4lg5

My comment:

Every time this man opens his mouth, I wonder why he hasn't been charged with War Crimes. The United States will never regain its honor until as a nation we admit we were wrong about Iraq.

Germany did a lot of bad things in WWII but after their defeat, they repented, admitted their error and to this day they continue to hunt down even the guards at death camps and put them on trial. Germany has regained its honor through repentance and they are a respected and honored nation on the world stage, again.

The United States will need to repent for its actions in Iraq and until we do, we can never claim moral superiority in an immoral world. Continuing to brag and boast about how we as a nation killed several hundred thousand innocent people in a war based on a lie, only serves to denigrate all Americans.

There are over 5,000 families in America looking at the pictures of their loved ones, hanging on a wall, who would be alive today if it were not for the criminal behavior of a single man and his dishonest cronies. This man's incredible mistake has repercussions for generations not yet born.

I cannot imagine the suffering an American mother and father endure every day, knowing their child died for nothing. Every time this man opens his mouth, relatives of soldiers who perished because of lie, must somehow tell themselves there was reason for their child's sacrifice.

However, when all is said and done, and parents are alone with their thoughts the silence of night increases their sorrow. They must endure this pain all the rest of their lives because of a man who will likely rot in hell for his actions. Parents will put on a public face and proclaim their child died for a reason but they must tell themselves this lie or admit their child died for nothing. An admission like that would be too hard to bear.

This smug little man, so wrong about so many things, should slither away and be silent all the rest of his years. He should be thankful he is not sitting in a jail cell. He should be very concerned about the judgment he will face upon his final demise. I don't know much about God and do not claim I know what's on His mind, but every ounce of my being tells me George W. Bush's deeds  did not sit well with our Creator.

Continuing to brag about our sins will only further irritate our Creator. Defending this man only makes one an accomplice in the horrendous crime this nation perpetrated on the human race. Those who aided and encouraged mass murder should shut their mouths forever. They should not run for President of the United States.

It’s one thing to have supported war with Iraq because you were given misinformation. You were manipulated by liars and deceivers. You allowed yourself to believe no American would kill people because of a personal grudge. Because you were misled, you supported war.

However, once enlightened to the truth and you continue to perpetrate the lie, you are guilty of the sin as well. We don’t need another lying murdering President to lead our nation. We will never regain our honor supporting someone like that. 

Sanders pushes to give Americans a paid vacation

From a story at http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sanders-pushes-to-give-americans-a-paid-vacation/ar-BBl03rA

A comment submitted by someone responding to this story.

Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel, "Pick up your shovels, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land."

Nearly 75 years ago, (when Welfare was introduced) Roosevelt said, "Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel, this is the Promised Land."

Today, the government has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of Camels and mortgaged the Promised Land to China.

Bernie Sanders is like a watermelon: green on the outside, red on the inside. This man needs to be relegated back to the sidelines where he belongs.

My response:

Back in the days when union workers shed blood to make a 40-hour workweek normal, stop child labor and make overtime pay mandatory, you would have been one of those shooting and killing fellow Americans in order to keep workers slaves to the labor bosses.

Big business would never have allowed any benefits without the blood of American workers shed on our streets, years ago. Blood spilled by workers being shot by labor bosses not willing to share profits created by the sweat and skill of workers. This struggle between greedy rich people and the people who made then rich has always existed.

This conflict continues today as large corporations, in pursuit of more wealth, attempt to give less and less to those making them wealthy. The Chinese labor model is a dream come true for American businesses. Corporate America will not bring jobs home until they have an American slave market patterned after the Chinese at their disposal.

Most American workers provide far more toward the profitability of a company, than they are paid for their efforts. No company can survive without its workers and when employees make a company prosperous, that company is obligated to share in the profits its workers created. That is of course, if the labor boss appreciates those making him wealthy.

If labor bosses are driven so hard by their greed they cannot be aware of the people making them rich, then they need to invest in Chinese labor camps where they can denigrate and beat down their employees with impunity and suffer no consequences. Pardon me! That's exactly what American business is doing now.

The attitude of American businessmen has really gone to the dogs in my lifetime. There was a day in our country where if you worked more than eight hours in a day, you were paid overtime. You didn't have to work more than 40 hours in a week. If you worked graveyard shift, you were paid more. If you worked on Sunday, you were paid time and a half. If you worked on a holiday, you were paid two and a half times your hourly wage. More if you worked more than eight hours. These things were versions of family values practiced by all. These are Union family values.

American businesses did these things universally across our nation. Union mandates were not necessary. Laws were not necessary. American businessmen were better people and appreciated the sacrifice of the workers making them a profit. This all occurred when the American middle class exploded upon the world and made America the envy of all.

Today, we are all witness to the ravages of greed. There is a constant effort to pay workers as little as possible in the pursuit of profit. Don't pay women as much as men when they do the same job. Let children work for a lower wage in order to make more profit. Pay no benefits. Enslave the American worker as much as possible to enhance profit.

Scheme and connive ways to circumvent labor laws with no regard for the welfare of workers. Show a total lack of gratitude for the people making labor bosses wealthy. Ship jobs overseas where it is easier to enslave workers and increase profits. Loyalty to employees is completely absent. Loyalty to our nation is sacrificed in pursuit of profit.

Bernie Sanders is right. It will take men like him (or Hillary) to make American businesses become ethical again and participate in building the American dream, for all. We are not Chinese. We are better than those fascist communist pigs enslaving its workers in order to increase their profits for them and the benefit of American slave masters.

We must restore honor and ethics within the labor market either in law or the American worker must take to the streets shedding blood once more for labor rights. Big business will not treat workers honorably by themselves. They must be forced to do so. It may take radical action to rectify the problem.

Supreme Court will decide whether to end Obamacare subsidies for 6.4 million Americans

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-will-decide-whether-to-end-obamacare-subsidies-for-64-million-americans/ar-BBkBHwf?pfr=1

My Comment:

I am a Democrat because I care for others less fortunate than me.

Stories about Health Care are always interesting. It's not the subject matter of the story that provides the best reading. It's the comments, following stories about health care, warranting the most concern.

Reading the comments attached to this story, it has become apparent our nation has lost all sense of family. Most people opposing the ACA quite literally advocate letting fellow Americans die on the sidewalks and then they will proudly step over their dead bodies. They will have no concern for anyone but themselves.

Many opponents of the ACA are saying Veterans down on their luck should just die if they can't pay the exorbitant fees corporations charge. Profiteering from people's misery is acceptable now. Handicapped and mentally retarded Americans can die because no one will miss them anyway. Defending the least among us is an idea from the past.

Children can simply grow up with deformities acquired when they were young because those children do not belong to the selfish, self-centered opponents of the ACA. Many people have lived their whole lives mooching off society when they get ill or injured. They have never purchased health insurance but see nothing wrong when they need free health care. However, if an elderly person not related to them needs medical attention, let them die.

There is a total lack of empathy within many circles in America and they want control of our country. Many of the comments following this story come from the "ME ME" portion of society. They are very self-righteous and care only for themselves. They are the worst of society and they don't know it. They cannot be cured until they realize something is wrong with them.

 This coming election is between those with empathy for fellow Americans and those who could care less about those less fortunate than they are. The election is between those who believe, "there go I but for the grace of God" and those who have no concern for anyone but themselves.

The election will be a confrontation between those with a sense of family and those who care only for themselves. I am a Democrat because I care for others less fortunate than me.

Is this Bruce Jenner's new name?

From a story located at:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/is-this-bruce-jenners-new-name/ar-BBkr5AX?pfr=1

My comment:

Bruce can never become a woman no matter how hard he tries. He can cut off his Wang, take hormones until he's blue and screw a hundred homosexual men. Normal men probably won't have too much to do with him. However, he will never be a woman that can have a baby. Sorry, medicine can't implant a placenta into him, yet.

With that said, let him pretend all he wants. Who cares what he does. If he wants to pretend to be a woman, let him. No skin off my nose. If someone wants to hire him, let them. He has accomplished a lot in his life. Becoming a woman will never take away his accomplishments.

However, I'm not going out of my way to see him or go all bat crazy over him, if I meet him. I won't get in my car and drive around town seeking the company of guys like Bruce. If I run into him on the street, I will never consider him a good-looking woman. If you ask me, he wasn't a very good looking man. Don't take it personal Bruce. I have never though men were very good looking. I include myself.

He's still a tax paying US citizen and just because he wants to be a woman doesn't mean he forfeits his rights as an American citizen.  If he wants to marry a man, a woman or a converted human, let him and allow him the same rights as any other US citizen.

 I would never discriminate against him or call him names. In his past, he was judged by what he did and how he did it. Those standards still apply today. I've said all I'm going to say on that. Should be enough here to attract hate comments from all sides.