Random Politics & Religion #18

The problem is unhealthy American exclusionist propaganda trying to deny the state of the world and how much we all depend on each other, that's why Americans focus on fear instead of uniting, just like communist China.

This attitude is sustainable in 1817 or 1917 sure, but not any longer. And of course that's "what Americans care about;" that's what they are fed to want.

What if Trump nominates a Muslim to the Supreme Court ! Oh the outrage !

Hell I might be a secret Muslim I don't know myself well enough to find out !

this is exactly part of the problem Ravael; Look how you're programmed to view international co-operation and how you view it connotatively. Like a defeat or submission instead of progress towards a better world for everyone.

This mindset that's been instilled inside you is designed to encourage your exclusionist fears and behavior, to exploit you and stop free thinking.

... someone like Caligula or Vlad Tepes, who murdered their own family members for political power....

We don't live in an altruistic world. We all depend on each other to some extent, sure. That's why we have trade. That's why we have alliances. That doesn't for a second mean that we shouldn't protect ourselves from outside forces that mean to destroy us. That doesn't mean that we can't help outsiders in a way that doesn't endanger our own people. That doesn't mean that we should bow down before a collective of other nations and trust that they have our best interests in mind.

To promote free-thinking, join the collective! Wait what....

We are already seeing pollution from countries travelling over the oceans for example to other countries. We are one species stuck with one rock and working together using our intellect and ingenuity is how we survive, not our greed or fear.

It's not about communism vs capitalism, it's about having a mindset of equality towards our fellow man. Coming together to solve problems bigger than ourselves just like humanity has always done. Nations working together as adults, not kids at recess being petty.

It all starts with an individual's mindset, to their kids to their grandkids to their future political leaders.

True. All too true, but my point still stands. Throughout history, people usually hold up the last great tyrant that cropped up to use as a litmus test to see who fits the same mold. tRump fits the Hitler mold, sad but true.

We are already seeing pollution from countries travelling over the oceans for example to other countries.

We are already seeing pollution from countries travelling over the oceans for example to other countries. We are one species stuck with one rock and working together using our intellect and ingenuity is how we survive, not our greed or fear.

It's not about communism vs capitalism, it's about having a mindset of equality towards our fellow man. Coming together to solve problems bigger than ourselves just like humanity has always done. Nations working together as adults, not kids at recess being petty.

It all starts with an individual's mindset, to their kids to their grandkids to their future political leaders.

I still think Erdogan is currently leading in the Hitler race.

And consider most from these countries are Muslims of some form or other and it does equate to a ban based on religion, with "countries of origin" being used as a red herring to cover up the blatant unconstitutionality of it.

Allowing competition is a good thing ^^
Fiber is nice

Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban.

Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president's executive order.

In a statement, the White House said Ms Yates had "betrayed" the department.

Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaces her as acting attorney general.

Mr Trump's order temporarily banned nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, and sparked street protests in the US and abroad.

In a letter, Ms Yates had said she was "not convinced" that the president's order was lawful.

"As long as I am the acting attorney general, the department of justice will not present arguments in defence of the Executive Order," she said.

But the White House said she had "betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States".

"President Trump relieved Ms Yates of her duties," a statement from the press secretary said.

Her replacement, Mr Boente, was also appointed by Barack Obama, in 2015. He was confirmed by the US Senate - making him eligible for appointment while Mr Trump waits for his own nominee to be approved.

Senator Jeff Sessions is awaiting a confirmation hearing for the role later this week.

Meanwhile, hundreds of diplomats and foreign servants have been drafting a "dissent cable" to formally criticise the president's executive order.

A draft version of the cable said that immigration restrictions will not make the US safer, are un-American and will send the wrong message to the Muslim world.

The ban bars citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The White House has consistently defended Mr Trump's executive order despite the controversy, with press secretary Sean Spicer saying diplomats should "get with the programme".

In addition, former President Barack Obama has apparently broken with the convention of former presidents avoiding comment on their successors.

Commenting on the protests about the immigration order, President Obama said he was "heartened".

"Citizens exercising their constitutional right to assemble, organise and have their voices heard by their elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when American values are at stake," he said in a statement, which did not mention Mr Trump by name.