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[GoIrish41]

But what happens when Dockers switches where they make their clothing? What happens when Dockers runs an ad campaign to point out that Hagger uses yarn made by kids?

Like I said, maybe I don't give people enough credit, but I would imagine that like everything else, this would result in an ad war and would make each consumer check and recheck the label. I doubt most would mentally want to do this.

Again, this would be for every purchase you make.

It may be more likely that it would cause the manufacturers to make decisions instead of the consumers.

All I'm talking about transparency in providing information about the conditions under which products are manufactured, perhaps even transparency mandated by government (I know, big government). Maybe tarriffs placed on goods made in countries that do not comply with a this country's set of conditions. Maybe something like this would mean that "better" prices wouldn't so dramatically lean toward goods produced under horrid conditions and we wouldn't be a party to the poor treatment of people making our products. It could mean that companies who operate observing human dignity are not penalized as they are today. It doesn't have to be consumer by consumer, purchase by purchase decisions. It can be part of the American ethic and conditions can be regulated. At a minimum, this would provide an economic incentive for countries who produce goods consumed by Americans to treat their workers better. And maybe, to avoid the "ad wars" it might become more feasible for them to bring some of the jobs back to this country and make the "made in America" label mean something.

 

[Black Irish]

You would make a fine urban planner with that mindset. To sum all of this up in a few words: we don't build neighborhoods anymore. We haven't had policies which built neighborhoods since pre-WWII days.

We are in luck though, as a growing percentage of the newest adult generation is turning away from the boring suburbs and seeking neighborhoods. The tide is turning, it is demonstrable too.

I would say that one factor in the decline of neighborhoods has to do with lack of cultural homogeneity. In most of your cities, in late 19th and early 20th centuries, the immigrant populations carved out their own niches. My parents grew up in Philly, and they told me about how there was the Irish neighborhood, the Italian neighborhood, etc. People with a lot in common lived around each other. Then as people dispersed, that homogenous aspect got watered down, and we become strangers in our new neighborhoods. Now the urban neighborhoods still exist, but instead of being Irish or Polish they are Dominican or Korean.

My point is that we need a sense of connection to our neighbors, by it religious, cultural, or something. It's not as easy as going to the church picnic and knowing that everyone there is pretty much just like you. We have to work a little harder at it these days. I don't know if we need policies for it. I think that, with other things in life, if people think it's important, they'll make it happen.

 

[Cackalacky]

You would make a fine urban planner with that mindset. To sum all of this up in a few words: we don't build neighborhoods anymore. We haven't had policies which built neighborhoods since pre-WWII days.

We are in luck though, as a growing percentage of the newest adult generation is turning away from the boring suburbs and seeking neighborhoods. The tide is turning, it is demonstrable too.

I actually can't wait for neighborhoods to start up again. Where I live, they are trying work/live developments which include developments where ground levels are stores/shops/butchers/or other such small business with multi-level residences above. Due to hurricanes and earthquakes in the area the buildings are 4-stories or less usually and they look good. Parking is an issue but these sites are small and contained, and would lend themselves well to a higher density and better public transportation. It is in its infancy here.

We also have massive 2,000-acre sub-division developments going on as well and they are a pain in the ***. It literally takes 20 minutes to get out of the development and onto the main thoroughfare. So much wasted gas every day.

In 10 years, the population of my city went from 15,000 to 60,000. The older retiree's are choosing the large subdivisions, the younger people want the live/work spaces.

 

[EddytoNow]

I would say that one factor in the decline of neighborhoods has to do with lack of cultural homogeneity. In most of your cities, in late 19th and early 20th centuries, the immigrant populations carved out their own niches. My parents grew up in Philly, and they told me about how there was the Irish neighborhood, the Italian neighborhood, etc. People with a lot in common lived around each other. Then as people dispersed, that homogenous aspect got watered down, and we become strangers in our new neighborhoods. Now the urban neighborhoods still exist, but instead of being Irish or Polish they are Dominican or Korean.

My point is that we need a sense of connection to our neighbors, by it religious, cultural, or something. It's not as easy as going to the church picnic and knowing that everyone there is pretty much just like you. We have to work a little harder at it these days. I don't know if we need policies for it. I think that, with other things in life, if people think it's important, they'll make it happen.

There is a long history of white Europeans (particularly the English) conquering other cultures and then forcing those cultures to abandon their language, religion, cultural practices, etc. to become just like a white European. The Irish, Polish, Itlaian, etc. immigrants had to assimilate into American society. While they remained in their isolated communities they continued to face discrimination from the dominant English-speaking society. Many changed their names to sound less ethnic. The more they maintained their native culture, religion, and language the less accepted they were by the dominant society.
Beginning in the 1960's Black Americans tried to re-establish their cultural connections. Many Native Americans have tried to maintain their cultural connections through centuries of forced assimilation through Christian missionaries, boarding schools, and forced changes in culture and lifestyle. Those who have given up their cultural traditions have been more successful adopting the white European lifestyle. Those who have mantained their language and culture continue to struggle with poverty, disease, and discrimination.

Most Americans have no connection whatsoever with their ethnic culture. The dominant culture in America seems to be one of greed and selfishness. We continue to buy products made in sweatshops because they are less expensive. We don't want to know about the suffering that goes into making our clothing, athletic shoes, etc. The wealth in America is concentrated in the hands of a few. The rest struggle to survive on a daily basis. The first financial crisis caused by health costs is often enough to wipe a family out. It's happening everyday, but we don't want to hear about it because we would have to face our own responsibility in maintaining a culture that cares little or not at all about the less fortunate.

Until we face up to the fact that people are more important than material wealth we will remain a sick society.

 

[Buster Bluth]

I actually can't wait for neighborhoods to start up again. Where I live, they are trying work/live developments which include developments where ground levels are stores/shops/butchers/or other such small business with multi-level residences above. Due to hurricanes and earthquakes in the area the buildings are 4-stories or less usually and they look good. Parking is an issue but these sites are small and contained, and would lend themselves well to a higher density and better public transportation. It is in its infancy here.

We also have massive 2,000-acre sub-division developments going on as well and they are a pain in the ***. It literally takes 20 minutes to get out of the development and onto the main thoroughfare. So much wasted gas every day.

In 10 years, the population of my city went from 15,000 to 60,000. The older retiree's are choosing the large subdivisions, the younger people want the live/work spaces.

The term you're looking for is mixed-use development.

One of the reasons it died out in the US is that we use primarily Euclidean Zoning. No, that's not some neat math-based Euclid stuff, it's just named after the city of Euclid, OH. Euclidean Zoning separates uses. Industrial over here, commercial over there, residential that way. It complete ignored the notion that buildings can have more than one use.

However the single biggest planning problem in this country is that we are only after the bottom dollar amount and not a sense of place. We have replaced this:

with this:

None of it is built for what is known as "human scale," and none of it is meant to last. Big box stores (e.g. Meijer, Walmart, Kroger, Kmart, Best Buy, etc) are meant to last roughly fifteen years. Buildings built back in the day were meant to be up for 100, 200, or more years. We don't make corporations really invest in communities, we let them build stucco bullshit and move out in fifteen years when the sprawl moves with it.

Overall, it's simple. One famous Lewis Mumford quote: "Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends."

 

[Buster Bluth]

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This is an amazing (and hilarious) TED Talk about architecture in American cities. It's more architecture than planning, but the two are interconnected and it worth the 21min watch. It's absolutely fantastic.

 

[Cackalacky]

The term you're looking for is mixed-use development.

Yes thank you I could not remember it. We have several "corridors" or long boulevards which be undergoing rezoning and master planning to look more like the above instead of those shite strip malls with different architecture and no identity. These corridors will also incorporate bike paths on the roads that will connect the Isle of palms to Folly Beach. If you like city planning, check it out (Battery2Beach)

 

[Buster Bluth]

If you like city planning,

Um, yes. hhaha it's kinda my thing.

 

[Black Irish]

There is a long history of white Europeans (particularly the English) conquering other cultures and then forcing those cultures to abandon their language, religion, cultural practices, etc. to become just like a white European. The Irish, Polish, Itlaian, etc. immigrants had to assimilate into American society. While they remained in their isolated communities they continued to face discrimination from the dominant English-speaking society. Many changed their names to sound less ethnic. The more they maintained their native culture, religion, and language the less accepted they were by the dominant society.
Beginning in the 1960's Black Americans tried to re-establish their cultural connections. Many Native Americans have tried to maintain their cultural connections through centuries of forced assimilation through Christian missionaries, boarding schools, and forced changes in culture and lifestyle. Those who have given up their cultural traditions have been more successful adopting the white European lifestyle. Those who have mantained their language and culture continue to struggle with poverty, disease, and discrimination.

Most Americans have no connection whatsoever with their ethnic culture. The dominant culture in America seems to be one of greed and selfishness. We continue to buy products made in sweatshops because they are less expensive. We don't want to know about the suffering that goes into making our clothing, athletic shoes, etc. The wealth in America is concentrated in the hands of a few. The rest struggle to survive on a daily basis. The first financial crisis caused by health costs is often enough to wipe a family out. It's happening everyday, but we don't want to hear about it because we would have to face our own responsibility in maintaining a culture that cares little or not at all about the less fortunate.

Until we face up to the fact that people are more important than material wealth we will remain a sick society.

I don't see how this Howard Zinn flavored tirade is really related to the thrust of my post that you quoted. My point was that urban neighborhoods, as most of us understand them, were easier to create and maintain when there was a large degree of cultural similarity. Also, people didn't have much choice back then. Now, I don't have to relegate myself into my ethnic & religious section of town. I can live wherever I wish, but the trade-off is that I don't have the automatic connection to my neighbors afforded by similar background & upbringing.

And what level of connection should I have to the old countries that I'm several generation removed from? I may be proud of my ethnic roots, but it would be utterly impractical for me to insist on speaking a combination of Italian & Polish with an Irish brogue in order to feel like I'm maintaining appropriate ties with my roots.

 

[chicago51]

What a radical concept.

Students should be able to borrow from the Fed at the same rate as the big banks.

Elizabeth Warren: Student Loans Should Have Same Rate Big Banks Get

 

[Rizzophil]

Anyone seeing the latest Benghazi congressional testimonies !?

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Anyone seeing the latest Benghazi congressional testimonies !?

Ridiculous impeachment discussion?

 

[chicago51]

Ridiculous impeachment discussion?

Republicans in Congress need to get real and move on from this. How about talking about jobs, immigration, climate change, or something useful?

Embassy/Consulate attacks under Reagan:

April 82: Beirut, Lebanon - 63 killed
Oct 83: US Marine barracks in Beirut - 241 killed
Dec 83: Kuwait - 6 killed
84: US annex in Beirut - 24 killed

0 calls for impeachment

Under W Bush:

Jan 02: Kolkata - 5 killed
June 02: Karach - 12 killed
Feb 03: Islamabad - 2 killed
June 04: Tashkent - 2 killed
Dec 04: Saudi Arabi - 9 killed
March 06: Krachi - 2 killed
Spet 06: Syria - 4 kiled
March 08: Yemen - 2 killed
July 08: Istanbull - 6 killed
Sept 08: Yemen -16 killed

0 calls for impeachment

 

[Buster Bluth]

It's a huge deal for the Executive Branch to lie to the American people weeks before the election about an incident someone seriously ****ed up. It's an absolutely massive deal for them to cover up the cover up, too.

Republicans want to drag the Democrats through the mud, Democrats want to avoid it, and no one wants to tell the truth. I personally have serious problems with edited memos and seriously downplaying an attack and State Department **** up imminently before the election. I don't see how anyone can see that differently.

As I see it now, Republicans want to pin this all on Clinton so she is destroyed for 2016. I want to know who told the troops to standby, and who edited the memos and told Susan Rice to lie.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Republicans in Congress need to get real and move on from this. How about talking about jobs, immigration, climate change, or something useful?

Embassy/Consulate attacks under Reagan:

April 82: Beirut, Lebanon - 63 killed
Oct 83: US Marine barracks in Beirut - 241 killed
Dec 83: Kuwait - 6 killed
84: US annex in Beirut - 24 killed

0 calls for impeachment

Under W Bush:

Jan 02: Kolkata - 5 killed
June 02: Karach - 12 killed
Feb 03: Islamabad - 2 killed
June 04: Tashkent - 2 killed
Dec 04: Saudi Arabi - 9 killed
March 06: Krachi - 2 killed
Spet 06: Syria - 4 kiled
March 08: Yemen - 2 killed
July 08: Istanbull - 6 killed
Sept 08: Yemen -16 killed

0 calls for impeachment

Yes, please. Unfortunately these numbers from Texas will mean nothing to the president and he will shrug them off. Meanwhile, in Chicago...life is grand.

Cruz on Obama’s Texas visit: ‘Perhaps he will learn how to create’ jobs ‘from the folks who know how’
11:31 AM 05/09/2013

Caroline May
Political Reporter

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz welcomed President Obama to Texas Thursday, where Obama is scheduled to begin his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour,” by highlighting Texas’ job record in comparison with the administration’s.

“America is stuck with high unemployment and low GDP growth, so it’s encouraging to see the President coming to Austin to talk about jobs — perhaps he will learn how to create some from the folks who know how,” Cruz said in a statement.

“Texas is leading the nation in economic growth and job creation because of principled, conservative leaders who understand the keys to economic success are lower, flatter taxes, limited government and restrained spending,” he added. “Texas has shown the country how it’s done, and we hope the President will take some of these lessons back to Washington to bring true economic recovery to our nation.”

This is Obama’s second visit to Texas in two weeks, Bloomberg reported. The Dallas Morning News speculated Thursday that part of the visit is to make Cruz the face of Republican obstruction.

“What Obama wants to do is come into Texas and say, look at how great everything is and to take credit for something that really isn’t his. And without saying it, he’s saying you’ve got this Sen. Ted Cruz who wants to be the fly in the ointment. Tell him to fall in line,” The Morning News quoted Bob Vander Plaats, president of the The Family Leader.

Cruz further highlighted the fact that his state “continues to outperform the nation in terms of economic growth and job creation,” noting Texas’ 6.4 percent unemployment rate in comparison to the national 7.6 percent average and the fact that eight of the 15 fastest-growing cities from 2010 to 2011 are in Texas. (RELATED: Reid dismisses Cruz as ‘very junior senator’)

“[A]s states with high spending and high taxes are losing jobs, Texas is gaining them. In fact, between 2006 and 2012, Texas gained one million jobs, while California lost 359,000 jobs,” Cruz said. “Additionally, Texas continues to receive national accolades for its robust business climate, most recently in a report released this week by Chief Executive Magazine, naming Texas the best state for business for the ninth consecutive year.”



Read more: Cruz: Obama could learn about job creation from Texas | The Daily Caller

 

[chicago51]

Texas has done some good things.

As of 2012 they also had the highest percentage of minimum wage workers n the country.

I know Rick Perry has been anti-regulation. Perhaps it does help with job creation. Texas also just had a fertilizer plant explode.

Don't get me wrong I am for removing red tape. Heck Obama has even called for it in his most recent budget p 20-21. I am not in favor of just rolling back all safety and pollution standard.

You mention Chicago. I am not bragging about Illinois. We have been doing austerity on education and infrastructure because of our pension crisi due to decades of mismanagement. Believe it or not both parties have had control in that time and neither side is blameless. We also have it in our state constitution that we need to have a flat tax. So raising taxes will kill consumer spending because it is a wide spread tax that affects those that spend 100 percent of their income not just the rich that save a large amount of their income instead of spending it.

 

[pkt77242]

Yes, please. Unfortunately these numbers from Texas will mean nothing to the president and he will shrug them off. Meanwhile, in Chicago...life is grand.

Cruz on Obama’s Texas visit: ‘Perhaps he will learn how to create’ jobs ‘from the folks who know how’
11:31 AM 05/09/2013

Caroline May
Political Reporter

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz welcomed President Obama to Texas Thursday, where Obama is scheduled to begin his “Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour,” by highlighting Texas’ job record in comparison with the administration’s.

“America is stuck with high unemployment and low GDP growth, so it’s encouraging to see the President coming to Austin to talk about jobs — perhaps he will learn how to create some from the folks who know how,” Cruz said in a statement.

“Texas is leading the nation in economic growth and job creation because of principled, conservative leaders who understand the keys to economic success are lower, flatter taxes, limited government and restrained spending,” he added. “Texas has shown the country how it’s done, and we hope the President will take some of these lessons back to Washington to bring true economic recovery to our nation.”

This is Obama’s second visit to Texas in two weeks, Bloomberg reported. The Dallas Morning News speculated Thursday that part of the visit is to make Cruz the face of Republican obstruction.

“What Obama wants to do is come into Texas and say, look at how great everything is and to take credit for something that really isn’t his. And without saying it, he’s saying you’ve got this Sen. Ted Cruz who wants to be the fly in the ointment. Tell him to fall in line,” The Morning News quoted Bob Vander Plaats, president of the The Family Leader.

Cruz further highlighted the fact that his state “continues to outperform the nation in terms of economic growth and job creation,” noting Texas’ 6.4 percent unemployment rate in comparison to the national 7.6 percent average and the fact that eight of the 15 fastest-growing cities from 2010 to 2011 are in Texas. (RELATED: Reid dismisses Cruz as ‘very junior senator’)

“[A]s states with high spending and high taxes are losing jobs, Texas is gaining them. In fact, between 2006 and 2012, Texas gained one million jobs, while California lost 359,000 jobs,” Cruz said. “Additionally, Texas continues to receive national accolades for its robust business climate, most recently in a report released this week by Chief Executive Magazine, naming Texas the best state for business for the ninth consecutive year.”



Read more: Cruz: Obama could learn about job creation from Texas | The Daily Caller

Using numbers from 2010, Texas created about 211,000 jobs that year, about 37% were minimum wage or below minimum wage jobs and Texas has the most mimimum wage employees of any state. Also about 1 in 4 Texans don't have health insurance which leads the nation. While Texas has some things that we all can learn from, they have just as many issues that hopefully we can all learn from and not repeat as well.

 

[Cackalacky]

It's a huge deal for the Executive Branch to lie to the American people weeks before the election about an incident someone seriously ****ed up. It's an absolutely massive deal for them to cover up the cover up, too.

Republicans want to drag the Democrats through the mud, Democrats want to avoid it, and no one wants to tell the truth. I personally have serious problems with edited memos and seriously downplaying an attack and State Department **** up imminently before the election. I don't see how anyone can see that differently.

As I see it now, Republicans want to pin this all on Clinton so she is destroyed for 2016. I want to know who told the troops to standby, and who edited the memos and told Susan Rice to lie.

I agree with this 100%, That being said, the same and worse could be said for the entire Bush Presidency post 9/11. Iraq? The admin fabricated evidence to the UN to justify an invasion. The Patriot act? ( A veiled repealing of a large portion of our constitution) WMDs? Our government in totality above the county level is totally ****ed up and does not represent us.
And yes Benghazi is nothing but an attempt to destroy Hillary. The republicans have no one that will beat her in 2016. They have no demographics except white people over 40. Internally they are split. The Dems will protect Hillary and in the meantime, Wall Street will continue owning everyone.

 

[ACamp1900]

Interesting... Using Bush to deflect well placed criticisms of the Obama admin.,..... I would never even have dreamed such a tactic could used....... Crazy

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I agree with this 100%, That being said, the same and worse could be said for the entire Bush Presidency post 9/11. Iraq? The admin fabricated evidence to the UN to justify an invasion. The Patriot act? ( A veiled repealing of a large portion of our constitution) WMDs? Our government in totality above the county level is totally ****ed up and does not represent us.
And yes Benghazi is nothing but an attempt to destroy Hillary. The republicans have no one that will beat her in 2016. They have no demographics except white people over 40. Internally they are split. The Dems will protect Hillary and in the meantime, Wall Street will continue owning everyone.

Enter: Susanna Martinez, Ted Cruz, and a young rising star named Rubio. Democrats' worst nightmare...conservatives who aren't old white men.

 

[connor_in]

I agree with this 100%, That being said, the same and worse could be said for the entire Bush Presidency post 9/11. Iraq? The admin fabricated evidence to the UN to justify an invasion. The Patriot act? ( A veiled repealing of a large portion of our constitution) WMDs? Our government in totality above the county level is totally ****ed up and does not represent us.
And yes Benghazi is nothing but an attempt to destroy Hillary. The republicans have no one that will beat her in 2016. They have no demographics except white people over 40. Internally they are split. The Dems will protect Hillary and in the meantime, Wall Street will continue owning everyone.

Seriously? Are we back to this again?

Yes...thank the Lord above that there are saintly Democrats who are perfect and know exactly what is best for us to keep those evil Republicans at bay! My word, if Republicans had any more power than right now the skies would rain acid...the seas would be acid... the poles would melt and the Republicans would be shooting babies in their faces in the street on daytime television while worshipping Satan and forcing women and minorities to consumer straight Crisco covered in sugar.

God Bless the Democrat Party long may they wave!

 

[connor_in]

Interesting... Using Bush to deflect well placed criticisms of the Obama admin.,..... I would never even have dreamed such a tactic could used....... Crazy

Personally I cannot think of ONE time during this administration has blamed Bush for anything

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Enter: Susanna Martinez, Ted Cruz, and a young rising star named Rubio. Democrats' worst nightmare...conservatives who aren't old white men.

Cruz shouldn't be included in any list of credible politicians. Guy is a nut job. I would like to see him run for president to see what the Obama birthers would have to say.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Cruz shouldn't be included in any list of credible politicians. Guy is a nut job. I would like to see him run for president to see what the Obama birthers would have to say.

If the people in Texas elected him, he's already credible. Funny that you call him a nut job. On paper he's got many similarities with dictator obama. Only difference is he has an "R" behind his name and you call him a nut job. Cruz isn't running for president but he will continue to be a strong voice for conservatives.


Dershowitz: Ted Cruz one of Harvard Law’s smartest students
8:34 PM 05/09/2013
Charles C. Johnson


Famed Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz ranks Sen. Ted Cruz among the school’s smartest students, adding that the Canada-born Texan can run for president in 2016.

Cruz was a “terrific student,” Dershowitz told The Daily Caller. “He was always very active in class, presenting a libertarian point of view. He didn’t strike me as a social conservative, more of a libertarian.”

“He had brilliant insights and he was clearly among the top students, as revealed by his class responses,” Dershowitz added.

Dershowitz also gave a high estimate of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who has decidedly different political views than Cruz.

Dershowitz says he and Cruz would often debate issues presented in Dershowitz’s criminal law class. “Cruz’s views were always thoughtful and his responses were interesting,” the law professor explained. “I obviously disagreed with them and we had good arguments in class. I would challenge him and he would come up with very good responses.”

Cruz’s “career has not surprised me. I thought he would go on to accomplish important things.”

“His movement toward social conservatism has surprised me a little bit,” Dershowitz added, but “people will change and perhaps when you are at Harvard Law School you are less likely to espouse a socially conservative point of view.”

Cruz “was an outstanding student in my class,” Dershowitz said. “Without a doubt he is among the smartest students I’ve ever had… I’ve had great students but he has to be at the top of anyone’s short list, in terms of raw brain power.”

Dershowitz places Cruz alongside Warren among the Senate’s smartest members.

“Their election raised the IQ level of the Senate discernibly. The two of them have to be among the smartest senators now,” Dershowitz said.

Dershowitz and Cruz stayed in touch when Cruz was a law clerk for Justice William Rehnquist and then Texas solicitor general. Dershowitz called Cruz and wished him well when he ran for U.S. Senate.

Does Dershowitz think Cruz should run for president?

“The question is whether he can,” Dershowitz said. “I think he can. I think he’s a natural-born citizen and therefore he’s eligible to run. There will be challenges, perhaps, to his eligibility.”

But Dershowitz doesn’t think that his old student would win the 2016 GOP nomination.

“I don’t think he’ll get the nomination when you think about Rubio and posturing himself a little more to the center on immigration,” Dershowitz said. “Cruz won’t run in 2016 and that he’ll wait. Just a prediction. He would probably establish himself first before he ran.”

“Everyone is following the Obama model” of serving a few years in the U.S. Senate and then running for president, Dershowitz said.

 

[chicago51]

I'm not sure it is race of the candidate so much as the issues. Public policy polling which got every state in the 2012 election right and all but one Senate race correct did a recent poll. It had Hillary with 2 to 1 approval rating over Rubio among Hispanic voters.

It is not like African American voters want to vote for Herman Cain.

 

[chicago51]

Ted Cruz accused his own Harvard professors on the Senate floor of being communist shades of Joe McCarthy.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I'm not sure it is race of the candidate so much as the issues. Public policy polling which got every state in the 2012 election right and all but one Senate race correct did a recent poll. It had Hillary with 2 to 1 approval rating over Rubio among Hispanic voters.

It is not like African American voters want to vote for Herman Cain.

That's funny too. Progressives are obsessed with race (see 2008 and 2012). And with Cruz and his professors at Harvard, I wouldn't doubt it. Harvard? Not exactly crawling with pro-capitalist, constitution adoring patriots. I mean, it's not like Cruz told every business owner in America they didn't build that.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Cruz opposed the commemoration of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. That's nutty in my book.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

100 Days with Ted Cruz - YouTube

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Cruz opposed the commemoration of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. That's nutty in my book.

Got a link? Not familiar with the story, but there's gotta be more to it.

--Nancy Pelosi said they had to pass obamacare so we all could see what's in it.
--Barack Obama won the nobel peace prize.
-- Joe Biden. Enough said.

I could go on and on. If all you have on Cruz is a publicity thing for MS and calling some leftist profs at Harvard communists, that's scraping the barrel.

I think you're a die hard, Catholic fan of The University of Notre Dame. The fact that you and others like you align yourself so loyally to the left wing, who has segments of people attacking Christianity every day (ACLU), is nutty to me.