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Kalexander2

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  1. There's a catch to everything, in a great sense there is 'actually' no such thing as free will because it's always an "either/or" scenario. Most people think that means choice.
  2. @Cynique Hello, sister Cynique, I pray all is well with you and yours! Obliviously, we are concerned with freedoms of choice - to survive – of both mental and physical freedoms; all of which lead to unavoidable death regardless of choice. More importantly, being discussed here are the compelling freedoms we chose that worsen conditions of life and liberty, instead of making life more tolerable, lay bare our beliefs and the principles that guide us. That the Constitution and laws of the land should govern predictions of the future and explain the past. @Troy Like the sister Cynique mentioned, "it depends on the challenges faced" that impact certain unalienable rights. Fact is, as disappointing as it is, no is free in America, not even White folks, although identifying with the hegemony makes them less suspectable to plights of all others, they too are slaves.
  3. @Troy: Ah, then you enjoy many slavery-free benefits and have a need for only change and/or improvement what you already enjoy. Indeed, I’m as happy for you as you are for yourself. Obviously, what I believe can be an advancement to humankind is unobtainable; is quite different from you see as some human progress because no-one stands over you with a whip. Your mind isn’t so much boggled as it unwilling to reject the status quo of matters. A blind alliance to what you know and believe. I think that's called patriotism.
  4. IRS, mortgage company, your employer(s), your self-interests; shall I go one?
  5. Notwithstanding the atrocities of those innocent souls who perished during the forced slavery of Black folk, those who submitted to their taskmasters survived. Yes? And you are surviving today, right? Although not in some field of production, but rather as an instructor and automated media entrepreneur the complaints are the same. Those who worked in the field complained of inequality, fairness, and justice over those who worked in the house or worked as horse and buggy drivers - but not out loud - until it was realized, by White folk, that it’s safer and more equitable to enact civil rights and expend the Bill of Rights to include Black folk. Now, if you want to give credit of human nature to the constitution or laws it’s your right to believe whatever makes you feel better about your life; but what you and/or every single person on earth believe by no means change the reality of what’s real. You want to believe you’re not somebody’s slave, more power to you, Brother, though in the interim everyone’s going to know you were dependable and your absence changes nothing. Not only me and you, and Black in general, but humanity as a whole haven't made any progress in a meaningful way.
  6. No, there be no serious conversation(s) with a mind so narrow as to be unable to see the differences between being a slave and being enslaved. Furthermore, the connotations placed on the idea of slavery is equally misleading. we are all slaves, whether forced by someone, to survive or for our self-interests, the sweat of the brow and the labor of our backs is only a measure of degrees that serve our aims. Never realized you were so susceptible to the intellect con game. Finally, let us dispense with the past as an argument concerning the present or the future, being better off as such. The Neanderthal can stake the claim, as compared to 54 million years ago the human race is better off. Or are we really better off?
  7. @Troy Okay, I agree we’ve succeeded in establishing mass cooperation as to definition(s) of life forms, what constitutes being human, the value of wealth, and we’ve eliminated extreme ideas of moral turpitude; created prohibitions and punishment for those who violate them. Instead of people attacking and cubbing each other due to differences, we now legally marginalize them through economic distinctions, men are no longer permitted to grab a woman by the hair, drag her into his cave and do whatever he wants, instead, we grab them the pussy and compel them with subtle threats of well-being into voluntary submission. Slavery in America served as the ultimate laboratory to test and improve plutocracy, fascism, and authoritarian rule through re-definition(s), and qualification. Believe me when I say I too want to believe human idea and morals have improved since White folk set fool in the Americas; but a closer look reveals we’ve gotten only worse, debased ourselves through our intellect, discoveries, and technology.
  8. @Troy I don't know about popularity, but he isn't the first of his kind to emerge from the depths of humanity's worse.
  9. Yes, Brother, the precedence you rely on has been the way matters have gone but those days are over. Again, it's isn't law, swift or slow that's being applied to the American system of government. Think, if you will what drove, motivated, and compelled the early colonists before the American system, was it the Magna Carta? this the social psychological/anthropological conditions I'm alluding to. SURE, as the Brother said, we are probably witnessing a 'geopolitical shift the likes of the Roman empire. Matters are not what they used to be, Brother, What I'm really afraid of is, America isn't prepared, nor have a workable system in place to deal with what's already here, or coming. I didn't know Brother Del was outside the US. No matter though, I think you're unfound reliance on this idea of 'justice' has expanded your imagination to an unhealthy level. There was never such a thing as American Justice, the system you rely on has always been an equitable system of State power, to control the masses, a system that even the Party even the Democratic Party is attempting to move away from, even as we comment here.
  10. @Troy: Brother, I'm not ignoring anything, as anything is possible. But the likelihood of due process and precedence of past legislative impeachment events is out-of-character for today's politics; doesn't have the teeth to do what I predict within the time I anticipate, is all I'm saying. That, coupled with how matters have transpired (without precedence) since DT was sworn in as President, including the unprecedented way he was elected allows room to believe unconstitutional and unprecedented events is the new norm - to get DT out of the oval office. You, me, and all of our powerless peers are the only ones who follow the law these days.
  11. No, just the opposite of using history, the Constitution, laws, etc. I support my argument with social psychology and social anthropology contrasted with legislative precedence.
  12. Thank you, Brother, and you're welcome. Me, I'll wager twice that much DT's presidency won't last to the New Year!
  13. @Troy Are you sure about that? Notwithstanding 'stare decisis' prescribed for Congressional ordinances, precedence has little bearing on what Congress may, or may not do next. As I've pointed out, matters and options have dramatically changed for the GOP since DT was elected; from hopefulness for the success of their agenda to the now, near total discouragement that their party will even exist, thanks to DT. Do you really believe those White boys won't try to get ahead of the 'DT curve' before midterms, or soon thereafter, in spite of the Constitution dictates? Furthermore, Brother Del raised a point I've not considered for several months now, DT's tax returns, once made public is going to push GOP to enact impeachment immediately; because the base they rely on is going to be so pissed off that the billions DT claim he has is nothing more than paper and BS. In fact, their base is the only hope they have left, once that's threatened, it only a matter of days. I believe anyhow!
  14. @Troy: No, Brother, and I don't believe neither one of us has EVER accused you of believing DT was innocent. That's beside the point, and still evading the question at hand: "what law, procedure, or methods can you describe that'll prevent DT's removal before the expiration of our wager?" I personally believe that between next weeks' Kavanaugh vote and the midterms (less than 50-days from now) GOP is going to resurrect what sense's they have left and start some real shit; realizing that the threat to GOP continued control of Congress is all because of DT's popularity, not political issues; that taking a stand against DT, getting rid of him is their only salvation, though it won't save them, too late for that. If not within between now and the midterms, then certainly after, once they've actually lost control of Congress. Out of sheer revenge, or the last-ditch effort for room to try something new - the GOP is going to start impeachment/indictment proceedings, and then it's a wrap for DT - before 12/31/2018. That's always been my argument here.
  15. @Troy Well, Brother I do believe Brother Del has just identified more than is needed to remove DT after impeachment; unless he resigns, assassinated, or lose the remainder of his mind. If not before, then definitely after midterms - no way he'll be president after 12/31/2018. YOUR TURN, what law, procedure, or methods can you describe that'll prevent DT's removal before expiration of our wager?
  16. @Troy: Okay, Brother, let's get in front of this: There are five (5) ‘major’ classes of presidential duties that involve, military; foreign affairs, administrative, legislative, and judicial. All, of which DT has shirked, abused or otherwise violated, in one way or another. While anyone can be cause for impeachment, judicial, administrative, and legislative is more than enough. The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power to indict or bring impeachment proceedings, the Senate has the sole power to try impeachments. The Constitution also defines the crimes for which the president can be impeached. Although the Constitution limits the possible consequences of impeachment. Impeachment for political purposes was strictly prohibited. A person convicted by the Senate can only be removed from office [Hence, the punishment] and disqualified from holding "any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States." Impeachment does not activate the Fifth Amendment’s double jeopardy clause, however. This means that a person removed from office by impeachment can also face trial in other courts for crimes they have committed. Congress [does] have the power to remove from office, through impeachment, the president, vice president, members of the president's cabinet and civil officers such as judges. If the president is removed, the vice president immediately takes the oath of office and becomes the president. In all other cases, the president nominates a replacement and the Congress must approve that replacement. In the event the president and vice president are both impeached and removed from office, the speaker of the House of Representatives would assume the presidency. Popular belief has it that: One of the best ways to examine what happens after an impeachment conviction is to look at what has happened in past impeachment proceeding. As of 2018, no U.S. president has been impeached and convicted. In 1868, following the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson was impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors" but was ultimately acquitted. In 1974 the House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice, abuse of power and contempt of Congress. Nixon resigned though before impeachment proceedings could begin in the Senate. In 1999 President Bill Clinton was impeached for abuse of power, obstruction of justice and perjury, but he was acquitted of the charges. That fact punishment of removal from office has never happened before is not a law prohibiting removal. There you have the prescribed steps: 1st obtain an impeachment, 2nd remove the bastard from the oval office. And oh yeah, that's all by your 'savior' the law!!!
  17. Fair enough, but even that claim, of the possibility, was not supported; meaning you commented from the 'hip' with an empty gun. Or was consideration of U.S. Constitutional laws your base of contention, if so, how?
  18. Come on, Brother, you're too intelligent to believe that sort of deflection will work, on me! I not only answered your question with two question posed to you, which you're trying to avoid; by addressing Del's comments which you, obviously, can't deny. AND YES, you really did make the comment 45 would be reelected, without simply suggested it as a possibility. Do you make a habit of deciding before thinking?
  19. @Troy Brother Del's made some interesting points here - if he's right - you've based your insightful commentary on subjective reasoning; which is a flawed way of thinking; not well taken for someone who proclaims to be a firm believer in scientific theory.
  20. Two (2) questions in answer to your one question: 1. describe what's improved for Black folk in America, specifically (not in general terms)? Are you suggesting Black progress if any, thanks to lawsw have better served us than we ourselves?
  21. You're kidding me, right? Your generalization of how laws work and 'consent of the governed' is wanting; just gravy with no meat. Just because 90% of the people follow and obey laws of the land, while 10% are rogue does not make a system workable, fair, or even mean the majority have to obey them. Your savior in the law has overtaken more than your reasoning. And my questioning of the law does not make me a climate change denier or earther, coupling truth with negatives is a fool's argument. While I do concur with Del's timeline regarding the life of DT's presidency, I do not subscribe to his methods for obtaining information. Del's non-use of myths to devise his methods, however, is not of one who follows the leader. And that's commendable.
  22. @Troy I never said that, or even suggest such a prosperous idea. Since early human history, we’ve devised all sorts of concepts to establish and maintain morals and order within the clan, tribe and community; and punish those who fail to follow those laws; religion was designed to do just. And just like religious myths, the laws we live under today are equally flawed; to believe, with conviction, that matters for people are better because we have laws or, the course of something is dependent on the law; is not only an unsound consideration but misleading as well. Time to come out of the cotton field, Brother, laws of this nation has about as much to do with whether DT remains president as do equality for Blacks with Democratic ‘blue wave.’ America does not function because we have laws, it functions because only ordinary people, without power, follow those laws.
  23. You mean freedom from force servitude or voluntary servitude without other options; you mean the right to vote or the right to vote as a last result; ending Jim Crow or ending class distinctions. I’m not so much reading as I am observing and experiencing, for quite some time now! It’s understanding, however, you’ve fallen for the con that the law has made a difference so as to be counted on when needed.
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