tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post2255358114844281495..comments2023-10-30T05:46:59.343-04:00Comments on The Doubting Writer: Thoughts on the BrexitJeffOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-73903871078385933522016-07-04T11:36:04.232-04:002016-07-04T11:36:04.232-04:00That's what bothers me most about it. From an ...That's what bothers me most about it. From an economic standpoint, maybe it will really work out quite well. The encouragement and enabling of racism is harder to recover from, I think.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-51454877355956418612016-07-04T11:34:42.608-04:002016-07-04T11:34:42.608-04:00Well, they're gonna find out, all right. Unles...Well, they're gonna find out, all right. Unless they find some way to back out of the back-out.<br /><br />The US Constitution also established rules preventing direct voting by the People with the establishment of what became the electoral college. Sadly, the electoral college doesn't seem a whole lot smarter that The People.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-28326387455688837612016-07-04T09:13:18.015-04:002016-07-04T09:13:18.015-04:00I'm happy to see this this most. The racism as...I'm happy to see this this most. The racism aspect was one of my main concerns with Brexit.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-66474172883430799482016-07-01T15:23:40.325-04:002016-07-01T15:23:40.325-04:00I'm a liberal and despise the fur-bearing rode...I'm a liberal and despise the fur-bearing rodent (mammal is too good for him) in the US. However, leaving a group of nations is both doable and un-doable. Let them lie in the bed they've made. They've already discovered that they were lied to by the "Leave" leaders. What other disappointing developments await them? Let them find out. It's possible that within the next 3-4 yrs they'll rejoin. The same thing happened in Egypt with the Muslim Brotherhood. The majority of the people understand nothing about economics, trade, tourism, subsidies, etc. They just believed "God" backed the Brotherhood. It's a big problem encouraging 3rd world countries to be democratic when the majority of their populations are uneducated, reactionary and overly religious. I'll never forget the story about Papau New Guinea burning the witch alive with the police looking on and doing nothing. And not just one. It happens a lot in that country. They believe in witches and you can't convince them otherwise. Imagine who those people would put in charge of the gov't if they could. Did you know the writers of the Constitution originally ruled that only male land-owners could vote? It was assumed they were educated and understood business and were the best people to make decisions about the country. So BRExit and the rodent's possible election are the downside of a true democracy where the majority can be wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-43890510095031013392016-06-30T05:54:55.117-04:002016-06-30T05:54:55.117-04:00-Sadly, we can't seem to all just get along.-Sadly, we can't seem to all just get along.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-26741695960630821522016-06-28T11:53:53.266-04:002016-06-28T11:53:53.266-04:00Immigration wouldn't be an issue if everyone l...Immigration wouldn't be an issue if everyone lived in peace. But I doubt THAT will ever happen.Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.com