My opinion... I think Hillary will win this cycle but she will only be a one term president. She's about the worst candidate the Democrats could have picked and I think ultimately it will cost their party. They really alienated a lot of new younger voters with the whole Bernie Sanders affair. I know so many young people who really connected with Sanders over economic issues like income inequality, prohibitive cost of health care and higher education. These young people aren't stupid. The ones I know are mostly engineering students and are surprisingly informed about all these issues. The feeling now is that the system really is rigged and that we really dont have power. The Democrats had the chance to basically get a large swathe of new voters into their fold which would not only effect the presidency but countless down ballot contests. Truly the Democrats fumbled this one... BAD.
And then there's the Donald Trump phenomenon. I think the Donald Trump campaign "success" has revealed a side of America that is quite honestly appalling. I really cant see how anyone can justify this guy. Its extremely clear that he is a narcissist who has no problem demeaning women and minorities. I mean really he is the epitome of the white male superiority paradigm. His popularity brings into the open the fact that there are a lot of Americans who align with his values. That is the appalling part. I really had hoped that this country had moved beyond racism and sexism but I can see that both issues are alive and well. Few admit that they're racist or sexist but this campaign has given many an opportunity to be comfortable in their beliefs and show them publicly. When I lived in Tennessee I discovered that racism was very much still a thing but I thought it was a local issue. Now with the Trump campaign I see that the problem is widespread. This isn't to say all of Trumps supporters are racist or women-demeaning but his campaign has appealed to those that are. They've come out of the woodwork in numbers far greater than I would have ever imagined.
Here's the part that really gets me. The evangelical vote. I am a church goer myself but I find myself in the minority amongst Christians being a progressive. How the evangelicals can justify a president trump confounds me. Usually the answer is that he's not Hillary. That's no answer. The attempts to justify Trump are offensive. Evangelicals on the whole seem to be stuck in the Conservative camp over a few issues: gay marriage, abortion etc. Issues that rarely are legislated on and only have a small impact on society. Economic issues harm and kill far more people than abortion or gay marriage ever will. I saw this comic a while back and to me it really rings true.
The rest of the world is watching all of this. I don't know the exact reactions but I'm guessing its a mix between laughter, sadness and disgust. Really America, this is the best we could do? Of the 280 million or so people we have living here these two individuals are what rose to the top? I want to believe we are better, rather I have to believe we are better.
And then there's the Donald Trump phenomenon. I think the Donald Trump campaign "success" has revealed a side of America that is quite honestly appalling. I really cant see how anyone can justify this guy. Its extremely clear that he is a narcissist who has no problem demeaning women and minorities. I mean really he is the epitome of the white male superiority paradigm. His popularity brings into the open the fact that there are a lot of Americans who align with his values. That is the appalling part. I really had hoped that this country had moved beyond racism and sexism but I can see that both issues are alive and well. Few admit that they're racist or sexist but this campaign has given many an opportunity to be comfortable in their beliefs and show them publicly. When I lived in Tennessee I discovered that racism was very much still a thing but I thought it was a local issue. Now with the Trump campaign I see that the problem is widespread. This isn't to say all of Trumps supporters are racist or women-demeaning but his campaign has appealed to those that are. They've come out of the woodwork in numbers far greater than I would have ever imagined.
Here's the part that really gets me. The evangelical vote. I am a church goer myself but I find myself in the minority amongst Christians being a progressive. How the evangelicals can justify a president trump confounds me. Usually the answer is that he's not Hillary. That's no answer. The attempts to justify Trump are offensive. Evangelicals on the whole seem to be stuck in the Conservative camp over a few issues: gay marriage, abortion etc. Issues that rarely are legislated on and only have a small impact on society. Economic issues harm and kill far more people than abortion or gay marriage ever will. I saw this comic a while back and to me it really rings true.
The rest of the world is watching all of this. I don't know the exact reactions but I'm guessing its a mix between laughter, sadness and disgust. Really America, this is the best we could do? Of the 280 million or so people we have living here these two individuals are what rose to the top? I want to believe we are better, rather I have to believe we are better.
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion
Console Repair/Mod Center
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) to perform a region switch. In this setup, the original region is default and the second region is selected by holding the select button while powering the unit on. NOTE: This doesnt not work on console systems! It still requires a button press on boot which cannot be done on consoles like it can on portables!
