DebateGate

Trump has no clue how to run a country. Wall Street craves stability. Trump is not stable. He is rude enough to seek employment in a stable, perhaps.

    Imagine a woman who showed up [to a presidential debate] unprepared, sniffling like a coke addict and interrupting her opponent 70 times. Let’s further imagine that she had 5 kids by 3 men, was a repeated adulterer, had multiple bankruptcies, paid zero federal taxes and rooted for the housing crisis in which many thousands of families lost their homes. Wait… there’s more: she has never held any elected office in her life.” -Michelle Vitali

Wonder how long this imaginary woman would last if she were to seek political office, much less try to hold one. And to become a presidential candidate — Well, perhaps on another planet. How sad, and what does it say about our country that a man like Trump would be able to rise up to the political level he has reached (there’s only one step higher) and yet Hillary would be and is relentlessly scrutinized as she has been?  The hypocrisy is out of the park.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-the-conservative-hope-1462833870

Trump simply has no character. I agree that presidential debates are not really debates and they are not an accurate indicator of all the attributes needed by a president.

But they do indicate some things. Trump has demonstrated that he is rude, cannot stay on a subject,. it not a logical thinker and is mostly interested in becoming the Big Swinging Dick of Planet Earth.

I don't think that US doctors are scared of opiate drugs at all. The US has 5% of the world's population and consumed 75% of prescription drugs like Oxy Contin.

Pot clearly has some benefits as a medicine. The issue is whether the long-term contraindications outweigh the benefits. Pot affects people very differently.

I think is should be legalized as alcohol is legalized. I don't think it is nearly as bad as alcohol.

Suffering for suffering's sake is a defective part of both Christianity and Islam.

I disagree with that.
No pain is preferable to pain. If the medication "only stops the pain" well that is something, and an important something.

There is nothing noble or useful about "accepting pain".
If people want to accept pain, then they should be given that option.
Denying pain medication to the dying who are suffering is NOT causeing them to ACCEPT pain,only forcing them to ENDURE it.

Mother Teresa was some kind of nut.

The Wall would not stop illegals from entering this country.
It would not only cost a huge fortune to build, it would require maintenance that would also cost a fortune. A 2000 mile wall would require major expenditures.