pacino wrote:Bloomberg's ideas on foreign policy (the few he's ever given), privacy, the way he wants to gut SS and medicare, and the way the NYPD ran under him are all fairly disqualifying if he were to run as a Democrat. Clinton receives grief for a cozy relationship with Goldman-Sachs but Bloomberg is almost quite literally buddies and runs an organization that basically IS Wall Street. He's disqualified from the Republican ticket because he believes in equality for LGBT and is one of the most anti-firearm politicians in the US. it would be incredibly difficult for himself to even divest himself of his holdings in order to avoid impropriety. Hardly any significant part of the populace actually holds his mix of views and they are only moderate to themselves.

i also don't think he's very likeable or a good campaigner. he has a lot of money. he did a few good things for NYC. he then used his money to change the rules for himself. he's no savior or better than anyone else.

TenuredVulture wrote:

MoBettle wrote:Government regulation is also some part of the reason that college administrations have ballooned so much over the years. As well as schools trying to provide a lot more services than they did in the past.

That's a pretty underrated cost, it's not just buildings, there's a lot more mouths to feed than there used to be.

To be sure--I referenced the ballooning costs in "student affairs" in my initial post. There's a small army of people supervising dorms, counseling students, entertaining them and so forth. And, as I noted above, I've been told that parents really like hearing about all the student support services that are available.

I do see this as a problem not just in terms of costs, but I think all those people really retard the development of students into adults. They are denied real leadership opportunities for one, and in many cases those leadership opportunities turn into jobs--a student who runs a successful campus concert series is well positioned to do that work professionally for instance. On a more everyday level, the amount of adult supervision means students leave college without basic conflict resolution skills.

Doll Is Mine wrote:So the religious nuts are now boycotting the Girl Scouts.

Franklin Graham

The Girl Scouts organization sure isn’t what it used to be! St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson isn’t worried about being politically correct in letting people know about it either. He told church members and scout leaders that the Girl Scouts is wrong in their support of transgender rights and homosexuality and is not aligned with the teachings of his church. The archdiocese also revealed that a Girl Scout troop in Utah was formed specifically to reach out to transgendered youth and that the Girl Scouts celebrated the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage on its Instagram and Twitter accounts. Archbishop Carlson is exactly right—the “ways of the world” are incompatible with biblical values. More church leaders need his boldness in speaking the truths that set those who follow God’s Word apart from the rest of the world. I don’t know about you, but I won’t be buying any Girl Scout cookies this year.

“Yes, there is a team. There’s not a team. I’m going to be forming a team. I’ve met with far more than three people, and I’ll be forming a team at the appropriate time.”

JFLNYC wrote:Carpet bombing without regard for civilians, making desert sands glow. Not the words of a sane man.

TenuredVulture wrote:....he's practically a caricature of a nanny state liberal, which really means he's just another authoritarian, though of a different genus than Trump....

The Nightman Cometh wrote:
I'm fairly certain that Cruz would be a dumpster fire of a president, but with a good chance of taking down Hillary in November.