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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    Does he like any particular type of history??

    I have been reading most recently about Spain, particularly northern Spain/Portugal, Galatia & the traditional Celtic roots as well as their role in the Arab conquest-NOT & the expulsions etc that followed..
    How interesting! He likes local history, engineering history, Great Lakes industry history, war history.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loving91390 View Post
    He’s a liar !
    That's your response to everything!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill View Post
    $175???? WTF That is crazy...

    I rarely go any more but I will be taking the grandkids there as they have lots of activities, events, plays etc..

    Something we kinda just take for granted..

    The first free library in our county was here in Elk Grove & I use to visit it often before everything was @ our finger tips...

    What do you go there for??
    Well funded, free public libraries say a lot about the nature and values of a community or nation.

    I use the socialist public library all the time. I still read real actual books, and our corporate overlords would be astounded and irate at how much money Barnes and Nobel et al. are losing because my book reading activity costs me nothing

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    Hello StoneByStone,

    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    I've also noticed that the pride is dying out. People are starting to realize Trump isn't an edgy badass playing 4D chess. He's just an angry idiot who fails at everything. And now people are embarrassed that they backed such a low IQ snowflake.

    But the thing is, Trump never had much support. He always had a small very vocal minority. The reason he won the election is because lots of people who normally vote Democrat didn't vote, thanks to Hillary, and the electoral college benefits Republicans. These two factors seem like they're going to get Trump reelected. We still have the electoral college and most of the Democrats running are absolutely horrible. So yeah, there are less Trumpcucks now, and the ones going down with the ship are embarrassed, but that's not going to be enough.
    Another factor was the Hillary baggage. A lot of the mushy middle just voted for Trump to keep Hillary out. We are not going to have Hillary next time, although there is a concern that the same effect could happen with Biden. That mindset is being swayed to think Biden is really dirty and the 'deep state is preventing him from being investigated.'

    Amazing all the power they assign to this fictitious 'deep state' but then that same power was unable to keep Trump out of office.

    There is also a very common belief that Cohen handed Trump the presidency with his poorly timed announcement that Hillary was being investigated one week before the election. It is unlikely that 2020 would be a repeat of anything like that event.
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    Hi Flash,

    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Who do most of the remaining signs support?
    There are no signs currently in my hood.
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    Hello ThatOwlWoman,

    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    It's how we pay for the public library located in Marquette. Each township votes on whether to collect a millage (amount per thousand of assessed property value) from its residents to go towards the library. If your township approves it, you pay a slight bit more in taxes and qualify for an annual library membership. But if your township is filled with knuckleheads like the ours with the Trump sign, then they vote against the millage and your annual library membership goes up to $175/year per family. Our neighbors (she is a retired teacher) put up a pro-library sign four times at the intersection of our road and the main hwy going into town. Someone kept taking it. Welcome to TrumpLand.
    Voting against supporting a library is like voting against knowledge.
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    Hello Cypress,

    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Libraries, public art museums, and national parks are anathemas to Trump-supporters

    But spending trillions on an unnecessary and premeditated war of aggression on Iraq? Yep, they couldn't leap out of their chairs fast enough to line up in support of that
    Part of the problem with libraries is that there is a lot of science knowledge there. If you don't believe in evolution (Trump base) then you have no use for the library. Everything you need to know is in the 'good' book.
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    Our libraries don't charge fees to residents...in Michigan they do?

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    Hello TOP,

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    Our libraries don't charge fees to residents...in Michigan they do?
    Interesting.

    We can have free libraries but not free health care or free college.

    If we have free K-12 education that's OK, but try to make it K-16 and all of a sudden it's not free.

    I think the thing that people are overlooking is that Education Prevents Prison.

    Smarter people are less likely to end up costing us tax money to incarcerate them

    Which is a very good reason to have free college.

    It's either pay for their education and benefit to society or pay for their imprisonment and detriment to society, take your choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello TOP,



    Interesting.

    We can have free libraries but not free health care or free college.

    If we have free K-12 education that's OK, but try to make it K-16 and all of a sudden it's not free.

    I think the thing that people are overlooking is that Education Prevents Prison.

    Smarter people are less likely to end up costing us tax money to incarcerate them

    Which is a very good reason to have free college.

    It's either pay for their education and benefit to society or pay for their imprisonment and detriment to society, take your choice.
    Make it K-16 and voc-ed...Good idea....no problem...
    I've had students in school until they're 22 more than once
    No "free healthcare"....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Amazing all the power they assign to this fictitious 'deep state' but then that same power was unable to keep Trump out of office.
    The mythos goes like this: The so-called Deep State wanted Hillary to win to keep the status quo. But the Power of The People overcame the nefarious plot by sheer willpower and selected the Great Almighty Trump over all the machinations of the DS to get Hillary in the WH. See, he's independently wealthy and doesn't need corporate donations and union donations and so on, so he's doing the "work of the People." Really. It's true!

    After you've swallowed that down, with a chaser of orange Koolaid, may I interest you in this nice bridge over here?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    Our libraries don't charge fees to residents...in Michigan they do?
    We are not considered "residents" because our township did not vote in favor of the millage. It's not that hard to understand, except of course for pretend "teachers." lol Let me see if I can find you some small words.

    Public libraries are supported by taxpayers. In our county (I am not familiar with the rules statewide), each township has the freedom to accept or reject contributing to the public library via the millage. We also vote on millages for road maintenance/construction, schools, trash/waste services, fire/EMS, etc. Our township sadly rejected the public library millage. Last time. It was close though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Which is a very good reason to have free college.

    It's either pay for their education and benefit to society or pay for their imprisonment and detriment to society, take your choice.
    Agree. Although just one quibble: It's not education that makes you "smart." It does make you more employable though. I would like to see us provide a two-year post-high school education for free. If the student prefers a trade school education over an academic one, that's awesome -- we'll fund that 100% as well.
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    Poor Xichigan....

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    I look forward to a "real teacher" wager someday LMK

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