One of them is a relative of mine and I can't for the life of me understand why.

Totally agree.

I normally don't like this sort of thing but this one I understood.

You make a powerful argument. I am of two minds. I agree a majority would get more done, more good or more bad is the problem. A one percent change could produce a fruit basket turnover every couple of years. I don't know what I want. We could try it.

Unconvenced. The Democrats caved. We lost.

Not the only time that's happened by a long shot.

I did computer work from home using dial-up modem. There wasn't any internet involved, just remote login over phone lines.

Me too. I programmed with punch cards for a theses. Wrote the text on a computer in WordStar and printed it conforming to the typewriter rules at the time on a Diablo daisy wheel printer. So when I turned it in, it was "typewritten." This was 1971.

Well said. I am the same.

Right about social class and access.

If all the submissions were images, wouldn't you have that?

Typewriters don't make exact copies and don't store data. It's one of their nicer features.

I love mine. Distraction free, runs forever on three AA batteries, light and almost indestructible. Was designed for elementary school kids. No internet connection.

You might look into AlphaSmart and the Neo and Neo2. You get the function of a typewriter and the ability to dump everything you type into any computer. Nothing proprietary, the computer thinks the Neo is a keyboard and acts accordingly. Uses a USB cable normal for printers, old technology.

Impartiality implies that there is no right and wrong, that both should have equal support. This isn't reality.

No, they don't. They believe only in winning, personally and as a party.

Government support promotes government bias. Advertising support promotes advertising bias. Hard to imagine unbiased support. Takes tough minded people in the end.

No contract, no coffee.

Absolutely true and absolutely necessary for capitalism to exist .

Capitalism depends on charity to do what government should do.

Yes, he is. It isn't just a perjorative.

The Nazis in Germany weren't that bright either.

Winning is all that's important to a political party. They don't have any social or cultural positions, unless it will help them win .

Not just literacy, all forms of education. Education produces thoughtful people, who make better choices generally.

Racism, like a lot of things, is based on fear.

That's just about the situation. Well said.

What we need is a new Democratic party.

I always cheer when the election goes against the money. In the final analysis everybody, no matter how rich, gets one vote. It's a good system. Let's keep it.

Good on them! No more coffee without a contract. Get your coffee somewhere else.

What a good idea!