Biden has done an acceptable job as President. Given that a large portion of this country just wants to watch the world burn, that's about the best we can hope for at the moment. Anyone who'd have done a better job would be smeared by the right as a 'dirty communist'. Sadly we live in a country where a lot of people would believe it, because they don't know what a 'communist' is, and couldn't define it if their lives depended on it.

What has he accomplished?

He brought us back into the World Health Organization -- the only organization who's entirely eradicated a disease. Without the WHO, Smallpox would still be a thing.

He's put competent adults in charge of departments. You know, people who don't actively want to destroy the very department they're the head of. We've got a Secretary of Education who actually knows a thing or two about education, and aren't actively grifting so they can buy their twelfth yacht at the expense of college students.

He's started the process of reuniting immigrant children with their families. Though he hasn't done enough in that regard -- it's at least a step in the right direction, instead of the wrong one.

But these are things conservatives see as inherently bad. So the question of 'What good has Biden done?' is a question asked in bad faith. Because whatever is said, conservatives will simply disagree that those actions are 'good'. But I really don't care what conservatives think anymore. (If they think at all. These days I'm not so sure.)

(April 26, 2021 at 1:45 pm)Five Wrote: "not compared to trump but has he made America safer?"

That's a contradiction. "safer" than what?

safer than the last administration...

(April 27, 2021 at 2:08 pm)Drich Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 1:45 pm)Five Wrote: "not compared to trump but has he made America safer?"

That's a contradiction. "safer" than what?

safer than the last administration...

(April 27, 2021 at 2:08 pm)Drich Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 1:45 pm)Five Wrote: "not compared to trump but has he made America safer?"

That's a contradiction. "safer" than what?

safer than the last administration...

Congressmen/women would probably say YES.

(April 26, 2021 at 6:47 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 6:39 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: How many nuclear weapons have actually been detonated worldwide? Horoshima? Nagasaki? Just two? Course not, there have been plenty of tests on top of those. 2 dozen? 50 maybe?

Nope 2,053 actually.

Yet we are all still here. Odd that.

Nuclear armageddon is indeed an existential threat to the human race, not to life in toto. Likely not to the human race either. Genetics demonstrates that we were down to a few paltry thousand survivors worldwide about 75kya. We were pretty darn close to extinction as a species.

Nuclear Armageddon almost certainly will not be sufficient to kill humans as a specie.   But it will likely retard civilization for some time.   A full on nuclear exchange at the peak of Cold War probably would have set the entire human civilization back a century or two and permanently and dramatically change the character of human civilization.    An exchange between US and Russia now will mainly set back each of these two countries several decades. But still collateral physical, to say nothing of political and economic effects, will still be felt by almost everyone in the world.

None of these will end the human specie, but does warrant notice even if you live by yourself in a remote location, no matter how ghetto, third world, or “shit hole” the owners of these nuclear weapons have become.

As to us still being here,   Under Reagan, the world can to within 15 minutes from full on nuclear exchange a with near peak Cold War arsenal, when the Soviet Union almost launched on warning at false sign of american first strike, which came after they have been spooked by Able Archer, a pressure tactic under the guise of an exercise launched by the Reagan administration that realistically simulated mobilization, preparation for nuclear war, and deployment of nuclear weapon.

So one should be worried how cavalierly cowboy the US of A can be with responsibility for humanity.

Oh yes. One would be right into some kind of Mad Max future dystopia. It would not be pleasant for the survivors. Some here are old enough to remember how close we got to that kettle of insanity. It was a low level Russian military radar operator that saved the planet. An unsung hero.

(April 27, 2021 at 2:25 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 6:47 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Nuclear Armageddon almost certainly will not be sufficient to kill humans as a specie.   But it will likely retard civilization for some time.   A full on nuclear exchange at the peak of Cold War probably would have set the entire human civilization back a century or two and permanently and dramatically change the character of human civilization.    An exchange between US and Russia now will mainly set back each of these two countries several decades. But still collateral physical, to say nothing of political and economic effects, will still be felt by almost everyone in the world.

None of these will end the human specie, but does warrant notice even if you live by yourself in a remote location, no matter how ghetto, third world, or “shit hole” the owners of these nuclear weapons have become.

As to us still being here,   Under Reagan, the world can to within 15 minutes from full on nuclear exchange a with near peak Cold War arsenal, when the Soviet Union almost launched on warning at false sign of american first strike, which came after they have been spooked by Able Archer, a pressure tactic under the guise of an exercise launched by the Reagan administration that realistically simulated mobilization, preparation for nuclear war, and deployment of nuclear weapon.

So one should be worried how cavalierly cowboy the US of A can be with responsibility for humanity.

Oh yes. One would be right into some kind of Mad Max future dystopia. It would not be pleasant for the survivors. Some here are old enough to remember how close we got to that kettle of insanity. It was a low level Russian military radar operator that saved the planet. An unsung hero.

Actually, it was the duty officer at the soviet early waning center.   His refusal to order launch of soviet counterstrike as per procedure is Arguable the single most impactful act of moral courage in all of human history.

His reward was a reprimand on his service record for not following procedure to properly document his actions as he made them.    As a result he was passed over for further promotions, and thus effectively drummed out of the service.

(April 26, 2021 at 5:36 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 5:26 pm)Drich Wrote: One more question do you think biden is in control of his presidency, is he mentally fit, is he making all the final decisions?

That's actually three questions, but: Yes, yes and yes. There is no rational reason to suppose otherwise.

Boru

do you remember the end of Regan's presidency? the end of his second term? what is the difference between the gaffs and mental hiccups of Regan and those of biden. outside of twenty years later it was admitted Regan had full on Alzheimer's in his last few months in office?

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(April 26, 2021 at 6:05 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 5:26 pm)Drich Wrote: look no right or wrong answers, i'm not looking for a debate just want to know what the other side thinks about biden...


One more question do you think biden is in control of his presidency, is he mentally fit, is he making all the final decisions?

again not about trump not about my views just want an honest opinion. i know what my side thinks, i know what i think, i have never heard anyone identify where/how biden is a good president outside he is not trump. till now.. so if you want to revise your statments i'm not looking to challenge them.

Why should I care about the President of some third world country?

how is your mandarin? Cantonese?  what about Korean?

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(April 26, 2021 at 6:37 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 5:26 pm)Drich Wrote: look no right or wrong answers, i'm not looking for a debate just want to know what the other side thinks about biden...


One more question do you think biden is in control of his presidency, is he mentally fit, is he making all the final decisions?

again not about trump not about my views just want an honest opinion. i know what my side thinks, i know what i think, i have never heard anyone identify where/how biden is a good president outside he is not trump. till now.. so if you want to revise your statments i'm not looking to challenge them.

I don't think any president should be making all final decisions.  He should be working with a capable group of advisors to make decisions.  It's dictators that make all the decisions.  That's not how the US government is set up.

I don't recall a president that didn't have some mishaps along the way, it's certainly not a sure sign of someone not being mentally fit.  Maybe if we see him disembark a plane and not see the giant black SUV parked at the bottom of the stairs we need to check to see if he's okay.

which is it? the president doesn't make decisions on his own? or all presidents make mistakes when they start out? and do you think biden is allow to make any decisions that matter?

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(April 26, 2021 at 6:39 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:

(April 26, 2021 at 6:16 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Cuz number of nuclear weapons does not decline with declining average level of education, health care, political stability, disposable purchasing power.

How many nuclear weapons have actually been detonated worldwide? Horoshima? Nagasaki? Just two? Course not, there have been plenty of tests on top of those. 2 dozen? 50 maybe?

Nope 2,053 actually.

Yet we are all still here. Odd that.

Nuclear armageddon is indeed an existential threat to the human race, not to life in toto. Likely not to the human race either. Genetics demonstrates that we were down to a few paltry thousand survivors worldwide about 75kya. We were pretty darn close to extinction as a species.

you do understand most high yield tests were not performed above ground right? Even North Korea had sense enough to do their testing underground