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I interrupted him this morning while he was slaughtering cattle on Minecraft, so he was in a bit of an aggressive mood. He said there are so many assholes of all sorts ( both attacker and “defender”) saying stupid things, I’d be wasting my limited remaining lifespan calling them all out. He also said the phrase “calling them out” is “so nineties”. He gets some sick pleasure out of calling me old.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
So I won’t be wearing your ribbon anytime soon.
For the party of fiscal responsibility the majority supports a candidate that is costing taxpayers huge amounts of money.
Taxpayer money being spent on Lawyers who have been working on the fake elector/find me votes schemes. The 1/6 riot which was scary at the time but even more scary now seeing what the investigators have uncovered. Classified documents in unsecured locations which were not turned over to the government despite requests and demand cost an enormous amount of money to get them out of Mara Largo to a secure location. .Increased security costs in law enforcement to guard those who have been threatened by Trump, as well as cities where rallies were held. Increased cost of fencing and other barriers. Court costs. FBI investigators, secret service costs, and so on.
The amount of money that has been spent is astronomical and the trials haven't even started yet. Plus many people are fearful for themselves and their families being targeted by kooks who truly believe they are defending a victim by going after his.perceived enemies.
And to think that Taxpayer money could have been spent on our aging bridges, mass transit, increased benefits for veterans for example. Or lowering taxes or shoring up Medicare.
I'm late coming back to this thread, and am not going to read all 208 pages of it, but the reason I can't vote Republican is they are all warmongers.
DeSantis tried edging away from funding the Ukraine war, got pounced on, and quickly backtracked.
Vivek, the only one I've seen signs for in NH, wants to stop funding Ukraine but only so he can try to provoke a war with China. Haley is running lots of ads, also rattling sabers at China.
It was very refreshing to hear Kennedy advocate for peace, but digging deeper I found out this is apparently a vanity campaign. There are no attempts to get him on the ballot in Massachusetts. You only need 2,500 signatures which for a Kennedy in this state is nothing. The state campaign manager told me they won't do anything until after NH has its primary. I pointed out that is in 2024 and the Mass deadline is in December 2023 and she blocked my post.
I left the Kennedy groups, took down my yard sign, and sent a message to the Williamson campaign asking if they plan to get on my ballot. No answer yet.
Only D, R and L have primaries in my state and the Libertarians told me they won't have one.
Cornell West is another option for the general election.
I really like Cornell West. I'd have to know more about his platform, but I'd be interested in learning more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
That's funny, my son was suggesting him as the only candidate he could think of, too.
Attachment 5599
From the horse’s mouth!
According to Snopes, this is a fake. Tell us again who will believe anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Didn't check it out because it is something he would say. Originally he was a democrat so it made sense. But, you are correct, I should have checked it out and it is false.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
I think that’s what the media refer to as “too good to check”.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Has nothing to do with the media. trump has said many documented stupid things that were hard to believe. Sadly, nothing he does is surprising any more. We can only hope he gets out of the spotlight soon (no matter how). It was great when he could not twitter and was quieted. I look forward to the day when he is just a memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Considering that the #3 Republican candidate for president, and your preferred nominee, is literally running a campaign where his entire platform is ‘I hate these groups of people even more than Donald trump’ I question whether you are attempting sincere discourse either.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
If you are talking about DeSantisI thought he was #2 in the polls but whatever, that doesn’t matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
Probably you consider “hateful” laws across the country, including California, that control medical decisions minors can make for themselves. Certainly it varies from state to state and adolescents have more autonomy than five-year-olds, but all in all it is society’s role to protect children. That has existed for a long time, in modern times anyway.
“Protecting children” is a big broad generalization. As is considering those laws “hateful. “
The grievance industrial complex requires an increasingly large supply of “hate” to continue to grow and prosper. Organizations like the SPLC need to dig ever deeper to list groups like PTA moms or the American College of Pediatricians to fuel the industry. The FBI looks at school board dissidents and traditional Catholics as domestic terrorists. Low level state bureaucrats compile lists of accusations for unspecified purposes. More and more people depend on a steady supply of hate for their paychecks.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Where are you getting your information?Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Probably not exclusively from Rachel Maddow.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
tell me, has Rachel covered any of these issues?
Indeed. I wonder when republicans will realize that being the white grievance party is not a winning strategy with an ever increasingly diverse electorate.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
What issues? That was his opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
It wasn't simply his opinion, each scenario he mentioned is real, yet largely ignored by media and Democrats.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Again, where are you getting this information?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Just about anywhere well informed people congregate, subscribe to, visit, peruse, discuss or lurk. MSNBC, CNN and New York Times excluded of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Ha! So essentially just republican propaganda.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
My news is calling the Georgia indictments of Trump and company to be the most serious charges, so far. If I understand correctly the state charges could not be pardoned by Trump or his GOP cohorts should they get elected? The grand jury is an interesting process in our legal system. It's hard to picture how it could be politicized.
Ummm, humans?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
And by this I do NOT mean these charges are not warrented.
How is a grand jury selected and what efforts are insure they are unbiased or filter out prejudice? I don't know the answer, but I would assume it is not politicized by the DOJ, which has been the accusation in other instances.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Do we assume everything involving people is political.
I’m glad the Bad Orange Man was indicted in GA. Was just reading a long article on the timeline last night and damn!
I likely won’t be voting for president next year. I don’t like either offering!
So proud of my home state. Go Dawgs!
I just wish we had better choices on both sides for president.
Tell me about it. No way would I vote for Orange Man again and I will NOT vote for Grandpa Joe. I think he’s clearly too old for the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I was a little inspired by Obama early on, but my historical perspective has pretty much been picking the lesser of the evils to different degrees. I did like McGovern.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
My vote doesn't especially matter in this state. Whoever the Democratic candidate is will carry the state.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
McGovern was largely responsible for the 1977 Dietary Goals for the United States, also known as the "McGovern Report," that pretty much kicked off forty years of increasing obesity, diabetes, and cancer in this country. I believe I once voted for him, and I'm truly sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar
Apparently DeSantis' Florida has just approved some PragerU instructional videos for the K-6 classrooms.
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/educat...videos-schools
I went and looked at some samples. This is not the Schoolhouse Rock of my youth....
Fun times.
A traitor or someone you consider too old. Come on... if those are the options there is only one choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
People voted for the doddering and clearly senile Reagan. Of course, he was a Republican--maybe they just had lowered expectations.
The alternative was Nixon.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I had to look up the McGovern Report. The common take on it is more positive than your experiences, but proper nutrition seems to be a moving target.
Eleven servings of bread or other starchy carbohydrates plus de-emphasizing animal foods set the ball rolling.
But Reagan being his opponent certainly explains my vote.
McGovern ran against Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. Carter and Mondale ran against Reagan in 1980 and 1984. I can always benefit from a history wiki review
Amazing. If I had school age children this would not be acceptable. I imagine there are alternatives like private schools or home schooling, but it would be temping just to move away.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Imagine being a teacher here and having to teach Jesus if you are atheist or Jewish. Or having it taught to your non Christian children.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
I’ve only known one person to ever sit on a grand jury. He was called the same as one gets called for regular jury duty. It was a four hour commitment daily for a month or so and paid better than regular jury duty. Since he was a school teacher at the time he viewed it as a nice summer job. That was in New York State but I assume the process is similar most places but that’s just my assumption.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rogar