American Politics

[EihTooms]

I addressed this in a dialogue with Spidy earlier. I'll re-post, at the risk of setting the Marquis off on another anti-Republican rampage. For those who favor a smaller federal government and lower deficits, the current crop of Republicans is doing pretty well:

And exactly how will adding the Department of Anti-Abortion Arrests, Prosecution and Incarceration make the government smaller and putting millions more unwanted babies on welfare reduce the deficit? Not to mention the likely massive increase in Defence Spending when and if they actually succeed in assisting and facilitating a Putin victory in Ukraine?

Repub policies and stewardship have never led to smaller government and lower deficits. Ever. Great Repub Depressions, Great Repub Recessions and Massive Repub Jobs Destruction simply do not produce those kind of results.

LOL. Have you also forgotten it was the iconic Repub lord and savior of this very loony Repub Pink Smaller and Smaller All The Time Tinkle House, the 91 count indicted felony former so-called potus they are desperate to put back in the WH who, more than any other human being on the planet, created the very conditions that produced the Trillions upon Trillions in Deficits we have today while you are apparently only counting a piddling Trillon or so of it that they supposedly subtracted from the necessary recovery measures for his horrific economic and national security policies and stewardship? Which, again, they are desperately trying to assist him in repeating for another 4 years?

Lolol.

Lolol.

[Tiny 12]

Florida Republican Party Chairman, Christian Ziegler, my very well be "anti-L in LGBTQ", I called him and his wife, "hypocrites".

And don't be so frickin' naive!

The world (and history) is full of men (and women), that will gladly fuck the "L-G-B-T to the Q", behind closed doors (BCD), and yet openly in public, denounce and declare "war" against said group of people.

Republicans Christian and Bridget Ziegler are a great example of said hypocrisy. That is why I called Christian Ziegler, an adulterer, cheater, LGBTQ hypocrite, liar and all-around phony.

Hey, nobody's perfect.

[Tiny 12]

If God is a Repub we would still be stuck on day one of the 7 Days required to create the world.

This current Repub Pink Smaller and Smaller All The Time Tinkle House has won the Silver Medal this year in the Most Do Nothing Congress Olympics. The All Repub Congress of the All Repub Repub Great Depression retains its place on the platform as Gold Medal Winner but only by a nose. And I suspect Repub Cry-Baby Speaker (no) Boner that presided under Obama and whose mission along with Repub Senate Leader Moscow Mitch was to Do Nothing and leave all the heavy lifting and political risk-taking to Obama-Biden and the other Dems to pull us and the rest of the world out of the Historic Repub Economic Crash and Near Great Repub Depression their Repub policies and stewardship created and handed to incoming Obama-Biden to fix must have a slew of Bronze Medals on that particular Olympic event:

The Least Productive Congress Since The Great Depression.
Nov. 15, 2023

https://news.yahoo.com/least-product...013501789.html

Chip, there isn't even one significant or meaningful legislation or result proposed by, fought for and passed by Repubs when they controlled the White House, House and Senate since the inception of the Repub Party. Ever. Unless you count the crap they got done in the mid 1920's that resulted in their Great Repub Crash and Great Repub Depression that hit in 1929. That is the only significant result of an All Repub Control of the Federal Government that can be cited in history. Or, as (no) Boner would sell his Party's persistent Do Nothing Laziness, the "best" kind of work and results a Congress should ever produce. LOL.

I addressed this in a dialogue with Spidy earlier. I'll re-post, at the risk of setting the Marquis off on another anti-Republican rampage. For those who favor a smaller federal government and lower deficits, the current crop of Republicans is doing pretty well:

The Republican House has done a great job in 2023. Remember the negotiations to raise the national debt ceiling back in May. The House Republicans managed to claw back $1.5 trillion over 10 years from the $5 trillion+ in spending legislated by Biden and Democrats in 2021 and 2022. Chip Roy's problem is that he believes they should have clawed back more. Fair enough, but $1.5 trillion is quite an accomplishment considering Democrats control the Senate and the Presidency.

I was watching CNBC last week, and Jared Bernstein, the chairman of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisors was expounding on the accomplishments of the President. Chief among them was saving $1 trillion through passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023! This is the money that the Republicans clawed back! In other words, Biden's economic advisor is taking credit for something that got passed only because Republicans threatened not to increase the debt limit. Democrats were shouting Armageddon and now they're taking credit for the legislation! Unbelievable!

Anyway, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama might have been crappy ass presidents, if Republicans hadn't controlled the House during their second terms, and played a similar role to House Republicans this year. Instead, Clinton will go down in history as a very good president, having balanced the budget, passed welfare reform, promoted free trade, and cut the capital gains tax, all thanks to Republicans. Maybe House Republicans will also help President Biden preserve his legacy, after two years of crappy ass results with one party rule.

[Spidy]

I don't see how you can call him anti LGBTQ. He was banging an "L" in LGBTQ, for goodness sake

Florida Republican Party Chairman, Christian Ziegler, my very well be "anti-L in LGBTQ", I called him and his wife, "hypocrites".

And don't be so frickin' naive!

The world (and history) is full of men (and women), that will gladly fuck the "L-G-B-T to the Q", behind closed doors (BCD), and yet openly in public, denounce and declare "war" against said group of people.

Republicans Christian and Bridget Ziegler are a great example of said hypocrisy. That is why I called Christian Ziegler, an adulterer, cheater, LGBTQ hypocrite, liar and all-around phony.

[EihTooms]

I hate to break this to you, but God is a Republican. You're a good man EihTooms. And I want you to be prepared when you meet your maker.

I too will continue to pursue the work I was sent into this world to do, that is, converting Democrats to small government, free market liberalism.

You're a really tough nut to crack, and it will be quite a feather in my cap if I can bring you around. It would be like converting Mohammed to be a Methodist. I'll keep trying.

If God is a Repub we would still be stuck on day one of the 7 Days required to create the world.

This current Repub Pink Smaller and Smaller All The Time Tinkle House has won the Silver Medal this year in the Most Do Nothing Congress Olympics. The All Repub Congress of the All Repub Repub Great Depression retains its place on the platform as Gold Medal Winner but only by a nose. And I suspect Repub Cry-Baby Speaker (no) Boner that presided under Obama and whose mission along with Repub Senate Leader Moscow Mitch was to Do Nothing and leave all the heavy lifting and political risk-taking to Obama-Biden and the other Dems to pull us and the rest of the world out of the Historic Repub Economic Crash and Near Great Repub Depression their Repub policies and stewardship created and handed to incoming Obama-Biden to fix must have a slew of Bronze Medals on that particular Olympic event:

The Least Productive Congress Since The Great Depression.
Nov. 15, 2023

https://news.yahoo.com/least-product...013501789.html

With only 21 bills making it into law halfway into November, the 118th Congress, controlled by Republicans in the House and Democrats in the Senate, is on the most sluggish pace to make law since the Congress that met during 1931 and 1932.

Back then, Herbert Hoover was president, the Great Depression had started and talking movies were still new.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), part of a group in the House that has stopped several spending bills from advancing to the Senate, saw his frustration boil over on the House floor Wednesday.

"One thing. I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing one! that I can go campaign on and say we did, he said. Anybody sitting in the complex, if you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me, one meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done.

Chip, there isn't even one significant or meaningful legislation or result proposed by, fought for and passed by Repubs when they controlled the White House, House and Senate since the inception of the Repub Party. Ever. Unless you count the crap they got done in the mid 1920's that resulted in their Great Repub Crash and Great Repub Depression that hit in 1929. That is the only significant result of an All Repub Control of the Federal Government that can be cited in history. Or, as (no) Boner would sell his Party's persistent Do Nothing Laziness, the "best" kind of work and results a Congress should ever produce. LOL.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"I hate to break this to you, but God is a Republican. You're a good man EihTooms. And I want you to be prepared when you meet your maker.

I too will continue to pursue the work I was sent into this world to do, that is, converting Democrats to small government, free market liberalism.

You're a really tough nut to crack, and it will be quite a feather in my cap if I can bring you around. It would be like converting Mohammed to be a Methodist. I'll keep trying. "

I'm a militant atheist, but if there was a god I'm sure he wouldn't be a democrat, which are a bunch of evil baby killers.

And most republicans that would rather permanently destroy the Globes natural environment and enslave the entire planet for an extra 0. 025% return on investment.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/...on-by-country/

Are you drunk again? ET a good man? WTF you've obviously never met him LMAO.

But I digress, if there was a GOD I'm sure he would be more akin to Siddhartha or King Trump.

[MarquisdeSade1]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023...-is-jesus.html

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...9-points-2020/

Our Lord and Savior is returning from Exile to save Western Civilization and humanity from the likes of ET and Tiny.

The Messiah is Rising and warming up for a bigger and better 2nd act, buckle up cupcakes!!

[Tiny 12]

Like I said, stay tuned for more right-wing Repub conservative "family values".

Apparently the video has not been confirmed and doesn't yet absolve the accused rapist, Ziegler. Yet another report, even mentioned, he may be charged for an unlawful and/or unauthorized video recording.

If anything, that video does paints the Florida Republican Party Chairman, Christian Ziegler, as an adulterer, cheater, LGBTQ hypocrite, liar and all-around phony.

Stay Tuned...

I don't see how you can call him anti LGBTQ. He was banging an "L" in LGBTQ, for goodness sake.

[Tiny 12]

Nope. It isn't any "magical" factor like merely the Party of the elected officials in office at a given time when a given result occurs. It is about the legislation passed and stewardship performed by the member of that Party and avoiding doing really dangerous and stupid things. As I have pointed out and substantiated over and over and over again. But apparently not often enough. So I will continue to point it out and substantiate it again and again. Not that I want to. But obviously I need to. LOL.

Hey, maybe the growing crime rates all through the Repub Nixon / Ford years and into the Carter years would have declined dramatically and steadily if only Joe Biden had been a more seasoned, mature, knowlegable, experienced and influential Senator in those years as he was by 1994 and was as a VP under Obama and is now as POTUS. Also, Carter had a much more damaging "thief" to tackle and tame in his 4 years in office than was happening with backyard fence latches being broken and other property crimes, namely the climbing Hyper-Inflation he inherited from his Repub predecessors and that he most definitely had solved months and months and months before Reagan took office.

At least those rates were on the decline in Carter's fourth year in office and that decline is what Reagan inherited from him in 1981. They sure didn't go anywhere but sideways through 12 years of Reagan and Bush1. The serious decline began and continued only after Clinton, Biden and the Dem Congress legislated, repeat, legislated, repeat, LEGISLATED a policy and followed that up with proper stewardship of the details that produced that result. Which is commonly referred to as "work" by elected officials. And that is anathema to Repubs, of course.

Seriously, have you all this time really thought it was all about the "magic" of being a Dem that produced those historic positive results and some "witch's curse" in being a Repub that produced their horrific results? LOL. Clearly, my work is not nearly over.

I hate to break this to you, but God is a Republican. You're a good man EihTooms. And I want you to be prepared when you meet your maker.

I too will continue to pursue the work I was sent into this world to do, that is, converting Democrats to small government, free market liberalism.

You're a really tough nut to crack, and it will be quite a feather in my cap if I can bring you around. It would be like converting Mohammed to be a Methodist. I'll keep trying.

[MarquisdeSade1]

"Nope. It isn't any "magical" factor like merely the Party of the elected officials in office at a given time when a given result occurs. It is about the legislation passed and stewardship performed by the member of that Party and avoiding doing really dangerous and stupid things. As I have pointed out and substantiated over and over and over again. But apparently not often enough. So I will continue to point it out and substantiate it again and again. Not that I want to. But obviously I need to. LOL.

Hey, maybe the growing crime rates all through the Repub Nixon / Ford years and into the Carter years would have declined dramatically and steadily if only Joe Biden had been a more seasoned, mature, knowlegable, experienced and influential Senator in those years as he was by 1994 and was as a VP under Obama and is now as POTUS. Also, Carter had a much more damaging "thief" to tackle and tame in his 4 years in office than was happening with backyard fence latches being broken and other property crimes, namely the climbing Hyper-Inflation he inherited from his Repub predecessors and that he most definitely had solved months and months and months before Reagan took office.

At least those rates were on the decline in Carter's fourth year in office and that decline is what Reagan inherited from him in 1981. They sure didn't go anywhere but sideways through 12 years of Reagan and Bush1. The serious decline began and continued only after Clinton, Biden and the Dem Congress legislated, repeat, egislated repeat, LEGISLATEDa policy and followed that up with proper stewardship of the details that produced that result. Which is commonly referred to as "work" by elected officials. And that is anathema to Repubs, of course.

Seriously, have you all this time really thought it was all about the "magic" of being a Dem that produced those historic positive results and some "witch's curse" in being a Repub that produced their horrific results? LOL. Clearly, my work is not nearly over. ".

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/20...-hike-tariffs/

[EihTooms]

Well, I guess this is a logical progression. You believe the party of the President explains the state of the economy. Now you're correlating crime statistics with the party of the President.

The murder and negligent homicide rate and the property crime rate both peaked in 1980, Jimmy Carter's last full year in office. Policing, incarceration, rehabilitation and the like are mostly carried out at the state and local level, so I don't understand why we should blame Carter or Democratic Presidents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_..._United_States

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File...ted_States.svg

Nope. It isn't any "magical" factor like merely the Party of the elected officials in office at a given time when a given result occurs. It is about the legislation passed and stewardship performed by the member of that Party and avoiding doing really dangerous and stupid things. As I have pointed out and substantiated over and over and over again. But apparently not often enough. So I will continue to point it out and substantiate it again and again. Not that I want to. But obviously I need to. LOL.

Hey, maybe the growing crime rates all through the Repub Nixon / Ford years and into the Carter years would have declined dramatically and steadily if only Joe Biden had been a more seasoned, mature, knowlegable, experienced and influential Senator in those years as he was by 1994 and was as a VP under Obama and is now as POTUS. Also, Carter had a much more damaging "thief" to tackle and tame in his 4 years in office than was happening with backyard fence latches being broken and other property crimes, namely the climbing Hyper-Inflation he inherited from his Repub predecessors and that he most definitely had solved months and months and months before Reagan took office.

At least those rates were on the decline in Carter's fourth year in office and that decline is what Reagan inherited from him in 1981. They sure didn't go anywhere but sideways through 12 years of Reagan and Bush1. The serious decline began and continued only after Clinton, Biden and the Dem Congress legislated, repeat, legislated, repeat, LEGISLATED a policy and followed that up with proper stewardship of the details that produced that result. Which is commonly referred to as "work" by elected officials. And that is anathema to Repubs, of course.

Seriously, have you all this time really thought it was all about the "magic" of being a Dem that produced those historic positive results and some "witch's curse" in being a Repub that produced their horrific results? LOL. Clearly, my work is not nearly over.

[EihTooms]

And your point is? When Walgreens decided to remove some stores from San Francisco, they didn't care whether the shoplifting was organized or not. They complained theft losses in the stores were 5 X what they were in the rest of their system, and security cost about 50 X more. That and other considerations caused them to close the stores.

This is just political posturing on the part of Biden. The public doesn't approve of his handling of the economy, so he wants to put the blame on greedy corporations. Fortunately the adults in the house, like Janet Yellen and Jared Bernstein, won't let him do anything stupid, like impose price controls or excess profits taxes.

Price controls have been imposed since time of the ancient Greeks and they don't work out particularly well, as Richard Nixon, Hugo Chavez and others have discovered. When you place a price ceiling on goods and keep prices artificially low, demand is increased to the point where supply can't keep up, leading to shortages.

What would happen if we had an excess profits tax on energy, as recommended by one of your articles? Well, the price of oil would be over $100 a barrel and gasoline over $4. 00 a gallon. The reason they're not right now is because USA Oil production is at an all time high, 13.2 million barrels a day, counterbalancing attempts of OPEC and Russia to run up prices by cutting supply. And natural gas and electricity prices would be much higher as well. Right now, the only gas producers who are making money are the ones with oil wells. You can't make money drilling gas wells. If you take all the profits from the oil and gas companies when times are good, they won't, or for that matter can't invest in maintaining and growing production.

In the USA, we have one of the most competitive markets in the world for goods and services. Yes prices for some things are higher because of the strength of the dollar. But our per capita purchasing power is second to none, because of competition. As long as we maintain competition by, for example, enforcing the antitrust laws and not caving to crony capitalism, we'll stay in good shape.

Yep. Wallgreens' management got busted on that BS by its own executive, its own data and police data:

Walgreens backpedals on theft concerns.
Jan. 9, 2023

https://www.axios.com/local/san-fran...edals-on-theft

Walgreens may have overblown concerns about retail theft at its stores, an executive said on a recent earnings call.

What's happening: "Maybe we cried too much last year," the pharmacy chain's chief financial officer, James Kehoe, said on last Thursday's call with investors.

Kehoe noted the shrink rate inventory lost due to theft, fraud or damage decreased from over 3% a year ago to about 2.5% in the second half of 2022, Insider reports.

Flashback: In October 2021, Walgreens announced it was closing five San Francisco stores due to "organized retail crime" in the city.

The following month, San Francisco Police Department data showed the five stores set to close had fewer than an average of two reported shoplifting incidents a month since 2018.
Yes, but: Not all crimes are reported to authorities, especially if they are minor.

Why it matters: The Walgreens announcement was a key rallying point for San Franciscans who successfully pushed for the recall of then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin.

The recent statements could also show that Walgreens' closures were more tied to a shifting retail industry and efforts to cut costs, which Bloomberg reported years ago.

[Spidy]

• 11 months positive job gains in a row
• better/stronger than expected November 2023 unemployment and job numbers. {ie. 19,000 more job created than expected}
• the lowest in 50 years as the US payrolls rise 199,000; jobless rate drops to 3.7%
• Unemployment rate the lowest since 1969
• 14 million more jobs created since Biden Took office, than the 6 million for the same period for Trump

U.S. payrolls rose 199,000 in November, unemployment rate falls to 3.7%
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/08/jobs...t7percent.html

US Jobless-Rate Drop Led by Teenagers and Women Over 20
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-...t-for-november

What will the anti-Biden propaganda machine do, as they struggle to spin the latest great economic news for President Joe Biden?

[Spidy]

Looks like you were premature in casting judgement upon poor Christian. Apparently the woman in question had been doing tequila shots all day getting ready for a wild time with the Ziegler's. She asked Christian to cum in her mouth so he wouldn't mess up her shirt.

Like I said, stay tuned for more right-wing Repub conservative "family values".

Apparently the video has not been confirmed and doesn't yet absolve the accused rapist, Ziegler. Yet another report, even mentioned, he may be charged for an unlawful and/or unauthorized video recording.

If anything, that video does paints the Florida Republican Party Chairman, Christian Ziegler, as an adulterer, cheater, LGBTQ hypocrite, liar and all-around phony.

Stay Tuned...

[Tiny 12]

Doubters Beware: U.S. Oil Production Is Setting New Records.
Oct. 8, 2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=266018696767

US oil output hits record as producers boost drilling efficiency.
Nov. 2, 2023

https://www.reuters.com/markets/comm...mp-2023-11-01/

Oil market caught by surprise as US output surges.
Dec. 7, 2023

https://www.ft.com/content/3a1bbb09-...0-31eac536b938

Now, I realize those reports are all about statistics. But shouldn't someone mention that fact to the numbskulls cheering Numbskull King Trump's big pronouncement that he and only he can see to it that the USA will finally start drilling and producing a few barrels of oil for a change?

Thankfully, Biden abandoned his campaign promise to stop drilling on Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases, and otherwise kneecap the domestic oil and gas industry, when he realized that would hurt his prospects for re-election.

Obama may have been a self-righteous SOB from time to time, but at least he realized from the get go that domestic oil and gas production was good for America.

Do you think we'd have record production if we'd imposed an excess profits tax on oil as recommended by the Institute For Public Policy Research and Common Wealth? See your CNBC link below.