American Politics

[PVMonger]

So you can't define men and women. Noted.

As anyone can see, I said don't and you said can't.

Those are two different words with two different meanings. Please learn the difference.

Dems do not "define" men and women because when we do, we get douches asking questions like "Then why can't you define them?

Or douches making transphobic statements like "Trannies are mentally ill".

Or douches who think that using the term "globohomo" is, somehow, funny when in reality it is simply homophobic.

Or douches who continually post "opinions" and believe that they are facts.

Or douches who believe that because Tucker Carlson is watched a lot it means that he is correct in his opinions. Dogs get more information from sniffing another dog's butt than anybody gets from watching Carlson. Those same people seem to ignore the fact that Carlson's own lawyers argued in a courtroom that nobody with an ounce of common sense would believe a word that Carlson says. But since there are a lot of people who believe every word that Carlson says I guess that means that there are a lot of people without an ounce of common sense.

Or douches who don't understand that "heritage American" is a code-word for "white people". The only "heritage Americans" living in the USA are those who pre-dated the white man by 10,000+ years. I might even accept the term "heritage American" if someone can prove their lineage back to the original Pilgrims. But, in general, unless you are a "Native American", you aren't a "heritage American".

Or douches who are afraid that an immigrant with a 6th grade education will somehow "steal" your job that requires a Master's degree". This is xenophobia.

Or douches who believe that the 2020 election was stolen, even though there is absolutely no proof of that plus the statement of the then-Attorney-General who said that talk of a stolen election was "bullshit".

Or douches who believe that Jews will replace them.

I could go an and on but every Dem already knows. And every Dem also understands who does not understand what I just posted. And they also know who can not understand what I just posted.

[PVMonger]

Good post PVMonger. Now I don't agree with all of it, but it's well thought out.

Given that the main reason people purchase handguns is to be able to kill people, admittedly for self defense in most instances, I don't have a problem with that. Perhaps it makes sense to at least regulate handguns as strictly as cars. They are deadly weapons, and you do have a lot of yahoos out there who are emotional nut cases and don't know the first thing about gun safety. But I don't have a dog in this hunt as I don't own a handgun. You should take this up with Chris, Elvis or the Marquis. Ask them nicely and they most likely will respond in kind.

The people you mentioned will mouth platitudes like "2nd Amendment" and shut down. The simple facts are that all of what I said in my original post are true. Unfortunately.

[JustTK]

Some of you here should enjoy this debate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClB2Ndp2Zug

BUt I wants MDS to explain why he thinks Samuel Moyn is Anti-American.

[EihTooms]

Maybe Trump pulled those critical Pandemic Prevention and Response monitors and agents out of China 5 months before the first Covid cases emerged there despite all expert warnings for him not to do something so dangerous and stupid for the same reason he did these things on China's behalf and to the detriment of America; so as not to make his Master Xi feel uncomfortable, what with our people monitoring and reporting on any major lab fuck ups, intentional or accidental, along with the inevitable lies that could and would most certainly crash worldwide economies re a virulent Pandemic.

And along the way fluff up his Master Xi's dick so that he might help him "find" however many votes he needed in 2-3 battleground states to "Make sure I win. ".

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/02/k...rump-begged-xi

Kinzinger, who was in the room with Trump and Bolton to witness Trump doing this:

"I was in a meeting where Donald Trump asked a group of us to lay off XI and China telecom ZTE because he promised XI, and he doesnt want to disappoint him. Bolton wrote about this, I can confirm. I was shocked."
....
(And this)
However, former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger confirmed former national security adviser John Bolton's claim that Trump begged President Xi Jinping for help in 2020 to help him win reelection.

And, who knows, it is also very likely that commander-in-thief Trump also looked the other way as at least 3 Chinese spy balloons flew across USA without so much as a peep from him. Again, so as not to embarrass his Master Xi and to lather him up for any "technical" help he could offer on that win he desperately needed in 2020:

Chinese balloons flew over US three times during Trump administration: officials

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3...ion-officials/

[ChuchoLoco]

Something similar happened in the 2016 primaries. The powers that be decided Hillary would be a better general election candidate than Bernie so they made that happen. I seem to recall the Democratic Party had a large number of super delegates who were selected by the party bosses? I'm not sure if they fixed that?

They are there. If you define "qualified" as Tooms does, more than in the Democratic Party. I'm partial to blue state Republican governors, like Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and Chris Sununu. They're all popular, they're not divisive, and they've all done a good job. John Kasich and Nikki Haley too, although they hail from red states.

Wrote a more detailed reply but I keep losing my sign-in and lose the reply so I'll keep this short. Like Ed Macman (spelling) used to tell Johnny Carson doing the Carsony skit, "You are correct sir".

[EihTooms]

No, what's funny is that you believe Biden is "qualified. Hes 80 years old and showing signs of dementia. He's also apparently simple minded, or he wouldn't have plagiarized British politicians throughout his political career. Even after everyone knew he was plagiarizing British politicians.

Biden has already produced better economic and jobs creating results in two years than any Repub president has in any full term, gotten more positive legislation passed in that time than any president since FDR, much of it bipartisan despite having as narrow of a majority as any POTUS has had.

Yeah, he was and still is more qualified for the job and doing a better job than any Repub ever, which admittedly ain't saying much, and most Dems, which is saying very, very much indeed.

[Tiny 12]

Lolol. Now THAT'S funny!

No, what's funny is that you believe Biden is "qualified.” He’s 80 years old and showing signs of dementia. He's also apparently simple minded, or he wouldn't have plagiarized British politicians throughout his political career. Even after everyone knew he was plagiarizing British politicians.

[EihTooms]

2-3 years ago somebody at America's largest business organization finally got around to looking at the past century pattern of results and came to the inescapable conclusion that the Repub Party's supposed expertise in accomplishing what only on the surface sounds like it ought to be great for business, see quote below, in the hands of Real Repubs in the Real World turns out to produce pro-business results notably inferior to that of the Dem Party, at best, and more often than not produces demonstrably horrific results of the worst economic downturns, massive jobs and business destruction in history:

McCarthy, Scalise go to war with U.S. Chamber after group backed some Democrats

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/kevi...ndroidappshare

"The Chambers priorities include lower taxes, reduced spending, fighting overregulation and numerous other issues..

Yep, dangling some piddling, utterly useless to the point of being counterproductive marginal tax cut for the wealthy before the eyes of the electorate while, for example, making it easier for industries to pollute the air and water or disregarding critical bank and financial regulations, which has to be cleaned up eventually at considerable cost, does fuck all for business if Real Repubs in the Real World are also going to be criminally negligent on National Security, border control and immigration, ignore warnings about potential foreign and domestic terrorist attacks, Pandemics, economic downturns that could be lessened or averted with the proper timely tweaks, not threatening to destroy the full faith and credit of the United States of America by refusing to pay the bills jacked up disproportionately by Repubs due to their typically horrific stewardship, etc, etc, etc.

[Tiny 12]

Tons of places all over the world have a history of oppression and repression. North Korea and China. The Soviet Union. It's almost the default setting for most of human history, really.

But there's something the places you mentioned have that North Korea, China and the Soviet Union don't. Can you guess what it is?

If you go farther down the list you'll see more places in the Caribbean. And not so many in Africa -- Nigeria, South Africa and the Central African Republic stand out as having high homicide rates, but there are a number of African countries that appear to be safer, from the perspective of getting murdered, than the USA. That's why I think slavery is the common denominator, and why I feel comfortable placing a lot of the blame on a certain political party. Sorry for dancing around this -- as I think I told you, my posts don't require moderator supervision and I want to keep it that way.

[Tiny 12]

....How about requiring a background check and a 30-day waiting period for every handgun sold by every dealer, private individual or gun show seller? How about registering every handgun / buyer combination so that it becomes a matter of record if someone from Illinois goes to Indiana to buy a handgun today and goes to Wisconsin to buy a handgun next week....

Good post PVMonger. Now I don't agree with all of it, but it's well thought out.

Given that the main reason people purchase handguns is to be able to kill people, admittedly for self defense in most instances, I don't have a problem with that. Perhaps it makes sense to at least regulate handguns as strictly as cars. They are deadly weapons, and you do have a lot of yahoos out there who are emotional nut cases and don't know the first thing about gun safety. But I don't have a dog in this hunt as I don't own a handgun. You should take this up with Chris, Elvis or the Marquis. Ask them nicely and they most likely will respond in kind.

[Tiny 12]

Remember that from the 1860's until about 1965, the Democratic Party was "conservative" and the Republican Party was "liberal". About 1965, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, virtually all southern Democrats changed parties.

That's just not true PVMonger. The transition was gradual. I'm from Texas, and while the 1960's were before my time, John Connally was the only Texas politician of note I know of who switched parties in that time frame. Phil Gramm and Kent Hance, two heavyweights, switched in the 1980's during the Reagan revolution. I don't recall any significant switches since then.

I grew up in a strongly Democratic family, and the majority of the family didn't switch parties. I had an uncle who was a racist Democrat. He died a racist Democrat. I have an aunt who was a racist Democrat and she still is. The uncle used to annoy me because he was always saying derogatory things about Mexicans. And I'm a Mexican in a white man's body.

Also, please note that the platform of the Republican Party has never been pro segregation or pro slavery. At least not to my knowledge.

[Tiny 12]

If it weren't for Caucasus Hillary would have beat Obama in the primaries. They are anything but democracy in action. Another thing is I heard that Hillary people were arrogant and Obama's people were very personable and so Hillary didn't get support or enthusiasm from local Democratic organizations. Obama had virtually no experience but what he did have was an excellent education in Constitutional Law.

Something similar happened in the 2016 primaries. The powers that be decided Hillary would be a better general election candidate than Bernie so they made that happen. I seem to recall the Democratic Party had a large number of super delegates who were selected by the party bosses? I'm not sure if they fixed that?

Doubtful Republicans can find a qualified person to run, there just aren't any.

They are there. If you define "qualified" as Tooms does, more than in the Democratic Party. I'm partial to blue state Republican governors, like Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, and Chris Sununu. They're all popular, they're not divisive, and they've all done a good job. John Kasich and Nikki Haley too, although they hail from red states.

[Tiny 12]

Darth Vader w a big nose. Now you got me interested! Hehe.

No, no, no! You must have missed my previous post JustTK,

What, are you crazy? That's not the way I roll. What woman is going to want to bang Darth Vader? I'll be the guy with the surgical grade N95 mask, the aviator goggles, Bermuda shorts, and wife beater (sleeveless) T-shirt. Here in God's country, Texas, I'd typically have a semiautomatic weapon slung over my shoulder too. This is called peacocking -- appealing to the opposite sex. Women can't resist a man with aviator goggles and an AR-15. And the aviator goggles, like the N95 mask help prevent transmission of COVID!

Yes, I do have a hazmat suit and self contained breathing apparatus. But I only wear them to indoor sporting events.

[JustTK]

But there's something the places you mentioned have that North Korea, China and the Soviet Union don't. Can you guess what it is?

They're not stooges to the USA or some other imperialist power?

[Chris P]

Not necessarily Chris. If you've got a big nose that's been broken a couple of times those diapers can work to your advantage.

I dunno, a lot of women like a broken nose. It's a sign of ruggedness and potential violence that keeps them on their toes.