queencitybuckeye

posted by CenterBHSFan

Apparently, the goal of deporting all illegal immigrants has majority of support. For now. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as time marches on.

Put another way, more than half the population has no idea what a cost/benefit analysis is.

posted by iclfan2

Then why did they vote against it? Your “libertarian” views seem to have shifted awfully left lately. 

Perhaps because they correctly believe it's not a federal issue. Any "Republican" who would support getting rid of the Dept. of Education should also have voted against this.

posted by CenterBHSFan

Remember, 206 Dems want biological males to compete against females.

Repeating a inaccurate statement doesn't make it more accurate.

No. Do not get rid of auto bids. The whole point is not to just get the teams who we think are the best. The point is to finally give everyone a shot and settle it on the field. If you don’t win your fucking conference, you have no argument. Of course there are teams who will be better every year than some who got left. I don’t care. They had a shot, and didn’t capitalize. We’re arguing over teams who are all frauds and don’t have a real shot at the title — but they did what they had to do to earn the chance to prove people wrong (so far, 0/2, but whatever). 

posted by QuakerOats

If you think it was an insurrection you are not real sharp; I'm sorry. 

Will the real rioters from the summer of love be forced to make restitution for the $2 BILLION in damage they caused? 

Correct. You are indeed sorry.

Charleston SC. New GF lived there for a while and wants to show me around.

posted by QuakerOats

You upset?

No, just honest.

posted by Ironman92

And a damn good one…morals weren’t perfect though

Morals fit perfectly for the incoming administration.

posted by majorspark

Does it? We are investing in influence.  Leaving it to bad actors makes zero sense.  Forcing allies to contribute more especially those near the front of these issues makes sense.  When it comes to the trillions that falls on entitlements and wasteful bureaucracies.  The bad actors place less value on life, liberty, and quality of life of their citizens than others do.  So that is difficult to balance without bowing out.

You can't blame the trillions of debt on entitlements only when the military, part of what supporting wars budget goes to, is like 1/3 of the budget.

There is no way to get out of deficit spending without cutting entitlments AND the military...both.

posted by queencitybuckeye

Gerry Faust, 89

A good man put into a very tough situation.  

Gerry Faust, 89

posted by Ironman92

My Dems are now going off on FB….just attacking Trumps character 

There's a really tough task.

posted by CenterBHSFan

What? 

"relative integrity" is just another way of saying that likeability is more important than ability to solve problems. To me that just sounds like DEI- adjacent. 

Yeah, I will just kind of respectfully disagree.

Just the opposite, actually. It's saying that doing what is right (while admittedly subjective) is better than what is popular.

A couple of unrelated things.

1. Anyone who has participated in the election process knows that significant cheating is all but impossible.

2. Someone on one of the Sunday morning shows (wish I remember who) suggested that we would be better served basing our votes on the relative integrity of the candidates rather than issues, even important ones. I tend to agree.

posted by CenterBHSFan

As far as the abortion thing goes, I've always thought safe legal and rare was the way to go. That used to be the Dem stance before Trump came along.

But now the party is all but saying that women can't figure out how to form advocacy groups or how to lobby their state legislatures AS THEY SEE FIT. I don't know how that kind of messaging helps. I'm not saying it won't - but it kind of challenges their ads portraying women being the HBIC. And then there's the other conflicting ad that women are slinking around the voting booths hiding their votes from their husbands. So which message is the strongest and resonates best with women? 

- The secretive and timid woman?

- The sassy Brat Summer woman?

- The stupid woman who can't organize?

The woman who makes a choice with no interference from any government entity?

posted by queencitybuckeye

NO government has a place for that decision.

Agreed.  Power to the people.

posted by Trueblue23

Well yeah, most liberal women are moronic 1 issue voters.  Save that stance for your state elections, the federal government has no place in allowing/not allowing abortion. 

NO government has a place for that decision.

posted by majorspark

I have asked this question before.  What problem do you have with the maps?  What districts are unjustly gerrymandered?  Point them out.

Why not try this.  Ptown also said this.  I have asked what is our recourse if we don't like how the "citizens" commission draws its lines?

No answers yet on either.  Only a fool acts on "why not try this".

If you can't see a problem with Jordan's district, you aren't looking very hard.

April of 2025 in Durham, NC - Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons appearing separately and a Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion show.

posted by BR1986FB

Like killing or attempting to kill people?

You used the term "stupid actions". Was 1/6 not that?