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  1. I'm a couple pages back in this fast-moving thread, but I wanted to respond to this. I'm pretty close to you in demographics, and I was also a child who echoed his parents' pro-Reagan stance, and who witnessed the release of the hostages on the day of Reagan's inauguration. It really did feel like America suddenly was great again - no longer a literal hostage to a small Middle East theocracy. The older I get, though, the more I see Reagan's poisonous influence on American thinking. Specifically, his repeated refrains of "Government IS the problem!" That belief promotes cynicism toward our government and encourages voter apathy. And voter apathy allows interested parties (i.e. big Pharma, the banks, insurance companies, energy companies) to have completely bought and paid for the legislative branch of government. And that corporate takeover of Congress has promoted the astounding success of the richest 1% while the middle class withers away. Such inequality is unsustainable. "Government IS the problem" leads people to generally support the idea that ALL regulation is bad. It ignores the fundamental fact that government regulation is what prevents wholesale financial fraud with companies like Enron and WorldCom. Government regulation is what keeps companies from dumping mercury into the rivers and spewing poisons into the air. Government regulation is the only thing that keeps insurance companies from denying your cancer treatment. And now, under Trump, we see "Government IS the problem" taken to its most extreme. We have an executive branch who has appointed leadership that is hostile to the very mission of each department. We have the utterly unqualified child of a pyramid-scheme billionaire who is hostile to the idea of public education -- now SHE is who's in charge of education. We have a similarly unqualified HUD secretary hostile to the idea of helping low-income families get housing. We have a buffoon as energy secretary - someone who was too fucking stupid to remember the name of the department that he recently thought a good idea to eliminate. I could go on. Finally, this government-hostile executive branch is appointing judges who are friendly to the ideas and beliefs of a hyper-religious minority, and friendly to the ideas of the same big corporations that have taken over the legislative branch. And I know this sounds really crazy -- but I want safe transportation, I want public schools that educate children, I want low- and middle-income families to work with dignity and afford housing, I want a stock market that isn't completely rigged, I want the Department of Energy to safeguard nuclear weapons and nuclear waste, I want rivers that aren't filled with carcinogens, I want healthcare that isn't impossibly expensive. If you really, actually want America to be great, then you ought to be taking actions that promote effective and efficient government. If Reagan thought government was the problem, I wonder what he'd think now about the thoroughly incompetent and profoundly corrupt millionaires and billionaires who are systematically dismantling it, all with the GOP's enthusiastic blessing.
    28 points
  2. i'm not gonna lie. this is fucking damaging. i mean, this is the case, really. this is the one time where we actually heard (or thought we heard) the president literally say he wanted the investigation. and now that these holes have been poked, it seems like holmes just made it all up, and now we have no proof of trump ever asking for the investigation... except for everything he told sondlond. and rudy. and the multiple times he said it to tv cameras. then said it again about china. then jordan said he was joking. then trump said no, i'm not joking. then rudy said it to cuomo on air. then mulvaney said it in a live press conference. then he said jk, lol. then also it was in the transcript he released. because he thought it was perfect. but it wasn't perfect. then it came out that attorneys put that transcript in the secret server. then they said jk, lol that was a mistake. but then it wasn't a mistake. and then the attorneys told people, hey, please don't discuss this perfect call with anyone kthxbai. but really, this all comes down to cuomo's mom. game. set. match.
    18 points
  3. And there it is: Well, we like the Constitution, but we'll be willing to support a fascist if it means the Constitution becomes toilet paper and we get our way.
    9 points
  4. maybe we should try to win by 30 instead of 1
    9 points
  5. The whole "The President can remove an Ambassador for any reason" and "the President can set any foreign policy for any reason" need huge blinking, neon, asterisks. He can do either of these for any reason within the bounds of his professional duties. These are official acts. He can not do them for personal gain. Taking those basic concepts out of that context excuses literally anything. Under the current law, the President can bomb a foreign country. Because Congress has long abdicated their duties, he pretty much has that right. But he can't go bomb London because Biden is visiting the Queen. He can pardon anyone he wants. But he can't do it because they offer him a million dollars. Even when the President is given great flexibility to execute his duties, he still needs to work within in the bounds of what those duties are.
    8 points
  6. I mean, what the hell was wrong with this concept?? "Nope, design me a pentagon with wheels."
    8 points
  7. I think Elon's true genius (besides being born into a family who owns a Zambian emerald mine) lies in endlessly sucking up billions of our tax dollars so he can build toys for upper-middle class urban liberals.
    8 points
  8. Good lord now I just feel sorry for you. I’ve often come to the defense of more conservative posters in the CR when posters go too far with their far left opinions, but you just seem to be utterly clueless. You aren’t giving me any opportunities to come to your defense. I’ve personally overhead dozens if not hundreds of phone calls overs the years as has everyone else on the planet. But you tirelessly scan the internet looking for any proof point you can find, no matter how ridiculous, and come running back here to post it, sit back, fold your arms, and smirk, all the while not realizing you’ve just embarrassed yourself again. Wake up dude. With all the lies by the Republicans and Trump and all of the overwhelming evidence we’ve seen in the last week, you are hanging your hat on some dude lying about overhearing a phone call? That’s ridiculous. How about listening to what Nunes and Jordan have been saying the last several days. They are spewing absolute nonsense. Can you really not distinguish nonsense from actual facts? Are you really that limited intellectually? It’s okay to admit it if you are.
    8 points
  9. you know... i'm just sad this morning. like, i kind of feel like i could cry easily over all this. its just so sad, not just Trump, he's a clown, but that half my country, that half the leaders (or more) of my country can so easily toss aside the fundamental principles that this country was built on. these people testifying have dedicated their entire lives to protecting and serving those principles. i've never been a jingoistic ideologue, rah-rah-my country kind of person. i fucking hate Lee Greenwood. but objectively, this whole thing is really kind of just breaking my heart. it's really, really sad, what we have become. and there's not a damn thing i can do about it 😞
    8 points
  10. Stop pretending like you give a fuck about fiscal responsibility you hypocritical sack of shit. Don’t ever bring it up again.
    7 points
  11. The electoral college is going to be very unpopular when Texas, California, and New York get to select every president.
    7 points
  12. That thing is fucking retarded and you people are all morons.
    7 points
  13. Back on topic--an oldie but a goodie, improved with graphics and a soundtrack to close it out:
    6 points
  14. Pure bullshit. Ds may not be perfect. You may disagree with them on policy and how to effect that policy. But the GOP has stood up and acted. It is for disregarding our Constitution, our laws, our service members, our allies, advancing the causes of our enemies and on and on it goes. "Both sides" is utter and complete nonsense. There is a clear record. You have to make a choice. Choose wisely.
    6 points
  15. That's a fucking long post just to tell us that when you jog you don't wear any pants
    6 points
  16. I'm with you. I will never, ever cast a vote for anyone with an R next to their name no matter who they are. That party is permanently stained for what they have allowed to transpire. The whole lot of them are traitors all the way down to the local level politicians that eagerly support Dotard.
    6 points
  17. So I think I'm finished with the daughter's setup. Epiphone G-400 Pro Limited Ed Pelham Blue (setup being done today...) Boss Katana MkII Schaller S Locks Proline Guitar Stand Boss 15' Cable And the cheesiest guitar strap known to man All in I am just shy of $800 Only thing left (I think) is a case, but for right now, I'm not expecting the guitar to leave the house.
    6 points
  18. You know what's missing? A huge march on Washington. Seriously, a day after the inauguration there was a huge one but since then...not much. There needs to be a public showing of support for impeachment and removal to put some heat on these senators. Other countries citizens march for much less. I wish we'd get in the streets and DO SOMETHING!
    6 points
  19. And then, of course, the most baddest ass huntin' picture of all time! My cousin and grandmother after she ran shooed him out the door with a rifle to "get outta my hair while I'm cookin' in the kitchen!" 20 min later he comes back and tells us all, "Hey, I think I got somethin' good!" The Wolf Brand Chili hat really ties the room together, does it not?
    5 points
  20. When the National Democratic Party starts actively undermining the rule of law in this country, puts kids in cages, aligns with dictators, alienates our allies, suppressed the right of people to vote, supports treason let us know. At that point maybe your ridiculous equivocation will hold water. Until then, you’re part of the problem
    5 points
  21. I think not getting humiliated by Duke is the biggest positive.
    5 points
  22. Of course it's fucking real. The GOP is not a political party. It's a criminal syndicate.
    5 points
  23. I don't think I'll live long enough for the Republicans to redeem themselves enough to earn my vote.
    5 points
  24. The next time I will vote for a Republican for anything will be when I’m dead and buried and some scumbag republican candidate has someone fake vote on my behalf. Or more likely (or hopefully) the Republican Party will be dead and buried before me.
    5 points
  25. This one could go in the "stupid things wives do" thread also.
    5 points
  26. I pledge allegiance to the profits of The United States of America and to the cash for which it makes. One party under Trump, indivisible, with grift and hypocrisy to all.
    5 points
  27. The cowardice of Trump voters is absolutely amazing. Every single one of our resident Trump supporters hides behind this "I'm not actually a Trumper, both sides, Gary Johnson!!" facade. There's not a single person on this board who actually just comes out and says "I love Trump!" even though we all know they do. News flash: if the side you've chosen is so bad that you feel like you have to hide behind a manufactured facade of Gary Johnson voter, then you're on the wrong side of things. If the internet command-centrals of people like you are Texags and Qanon Reddit forums, you're on the wrong side of things. If you have to pretend you're not a Trump supporter because you know that the segment of this country that holds an IQ above 80 will think you're an idiot and refuse to engage you if you speak your true feelings, you're on the wrong side of things. You pussies should just come out and be who you really are. None of us are buying your act.
    5 points
  28. Oh...well, if there are no longer lines than I don’t even really want it anymore.
    5 points
  29. Looks like a DeLorean Aztek.
    5 points
  30. 5 points
  31. He proposed nothing. He never does. His entire life's work is built around being a contrarian because being one gets you attention, even if it is negative. I put him on ignore because reading his posts is like reading fozzz or Emaw. Who wants to waste part of their day doing that?
    5 points
  32. Quite depressing. Have a corrupt idiot in the WH and half the country is into it.
    5 points
  33. I’m not sure why some of you expect people to be “permanently” turned off to the GOP. W had an approval rating in the low 20s on Obama’s Inauguration Day. The Republicans had ruled over a decade that included the worst terrorist attack in modern history, a bungled war that turned into a quagmire, a natural disaster that rendered a great American city unlivable for months, and the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. After Obama got the car back onto the road, our country promptly and eagerly handed the keys right back to the GOP. They won the House in 2010, the Senate in 2014, and rounded it out with the trifecta in 2016. Remember, Bush left office with an approval rating 15 points lower than Trump’s has ever been. Maybe this administration will turn people permanently away from the Republican Party. But I’m not expecting it this time.
    4 points
  34. Only one president in my adult lifetime balanced the budget and that was a Democrat named Clinton.
    4 points
  35. Always. Tackle. The existential threat. FIRST. That's the fucking rule for pretty much everything. Lawyering. Medical treatment. Military strategy. Anything. Because if you don't fucking survive, then you don't even get the luxury of dealing with the secondary mess. I'm not going to sit here and defend crooked Dem politicians out there. I'm not going to defend smug Frenchmen, or imperialist Limeys. But I'm going to joyfully praise the Lord and pass the ammunition to them so they can shoot the everloving fuck out of Nazis, the existential threat. End the threat first. Deal with everything else second.
    4 points
  36. Seating should be nothing but ledges.
    4 points
  37. 18 one possession losses, a.k.a. "losses."
    4 points
  38. That every game is a shit fight no matter the opponent was an aspect of the program that was weighing on me in the off season. Maybe kick more field goals and go for the first down less. Maybe devote the offense to scoring above the goals of being a physical running team and running out the clock with 14 minutes to go. Maybe stop being blinded by science. I used to joke that Fred Akers would score ten points in the first quarter and then start running out the clock. Those defenses were so good, he could actually win a lot of games like that. So it seems to be with Herman in the second half. It surely frustrates his offensive players and makes games closer than they need be. I'm not for firing him yet, but he must learn and adapt to stay.
    4 points
  39. She empowers the connection between penis and vagina for fast moving teams in transformative spaces by grounded means
    4 points
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