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Even a stopped clock has the right time twice a day. I refuse to reject all positions, just because a liberal or progressive may happen to agree - or even endorse them. HOWEVER, you're confusing policies with positions. Because I haven't really (that I can remember) made too many policy statements. I don't like Jesus, and I support the right of the individual to terminate their own life. If that's all you got me on, then you still need to go to the thinking corner.
i think jimmy carter is both a nice guy and also the worst president (until obama and xiden).
Here in Wisc., it could be the same deal, didn't check, but I still feel, that I'm willing to cut a little slack just to make our elections more legitimate. Mac
That's true for anyone who earns at a given $ above the dictates of the current tax code - and hence, a moot point. (in fact, many of them aren't earning discretionary income, as you or I would, but are actually expensing out their businesses)
Those wackers tend to do a lot of "virtue signaling", by publicly declaring their support of "charities" or "causes", in lieu of taxes paid. However disgusting it might be, it's how they make their statement of intent. They intend to turn their "example", into the means by which they force everyone else to support the shit that they deem important.
Years ago when the talking points were handed down to the useful idiots about commie medicine, it was fun to twist their logic around on them and watch them squirm. I had many debates with said useful idiots about "healtcare is a right so .gov should pay for it". Turns out they don't like it when you tell them what a protected right actually is (2A), and how the .gov should provide free guns and ammunition to every household. Those were fun talks!
Anyway, too bad voting is pointless and all elections will be stolen by communists because it would have been nice having a guy like this in the swamp.
I was serving the country during the Carter days and it sucked. I was serving during the Clinton days and it....., BUT, this xiden admin., is the worse I've ever witnessed in my lifetime, even though, I have paid more attention to politics in recent years, than I did during the aforementioned years, this one is still the F'n worse. Mac
No, you're not. You're going to continue to sit there with your thumb up your ass, making tough talk to internet randos, and the same old idiotic arguments that got you precisely where you are, at this exact moment. (take note: you're losing hombre - everything that you hold dear)
If you weren't so fucking stupid, you'd see that what we both want, isn't really so different. But you can't see it, precisely because you are a fucking dolt. I vote you "Most Likely to Cause a Friendly Fire Incident", in any given context.
i volunteer at outreach centers after being recruited by a friend that organized a group of people from his church to feed the poor once a month.
we buy the food, cook it and serve it to hundreds of people. of course not since lockdown.
while i am not religious myself, i have noticed over the years at various sorts of places that the overwhelming majority of individuals and groups that help feed the poor are church-going christians (other than high school groups and folks doing community service).
so i don't know what the mass media has led you to believe, but in my experience, conservatives donate more of their money and time.
Does Religion Influence Philanthropy?
I feel good when I give and help others. I was curious as to the impact of religion on philanthropy.
www.nonprofitpro.com
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But Russia has pointed out that in no way is it in its interest to see a 'hot conflict' in Donbass:
Great comment:
Barely 2 1/2 months in "office" and the Xiden junta has already fomented two wars.
Like Billy Graham once said "if God does not strike down Washington D.C. He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!"
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China’s foreign minister warned the Biden administration on Sunday to roll back former President Donald Trump’s “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as its own territory.
A Communist Party newspaper says Japan faces "grave" consequences—including countermeasures by Beijing—if it sides with the United States over the question of Taiwan's security in the face of an increasingly assertive China
Sadly, Biden has an abysmal record when it comes to Taiwan. In 1999, then-Sen. Biden opposed the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act, arguing it would upset Washington’s relationship with China. In a 2001 op-ed, he criticized the idea that the U.S. should firmly stand behind Taiwan and declare its commitment to defend the island in the face of Chinese military action. Moreover, in 2011, then-Vice President Biden traveled to China to deliver the news to then-Vice President Xi Jinping that the Obama-Biden administration would not be granting 66 new F-16 jets to Taiwan’s military for self-defense.
Do you think Joey Average from Scranton, who is the subject of investigation in the Ukraine, who from any objective standard was doing some things he should not have been doing if one was on the up and up, who has always sided with China...do you think Joey Average from Scranton, "I'm not sure what I am signing", guy would crash the Econ over a virus with a 99% survival record, saddle the nation with burdensome debt, raise the interest rate on that debt, incentivize the unemployed, fuel an invasion, promote internal disputes and grievances, and get us into a 2 front scenario? Maybe he acquiesces on Taiwan b/c of the greater good of global trade and holds the line on Russian aggression? Wash rinse repeat right? Need a boogey man....turn the screws on the Patriot Act...get a bunch of folks who believe in the dream wasted so they won't be around to oppose you later. Nah....Joey Average from Scranton would never do any of that.
But Russia has pointed out that in no way is it in its interest to see a 'hot conflict' in Donbass:
Lavrov further issued an ominous warning: "Russian President Putin said (this) not long ago, but this statement is still relevant today, that those who would try to start a new war in Donbass - will destroy Ukraine."
Great comment:
Barely 2 1/2 months in "office" and the Xiden junta has already fomented two wars.
Like Billy Graham once said "if God does not strike down Washington D.C. He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!"
Related:
China’s foreign minister warned the Biden administration on Sunday to roll back former President Donald Trump’s “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as its own territory.
A Communist Party newspaper says Japan faces "grave" consequences—including countermeasures by Beijing—if it sides with the United States over the question of Taiwan's security in the face of an increasingly assertive China
Sadly, Biden has an abysmal record when it comes to Taiwan. In 1999, then-Sen. Biden opposed the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act, arguing it would upset Washington’s relationship with China. In a 2001 op-ed, he criticized the idea that the U.S. should firmly stand behind Taiwan and declare its commitment to defend the island in the face of Chinese military action. Moreover, in 2011, then-Vice President Biden traveled to China to deliver the news to then-Vice President Xi Jinping that the Obama-Biden administration would not be granting 66 new F-16 jets to Taiwan’s military for self-defense.
Taiwan reports largest incursion yet by Chinese military aircraft: Defence ministry says 20 aircraft entered its air defence identification zone
FYI - separate reports from the Japan times - Taiwan has cut way way back on scrambling jets and targeting due to cost.Do you think Joey Average from Scranton, who is the subject of investigation in the Ukraine, who from any objective standard was doing some things he should not have been doing if one was on the up and up, who has always sided with China...do you think Joey Average from Scranton, "I'm not sure what I am signing", guy would crash the Econ over a virus with a 99% survival record, saddle the nation with burdensome debt, raise the interest rate on that debt, incentivize the unemployed, fuel an invasion, promote internal disputes and grievances, and get us into a 2 front scenario? Maybe he acquiesces on Taiwan b/c of the greater good of global trade and holds the line on Russian aggression? Wash rinse repeat right? Need a boogey man....turn the screws on the Patriot Act...get a bunch of folks who believe in the dream wasted so they won't be around to oppose you later. Nah....Joey Average from Scranton would never do any of that.
Capitol police officer dead, another wounded after car rams into barrier; suspect killed
The United States Capitol was locked down on Friday due to an "exterior security threat," as the United States Capitol Police (USCP) said two officers were injured after a car rammed into them and sources said officers shot a suspect.
www.foxnews.com
You're not seriously going to try and perpetuate the lie that you're a "conservative" who "voted for Trump" after these progressive screeds, and admitting that you get your "facts" and opinions from The Atlantic? That's absolutely absurd. You're a commie bitch through and through, and the fact that you think modernity has something to do with ceding liberty to totalitarianism tells me you're fully "educated" (indoctrinated in Marx's inevitability of communism). The fact is, that for all your keystrokes you're still a garden variety totalitarian selling the same old crap that has hindered and crushed man since Greece fell. It's not that you don't value liberty, it's that you hate anyone who dares challenge your orthodoxy, or who would dare to pursue a happiness different from your own. In the final analysis all you are is hubris and arrogance backed up by nothing except your degree, which you believe proves your great intellect. And yet, everything you post is the most plebeian, pop culture pablum there is promulgated by rags like The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and other communist, anti-American magazines that have been around forever.
Also, the cost of living is massively higher in communist enclaves, so just comparing income is not apples to apples. California pays massive federal taxes, (as well as massive state taxes), and yet it is still a net negative of welfare. The wealthy are fleeing from CA in droves. Communism/socialism is a parasite upon liberty. It destroys and then moves on where it can steal and destroy more. What's more telling is per capita welfare spending, or the ratio between those who are working, and those who aren't and are actually getting cash payments in lieu of working. It is surprisingly low in even very poor states like LA, MS, AL, etc. No surprise at all where it's highest, but all the blue state paradises, and the more progressive, the more people are on welfare (CA, VT). It's almost to the point where every family with an income who pays taxes is supporting two who don't work.
Of course, since this Congress stripped out all work requirements we are back to the 1960s/70s democrat welfare states where people expect to be paid in perpetuity with no requirement to even seek work.
Tell us more my conservative, Trump voting friend. Tell us how there's no crisis on the Southern border.
Lol. Enjoy it. You’re time is almost over.
Leftist don’t give money to charity, and they never have. There’s no agency. It’s always someone else’s problem.
You can’t remember all your lies, and now you’re tripping over them
As yall know i admit i am probably more liberal than some members here. I have no issue paying taxes to support social programs. But its become a way of life where to me it is a safety net to help people through rough-times or to support individual betterment.
At this point, id even go as far to say its a means of perpetual enslavement and of course a way to buy votes. All at a goal to increase dependence.
Plus all the waste and the types of programs that are tax funded, for which i may or may not agree with from a moral standpoint or simply see as frivolous and not actually helping those in need.
Pet projects and cronyism to help pad pockets of those who support the political machine.
Taxes can be kept under control and limited by eliminating waste and these programs that are abused or simply enrich those who skim off the top.
Its out of control. And when dems are in power it only gets worse. Look at the covid bills and the proposed infrastructure bill as a clear example of just how out of control things are.
At this point, id even go as far to say its a means of perpetual enslavement and of course a way to buy votes. All at a goal to increase dependence.
Plus all the waste and the types of programs that are tax funded, for which i may or may not agree with from a moral standpoint or simply see as frivolous and not actually helping those in need.
Pet projects and cronyism to help pad pockets of those who support the political machine.
Taxes can be kept under control and limited by eliminating waste and these programs that are abused or simply enrich those who skim off the top.
Its out of control. And when dems are in power it only gets worse. Look at the covid bills and the proposed infrastructure bill as a clear example of just how out of control things are.
There is a difference between helping people that cannot work versus those that will not work.
IMHO, we have too many people in this country that will not work that are taking money from people who will work.
IMHO, we have too many people in this country that will not work that are taking money from people who will work.
Havent seen anyone mentioning OPEC dropping prices to harm Xiden policies and eliminate Iranian oil sales.
Granted Ill like going back to the oil prices Trump gave me through domestic production but not via becoming dependent on the ME again......What a mess.....
lol, like i said i have seen it firsthand, provided a link that shows conservatives donate more. i can provide many.
sure there are exceptions and some libtards will show up to volunteer, mostly politicians with photographers on holidays, when they are just in the way because of too many other liberal virtue signaling retards like you with the same idea.
I don't follow the mass media, because I don't believe that's a source of truth, in any capacity. And for whatever I disagree with you on, let me - in this lucid moment - say that I respect you for reaching out to help people. I believe that you are probably quite sincere in your desire to help people, and I would hope that if I were in need, I'd be able to find that help, regardless of my situation.
That being said - I have lived in several major cities across the US, and I see far more outreach, even for causes that I, myself, would not engage in. Some of them are religious institutions - which in and of themselves, does not make the members conservative, by any means (plenty of ultra-liberal voters in churches - especially in Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Unitarian). Increasingly, what I find, is that groups of people are reaching out to "disaffected" peoples, to win influence. On the West Coast, in particular, there were many groups what would form homeless outreaches, and then use that to launch political platforms. Voter registration, protest organization, etc, etc. I don't believe that all of the efforts that exist, have pure intentions. I also personally witnessed several outreaches being co-opted by people, who hijacked one group's (naive) good intentions, and replaced it with their own personal crusade.
Churches have always taken up the mantle of community stewardship in the the US, since our founding. (even if at times, it was to recruit new patrons) But in modern times, this is increasingly a platform for the left. You can't work at a corporation these days, without being inundated with outreach recruitment, and liberal/progressives are always "reaching out" to this, that, and the other. It's half the reason that they're so well politically organized. How else do you sell such a ridiculous and self-destructive set of ideals to an entire populace?
So, you ought to be happy to keep that money...? But, you’re not. You’re not because helping people isn’t the point. You’re just a totalitarian who wants to justify hurting all the people you hate. Boooring.
lol, do you feel threatened? What a fucking pussy. If I were as stupid and arrogant as you are I’m sure I’d feel threatened by a strong breeze. You say your victory is inevitable, and I say it’s not. That’s not threatening you you little bitch. The future under leftist totalitarianism is very dark, but it isn’t as inevitable as you’ve been taught. Witness the last time our own totalitarian government tried to disarm us. Wether it’s God mandating the king, or Marx mandating the totalitarian state, free men will rise against you despite your certainty and fanaticism.
Fanatics like you are always predicting a thousand years of paradise, and you produce nothing but hell on earth. This time it’s no different, and no one will remember your names.
lol, do you feel threatened? What a fucking pussy. If I were as stupid and arrogant as you are I’m sure I’d feel threatened by a strong breeze. You say your victory is inevitable, and I say it’s not. That’s not threatening you you little bitch. The future under leftist totalitarianism is very dark, but it isn’t as inevitable as you’ve been taught. Witness the last time our own totalitarian government tried to disarm us. Wether it’s God mandating the king, or Marx mandating the totalitarian state, free men will rise against you despite your certainty and fanaticism.
Fanatics like you are always predicting a thousand years of paradise, and you produce nothing but hell on earth. This time it’s no different, and no one will remember your names.
i am also in favor of entitlement programs, and i would give more to folks that really need it.
and i am similarly disgusted by the abuse and the societal and cultural repercussions of using taxes to give women a financial incentive to live separately from the father(s) of their offspring.
besides the children being statistically less likely to succeed vs a traditional household, they are 40x more likely to be abused.
Thus, is the irreconcilable dilemma of the "Conservative" mind. You don't believe in divorce, abortion or suicide, but you also can't come up with realistic solutions to the problems that arise from letting a dysfunctional culture run amok, and unchecked. Your "strongest" values, are also the ones that are creating your most prominent opposition.
You know, at some point, we need to get fucking real.
lol, you are retarded.
all i can tell you for certain is that the government taking 40% of my earnings isn't helping americans as much as it should.
can somebody "believe in divorce" or not believe in it? again retarded,
believe in abortion? i believe abortion is a brutal solution to irresponsible sexual activity 98% of the time.
suicide? i actually don't care if somebody would rather be dead than alive. if i was in pain with some terminal disease, i would seek out a solution.
Which one of your list isnt an individual seeking easier solutions instead of dealing fully with
the consequences?
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this is what feeds the new democrat plantation.
they also force as many of these poor kids as possible into public school failure factories with union teachers that don't give a shit.
they also force as many of these poor kids as possible into public school failure factories with union teachers that don't give a shit.
There has never been a functional society on earth, that didn't pay for some modicum of order. You're free to believe whatever percentage of your take, is reasonable, or not. I do not disagree with your assertion, but I also don't think that was what we were debating.
I have no time for your "it's not what you said, but how you said it", bullshit. You know very well what was being said. And you fucking well know that most people are steeped in their idealism, rather than realism.
Aren't Conservatives always complaining about what Planned Parenthood's initial intentions supposedly were?this is what feeds the new democrat plantation.
they also force as many of these poor kids as possible into public school failure factories with union teachers that don't give a shit.
Well? What's it gonna be? This, or that?
Or maybe you have some magic bullet that's just going to, all of a sudden, make black people believe in the nuclear family? Go on, then. Let's hear it...
Does it really matter? This is what's happening. It's not an intellectual exercise.
I fail to see how your statement clearly addresses a problem. I understand the statement, I just want to know what the proposed solution is. Something that respects the liberties of the individual, without creating a moral or ethical dilemma. Go...
your liberal media has already brainwashed them with lies about female empowerment and how single motherhood is normal.
Personal responsibility.
Freedoms require it.
Even to the point of not forcing others to take care of those who
repeatedly make bad decisions.
The reason it is happening is because it has been rewarded.
Ethics/morals are abused by those who pander for their version of a solution.
Charity starts at home. An old quote.
What is meant is the locals know who is in want and who is in need.
.Gov hasn't a clue.
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You fucking racist scum. Plenty of black families believe in family.
The Donald
The Donald is a never-ending rally of patriots dedicated to the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
For sure they do. The question is - what was the point of posting the graphic with race demographics, then?
How do you logically propose that we remove race from the discussion, after it's been introduced as a contributing factor to the discussion? The point that was being made, wasn't mine. You are just pissed that I called it out.
It's not important what his skin color was. The important point is that he identified as a white guy. If he identified as a white guy then, by default, he was a white supremacist that was ordered by Trump to commit a violent act of insurrection.
somebody says he was a follower of luis farrakhan, but how can they know that already?
First off - I don't disagree, in principle, with any of that.
The problem is, how do you propose to deal with the problem, for those who don't have strong communities? When do you not force care, vs deny a workable solution to those who are in the shit?
If those whose ethics or morals you don't agree with, fill the vacuum that is left by collective apathy towards someone's bad decisions, how do you compete with that? If you don't give a shit about someone who makes poor choices, but someone else pretends to, who wins, and who loses, collectively?
One of the oldest arguments in the Republic, has been whether or not it is the responsibility of government to protect/provide for its citizens. That argument, and the extent of its reach, will never end.
No, your liberal media has brainwashed them with a narrative about how systemic racism in America has created a fatherless society, by denying black men the role of father, by keeping them perpetually incarcerated.
Get your fucking stereotypes right.
