No, not at all. I'm going to let you get your full pearl clutching out of this. You have more than once expressed your dissatisfaction with this forum, going so far to say previously you were thinking about starting your own Blazer forum. It's obvious that it's not the Blazer content that you're not satisfied with. You seem to have an issue with and have made false accusations against the majority of non-white male members of this community. I asked you a straight-up question, why are you here. If you are only looking for places where you can broadcast your personal political beliefs, a sports forum is not going to be the best place for that. You used to be one of the biggest Blazer fans I know. I'd love to see more of that ABM.
You have more than once expressed your dissatisfaction with this forum, going so far to say previously you were thinking about starting your own Blazer forum. Wow, don't remember that at all. You seem to have an issue with and have made false accusations against the majority of non-white male members of this community. You can put that accusation away immediately. HCP himself said if he didn't call me a racists, he should have. HCP flies off on many folks in here. He could be white, green, leoow, whatever. Still doesn't change what he's said and how he's regarded me. As far as dviss goes, he's a loose cannon and has gone off on many others in here, as well. Please don't use those two as an attempt to paint a disdainful picture of me in that regard. I"ve been in here far before Trump was in the picture. No problems, no issues. It wasn't until people in here knew I was interested in Trump, and then voted for him, that things took a tremendous turn south. Does that mean I run off? Absolutley not! Recently, it's become a matter of principle. I have every right to state my opinions on my world views, abortion, BLM, LGBTQ, CRT, or anything else for that matter. And should be allowed to do so without repercussions and/or slanderish type remarks. I mean, right? I still am a Blazer fan. If I lived in Portland I'm sure I'd be much more involved. Married life, moving, and other interests have had a role in me becoming less enthusiastic in that regard. All this said, you still didn't have to trot out the ban word. Seemed a bit cancel culturish to me. I could be wrong.
If you hadn't noticed, I post a lot of interesting threads and conversation in here. Outside of anything political, controversial, or otherwise.
Any of the other D candidates plans. All the major candidates had something. So? There's not a rule that we have to either do nothing or implement the same plan as another country. You and I might prefer something close to the latter, but that doesn't mean everyone does. It's frustrating, but sometimes taking small steps is all that can be achieved. A small step can be much better than nothing. See, e.g., ACA. barfo
It doesn't have to be a carbon copy of somebody else's. We're the wealthiest country in the world. Not having an equivalently beneficial healthcare system as much poorer countries is just disgraceful. Not even proposing one should be a non starter. In fact, it should be criminal. Same with our education system.
No question about that. You are correct. Proposing something that isn't going to get implemented for a long time, if ever, can be of value... but it's also of value to propose things that actually can get implemented in the short/middle term. You go to the election with the voters you have, not the voters you might want or wish to have at a later time. barfo
I get what you're saying, but Bernie would have beaten Trump. Both times. With the voters we had. We have these shitty systems because we are propping up people who propose trash written by corporations. ACA was decent until the public option was dropped. We get jobbed because both parties want it that way and we accept it, and even defend it...
Maybe. We'll never know. But what we do know is that Presidents aren't all-powerful, and congress doesn't just automatically pass whatever the Prez thinks they should. We have these shitty systems because voters keep voting for some awful people as their senators and congresspeople. And because our system of government is specifically designed to make change difficult to impossible. barfo
Which is an absolute shame. I used to believe politicians couldn't ram shit through. But I've seen how the GOP and Trump actually do ram incredibly unpopular shit through, while making politicians terrified to join the opposition. So now I'm not so sure anymore... Again, it's really a shame we didn't get that opportunity to ram some popular and beneficial shit through...
Well, they were able to ram some stuff through - although they failed on much more - but when they succeeded (tax cuts, supreme court) it was because they were united that that's what they all wanted. There aren't any republicans who oppose those things, and they aren't very complicated issues. Taxes bad, right-wing judges good. When it came to more complex issues ("repeal and replace") they failed. It's very hard to get everyone (on either side) to agree about healthcare. barfo
The supply-chain issues have gotten so bad our annual February snow got delivered in April. Thank O'Biden!
Prices Soar as Corporate Profiteers & Speculators Drive Inflation; It Hurts the Developing World Corporations are gauging Americans. Seemingly with Biden's blessing, as he isn't doing a damn thing to curb their greed.
Texas keeping most truck inspections despite border gridlock https://www.kwqc.com/2022/04/13/frustration-grows-over-truck-backlogs-texas-mexico-border/
