Politics Bloomberg Officially Enters Presidential Race

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  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Not from personal experience. I'm full of shit, but I keep it contained.

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    Personal attacks need to stop all around....debate an idea, not a personality. It mucks up the boards....if you have a humorous relationship with a forum member, it's light hearted but if you don't, it accomplishes nothing here.
     
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    Waterproof containers?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    You might even say shitty news.
     
  5. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    You just described Trump
     
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  6. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Turns out you're wrong by a country mile. Trump has tried to disenfranchise more than a Million minorities from voting.
    As for sending people to prison, nobody sends people to prison like Trump. Why, he even sends little children to jail.
     
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    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    trump has also been good at sending members of his administration to prison as well as friends and personal lawyer.
     
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    C’mon lanny. You’re making stuff up here. There are plenty of areas in which you could legitimately criticize Trump. There’s no reason to just make stuff up.
     
  9. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Fact.
    Now don't accuse me of making stuff up when you can't back it up.
     
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    How did he ‘try’ to disenfranchise MILLIONS of minorities out of voting? (Emphasis on the word “try”, Bloomberg actually DID send thousands to prison, minorities in prison can’t vote)

    And I’m not a supporter of the child/parent separation of illegal immigrants either, but let’s not pretend Trump started that practice. It was going on long before 2016. Criticize it, speak out about it, fight to stop it... but don’t fool yourself as to when it started or who started it.
     
  11. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    1. Changes to state requirements requiring IDs. The number of people who cheat on voting in national elections can be counted on the fingers of two hands. There are already a hell of a lot of poor and otherwise disadvantaged people who have been disenfranchised by this.
    2. The number of children detained has been drastically increased and the conditions are more like a jail than ever before.

    https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-detention-centers-trump-obama-1447160

    "Trump’s interview coincided with a string of reports about children held in substandard condition in Border Patrol facilities, including a New Yorker article on Saturday that described flu and lice outbreaks going untreated, and children sleeping on cold floors."

    https://time.com/5612868/trump-obama-family-separation/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_migrant_detentions

    The New York Times and the Washington Post had articles describing the harsher conditions and drastically increased numbers of children detained in harsh jail like conditions but you need to be a subscriber to read the articles. So, how did I know what these articles contained? There's a brief description when you google the subject.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    TAH DAH !!!

    But Lanny, I've told you before that presenting facts to Trump loyalists only "confuses them and pisses them off".
     
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    They pay more than you, for the same government services, so maybe it's you who isn't paying his fare share. :dunno:
     
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    Everything you link to has been thoroughly debunked.

    To summarize: Obama did all that shit by choice and on a massive scale.

    Trump has upgraded Obama's cages to resort standards, and has deported a tiny fraction of the illegals that Obama Deporter-in-Chief did.

    Trump also DID NOT SELL 2,000 GUNS TO MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS like Obama did and has not murdered any US Border Agents like Obama did.
     
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    Cute speculation...….I'm a veteran...I get benefits and services that you probably don't. Some think war vets have paid their fair share...hell even Trump admits that. Any real American understands what that means. Greed though is a sleazy business of profit at the expense of the middle class which is dying off thanks to unfair profits earned by un fair wages. I'll be happy to inform you for only 30k....24 sessions...life coaching! Riverman University! S2 regulars get a discount!
     
  16. MARIS61

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    Doesn't help anyone, doesn't give people back their freedom, their lives.

    Doesn't mean he's going to stop doing bad shit to the "little people" as he calls them.
     
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    good grief!
     
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    I like Nas…..Little fans are everywhere
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Wrong.
    The wealthy have more to lose so they require more protection. They require more IRS manpower. They require more of all kinds of services.
    The bad part is the growing disparity between the upper class and the lower class. The middle class is getting squeezed right out of existence.
     
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    The only enemy the middle class has, and what has been decimating us, is over-regulation, over-taxation, over-restriction, codes, rules, regulations, fees, permit applications, requirements, all meant to make starting and owning your own business impossible.

    Trump is fixing that, and making America great again!

    As for vets, your bennies are part of your pay, like any other career choice. I don't have a problem with that at all. Doesn't mean you get a free pass for life in exchange for a couple years service though.

    America is strongest when those who are able to, carry their own weight. And when those who are unable, are lifted by those who have strength.

    However, unlike some people, I don't think being a vet makes you any better or worse of a person, or more deserving of my respect than the girl behind the counter at the Dollar Store or the bass player at the bar last weekend.
     

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