White Beard
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it - I made it myselfLots of drivel
I hear you say it, but change the name of the state to my deep red locale, and all that same stuff you, saw, I saw here. The difference? We don’t have fantasies of social programs to speak of. Certainly not “wonderful” ones.“rives” said:I restricted my comments to California because I live here, was born and raised here, and have watched the destruction of the state as a result of "deferred maintenance" and re-directing of tax monies to wonderful social programs and fantasy trains that have resulted in epic levels of homelessness and the highest poverty rate in the nation.
Well, lay it on me, Einstein, drop that knowledge if you’ve got it, don’t play cute.“rives” said:Yes, I fully understand that corporations will reduce their costs however they can. I also understand, as you apparently do not, how the "allowed them" came about, and that it is the root cause for what took place.
h:“rives” said:Apparently you have utterly missed the fact that Kavanaugh isn't on the court YET.
Like I give a rat’s ass about them as players in this mess. For whatever good they’ve tried to do, mostly now they’re in the way.“rives” said:I think that Schumer, Pelosi, DiFi, and a host of other clowns would be offended that you haven't noticed that they actually still "work" in DC or that they have a position of "significance".
Trumped-up charges for the end purpose of purging would fit inside your list of grounds for dismissal. Doesn’t improve anything.“rives” said:No one should be "purged" as a result of their leanings as long as they don't allow their political bent to manifest itself in their job. If they are leaking, working on materials that are intended to support their cause, or in any way putting their private interests ahead of their job responsibilities, they should be summarily canned just as would happen in private industry.
Check history: new-age “conservatives” are famous for cleaning house, not just political appointees but non-political, skill-having employees, much more than the only recent democratic administrations, both of whom kept key high-level persons of GOP allegiance in their jobs. GOP never returns that favor. Still, we agree very much on that principle, that one’s political opinions are not themselves grounds for termination (altho the Nazi-confederate bund makes me think real harsh about that one sometimes).
You are of course quite right:“rives” said:Your question was "But please, tell me more about how Merrick Garland was treated better than Brett Kavanaugh". There is absolutely no comparison in how they have been treated
Brett Kavanaugh was treated as a valid nominee and subjected to the process known as ‘advise and consent’.
Merrick Garland was not. He was ignored, and the president was ignored, and the senate refused to act on the matter. The senate is INSTRUCTED to advise the president on nominations, and to consent to a worthy choice. If you think that’s an inaccurate understanding, please point me at one you like better.
I’m a Democrat? NOT. But I’ve been around too long and seen to much to believe that either party is any other than it seems to be...the problem with that is the way they’ve spawned all these mini-edgelords who are sure no one ever thought of *their* stuff before, or thought about anything by themselves, and are convinced they’re the smartest kids in the (virtual) room. It has destroyed the signal-to-noise ratio in the average conversation and in communication at large.“rives” said:...you Dems are simply cranky that the Republicans did exactly what Biden (and later, Obama) suggested.
That thing about Biden and the Republicans thing? What is?