I think that fairness - as defined by liberals - gets too close to an Equality of Outcome approach and conservatives perhaps naively push Equality of Opportunity. In reality the nuance is in when one has achieved equal opportunity and therein lies the rub.
Thrilled. Thank you. We need more like you.
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When crazyness affects policy it starts to matter.
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That’s the difference doc. We don’t want “new legislation to help the American people.” We want the American people to help themselves. We want less taxes, less regs, fix the bridges, and keep us safe and enforce anti discrim laws to ensure equal opps. “I’m with the government. I’m here to help”It's not with the GOP. I can understand Romney, Cheney (who I disagree with on almost every policy), Larry Hogan, Charlie Baker, Murkowski, Chris Christie, Jeb, John Kasich, McCain (I realize he's not around anymore), Ben Sasse. They live in the world of reality. These are people who actually have policy ideas.
Does today's mainstream GOP stand for any real legislation that will help the American people? They don't even want to get vaccinated for the worst pandemic in 100 years. These are very strange and unbalanced people. We're six months into the Biden Administration and they're still trying to flip Arizona by analyze whether there is bamboo on the ballots that came from China. There are "serious" people who will not acknowledge the fact that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. There are people who just stormed the US Capitol where 5 people were killed (20% more than in Benghazi) and wanted to kill Mike Pence for performing his Constitutional duties, and have plotted to kill a Democratic governor in Michigan. The Governor of Texas believed Obama was ordering the Obama plan to round up political enemies during training exercises.
Six head-scratching Jade Helm conspiracy theories
At the start of Jade Helm, the development of conspiracy theories involving martial law and civil war has grown.
56% of Republicans believe QAnon is a real thing. 56% actually believe that
President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media, and that this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed. That's over 50 million people.
Majority Of Republicans Believe The QAnon Conspiracy Theory Is Partly Or Mostly True, Survey Finds
72% of Democrats say the QAnon conspiracy is “not true at all.”
Why There Are So Few Moderate Republicans Left
And why that’s not likely to change. Monday marks the first night of the Republican National Convention, and things could certainly be going better for President Trump.fivethirtyeight.com
You yourself have stated you dislike Trump, but your party is lock step with him and he is very much the kingmaker. Bernie Sanders didn't win the nomination. Biden, about as centrist as you'll find did. The extreme left does not control the Democratic Party. None of the policies that you fear from AOC will never come close to becoming law. Not going to happen. I know one thing, though...AOC is not going to play dress up Delta operator and start killing people.
How does someone with a normally functioning brain want to be a part of that group of lunatics?
Okay...these are things that can be debated. But Satan worshiping, pedo cannibals who are also lizard people controlled by a globalist elites and 5G cell towers.
JFC ! you know there are also all kinds of crazy liberals out in the world too right? I am guessing by your postings you are on the edge of being one.
What law or policy have any of them enacted? They are white noise. Ignore their idiocy. I wish the media would
Doc you and I disagree on everything but I know you are a good dude and just want what’s best. It’s a shame so many of us view what’s best so differently. Cheers doc
I’m completely lost in this post. Which GOP lawmakers played dress up Delta operator and started killing people? Are you forgetting what happened to Steve Scalise?It's not with the GOP. I can understand Romney, Cheney (who I disagree with on almost every policy), Larry Hogan, Charlie Baker, Murkowski, Chris Christie, Jeb, John Kasich, McCain (I realize he's not around anymore), Ben Sasse. They live in the world of reality. These are people who actually have policy ideas.
Does today's mainstream GOP stand for any real legislation that will help the American people? They don't even want to get vaccinated for the worst pandemic in 100 years. These are very strange and unbalanced people. We're six months into the Biden Administration and they're still trying to flip Arizona by analyze whether there is bamboo on the ballots that came from China. There are "serious" people who will not acknowledge the fact that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. There are people who just stormed the US Capitol where 5 people were killed (20% more than in Benghazi) and wanted to kill Mike Pence for performing his Constitutional duties, and have plotted to kill a Democratic governor in Michigan. The Governor of Texas believed Obama was ordering the Obama plan to round up political enemies during training exercises.
Six head-scratching Jade Helm conspiracy theories
At the start of Jade Helm, the development of conspiracy theories involving martial law and civil war has grown.
56% of Republicans believe QAnon is a real thing. 56% actually believe that
President Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media, and that this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed. That's over 50 million people.
Majority Of Republicans Believe The QAnon Conspiracy Theory Is Partly Or Mostly True, Survey Finds
72% of Democrats say the QAnon conspiracy is “not true at all.”
Why There Are So Few Moderate Republicans Left
And why that’s not likely to change. Monday marks the first night of the Republican National Convention, and things could certainly be going better for President Trump.
You yourself have stated you dislike Trump, but your party is lock step with him and he is very much the kingmaker. Bernie Sanders didn't win the nomination. Biden, about as centrist as you'll find did. The extreme left does not control the Democratic Party. None of the policies that you fear from AOC will never come close to becoming law. Not going to happen. I know one thing, though...AOC is not going to play dress up Delta operator and start killing people.
How does someone with a normally functioning brain want to be a part of that group of lunatics?
A couple others to consider -- Ohio has several pro football and baseball teams, several large college athletic programs, at least two very large amusement parks among other attractions, and all those can get very congested especially in restroom lines at halftime and the ends of innings.
Yes, fortunately lizard people aren't impacting policy (lol), but people who believe in lizard people are. There are currently two QAnon devotees in Congress, and there are already 19 QAnon candidates (all Republicans except for one independent) running for Congress in 2022. God knows how many are already in (or running for seats in) state legislatures.
Doc I love ya but you are impossible to talk to. I’m sorry. No one is saying zero taxes. Your predilection for extremes likely attracts you to the stories you post but it makes rational discussion impossible
Name a single policy or law they’ve enacted that has the impact of progressives with their defund the police campaign that is currently being implemented around the country. And bear in mind the number one concern of Americans today is violence.
I should have proofread better before posting. Apologies.
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You don’t believe there are people that traditionally vote Democrat that aren’t itching for a civil war or at least a complete inversion of our society and that the current pandering done by the likes of the Squad, Biden and Harris, and Pelosi empowers them just as much as Trump did the Proud Boys?I should have proofread better before posting. Apologies.
I'm talking about the Trump nuts (not Republicans) who are essentially itching for a civil war...if you believe what they say themselves. The type of guys who were planning to kidnap and kill the governor of Michigan. But, for the sake of discussion you have lawmakers who feel like they need to be armed inside the halls of congress:
Another GOP Lawmaker Attempted To Bring A Gun Into House Chamber; Capitol Police Investigating
Harris reportedly asked a fellow Republican representative to hold his gun so he could go vote. His colleague declined.
Cawthorn was armed during Capitol riot
Newly-elected GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn (N.C.) said he was armed last week when an angry mob attacked the Capitol. Cawthorn told the Smoky Mountain News a day after the attack that he was on t…
This is very strange behavior.
When 1/3 of Republicans (I assume you're a Republican) think the election was stolen, and 50% won't be vaccinated. I don't think it's hyperbole to say that people who still declare themselves Republicans tend to be pretty "extreme".
In terms of a legislative enactment, no, because there aren't enough of them (QAnon) - - yet. But when I see Greene wearing a facemask on the House floor that reads, "Trump Won," I know she's already doing damage.
See, this is where I feel like you go off the rails a little bit, which you don't very often. I can't even name a member of "The Squad" other than AOC. The only other one I recognize is the one from Minnesota. I was hoping Pelosi wouldn't become speaker when the Dems took the House. I think she's pretty useless. I'm still curious about the sudden dislike for Biden. Even my Trumpster friend liked Biden before he became President. Extreme lefties don't like Biden either, but he's generally a popular president so far. Not the same man as 10 years ago, though. He should have run in 2016.
To what? I can only hope that your DrHoops has nothing to do with being a doctor anywhere? You sound like some fool on energy drinks and speed.
Your entire post does not support your first sentence whatsoever.
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I'm saying Democrats aren't swinging towards Bernie or AOC. If that were the case, Bernie would have been the nominee. I feel like you think they are. Wall Street wanted Biden in 2020.
The Dems knew Bernie couldn’t beat Trump so they went with an old lifelong politician that can be influenced and they installed a radical as his VP.
