All Things Politics Thread

[drgilbert]

 

[drgilbert]

 

[UTfish]

2 hours ago, drgilbert said:

Man, that's great! Some of my ancestors were slaves to the black Moors from 700 - 1400 AD. Can't wait to see how much is owed to me for that 700 years of slavery. I sure hope it will be prorated by the years. 

 

[drgilbert]

Seattle is a shitshow 

 

[Soldierhorn]

Man, that's great! Some of my ancestors were slaves to the black Moors from 700 - 1400 AD. Can't wait to see how much is owed to me for that 700 years of slavery. I sure hope it will be prorated by the years. 

Mine too! 

Cherokee side: some were taken slaves and forced incarceration as a result of Trail of Tears. Cherokees were also stollen/kidnapped during the ToT by other tribes and taken into slavery

Jewish side: Way too many examples to list

Does attempted slavery by Mexico in 1830s qualify?

 

[Soldierhorn]

I could list more and some of the comments in the tweet mentions are good.  haha

A succinct list of the Left's platform...

 

[Soldierhorn]

This is absurd. Where are the "peace-niks" when the Dems do this crap?!  Clinton did the same thing with regards to Bosnia.  There were absolutely NO American interests at stake in Bosnia... but no outcry from the left.  The left had a conniption fit with both Bush's (41 & 43) proclaiming over and over: IT IS ALL ABOUT OIL. Wasnt true of course but even if it was true, at least that was something to be concerned about. Bosnia? nothing.  Ukraine? nothing.  I'm not saying that US should or shouldnt be involved; just pointing out the hypocrisy of the Dems - again. 





Tulsi Gabbard issues warning about potential war with Russia

 

[Soldierhorn]

If this passes, states should send notice of nullification on every detrimental SCOTUS decision as a matter of principle. 

States need to exercise their sovereign powers. 

 

[Soldierhorn]

I think people are missing the forest for the trees. I think something much bigger is at stake. Putting that aside, however....

This was argued in the beginning and for almost 200 yrs.  Statehood is a nonstarter & would require a constitutional amendment. As I see it, there really are only three options:

1. status quo: keep the dysfunctional district as is. If voting is an issue as it was 200yrs ago, people can move a few miles to the suburbs and vote - much easier to do today than it was two centuries ago

2. Recede property to it's rightful owners. This partially happened in 1847.  One third of DC was receded back to Virginia (I think Virginia voters would like to give it back). Originally, DC was 10 square miles (100miles); 31 miles on the Virginia side and 69 miles on Maryland side of Potomac.  I'm fairly certain Maryland voters would vote this down; they wouldnt want the headache either and they are already a blue state so there is no real Dem benefit in doing it

3. Turn DC into a US controlled international territory such as Porto Rico, & Guam, which also would require a constitutional amendment.  More tenable than direct statehood and Dems may see this as a preliminary step towards statehood because the constitutional requirement would have been met 

 

[Soldierhorn]

I think the comments above and below say it all. 

 

[Soldierhorn]

yep... no masks, much less double or triple masks.

 

[drgilbert]

CNN sucks 

 

[drgilbert]

 

[dillohorn]

4 hours ago, drgilbert said:

I will never buy another coke product after they condemned me for being white.

 

[dillohorn]

45 minutes ago, drgilbert said:

CNN sucks 

as expected.

 

[drgilbert]

 

[Soldierhorn]

YES!  any decent american should be tired of this nonsense...

 

[drgilbert]

 

[dillohorn]

20 hours ago, Soldierhorn said:

This is absurd. Where are the "peace-niks" when the Dems do this crap?!  Clinton did the same thing with regards to Bosnia.  There were absolutely NO American in interests at stake Bosnia... but no outcry from the left.  The left had a conniption fit with both Bush's (41 & 43) proclaiming over and over: IT IS ALL ABOUT OIL. Wasnt true of course but even if it was true, at least that was something to be concerned about. Bosnia? nothing.  Ukraine? nothing.  I'm not saying that US should or shouldnt be involved; just pointing out the hypocrisy of the Dems - again. 





Tulsi Gabbard issues warning about potential war with Russia

dimocrats always get us into a war

 

[drgilbert]