oldmanfan

I already have as have several others, but you want to remain blind. If Trump insisted the moon was made of green cheese, would you insist he’s correct?

No, the courts, the state audits and the DOJ showed there was no fraud. As far as the primary someone answered above that is was confusion over the process and not fraud. But you refuse to believe anything that doesn’t fit the Trump narrative. 2+2=4, not 5. Jim Crow law started after the Civil War to keep blacks from voting, working, etc. that is happening here again. Quit being a naive troll for Trump and think.

The Republican state legislature has put itself in position to disenfranchise Democratic votes. Go look where most of the Democratic votes from Georgia came from last election and quit being so absurdly naive.

I know exactly what Jim Crowe was and a Republican legislature putting themselves in position to disenfranchise black voters is pretty much textbook for Jim Crowe.

The Republican legislature passed this. Republicans. After a non-fraudulent election. Try again.

The state legislature, which is Republican, can decide on a whim that a given county election is questionable and take control over the ballots, thus being able to disenfranchise any voters they want. They could throw out votes from the black community if they want to throw the election. This is the most egregious example. Do that answer your question?

That was a primary. Do you know what a primary is? There was no evidence of fraud whatsoever in the general election. Quit being so damn gullible and believing anything a proven liar tells you. I don’t excuse the primary by the way. But it has nothing to do with the general election in which multiple election agencies, courts and the DOJ all said that there was no fraud. Which is great for Independents like me to hear.

There is no true fraud in elections. The percent is like 0.0001%. The commission Trump set up after 2016 to investigate supposed fraud found nothing and was disbanded as a result. The DOJ found nothing in 2020. Georgia did three audits and found nothing. The changes to voter laws in Georgia and elsewhere are complete farces, being done because of some slavish devotion to an ex-President who lost the White House and both houses of Congress. I swear if Trump said 2+ 2= 5 many like you would fall all over themselves trying to rewrite the basic laws of math. Enough already. Make sure everyone has the same form of federal ID and other than that make sure everyone has the unfettered ability to vote. And that means making more opportunities available, not less. It means the state legislature can’t invalidate votes on a whim.

We have to decide when to announce our candidacy for 2024.

The discussion needs to start with what is the role of government, on federal, state, and local levels. The people of this country have behaved like spoiled children for decades now; they want all sorts of government spending while at the same time cry about wanting low tax rates. That is inherently absurd and we now are tens of trillions of dollars in debt as a result. I believe we should have be a flat federal personal income tax, with those under a given income, probably around 30k a year not paying. I’d set it at around 10-15%. No deductions for mortgages and such. For corporate I’d set it at about the same flat rate, again with no deductions or playing around. Verizon would pay 10% instead of 0%. There’s been talk of family farms; treat them as corporations. if I were President I would make attacking spending my #1 priority. Outside of emergencies like the pandemic, I would dramatically shrink the federal government’s spending as I believe much of what is done in the name of federal spending is more a state or local issue. I would calculate the amount of debt for each state and each Congressional district and give each senator and Congressman a month to figure out what federal spending would be cut in their area. I would cut Executive branch spending dramatically. Get rid of the Departments of Education and Housing/Urban Development for starters; they are local and state issues. I would work out if the Oval Office; no golf trips and such. Spending is the issue along with a tax structure that allows those with more money to avoid paying anything. My plan addresses both.

OJ first wore # 36.

Always will be Rich Stadium to me. when they build the new one I suggest naming it the New Rockpile Field at Highmark Stadium

I live just outside Indy and I've been to Lucas Oil a few times. it's beautiful, but most times I'm there they have the roof closed and it just seems like too sterile an environment for an old fart like me. My best memories of Bills games are in the snow or rain. worst job to have going forwrad is a commercial real estate broker. A lot of companies realized they don't need all the space they had.

The mortality rate of a disease is calculated by how many infected people die, not the general population. I discussed this earlier in the Covid thread; go read it. As for water, we’ll see how many polling places actually set up regular water stations for those having to stand in lines for hours. How much you want to bet it will be scarce? If this part of their law survives the courts I’ll be there to hand out water. Simple. Come join me.

I’m independent. I have very conservative ideas about law and order and finances. I also have strong belief in Christian principles like helping your neighbor in need. By your approach on this topic and by saying you would have rather had millions more die from the pandemic than using medicine and science you’ve shown us your humanity today, or lack thereof. I’ll live by my Christian principles of how to treat my neighbor. You go ahead and live by whatever those principles are that have so little disregard for others.

The person a mile away from the polling place, standing in line because there aren’t enough polling places in her district vs. others. At this point I assume you are being facetious; no one could truly be as naive as you are pretending to be.

Yes. Because helping a person who is thirsty is a decent and fundamentally human thing to do. Sorry you apparently have lost that part of your humanity, but having seen your thinking about the pandemic and that you would have preferred multimillions of people around the world to die I am not surprised.

People have not been allowed to hand out campaign material at polling places for a while. And yes I’m focused on water. You know why? Because not being able to hand a thirst person a bottle of water violates everything I know about being a basic, kind human being. Not to mention it is an affront to my Christian beliefs.

I would do what Beane did. That wasn’t too much of a coat. There is no way I’d trade say three first round picks to move to draft a guy. I only do something like that for a guy who’s shown he can do it in the league.

Every body is going to overreach for QBs like they always do. Look at Josh's draft. All but him either have had uneven progress or have/are bombing out. Same will happen this year. I project only one of the top 4 will become really good, and the best may wind up being the kid from Alabama who's not in the top 4.

Yes, I seriously think this was to keep people from standing in long lines to get a bottle of water, so that people will decide not to come vote. Most clear thinking people d the same. And if they have to pee I would hope that porta potties are made available, although I suspect that's next on the hit list. When it comes to voting regulations, this was changed because the current Georgia Secretary of State actually stood up for the law and ran a fair election. And now gets punished for it. And will get primaried and voted out quite likely, all because the previous President cannot accept he lost a free and fair election. Again I will read for you; 4 of the 5 people on the board will be Republican. what will you do when they decide a county that votes mostly Democratic they decide is "underperforming" and start invalidating legal ballots? When people have their constitutional right to vote taken away will you stand with them or against them?

Ok, let's read:. Within 150 feet of the outer edge of a building. Great. That means I can come down there and give water to someone standing in line for hours waiting to cast their vote because their voting districts don't have enough polling places because they were taken away because of partisan crap. Oh, but wait, let's read some more... Within 25 feet of any voter standing in line to vote at any polling place. Well, that changes things now, doesn't it? I can't now perform a simple humanitarian gesture and hand someone a bottle of water, unless my arms are 26 feet long. I wonder why. As for the link you asked for, read the law. The Secretary of State no longer chairs the State Election Board, he becomes an ex-officio non-voting member. And the board and thus legislature can intervene in counties they deem to be "underperforming", with the board made up of a chair appointed by the legislature, state house and senate each appointing one member, and each party appointing one member. which means in Georgia right now that would be 4 Republicans and 1 Democrat. That's really fair, wonder how long it will take for counties such as Fulton to be declared "underperforming".

How about the part where the state legislature can just go into a county and throw out ballots if they want? How about taking the power away from the Secretary of State to oversee elections.

Not being able to give a thirsty person a bottle of water is absurd. and yes, inner city folks especially the elderly have trouble getting around.

As to question #1, inner city folks, especially the elderly that have trouble getting around. Folks living in rural areas. As to question # 2, if they show up without any identifying info and are there simply to give people food and water, more power to them. If they show up with their NRA hats and such and as part of their handing out food and water they try to influence people's votes, then no. If this ridiculous thing stands up after being challenged in court, I will load up my car with water and drive down to Georgia to hand out water their next election.