SoCal Deek

Now THAT made me laugh! Well posted.

Did you conveniently forget that actual Democratic congressional representatives boycotted Trump’s inauguration? If that isn’t rejecting the results of elections I have no idea what planet we’re living on.

On the contrary. It seems to me that there’s more need for the EC now than when it was first created.

Thanks…I think you’re getting there now. I am not a lawyer but I imagine it could be argued that the plaintiff(s) has standing; their ancestors were harmed. The defendant(s) however does not have standing; the current government is not the one that harmed them. That’s where I believe you were spot on with your earlier ‘slavery was legal’ comment. In short, unfortunate as some might think it is, there is no one to sue.

Quite frankly, I was having a conversation with another poster when you chimed in. Feel free to go back and read what I posted in the context of THAT discussion and then maybe we can start over.

I thought about this one overnight and while I still appreciate the basic theory I’m not sure that you’re coming at it from the right angle. The concept behind reparations is about society at large repairing a societal/moral wrong. The problem with it is that they’re trying to repair a moral wrong with a financial solution. To do that someone ELSE has to pay for it…and that’s where it goes fundamentally wrong. Just like the other examples you cite, we don’t have a tradition of compensating moral law with civil solutions. I guess they could always sue but who would they sue and who would be liable? In this case there isn’t a defendant with any ‘standing’. It’s an interesting discussion, for sure!

Morning Roundy Reading comprehension is definitely not your strong suit. I never claimed that there’s a conspiracy theory of any kind nor did I claim that anyone other than Putin started the war. Keep swinging though, you’re bound to hit the ball one of these times.

Much like your screen name….You’re going in circles now. So in short, you agree with me, the US government is trying to see if they can get Putin ’removed’. It took a bit but we’ve finally reached agreement. Have a good one!

Well by your own admission you believe he doesn’t give a rats arse what you think. No?

In the English language, when referring to an elected official, it means to have him/her no longer be in office. Does it mean something different in Klingon?

Dude, I never said they want to kill Putin.

So you believe the Governor of Florida is supposed to ask a random Western New Yorker what he thinks before doing any governing? Interesting concept for sure, but really hard to implement. 😉

Exactly....and it's those in Washington that don't want his narrative to have any weight or power. Pay attention "bro".

So this discussion is going nowhere. Thanks for being willing to engage....not.

That’s an interesting take on it. I’d never considered it, nor have I ever heard anyone make that argument.

Nope….not what I said. They’re doing because they blame Putin for Hilary. English is a tricky language for sure, but that’s not the same thing.

Wrong! I didn’t blame her for the invasion. Nice try.

Tim, this has been the plan from the jump. This has NEVER been about Ukraine. Not even for a minute. The Ukrainian people have been used as pawns in the Democrats bloodthirsty pursuit of removing Putin, who they accuse of stealing the presidency from Hilary Clinton. They don’t even really hide it. Not sure what you thought was going on here.

What part of any of that was surprising to you? (Not trying to be snarky.)

Does this also then mean that Edmunds is no longer 19? I’ve lost track of time.

Is that city that nobody’s ever heard of part of the small incursion? Or is that all of it? If so why are we sending more money?

And yet another conversation devolves into expletive laced name calling.

Close. This is not about true versus false. This is all about having a centralized state approved narrative on every topic, whether obviously true or obviously false. This is about the concentration of power in Washington DC, by a select few who control the narrative. No discussion or debate will be tolerated.

Yes they are paying attention. That’s not the problem. The problem is that they are trying to federalize everything. Luckily that’s not how the country was designed to function.

Another fine retort. Again, not trying to be in anyway disrespectful, but most people really have no idea how our education system works or is funded. For example, most don’t realize that K12 Education is a state responsibility and in most, if not all, states is the largest budgetary line item. I’m not sure if it’s true everywhere but in California most people think that the local school is run by the City Mayor, when in reality the Mayor has absolutely zero authority over the schools. In fact the school grounds themselves are actually State property, not part of the town/city. Interestingly enough the same is true for your local Post Office…which is federal property and not in anyway governed by the local planning department.