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I think Roundy thinks you would first tear down the existing, then rebuild with American steel, then tear down the American steel...to rebuild it more quickly with foreign steel. Iron sharpens iron. At some point, JD, the blame for failure to grasp all this stuff has to fall on you.

He earned the pushback here. I have never understood why any of this was hidden from public view.

Liberal logic says if 15 months was really only 3 months, they would have been on the road to recovery for nearly a year. Imagine that, a year ahead of schedule!

What a creepy, dark turn you consciously chose to take there. Classic neurotic projection. https://www.verywellhealth.com/projecting-7481323 Neurotic projection: This is probably what most people imagine when they think about projecting. This occurs when we credit someone else with undesirable emotions, thoughts, or behaviors. For instance, someone who is being dishonest may believe that those close to them are deceitful. Consider getting help.

Not a deflection, it's a response to inform you of my perspective. There's a difference and you should know that. My initial assumption was that you had me confused with someone else, or that you simply got yourself riled up and lost track of your feelings. Now it seems apparent that you're simply not being truthful. I cannot recall this sort of interaction with you previously, though maybe it's your standard operating procedure with other posters. My belief is when an individual, like you, lies or attempts to spread false stories, it's typically the result of some other upheaval or chaos in their personal life. Perhaps you have issues with a partner---deception, separation, divorced, illness---or some sort of challenge in your career or other legal issues. Maybe a DUI, maybe it's as simple as an inability to meet monthly expenses due to poor household budget management. Or, maybe you've just decided to be a d-bag. Hard to say. Regardless, if you feel better going down this path, and it stops you from kicking your dog or targeting someone else in your life with this type of silliness, that's ok with me.

Community garden?

Obviously, this is why we all tipped the glass to Madame Kamala on election night. It's sort of sad she missed it, bro!

Clinton playing fast and loose with national security is a matter of public record (and to be sure you don't drift off and confuse me with someone else--Clinton was not charged, was never going to be charged, and 55pc of the way through Trump's admins has not been charged). I'm really not certain how you missed that, but you appear grossly misinformed about all that. I'm surprised. DJT played fast and loose with classified material, and I thought that an unforced error on his part. i said that at the time the DOJ was raiding his house. I think he should have returned the classified documents when the Biden DOJ demanded it, knowing full well the democrats would go all out to put him away for life given the chance. he shouldn't have given them the chance, though they likely would have moved anyway. At the same time I was suggesting DJT made a mistake on the classified documents issue, I suggested that the number of high ranking officials in possession of classified documents/material was likely near 100%, and some criticism was thrown my way. A short time later, Joe Biden magically found records from his time as VP and Senator, clearly in violation of the law. In the end, it really just seems like mishandling classified documents was business as usual until it involved Trump. I believe most sensible Americans saw the disconnect, saw the inequity of the Biden DOJ, and pushed many to vote for Trump.

I have never suggested she was, has, or will be charged. Quite the opposite, in fact. You are approaching a cognitive breakdown of Joe Bidenesque proportions.

I can get caught up in a good story like anyone else, but while occasionally curious, I'm almost always cautious. It's been my default for most of my life. Part of the reason I have enjoyed this forum is the exchange of ideas, some mundane, some out there a bit, and I've seen it from both sides of the aisle. I try not to get too deep on things that require major leaps of faith. I'm honestly less impacted by some of the stuff that was shared here (and always enjoyed interacting with DR and the rest of the folks who left), more on some of the crazy #### that passes for "that's just the way we do things in Washington". I know we've beaten it to death...but Trump facing prison and what amounts to a life sentence over concerns about classified documents v Biden taking/securing documents over many years in office (and none with even the question of a President's ability to declassify broadly) and it being a minor speed bump in his political legacy far outshines any thoughts on Epstein and the like.

Those were some good times. I miss 'em!

I am not on Twitter, the format is obnoxious. For many tweets, its akin to hearing your neighbor yammer on at their kitchen table as you walk by their house "Herb" is a no go, at least for now, though one never knows what the future holds. I'm happy to consider your point of view, you've provided insight in the past I found useful, but so far you have incorrectly characterized my position on that issue, called me delusional, and suggested Twitter and/or herb and/or other dark forces have poisoned my mind. Here's what I have: Hillary Clinton played fast and loose with national security. Her biggest supporters acknowledged she was reckless and careless, to say nothing of her fiercest critics. The resulting fallout was quite predictable even without James Comey's statement. Besides insults and conspiracy theories of poisoned minds, what else do you have?

Holy cow. I started the weekend thinking I’m a conservative looking for common sense and efficiency in government and realize I’m a Reichan liberal? What a whirlwind!

All of that is swell…blaming Trump for 4 years of Biden’s presidency, that’s what party loyalists do, they blame the other guy. Still, Biden and by decree, Harris, lost the faith of the American people. Or, at least enough to disagree with your “Trump maybe a little Biden mostly Trump we need more time with Harris” perspective and Trump was elected 47. You must be cranky because of the heat—turn up the AC while you still have it! “Lock her up” was a silly chant, and it had nothing to do with supporting that or not. Unlike most believers in unicorns riding on rainbows, I believe some people are clearly above the law. HRC falls into that camp, though “Lock her up” certainly was a big part of the first Trump win. Don’t blame me for that, Sec, blame Clinton and her people. Blame failure to vet the candidate thoroughly. Complete unforced error, you should know that by now. Take your blinders off, maybe even blame yourself for allowing the same people to select your candidates. And you keep sticking with Joe Biden blathering on about killing Medicare, feigning confusion on how all that classified material got in the trunk of his muscle car, completely mishandling the border, and believing you were instrumental in anointing Harris, who quite inexplicably, was somehow less likable than HRC. Keep rolling with all that, you have really figured out how to keep Republicans in charge. I’ll repeat. If the economy is humming, Team R rolls on and keeps winning. If the economy is in the tank—and Dems will do everything with their power to tank it—-you’ll get your shot again. That’s probably a good thing —-you seem to have a deep bench of god-awful candidates even voters in your own party can’t stomach.

When you stop and think about it, he’s probably not uncorrect. Flip everything around and we could be looking at a completely different outcome in the election. Though, if you flip it back again, we’re back where we started.

You keep repeating yourself, I know you asked him to do something, and know what he said in response. That you don’t follow the flow is odd. I don’t know anything about the other posters you’re talking about, but I don’t think you’re condemned for posting about alleged pamphlets on an alleged trailhead. I think you’re chided for telling tall tales and as a result, some posters don’t believe you.

Would you describe Susan, or Suze as she might have been called, as quiet? If so, could it be because you were there at different times?

And yet I was able to discern his response to your questions while you’re in a state of perpetual confusion. Besides, if you don’t buy what he writes why bother asking him to write something. It’s odd.

Well, Biden was clearly not in control of anything, inflation is was kicking strong…and he was running (or at least whomever was running the DOJ) an authoritarian regime seeking to imprison his main rival while having a multitude of peccadilloes of his own—and enough fair minded people knew what was happening and rejected it. Soundly. It was an historic implosion but the economy was a big part of it, and you support people who weren’t trusted.

He told you why he wasn’t going to comply with your request. He was quite clear. It really seems like your cognitive skills are Bidenesque.

Too soon to tell. If the economy is humming, the world at relative peace….Trump et al keep the engine moving forward. There not many people left who watched the circus of elite liberals shilling for Biden/harris being fooled into thinking the Dems are at all about them. Quick reminder that wealthy liberals could get to work solving problems now, at this moment. If the economy tanks, well, it’s back to the liberals. I’ve seen this mentioned a few times here, this fixation on Boomers. Is this a thing amongst you and your compatriots? Animosity towards the 60+ crowd, who in many cases have accumulated wealth simply by living long enough/saving well enough to prosper? What drives that?

There was a poster here at that time, and I can’t recall if he defined himself as liberal, but I’d think most observers would think he was a left leaning individual. On most issues, he seemed to be a nice guy, good human being, though there might be disagreements on political issues. Smart guy, too, it seemed. On COVID…he seemed to come unglued. Conversations included taking children from families, denying medical care and/or moving non-believers to islands with other infected non-believers. A second poster (also gone from our midst who was probably center right) , called him out on the crazy and as I recall, the first poster acknowledged he might have gotten out of sorts a bit. Seems to me not long after he stopped posting here. Lots of people have these blind spots, we just don’t always see them published in a forum.

Morning Mup! I disagree that democracy is on the brink, but there are certainly things we need to be mindful of. With respect to losing doctors-and not to minimize that concern- that already happened with ACA. Of course, beyond that there are things like out-of-network providers. I am a pretty healthy guy and don’t really have much of a loyalty to my doctor. Nice enough guy, but if I had to go to another doctor across town it wouldn’t bother me all that much. To be honest, not sure it would be all that traumatic for him. I recognize other people feel differently, especially those with health concerns, so I’m all for balance there. I guess we’ll have to wait and see how impactful this all is. As for He Who Shall Not Be Named’s response to the attempted assassination, it was one of the truly powerful and visceral reactions in the history of politics. That’s who he is, and other issues aside, it’s a hallmark of leadership. His ability to thrive under constant stress and duress is otherworldly. As always, I can acknowledge his warts and imperfections, but if our political system could harvest his sheer force of will, mix in compassions, decency and a willingness to hold government accountable across the enterprise, the nation would thrive. That’s two things he’s good at….political math, and incredible testicular fortitude. 😉

As a work of fiction and a mental exercise, it’s fine, I have no issue with that. But for 4th to take it, absorb it, and forward to me as if it’s anything beyond “this guy thinks that this guy would have thought…” doesn’t move the needle for me. It seems likely to me a similar argument could be made that Trump is a superior historical figure because he has never owned slaves, while Jefferson, Washington and the like did. I’d think even 4th would think Trump is the better man in that regard, though honestly he might not. Hard to say.

You’re saying I was preemptively disrespectful to you in those three threads? I understand I can get off on the wrong track, and sometimes my humor is mostly funny to me, but I try to make things right if I missed.