So do we hate China or like them.  This Board confuses me with all its mixed messages.

Not sure we should be taking legislative advice from a comedian but reasonable gun legislation is long overdue. Problem is the legislation won’t be reasonable and won’t stand a chance at passing.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5856130002

These are going to be our future military leaders but why am I not surprised. Standards are down everywhere, why would one of the most prestigious institution be any different.  Man this country needs to do some soul searching.

5 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

I can’t disagree with your take on this matter, but to quote Barry “elections have consequences”.

I can only speculate why the GOP ran the Coney-Barrett nomination through the Senate (besides they had the votes to do it).

One guess is the GOP wasn’t thrilled with the way the Dems handled the Brett Kavanuagh nomination.

I  think we can agree Coney-Barrett was put through to change the dynamic of the Court to more what us viewed as more conservative.

9 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

There was this little unwritten rule in the Senate called “The Biden Rule” (remember him?) that they would not vote on a lame duck President’s SC nominee. The Dems brought this into play during the Bush Administration but completely forgot about it in Obammy’s last few months.

The issue here is don’t vote for Obama’s nominee but vote for Trump’s.  Now the argument will be made that Trump could’ve won a second term but Obama couldn’t.  That argument is only made for disagreement purposes as we all know why it played out the way it did.

I received Moderna and am expecting the same 

14 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

 Come now.   If a political party can't find enough dirt it's fairly simple operation to make some up. Especially if you have a psychologically imbalanced women  to make outlandish and unprovable claims.

 I figure they could have branded Garland as a fire breathing liberal and had done with. Like you did from the other side with Barrett.  Only then the republicans had the votes so in essence your original statement is correct.

WSS

Ok. I agree the Republican Caucus is stupid or they believe it doesn’t matter what position they take on any given day as their supporters will support them regardless

6 minutes ago, Westside Steve said:

 

No I don’t believe for one second it’s about fairness, it’s about getting “your people” in positions of power as it always is.

Garland has a pretty good resume and not sure if they could dig up enough dirt.  So instead of potentially voting down a qualified candidate without real cause they took the path of least resistance. 

7 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

https://www.newsweek.com/jerry-nadler-refuses-say-democrats-plan-pack-supreme-court-1583741?amp=1

 Anybody support this? Not that I would be surprised but…

WSS

It won’t pass but I have no issue with it.  I’d prefer term limits for the justices but believe that if the party in power is able to pass legislation, they have every right to.  It is then incumbent on the people to vote accordingly.  It’s so much easier to allow the party in power to push their agenda, then it is to get any of them to agree or compromise.

That was very evident when the same individuals who wouldn’t confirm Garland voted to confirm Coney-Barrett.

57 minutes ago, DieHardBrownsFan said:

We hardly have any troops there now.  So this is hardly big news.

 

The U.S. completed its reduction of forces to 2,500 troops in January 2021. This was the lowest number of American soldiers in Afghanistan since 2001.

 

 

I agree that troop levels are very low but still feel like it is a good move.  At some point we need to allow the Afghans to figure this out.  We’ve spent far too much on this already. I feel bad for some of the Afghan people who will suffer from our lack of presence but we need to focus on this country for a little while.
 

5 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

 

Unfortunately our elected leaders are already playing politics.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/senate/548007-biden-sparks-bipartisan-backlash-on-afghanistan-withdrawal%3famp

2 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

* As in democrats now calling for an end to negativity.

No I am.  Too many people seem to only be happy when they are complaining.  And that goes for all walks of life.  There is certainly a time and place for it but when a decision occurs that aligns with your ideology, let that be enough.  If reasonable people don’t find common ground and acknowledge when it occurs, we are worse off as a nation.

56 minutes ago, Canton Dawg said:

Funny, when Trump mentioned this very issue you Libs were totally against the idea.

You sound like a hypocrite.

Again, if you truly don’t want to be part of the tinfoil brigade stop painting with a wide brush.  I’ve been in favor of leaving Iraq and Afghanistan since day one.  I didn’t support either invasion.

5 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

And it's been the right thing to do for the last 20 years. Of course the democrats pissed and moaned about trump's plan to get us out of that shit hole. Hypocrites.

WSS

Can we just be happy the right decision is being made?  The negativity could use a bit of a rest.

My only concern is having to bring troops back as we had to when Obama removed them from Iraq.

8 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

 Not all raccoons have rabies but I still don't keep my doors and windows open. 😆

WSS

Soooo racist

35 minutes ago, Axe said:

I don't smoke, but legalize it and tax the shit out of it.

That isn’t in the Republican playbook

I get it but it does send mixed messages.

10 minutes ago, Westside Steve said:

 Lots of leeway especially with the  Teamsters.  I was a janitor at consolidated freightways a Union shop The guys that loaded and unloaded the trucks were Union. I doubt any had advanced degrees. Other guys might well have been skilled tradesmen.   Union didn't particularly differentiate.

WSS

Just being an idiot.  Have good relationships with Plumbers & Fitters local.  Just find it funny that all these gang member, drug dealer, rapists and killers are also awesome at working in an auto factory.

1 minute ago, calfoxwc said:

Fair enough. But he lied. They lied. and a lot of folks are going to be hurt by it. I'm shocked that hoorta/woody/Tex voted for this garbage.,

Hurt is a very relative term.  And aren’t we used to Presidents lying at this point? Bush said “no new taxes” Clinton didn’t have sexual relations with that woman, Iraq had zero to do with 9/11, Healthcare didn’t become affordable and the last guy lied more than he told the truth.

So are you pro-recreational pot use or against?

17 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

I guess they have a choice. Move the plant to Mexico to avoid the higher taxes and restrictions or give up the Union jobs to the illegals Joe's bringing in; tough call.

WSS

Guess they puts to bed the notion of skilled union labor.

14 hours ago, Vambo said:

Biden’s tax hike may hit more US households than expected

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-households-affected-bidens-tax-hike

 

Again. Still isn’t hitting me so I’m ok with it.  When it eventually gets to my tax bracket, I’ll see what the increase is, what it’s being spent on, and make my decision to support or complain about it.

18 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

Ps  Actually it seems China and North Korea are joined at the hip and we know about China and the democrats.  That can be your cue to scream Russia Russia Russia.

🙂

WSS

Not a fan of Russia or China, lump the entire Middle East in there as well, but we have to maintain some level of diplomacy with all of them or try to become the next empire.

Austin discussed the U.S. military's commitment to "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" and "the importance of maintaining military readiness" during a press conference Wednesday.

So to be clear, you guys don’t support these two principles?

8 hours ago, Westside Steve said:

 That one is pretty easy to understand. Seems like Castro has been a natural ally of the Democrat party and most of the Cubans in Florida were persecuted by him. Economic  "refugees" don't  have any shared ideology. 

WSS 

Not sure how you are making the leap that Castro and the Democrats are allies.  The Democrats have been discussing lifting embargo and travel restrictions which the Cuban community are against. 
 

Are the Republicans allies with Kim Jong-un