CardinalBacker

That's the old fallback... "our guy might be a complete piece of crap, and if you don't like that you're just a snowflake." I don't care how good of a President he'd make (which is debatable), when you vote for him knowing that it will cause another democrat to get elected.... Those are definitely letting your "feelings" get in the way of winning. I'll be honest here... Trump's diehard fans that I know tend to BE like him... Just insufferable jerks that most people don't like. And most of them are what my economics professor would call "the great unwashed." Relatively ignorant of the big picture. Trump's opponents have to be careful about criticizing him because they don't want to alienate Trumpers should they end up with the nomination. Trump has no qualms about crapping all over everybody if he can get his old bedroom back... the sad thing is that there are so many fools who enjoy his schtick. I think if there's a single republican candidate that rises up early and confronts Trump head on, there might be a chance. If we have 16 candidates, it's done. I also think that Trump's going to have a much harder time fundraising this time around.

I think that there are enough idiots that still have their MAGA gear that will enable trump to outlast any potential challenges. It's a sad time in America when the cult of personality outweighs the greater good.

It's brutal considering that that WOS had a state finalist team what.... six or seven years ago?

That's about the only part with which I disagreed. Most people didn't vote for Biden, they voted against Trump. I just don't think those same people will have had a change of heart. I put it like this.... every day they're burying a handful of Trump voters while a TON of liberal thinkers reach the voting age. At this point I think that Trump gets the nomination and loses to any democrat.... Biden, or otherwise.

Oh, I'm not disputing that it happened. There's no way to know for sure, but it sounds like a reasonable story based on the time/place of the accusations. I guess the question is whether or not some apartment manager's racist actions in 1973 prove that a completely different person (in this case Trump) is a racist in 2023... especially given that he's had a lifetime of good words and race relations other than this one claim.

That’s impressive.

[Hidden Content] 1973. I read about it a while back and the story is that a black man responded to an "apartment for rent" sign. He was told by on-site management that the unit had already been rented, then a white woman inquired about the apartment and was shown the unit as still being available. Upon pressure the on site manager claimed that he was just following orders, but that was something that the Trumps denied at the time. The case was settled with the Trumps agreeing to publish ads welcoming black applicants and to also Familiarize themselves with the Fair Housing Act.... the Trumps didn't admit guilt either. It's important to remember a couple of important facts.... first, the Fair Housing Act (1968) had only been in effect for four years when the incident occurred... an incident in which Trump was not accused of having any direct involvement, and for which he denied any knowledge of. Imagine that in 1972, somebody walked into a Hilton Hotel and was denied service, presumably because of their race... then in 2023 people are pointing at the 1972 episode as "proof" that Paris Hilton is a racist, even though most of us are pretty sure she bangs black dudes.

AND Trump became a racist after years of philanthropy and involvement with black causes at the exact moment he decided to run as a Republican.

Not that I’m aware. He’s the predicted hire, though.

I’m torn on this one… I think Vidor has historically underperformed by everybody else’s standards. But Vidor is actually happy with their record… they just want another character guy who also coaches. But I think the world of Coach Dubois. He is an outstanding man and I can’t say enough about what all he did for my boys. If Vidor had qbs who could throw it around a little, Dubois would do so, I’m pretty sure. He never minded mixing passes in at BC. A more diverse slot t would probably work pretty well in Vidor’s current district if there was decent production through the air… I like the hire, but probably because I like the guy personally. Does anybody from Vidor have an accurate comparison between Dubois and Mathews, or is it pretty much a carbon copy?

You have laugh at all of the "concern" for the lefties while they completely overlook video evidence of repeated examples of the current President engaging in behavior that could be categorized as textbook grooming. The same guys who still support Bill Clinton and his "legacy" want us to get to the bottom (no pun intended) of this immediately. It's only disqualifies the "other" guys.

It's that college education paying off for me again. That, and I've got an uncanny grasp on the obvious.

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My guess is that we'll never hear that angle explored by the talking heads on the news because it doesn't follow the whole "cops are racists and this attack is still the fault of whitey." I felt like the attack was just to brutal and lengthy to just be reactionary.... it seemed personal.

The other day I repeated a claim that one of the officers and the victim had a lady friend in common and that the beating was a result of that… supposedly the cop texted a pic of the victim to the lady friend in real time. This seems like it might be partially corroborated by this recent update. [Hidden Content]

Does anybody know the race of the decedent and the involved officers? It's a matter of utmost importance.

I dunno… I think that a large number of democrats would be on board… some won’t. I think you’d also have SOME Republicans who’d support it as well. Unfortunately I doubt it would ever see the light of day.

I dunno.... I'd like to hope that there are enough lawmakers who AREN'T using that "loophole" that the legislation could be passed. I doubt, it, though.

It's not about Biden. It's about the ultra rich living a tax-free existence. And about the most egregious loophole in our tax system (in my opinion) being ignored, mostly because the people who create the bills and sign them are currently benefitting from said loophole. It's simple... The tax code allows the ultra rich to borrow against assets (which weren't taxed as they were accumulating) and then live a lavish lifestyle while paying no income taxes... Do you think this should be changed?

Absolutely not. But it probably should be, and he had a chance to fix it... it just wasn't in his best interest. Not very "America First," wouldn't you say?

I was talking about Donald Trump. That's his gig, too. I think that's why it wasn't addressed in his tax cut package in 2017.

You're right.. it would be a much simpler route to communism. I'm fine with taxes on income, but taxation on wealth is not ok, IMO. We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.... and we're not going to be able to tax our away out of it. I compare taxation in some ways to tithing. We're expected to give 10% of what we earn to the church... not a percentage of what we've accumulated AFTER paying tithes upon it in the first place. I have the same problem with an inheritance tax. At the end of the day, it's not OUR money, it's that individual's money, and that's a concept that seems to be repulsive to most liberals. Washington should be taking a long look at loans against wealth as income... with some parameters, of course. Jeff Bezos shouldn't have been able to argue that all of his stock had no taxable value because the value isn't realized until it's sold (which I agree with), then turn around and finance a lavish lifestyle like no other using tax-free loans taken against his holdings. That's just not right and should have bipartisan support... Unless, of course, that's how your President funds HIS lavish lifestyle, lol.

Why don't you use some local examples. Say.... WOS and Newton. Certainly there must have been some affluent school districts in 3A and 4A during those years, right? People use the "facilities" argument as an excuse. I mean, now that you mention it, Newton claimed that they lost that one year because they had to ride Yellow Dogs to Dallas and the competition (Lord, the Competition) got to ride charters.

No worries, man… I think that got a little personal. I don’t always do a good job of explaining my positions and I come off like a jerk.

Where did I bring that up? I think you misunderstood something I said.