Hahaha. This was written in July of this year. This poor fella must’ve had a heart attack on Nov 8th when the voters pretty much rejected his thesis.
The ‘article’ (its just one man’s poorly researched opinion) is full of half truths, inconsistencies, a total lack of context.
If you want to make an argument for a new president, just be honest. There is enough there to argue about the efficacy of a Biden presidency without using blatant falsehoods and invoking the ‘T’ word. Once you do that, you’ve lost the majority of the country. There is no greater danger (it’s been weakened but still there) to this great country than Trump. He wants to be an authoritarian leader. He has been very open about it. Luckily, republicans are beginning to see the light and are looking towards a future with different leaders. Sorry Mr Lucas, but your argument falls a little flat.
The mother of one of the 13 soldiers killed in Afghanistan had it right – The President is a “feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap”. Who will save the Republic from Dictator Biden? Fortunately, the House of Representatives now will have some balance of sanity. Yes, the people have spoken. Wait and see…
OK, the above has nothing to do with local politics, but my contention is that strict party loyalty without thoughtfulness is unproductive.
I’m cherry picking this article.
As far as Afghanistan goes, sure, Biden made a stupid mess of the exit. But that doesn’t change the fact that the whole affair was a stupid mess from the getgo. We should have never got involved there in the first place.
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As far as this curious phrase, “Afghan allies” goes, there’s a better word that defines these people. That word is “TRAITOR” – one definition of traitor is anyone who allies himself with foreign invaders of his country. Such as the WWII, Norwegian traitor, Quisling, the Cambodians and Vietnamese who allied with us in the 60s-70s, French collaborators with the Germans during WWII, etc.
#2 Should we have stayed in Afghanistan for ever? Why is the mother of one of the 13 soldiers killed in the troop withdrawal (a withdrawal that had been planned for over a year and designed by the previous administration, but who cares about that) allowed to be any more upset than the mothers of the 2,500 other soldiers killed in the decades old ‘war’? Or the mothers of the 23 troops killed during the Trump administration? Or the mothers of the over 20,000 troops injured in the conflict? The responsibility of the casualties in Afghanistan lays at the feet of four presidents. Two republicans and two democrats. The fact that we are no longer sacrificing military lives and resources in that quagmire is good news.
And calling Biden a dictator is possibly the craziest form of projection I’ve ever heard in my life. Dictators try to retain power regardless of election outcomes. Sound familiar?
When are we gonna learn that wars have no victors. Feed the poor in this country rather than send billions to Ukraine on bombs that destroy the environment. Or rockets to the moon that no one cares about when gasoline is $5 a gallon. Then we wouldn’t need charities that make money off of the “need to save the poor”. The established politicians need the poor. More social programs to waste money on. More votes. It encourages the masses to “give to the poor”. A tax write off, remember. The politicians need the poor to keep the “middle class” (whatever that is) in check. They need the masses to believe that there are always people poorer than them (hence, “be happy”). Just sit back people and wait for your government check to come every month. Enjoy your mac and cheese and spam.
The point is we shouldn’t have poor people in this country when we waste money on sending celebrities into space. Without poor you have no need for social programs draining the middle class, hence, thereby raising all standards of living.
#10 while I agree in principle, sending celebrities into space isn’t the whole problem. There is a much deeper systemic problem at work here. Unfair tax laws (the people going to space pay less taxes than the people cleaning the rocket, subsidies for oil companies, etc), and wage suppression. Our quest for bargains has made it so the worlds biggest companies have their employers on Medicaid and food stamps. Let that sink in. The worlds largest companies have us, the taxpayers, paying their employees health benefits and food. There will always be poor people as long as we refuse to acknowledge the problem. And we can’t let people starve in the street because that would be inhumane. The problem w people like Peter Lucus, who over simplify a problem in order to score political points with an uninformed base, is that he knows better. It is text book pandering. And all this pandering leads to paralysis. Joe Biden isn’t the problem any more than Donald Trump was the problem. WE are the problem.
#12
Text book pandering is spreading your disinformation!(the people going to space pay less taxes than the people cleaning the rocket, subsidies for oil companies, etc)Get real! No better than Lucas.
#13 I’d be happy to ‘get real’. Which one of those things is not true? Oil companies do get government subsidies even tho they are hugely profitable. And billionaires pay less taxes (as a percentage) than the working class. Just ask Trump and Buffet. They freely admit it. But like I said, I’m ready to get real so please explain how those two statements are not true.
Thank you.
#14 omg hahaha. So when the republicans in congress were demanding the heads of the large social media platforms like twitter (pre musk) and FB to come to Washington for a dressing down, and when republicans in congress tried to change the law to reign in these companies, that was ok? So when Biden says ‘it’s worth looking into’ which is a comment and nothing more, that is worse than GOP congress actually trying to regulate these companies? Seems like a double standard to me, but hey, that’s politics. It must be great to live in a world where the rules only apply to the other guy.
#16- Pre Musk Twitter got Joe into office. He’s not keen on Musk changing the platform to play on a level ground. And I bet you’re OK with a guy named cryto Sam that stole billions from millions of suckers and used his loot to get Joe and other Dems. elected. I’m sure Joe is OK with it.
#18 I’m not ok with anyone stealing money whether crypto Sam, Jon Corrine, Bernie Madoff, or the Trump family. I’m not ok with large amounts of dark money allowed to flow to candidates of either party. The republicans, however, are ok with it; as laid out in the support for the citizens United case years ago. A case that opened the flood gates for the flow of the kind of money you’re pretending to be against.
If you think that Twitter ‘elected Biden’ then I’m afraid you are deeply out of touch. What elected Biden was a deeply flawed incumbent. An unelectable child who’s selfishness and greed eroded trust from centrists (like me) and some prominent people in his own party. As for Musk, I’m a little wary of the financial intelligence of a man who pays 44 billion dollars for something that was with less than half of that. Stick w rockets and electric cars. Vanity will be his undoing.
Hahaha. This was written in July of this year. This poor fella must’ve had a heart attack on Nov 8th when the voters pretty much rejected his thesis.
The ‘article’ (its just one man’s poorly researched opinion) is full of half truths, inconsistencies, a total lack of context.
If you want to make an argument for a new president, just be honest. There is enough there to argue about the efficacy of a Biden presidency without using blatant falsehoods and invoking the ‘T’ word. Once you do that, you’ve lost the majority of the country. There is no greater danger (it’s been weakened but still there) to this great country than Trump. He wants to be an authoritarian leader. He has been very open about it. Luckily, republicans are beginning to see the light and are looking towards a future with different leaders. Sorry Mr Lucas, but your argument falls a little flat.
The mother of one of the 13 soldiers killed in Afghanistan had it right – The President is a “feckless, dementia-ridden piece of crap”. Who will save the Republic from Dictator Biden? Fortunately, the House of Representatives now will have some balance of sanity. Yes, the people have spoken. Wait and see…
OK, the above has nothing to do with local politics, but my contention is that strict party loyalty without thoughtfulness is unproductive.
Right, the post has nothing to do with local politics, but it is Saturday.
Surprise opinion from a reporter from a typical blue state. BTW He’s correct
#3, Right. Watching cartoons while eating cereal don’t provide “entertainment” anymore. Nothing like “vigorous” repartee. :-}
I’m cherry picking this article.
As far as Afghanistan goes, sure, Biden made a stupid mess of the exit. But that doesn’t change the fact that the whole affair was a stupid mess from the getgo. We should have never got involved there in the first place.
—————————————-
As far as this curious phrase, “Afghan allies” goes, there’s a better word that defines these people. That word is “TRAITOR” – one definition of traitor is anyone who allies himself with foreign invaders of his country. Such as the WWII, Norwegian traitor, Quisling, the Cambodians and Vietnamese who allied with us in the 60s-70s, French collaborators with the Germans during WWII, etc.
#2 Should we have stayed in Afghanistan for ever? Why is the mother of one of the 13 soldiers killed in the troop withdrawal (a withdrawal that had been planned for over a year and designed by the previous administration, but who cares about that) allowed to be any more upset than the mothers of the 2,500 other soldiers killed in the decades old ‘war’? Or the mothers of the 23 troops killed during the Trump administration? Or the mothers of the over 20,000 troops injured in the conflict? The responsibility of the casualties in Afghanistan lays at the feet of four presidents. Two republicans and two democrats. The fact that we are no longer sacrificing military lives and resources in that quagmire is good news.
And calling Biden a dictator is possibly the craziest form of projection I’ve ever heard in my life. Dictators try to retain power regardless of election outcomes. Sound familiar?
When are we gonna learn that wars have no victors. Feed the poor in this country rather than send billions to Ukraine on bombs that destroy the environment. Or rockets to the moon that no one cares about when gasoline is $5 a gallon. Then we wouldn’t need charities that make money off of the “need to save the poor”. The established politicians need the poor. More social programs to waste money on. More votes. It encourages the masses to “give to the poor”. A tax write off, remember. The politicians need the poor to keep the “middle class” (whatever that is) in check. They need the masses to believe that there are always people poorer than them (hence, “be happy”). Just sit back people and wait for your government check to come every month. Enjoy your mac and cheese and spam.
#8 I’m confused. Do you want to ‘feed the poor in this country’? Or stop ‘wasting money on social programs for the poor’?
Those two ideas are at odds.
The point is we shouldn’t have poor people in this country when we waste money on sending celebrities into space. Without poor you have no need for social programs draining the middle class, hence, thereby raising all standards of living.
Money alone won’t solve homelessness. You can throw all the money you want at the problem and you will still have homeless people.
#10 while I agree in principle, sending celebrities into space isn’t the whole problem. There is a much deeper systemic problem at work here. Unfair tax laws (the people going to space pay less taxes than the people cleaning the rocket, subsidies for oil companies, etc), and wage suppression. Our quest for bargains has made it so the worlds biggest companies have their employers on Medicaid and food stamps. Let that sink in. The worlds largest companies have us, the taxpayers, paying their employees health benefits and food. There will always be poor people as long as we refuse to acknowledge the problem. And we can’t let people starve in the street because that would be inhumane. The problem w people like Peter Lucus, who over simplify a problem in order to score political points with an uninformed base, is that he knows better. It is text book pandering. And all this pandering leads to paralysis. Joe Biden isn’t the problem any more than Donald Trump was the problem. WE are the problem.
#12
Text book pandering is spreading your disinformation!(the people going to space pay less taxes than the people cleaning the rocket, subsidies for oil companies, etc)Get real! No better than Lucas.
From the Washington Examiner:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-s-not-so-subtle-lurch-toward-dictatorship/ar-AA14v2XA?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=75134e03322d4e49a3a8c3f3aae2395b
“Watch me”…says Biden the smirker.
#13 I’d be happy to ‘get real’. Which one of those things is not true? Oil companies do get government subsidies even tho they are hugely profitable. And billionaires pay less taxes (as a percentage) than the working class. Just ask Trump and Buffet. They freely admit it. But like I said, I’m ready to get real so please explain how those two statements are not true.
Thank you.
#14 omg hahaha. So when the republicans in congress were demanding the heads of the large social media platforms like twitter (pre musk) and FB to come to Washington for a dressing down, and when republicans in congress tried to change the law to reign in these companies, that was ok? So when Biden says ‘it’s worth looking into’ which is a comment and nothing more, that is worse than GOP congress actually trying to regulate these companies? Seems like a double standard to me, but hey, that’s politics. It must be great to live in a world where the rules only apply to the other guy.
“Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best.”
#16- Pre Musk Twitter got Joe into office. He’s not keen on Musk changing the platform to play on a level ground. And I bet you’re OK with a guy named cryto Sam that stole billions from millions of suckers and used his loot to get Joe and other Dems. elected. I’m sure Joe is OK with it.
#18 I’m not ok with anyone stealing money whether crypto Sam, Jon Corrine, Bernie Madoff, or the Trump family. I’m not ok with large amounts of dark money allowed to flow to candidates of either party. The republicans, however, are ok with it; as laid out in the support for the citizens United case years ago. A case that opened the flood gates for the flow of the kind of money you’re pretending to be against.
If you think that Twitter ‘elected Biden’ then I’m afraid you are deeply out of touch. What elected Biden was a deeply flawed incumbent. An unelectable child who’s selfishness and greed eroded trust from centrists (like me) and some prominent people in his own party. As for Musk, I’m a little wary of the financial intelligence of a man who pays 44 billion dollars for something that was with less than half of that. Stick w rockets and electric cars. Vanity will be his undoing.
Agreed, just don’t vote…