Pozzible Posted 7 hours ago Report Posted 7 hours ago So f*cking frustrated. Last night, I wrote a lengthy response to @SomewhereonNeptune last post. Had it nearly finished but set it aside to finish this morning. The entire draft disappeared. Generally, I’ve found this site very forgiving in circumstances like this. Not this time. So I started over, finished a lengthy response, and just need to proof it. Switched windows to respond to a text message. My browser closed. I use Duck Duck Go and it clears everything when closing the browser, so I’m back to the beginning again. After I go for dinner and drinks, I’ll try again. Will probably do an abridged version this time. I need a margarita. Wish me well. Quote
Pozzible Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: You're cherry picking. ATF, FBI, other federal law enforcement has been deployed to Washington. Not cherry picking. I honestly didn’t know that ATF and FBI had been deployed. I’ve put myself on a news diet. It’s helped maintain my sanity. So far. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Palin was...how shall we say this...not terribly bright. Just like Harris who isn't a god communicator unless she memorized her lines, just as she did making the book tour rounds the last couple days (MSNBC, GMA, The View). I'll assume you watched Maddow last night? Harris is an excellent communicator. She’s articulate, charismatic, and always has good content to convey. Did you ever watch her grill nominees during confirmation hearings? Superb! On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: I don't disagree with you on this point, but...wouldn't the individual states do better with deciding how to administer that money since they can direct that funding at a local level? I'm more a believer that there can be some type of minimal Federal standard and then leave it to the individual states to apply additional standards as needed, or change the formulas on a state level to apply the newly received funding that has been decentralized to address their own deficiencies - special education, disabilities, behavioral challenges, using it as a lever to fund underfunded programs in inner cities. No Definitively, no. Texas legislature, and I assume this holds true in most red states couldn’t care less about the inner cities. Their constituents are rural and suburban. Texas lege has been trying to fix the school funding formula since it was ruled unconstitutional 30 years ago. Each session, they patch the system and it doesn’t work. Texas lege meets for 5 months in alternate years Not enough time to manage substantive laws. Generally, the Texas Congress does little to help public schools The big bill this year was vouchers for private schools So money will be taken from public schools leading to classroom overcrowding and decreased quality of instruction. To expect our legislature to develop guidelines for special education students is ludicrous. That’s not the type of thing they excel at and wouldn’t want to do. I think there are blue states that might do this well, but it’s much more effective to have national guidelines. For a good idea of what our legislature finds important, watch this entertaining video of a hearing on the FURRIES Act that was debated by our legislature this year… On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Re: Racism. So how do we explain the rise of anti-Semitism? I see a definite rise in that, but it's perfectly fine to be pro-Palestinian, which is absurd if you're part of the LGB community...unless you like being thrown off roofs. People see the images from Gaza. It’s overwhelming,, cruel and unnecessary. So good will builds toward the Gazans. Since I’ve been retired, I’m not in contact with many Jewish people. But one of my close friends is Jewish. Her father was a holocaust survivor. She despises Netanyahu and his actions. She, too, thinks Palestinians deserve a state. Netanyahu will do anything and everything to keep the war going and keep himself out of jail. (He and Trump have this in common.) I don’t find it surprising that Israel’s actions have caused people (especially young people) to have deeply negative feeling toward Israel. Hopefully, Netanyahu will have a miserable time at The Hague sometime soon. I don’t agree with lots of Palestinians beliefs. But they don’t deserve genocide. Just as I didn’t like Charlie Kirk’s opinions at all, but he shouldn’t have been executed. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: We've lost a lot when the fairness doctrine was repealed. It'd be a real refreshing change to see the media forced to eschew opinion-based programming and focus on reporting "news". Like CNN used to do. We probably didn’t lose that much. the Fairness Doctrine was killed by Republicans in the ‘80s. Keep in mind, the Fairness Doctrine never applied to cable networks. I don’t really remember the difference this made in news coverage. I was in college and the only news I was interested in was Vietnam. Fortunately, I had a college deferment and then drew a lottery number in the 300s. At least I didn’t need to fake bone spurs. But if things had transpired differently, I might have fled to Canada. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Do liberals really want to keep criminals in this country when they've entered illegally and committed crimes here? A very small percentage of immigrants commit crimes in US. But it’s a good issue to fire up right wing base, enhance fear and promote division. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: There is a way to get migrant workers. It's through a specific visa for the purpose. And they should be paid something more than slave wages. The 1861 ethic needs to change, or Americans need to take on that work. We need to not pay Americans for sitting around without some obligations (or illegal aliens, for that matter). Sure, there is. There was bipartisan agreement to make to reform border laws in Congress last year. Trump killed it because he wanted the campaign issue. Yes, too wide a net. Arrest tactics are horrifying. Masked ICE patrols are not a good way for a civilized civilization to operate. The failure to give these arrestees due process is not only unfair, it’s unconstitutional. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: There is a way to get migrant workers. It's through a specific visa for the purpose. And they should be paid something more than slave wages. The 1861 ethic needs to change, or Americans need to take on that work. We need to not pay Americans for sitting around without some obligations (or illegal aliens, for that matter). You would think so. Instead Trump is selling H-1B visas for $100,000. And while Trump closed off most inmmigration pathways, he managed to give the “oppressed” white Afrikaaner’s easy entry. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: But I disagree that he was capable of governing. Several sources from people who worked in the West Wing cited Biden to be out of it. Or taking a nap. On the debate prep, he was clearly tired and in cognitive decline, so several times he was reported to go off and take a nap. The debate was one of the most painful things I’ve ever watched. He was tired. Recovering from flu. But Ron Klain screwed the pooch by letting Biden step on that stage. I admire Klain. He’s a brilliant strategist. I even wonder if Klain decided it was important for the public to see that Joe wasn’t up to conducting a rigorous campaign. There’s no way we could unsee what we saw on that stage. By the end of the night, I was certain he would drop out. And it was clear to me immediately that, that the nominee would and should be Harris. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: the entire UN is feckless. Pretty much. The concept of the UN is admirable. The way the Security Council was set up is an anachronism. When Russia, US or China can veto actions of the assembly, nothing important will get done. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: I feel sorry for people who feel somehow tied to the party, only because you think that they're going to respect you, your vote, or what the public wants. Let's be honest. They don't care and haven't for decades, and they're simply changing their positions because...well, it's Trump. Not surprisingly, the same positions they took just a few years ago or even as recently as the Biden administration are the ones they're trying to rewrite now. The problem is the Internet: It's forever. I’m not yet that cynical I believe that most Democrats truly care about making a better future. Whether Republicans do, I seriously doubt. I’m not certain what your point about the Internet means. But we’re certainly living in a different world. And with AI, it will only get more problematic. And fast. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Seriously, let's look at Jasmine Crockett. She's not from the 'hood and was educated at some of the most expensive schools in the US and lived in a very privileged area in suburban St. Louis, not the 30th Texas district in south Dallas. I know a bit about Jasmine Crockett. I’m not sure whether Rhodes college is expensive. Texas Southern University and the University of Houston are not expensive schools. (Comparatively. All colleges are exorbitant now.) I live in the 30th district. It isn’t in south Dallas. And Jasmine Crockett lives in the 30th. (At least until the ridiculous new gerrymander is imposed.) As a matter of fact, Crockett and I live in the same condo complex. I’ve met her once. She wouldn’t remember me. But she’d remember my dog who ran into Jasmine’s garage. So she knows Haley. I see two of her three cars parked in the parking lot. A BMW and a Bentley. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: I pity that you didn't get an option to choose. That choice was preordained for you like that would be absolutely fine to people and you shouldn't care who it is. Humphrey wasn't on the ticket in '68 before he was put onto it. And as for money, they had $1.4 billion of it, so where was that spent? I certainly care who it is. And I think Kamala was the only choice. She was elected on a presidential ticket. She was ready. There was not enough time to initiate a primary process. Th candidates wouldn’t have campaign teams in place. And the funding issue was huge. Since Harris’ name was on the Biden/Harris campaign organization, the funds could be easily transferred to her. My understanding is that other candidates wouldn’t have that access. And let’s be frank, you don’t throw an elected Bice President overboard when Black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Ok, I grant that you were enthusiastic about Harris, but after the debate, you have to admit the bar was lowered quite far. But we can't change the past, and hopefully for your party, you can come to terms with why you lost before '28. No, I do not have to admit that. And Harris easily hurdled any bar in her way. Yes, a thorough utopia needs to be done. I assume the fault will be found in the campaign staff. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: For their sake, please don't double-down on open borders, free housing/healthcare/SNAP/Cell phones for illegal immigrants, trans-rights, men in women's locker rooms, and trans women/biological men competing in women's sports. No one wants to double down on open borders. We want clear, enforceable guidelines that allow for orderly process for immigrants. Mostly, I’m proud to support those other issues. I had to look into the cell phones issue “ICE does issue smartphones with a pre-loaded app to some undocumented immigrants to ensure compliance with release stipulations. But the phones can only be used to access the app – they can't access the internet, load other apps or make calls. And use of them dates back to the Trump administration.“ (USA Today, April 27, 2022.) The trans issues re. solution in search of. problem. It can certainly be used to create fear in the public, but trans women are not lurking to watch other women. There are very few trans women competing in sports. The big brouhaha was raised by a woman who placed 5th in a swim race. The trans womn placed fourth. THIS is one of America’s important problems? I admit that the Trump commercial on trans women in sports was a very smart(though despicable) ad. My heart sank when I saw it. But as with most Trump policies, this was one of the more way to Crete fear and divide the country. On 9/23/2025 at 9:45 PM, SomewhereonNeptune said: Glad we can banter productively on here. Ditto. Enjoy it. Except when my work disappears. Cheers! Quote
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