Biden Presidency

[Irish#1]

100% of the 43% who think he is mentally sharp are nitwits. No reasonable person watches Biden and thinks, "Yeah, brilliant. Smart dude." There's no way an intelligent, unbiased person listens to Biden and watches him and thinks he's sharp.

While there's a minimum age to be president, I think they need to impose a max as well.

 

[BrownerandFry]

Why do Haitians want to come here? Don't they know that America is a systemically racist country that was found on racism and white supremacy?

I think the Biden administration is doing them all a favor in sending them back to Haiti where they can escape the evils of imperial racism and be happy.

.
Yeah, but


In fact, America did have a strong tinge of RACISM in its founding, and much of the blame can be traced to the vastly overrated Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson complained about slavery but as ever, “Watch what he did not what he said” Jefferson OWNED hundreds of slaves.
He was banging black coochie in Sally Hem.ings to the Tune of six kids.

But when it came time, people like JEFFERSON’S property Sally Hemings , were good enough for bed and breeding but not good enough to vote.

Doubling down, Tommy Boy led the effort to ensure that negroes only counted as 3/5 of a person. One of my Yankee friends who lives in Alabamal, but disguises his origin says that the “3” in 3/5 was a tribute to Sally Hemings vagina and breasts.
Now if all this is not racism, my surmise is that it will do until racism shows up.


Further there is a shibboleth in the Confederacy that

THE CIVIL WAR WAS NOT ABOUT SLAVERY IT WAS ABOUT STATE’S RIGHTS!!!

I have not enough fingers to count the Southerners who have told me that.

But it was about State’s rights to own Negro slaves

One cautionary not. Don’t confuse Haiti with Jamaica.
Folks have different attitudes and tolerances.

 

[BrownerandFry]

If we took 10,000 Americans and dropped them on the border of any country, would it be called immigration or invasion?

Well, in fact that depends.

\You must specify the nation. and when you do, you must determine if they have one of these on their most popular port of entry

https://www.cafepress.com/+,1045177718?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIibzzvdWY8wIVgiCtBh3KBQ2WEAQYAiABEgKLePD_BwE

In my neighborhood of origin if you talked the talk, you were, pretty much, by the local folk, expected to walk the walk.

 

[BrownerandFry]

What an unraveling of a great country. We're like 250 years old, and some brave dudes crossed the ocean in boats for a chance at freedom and representation.

We're giving that up because we're told to vote "democrat" and do so even though we don't know why.

I love posts like this!!

In New York City, the Brits were saying the same thing when the Irish immigrants started coming in because of potatoes first, and "Troubles" later.

I was once in a bar in Hudson Wyoming and a "patron" told me that neighboring Lander "went to hell once they paved the roads."

Overall how do you grade America from, say, 1930-1944? Do you have kinfold that went through the Depression?

And I find laughable the "MYTHOLOGY" that "brave dudes" (I guess no woman migrated here, right") were not ESCAPING anything but rather looking for a constitution democracy ;

My data says otherwise.


But have fun, and of all the decades in American history can you please rank them in terms of
American greatness?" I could learn from that.

 

[ulukinatme]

While there's a minimum age to be president, I think they need to impose a max as well.

A lot of left wingers were commenting yesterday that Grassley is 88 and has decided to run for re-election in Iowa. "The guy is 88!" Meanwhile Joe will be over 80 when his Presidency ends, Pelosi is 80, Maxine Waters is 83, and Feinstein is also 88. Pot calling the kettle black. I'm not saying any of these people should still be in office, but it's not like they're going to vote to limit their terms either. They always turn it down. It's a shame really, they should all be retired.

 

[NorthDakota]

We already have a maximum age to be President... its called voters.

It makes much more sense to have a minimum. That provision seems to signify that the objective was to avoid a young immature man becoming president.

But having a maximum age would require relatively regular amendments to the constitution as lifespans have increased.

I am not a big fan of having old men take the Presidency. But it's not the end of the world. The 25th Amendment provides a vehicle to potentially rectify that concern.

The biggest screw up we've had a country (other than letting women vote ) is letting the mob elect senators. The House is elected by the people. The state government (elected by the people) then elects senators to represent the state.

The states have effectively been disenfranchised. Awful decision by the American people a century or whatever it was ago.

 

[Irish#1]

We already have a maximum age to be President... its called voters.

It makes much more sense to have a minimum. That provision seems to signify that the objective was to avoid a young immature man becoming president.

But having a maximum age would require relatively regular amendments to the constitution as lifespans have increased.

I am not a big fan of having old men take the Presidency. But it's not the end of the world. The 25th Amendment provides a vehicle to potentially rectify that concern.

The biggest screw up we've had a country (other than letting women vote ) is letting the mob elect senators. The House is elected by the people. The state government (elected by the people) then elects senators to represent the state.

The states have effectively been disenfranchised. Awful decision by the American people a century or whatever it was ago.

Not sure I agree. Life expectancy is increasing, but it's a slow crawl and even if it is, it doesn't necessarily mean there is the physical and mental ability to handle the demands of the job. To the bolded, please clarify, because in Indiana the people vote for the senators. The state doesn't pick them

 

[Irish#1]

A lot of left wingers were commenting yesterday that Grassley is 88 and has decided to run for re-election in Iowa. "The guy is 88!" Meanwhile Joe will be over 80 when his Presidency ends, Pelosi is 80, Maxine Waters is 83, and Feinstein is also 88. Pot calling the kettle black. I'm not saying any of these people should still be in office, but it's not like they're going to vote to limit their terms either. They always turn it down. It's a shame really, they should all be retired.

I knew they were getting up there in years, but didn't realize they were already there.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Well, in fact that depends.

\You must specify the nation. and when you do, you must determine if they have one of these on their most popular port of entry

https://www.cafepress.com/+,1045177718?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIibzzvdWY8wIVgiCtBh3KBQ2WEAQYAiABEgKLePD_BwE

In my neighborhood of origin if you talked the talk, you were, pretty much, by the local folk, expected to walk the walk.

No, it doesn't depend. No sovereign nation would just take 10,000 Americans with the promise of providing housing, healthcare, and education on said nation's taxpayers' dime.

 

[GowerND11]

Not sure I agree. Life expectancy is increasing, but it's a slow crawl and even if it is, it doesn't necessarily mean there is the physical and mental ability to handle the demands of the job. To the bolded, please clarify, because in Indiana the people vote for the senators. The state doesn't pick them

The 17th Amendment made direct election of Senators a thing. What NorthDakota was saying is that pre-17th the state legislatures elected Senators, and he wishes it was back to that way.

I agree with him. People whine about how more than half our population lives in only 9 states, thus only 18 Senators represent over half the country. This argument, however is a false equivalency of the Senate and House. The House represents the people, the Senate is supposed to balance that by representing the STATES, and thus is supposed to thwart overreactions, excessive laws, and more.

 

[BrownerandFry]

Not sure I agree. Life expectancy is increasing, but it's a slow crawl and even if it is, it doesn't necessarily mean there is the physical and mental ability to handle the demands of the job. To the bolded, please clarify, because in Indiana the people vote for the senators. The state doesn't pick them

Ah, at last a call for "Physical and mental ability."

Thank you for joining me in calls for a

Physical fitness test, as in stamina, as in agility, as in ability to last for 20 minutes on an elliptical or a Peloton.

further, if mental ability is important, then it would seem that imbibers of alcohol, marijuana and certain pharmaceutical drugs should be prohibited from holding public office.

let me know when the parade starts! I'll be there!

 

[BrownerandFry]

​​​​​​"Humor is welcome, but please no abusing one another through hateful, degrading or belittling speech. Thanks!"
So what indeed are you bobbyok1
A follower of Jesus, the Christ
or just another partisan political secularist
I find it charming, in a Pharasaic kind of way, that your initial post above provides you sacerdotal cover for your rather
Secular
non Christian
comments in this thread.
So what are you?
Declare.
I have and do daily.
But please, As christ said "No man can serve two masters."
Declare. Who is YOUR master?

Concerning this portion of your post I appreciate you pointing out the sinful nature of my comments where I "rejoiced over evil" with Biden's failures, and rubbed it with those who voted for him. To this I confess, it was unnecessary, and could have been simply stated as more of a matter of fact, than a "told you so" type comment.

And I confess that there have been numerous posts in this thread, and probably one or two other threads where I did not respond in a Christ-like way. I had a season of letting the woes of this country get the best of me and made poor, sinful choices in response. For those comments I confess, and sincerely ask forgiveness of those involved. As of late I have worked to respond in less unChristlike/attacking manners, and more in dependence on Him for proper wording and attitudes of spirit.

My devotion is to Christ Jesus. And if you do in fact follow Him as your Lord then I consider you a brother in Jesus. If you are not, I hope you consider Him in time, as every Christian should desire for his fellow man.

And while we await the Kingdom come in all its fullness, I do believe the disciple of Jesus is to pray "your Kingdom come, your will be done ON EARTH, as it is in Heaven." We are not to simply sit back and keep our faith a "private" faith.

But we are called to enter all areas of society displaying the goodness of God's ways, the ways of Jesus, the ways of the Kingdom. Working to alleviate as much suffering and pain in this world, due to human sinfulness, as possible, while we await the Kingdom realized in its fulness at the return of Christ. So, adding my own sinful responses does not help, which again I appreciate you pointing out my hypocrisy in doing so.

Well, for true followers of Christ, what difference does it make?
Did Christ not state that brotherhood and sisterhood and family is based on faith not blood
What did Christ say about flags and nations.
So if one is a Christian, they are to remain silent on matters of society/culture, including politics?

The same people who cry "close your mouth Christian" when confronting Biden's numerous poor Presidential decisions, are many of the same ones who were crying "Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a dictator!! If you're a true Christian you should denounce him and his godless ways!!"

So which is it BrownerandFry? Are we Christians supposed to "shut up and stay out of politics" or are we too "speak up and denounce poor leaders" as an act of devotion to Jesus and His Kingdom. Both Trump and Biden have made claims to be men of faith in Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul who said "For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?" (I Cor 5:12). By judge he did not mean condemn to hell, but to "make distinctions between ones right and wrong actions." Are we to remain silent on Trump or Biden simply because we are "true followers of Christ"? If this is your stance, then many faithful Christ followers down through ages would disagree.

The aim of the post you highlighted was to point to the hypocrisy in decrying Trump and MANY grossly exaggerated and false claims against him, while also pulling back the curtain on the pass Biden gets for his ACTUAL poor decisions which have led to many unnecessary deaths and countless sufferings. Trump made poor choices as well. But not the degree Biden has made already. Hopefully he corrects course and we see a more life-giving Presidency going forward.

Unfortunately a post like the one you pointed to, even when done in the right attitude/verbiage, ends up directed at BOTH Christians and non-Christians, which I am not so sure is helpful. I'll have to consider this in the future as I attempt to remain faithful in my devotion to Christ by engaging in culture.

BobbyOK

First, let me respond by humbly, supplicantly ask that as a threshold question, You grant me the favor of being your Christian brother.

That is your call. And as ever, it is a “rebuttable presumption” as you will determine whether, in ways large and small, I am worthy of that.

In mitigation, I submit that I profess fealty FIRST to Christ (Christ is the perfect conduit to the Father (Our Father? And Mark 10:18) and the Comforter, the entirety of John’s recordation of the Farewell speech in John 14-16.) Viewed correctly there is no “air” between Christ and God or between Christ and the Comforter.

My code, in three words? “I trust Christ.”

My text? 89 chapters in Matthew Mark Luke and John.

So I’d like to begin a dialogue, in this thread, about what following Jesus, the Christ, means.

I worry, not about my Christian brothers and sisters, but why alma mater has so many secular humanists who, frankly., choke and gag at the very mention of Jesus or Christ. I understand atheism, agnosticism and secular humanism are the coin of the realm., but I had incorrectly surmised that a board about Notre Dame would be a haven for people of faith in Christ. I guess that ain’t necessarily so.

Someone quoted this to me as apropos to the secularization and skintwitching of Domers about Christ:


“When men stop believing in God it isn’t that they believe in nothing; rather it is that they believe in Everything.”
It seems, on the threshold to be apt.

I will post a number of things in coming days, and they will be all over the place, but will be good faith attempts to discuss Christ.
Hey, this is not your first rodeo, so take everything “cum grano salis.”

For I am already concerned that I may have scandalized zelezo, a poster here. We’ll get back to that.

89 chapters. That’s my text.

Bask in his Peace!

 

[drayer54]

Econ 101 is not a pre-req for a comms job.
[TWEET]https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1442653892672581635?s=21[/TWEET]

 

[ulukinatme]

Last year these people were heroes, now they're getting fired. It's kind of absurd really. Should they be vaxed? Probably, but they've been on the front lines this long shouldn't it be up to them?

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1442568844598411266[/TWEET]

 

[Bishop2b5]

Econ 101 is not a pre-req for a comms job.
[TWEET]https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1442653892672581635?s=21[/TWEET]

Can you imagine being that clueless about basic life facts? How do people like this survive in the real world? How do they get jobs where they get to speak to normal people? This is a prime example of why liberalism is often described as a willful disassociation with reality. She has no clue how business works, what profits and losses are, or how life works in the real world... and has no interest in learning or any idea that she needs to. She's woefully ignorant of her own ignorance.

 

[Irish#1]

Econ 101 is not a pre-req for a comms job.
[TWEET]https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1442653892672581635?s=21[/TWEET]

If you look at her rules for engagement with the press, the first two rules reads like this.

1. Blame someone else. Doesn't matter who it is as long as it's not the Biden administration.
2. Rinse, repeat and go to the next question.

 

[Irish#1]

Last year these people were heroes, now they're getting fired. It's kind of absurd really. Should they be vaxed? Probably, but they've been on the front lines this long shouldn't it be up to them?

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1442568844598411266[/TWEET]

Hey corporal, I need the bedpan.

 

[RDU Irish]

Last year these people were heroes, now they're getting fired. It's kind of absurd really. Should they be vaxed? Probably, but they've been on the front lines this long shouldn't it be up to them?

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1442568844598411266[/TWEET]

How does this functionally make any sense whatsoever? Is our national guard cross trained for infinite industry deployments? JFC b/w this and Psaki acting like higher corporate taxes have zero impact on the cost of goods and services.... I can't fathom people actually believe this shit rather they think so lowly of the proletariat that they think THEY believe it.

 

[ab2cmiller]

I'm curious what this vaccine mandate will do to employment trends. While I'm certain that the mandate will result in some increase in vaccinations. Will we simply see a shift in employment where > 100 employee companies are hammered by resignations by employees that plan on shifting to smaller companies. The company I work for is already short staffed, you take out another 5% of our employees and we are dealing with mission critical issues.

 

[drayer54]

This is why when I got out and they made me check with the national guard as a sign out station I just said no thank you to everything that recruiter said. We screw the guard so hard.

 

[RDU Irish]

I'm curious what this vaccine mandate will do to employment trends. While I'm certain that the mandate will result in some increase in vaccinations. Will we simply see a shift in employment where > 100 employee companies are hammered by resignations by employees that plan on shifting to smaller companies. The company I work for is already short staffed, you take out another 5% of our employees and we are dealing with mission critical issues.

Especially in health care where they were more likely to already been exposed and get the vid resulting in natural immunity... just adding insult to injury. Don't forget that lockdowns and work from home made hiring and training new staff a lot more difficult while the older experienced folks ran for the doors of early retirement. The hamstringing of our workforce is very real and I expect will take a long time to fully recover. However if your goal is increased government dependence it is all aces.

 

[drayer54]

38% approval in North Carolina. Everything is fine. #BuildBackBetter [TWEET]https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1442873413551468547?s=20[/TWEET]

 

[Irish#1]

Joe, Joe, Joe…….

WASHINGTON — Top military leaders said Tuesday that they had recommended to President Joe Biden that the U.S. keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan even after the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, contradicting the president's assertion last month that his advisers did not tell him to leave a small military presence in the country.

Gen. Frank McKenzie, who oversaw the withdrawal as head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in testimony before Congress that they had communicated that advice to the president.

Biden, however, was asked in an interview with ABC News in mid-August whether any of his military advisers told him to leave 2,500 troops in the country.

"No," Biden said. "No one said that to me that I can recall.”

 

[ab2cmiller]

“that I can recall” should’ve been the dead giveaway

 

[Irish#1]

NBCNEWS.com

Now, the latest Quinnipiac numbers show Biden underwater. His approval rating among independents, a crucial voting bloc for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections, is stuck in the 30s. Biden has a negative score on his handling of the economy (52 percent disapprove, 42 percent approve), the job of commander in chief (55 percent disapprove, 40 percent approve) and foreign policy (59 percent disapprove, 34 percent approve).

These poor numbers persist even in places that he expected to be areas of wide bipartisan support. Six in 10 believe U.S. troops will have to return to Afghanistan, where Biden had hoped to gain credit for ending America’s longest war. On Covid, long an area of strength, respondents are split: 49 percent disapprove, 48 percent approve.

 

[IrishRazor82]

NBCNEWS.com

It's alarming that ~40% of the population actually approves of the work he's done. We comparatively had it all and we turned into the dumbest collection of citizens.

 

[Bishop2b5]

It's alarming that ~40% of the population actually approves of the work he's done. We comparatively had it all and we turned into the dumbest collection of citizens.

That's the part I find so hard to understand too. I get that 40% might approve of a policy that another 40% absolutely hate. This, though, is 40% approving of performance that is, by any reasonable standard, inept and a disaster. What is it that they approve of? Are they just going to say they like the job he's doing, regardless of how bad it is, because they voted for him? It does cause you to look at those 40% who think he's doing a good job and question their standards and intelligence.

 

[IrishRazor82]

That's the part I find so hard to understand too. I get that 40% might approve of a policy that another 40% absolutely hate. This, though, is 40% approving of performance that is, by any reasonable standard, inept and a disaster. What is it that they approve of? Are they just going to say they like the job he's doing, regardless of how bad it is, because they voted for him? It does cause you to look at those 40% who think he's doing a good job and question their standards and intelligence.

I'm hoping it's fake news polls - which we saw in 2020. Let's pray for humanity they are just made up or significantly manipulated.

If not we're walking by a moron 4/10 people we bypass. And that sucks.

 

[BrownerandFry]

Man, I am really starting to think the institutions in this country don't give a shit about ordinary people regardless of which way they lean.

Institutions?

Really, Really? you put an ounce of hope in institutions?

my goodness.

Life is people, not institutions

People are grapes
insitutions are raisins.

And why do people form institutions?
Out of fear, anger and greed.
Or some permutation or combination of the three.

Just to close the loop, Christ NEVER established an institutional Church. That is ultimate minsnomer.

 

[NorthDakota]

Institutions?

Really, Really? you put an ounce of hope in institutions?

my goodness.

Life is people, not institutions

People are grapes
insitutions are raisins.

And why do people form institutions?
Out of fear, anger and greed.
Or some permutation or combination of the three.

Just to close the loop, Christ NEVER established an institutional Church. That is ultimate minsnomer.

Institutions can be good. Institutions can be bad.