(01-15-2018, 04:52 PM)Adam2012 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-15-2018, 02:59 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: [ -> ]So now Trump is lazy?
Of course he is. Is there anyone other than you and Sean Hannity who would deny it? But he is elderly and starting to lose it, so perhaps he's earned a senior's lifestyle. I did enjoy his lying about how much he'd play golf. That always makes me chuckle.
(01-15-2018, 02:27 PM)Kane Wrote: [ -> ]I support policies not people.
I don't care if it's Chuck Norris or Amy Winehouse...
if I agree with their policies I will support them. Regardless of the language they use or the mannerism in which they speak.
What someone says has little effect on me.
What someone does matters.
As far as Trump goes.. he's a tool. A bit of a narcissist. He's not a nice guy. He's not someone I look up to or would tell my kids to be more like.
But his politics and policies are sound.
Bernie had awful policy ideas. Killary was even worse, and to boot, she was probably a worse person than the current POTUS.
You can cry about it for the next 3-7 years if you want.
But it just makes you look silly.
Donald makes America look silly.
Really? Why, becauses MSNBC, CNN and Hollywood says he does? Believe me, the world takes President Trump very seriously. And no matter what ANYONE on the left says, OUR country is doing better. Much better. lol... People see that, no matter what polls say.
(01-16-2018, 03:04 AM)JagsFanSince95 Wrote: [ -> ]No horse in this race. I am an AnCap who relies solely on empirical data, facts, reason and evidence to form my views.
I've read your Jags takes, I'm calling this fake news.
Lest we forget, it only takes threatening to defeat the democrat party in an election to ruin your reputation for all time:
(01-15-2018, 04:52 PM)Adam2012 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-15-2018, 02:59 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: [ -> ]So now Trump is lazy?
Of course he is. Is there anyone other than you and Sean Hannity who would deny it? But he is elderly and starting to lose it, so perhaps he's earned a senior's lifestyle. I did enjoy his lying about how much he'd play golf. That always makes me chuckle.
(01-15-2018, 02:27 PM)Kane Wrote: [ -> ]I support policies not people.
I don't care if it's Chuck Norris or Amy Winehouse...
if I agree with their policies I will support them. Regardless of the language they use or the mannerism in which they speak.
What someone says has little effect on me.
What someone does matters.
As far as Trump goes.. he's a tool. A bit of a narcissist. He's not a nice guy. He's not someone I look up to or would tell my kids to be more like.
But his politics and policies are sound.
Bernie had awful policy ideas. Killary was even worse, and to boot, she was probably a worse person than the current POTUS.
You can cry about it for the next 3-7 years if you want.
But it just makes you look silly.
Donald makes America look silly.
No he doesn't.
But that just like a snowflake to give a hoot what someone "thinks" about them.
(01-13-2018, 10:02 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ] (01-13-2018, 09:00 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: [ -> ]This is my thing ^
I mean - forget right, forget left, forget your opinion on Trump.
The president (any president) making such a statement is a ghastly error in diplomacy. You can like his candor all you want - but there are lines that when crossed simply damage your ability to engage in international diplomacy on solid footing.
From what I gather, this occurred behind closed doors in a venue where politicians typically use frank language with the implicit understanding that what is said there stays there. It's entirely likely that equally egregious statements have been uttered by others in the past with the understanding being honored. If true, Durbin has poisoned the well.
I don't think a high-profile supposedly bipartisan meeting about a hot topic falls under what is traditionally thought of as a closed door meeting. I doubt it is likely anyone else would say something so offensive under those circumstances.
I think Trump said it knowing it would get out, and appeal to his base. This thread apparently confirms the latter.
(01-12-2018, 10:58 PM)FBT Wrote: [ -> ] (01-12-2018, 07:26 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: [ -> ]You’re gonna defend Trump no matter what he does.
He shouldn’t have used the term he used. It’s pretty simple. He’s trying to dictate who he wants coming to America. Funny how he chose Norway though.... wonder why?
Was it okay when Obama used a similar term to describe African countries?
This demand that presidents must adhere to some politically correct dictum is ridiculous. There are a few reasons Trump is in the Oval Office. One of them is that he’s not paralyzed by political correctness. He speaks like just about everyone. His lack of filter isn’t always a good thing, but it is a very different, and much needed change.
Are you talking about when Obama called Libya a "[BLEEP] show"? That's one African country, and he was talking about the escalating violence after Gaddafi's death, not the entire country, and certainly not the entire continent.
The lengths Trumpettes will go to defend their boy is truly remarkable. It is not political correctness to show decorum, it's respect for the office, and mankind in general.
(01-16-2018, 07:21 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ] (01-12-2018, 10:58 PM)FBT Wrote: [ -> ]Was it okay when Obama used a similar term to describe African countries?
This demand that presidents must adhere to some politically correct dictum is ridiculous. There are a few reasons Trump is in the Oval Office. One of them is that he’s not paralyzed by political correctness. He speaks like just about everyone. His lack of filter isn’t always a good thing, but it is a very different, and much needed change.
Are you talking about when Obama called Libya a "[BLEEP] show"? That's one African country, and he was talking about the escalating violence after Gaddafi's death, not the entire country, and certainly not the entire continent.
The lengths Trumpettes will go to defend their boy is truly remarkable. It is not political correctness to show decorum, it's respect for the office, and mankind in general.
Yes, yes...we know. Lefties are exempt from their own criticisms. Same ol', same ol".
(01-16-2018, 08:33 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ] (01-16-2018, 07:21 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]Are you talking about when Obama called Libya a "[BLEEP] show"? That's one African country, and he was talking about the escalating violence after Gaddafi's death, not the entire country, and certainly not the entire continent.
The lengths Trumpettes will go to defend their boy is truly remarkable. It is not political correctness to show decorum, it's respect for the office, and mankind in general.
Yes, yes...we know. Lefties are exempt from their own criticisms. Same ol', same ol".
Facts are facts. If you don't see the difference in what Obama said and what Trump said, and how misleading the statement was to which I responded, your teal colored glasses have turned decidedly orange.
(01-16-2018, 10:24 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ] (01-16-2018, 08:33 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, yes...we know. Lefties are exempt from their own criticisms. Same ol', same ol".
Facts are facts. If you don't see the difference in what Obama said and what Trump said, and how misleading the statement was to which I responded, your teal colored glasses have turned decidedly orange.
That isn't an argument.
Haiti is a [BLEEP]. It isn't racist because they're majority black and a Republican said it.
So many things to say hear, and I only read the first page so far.
Do some of you truly believe that people from Norway do not want to live here, in the Unites States?
They wouldn't want to take their ideas, their ingenuity and the entrepreneur mindset to basically the birthplace of capitalism? In a market of roughly 5 million, do you believe these people enjoy paying 60-70% in taxes?
Yes, they would love to be here.
However, as opposed to "Other Countries", trying coming to the United States from a country such as Norway is basically impossible.
(01-13-2018, 01:29 AM)TJBender Wrote: [ -> ] (01-13-2018, 12:39 AM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: [ -> ]I know what the basis of your argument is about.
You think, because they’re predominantly black, that it’s racist to say what he said. That’s like saying it’s racist to say Chicago is a [BLEEP].
No one is answering this so I’ll ask you directly: is Haiti a [BLEEP]?
Wouldn't know. Never been there. I do know that it's a country that's suffered more than its fair share of natural disasters in the recent past, leaving its infrastructure decimated. It wasn't exactly a booming industrial power to begin with, but I'm pretty sure that if my house burned down and you said that you don't need me or anyone else from my [BLEEP] house on your lawn, I'd be annoyed. And so would lots of your other neighbors.
TJ, I understand some of the points that you are making and to an extent I agree. Perhaps Trump's comments were not the most appropriate, definitely not presidential but as many have said on here, it's hard to really disagree.
As for Haiti, I am not sure where you live, I don't know anything about you, you could be from Haiti. If you are, or whoever you are, that makes you no less of a person and IMO this is the mindset of most conservatives, I do not dislike or judge people as individuals.
However, when you see the same things over and over and over from the same groups of people, it becomes a little difficult not to expect the same.
Again I mention this but I am not sure where you are from, but take a trip to South Florida. Deal with some Haitians, deal with them your whole life like I have. Then come back and tell me that it is some coincidence or chain of bad events that their country looks that way that it does.
This is petty but it is a great example of the ridiculousness. I have a mango tree in my front yard. This year I did not have the pleasure of eating one delicious juicy mango, that grew in my yard, because Haitians took them all. The neighbor down the street had a huge mango tree that he had to cut down because Haitians kept climbing the tree to get the mangos. It is obviously a liability at this point so he had no choice but to cut it down. This is just one example but all of these things ultimately lead to land value decrease. But who does this? Normal people have a standard and that standard does not involve climbing other people's trees to pick mangos.
I know to some it sounds racist that I say "Haitians" did this, but it is the absolute truth. What group of civilized people act like this? In my predicament, would I rather have neighbors who are from Norway, or from Haiti?
(01-16-2018, 11:46 PM)Jagfan44 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-13-2018, 01:29 AM)TJBender Wrote: [ -> ]Wouldn't know. Never been there. I do know that it's a country that's suffered more than its fair share of natural disasters in the recent past, leaving its infrastructure decimated. It wasn't exactly a booming industrial power to begin with, but I'm pretty sure that if my house burned down and you said that you don't need me or anyone else from my [BLEEP] house on your lawn, I'd be annoyed. And so would lots of your other neighbors.
TJ, I understand some of the points that you are making and to an extent I agree. Perhaps Trump's comments were not the most appropriate, definitely not presidential but as many have said on here, it's hard to really disagree.
As for Haiti, I am not sure where you live, I don't know anything about you, you could be from Haiti. If you are, or whoever you are, that makes you no less of a person and IMO this is the mindset of most conservatives, I do not dislike or judge people as individuals.
However, when you see the same things over and over and over from the same groups of people, it becomes a little difficult not to expect the same.
Again I mention this but I am not sure where you are from, but take a trip to South Florida. Deal with some Haitians, deal with them your whole life like I have. Then come back and tell me that it is some coincidence or chain of bad events that their country looks that way that it does.
This is petty but it is a great example of the ridiculousness. I have a mango tree in my front yard. This year I did not have the pleasure of eating one delicious juicy mango, that grew in my yard, because Haitians took them all. The neighbor down the street had a huge mango tree that he had to cut down because Haitians kept climbing the tree to get the mangos. It is obviously a liability at this point so he had no choice but to cut it down. This is just one example but all of these things ultimately lead to land value decrease. But who does this? Normal people have a standard and that standard does not involve climbing other people's trees to pick mangos.
I know to some it sounds racist that I say "Haitians" did this, but it is the absolute truth. What group of civilized people act like this? In my predicament, would I rather have neighbors who are from Norway, or from Haiti?
Well, I hate to tell you this, but if I lived near a mango tree, I might have me some of those mangos too. I love mangos.
(01-17-2018, 10:59 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: [ -> ] (01-16-2018, 11:46 PM)Jagfan44 Wrote: [ -> ]TJ, I understand some of the points that you are making and to an extent I agree. Perhaps Trump's comments were not the most appropriate, definitely not presidential but as many have said on here, it's hard to really disagree.
As for Haiti, I am not sure where you live, I don't know anything about you, you could be from Haiti. If you are, or whoever you are, that makes you no less of a person and IMO this is the mindset of most conservatives, I do not dislike or judge people as individuals.
However, when you see the same things over and over and over from the same groups of people, it becomes a little difficult not to expect the same.
Again I mention this but I am not sure where you are from, but take a trip to South Florida. Deal with some Haitians, deal with them your whole life like I have. Then come back and tell me that it is some coincidence or chain of bad events that their country looks that way that it does.
This is petty but it is a great example of the ridiculousness. I have a mango tree in my front yard. This year I did not have the pleasure of eating one delicious juicy mango, that grew in my yard, because Haitians took them all. The neighbor down the street had a huge mango tree that he had to cut down because Haitians kept climbing the tree to get the mangos. It is obviously a liability at this point so he had no choice but to cut it down. This is just one example but all of these things ultimately lead to land value decrease. But who does this? Normal people have a standard and that standard does not involve climbing other people's trees to pick mangos.
I know to some it sounds racist that I say "Haitians" did this, but it is the absolute truth. What group of civilized people act like this? In my predicament, would I rather have neighbors who are from Norway, or from Haiti?
Well, I hate to tell you this, but if I lived near a mango tree, I might have me some of those mangos too. I love mangos.
Me too. I’ll be the lookout.
(01-16-2018, 10:53 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: [ -> ] (01-16-2018, 10:24 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]Facts are facts. If you don't see the difference in what Obama said and what Trump said, and how misleading the statement was to which I responded, your teal colored glasses have turned decidedly orange.
That isn't an argument.
Haiti is a [BLEEP]. It isn't racist because they're majority black and a Republican said it.
Did you even read the post to which I was referring?
(01-16-2018, 11:46 PM)Jagfan44 Wrote: [ -> ] (01-13-2018, 01:29 AM)TJBender Wrote: [ -> ]Wouldn't know. Never been there. I do know that it's a country that's suffered more than its fair share of natural disasters in the recent past, leaving its infrastructure decimated. It wasn't exactly a booming industrial power to begin with, but I'm pretty sure that if my house burned down and you said that you don't need me or anyone else from my [BLEEP] house on your lawn, I'd be annoyed. And so would lots of your other neighbors.
TJ, I understand some of the points that you are making and to an extent I agree. Perhaps Trump's comments were not the most appropriate, definitely not presidential but as many have said on here, it's hard to really disagree.
As for Haiti, I am not sure where you live, I don't know anything about you, you could be from Haiti. If you are, or whoever you are, that makes you no less of a person and IMO this is the mindset of most conservatives, I do not dislike or judge people as individuals.
However, when you see the same things over and over and over from the same groups of people, it becomes a little difficult not to expect the same.
Again I mention this but I am not sure where you are from, but take a trip to South Florida. Deal with some Haitians, deal with them your whole life like I have. Then come back and tell me that it is some coincidence or chain of bad events that their country looks that way that it does.
This is petty but it is a great example of the ridiculousness. I have a mango tree in my front yard. This year I did not have the pleasure of eating one delicious juicy mango, that grew in my yard, because Haitians took them all. The neighbor down the street had a huge mango tree that he had to cut down because Haitians kept climbing the tree to get the mangos. It is obviously a liability at this point so he had no choice but to cut it down. This is just one example but all of these things ultimately lead to land value decrease. But who does this? Normal people have a standard and that standard does not involve climbing other people's trees to pick mangos.
I know to some it sounds racist that I say "Haitians" did this, but it is the absolute truth. What group of civilized people act like this? In my predicament, would I rather have neighbors who are from Norway, or from Haiti?
The same Haitians cleaned out both trees?
(01-17-2018, 07:33 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ] (01-16-2018, 10:53 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: [ -> ]That isn't an argument.
Haiti is a [BLEEP]. It isn't racist because they're majority black and a Republican said it.
Did you even read the post to which I was referring?
Of course I did.
The entire argument from most liberals has boiled down to calling conservatives racists and bigots. Even when liberals do and say the same things, it's different because ... they had different motives. Since you guys define everyone's motives, the conservatives will always be racists and bigots unable to justify their opinions / actions.
You can't explain how what he said is inaccurate so you assign motive. So, again, calling something facts when they aren't facts isn't an argument.
(01-12-2018, 08:03 PM)The Drifter Wrote: [ -> ]Simple question to those that are playing the race card......
Would you want to live in those countries mentioned?
I know I wouldn't
I more complicated question which requires knowledge and insight....
Does any of those who think those countries are **** countries, know WHY they are **** countries?
(01-17-2018, 10:50 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: [ -> ] (01-17-2018, 07:33 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ]Did you even read the post to which I was referring?
Of course I did.
The entire argument from most liberals has boiled down to calling conservatives racists and bigots. Even when liberals do and say the same things, it's different because ... they had different motives. Since you guys define everyone's motives, the conservatives will always be racists and bigots unable to justify their opinions / actions.
You can't explain how what he said is inaccurate so you assign motive. So, again, calling something facts when they aren't facts isn't an argument.
First of all, "the entire argument from most liberals has boiled down to" is just you arguing how most conservatives argue.
See what I did there? Moving on...
You're saying calling Libya a [BLEEP] show is the same as calling all countries in Africa [BLEEP].
It's not about motives, it's about context. Do you remember what was happening in Libya at the time during the time period about which Obama was quoted, and the subject of the interview? They were talking specifically about the events occurring after Gaddafi's death. He was not talking about the Libyans in general. Trump, on the other hand, asked why we want anyone from any African country. Yes, many of those countries are [BLEEP], but does that mean they all are, and none of their people are talented or hard working?
One was talking about a specific situation in a specific country, the other was making a generality about the people from an entire continent. This is not a subjective opinion, it's an objective appraisal of both statements. Reconcile that one for me.
(01-18-2018, 12:28 PM)rollerjag Wrote: [ -> ] (01-17-2018, 10:50 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: [ -> ]Of course I did.
The entire argument from most liberals has boiled down to calling conservatives racists and bigots. Even when liberals do and say the same things, it's different because ... they had different motives. Since you guys define everyone's motives, the conservatives will always be racists and bigots unable to justify their opinions / actions.
You can't explain how what he said is inaccurate so you assign motive. So, again, calling something facts when they aren't facts isn't an argument.
You're saying calling Libya a [BLEEP] show is the same as calling all countries in Africa [BLEEP].
And yet calling Haiti a [BLEEP] hole is bad...m'kay.