(03-31-2023, 02:35 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(03-31-2023, 02:15 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Uh oh, Mikey... she might be onto you.

My ex husband was that way. He was a really smart guy but had some issues that knee capped him. Combat in Iraq did him wrong. When he had his midlife crisis/post retirement breakdown it wasn't pretty and I barely made it out (relatively) unscathed.

I'm not a fan of anyone who thinks they're superior to others. We all have our issues. Just because mine doesn't look like someone else's doesn't make me better than them. I get particularly annoyed when people speak of things they know nothing about as if they do. Head knowledge pales in comparison to experience.

But....back to the Trump show.

I've indeed had some rough patches that made me feel inferior, but that's all way in the rear view.  I've found my place and found my people.  I never think about inferior or superior anymore. I still have things I need to work on but they're rarely overwhelming.  It's all managing my emotions.  Sense the outburst coming before it comes, channel it into productive words before it takes over.  It's hard but I think I can do it.

You have things you need to work on too.  Having to listen to people talk about things you feel like you know more about is just part of life. You won't be able to avoid it.

Anyhow, I hope your ex husband has surfaced from that midlife crisis and is able to say the same.

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(03-31-2023, 02:07 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

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(03-31-2023, 12:43 PM)mikesez Wrote: Well that's where the debate should be, on Soros' ideas.  But that's not where McCarthy and the others who demonize him put it.  
What the Kochs do is not relevant to my point.  Some democrats pronounce their names as a curse the same way Republicans do to Soros.  It's engaging the amygdala either way, a dirty trick.  Nothing more than calling for us to hate Goldstein for two minutes. They don't ever mention his alleged desire to reduce American strength because they don't want to engage that part of our brains.

That IS where the debate is, dummy. The point is that Democrats are being led by a guy that is anti-American. They mention Soros funding because there is a pattern you see among DA's he appoints. They go soft on crime and the area gets overrun with criminals. Unless, of course, you need a DA to manufacture intent to prosecute a former President. Then we follow the letter of the law, even though it's darn near impossible to prove intent. Oh, yeah, btw, the intent can be anything we want it to be, so if he HAD done what they say he SHOULD have done, they could still prosecute him JUST by changing intent. Isn't that neat?

Facts not in evidence. Even if we take the bolded as gospel, does reducing the average sentence for assault from (making up numbers here) 10 years to 5 years make America more or less competitive on the world stage? Businesses might have spend more on private security and relocate themselves further from high crime areas, but on the other hand with fewer people in jail, there is less government spending, less debt, and more workers.
Personally I'm not sure how I feel about criminal justice reform. I know I want to see abuses involving civil forfeiture and plea bargains to stop. And some sentences are too long but others are too short. But all of that is besides the point. Neither side of any of those issues is "anti-American". How would you feel if I took your 7.9 million proposal and labeled it "anti-American"? Exactly.
It's not like he's trying to get us to cancel our military or sell our launch codes to China.

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