You can be a war hero and a vindictive and petulant asshole at the same time. One does not inoculate someone from the other.

McCain was what I said, including a cad who met a blond on a beach in Hawaii nearly 20 years younger than himself and who divorced his wife and left his 3 kids to get married to Cindy. He’s dishonorable in that context.

McCain became a small and petty man, when he could have lived a life larger than himself. He took the low road for his own ego and self-aggrandizement.

That being said, Trump doesn’t need to be getting into a scrap with a dead guy. It does him no good.

Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.

Beck did well when he was all about culture and society.  When he gets into politics, he is a wreck...

Ugh, I can’t take him. He started out interesting, but then quickly started taking himself way too seriously. Now he thinks he’s the Dali Lama of US culture and politics. Plus the crying. Drama queen.

Well Fox News has always employed Leftists.  Shepherd Smith, Chris Wallace, Bob Beckel, Juan Williams and often have Libs contribute to conservative opinion shows to state their side.  I do think the two Murdoch kids that have taken over are moving it towards a more Progressive friendly platform.  If they let people like Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham go, then you know it is really gone.

Carlson will be the canary in the coal mine. If he goes, I’m done.

We will then be left out in the wilderness without a voice like we were pre circa 1996.

The Democrats/Media are doing the same thing people did to Germany after WWII in response to the Third Reich.  You can't be patriotic or mention nationalism in a positive light as they view that as what Hitler did, actually OVER did.  Now, in the U.S, if you are patriotic, and put America first like Trump promotes (MAGA) then you are racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic. 

This is the epitome of Propaganda, and extremely deceitful.  Yet many people, including some here, buy it.

Exactly. This is where I went off on Azure on a different thread. She should know better.

Interestingly, last night on the way home from work and after I blasted azure) I heard Mark Levin talking about this very issue.  He had audio of a bunch of commentators on CNN I believe who are saying things like “this is the language used by white nationalists on an increasing basis...blah blah blah.” 

Levin, and I, wonder where the fuck these people are talking to ALL THESE white nationalists that must be hanging around. Where are they? 

Thanks for posting that Anthony.

Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA)

Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Cortez is considering introducing legislation that will provide new benefits for many more Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act  (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills and ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,” said California Sen. Kamala Harris.

“We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing.”

In a Capitol Hill press conference, Nancy Pelosi pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state
government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles
but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the
non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, “Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?”

“As a non-abled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the Toyota plant in Georgetown, KY due to her inability to remember “righty tighty, lefty loosey”.

“This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Sen. Dick Durbin: “As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.”

This message was approved by Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Diane Feinstein, Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren & Nancy Pelosi........ all Americans With No Abilities whatsoever.
 
 

Here's a good example of why we need a hella lot of reform. This lady was pulled for running a stop sign and ended up stripped and vaginally penetrated by a female officer in public, face down on the street, all for 0.2 ounces of marijuana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyanpxw7v30&app=desktop

That wasn’t a drug bust worthy of “reform.”  That was an illegal assault by bad cops. Changing the law and legalizing pot wouldn’t have stopped this. Bad example.

And here I thought conservatives believed in free markets and supply and demand. Raise salaries. If the pay goes high enough you’ll get clean workers. If you have to stay straight for a good paycheck folks will do it. Sorry, just the price of being in business.

Boy, you certainly know about business don’t you, being cloistered inside the safe zone of academia.

You may have walked past the economics department, so next time you do, I suggest you sit in on a class.  Look up price elastic of demand. When the price for a good or service increases, the demand for it decreases along with the sales volume for the good or service.