Conservative Politics & Daily Events Discussion

Quote from billythekidd

I do kinda agree with the "they" thing... In my case the they are the media.... About 2 months ago I posted that Covid was slowing down in the news and race and LGBTQ stuff would come back.. Well, it did in a big way... Now that is dying down again and Covid is coming back... If one listens to the media there is nothing but fear being spread... A few years ago in the movie "Live Free or Die Hard" Justin Long's character says this same thing that the media is spreading fear to keep people buying and the economy going...... I know just a movie... but still. As for man bun coming for my... I say come on down.. I got something for ya...

this to me is the problem now days - the news media is no longer a reporter of factual news - they now are a self serving reporter of opinion. and to add insult to injury with social media is now actually the primary source of "news" for a huge number of people.

unfortunately the only solution for those of us who really care is to fact check everything ourselves - news media cant be trusted and it is sure as hell social media news cant be trusted so - if you dont do it for your self no one else will

and the super unfortunate thing is that the vast majority wont even bother to fact check or verify - they will just pass it on as if it is fact because it came from their preferred rumor/opinion "news" source

basically we are screwed - and we let it happen as we stood there and watched because we liked the opinion our side was giving

Quote from Edward Neal

The biggest problem with most of government is that they believe that every problem can be fixed by more government and there is no accountability for the money - its not their money that they spend, and there is no need to worry about not getting paid if they waste it or spend too much.

they are actually incentivized to spend more and use absolutely every dollar they can because if they dont use it all this year it could negatively impact their allocated budget for the next year - - - in government being efficient is almost considered a sin because being efficient means they can use the money somewhere else in the government budget

Seriously - from a logical thinking point of view government should always be able to do do something for less money than the private sector - if payroll is the same and parts and materials and other expenses are the same the private sector with its need to make a profit and pay shareholders shouldn't stand a chance - - - yet this is never actually how it turns out - despite having no need for profit and no stock holders to pay dividends to the government 99% of the time cant compete - - Government never can never do the job for less

why is that??? - - - - no accountability for the money - - no one cares what something costs because it never comes out of their own pocket!!!

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Partly correct & I agree to an extent. Sometimes it's not an accountability issue. In a compressed short version. Companies hire lawyers to study Federal Acquisition Regulations, Executive Orders, Laws, regulations & Policies. Most Federal acquisition policies are brought into existence for a very good noble purpose and they are good things. Often they expand out of control with no one willing to "real them in" for political reasons. Without imposing judgement or morality a good example that comes into play as a feel good act that appears during election time. A politician will walk down an assembly line showing handicapped workers assembling products and his support for providing jobs to handicapped workers. The Javits-Wagner-O'day act back in 1971. A beautiful thing and I agree it is. Don't think anyone will disagree. E.O.s' call for bio-preferred purchases (although President Trump supports this he has replaced the former E.O. requiring emphasis on efficiency in biobased purchasing). The USDA sets the standards on Biobased Purchasing (USDA Biopreferred program). Because the USDA wanted to push the technology limits of biobased material used in consumer products they set minimum limits for Biobased percent content. Most far above what a typical company could produce at a competitive consumer price level. Theory is to produce and eventually production costs will come down. Sometimes it does, sometimes not. Many other factors/ regulations.

A smart company (and there are many) hires a teem of lawyers to study the thousands of regulations, executive orders, laws, regulations & policies. As in the example above they hire handy capped workers, assembling biobased products containing the percentage called for by the USDA. Many times using other regulations, the more the better. Then they solicit for bids on a Federal Government Bid Board. If they don't win the contract they go to court and take a team of lawyers with them justifying the production in accordance with all the government regulations in turn justifying the high price high price necessary to produce the product due to the compliance of the very sets of regulations set forth by the government.

Trouble is over time all these great things add up to many great things that are expensive. Is it worth it, to some yes, others no. Just wanted to throw in the process that many non-government purchases don't have to contend with and the fact that these regulations keep piling on. One thing I like about the Trump Administration is they are trying to "reel then in".

Quote from EricRedSL

Hmmmm, I was born and raised in Easton Pennsylvania where the Dixie cup Factory was . Last time I knew the Dixie cup was still on top of the building . If it still there, I wonder if they'll Burn It down

I went thru Easton today on my way to Phillipsburg. Home of Larry Holmes.

Quote from Bill Martin

I’m sitting in my living room with 6 or 7 close friends which all, as myself, started with meager beginnings. I don’t know if it was “white privilege” that made myself and my friends successful - never knew there was such a thing until recently. The main thing we all agreed upon (all of us white - probably racist by today’s standards) was that race didn’t mean a damn thing when we were all scrapping to be successful. I’m a Deep South coonass and I know blacks that pulled themselves up by the bootstraps and were just as formidable as any white advisary. Being successful is way below skin color IMO. We all bleed red blood but heart, integrity, honor, and sheer determination is the difference. If races would realize success is a personal desire - not something provided by government or other races all the unrest would go away.

I worked at a car wash in my early thirties. I didn't need to but I wanted to save the money for retirement. I dried cars at the wash after working during the day as a civilian technician rebuilding jet engines (also run qualified for ground test runs on A-10's & KC135's). I was also a member of the national guard as a third source of income. I can't tell you how many times people would hang a dollar bill out the window and drop it to the ground just before I could get it. I still see them driving away laughing. I guess they thought a guy in his 30's drying cars was a looser. I'm just short of 57 and retired. Yea, I had a great day today! Don't think there was any white privilege but long days and investing what I could. Finished off my last ten years with a major Gov agency.

Quote from Frankie55

Game company removing police cars from video games. Nice, video games glorify violence & terrorism and decide to remove police cars! Crazy, yep! Can't wait to see where this leads in a few years.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sc…US-race-protests-WSJ.html

all they did was run from them, shoot at them and disrespect them anyway.....That’s probably a good thing....the young kids won’t learn how to do it...

trust me that is a good thing....

Quote from Frankie55

I went thru Easton today on my way to Phillipsburg. Home of Larry Holmes.

Yes his house is about a half-mile from where I was brought up as a kid. If he still lives there he had a swimming pool in the shape of a boxing glove

Quote from Bill Martin

I am not a violent man and yet anytime I see a dude in skinny jeans wearing a man bun I have an overwhelming desire to slap the crap outta them...been able to contain myself so far cause I hate to see anybody cry

All these protests that are forcing the removal of all our historical statues, have started a new set of protesters. Where doe sit all end?

I am starting to look at all the BS going on as a good thing. People only get off their butt when they are threatened. The Left knows the cat is out of the bag on them being communists ( Ya I said it! ) I think millions and millions and millions of Capitalist Americans over coffee each morning are going to "show up" in November.

I know I will crawl through glass and stand by sneezing, coughing, feverish mask wearing sheep to vote this November.

Nuff said - go celebrate 243 years of being blessed to be in the best country God ever made!

Great thread Bill Martin - Perhaps someday we will. That day will come hopefully when there is no more $$/power to be made with division.

why can’t we have politicians more like him??

Owens - McEnany 2024🇺🇸

Looks like Yale needs to be renamed and some stuff destroyed.

Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was an British-American-born British merchant and slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School in the Colony of Connecticut, which, in 1718, was renamed Yale College in his honor.

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Looks like Yale needs to be renamed and some stuff destroyed.

Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was an British-American-born British merchant and slave trader, President of the East India Company settlement in Fort St. George, at Madras, and a benefactor of the Collegiate School in the Colony of Connecticut, which, in 1718, was renamed Yale College in his honor.

I would think that any decent person who attended this clearly racist institution should immediately return their racist diplomas and disavow the the place immediately

this is funny Woke white girl trys to spook police officers horse and gets kicked

https://twitter.com/i/status/1278428211471437826

Quote from Bill Martin

I don’t know if any of you saw the interview with the father who’s son was shot inside CHOP in Seattle on Hannity. It was one of the most sincere, heart wrenching things I have ever seen. He was not political, accusatory or angry. He was a father that lost his son due to a failure of government who didn’t allow him to see his dead son for 2 weeks. NOBODY contacted him as to what happened, what they were doing or that they even gave a shit. The fact that he was a black man makes no difference. He could have been a father of any race and you could feel his pain as any loving father would. This poor man should be a vivid reminder that we are all human beings first. We all share feelings and emotions that are inherent in all of mankind. This grieving father should be on every network pouring his heart out to the American people. Sadly, I don’t think he will be seen anywhere else as his story does not fit the narrative the media wishes to portray. God Bless that father - why can’t we have politicians more like him??

I watched it and what comes to my mind, where is Black Lives Matter? It seems to me that the only time BLM is when a White man or Police man kills a black person. Any other time Black Lives Don't Matter. Just my $.02 worth