Quote (InsaneBobb @ Nov 24 2021 01:14am)

I think Thor's funding should be halted altogether. Not private funding ofc, just the taxpayer funding. Until all medicinals are provided to the military and all public employees absolutely free of charge, I do not believe a single additional penny should be stolen from the tax payer to provide to medical research. These all go towards patented drugs and procedures that Americans have to pay an insane premium for after having already funded their base creation. This is not a good thing at all.

Likewise, Burr and McConnell are the most hated names on the right, after Romney and Cheney. You're truly picking out the RINOs. And the idea that public servants who we pay six figures to represent "We the People" are instead representing "They the Globalist Corporation" is as anti-right as it gets, in this day and age.

Now, to be fair, go back to my posts in PaRD in say 2010-2015 (don't honestly remember when I started posting in this sub), and you'll find a lot of support for nearly everything "liberal". And some of that is reflected in my posts today. Why? I haven't changed on... That much. My abortion stance has changed, my tax stance has changed, and my "role of federal government" stance has changed. Outside of that, not much has changed. I'm a poor representative for the right, because I was never on the right. The overton has been pulled so far left that I found myself on the right without moving much. Yet I'm very representative of the modern right as it stands today. The right that prevented Hillary from office, and the right that'll likely prevent Biden from being reelected if he's stupid enough to run again. I trust if he doesn't, the left isn't stupid enough to try to elect Harris.

Also, I cook my own food because I don't trust others to do so. I've met and worked with too many chefs that couldn't even cook decent sticky rice using a rice cooker. How am I going to trust that they'll safely handle raw meat and raw veggies? I can't even eat a salad in a public restaurant without assuming the person who prepared it had raw chicken juice on their hands. What goes in my body is vitally important to my well-being, and may well be the cause of my death. To Thor's credit, I do drink a fair amount of vodka. In no way do I drink every day, nor am I an alcoholic, but I certainly drink. And I do so with full knowledge and consent that it could end up being the last thing I do. And you see... It's my choice. Death by some random person making $9/hour as a line cook mishandling and/or cross contaminating my food? Not down. Even more not down in the Mexican restaurants. I know of a couple where I know the proprietors, know their standards, and can inspect any time I go in where I trust them and their employees. Outside of that? Hard no.

There's more to this lockdown shit than I think you understand. The little businesses that people like me actually trust have been closed and for the most part, are still closed, due to lockdowns (nope, not over). Several are gone. Closed permanently. I won't become a customer of McD or BK or Subway ever. Subway actually makes me laugh, because I can literally make the exact same sandwich in half the time, with four times the meat, for half the cost. And it won't be shiny! The problem comes down to individuals owning businesses, and the impact on those businesses from having to pay continual leases for two years with no income. Insurance covers nothing. That riots have destroyed many along with any tools of the trade and inventory still in makes it worse. Insurance pays on average about 1/3rd of the cost to the business of cleanup, rebuilding, and lost inventory, and that's after over a year's worth of negotiation, meanwhile, the lease payment still has to be made.

Ugh... I'm rambling. I'll stop. I do want to point out that Goom is correct.

Quote (thundercock @ 24 Nov 2021 01:25)

I can keep naming more Senators if you want. The reality is that the majority of elected officials can't be "RINOs." At some point, you have to admit that perhaps people like Trump are the RINOs. There's nothing wrong with being a RINO either. You have to choose a party and sometimes you're a trailblazer like Trump. Maybe these elected officials will be primaried at some point, but until that day comes, most people will consider my position to be on the "economic right." If you don't want me to call you left because you find it offensive, that's fine. I think I can definitely call you a protectionist though, yes?

Quote (InsaneBobb @ Nov 24 2021 01:39am)

I don't believe you understand: RINO has a clear meaning. And when ol' Mitch or Burr or Cheney or Romney are actively supporting the globalists, throwing in on yet more omnibus packages that include laws, not just funding, when the majority of the Republicans are screaming, "STOP! NO MEANS NO!" that you're off base. There's no way possible to conserve the liberties of the people, the very fundamental of what it means to be Conservative, if you allow any of this. Republicans once stood for what was Conservative, they're the reforming of the Whig party, the party that won the war against slavery, for fucks sake. You claim to be on their side, or share their vision, yet you've spoken, quite openly, in this very topic, about your support for simply outsourcing the slavery to other nations, and how that's okay.

Perhaps the half dozen remaining RINO's aren't the rule. Perhaps you simply have a viewpoint of yourself that is false. The economic right doesn't care about the well-being of the six figure American. The economic right cares about the well-being of the working class American, which has suffered the largest blow since the Great Depression, and all in the last year. Inflation up. Energy costs up. Transportation costs up. Taxes up. Can't get or keep a job without experimental medication. Supply chain fucked, unable to obtain needs without weeks of added wait. Empty store shelves, billions worth in high paying jobs gone due to executive action. Shall we continue?

You are not on the right. But you do align with the Southern Democrats quite well.

Quote (SunnyvaleTrailerPark @ Nov 21 2021 07:39pm)

Who would have thought? Always shocking when someone non-white commit a crime in white people land /s

Quote (thundercock @ Nov 24 2021 05:06am)

I understand perfectly well what RINO means. It means "Republican in name only." I'll give you another list of elected officials who support my position: Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, Joni Ernst, Rand Paul, and Roy Blunt. I can literally do this all night because the MAJORITY of elected Republicans support my position. You might not like it, the people might not like it, but they keep voting for them because they are a bunch of suckers who only care about abortion and other culture war issues. You see, the problem with you is that you just don't shut the fuck up even when you're wrong.

If you think Republicans are the party of the working class, then it shows that their messaging is VERY effective. Like I said, PLEASE continue voting Republican. I love it when Republican policies are passed because it benefits me tremendously. If you want to call me left, go right on ahead. Just keep voting Republican and everything will be great for me :)

Quote (excellence @ Nov 24 2021 07:47am)

not surprised this thread derailed into a convo about nothing since the media and lefties will suppress this case as much as possible. right after inflaming the other case in wisconsin about 5 mins ago

Quote (IgoSoHard @ Nov 24 2021 09:06am)

Yep. It’s telling the usual suspects are largely ignoring / minimizing this, when the same users were foaming at the mouth when this same thing happened on a smaller scale in Charlottesville,

Quote (SanduLungu @ Nov 24 2021 09:42am)

what can we do to stop black mass murderers, black serial killers and black terrorists?

Quote (lolkggz @ Nov 24 2021 10:43am)

Encourage them to get on the bus and finish highschool