CardinalBacker

If you don't like it, you've got nobody to blame but Trump himself. He's the one that turned a R majority in the House, Senate, and Presidency into the Dems holding all of the cards. It took Obama 8 years to accomplish what Trump did in four, lol.

I know that you don't understand simple concepts, but the last time Obama ran (2012) there were 235,248,000 Americans of voting age. In 2020 there were 257,605,000 Americans of voting age. The fact that you keep getting hung up on vote totals comparing 2012 numbers to 2020 numbers as some "proof" of fraud is mind-blowing. But you never question the fact that Trump got 6 million more in 2020 than in 2016. Or are you saying that the fact that Trump got MORE votes with lower poll numbers proves that republicans were trying to steal the election? [Hidden Content] Go to college. Study business. In your last year or two you'll need two semesters of "statistics." If you pay attention you might stop asking stupid questions.

I think that the problem is this.... It's the old argument about having free speech, but you can't yell "fire" in a movie theater and then say, "well, I never TOLD anybody to trample anybody else." When you tell a group of people to "go down there and fight like they've never fought before or they won't have a country to fight for" and they do exactly that.... you've got a problem. But it's okay... I know that our opinions on the subject differ.

When a football coach tells his team to go out there and fight, it's just figurative speech. Just like when Buddy Stephens says to "get out there and shove that football up somebody's nose"... He really doesn't want them to try and insert said pigskin into anybody's nasal passage. But Buddy is doing his part to get them motivated to get out there and perform, hopefully winning a football game. And if a coach turns around and says, "shoot, I never expected those guys to actually go out there and PLAY football" after drawing up a game plan, scheduling a game, arranging bus transport, giving the pep talk and standing on the sidelines while the game goes on.... he'd be a liar. The game (in this case, riotous insurrection) would have never happened without the coach's personal involvement.

Well, for starters, I don’t recall Harris planning a big rally and publicly encouraging attendees to leave the rally and go fight... which is exactly what happened next. Secondly, last summer NOBODY encouraged their supporters to go halt the peaceful transfer of power that is the key to our democracy like Trump did. Those are two huge differences that you are incapable of recognizing.

I think that this impeachment is misguided politically... it serves no real purpose. I expect the Senate to fail to convict him, then we'll see both chambers push through some type of action under Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment that would prohibit him from ever running again. I saw today where Fulton County has opened an investigation into his phone call from 1/2/21.... I also wouldn't be very surprised to see Trump prosecuted criminally in DC for his actions on 1/6. I suspect that Chief Justice Roberts abstained from presiding because he knows that the SC will end up hearing arguments over constitutionality of a former president being impeached if a conviction occurs. The sad thing about it is that Trump has brought all of this down upon himself because of his actions between 1/2 and 1/6. He was so far out of line that it's not even funny. That phone call could legitimately land him in prison. I doubt it does, but he's going to spend a fortune defending his actions... which were wrong, btw.

You bring up a good point. I'm guilty of that myself. Racism is defined as the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another... and I honestly don't know many people of any shade who feel that way. My opinion is that racism is much, much less apparent now than in recent times.... but racial animosity is reaching levels that we haven't seen in a long time. Barriers people faced because of their skin color are just not what they were years ago. It's to the point that we have to try to find "implied" or "systemic" racism to point out because the good old fashioned variety is long gone. We point at rates of incarceration or lack of home ownership as somehow indicative of racism, when they are in fact much better indicators of criminal behavior and bad decision making. Both sides need to realize that they're being played against each other for political gain. And you're right... the rates of single parent households are going up on my side, too. That's probably what bugged me the most about the unrest over this past summer. So much of our nation rose up and demanded to do something about... but not about the real problem(s). It's not politically correct to talk about the senseless loss of 4-5000 young black lives each year, but we focus on the dozen or less annually that are killed by the hand of police and demand change. Our world is just mixed up. You have people that say the N-word all of the time, but feel as if others should be punished for saying it. It doesn't get any more hypocritical than that. If it's offensive, then it's offensive. Don't give me that "term of endearment" BS because every video of a black on black fight has that slur sprinkled throughout it-and their actions don't seem very endearing. If black people were bothered by that word, they'd stop saying it. Period. I refuse to pretend that the emperor has clothes.

I, too, have friends who have taught their kids that all whites are racist, even if they don't realize it. They use terms like "white privilege" to explain away their own failures as parents, ministers, teachers, leaders, and community voices. They also teach their kids that because bad things happened here decades ago, the entire country today is rotten and must be destroyed. They tell them that all of life's problems are the result of "racism" and "oppression," but never discuss personal accountability for one's own actions. That sort of indoctrination does not disappear in a generation or two. And sadly, that intention is not prevalent among the leftists in this country. Actually, history can be argued... things are open to interpretation and should be discussed, but the left thinks that their beliefs should be treated as history or as facts when they are nothing more opinions.

18 U.S. Code § 2102.Definitions (a) As used in this chapter, the term “riot” means a public disturbance involving (1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual or (2) a threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual. (b) As used in this chapter, the term “to incite a riot”, or “to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot”, includes, but is not limited to, urging or instigating other persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or written (1) advocacy of ideas or (2) expression of belief, not involving advocacy of any act or acts of violence or assertion of the rightness of, or the right to commit, any such act or acts. (Added Pub. L. 90–284, title I, § 104(a), Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 76.) That's pretty straight forward stuff. (a.) Was there a riot? Yes. (b.) Did Trump organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot? Ummmmm.... I do believe he organized his rally, encouraged his supporters to go down there and fight like hell, and claimed he'd be right there participating with them. It's kind of like this... Did he know how far his supporters would take things? No. But did he send them down there to raise hell? Absolutely. That's textbook incitement.... at least in my opinion.

That's the thing... it should be hashed out in a trial, but the evidence won't matter, it's going to go along party lines. Ds will vote to convict whether they believe he actually incited the riot, and Rs will vote to acquit regardless of the facts presented. I think if he's tried federally on criminal charges we might see some sort of clearer indication of where culpability lies. My OPINION is that his actions did lead to what eventually happened. Back in 2000 I felt the same way about the endless recounts-like they'd lead to bigger problems. I'd been saying for a couple of months that if Trump didn't let go of his assertions, people would die, and that's exactly what happened. The real question for me is whether or not the trio of Rudy, Jr, and the Don encouraged people to go down and do what was done. I lean more towards his words encouraged/excited... but that's just me.

I'm not so sure... The Ds tend to do a better job of falling in line than the Rs.

More importantly the 2nd.

[Hidden Content] “(D) as part of the psychological evaluation, the licensed psychologist interviewed any spouse of the individual, any former spouse of the individual, and at least 2 other persons who are a member of the family of, or an associate of, the individual to further determine the state of the mental, emotional, and relational stability of the individual in relation to firearms. That's pulled directly from the text of the bill, pal.

The left planned the attack that the right actually did. Makes sense. Got it.

To expound, you mentioned "separate but equal," and I assume you know what you're talking about. Those ideas were made illegal in 1964, and it affected those places where inequalities still existed. And you're exactly right.... in practically every instance, desegregation meant that black schools were shuttered and nicer facilities were made available to ALL. But I don't believe that some black kid in the 1940s getting a used football helmet and the fact that his great grandson dropped out of school and got face tattoos in 2021 is attributable to oppression and racism. ESPECIALLY when Port Arthur ISD has the highest per capita spending in the state of Texas as of a few years ago. Those old arguments just don't hold water anymore.

I agree with you that things were HORRIBLE 155 years ago. They didn't get a lot better after the Civil War, either. You had decent progress after '64, or so I've read. I know for a fact that things have gotten a lot better in the short 40 years that I can recall. I'd dare say that black people have more opportunities and benefits afforded to them than any other race here in America right now. If they do not choose to take advantage of those opportunities because they'd rather talk about the "old days," I really don't know how to respond... They'll NEVER advance as a group because of the victimhood mentality perpetrated by the left. Does systemic racism exist... possibly.... Maybe even probably. And it accounts for about 2% of the problems faced by the black community today. Focusing solely on "racism" and "oppression" won't solve a thing for the community, because the problems that AREN'T rooted in racism are still gonna be there. You mentioned Silsbee.... so I'll ask this. With all of your talk about "how blacks couldn't own property for 300 years," why are the historically black communities in Silsbee (and any other older city I can think of) littered with abandoned homes? Drive through Silsbee, West of 96, South of MLK and north of 327. It's some decent houses, a lot of falling down houses, and tons of old homeplaces. You can see the same thing on the other side of town, too. If racism prevented blacks from owning property as you suggest, then how did all of those black-owned properties end up abandoned? It's EVERYWHERE, and racism didn't cause them to fail to maintain their residences, pay their taxes, or bother to have properly executed wills probated. There are tons of problems faced by that community... but racism is the lazy answer.

If i'm not mistaken, it's a part of the federal firearms act that filed by Sheila Jackson Lee. That would make it a federal issue.

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Not just that, but they definitely want to talk to your ex-wife. "To acquire a license, gun owners would have be 21 years old, pass a background check, complete a training course, obtain insurance, and undergo a psychological evaluation. "Military-style" weapons would require an additional training course and license. The proposed psychological evaluation would have to be conducted by a licensed psychologist and require them to interview the spouse, former spouses, and least two other family members or associates of the person applying. Licenses would be automatically denied if the applicant had ever been hospitalized with a "mental illness, disturbance, or diagnosis," including depression, suicidal ideation, or addiction." [Hidden Content]

That "term of endearment" be flying all over the place. Still Whitey's fault, btw.

I'll give you a hint.... one of them prides itself on not being able to read, right, or speak the King's English because then they'd be "actin' white" .... but then cries because of their "educational gaps."

Lol.... Which country are you talking about? Because it's not the United States of America. Your spew about property ownership is an outright lie. "being denied the right to learn" did exist.... for SOME slaves prior to 1865. And it has nothing to do with a 21% dropout rate in Port Arthur right now... You're right... we ignore the past at our peril. But you refuse to admit that some of us in that community STILL don't value education but you point at "racism" as the reason for the lack of academic success. Trust me, there are people of all colors who don't get educated and never achieve their potential. It's just more prevalent in some communities.

But I'll bet you a dollar that every one of those tweets came from people who voted for Biden, lol.

How bad does one have to be to lose to Biden?

I don’t have a problem with that type of display. Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they came from, as well as being proud to be American. You should should be proud to be black, brown, white, Southern, Texan, Baptist, queer, or whatever. That’s my biggest problem with the BLM movement (besides the looting and violence)... it’s not about uplifting or recognizing black people or their attributes-its about “exposing” perceived slights and imagined insults. Its main focus is on vilifying white people. It’s so convenient to blame 4 or 5 generations of horrible personal decisions on someone else. If you make a decision to move into Section 8 housing because it’s free or mostly free, then your kids do the same, then their kids do... it’s kinda silly to point out a lack of home ownership as proof of systemic racism. There are thousands of abandoned homes in urban areas that were left because their former occupants would rather live for free in government housing... because that doesn’t require any personal investment of time or money. It must be nice to just ignore violent crime statistics and just point at rates of incarceration as “proof” of racism in the criminal justice system.