Nothing to do with MD/OC Register this morning

[Wabash]

Wabash is in the twilight zone. Due to repercussions of things like the CA gas tax, push for "green" energy, and too many more regulations than I can name, not to mention printing trillions of dollars (which, we were told, was not the cause of inflation), the middle and lower classes are the ones suffering. All implemented by....

The fact is it is left leaning policies that are leading to the bifurcation of the "classes" or "percentiles" so to speak.

Conservatives only care about debt when a Dem is president. 25% of the current debt was incurred while Trump was president. In only four years. Not one criticism from a prominent GOP leader.

The cause of inflation is more a factor of corporate greed. That is a certainty. There is nothing that requires a business to raise their prices.

Not to mention censorship on popular social media platforms. Antifa, BLM, and, most recent example, the riot in Georgia, are allowed to organize on these platforms. Meanwhile those expressing inconsequential views that lean to the right are subject to scrutiny. This is fact.... Jan 6th ya ya ya. Hold onto that for as long as you can

That is not a violation of anyone's rights. Tell everyone you do not understand the 1st Amendment without saying you do not understand the 1st Amendment.

[Wabash]

The FBI has a spotless track record dating back to Hoover. When the head is someone who is appointed, there will be an agenda, or, focus if you will. What specifically have these "most dangerous groups done". Please don't say Jan 6th again. If you do it shows you have nothing else.

The current FBI Director was appointed by Trump. You might be right this one time.

[John Q. Public]

I will take those failures over the legalized segregation that was in place prior to LBJ.

Different animals. Many of Johnson's policies actually made things worse. Much worse. They had the opposite effect from what was intended. And we're seeing the same kind of thinking from today's Progressives.

(Something here about learning from history)

[John Q. Public]

I moved the thread but left the "shadow topic" in place since I doubt some of the participants use the Active Topics search. I might remove it later.

[Rod sterling]

@ Wabash, legalized segregation is gone and it won't be coming back. Quit beating that dead horse. Unless, of course, it is one of the examples of "Black Only" dorms on certain college campuses...

Thanks John Q, I'm done anyways. I'd rather talk to my dog.

[Vilepagan]

I'll ask again.... What good have left wing policies and agendas done?

They've allowed black people to marry white people...any other silly questions?

[John Q. Public]

@Rod sterling, you've presented an excellent argument for reading more than one source of news because, without spending the afternoon going into detail, almost none of your statements have jibed with reality.

[templar83]

They've allowed black people to marry white people...any other silly questions?

Left wing policies and agendas accomplished this? Huh. How then does the 1967 Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia factor into the end of miscegenation I wonder. Hopefully not a silly question...

[John Q. Public]

The Court at the time was moderate leaning towards liberal. The Lovings were supported by and referred to the ACLU by Bobby Kennedy. The ruling was well-reasoned and just but it never would have happened if the Court had been Conservative.

[Wabash]

@ Wabash, legalized segregation is gone and it won't be coming back.

The Dobbs decision showed just how foolish that thinking is today. As a beneficiary of white privilege. You have the luxury of that mindset.

[Al Koholik]

Of course, Jan 6 is off-limits to those who minimize and dismiss it as a small gathering of patriots who got a bit out of hand or were infiltrated by ANTIFA in disguise and it was they who initiated the violence. Hundreds of criminal convictions, many resulting in long prison sentences is the REALITY of what it was. Violent mayhem in an attempt to overthrow an election. A third world act incited by the most divisive and unstable human (I use that word loosely) to occupy the Oval.
But alas, that ain’t “all I got”.
I’m not gonna do your homework for you, but the statistics on the violence perpetrated by White Supremacists and Extreme Right-Wing groups (pretty much one and the same) are staggering and undeniable.
What do they do? You ask… They grow. They prey. They brainwash. They foment hatred and fear. They commit exponentially more violent hate crimes than ANY other group. These are undeniable facts.
Thanks for the softball.

[Wabash]

Trump and 1/6 revealed that the group of "patriots" demanding unconditional support of law enforcement and the flag is nothing more than a performative exercise. Dozens of law enforcement personnel were hospitalized as a result rioters beating on the Capitol Police with flags of both.

They really only care about either issue when they can use it to "own the libs."

When it is something they support. They say nothing.

[Playthegame]

The cause of inflation is more a factor of corporate greed. That is a certainty. There is nothing that requires a business to raise their prices.

This statement explains everything...

[Wabash]

Please show us where it is required for a company to raise prices.

Your response did not prove me wrong.

[John Q. Public]

Worldwide inflation, Covid, recovery from Covid, working from home, changes in lifestyles, supply chain disruptions, raw material shortages, bird flu, increased natural gas and grain exports and on and on had nothing to do with it, I suppose.

Please show us where it is required for a company to raise prices.

You're kidding, right?

I'm with PTG on this one.

[Wabash]

That is only part of it....IMO.

The argument breaks down a bit when one looks at the profits enjoyed by those corporations.

The majority of consumer goods are now controlled by oligopolies. Meaning there is no penalty for increasing prices.

[Vilepagan]

How then does the 1967 Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia factor into the end of miscegenation I wonder.

I would imagine you do wonder. How do you suppose the SC came to their conclusion...in a vacuum, or was it after a many-year struggle for civil rights in this country? Do you imagine it was right-wing policies and ideas that brought about this landmark decision? Give it some thought.

[John Q. Public]

I don't think the decision, itself, was a left-right issue. White-Black marriages might have been a Liberal cause, but I think the decision was pretty neutral. Nobody but the most bigoted people batted an eye at mixed marriages involving other races but Blacks were still singled out. It seems like it was just a matter of the Court asking how that could make sense, especially after the Civil Right Act had been passed.

[John Q. Public]

Now, if you want some post-FDR lefty policies besides Civil Rights that have been popular, how about Medicare, Medicaid, urban and suburban renewal, business grants in depressed areas, aid to education, the wars on hunger and poverty (especially in rural areas, less so in urban areas), the 401k and Obamacare, which despite the heavy push against it has become pretty damn popular.

[John Q. Public]

Note on the above: Not all presidents have had great achievements domestically but might or might not have had accomplishments in foreign policy. See: both Bushes, Carter and Clinton. Reagan's work kind of goes without mentioning.