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  • Birthday 08/26/1968

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    01/15/1970
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  1. Makes me want to vomit. New ownership, same stupid decisions. Another Jerry Jones agent sent to wreak havoc and keep our team down from within. Norv, Alvin Harper, Deion, Scott Turner, it never ends well bringing cowboy retreads into DC. Prepare for several more years of mediocrity. Now I'm sure they'll add icing to the cake by drafting the head case qb from USC. I'm just glad I'm not as emotionally invested in this team, or the NFL in general as I was when I was younger. Sundays on the golf course are beautiful in the fall......
  2. I'll give you one guess which side of the aisle makes that possible. They all do. The lobbyists spread it around without discrimination as to red or blue.
  3. I appreciate all of you who have engaged my posts as well. I've been a site member for a long time but don't post all that much. I know I have opposing views to 90% of the posters here so I fully expected to be attacked, ridiculed, etc.... It was a breath of fresh air to have healthy conversations so again, thank you! I have a little more hope for our country than I did this time yesterday! 😁
  4. See, we do have common ground on most of these points. Comprehensive immigration reform for sure. I'm torn on DACA because they did come here illegally but with some framework around it, I think it's workable. Definitely go after companies that hire illegals. Student loans - I agree with all you said and I have no idea how to fix it either. I am fortunate that I had the foresight to sign my twins up for the Florida Prepaid program when they were two months old. I paid around $250 a month for 18 years and they both have their tuition and two years of housing fully paid for. I'm big on personal responsibility so this is one of the reasons I'm against student loan forgiveness. In general, we are so self indulgent as a society that we don't plan for the future and want someone else to bail us out when we get in over our heads. Healthcare - Again I tend to agree. The independent local family doctors office has all but ceased to exist. They are all selling out to the conglomerates to leverage their power. It's almost like de facto unions. Small businesses - Here I still disagree. One example off the top of my head is the self employment tax. Why impose an additional 15% on top of a self employed individuals income tax? I know I can file LLC, S-Corp, etc... but that has it's own tax structure as well. Ridiculous $15+ minimum wages is another "soft tax". It actually de-incentivizes hiring and puts the load back on the business owner. Minimum wage was never meant to be a full time career wage. For example, if I want to open a mom and pop coffee shop in a small town, I would want to hire local kids to work the counter. It gives them something to constructive to do and puts a little money in their pocket. If I have to pay $15 an hour, I can only hire one when I could have hired two at $8 an hour. Or, I have to raise my prices which then runs the risk of running customers off. Not that there aren't plenty of poor business plans out there but the government doesn't make it any easier.
  5. It's not racism to want people to emigrate legally. I have to have a passport to travel to any other country in the world and expect the same for anyone who comes to visit us. If I want to move to any other country and become a citizen, I have to go through a process, and in many cases, prove what contributions I can make to their society. That's not racist, it just makes sense. Student loans: Our higher ed system is broken and needs to be fixed. At the end of the day, it doesn't cost $25K-$100K a year to provide an education at a public university, or even a private one for that matter. But as far as loans go, it's a loan that you agreed to pay back. Why should that be "forgiven"? Nobody forgives my car loan or my mortgage? When they address the education costs and predatory lending practices, then we can talk about "forgiving" some of those loans. Obamacare: Oh, I remember. I work in health insurance so I live it every day. Obamacare took a broken system and broke it further. Don't get me wrong, I feel good when I talk to someone and I am able to help them get health insurance for $0 or $50 or $100 a month and I am able to help a lot of folks that way. What I don't like about it is that it is driving costs up for those that don't qualify for the subsidies. It doesn't cost the hospital and doctor $30,000 to remove a benign tumor from a patient's neck yet here they are charging it. That's a real life scenario of one of my clients. Last but not least, Corporate America. I don't know if that's necessarily the American Dream or not. Maybe for some. Mine is being able to run my own business without being taxed into oblivion. It is virtually impossible for a small business to survive and thrive these days due to taxation and over-regulation so how do we encourage and help the little guy from that standpoint? I think there's probably a lot of common sense solutions we could (mostly) agree on but it seems like extremists on both sides are tearing us further and further apart.
  6. I think that if I'm the father that I should have some say, especially if we are in a relationship. That's a whole other conversation. And again, at some point, whether that's 15 or 20 weeks or whatever that number is, it's not just about the woman's body, but also about that whole other body that's growing inside her. I don't expect to change your mind but I do appreciate and thank you for your insight and civil discourse.
  7. I do not for one second believe that racism is gone. There's plenty of it and it's reprehensible. I just don't see the racism boogeyman behind every corner, every policy and every statement that people make. And that was my original point that started this whole conversation, is that when that's the first place you go, that it waters down and makes it more difficult to recognize and root out the things that are truly racist. And for the record, I don't like Obama because he always came off smug to me. Kind of like Tom Brady. lol I don't see how anyone on either side can still be on the side of big pharma. It's absolutely ****ing criminal what they do.
  8. I'm sorry, I should have clarified. I absolutely do not agree with 100% abortion bans. All the things you mentioned; rape, incest, life or death situations. Those should never, ever be included in any kind of ban and you're right, it is despicable and draconian to force those women to continue their pregnancy. I'm a little more undecided on genetic defects such as downs, but I tend to lean more towards that child deserves to live. I'm talking more about the everyday "surprise" pregnancy. In those cases, I think at some point the mother has to decide and after a certain point that baby has developed enough that it is cruel to end its life.
  9. The the hardcore right wing Christian faction is without a doubt extreme and many of their views are reprehensible. But when you say things like subjugation and subservient category of subhuman, that sounds a bit extreme as well. There are more women entrepeneurs and CEOs than ever before and that number continues to grow, as it should. There is still plenty of work to be done for sure and I back it 100%. I still have not seen or heard anyone speak of taking away womens voting rights but I will be sure to do more research on the subject. I mentioned common ground on abortion. You mentioned bodily autonomy which is a term I hear a lot. Many(not all) of the recent proposals I've seen on abortion bans seem to be set at 15-16 weeks. I'm interested in your opinion on this, is 3 1/2 months not enough time to decide if you are ready to be a parent? If not, what would you say the appropriate timeframe is? At that point, and with every day and week goes by, it's not just your bodily autonomy in the equation as there is literally another life growing inside you. I'm not trying to be combative, I just truly want to know your view on this. You're one of the long time respected members here so I value your insight. 🙂
  10. It's a fair question. In the halls of Congress I don't think it's anywhere in the same hemisphere as to what the left side of the aisle would have us believe. Yes, there are the MTGs and Boeberts and a handful of others who are straight up bigots and awful human beings. But for the most part, I think Republican lawmakers want everyone to have an equal opportunity to succeed. They want everyone to be able to achieve the original American dream. Work hard, raise a family, live a comfortable life, and have the ability to go as far as your ambition and work ethic will take you. I certainly don't believe that the "system" is inherently racist and set up to keep women and minorities down. We definitely have work to do on salary equality and things like that but there is more open opportunity now than there ever has been. We just need to continue to make forward progress. One more thing on that; for every MTG and Boebert, there is a Sheila Jackson, Maxine Waters, Tlaib, and Omar. I have other thoughts on racism in the democratic party but you asked about the GOP. Now the GOP base, I think there is significantly more there, especially at the lower end of the economic scale, and it's ignorance that's been handed down from generation to generation and shows no sign of letting up. I wouldn't even know where to put a number on that faction as that's where the spotlight is so the perception is magnified. 10%, 20% of the overall base? I don't know. Those people see their station in life as the fault of people that don't look like them, like in the South Park "took our jobs!" episodes. They are perpetual victims whose station in life is always someone else's fault and not a reflection of their own actions. Which ironically, in my view, fits better with the ideology of the democratic party. Obviously there's way more nuance than can be discussed in an internet forum but that's my high level view.
  11. I admit I said it from the point of view of an outsider looking in at what appears to be a deep red state. I am not familiar with the Beshear family; I will make a point of educating myself further.
  12. I'm certainly not naive enough to think that there is no racism left in our country. And I will be the one to call it out when I see it. So yeah, my concern is that "calling it out" every time someone disagrees with your point of view is the equivalent of the boy who cried wolf. It minimizes the significance of the word and desensitizes us to those who see and call out racism when and where it truly exists. My issue is with categorizing a whole group, or in this case a political party as racist/sexist/whatever just because they disagree with your views. Especially when you then(not you personally) turn around and call African American candidates "Uncle Tim" or a "house n-word" or a mouthpiece for white supremacists, and the list goes on. I mean, how racist is that? I don't mean this to be a "good people on both sides" moment but there are plenty of bad ones on both sides. So circling back, my initial post was a comment on abortion being the number one issue over all else so I felt a drive by reply screaming racism was unnecessary. I hope I was able to answer your question.
  13. As someone who had fertility challenges, I'm not a fan of abortion but I feel there can be common ground. I'm not here for that debate though. What do you mean by repealing women's voting rights? That's not something I've heard. Can you enlighten me on that? I'm truly curious. Thank you.
  14. Only two replies to play the racist card. Congratulations. Thank you for making a reasonable and well thought out reply. I may not agree 100% but I can appreciate your point and perception.
  15. I just don't understand how poor the republicans are at getting their message out and getting people to the polls. Kentucky should have been a slam dunk. I also find it hard to believe that abortion is the hill that everyone on both sides is willing to die on(no pun intended). With the state of the economy, being drawn into two wars, and the mess at the border, the democrats have been very effective at making abortion the number one issue. Or conversely, the republicans have been completely inept at making the other issues the priority. Totally mind boggling to me.
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