"POLITICO's past reporting showed that in this term Trump had approved just 23 percent of disaster requests from states whose governor and two senators are Democrats, compared to approving 89 percent of requests from states with Republicans in those positions."

That's pretty obvious.

-expected a little more out of you Eberly.

like what?

and why?

Is it possible those other applications for aid were denied for a similar reason?

I'm simply adding more local context for the denial in Kansas.

does the attached article mention that aid to red states were denied or just that applications from blue states were denied? Perhaps aid to other red states were also denied for similar reasons.

I wasn't declaring him a futurist or anything....more that he's perceived as one. Most people don't have a clue what he's actually done.

I won't disagree with that.

Clearly, it's an ego thing with guys like that. They're perceived to be ahead of everybody else bleeding edge fore sight and knowledge.

I read a book that was largely quoting Richard Branson on Bold predictions. Not sure any of them are proving to be true.

But people sure like to buy the book and read it

Guys like Musk play the role of a futurist because they have a proven track record of being ahead of the technology curve.

So they can make such bold predictions.

I try not to lose too much sleep over it.

Those folks here who frequently say things like "well, I'm upset about this because I care about what kind of world we are leaving for our kids" on subject like the deficit or the environment.

Well, those folks who say that........how much does THIS scare you?

Oh, and the overwhelming point I made was that you still attempt the moral guilty trip on people.

everyone can see you do it. Every day.

108

You lied in almost every sentence.

You don't know the moral argument to work.

You haven't stopped trying to reason with them.

Yes, you mock...agreed there.

I didn't say you don't move...I said those folks can't move you. It's possible you might move but my point is that you won't move an inch over an attempted moral guilty trip.

And I do know all I need to know about simpletons like yourself. Not everyone and certainly not everything about everyone.

Yes...you lied in almost every single sentence.

-You can't be that naive to think attempting a moral guilt trip (which you can't prove) is going to make people change their minds.

Let me tell you what's totally crazy about that.

Speakstupid knows it's impossible for anyone, much less a right leaning person, to move him a single inch on any issue. His mind couldn't be changed over any kind of "moral guilt trip" no matter how wrong he might be.

And yet he peddles his own version of a moral guilt trip thread to thread day after day as though it would have a 1 in a million chance of working on a single MAGA or anyone else here.

#209 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-08 12:43 PM | Reply | Flag: not remotely worried. just pretending to be

Like Donner said, glass half full or empty kind of thing.

My hometown. Growing up late 70s and 80s.

Facts of life during that time....

I could utter word "ni$$er, ----, ------, -----, ----", etc. without even looking over my shoulder.

Minorities, ----sexuals, other challenged individuals.....completely and openly shunned and ridiculed.

Today? thousand and thousands of miles of progress. mixed race couples, ----sexuals living in the open, much better attention, empathy, help, resources, being provided to folks who need it. They were written off back when I was a kid. Not saying racism went away entirely but it's so much better today.

The grade school I attended was a falling down completely piece of ----. Run on a miniscule budget. Today? 100% better situation for kids. When I was a kid, I saw teachers, priests, nuns openly ridicule kids who couldn't read. today? We can diagnose dyslexia and help those kids and remove the horrible stigma they carried when I was a kid.

Drugs and alcohol addiction? misunderstood, undiagnosed......and went unaddressed. Today? Managed much much better.

Zero appreciation for environmental hazards and concerns when I was a kid. Farms and industry polluted like hell with zero concerns. today? 100% improved.

I could go on and on but I guess all that's nonsense to you. I grew up in a rough place I guess (even though I didn't know it) and my kids had it much much better. And their success shows it.