Play this out.

A clerk can refuse a gun license if guns are against the person's ""sincerely held religious beliefs"

A public-school teacher can refuse to teach black children if teaching them runs counter to their "sincerely held religious beliefs"

A pharmacist can refuse to sell you condoms if selling them is against their "sincerely held religious beliefs"

A judge can refuse to marry interracial couples of doing so goes against their "sincerely held religious beliefs"

A police officer can ignore a domestic violence victim's claims if they happen to believe a man can physically abuse their spouse due to "sincerely held religious beliefs"

These are public officials who are permitted to refuse to enforce laws if those laws run counter to their beliefs.

This is outrageous.

Food for thought...no pun intended.
We want food prices to come down but there's no chance in hell grocery stores will do that unless they're forced to.
Now...there will be fewer dollars and fewer customers if SNAP benefits don't go out.
Will stores lower their prices a little, on some items, competing for fewer available dollars?
Something to ponder...

#67 | Posted by BillJohnson

Wow, the republican mindset on fully display.

Let's starve a bunch of children so the prices go down.

Win-win

except for the starving children

Magat scum suck

Just a reminder

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

I don't care if the government ever opens again. None of this has caused me an iota of discomfort.

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds

But you're not a self=centered -----, right?

Shut the government down until Trump is impeached and removed from office. Then immediate deal.

Shut the government down until Trump is impeached and removed from office. then an immediate budget deal. Could have it all wrapped up by mid next week.

Simple solution. Impeach and remove Trump and budget deal immediately follows

Bill is one of those hateful bigots on this site. He cares about gay people, cause he is a gay person. He hates trans people because trans people allegedly threaten gay rights.

How many posts before the word "biden" appears in this thread?

I love how lefties constantly fall for his trolling.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger a

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

It makes sense now.

Republican humor: Isn't it hilarious how my offensive behavior triggers libs?

I love how lefties constantly fall for his trolling.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger a

Should the president of the united states post a video of him -------- on Americans?

Election interference

Really? Some of y'all are actually stumped on why our military being paid by private citizens is a bad idea? You need to be told why private money funding our military is a dangerous proposition?
You're joking, right?

#16 | Posted by jpw

They're not joking they are among the morally bankrupt magat scum that have taken over our country.

#10
Yeah. I'm a bit confused as well.
I told some of the military dudes I work with that I can probably cover them if they don't get a paycheck. I know I didn't have a lot of money when I was a Major.

#11 | Posted by madbomber

So, which are you willfully stupid or evil?

Let's start with the fact that it is illegal.

Let's move on to the president bypassing congress to spend money.

Let's continue on to the obvious blatant corruption involved with this.

Simply put this is not a way a democracy operates. This is the way an oligarchy and/or king operates.

If you weren't stupid or evil this would be obvious to you.

's a nice gesture, but it probably would have been better to divert the money to USAA. In the past USAA has covered members paychecks during government shut-downs. This time, they are not.

#7 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER AT

To hold this position one must willfully stupid or evil

Just sayin

Truth hurts

This is the world we live in where superstitious people look down their noses at women living free who think they should be made slaves because they don't respect themselves, all without being able to express a coherent justification.

This bill, is why I hold you and magat scum in such contempt.

this is just an example of the poor thought processes that gave us trump and all the destruction he is wreaking. Your ignorant, superstitious, muddled opinions are literally tearing out country part.

Lamp,
I've already agreed abortion is a choice women should be allowed to make. It's up to her to live with herself.
But it's her choice.
My point is simply the never ending downhill trajectory humanity is on.
The world is all about control, power, control of wealth and thus control of everything else.
Socially, humans are becoming shameless and without conscience.
And that's progress?

#158 | Posted by BillJohnson

More people live in safety and security out of poverty in the history of the world

Most of the problems you see come from 1. theist extremists, 2. hoarding of wealth and 3. fight over limited resources.

Decidedly NOT women having control over their choices

You might have noticed that the majority of stable successful countries have strong women's rights

Truth,
People just rationalize their actions.
That's all this is.

#159 | Posted by BillJohnson

You think this is a point? You think this is profound in ANY way?

This is a nothing statement

You justify EVERYTHING you do

I justify EVERYTHING I do

When are you going to get to the point of saying why that is wrong?

Why is it ANY of your business what a woman does with her body?

Lamp,
"So a man can force a woman to do something that the woman may not want to do?"
How is that any different from a woman deciding a baby doesn't get to live?

#155 | Posted by BillJohnson a

A woman cannot decide a baby doesn't get to live without thus committing murder

When you have to lie to make a point, you lost

You're right, society is rotting and decaying, it started with Reagan and the cult of wealth, started growing with Gingrich and his contract on America and the birth of right wing propaganda swamp, grew strong with W and his wars of aggression finding it's final boss in the hateful leader YOU support who has declared war on half the country.

The one through line is that none of these scum right wing criminals were ever held accountable.

Truth,
"We're not talking the sanctity of life"
There lies the problem.
Society rot and decay.
#152 | Posted by BillJohnson

You have not made one single argument about the sanctity of life.

The essence of your entire posting history on this thread is controlling women because they don't respect themselves to the point you advocate enslaving them.

I, for one, find that NOT sanctifying life.

My point now is that most abortions are simply due to people not respecting the life that was started or themselves.

This is the height of hubris to project onto women that they don't respect life that was started or themselves by making a choice.

Theists and hubris go hand in hand

You have yet to provide a cogent theory as to how any of that is your business

Truth,
I already said I didn't support overturning Rowe v Wade.
My point now is that most abortions are simply due to people not respecting the life that was started or themselves.
It's a bigger issue than just abortion.
It's society tanking and going to the gutter.

#148 | Posted by BillJohnson

You voted for the monster that made that possible, so, umm, --

Society is tanking and going into the gutter because of theists control of ---- hole states, just look at the healthier, wealthier, happier states-they are blue