Re 166

The bullying of THE Capitol OR of Capital.

No one likes bullies except wannabe bullies.

(Bullies-in-waiting)

Bullies do not believe in YOUR liberty. Only their own.

Re 152

Dan's the Man!

Sadly it will be to no avail. No offense to either of you for trying.

Bill is a lost soul and no amount of reality will dissuade him from his delusions.

His attempts to rewrite the facts and the truths of history to ease the storms in his "soul" will come to naught.

A believer believes what he wants to believe no matter what Life or History teaches them. Many have gone to their graves that way. I suspect BJ will just be another lost soul who thinks he knows stuff and will go to his grave with a smug look on his face when he really knows nothing of the Nothing. Until he enters the "Nothing".

Another Life full of sound and fury signifying nothing (about nothing).

If parents chose to raise their children in the Christian faith - or any other faith - that's their business. I keep my nose out of it and you should too.

#27 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

BS. Easy to say much harder to do. Especially when you have no respect for the law or the Constitution or the rights of others. That's how these "commandments" ended up in the public schools in the first place. Religion. And. People like you. Even though they knew it was against the law and the intent of the law. They did it anyway.

You want the governments nose to be in everyone's business right now. Thats how you draw out the liberal minded so you can target them.

Everyone who does NOT agree with the King is to be traumatized.

Heck of religion you got there. Look at you claiming you want to stay out of other folks business! lol That some funny shat right there.

How's that mass deportation and "DEI Purge" coming along? Violated enough civil rights yet? Traumatized enough public servants yet? Got yer fill of cruelty and the suffering of others yet?

GFY with your "religion" and your lies.

Canada and America are insane.

#17 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Possibly.

They allow Chinese Communist Spies to spew their lies and commie nonsense for free all over the internets without any apparent repercussions don't they our little Commie Spy?

If a disease was eliminated how could it get introduced into our country once again?

You ignant maga maroon types let back it in to grab a foothold. Just like you let the Demon Trumpy into the Oval Office.

You gave it permission.

Maga maroons created the conditions that opened the door for the disease to re-enter by promoting anti-vaxxers and their nonsense into positions of power

Therefore, YOU gave it permission.

The real question is how can someone be so stupid as to not understand this.

Re 36

Ok. Only on mondays now but his crew skewers them the rest of the week.

#3 TDS = Trump Devoted Sycophant

TDS = The Daily Show.

Where Jon Stewart skewers Trumpy and his maga maroons daily.

"But, if I lived in that type of country, I would have a weapon on me AT ALL TIMES. At least a .45 or bigger rifle."

Learning to live with grizzlies is hard werk!

I'd rather not thank you. That's why god invented uhauls.

U hauls yo arse outa there as quick as you can.

Its wild to me that Lumpers just can't admit that the founders were heavily influenced by judeo-christian principles.

#58 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Thank you for your input Commie Spy. I will file it appropriately.

Of course the Abrahamic religions "influenced" the founders. They still "influence" us today. It "influenced " everyone of that era whether they liked it or not. Especially the Natives wherever they were encountered and enslaved.

It influenced the founders to separate that influence from the business of governance. That being part of the great experiment we are still engaged in today.

First off, the Iroquois influence (centuries-old democracy before colonists arrived), as suggested Ken Burns, was invented from a unattributed line from a John Rutledge biography from the 1960. It has been debunked by academics and historians.

Blah blah blah ...
GFY with your commie lies.

In 1988, the U.S. Senate passed a concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 76) officially acknowledging the "contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the United States Constitution and to reaffirm the continuing government-to-government relationship between Indian tribes and the United States".

Historical documents show the Founders' interest. For instance, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a 1787 letter that Native American societies, "which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under European governments," indicating a view of Indigenous societies as a positive comparison to European models. John Adams included descriptions of Iroquois and other Indigenous governments in a handbook he wrote for the Constitutional Convention.

Seriously. GFY with your commie lies.

The Democrat party hates to be reminded that they are evil.

#17 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

But not Republicans. They really Really REALLY enjoy being evil.

Suffering and cruelty are the point. Apparently.

But no worries! It's for your own good. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

And remember ... ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL.

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I would think the private schools taught it the same way.

#39 | POSTED BY EBERLY

That's what they teach today. Hopefully.

It's not what they used to teach.

But they were taught it on purpose.

#34 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Just watched The American Revolution, by Ken Burns.

I semi agree!

Yours came right out of your head tho ... AI did most of my work.

"On a continent without laws."

Native Americans... didn't have laws?
#29 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

The US Constitution was influenced by Native American governance, particularly the Iroquois Confederacy's Great Law of Peace, in its concepts of federalism, checks and balances, and a representative democracy. This influence is evident in the division of powers, the balance between individual states and a central government, and principles like free speech.

Federalism: The Iroquois Confederacy's system of uniting several nations under one confederacy served as a model for the union of the original Thirteen Colonies into a single republic.

Bicameral system: The structure of the Iroquois Grand Council, where chiefs are divided into two groups ("Elder Brothers" and "Younger Brothers"), is seen as a parallel to the US bicameral Congress.

Representative democracy: The Iroquois system included a representative body for decision-making, which influenced the idea of delegates representing their people at a national level.

"Potentially divisive"?

Go ahead.

Wear one in front of me and find out.

Semper Fi

Oh Canada!

Nowhere did I say I was for any of that, I simply pointed out what it was meant to do.

They "planned" on wasting taxpayer dollars on a foolish unconstitutional ploy they knew would be struck down in the courts?

You clearly said it was worth the investment (politically speaking) .

It looks like a terrible investment of time and money.

No, I'm not FROM Texas, but I do reside in Texas.

#8 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDSm

So you ARE from Texas. Explains a lot.

OK fine. So don't let me put the words you spoke in your mouth.

Speak for yourself then.

Do YOU agree with the state? Is it ok to post the ten commandments in a publicly funded school? Is allowing schools to violate the U.S. Constitution ok with YOU?

Your supposed concern with the Bible is nonsense.

Get off your fake phony concern for Biblical scripture.

#32 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

Thank you Fake Plastic Christian.

Your Fake Plastic opinion has been duly noted and filed appropriately. In the circular file.

This is clever.

#5 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Like it was "clever" to suddenly start an Epstein investigation after years of saying there is no need for an Epstein investigation because there is no there there.

This is short sighted and stupid and will do nothing but increase the distrust of the People in our government.

The United States is not a failing dicatatorship, no way.

I think we could be a very successful dictatorship.

Our ability to violate the privacy of Americans is easily equal to China or Russia and our standing army could be the best masked and well equipped jack booted thugs anywhere on the planet.

No takers on #57 and 59? "Hurry change the subject"

Says the guy trying to change the subject.

The subject of THIS thread is The Trump Era Is One of GOP Decline

Not "What about past democrats?!"

Start your own thread or try and keep up.

Re 6

If I may ...

Loose lips sink ships, loose wires topple spires! (60 chars)

"It's publicity and it's worth the investment, politically speaking.
It's sad you didn't know this.

#6 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Publicly declaring (for political purposes) that you are FOR trying to pass clearly unconstitutional laws is a poor investment of taxpayer dollars for your citizens.

Sad that you do not know this. Are you from Texas? That could explain a lot.

tucked behind a paywall?

#61 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

And here it is for free.