-eliminating my rights along with the migrants.

way to victimize yourself, Zed.

-I've always doubted it was really a problems with the country.

yet how many people were saying they wanted something done about illegal immigration.......of course I'm talking about before Trump has deployed ICE in the manner he started recently.

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It's a parallel to the fact that these same people give a very harsh rating of congress, but then are like 90% likely to vote to re-elect their own congressman.

People believe illegal immigration is real problem in this country........except not right where they live.

show was a little long....but Superbowl halftime shows are always too long for me.

It was good. The grass had to hide the show in part.....unless you were watching the monitor.

-'Nobody thought something like this could happen here.' Wilder felt far enough off the beaten path that residents assumed the aggressive immigration crackdowns they'd been hearing about were a big-city problem.

Crazy as that sounds, you can understand where they are coming from. they believed Trump wouldn't send ICE into rural Idaho towns even though they knew they had illegals working there.

-When your relatives verbally threatened black children trying to attend the same school as you?

My relatives didn't do that......but damn sure would have if they were faced with it.

-Could an employee be fired for this?

The employee group at my company is probably 90% republican. Including 100% of the senior management and our entire board of directors.

100% chance you're getting fired for this.

Makes me sick. I don't care how anybody from the Trump administration tries to spin this.......it's Trump's account, correct? There is no controversy surrounding that, is there?

Interesting article on how State Governments restrict local authority.

-If I'm reading it right, the State legislature is in effect restricting local governments from going further than what the State currently does in the way of anti-discrimination laws.

The argument is that these often times are "weaponized against different businesses and people." but I don't see a good example of that. That might help in defending the passing of this law.

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Yes it was. And my point still stands.

"BTW I feel the same about the disturbing number of extended family and friends/acquaintances from my hometown who work for various government agencies (DHS, NYSP, NYDOC, IRS and a few others) who are also against government programs/assistance for poor people (even though many of them ate regularly as children because they received assistance) and rail against government employees as incompetent, unnecessary yada yada yada."

LOL....I sat on our local chamber board for a term about 8-10 years ago.

On the board with me was the local community college president.

When we were discussing what projects to approve the funding for he opines once, "Well, I'm really a Libertarian". Everyone else just kept talking.....but I stopped everyone and asked him if I heard him correctly. "Did you just refer to yourself as a Libertarian? A community college president? Have you even read on the principles of a libertarian? Because I'm pretty sure there is zero chance you're one."

He didn't say anything the rest of the meeting. Pretty awkward.

"a white guy"

So, he's lying about being Asian so you'll insult his heritage?

I actually think insulting his heritage is fair game if that's true.

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So, they're ------- as well. Got it.

This place has homosexuals, blacks, asians, hispanic, females, Jews, Persians, and transgenders.

Maybe a Muslim? I don't know really.

But I don't label those folks with those terms when I can't get anywhere with them on an issue.

Some of you can't help yourselves. IOW, it's very much in play.

Calling Boaz a DEI hire (which is calling him a ------) is in bounds......but any negative reference to Laura's journey and challenges is out of bounds.

And then you defend that behavior.

Well....okay then.

-That is, unless the definition of liberal is to be ok with people getting assistance or receiving taxpayer dollars through programs

republicans at the State and Federal level vote in favor of funding for SS, medicare, medicaid, SNAP, school lunches, etc.....it's usually not about support for such programs but rather at what levels.

So your broad definition of liberal is hard not to apply to almost anyone.

-When you take and take and take but pi&& and moan about any giving back you will inevitably be called a mooch, mooch.

You're describing a hypocrite.

All public employees are required to be liberal? Otherwise, they are a "mooch"?

-The guy is a white, middle aged Trump supporter. What exactly is it that he gets the rest don't?

my point is that he's been called just about everything you can short of calling him a -----.

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You can hear those folks screaming into their monitor at Boaz and Oneiron and what names they are calling them.

-Actually, of all the posters here, you are the foremost one more interested in personalities rather than the actual debate.

Not even remotely true. Yes, I'm guilty of that but you're clearly blind to seeing that in others.

-You actually went to sleep, came back today, and posted this crybaby tirade?

Basically.....yes.

-Little quibbles between posters here don't amount to much compared to that, ya think?

People can decide for themselves how important "little quibbles" are.

Look at A Friend for a great illustration.

It's everything to him.

-He's always seem like a nice person

You're an idiot. He's nice to you and that's all that matters.

He's nice to me as well......but I can see how obsessed he gets with posters here.

It's creepy.

But you pretend not to see it........don't want to interrupt your stories....

-What responsibility do parents have to help teach their kids to read and write?

legal or moral?

they have a 100% moral obligation to do everything they can including sacrificing any and all discretionary spending in favor of providing the best education.

That's a big part of what's missing. Parental buy in to a private education. Many think education should be free. Period. Not better....not worse.....just free.

I always read the only reason why the Democratic party opposes school choice and vouchers is because they only care about the teachers union.

I think it's more than that. I worry if we ever get to a point where everyone can receive a path out of a public school.....then we'll end up with some really bad public schools.

But.....there are only so many seats in a private school. And vouchers won't fundamentally change that.

private education will just get more expensive and folks will stay where they are.

Lemme guess.....a bunch of non parents are going to pontificate about how actual parents manage their kid's education.

Let me peruse the thread and see what I find............