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She Ain’t at Work Today? Quick Get Something Done Before She Gets Back!
Nancy Pelosi took a day off Wednesday to posture, hopefully things got done while she was away. VDH effectively positioned himself as the conservative Prof. GOAT. How in the hell did Governor Geriatric Brown not complete the reservoirs in California and collect some of this runoff water? Droughts are a real and solvable problem. Flesh and blood people!
Trump is a necessary reset regardless of what you think. Rahm Emanuel is not a stupid man by any stretch. His recent talk at Stanford included the phrase “life is trade-offs” his words not mine. He espouses some fundamental government tenants that all of us Ricochet folk would respect. Problem is, he doesn’t practice what he preaches. He’s resting on extending the school day laurels, which I will admit was winning the 2014 NBA Championship … but it’s 2017. For innocent citizens like many of us are, getting shot is not fun. I’m speaking from experience on this one.
Immigration is a white people problem. I don’t believe this, but unfortunately lots of folks do. Chicago has long had a laissez faire approach toward illegal immigration. Fine by me until I asked if some of these occupied unskilled labor jobs could be occupied by the some 50 percent of young unemployed Black men that only have unskilled labor to provide.
I regret outing myself as a Trump voter everyday, mostly because it alienates me from lots of women my own age. “Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” I’m still a liberaltarian and a registered Democrat in the three states where I’m registered to vote. Sacrifices have to be made though and I got six years by my estimation before girls really have to matter in my life.
I’m really against infrastructure spending for obvious reasons but I’ll be damned if that doesn’t have to be challenged. Are those reservoirs not infrastructure? Spending money on things that would legitimately improve quality of life, like maybe an extra lane on a highway might deserve a few dollars.
If that’s the infrastructure Trump is talking about then his overall Madden player rating goes from like a 69 to 78. He’s still getting knocked for his views on NAFTA and tweeting too damn much but he’s got potential considering he’s the only QB we got.
Tom “pick your own” Cotton is the hero the city deserves but not the one it needs right now.
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I really liked that VDH article, there’s a thread on Main Page about it.
Curious, you made that obvious connection of the unskilled labor to the African American community (all those young men and the high unemployment rate). Are those discussions/connections happening on a wider level in your community? I realize the MSM won’t report on it, even if widespread. but how wide spread is that observation. I’m really surprised that the Democrat coalition hasn’t cracked over that issue?
Sorry, got interrupted and wasn’t able to finish.
As for this whole ‘infrastructure’ spending initiative, Infrastructure is an ongoing public works function for which local, state & federal operating and capital budgets should already have been established and taxes and bonding (financing streams) in place – if this has been getting done, there shouldn’t be need for high profile initiatives like Obama’s or Trump’s.
Not saying that airports, harbors, roads & bridges aren’t important (or even a function of government for the Libertarians out there) – just that these costs, for the most part (excluding new works) should be baked in the cake. No need for all these big splashy initiatives.
It’s way too much work to be a liberal, always trying to keep track when one of your causes collides with another. Or collides with reality.
@wicon On a wider level not so much, there are a lot of conversations around jobs though. There usually a pretty good starting point but they never get far beyond trying to entice the government and private enterprise to a lesser extent to provide jobs. I personally see it as overly simplistic and at times quite bogged down by partisanship. Definitely a lack of economic reality but that seems to be in short supply just about everywhere these days. I talk about it with my dad (fairly leftist) some times but choice is where we agree most, I can’t really say in all honesty there is the social structure necessary to incentivize a great many of those unemployed to want a job and preparing them for some form of skilled labor is also its own complex labyrinth of choice and partisanship.
I agree wholly with what you said about infrastructure spending at the core but I think with Trump I’m questioning the reality of the role of federal government vs the ideal. It’s still largely incentivize/disincentivze but say in the case of these cash strapped states that just refuse to do what is in the best interest of their citizens, should the fed not in some way at least offer medicine. With the left now the champion of states rights, I’m a bit perplexed on how ardent you and I must defend our stance since it doesn’t seem to consider stuck on stupid politicians.
This is friggin’ excellent. Your writing power is growing exponentially. I expect your next piece to eclipse us all.
“Tom “pick your own” Cotton is the hero the city deserves but not the one it needs right now.”
I fell out of my chair laughing then stayed there, floored by the truth of this statement”
Keep up the excellent work.
This piece MUST be voted up to main feed. It’s making rational arguments for things being argued in emotion in our political sphere. This guy is a rising star.
Rahm is a mean spirited individual deep in his heart. Yes I can see those places or at least dissect to them.
You’re a pretty good looking dude, in addition to your brain cells and earning potential,so women shouldn’t be much problem. I’d suggest following Rodney Dangerfield’s advice to his son about dating and honesty,”Son, you don’t lie to your father, you lie to girls!”
If you do decide to tell women the truth you need to add in that progressive males are impotent eunuchs and political differences will be washed away by tidal waves of ecstasy.
I think that Rahm is worried about the wrong type of sanctuary. He needs to worry about the fact that people are afraid to sit on their own front porch, whether their children can walk to and from school, and survive the walk. It isn’t police officers that are the problem in Chicago.
Here are the latest stats from Chicago:
Jan. 1, 2017 – March 10, 2017 587 shooting victims
Jan. 1, 2016 – Dec. 31, 2016 4,368 shooting victims
The back seat of my police car was a regular melting pot. You could have filmed the “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” Coke commercial in the back seat of my police car. Rahm needs to get his priorities straight.
The following video features ex-offenders and was published in 2014. I hope these men have still kept on the straight and narrow to this day, for their sake and mine. I have a cynical view of ex-offenders, no matter their skin color. I hope these men can prove me wrong, and that my cynicism is misplaced. Change is difficult but not impossible.
I remember seeing that when it first came out. If that message were taken to heart by all the people who need to hear it the country would be a whole lot better off. Like you, I hope those guys are still on the right path.
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Remember, Justin — you’re the counter-cultural rebel now. The rogue who bucks the system. The quintessential bad boy. He who marches to his own drum!
You’ve got the sale halfway made already. Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old!
Have to disagree, Rod. This is super condensed. That is, it assumes so much shared knowledge and thought processes between writer and reader that connections between points are unnecessary. Because of age, background, and, shall we say, lack of cognitive speed, I personally need those connections to really get this. Lacking them, this was for me more a flow of conciousness thing with lots of nice points rendered very cleverly and succinctly, with flashes of brilliance indicating that it was likely a really nice piece for those able to fill in the blanks.
I often feel that way when reading contributions by the more ‘out there’ Ricochetti!
This is where Malcolm X was the biggest aggravation to both sides. Did not hesitate to mince words about Black people and Democrats.
You’re the one who has that power. You can keep Johnson in Washington D.C., or you can send him back to his Texas cotton patch. You’re the one who put the present Democratic Administration in Washington D.C. The whites were evenly divided. It was the fact that you threw 80 percent of your votes behind the Democrats that put the Democrats in the White House…. Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you’re dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party, you’re not only a chump, but you’re a traitor to your race.
I mean, this is why its also important to know that telling it like it is can be dangerous as hell.
What you see as barely English I see as the germane roots of awareness. It takes a bit to develop this voice, for its a unique one — but once it sprouts, you better watch out.
And criticisms like yours is where I found the strength to truly use my own voice. Keep talking and you’ll make another voice just like mine.
This is not written in English.
if you think this is powerful writing, maybe you should stay on the floor
This might actually hurt my precious feelings if you had some decent writing yourself — but I’m not seeing anything more than comments. Which is just shocking to me. I know the last word is important to you — so go ahead.
Hush, @jlock. We are in the presence of a maestro — a veritable Shakespeare. His peerless prose will no doubt make strong men weep with its majesty and splendor.
no wonder you think he writes well, you’re just as bad. germane roots?
At least they know the location of the shift key, and when to use it.
Pro Tip:
you are not e e cummings
not even close
I wanted to gauge the depth of our lit professor here (since like all professors, there is nothing he’s written himself to critique), so I purposely left a plural/singular grammatical error people often make in this era to see if he’d catch it.
But hey, we’re all here to improve right? Some great writing happening in the member feed. I’d much rather save my energy reading, writing, and appreciating than doing this. Speaking of which, I see our OP writer has already surpassed my skill and risen above it.