The Real timschochet

Well that’s what they (the corporations themselves) have always argued. You’re free to discount that, and maybe we should. I’m not sure.

But those things are happening. Of course it doesn’t ever justify terrorism and if that’s what the guy is arguing he’s wrong. But the American public is not aware of how much the Israelis are mistreating the Palestinians. And they should be aware.

Well if we’re going to discuss this question we should break it down: We send approximately 3.8 billion to Israel every year for military aid. But about 75% of this is used to purchase American aircraft and arms, which is a big factor for Lockheed, Boeing, and the rest of the aerospace industry. If you cut this off it’s going to cause thousands of job losses in Seattle, St. Louis, Long Beach, and other cities. That is not to say that we should continue to send this money unabated or without restriction. But we need to really consider the consequences before we make such decisions.

There’s a huge difference between anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu’s policies.

It isn’t. And your comment is stupid. Iran has been sending money to Hamas for decades. The amount of money that Biden released to Iran (it was their money anyhow) didn’t affect this at all. Iran’s aid to Hamas and Hezbollah is unchanging. But not every action Hamas takes is planned in Tehran. Sometimes Hamas pisses Iran off. Was this incursion done with the approval of the Ayatollahs? Nobody knows. But your position is really lazy.

Maybe next time don’t start off with the “Oy Vey”. Also criticizing Jews as a collective entity is the essence of ignorant bigotry. And nobody is limiting your free speech: say whatever you want. I will simply respond by calling you an idiot. So go fock off yourself.

I think there is some truth to the OP. Democratic policies are often too top down and mistakes are made. The criticism can be very well deserved, Sometimes well meaning government make things worse instead of better; Reagan was absolutely right in that regard- sometimes. On the other hand, Republicans offer no real alternative. Their “policy” is to simply oppose every Democratic plan to deal with the problems of the inner cities of this country which remain very real. Back in the 90s certain thoughtful conservatives promoted the idea of spending money on economic free zones in some of these areas to promote growth and prosperity. That was the last good idea to come out of the GOP on this issue. They scrapped it. Today’s conservative movement is not interested in this issue except to deny that racism against blacks continue to exist and to complain about unfair treatment against white people. This forum is filled with such resentment. And that solves nothing.

Wow, some pretty ugly anti-semitism this Saturday morning. Just what we need. As for this struggle- Hamas is a terrorist murderous organization. But the Palestinians in Gaza support them because they believe they have no choice. They live a miserable existence and it’s all so unnecessary. You guys can blame Biden all you want but Trump’s son in law put through a “peace plan” which basically completely ignored Palestinian aspirations. And of course Natanyahu’s policies deserve much of the blame. This whole conflict is just so sad.

Actually the Republicans have a bigger problem. Because they’re offering solutions to this problem that won’t work. Eventually the public is going to see that the only real solution to this problem is a complete reform of the immigration system and not the heavy handed methods that Republicans are proposing. And when Trump says, as he did the other day, that illegal immigrants are poisoning us, hopefully decent people everywhere will recognize the bigotry and hatred behind those kind of remarks. Conservatives will never win on this issue. They will never achieve what they want.

Once again your post is completely inaccurate. I could correct you for the umpteenth time but it’s too exhausting. All I will add is that your wrong about my supposed outrage over the documents indictment, wrong about what I wrote about Biden’s documents, wrong about what I wrote here.

Yeah this and the gas prices are really good news

In any case, no wall is going to help with that crisis at all. What these cities need are more federal funds to deal with these people. But will Republicans agree? Not a chance. Their only solution is to try to keep these folks out. Which will NEVER work. Conservatives are making this situation far far worse than it needs to be and now Biden is helping them. Shame on him.

No it’s not in the article. The article does make a connection between the busing and the start of the crisis, which Is a pretty dumb and ill-informed connection based on the overall numbers. But it never says that the busing was the cause of the crisis. Again you would have to be a moron to think so.

I was referring to the reaction by pro-Trump types here and elsewhere. I should never be surprised by your clueless comprehension skills but I always am.

Sure OK. You think that a handful of busses is what caused those cities to declare states of emergency? You think that with thousands entering those cities, a few dozen sent by DeSantis and Abbott made any kind of difference at all? And I’m the moron?

If this were anybody else rather than Donald Trump- literally anyone- the cries for execution for treason (as Trump demands for Milley) would be off the charts. But Trump is Trump so nobody will care.

Lol. Yeah sure it did. The fact that you would believe this only serves to demonstrate, once again, the value of your opinions on this issue. Which I’m afraid are pretty much nil.

Trump endorses Jordan. This is going to be interesting.

AOC rips into Biden: https://thehill.com/homenews/4241327-ocasio-cortez-on-border-wall-announcement-president-must-take-responsibility-reverse-course/amp/ I don’t often agree with her but she is dead to rights on this one.

Not sure how anyone here is uninformed. Biden’s actions here are terrible and deserve scorn and ridicule. I suspect he thinks he might get some of you guys to vote for him. He won’t.

And Trump calls other people traitors: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456 I will wait to hear the usual defenses and deflections…

Biden says he doesn’t believe the wall will be effective but he’s building it anyhow. What a doofus. This is the wishy washy Joe Biden that pisses me off. Environmentalists are unhappy. Pro immigration people like myself are unhappy. And no Republican is ever going to thank him since most conservatives believe this is his fault in the first place. There is no way for Biden to come out of this situation looking good, and frankly he doesn’t deserve to.

By the way I never wrote that the media is unbiased. It is biased towards reporting the news that will generate the most eyeballs. As far as liberal vs conservative goes, both CNN and MSNBC offer liberal perspectives on their opinion shows, and their opinion shows dominate both networks, so it would be fair to describe both CNN and MSNBC as “liberal” and Fox as “conservative”. But I still believe that the actual news reporting- not opinion shows, not website editorials or analysis, but news reporting- is accurate and offered without bias.

I hope so. I will be disappointed if we don’t.

I am not at all a fan of Biden’s populism on this and many other issues. Given the choice between Biden and Trump I will gladly choose Biden. But I would prefer someone a little smarter. Actually I would be a far better President than either of them.