The Real timschochet

More importantly, he’s also a better quarterback than any of the guys you named.

But when you started this thread you claimed it was analogous to what happened with Saudi Arabia. Do you still believe that?

Whatever the majority of this board decides on issues regarding the relationship between homosexuality and pedophilia, I’m comfortable taking the dissenting opinion.

It’s not. But it should be.

I get accused around here of socialism and Marxism a lot. It’s kind of amusing in a way. I am certainly what most would call a liberal Democrat. I am very much woke and socially very liberal, perhaps extreme in some areas. My views on immigration, including illegal immigration, tend to be very libertarian. But economic socialism? That is, the Marxist theory of redistributing wealth and/or the state controlling the means of production? That’s a nonstarter for me. Nor do I believe in the “soft” Democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders and AOC. I’m for a social safety net. I’m for regulating certain industries to help deal with crises like climate change, and future and current public health issues. But beyond that government should stay out of private business, especially small business, as much as possible. And you guys need to stop worrying so much because socialism is NEVER going to happen here no matter how many AOCs crawl out of the woodwork. Here’s why, 2 reasons: 1. it doesn’t work. I challenge anyone to point to a socialist society that ever produced anything other than misery or economic failure. If you want some good arguments as to why it doesn’t work, read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Rand is a flawed writer, bombastic, absolutist, and far too eager to confuse liberalism with leftism (a trait that is also all too prevalent in this forum) but at her core she makes the best arguments for capitalism and against collectivism that I have ever read, why is why her novel remains timeless and an essential read for any thinking American. 2. immigrants to this country don’t want socialism. That includes undocumented immigrants BTW. I find this so ironic because so many conservatives seem to believe that immigrants are brought here to vote Democrat. Sheer nonsense. Nearly every immigrant I meet (and in my field I meet a lot) is an economic conservative. They’ve seen what socialism has done to Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam, Turkey, etc., and they don’t want it! They came here to escape it. Short term they may vote Democrat out of expediency and because of the perception that the current Republican Party, led by Trump, doesn’t want them here. Long term they will vote Republican. The more immigrants that come here, the more Republican this nation will be. I get that and despite the fact that I disagree with conservatives on so many social issues, I welcome these immigrants anyhow, even if it means Republican dominance for decades to come. Because they are salt of the Earth, the hardest working, best people as a whole I’ve ever encountered. So stop worrying so much about Marxism. Ain’t never gonna happen. Not here.

Good question: 1. Even before Trump arrived, Schiff was often interviewed on foreign policy issues. I found him to be extremely well informed and very insightful on a host of issues, particularly on trade and relations with China and India. 2. I dispute that Schiff ever lied about the Trump/Russia issue. I know what the claim is and I believe that Trump supporters have deliberately mischaracterized Schiff. We don’t need to go back into all of that but I generally think Schiff’s criticism was correct. 3. Adam Schiff was the main House Manager during the first Trump impeachment trial in the Senate. I thought he gave an eloquent devastating series of arguments as to why Trump deserved to be removed from office. Senate Republicans were unconvinced, but I was. Despite my high respect for Schiff I will be voting for Katie Porter, as she is local, I have met her, and I like her very much.

Well first off I’m glad being called a retard isn’t an insult. That’s a new one on me but good to know! The Soviet Union and other Communist regimes of the 20th century threw around words like democratic all the time. But the answer is no- they were not democratic in the way that Americans would traditionally regard it.

I have a lot of respect for Adam Schiff and I generally agree with him. But not on any of these points: 1. Whatever the original reasons for the electoral college it’s the system we have. Attempting to get rid of it would be quite difficult and in the end would be very divisive. Besides I’m not sure that it’s really all that important. In most Presidential elections the winner of the popular vote and the electoral college are usually the same guy. It’s pretty rare when that doesn’t happen, and it usually means a very close election anyhow. I don’t think we need to change what’s worked for two centuries in order to prevent rare outcomes. 2. Packing the court is a very bad idea. Already many Americans don’t trust the integrity of the Supreme Court. Packing it would destroy whatever trust is left. So Trump got to appoint 3 justices, so what? Again that’s an extremely rare outcome. 3. Getting rid of the filibuster would have the worst practical outcome of all 3 ideas, because it would mean that every time there is a new Senate majority (and with a divided country that could mean every 2 years) there will be a host of new legislation designed to completely overturn the last Senate. If you want a state of permanent chaos and instability you couldn’t ask for a better idea. Look there’s a lot of stuff I want to have happen too that isn’t getting done. But the way to break the logjam isn’t to bulldoze the other side, it’s to work with them and achieve compromise so that the filibuster doesn’t matter. If you can’t do this perhaps the legislation isn’t worth doing.

Putting aside your personal insults and deliberate misapplication of the word “communist”, I actually agree with your overall point.

Historically true but now smaller states have come to value it for reasons that have nothing to do with slavery. And so it’s not going to change.

As opposed to, you know, the Marxists and Communists who aren’t far left.

Whether or not Schiff’s proposals are bad or good is irrelevant because they’re never going to happen. He’s saying what his base wants to hear.

Let me get this straight. You have no specific obsession with me and yet you are one of a couple dudes who spend your time parsing through my posts from over ten years ago so that you can paste them here??? Only last night you were going on and on about how you were reading threads in which I posted this or that and how long I waited to change my mind etc etc, all from over a decade ago!! I mean who focking does that? But oh no you’re not obsessed. Lololol

When I’m here I post a lot. Very soon I’ll be gone from this website for most of the weekend. The NFL awaits.

Sure. If you’re ever in Orange County send me a PM. I’ll buy you a beer.

Which means it’s probably not a real story. Or not important.

Don’t you mean my hands on the strings, pulling them?

Thanks for admitting you’re a troll.

Thank you. I’m highly skeptical of Tass and Tucker Carlson. But let’s see where this story goes.

My post: 3 words. Your response: 33 words. Who’s being less silent?

They’re just quoting Pew research.

Who’s rattling now?

75% of all Orthodox Jews vote Republican: https://www.jns.org/column/american-jewry/23/8/30/314878/ Hasidic Jews are generally regarded as ultra-orthodox.

Sigh. I won’t respond to the details of your post but they’re way off. And sorry to say you’re none of the things you think you are: you’re not erudite, you’re not very bright, you’re not amusing. You’re just another in a long line of people here who spend more time attacking other posters than offering valid opinions about any particular issue. Since I am the target this time around and I’m not exactly the most popular guy around here I’m sure some of the nimrods here will congratulate you for what you wrote, but that makes it only more embarrassing. You have a small mind. Enjoy the weekend.

No offense but that’s the way many conservatives get their news these days. It’s what happens when you choose to reject the mainstream media in favor of whatever somebody tweets you.