Sean Mooney

Me posting that quote was in reference to me saying "I criticize the right because it is heavily right here, but if it were heavily left I'd criticize them. " I wasn't implying it was the right that wanted that. As to the second paragraph- I've made no bones about it, I am not a supporter of Donald Trump and I think the Republican party ultimately will be worse off years from now because of the cult of personality he's created. But I'm still mostly conservative even if I have switched to being a registered Independent. I still believe that government could stand to be smaller. I still firmly support the death penalty. I still mostly support the second amendment even if I think there could be some more done there. I strongly believe there should be work requirements for welfare, SNAP/food stamps. However, I'm a little more left on social issues and obviously being a teacher the Democrats are better for the occupation I have. And yet I still will vote Republican on some things even with education in play. I didn't abandon my beliefs because of one person. The fact that some of the more MAGA posters here are dipsh!ts in their ways of thinking doesn't change my political views. And one can be critical of people even if they overlap on issues. I hated the Tea Party numbskulls back in like 2010-2012 because they offered no ideas for anything. I mock the far left liberals for how over the top and sissyish they are. I mean these people get upset about a joke from a standup comic. I think that is equally as stupid as someone getting all pissy because Disney made Ariel black now....who could possibly care that much? And I've been very critical of people on the left here and elsewhere. And hell I've been saying for months now how bad Kamala's campaign was running. Either way too- I post on another message board that is very liberal based and when I told them last Monday night- "You know Trump is going to win because Kamala has run a bad campaign and people only care about the economy" World War III broke out and they were calling me a raging conservative. People's biases about other's extend only as far as they are willing to look.

I was fully expecting it to be Joy Behar or something. And yes Alba and Hewitt are criminally low Looking further into that list- Karen Gillan at 148? Mandy Moore at 143? Sarah Wayne Callies at 141? Heather Graham at 125? I'd fight the maker of this list over that. Even today- she was in a movie called Suitable Flesh last year which is a horror movie based on an H.P. Lovecraft story. She gets topless in it and still looks great even at like 53. Also, I mean if we are talking all time- she was Rollergirl...

I'd still think Johansson today is underrepresented on that list. Gal Gadot shouldn't be #1 if for nothing but putting that god awful cover of "Imagine" into the world during COVID times

Scarlett Johansson is too low on that list. So are Charlize Theron and Mila Kunis

I highlighted the bolded part. I said- this is amusing, I assume you see why. You chose to write a lot of words being critical of me (unless we are back to you pretending I am putting myself into it all) when you could've said "I'm not sure, why is it amusing?" An adult thing to do would've been to admit wrong or ask for clarification.

You quoted something that is about someone being an expert reading something that is wrong about the scenario and called it by the wrong name.

You are talking about the Gell-Mann effect which was coined by Michael Crichton of course. And since you are invoking it I assume you know what it is and how it relates to amnesia related stuff in reading. Then you refer to it by a different name which is amusing.

Eh...being a d!ck to someone because they are a d!ck doesn't make you a better person.

It's a simple yes/no question.....because your answer seems to indicate you might not know......I'll give you a hint- it has nothing to do with calling the media liars.

So you don't understand why the part I bolded-specifically- is funny?

I'm speaking to the bolded point specifically- do you understand why that was hilarious?

The bolded part is what I was referring to. Do you understand why that is hilarious? On the broader scale of what you said- I don't know if it's lying so much as selling their pitch as truth. All media does it across every spectrum. I don't pick and choose one side as being above it over another.

This is pretty hilarious. I assume you know why.

It's funny they do too. Eternal does it- Hardcore dummy does it- as if I said "Yeah...cool...burn and destroy cities." I was against it then. I'm against it now. Not sure why its a gotcha

You always say this "your side" stuff. I'm not on the left. The only thing I fully lock and stock go with on them is they are better for the profession I have chosen. So my vote for a lot of people on the left has to deal with self preservation.....but I also vote for Republicans as well in certain scenarios. Straight line voting is for dopes

What positions do you anticipate Cheney, Kinzinger, Pence, Ryan, or the rest to fill in the new Trump admin? Chances any of them get support to win a seat back anywhere anytime soon

Keep telling yourself that Mike Pence pulled himself out of the party. I like when people divorce themselves from reality.

I've been very clear across the board saying they need to focus back on kitchen table issues. But I'm also pointing out there are things to build on and that they may not be quite as far gone from a counting stance as they appear at first glance.

"Extricated themselves"? Mike Pence and Kevin McCarthy are opposed to conservative ideals? Liz Cheney from the war hawkish Cheney family is opposed to conservative ideals?? Simple fact is they dared to question what Trump was doing and they got run out on rails. People wanted to kill Mike Pence....but it's on him?

Yes...again it goes back to what I always say about perception and reality in all of this. Also, I think too many people don't understand how ingrained illegal immigration is in the agriculture industry. And the price points of things are built around it. Take immigration out of farming and replace them with minimum wage American workers and you are going to have much more overhead cost across the board. Additionally- it might also encourage farms to move away from manual labor if it seems more worth their while to just take the hit and move to automation processes as much as possible. This goes back to what I said in- I don't think people understand the entire scope of what they are arguing for.

So one perhaps silver lining the Democrats could take from this election is this: In the 7 battleground states there were 5 senate races- 4 of them were won by Democrats with the one in PA won by a guy who is more deep state than anything and had to try twice to gain Trump's love: In Nevada- Trump had 734,609 votes to Kamala's 688,981....Sam Brown lost the Senate getting 663K votes to Jacky Rosen's 685K- In Arizona- Trump had 1.7M to Kamala's 1.5M...Kari Lake lost getting 1.5M to Gallego's 1.6M In Wisconsin- Trump had 1.7M to Kamala's 1.66M...Eric Hovde lost getting 1.64M to Baldwin's 1.67M In Michigan- Trump had 2.8M to Kamala's 2.72 M...Mike ROgers lost with 2.69M to Slotkin's 2.70M In PA- Trump had 3.51M to Kamala's 3.37...McCormick won with 3.37M to Casey's 3.36M So in every race- the GOP senator candidate trailed Trump's voting total by varying numbers. In 3 of the 5 races the Democrat candidate was ahead of Kamala. It feels like another example of- people like Trump doing Trump stuff and not other people doing Trump stuff. I do think Republicans need to be careful about where they go because there is a pathway in which the party falls apart to some degree at the top once Trump is gone. A lot of it will depend on how much confidence people will have in Vance after these 4 years

Yup....the majority of this board is hardcore righties so it's natural they would get poked at more. If this board was mostly hardcore lefties I'd poke at them the whole time.....

What do you see as the distinction between the two.

Do we think Republicans don't eat their own as well? We could ask Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Paul Ryan, John Bolton, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Pence, etc The simple fact of politics is- you are useful until you are not- then you are forgotten and brushed aside for the next sycophant to step in. It isn't a left or right issue- it's a politics issue.

I've got a hunch that you are in the minority on this. Also, it isn't even about paying more- it's about the willingness of someone to do the work for the amount of money paid. Someone could be given 15 dollars an hour to help push cows into a milker and they'd still want 20.