Sean Mooney

He just has to find the handle for "TheHispanicInsurrectionist" on Twitter....give him a minute

I would argue it is incorrectly titled. It does more than people think it does and gutting it, replacing it, or merging it will create a lot of issues that I think people are ignoring because they see Trump doing it. I'm sure there are unnecessary employees there though- root them out.

Ashe Carter worked in the Secretary of Defense Department for 3 years under Bill Clinton as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs and then worked as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. William Cohen served on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. He served on the Governmental Affairs Committee. He was on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He also cowrote bills like the Goldwater-Nichols act..

I've tried to make this point to him numerous times but the Department of Education doesn't necessarily drive curricular decisions. That happens at a state and local level. The DOE handles a lot of big picture ideas and providing equal opportunity funding to states for special education. They handle the FAFSA program which has upwards of a trillion dollars running through it. Moving those into other places is going to create organizational logjams. Also- you have states like North Dakota that spend like 18,500 per pupil on education with 3390 of that coming from federal funding. So now you have a difference to make up. Guess where that comes out of.

Some of the appointments over the past two days don't exactly fill with confidence. Hegseth has a decorated combated history and it's laudable what he does to support veterans but what is his strategic experience when it comes to commanding a military. Noem- what are her qualifications on handling cyber security or border issues or any of that? And Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. If people wanted a two-state solution in the Middle East you can almost kiss that goodbye.

Figured this would get some play here (and honestly didn't see if it did or not already. It may be in one of the 4000 threads seafoam starts that no one cares about). But Maureen Dowd took Democrats to task in the New York Times over the weekend in this op-ed. I posted some highlights below: https://archive.ph/WBxGx As I said the other day- the best thing that can come out of this is that Democrats look at their own internal policies and figure out once again how they can be a driving force for blue collar America so we have two functional parties pitching ideas. I- along with many- may not fully love Trump's ideas- but the GOP has a semblance of a plan to rally behind.

No worries I don't think I ever really defended the tranny stuff or "we don't know what a woman is" and honestly I think that stuff is silly. I teach- we go through trainings on it- so I am sympathetic to it in some respects because I can see how someone is wrestling with something that I am never going to fully understand but I also always think to myself "Man the world is going to make fun of you." But honestly- I don't care about it to the level of anger that some people rise to it. Like for some people (like League Champion/Maximum Overkill) it feels like a personal vendetta which I just do not understand. I guess for me a lot of it falls into the category as some of this stuff where I think "It doesn't affect me, I don't care" I am critical of some of the stuff here that liberals say but I'm one comment of 20 against that person whereas the other way I'm one comment of 3. The latter is always going to stand out more. And I'm far more attack mode against some of those people on the right because some of them- not all- spend so much time saying "You're a pedophile" and other garbage like that. I have no respect for people like that and I won't engage them in a friendly manner in any way. If realtim decides to start bringing that smoke at me- he will get lit up too. I've said this before and I'll say it again. I generally like you. We may differ on things at times but I appreciate the fact that you will actually try to engage a conversation with something resembling a coherent argument. Others (like Old Maid) disagreed with me on that but I hold firm to those beliefs. You aren't someone spamming up threads, you aren't in here just dropping in Twitter links and passing that off as an argument, you aren't just popping in to name call and run away, and you aren't just popping in with non sequitur BS. You are big on the weird "glory hole" stuff at times but it should be noted that has been toned way back as of late. You are better than some of the people here who associate with you more politically.

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.