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Let's get some hot chicks in da hizzouse$#@!

Wow, It's like I watched this before engaging with @The Real timschochetyesterday on this subject. Hey Tim, you should give this a watch/listen, he makes very similar points to mine, far more eloquently of course.

A man loses three fingers and asks his doctor if he'll still be able to write with it. The doctor says maybe... but I wouldn't count on it.

Yeah, you are correct. I forgot Gutter's commitment to getting in character for his aliases.

You aren't Ron, but you can say that Ron won't be using "boyo"? And it isn't "boyo," there are other tells. Sad for you, boyo.

Do you keep two different browsers with this alias and BeachGuy logged in, or do you log in and out all day?

Boston was my thought as well. Also, Meat Loaf Bat out of Hell, and Pearl Jam 10

Of course it matters if they accept it. The Palestinian people have always supported Hamas and their goal to destroy Israel. Yes it is more now, but so what? See the previous sentence. How does this play out in your mind? We give them the things you suggest and... they oust Hamas? If that is your thought, then that is exactly the liberal mindset I described. I've been waiting for this thought to play out to propose the following, but since you brought up Hiroshima and Nagasaki: pick a time for all innocents in Gaza to get to designated safe areas. Three, 6, 12 months, whatever it is. At that point, if the hostages have not been returned (or accounted for*), we (the West) turn the areas with tunnels into molten glass. * we would presume at this point that the hostages are dead. Frankly it's reasonable to presume that now, but let's not act rashly. If the hostages have been killed, at least we know, and can determine how to act. Presumably, give Hamas the chance to surrender before destroying the area. Oh, and the Japanese were complicit because they understood and respected power. We showed them that. The Muslim world doesn't respect ours. My solution provides that same display to get the Palestinian people in line. Let me state this another way to avoid confusion: the only way the Palestinian people will respect us is if we show more power than Hamas. Your "just one more nice thing will do the trick" proposal flies in the face of all modern history with this region.

The problem is that two-state solutions have been proposed in the past, generally rejected by the Palestinians. The current regime, Hamas, will not accept the existence of Israel as part of the solution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-state_solution So we are once again back to the fundamental fact that the Palestinian people, seeing their land destroyed and their children suffer, need to oust Hamas for there to be any path to a solution. Your proposal is typical for a liberal: in the face of reprehensible behavior by an "oppressed" people, you believe the problem is that we just haven't been nice enough to them. If we can just be a little bit nicer this time around, everything will be wonderful, despite the 75 years of history of their behavior. That approach has worked roughly 0.00% of the time throughout history. But maybe this time it will be different.

Well, that's quite a quandary. How would you create such an opportunity for advancement and prosperity? Because for the 18 years before 10/7, the Palestinian people supported Hamas, a terrorist group whose stated goal is the death of all Israelis, instead of pursuing such goals. Then Hamas raped and burned a bunch of Israeli women and children, and because Israel had the audacity to not only fight back but keep pushing, Hamas and the adults there are happier watching their children suffer than to do something about it. So again, how do we do that?

Nobody wants innocent children to suffer, well apparently except Hamas. How about the adults then? They voted Hamas in, they should vote Hamas out and elect new leadership that will act like it is not the twelfth century. Or do they still want their elected leadership in charge?

I propose that Hamas release the hostages and come to the table, if they want the innocent children under their leadership to stop suffering.

How is the release of those hostages coming?

True dat. It has been said that a democratic government can exist until the people realize they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. And yet, we haven't quite gotten there yet. Why not? There are always more have-nots than haves. Historically there were factors like concern about the welfare of the country, but that is dwindling in our hedonistic culture. There were also natural suppressive factors like land ownership -- one needed to have skin in the game to vote, for instance. We've done away with all of those, such that any loser who has no idea what is going on in his neighborhood or country can vote. All except one factor, a critical one. That factor is apathy. The same people who could vote in people with policies to give them more free stuff, often lack the impetus to actually take the effort to vote. Apathy keeps the scales somewhat even. This is why ballot harvesting concerns me -- IMO it messes with the natural order of things.

Silly. It is meritocracy at its finest. It is a chance for these young men, who have busted their asses their entire lives, to exhibit their physical and mental skills to achieve a position with money and prestige that few will ever achieve. I think I just hit on why the Left doesn't like it -- they hate meritocracies.

Thanks. That wasn't so hard, was it? It's an odd quote: she specifically said: but she never said WHAT was a big interest to people; the AP filled in that part. and she went on to say: What does this mean? The two statements within the bolded seem potentially contradictory. Anyway, I do not like her being so closely involved in this. Seems a bit like a monarchy, and potential lack of checks and balances. I do like that McDaniel is out, and that they are going to use all legal methods to win.

You've posted two links and if either says this, I don't see it. Did you bang your head again today?

You have more piles of homeless people you haven't already rolled for votes?

Again, reading is your friend:

Also I wanted to say that I'm happy that she is leaving. Anyone in private industry with her history of failure would have been ousted long ago.

Amazing that you can't even read simple sentences in your own link. Whatley will be the new chair. I did however come to post this from a different link: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/lara-trump-vows-largest-ever-legal-ballot-harvesting-operation-if-elected-rnc-co-chair-5592416 I'm not a bigly fan of ballot harvesting, but goodness knows the Dems do it, so if the Repubs are going to remain competitive, I guess that's a necessary evil.

Replying to yourself now, Raven Fan?

But it's nicer here! And they help our economy! And they'll support Democrats once they get on the gravy train!

Also, I'm going to two games next week: Padres at DBacks on Tuesday, and Cubs at DBacks on Friday. For the latter, lots of people escaped the hellhole that is Chicago to live here, so it should be a lively game. Might get a brawl to throw down with some retired midwesterners over a meaningless practice game.

Peoria is probably fairly convenient from Yuma, since it is on the west side. If you decide to come out, let me know and I'll let you buy me a drink.