The good and the bad. At the risk of P. off some on this forum, I just needed to say this. This morning I picked up my latest issue of Times Mag.

[jsfgators]

LOL, oh, is that was what the vote was for, if attacking the capital is the same at looting a Wall mart.

Please do better.

What you aren’t picking up on is that I ( along with the majority of Americans ) don’t care what you think of the rhetoric. We don’t care what you think about J6. We don’t care what you think about pardons or any of the rest of it. When you look at the voting data, do you think Latino and black men are going to trend back to democrats. Don’t think so. People who clutch their pearls of J6 didn’t vote MAGA anyway, and we clearly don’t need their vote or support. It’s not so much that the masses turned out to vote for trump to free the J6 political prisoners, they just didn’t care one way or the other.

 

[nothergator]

for those of you who have not seen it, the cover had a picture of Jimmy Carter. I thought, how ironic, this man who very few can question his decency and his love for his fellow humans and who spent his life as a Christian, helping others'

At the same time, a criminal and braggard, who appears intent on trying to ruin the country is being inaugurated as the Presideni of the U.S.. He got elected in part because once again one candidate had little opposition.

His pardoning this evening of the January 5th insurrectionists was no surprise, just one criminal pardoning others.

Please note I said nothing about the Carter Presidency, that was a minor part of his life.

Have you heard "the road to hell is paved with good intentions"?

 

[Illegal-shift]

What you aren’t picking up on is that I ( along with the majority of Americans ) don’t care what you think of the rhetoric. We don’t care what you think about J6. We don’t care what you think about pardons or any of the rest of it. When you look at the voting data, do you think Latino and black men are going to trend back to democrats. Don’t think so. People who clutch their pearls of J6 didn’t vote MAGA anyway, and we clearly don’t need their vote or support. It’s not so much that the masses turned out to vote for trump to free the J6 political prisoners, they just didn’t care one way or the other.

I don't know how all that has to do with the point here........which was comparing two very different crimes.

But along these lines.....I have an idea.......I will make a bet with you. Since its predicting the future, lets just make it a gentlemen's bet, just for fun.

I will bet you that the democrats will pick up seats in both the house and the senate in the mid-term election in two years.

The consequence for the loser is he has to make a post of at least two paragraphs describing how wrong he is and how people should never listen to him anymore.

Care to accept?

 

[gatordad3]

LOL, oh, is that was what the vote was for, if attacking the capital is the same at looting a Wall mart.

Please do better.

Difference is, we all see that people got away with looting at Walmart, Target, Apple store, Walgreens, and The Nike store, and other stores in liberal cities.

 

[DCandtheUTBand]

LOL, how about we inject a little reality here. We are talking about MINOR lifestyle changes for you and me and we are talking about a small % of money relative to our national budget. Its just a lot easier to say there is nothing we can do about it.....despite the fact that nobody knows if that is true or not.

Small sacrifices we are not willing to make for future generations.........despite warning signs going off left and right.

Believe if memory serves that you are in Mid Tn

Are you riding Wego Star, Wego Bus, uber or lyft?

Or are you clogging up 24, 65, 840, 440 and 40?

Or worse riding up and down 109?

Bet you work from home since Covid and get amazon delivery to you cave !

How about we worry about problems closer to home rather than fantasy chicken little climate crises. Saving Nissan, the cost of new homes, and fixing/building roads in a timely manner.

40+ years of doom and gloom predictions that have NOT come true.

I own a 2004, two 2006s and one 2011 vehicles. I don't buy new and I run them until they quit. When I had my business I put 300K miles on the vehicle I had before buying the 2011. Motor was fine but everything else was falling apart on that one.

Paying higher taxes and being forced into an over priced EV are not MINOR lifestyle changes.

 

[instaGATOR]

Illegal-chit, I don't know about him, but I'd never bet on the ignorance or the stupidity of the grossly uninformed voting public, or even more so on the ability of the traitorous criminals controlling the voting mechanisms in this country, after seeing what happened in 2020 and them getting away with it, (so far).

What I do know is that if the traitorous Demonrats are put back in power in 2026, then the chances of a real and violent Revolution increase dramatically, so I'm hoping that doesn't happen...

 

[Capt Ron 1]

LOL, oh, is that was what the vote was for, if attacking the capital is the same at looting a Wall mart.

Please do better.

OInly the DUMBEST people believe that was attacking the Nation. Just like RUSSIA RUSSIA was made up BS. This was a setup that the Biden Administration used their justice dept to go after their enemies. So ALL cases are tainted by their overreach, and are not FORGIVEN by the LAW...AND the election proved forgiven by the American people. The idiots played the wrong cards and got absolutely EMBARRASSES on election day because of it. You lefties do not and have NEVER understood REAL Americans.

 

[Capt Ron 1]

Illegal-chit, I don't know about him, but I'd never bet on the ignorance or the stupidity of the grossly uninformed voting public, or even more so on the ability of the traitorous criminals controlling the voting mechanisms in this country, after seeing what happened in 2020 and them getting away with it, (so far).

What I do know is that if the traitorous Demonrats are put back in power in 2026, then the chances of a real and violent Revolution increase dramatically, so I'm hoping that doesn't happen...

He PRETENDS to be smart...but he is EXACTLY like Bsuck. A pretender.

 

[fatman76]

LOL, how about we inject a little reality here. We are talking about MINOR lifestyle changes for you and me and we are talking about a small % of money relative to our national budget. Its just a lot easier to say there is nothing we can do about it.....despite the fact that nobody knows if that is true or not.

Small sacrifices we are not willing to make for future generations.........despite warning signs going off left and right.

THERE'S NO HISTORICAL CORRELATION BETWEEN C02 AND GLOBAL TEMPS. BOTTOM LINE.

Neither you nor any scientist can prove that if you go far enough back.

So while making "minor lifestyle changes" isn't a big deal, doing so for the sole purpose of giving politicians more control actually is. One you give up your principles it's over.

 

[fatman76]

False equivalency. Attacking our nations capital is a much different crime and much more important to our country.

Only to deranged leftists.

24 people died. 4 cops. $26B in damage. Months of businesses being burned, many minority-owned. Police stations and Federal buildings were burned, defaced and invaded.

No one was punished 1/100th as hard as an old lady who peacefully took a selfie in the rotunda.

This was a partisan witch hunt and you lapped it up like the Left wanted you to.

 

[Capt Ron 1]

Only to deranged leftists.

24 people died. 4 cops. $26B in damage. Months of businesses being burned, many minority-owned. Police stations and Federal buildings were burned, defaced and invaded.

No one was punished 1/100th as hard as an old lady who peacefully took a selfie in the rotunda.

This was a partisan witch hunt and you lapped it up like the Left wanted you to.

He IS the left. “If you are not with us….. you are against us”

 

[nail1988]

for those of you who have not seen it, the cover had a picture of Jimmy Carter. I thought, how ironic, this man who very few can question his decency and his love for his fellow humans and who spent his life as a Christian, helping others'

At the same time, a criminal and braggard, who appears intent on trying to ruin the country is being inaugurated as the Presideni of the U.S.. He got elected in part because once again one candidate had little opposition.

His pardoning this evening of the January 5th insurrectionists was no surprise, just one criminal pardoning others.

Please note I said nothing about the Carter Presidency, that was a minor part of his life.

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

I don't know how all that has to do with the point here........which was comparing two very different crimes.

But along these lines.....I have an idea.......I will make a bet with you. Since its predicting the future, lets just make it a gentlemen's bet, just for fun.

I will bet you that the democrats will pick up seats in both the house and the senate in the mid-term election in two years.

The consequence for the loser is he has to make a post of at least two paragraphs describing how wrong he is and how people should never listen to him anymore.

Care to accept?

Of course. A fair bet would be if the democratic party will still exist in 2026. That one will be close.