Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Have you folks seen some of the gobbledygook that comes out of her mouth in interviews and speeches? Literally nonsensical....not to mention she is way FAR left of where Joe ever was.....

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Dont get out much do you? lol

Some of us prefer to be well informed about those who run the country......unlike yourself. There are many examples of her making no sense whatsoever......

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Here is another word salad by Kamala......can you guys unpack this one?

There are literally dozens of examples on youtube as well, but this one is especially crazy......

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1942530802843101

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Figures, so the fact that it was shown live when it happened doesnt figure into it for you LOL

Originally Posted by James Brown

Bingo.  If Trump loses, this is why.  According to insiders, he picked Vance to "secure his legacy" with a MAGA front runner queued up for '28.  Trump was assuming he would run against Biden and win in a landside by modern standards no matter who he picked.  Oops.    

Other choices like Nikki Haley would have enhanced Trump's chances of actually winning.  Especially in retrospect.  If Trump had picked Haley, he would have picked up a few moderate women, whom he really could use.  Politically speaking of course.  With Trump...  Oh, never mind.

I'm not sure Harris is the best candidate, but it is undeniable the Ds have rallied around her.   Wait for her to strategically pick one of the popular Governors of MI or PA as a running mate.  Her path to the oval office means winning MI, PA, and WI first and foremost.  Trump did nothing to strengthen his position with undecided voters in these states.   He may still win, and he is almost certainly ahead at this point in time.  But if he loses, his VP selection will look pretty bad in retrospect.   Hubris before the fall.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

....but I'm bored and it's so hot I'm doing yard work today in shifts in-between jumping in my little pool that is 90 f'ing degrees, which is warmer than it's ever been, and hanging in the shade under the patio awning and surfing the internets.

I just got back myself from a few great days in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, at least the eastern end. I also took my time coming back through the western Lower Peninsula starting about 30 miles east of the Mackinac Bridge on the north shore of Lake Huron, across the bridge then on to the famous Tunnel of Trees which starts in Cross Village It was early on Monday morning and had the whole narrow smooth asphalt roadway, mostly without a center line, all to myself for the first 19 of it's 30 miles or so. Saw eight cars before I reached the end in Petoskey. If you are ever in norther lower Michigan it's a must do drive. Here are some images and obviously most are taken in the fall, but anytime of year is awesome. Being summer some of the views of Lake Michigan below the bluffs were somewhat obscured by foliage.   

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=tunnel+of+trees+michigan+map&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Then I drove around the Leelanau Peninsula (Michigan little finger of the Mitt) on M22 from Traverse City north along Grand Traverse Bay to Northport, then it becomes M22 south following the Lake Michigan shoreline through the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore and the sand dunes, past beautiful Crystal Lake, and then ended at the port town of Frankfort. I turned SW away from the coast to head back home, but still had 70 miles of two lane highways until I hit a freeway in Clare. What an awesome, but very long drive in my Miata with the top down the whole way. My wife would have hated it, she only put up with that car until we reached a destination. Go for a ride just because? No way.  I had a blast but was very tired when I got home. 

I kept checking here to see if there was any discussion of any of the recent political news and have since even mentioned Trump's antics at the NABJ meeting and got nothing. 

Anyways, as to the first part of my title I got most of this from Google:

For the plot structure of a good story (or an internet forum in our case) to come to life, it needs both a recognizable protagonist and antagonist with whom the audience can connect with. The interaction of these characters ‌creates both conflict and drama.

Without them, you have no climax or resolution (as if that'd ever happen here LOL), and the story( or forum) will be flat and uninteresting.

What is the Difference Between a Protagonist and Antagonist?

The protagonist of a story is the leading character, while the antagonist is their primary opponent. Both are nouns. Often (but not always, especially in our forum), the protagonist is the good guy or hero, while the antagonist is the villain who actively opposes the protagonist or is a hostile force. (Here it depends on who starts a thread and how divisive it it.

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I guess this is a roundabout way of saying where are our antagonist9s)? Jim Brown is much too polite to replace the one who really gets this place into a hubbub. Now I'm sure Davis (shit, I mentioned his name) will now come out of the woodwork and I'll be accused of secretly being in love with him. 

Ick. Excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with soap for saying that. 

Anyone know of a good brain disinfectant so I can get that thought out of my brain, too? 

I once heard his idol Trump say "I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning? As you see, it gets in the lungs, it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that."

And: "So supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it's ultraviolet or just a very powerful light — and I think you said that hasn't been checked because of the testing," 

"supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or some other way, and I think you said you're going to test that, too."

Yeah, maybe it'll work on just the brain by eliminating sick thoughts, too? LOL.

What do any of the Trump supporters that may still be here have to say about the above presidential quote after it's percolated in your minds for the last three and a half years? Your guy said it four years ago, do you think he's any more cognizant now that he was on that day? To any thinking person that quote should forever disqualify him to be anything but being a retired, privileged, old, rich, and stupid white guy who has gotten every break imaginable his whole life.

Anyways, wasted too much time with this. Back to yard work.

Originally Posted by James Brown

There is nothing controversial about Gorsuch's actual positions.  "Goes after the US government" what a misleading joke.  Gorsuch believes, as all conservatives do, that the US is over regulated and that the federal agencies have been ceded too much power by the legislature.  There are millions of examples.  Some probably have affected you personally.   How did that feel?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/08/04/justice_gorsuch_and_the_laffer_curve_of_law_628975.html

Originally Posted by James Brown

Justice Gorsuch would agree with you.  Read this and let me know if you have any fundamental concerns about Gorsuch's judicial demeanor or philosophy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/neil-gorsuch-and-the-laffer-curve-of-law-good-people-get-hit-by-too-much-regulation-d2373754?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

Back to the right wing frenzy, Gorsuch is no anarchist, as he makes clear int he WSJ interview.  He like many many others, including you, I am sure, knows that the agencies can overreach, and it is an independent judiciaries job to protect businesses and individuals from agency overreach.

providing a bulwark against agency overreach and generalized MAGA distrust of the government are not the same things.