Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Oh, so its the Personality thing.  

Rich,

I don't like Trump's personality of course, but that is not a reason to vote against him.  His management style is the problem.  He is the Chief Executive of the United States.  Management style is a valid analytical consideration when deciding whom to vote for.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Essentially you don't like him or his style so you'll vote the radical left. 

Rich:  It is silly for you to peg Biden as the radical left.  The practice of pandering to the extreme wing of one's party during the primaries and then moving to the center for the general election is as old as politics.  You know this.  Biden did not become AOC over night.  He is the same left-center Biden he has always been.

Do you really think he'll try to implement the extreme left agenda 'as is'?  Hardly.  Take the green new deal.  Biden might support some environmental reforms and he'll certainly talk the talk, but the actual economy killing proposals within the green new deal are dead on arrival.

Jim 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I'm wondering if it's the effects of the steroids...

Thankfully Trump flip flopped when he saw the effect his tweet had on the markets.  

J

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Have you read HIS 110 page manifesto?  Yes or no please.

Can't answer because there is no such thing as HIS 110 page manifesto.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You're voting against him because you don't like him.  That's the fact.

I've explained my ongoing thought process pretty well.  I can't make you comprehend though.  No worries though, being wrong is what you do best.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

The very first paragraph from that article:

A joint effort by former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to unify Democrats around Biden's candidacy has produced a 110-page policy wish list to recommend to the party's presumptive presidential nominee.

Do you understand what the word Joint effort means?  

Yes, I know what the words "joint effort" mean.  I also know what the words "wish list" and "recommend" mean.  Apparently you do not, given that you posted this earlier:

"Have you read HIS 110 page manifesto?  Yes or no please."  (emphasis in your original)

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

10/6/20:  "P.S. Sorry about bringing your folks into the mix in another portion of the thread,  when I said "did you learn from your father and mother or did you come up with it all by yourself.... "  It was just a figure of speech.  I don't like involving family members in these forums.

10/7/20:  Being willfully blind and not giving a shit about the country you leave your children is what you do best.  

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It will take years to dig out from his mess.

Hi James:

No it won't.  No more than it took years to dig out of Bush or Obama's messes.  We'll be on to creating Biden's messes before you know it.

Jim

Originally Posted by James Lacey

I think recovering from the botched pandemic response is going to take awhile, but reasonable minds can disagree.

I do have genuine faith in the ability of the American people to overcome.  

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

On that note, did anyone see Mars last night? It's been beautiful here and although 2020 has mostly sucked the weather has been gorgeous all summer long and into the fall. 

Mars has been beautiful Jim, I've only been out a few times in the last few weeks, but tonight is looking promising.  Damn smoke has been pretty bad though.  I've watched Mars rise through the smoky haze several recent evenings and it makes the normal "orange-ish" red planet looks like a stoplight it is so red!

The smoke is a telling political topic too.  In my view, the California drought and resulting wildfires are exacerbated by climate change.  AND the wildfires are significantly worsened by years of bad forest management.  AND the cost is hugely escalated by people building right up against the forests (beach, etc. me included, but at least I know who to blame if my house burns, "moi" )  AND the rotting CA power infrastructure is to blame in some cases.  AND morons who light fires seem to be more prevalent these days.

All of this stuff is correct and all of these "reasons" can coexist legitimately and scientifically.  It bugs me that the true partisans of the political world can only see (or only express) one side of the story, while claiming that the science is on their side.  Both sides do this reflexively.  We heard it last night and it marred an otherwise pretty good debate.

Jim