Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Wait, isn't the crackdown largely because they are illegally blocking roads and bridges, thereby disrupting commerce, people's ability to move, etc.? That was my impression (although I haven't really researched it).

Originally Posted by James Brown

Yes to you and Rod both - the protesters are illegally disrupting commerce.  But that is what protesters do!  Think of the city centers in Portland and Minneapolis.  Commerce was ground to a standstill. 

Establishment law and order types would naturally want to break up those sorts of protests.  Trudeau and the progressive elites in Canada are representing the establishment law and order types, now that it suits them.  This is evidence of the flip-flop in allegiances I started my comments out with.  Jim

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Well, I guess that makes me a law and order type. I'm good with that!

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

Hi, Jim.  90% of Canadians are vaccinated.  It is unlikely that very many of this group are supporters of the blockades.  A vast majority of Canadians oppose them.  Certainly 2/3 or more.

Yet you write, "Based upon what I have read, it is the non-college educated working class and the youth who support the truckers and the educated, very liberal, wealthier/older establishment groups who support Trudeau."

That's a pretty broad brush.  And an incorrect one. 

Only about 22% of Canadian adults are College educated.   But 66% at least of Canadians oppose the blockades.  So that means a majority of those opposed are less than college educated...  Far fewer Canadians are "Wealthy" -  The top 5% of income in Canada in 2021 = $128,634 - 95% of Canadians earn less than that but 2/3 at least of this group oppose the blockades...

The opposition to these "Truckers" is very broadly based across the country and cannot be identified with any one 'group' or demographic. A majority of those opposed are not college educated and earn less than $125000 a year. 

Then we have the usual QAnon far right people who organized it.  And what are their goals?  

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Dave

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

This recent threads have sure been a great distraction from all of the real political news like the fact that Trump's accounting firm cut ties and retracts the last 10 years of his financial statements.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/nyregion/mazars-trump-organization-financial-statements.html

This can't be good news for his businesses no matter what else comes out of it. Who is he going to get to do this year's tax return?? No legitimate firm will take him on now. Maybe he should buy a copy of Turbo Tax and he, Ivanka, and the boys can do it themselves. 

Also, the  other news coming out this past week from the Jan. 6th committee or as Trump refers to it as the Unselect Committee. Man, that just get funnier every time he says it.

The RNC censoring Cheney and Kinzinger and calling the riot "legitimate political discourse."

WH calls made by Trump not in the official call logs. 

The boxes of WH documents the national archive had to get out of the mar a lago basement, including classified and top secret documents.

I can't see why you guys like this POS. He was a grifter for years, a loser businessman who f'ing bankrupted a f'ing casino, has declared bankruptcy four other times, we now know Cohen was right and he has lied about his assets and liabilities, cheating on his taxes after promising to reveal them to the public after his audit is finished. Anyone know anyone who's audit has ever lasted this long? Just more BS from the orange guy. 

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Fuck off Rod.....I seriously doubt anyone here thinks Russia attacking ANY country is a good thing..... 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

ob·ses·sion
/əbˈseSH(ə)n/

noun

    1. the state of being obsessed with someone or something: "she cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession"

    2. mentioning someone in virtually every posting on a political forum.... because of a uncontrollable obsession with that person.  "he mentioned his vanquisher in virtually every posting he made, with a psychosis bordering on obsession, after once again being defeated by that person"   

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Mommy, Rich is being mean to me!   

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

 Man oh man, I don't think I ever saw a guy try to squirm out of a predicament he placed himself in, with such fervor as he did.  

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Really, Jim? We've devolved into F you being a well put response?