Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

My suggestion to you is quit emoting hysterically like the rest of the leftists here do, grow a pair, and deal with the subjects at hand, instead of complaining like a little girl that you're enduring PERSONAL attacks from me, every time I challenge you with questions you can't answer. 

At the risk of working you up even further, I want to ask something.  You say, as you often do, "every time I challenge you with questions you can't answer..." 

Amazingly, you say this in reply to a post where I state, "in this very thread I agreed that covid was not a big deal for children and that the damage, including but not limited to suicides and kids falling through the educational cracks might have outweighed any benefit of closing schools, especially in states like California where the schools were closed for a long time and may still be closed in some instances."

You quoted it fool!  Isn't that the answer to every question you asked?  You are such a joke.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You made the charge now back it up.

You claimed these 2 lines I wrote were PERSONAL attacks on you.



Does That wake you up counselor or is JOHNS HOPKINS University made up of Right wing hacks??

I hope maybe you get it now?  I seriously doubt it though."



I'll ask again since you dodged and weaved from answering the question.

I guess you assume that if you put forth enough bullshit in your posting that we won't notice your dodge girly boy?  

And P.S.  I don't have to accuse you of being a snowflake, your persona projects it much of the time.  

You are a fool.

"Does That wake you up counselor or is JOHNS HOPKINS University made up of Right wing hacks??"
Answer:  I did not need to be awakened.  I had already stated in this thread that Covid was not a big deal for children.  This is what the John's Hopkins data said isn't it?

"I hope maybe you get it now?  I seriously doubt it though."
Answer:  I already got your point, long before you posted this.  Covid is not a big deal for Children,  I agreed with your point, at least twice, before you posted.  

Am I am missing your point, in other words, is your point is something other than Covid being no big deal for Kids?   Please let me know!   That's a question, feel free to answer.  I know you won't.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You made the charge now back it up.

You claimed these 2 lines I wrote were PERSONAL attacks on you.

Of course I did.  I also explained why these are personal attacks in my post #36.  I can repeat myself if you like, but as is your style, you will just ignore my explanation and pretend it never happened.  

I guess I agree with David.  Reality is under assault in this thread.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'll ask a simple question to you which I know you'll dodge so I'll have to ask it twice.

Is Biden's calling out of Trump as a murderer who killed Half a Million Americans Reprehensible?

Yes it is.  Reprehensible and unfounded.  I probably said as much at the time Biden made this statement.   You are the dodger Rich.  I answer questions all the time. 

Jim

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Nailed it..... Would not be the 1st time.....not only for out of context but straight up lying as well lol

Hi Greg:

If you have the time, read the Trump interview all the way through, or at least the first half.   In this case I don't think the context makes Trump look much better than Rod's original post.  Trump fawns over Putin.  He boasts that none of this would have happened if he was in office.  His ego is on full display.  I have not read the CNN-ish stuff where they are no doubt portraying Trump's comments as high treason.  But I personally think this interview, Trump's own words in context, make him look very bad.  I sincerely hope he drops out of politics soon, but I' pretty sure that is just a fantasy.      Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, you don't. You typically truncate my postings, put them in the upper box and then dodge and weave.  

Was there a question in your post I failed to answer?  I thought I answered it.  I like answering questions.  If I missed one, please let me know and I'll answer it for you.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

No, you didn't.  I usually watch to see if you'll say anything against Biden, because you sure didn't when he was running.  

In fact you're still proud of your vote, or at least you said so a few months back with a big grin..  

Workin' out great for us all isn't he?  

Sure was smart of him to immediately cancel the Keystone Pipeline while he simultaneously approved Putin's Nordstream pipeline.  

Brilliant don't you think?  

Record inflation, record spending, shelves empty everywhere as if we were in a third world nation or some socialist banana republic where they run out of food stuffs and ration.  

Leaving Americans and our Allies behind in Afghanistan.  

He's just turning out to be a real Gem of a Pres. don't you think?  

Yeah, your choice was a really intellectual one, but then you're a personality voter as you've proved, as you don't vote on the issues.

And BTW, if you answer all questions, you've dodged this one for months and I know you'll still dodge when I ask it again.

Name 5 policy issues that you disagreed with Trump on and name 5 policy issues with which you agree with your President Biden.

You haven't given an answer to that one yet, and I've asked it a number of times over the last 3 or 4 months.  

I'll expect a tap dance or a dodge.  

Actually, I am pretty sure I did.  Biden said that Trump was responsible for the Covid deaths so far during one of the debates right?  I thought it was reprehensible at the time.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You said that my questions were a PERSONAL attacks and you're failing miserably there to show how I'm personally attacking you.  

Yes and Covid is no big deal for kids, just like pneumonia is no big deal for kids.

More kids are killed in car accidents and climbing trees than from Covid each year.

995 kids are killed each year drowning every year.

Should we outlaw swimming pools in this country or give kids a snorkel when they take a bath?

Almost 1500 kids die of suffocation each year. 

I guess then we need to have some agency come in and redesign pillow cases or outlaw plastic bags?  

600 kids die from heart disease every year. 

Maybe we need to have nurses assigned to homes to make sure kids don't eat any cholesterol?  

If the parents try to give them anything with saturated fats, take those parents to jail.  

That would be a solution.

So yeah, I don't think Covid is a big deal for kids considering the 48,000 child JH Univ. Study that showed NOT ONE died who didn't have a serious pre-existing condition.  

And I just did answer you.  

Super, we are in agreement on your point, Covid is not that big of a deal for kids. 

There is no way in heaven or earth I can make you understand that a statement like any of the ones quoted above is indeed a personal attack.  See post 36.  These are minor and ineffective personal attacks for sure.  So I'll quit trying to make you understand.  The only thing that I am wondering is whether you are so tone-deaf that you truly don't think these are indeed minor personal attacks, or whether you know they are, yet you are just too dishonest to admit it.  Maybe I should take a poll.

For the record, it was a major personal attack when Rod stated the other day, "I would think the Cons on the forum would be ecstatic to know their comrades in Russia are about to roll over another Democracy."  That was a much worse personal attack and a couple of the cons on the forum, me included, replied appropriately.  The only reason I bring this up is that Rod is man enough (or cognizant enough) to know that he threw a bomb at the conservatives.  He, unlike you, never denied it and did not spend a day or two pretending that his attack line was not an attack line.  Good on Rod.  You on the other hand....

Ketanji Brown Jackson.  I read through this article which details much of her resume.  KBJ looks like she has blue-chip credentials that can be matched with any candidate or sitting justice.  No doubt she is liberal, if Biden's team did their homework, but she is obviously qualified to be on the Supreme Court.  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ketanji-brown-jackson-biden-supreme-court-pick/

I would love to see the R's acknowledge her qualifications and vote for confirmation 100-0.  That is more or less the way it was done in the old days.  In my opinion a vote against a qualified candidate based upon ideological differences, when the opposing party has the Presidency and the Senate just makes the "no" vote look petty.  Especially since the filibuster for Court nominees has been eliminated.  Obviously this is just a fantasy of mine, but it is rooted in respect for the Constitution.  

Jim

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

But the make up of the Court is anything but petty. I think most voters would include it in their top ten concerns.

Hi Mel and Greg:

Greg:  I'm not saying that I agree with the liberal justices' Constitutional school of thought.  Far from it.  What I am saying is the the Constitution gives the President the right and obligation to appoint a Supreme Court justice when there is a vacancy.  The Constitution gives the Senate advice and consent authority.  This is the part of the Constitution I am respecting.  The Senate makes it's own rules of course, and there is no filibuster for SCOTUS nominees.  

As we sit today, the Ds have the presidency and the Ds control the Senate.  This candidate is qualified as far as education, background, relevant experience and so on go.  She is as qualified as any of the sitting Justices for sure.  

So, her confirmation is a foregone conclusion, unless something really devastating comes up in her hearings, which is unlikely.  She has been vetted before.  I do not expect the R's to stoop to the dishonest, despicable, and ultimately unsuccessful levels the Ds did during the Kavanaugh hearings.  In other words I sure hope the Rs do not make crap up to taint the impeccable reputation of this woman.  That is not how I want my team to play the game.  

Since her confirmation is probably inevitable, I would prefer the Rs to acknowledge her credentials, some should vote to confirm her and some can make a record that they do not agree with her judicial philosophy.  Not much any R can do about it.  So take the high road.  How the Rs vote is not nearly as important to me as how they behave during the hearings.

Mel:  I am not saying that the makeup of the Court is a petty issue.  I'm not saying that at all!  I am saying that this time the Ds hold all the cards.  Elections have consequences.  The R's lost the presidency and the Senate.  This is the inevitable consequence.  How the Rs take this setback (with class or not) is up to them.  This should motivate the Rs to make sure that this is the only SCOTUS nomination Biden gets to make.  

The Rs can handle this confirmation process with class like they did when Kagan, Ginsberg and Sotomayor were nominated.  Or the Rs can do it like scum - like the Ds did when Bork, Thomas, and Kavanaugh were nominated.  I think the class act will pay dividends in upcoming elections.  Maybe I'm just a relic from a bygone era though...