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September 20, 2022 11:17 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Lacey


Is that the way they are spinning it in the right-wing outrage media? Because there are a lot of reports from reputable sources that paint a completely different picture. The National Guard was deployed to assist in utilizing a joint base in the area to house the immigrants, not eliminate them. Even Ted Cruz had to delete a tweet where he falsely claimed the guard was being used to halt and get rid of the migrants.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/09/migrants-flown-to-marthas-vineyard-will-now-be-offered-shelter-at-joint-base-cape-cod-shelter.html

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard will be offered shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod shelter

Massachusetts officials on Friday solidified their plan to utilize Joint Base Cape Cod as a temporary shelter and humanitarian resources hub for the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants who unexpectedly arrived on Martha’s Vineyard earlier this week.

Gov. Charlie Baker, who floated the shelter idea Thursday, will now activate up to 125 members of the Massachusetts National Guard to jumpstart the emergency initiative, the administration announced Friday morning.
Good for Baker.  Martha's Vineyard is much nicer than Florida/Texas this time of year.  DeSantis did the Venezuelans a huge favor.  I am glad to see they are being treated so well by the good people of Massachusetts.

September 20, 2022 11:19 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

Did you photoshop that yourself, or swallow it whole from one of those idiotic websites you get all your opinions from? Why imply they're Democrats?

https://timeline.com/the-kkk-started-a-branch-just-for-women-in-the-1920s-and-half-a-million-joined-72ab1439b78b
I pay $21 bucks a month for a photoshop CS license.  I doubt Rich has that kind of money.

September 20, 2022 11:37 PM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Once again, it looks like I hit a RINO nerve, as he resorts to immediate insults.  

My goodness, you really so predictable these days.   wink

BTW, is that the best you've got?  smile
RINO is a compliment Rich, if RINO serves to distinguish me from MAGA fools, I wear the label with pride.

September 20, 2022 11:40 PM Forum: Politics

You thought the movie The Purge was simply a laughably absurd bit of theater?? Think again!

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Brown

Do you agree that the existing cash bail system favors wealthy or well connected defendants? 

Jim
You have replied a couple of times in other threads since I posted this Rich.  Are you afraid to address the nuance?

September 21, 2022 12:31 AM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

https://patabook.com/news/2022/09/16/marthas-vineyard-residents-say-they-dont-want-migrants/

You might want to educate yourself rather than just pandering to the left.    wink
Why are you afraid to reply in the cash bail thread?

September 21, 2022 12:32 AM Forum: Politics

You thought the movie The Purge was simply a laughably absurd bit of theater?? Think again!

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by James Brown

Do you agree that the existing cash bail system favors wealthy or well connected defendants? 

Jim
Crickets

September 21, 2022 12:48 AM Forum: Politics

You thought the movie The Purge was simply a laughably absurd bit of theater?? Think again!

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

There is no nuance on most of these cases.  

I don't need to discuss the nuance of a person who had just gone done attacking a group of individuals in McDonald's with a hatchet, while he destroyed $1000s worth of McDonalds' property, who proceeded to then be set free because he of the insane Leftist Democrats' policies based on their claims of Inequity.

Like I told you in another thread here, Pandering to the left as you continuously do, doesn't grab me one bit.  I don't need to play their leftist games like you want to do.

I leave that to the fraudulent virtue signalers out there (gee, I wonder who exudes that trait here?  wink) 

However, if you care to play your little leftist games I'll just put one example forth and you can illustrate the "nuance" of this case for all the world to see.

Please do, enthrall us with your acumen counselor.  Give us a bouncing ball explanation of the "Nuance" of this individual's criminal case here.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/18/mcdonalds-ax-attack-suspect-michael-palacios-freed-without-bail/

So there's the case before you counselor.  Nuance away!!   tongue
I already said that eliminating cash bail is not the answer, so not sure why you think I would support quick release of the McDonalds defendant.  You obviously prefer to argue against falsely attributed positions.  Annoying at best, psychopathic at worst.  

Enough about your lies though, last chance for a little honesty and dialog Rich; do you agree that the existing cash bail system favors wealthy or well connected defendants?

September 21, 2022 12:58 AM Forum: Politics

This is a good analogy for all of the Woke Racist Democrats who live in Martha's Vineyard

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I did reply.  I guess aside from being an easily riled, rabid fraudulent leftist apologist virtue signaler, I can add the label clueless as well to descibe you??  LOL  
You realize that our posts are time stamped don't you?  Your deception here is a very minor lie, by your standards.  But hey, a liar's gotta lie, even when it is not necessary.  You and Trump have that in common.

11:31  JB "Why are you afraid to reply in the cash bail thread?
11:36  RD finally replies:  "There is no nuance on most of these cases.  Blah Blah...  So there's the case before you counselor.  Nuance away!!"
11:44  RD, quoting my 11:31 post:  "I did reply.  I guess aside from being an easily riled, rabid fraudulent leftist apologist virtue signaler, I can add the label clueless as well to descibe you??  LOL"

September 21, 2022 01:35 AM Forum: Politics

You thought the movie The Purge was simply a laughably absurd bit of theater?? Think again!

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

James Virtue signaler said this above:  "You obviously prefer to argue against falsely attributed positions.  Annoying at best, psychopathic at worst.  Enough about your lies though"

The only liar here is you counselor, since you're claiming that I falsely attributed any position one way or the other upon you.  I didn't.  I simply put forth a case since you challenged me to engage in a discussion about the nuances of cases involving people arrested and jailed.

You made the challenge and now you're impotent to describe the "nuances" of the case? 

So back to your above accusation.  What position is it that you claim I attributed to you?  I'll reiterate.  I didn't.  Define it.  

Your self-pity party is merely a deflection.  Get a grip.

Now then, as I clearly stated, VIOLENT offenders are being let out of jail and they are then recommitting violent crimes.  That was MY position.

I couldn't give a damn about the Millionaire or Billionaire who committed crimes of embezzlement, tax fraud, or some other non-violent offense and got out of jail while waiting for his trial, because he could afford the bail.  

I'm not interested in comparing apples to oranges as you are and then getting all riled up about the inequities of the cash bail system.  It is irrelevant.

What is RELEVANT is the violent offense bail, and I'm pretty sure that there aren't a great number of Millionaires and Billionaires who are committing carjackings, armed robberies, violent assaults, and rapes out there to the extent that poor and homeless people in society are, and who are being released over the indigent in society.  

If you can, please supply the evidence counselor to show that an Elon Musk type who cut his wife's throat with a butcher knife was let out of jail because he could make bail, at a much greater rate of release, than the poor innocent teen who pulled a lady out of her Lexus beat her, and shot her in the street to steal the car. 

As I stated, I couldn't care less about the inequities of the cash bail system when it comes to non-violent crimes.  They aren't going to affect the physical safety of Jane Doe who is heading home from her job on 42nd street and gets beaten or raped. 

Let them all out as far as I'm concerned.

Show me the stats whereby Elon Musk was able to post bail for a  rape or violent carjacking he committed and the lesser in society was jailed because he couldn't make the bail.  

Even IF that type of thing were occurring, it doesn't justify letting ALL violent criminals out of jail, in order to satisfy the anger of pissed off little leftist Democrats who don't like the inequity of the current system.

If You think that it does, and If you think it is reasonable to let EVERY violent offender out of jail in NYC, because Millionaires can afford the bail over a street urchin, then you're a complete moron.  

That remedy is a remedy that leftist Jackasses come up with and it is occurring in many large Democrat run cities around the nation.  

My hope would be that all who commit crimes of violence would be treated equally as far as incarceration goes, however I'm not dumb enough to say "ok, since Elon Musk can afford the bail, I'll release this violent angry criminal who can't, justto satisfy the anger of idiots out there who demand it". 

In other words, I'm not interested in burning the entire system and the nation to satisfy a bunch of angry leftists.  Are you?  
Nuanced issue Rich, read my posts.  Here are two statements I think are true:

1.  It is a bad idea to eliminate cash bail altogether.
2.  Cash bail favors the wealthy and connected, it is an unfairly applied system.

The nuance comes in when we consider what best to do to address the injustice in the present bail system.  Throwing out the system is not a good plan.  I don't have all the proper corrections in mind, but I would be happy to discuss the alternatives if anyone has any insight into this difficult and yes, nuanced issue.

September 21, 2022 01:45 AM Forum: Politics

You thought the movie The Purge was simply a laughably absurd bit of theater?? Think again!

Posted By James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'm not interested in Egalitarianism that leads to murder.  I really don't give a damn if you or any other leftist wrings their hands over the issue and the nuances. 

My initial posting was about leftist idiots out there who are willing to let violent criminals out of prison to satisy their leftist constituents for the sake of equity.
Therefore there isn't any nuance about it. 

If the inequity of the system keeps you up at night deal with it.  
One last try, just because.

Rich:  "My initial posting was about leftist idiots out there who are willing to let violent criminals out of prison to satisy their leftist constituents for the sake of equity.  Therefore there isn't any nuance about it."

Jim:  In my initial post I agreed that letting violent criminals walk is a bad idea.  I...agreed...with...you.  Got it?

Then, I tried to move the conversation onward from our initial point of agreement, by putting out there my opinion that the cash bail system is not fairly applied.  Obviously, you have no interest in discussing possible solutions.  Looks like you are unwilling to acknowledge that there are any flaws with the existing system.  So, you and I can take this topic no further.