Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

And Joe Biden is still the worst President in US History. 

Joe Biden is still out there lying and slurring through his speeches.

Joe Biden says that the price of gas is coming down and that it is "Historic".

I wonder if that one guy somewhere who claims to be a Republican is still proud of his vote for Biden as he claimed before?

If he is, I doubt that he still has the stones to admit it. 

Enjoy your day!  

I am not proud of our parties and their nomination processes.  It is a real shame that the choice was between Biden and Trump last time.  The country needs an inspiring and dynamic leader.  But if I had a time machine and knowing the economic pain we are all suffering in 2022, I would not even consider going back and changing my vote.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Thank you for demonstrating in real time the phrase "Stupid is as stupid does".  

I assumed you would reply with an insult and a taunt.  Why do you do that?  Are you never curious why people who might agree with you on some issues diverge on others?  I can assure you it is not stupidity.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Trollers will troll, it's what they do.

Yes, but is it just trolling, or is it a deeper sociopathy that pervades Richard's life on line and off line?  I am sure we will never know.  I hope he is just an internet troll and is otherwise a reasonable person.  

Originally Posted by James Lacey

If I'm not mistaken, Brian first called you that, and most of us merely echoed the moniker. Why did he call you that? I assume it was due to your habit of screaming into the internet in all caps and your penchant for long-winded tirades. There is no doubt we all trade a barb or two here and there, but no one, and I mean no one, comes close to the consistent outpouring of name-calling and insults you produce. It permeates almost every post you make. We mimic it sometimes as an inside joke, other times to try and hold up a mirror of self-reflection for you to gaze into possibly, and other times merely because we feel like giving you a taste of your own medicine. But to equal the amount of venom you pour out routinely, any of us would have to hurl thousands of insults daily even to begin to catch up.

Richard - I can't put it any better than James did above.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

 where by you referred to me as a sociopath.

Actually, I worry some times that your life in general is as miserably conflict ridden as your persona here.  I don't know why I care.  You have assured me that it is not.  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Although I realize your faux concern is put forth to satisfy your lefty pals here, you can rest assured that I'm doing quite well. 

Thanks for your so very sincere sentiments though!   LOL 

P.S.  I'm almost finished with my version of a 2 way set of loudspeakers, kind of modeled after your Omega ones you own that are in Zebrawood.  I do owe you some thanks for posting your photos, as it got me busy and involved in making some prototype sets that I'm going to attempt to introduce to the audiophile market.  These 1st prototypes are 25" high X 10" deep x 13" wide.  I'm using JBL/selenium drivers, an 8 inch Mid Bass, with a 4 inch bullet tweeter, and a 5200 Hz crossover for the tweeter. 

Freq. response is 70Hz - 20KHz for this configuration. 

The Zebrawood I have to admit was a bit difficult to work with, but the veneering came out pretty nice so far.  I angled the face of the speaker itself back at 9 degrees to offer a bit more bass response to the ears at a short distance. 

I've come up with a very clever idea for the protective grille on the Mid bass driver, and it will attach with unseen neodymium magnets. 

I'll be looking for input from all types of audiophiles as to the appearance, and I'll see if I hit a mark with these.  I'll post photos here hopefully by the week's end so feel free to put forth an honest opinion about them.  

Looking forward to them.

Speaking of polls, this one is kind of surprising.  From Gallup.  The highlights:


* 44% have favorable view of Republican Party; 39%, of Democratic Party
* GOP holds 20-point advantage on protecting U.S. from terrorism, threats
* 51% say GOP better for ensuring prosperity; 41% say Democrats are


https://news.gallup.com/poll/402293/gop-leads-image-handling-terrorism-nation-prosperity.aspx

One possible reason is that despite the Democrats best efforts, the GOP is not Donald Trump and January 6.  The entirety of social policy is not the Dobbs decision overturning Roe.  I am confident that Joe and Jane six-pack still care more about the economy than anything else.

Biden has helped too, from a GOP perspective.  "More than eight in 10 rank-and-file Republicans (87%) and Democrats (84%) view their own parties favorably. While Republicans' favorable rating of the GOP is essentially unchanged from last year, Democrats' rating of their own party has fallen eight points to the lowest reading of Joe Biden's presidency."

And:  "For their part, independents hold equally low opinions of both major parties, as 34% view each favorably. While the Democratic Party has held an edge over the Republican Party among independents since 2008, this is the second consecutive year that both parties are at parity among this group."

In my opinion, the Democratic elite have put all of their eggs in the Trump/Jan 6 and Roe baskets.  Again in my opinion, this will only resonate in deep blue states like California and New York, where the Rs have no traction anyway.  Elsewhere, it's still the economy, domestic security, crime, and the other traditional kitchen table issues.  Jim

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Trump rallied the troops around his heated feud with Mitch McConnell saying he has a "death wish" and calling McConnell's wife, who was his transportation secretary, "China-loving Coco Chow"
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/10/02/senator-rick-scott-response-trump-attack-tweet-mcconnell-elaine-chao-intv-bash-sotu-vpx.cnn 
Of course, the cons on the forum don't like Trump, they just like his policies...

We agree that Trump is an idiot.  But, Trump is going to be irrelevant in the next couple elections, at least I hope so.  What are you going to post about then?  I have a good one, that concerns you and me both, and I bet we are aligned on the issue too.  Gimme a minute.  Jim

"At the beginning of the current academic year, nine law school student groups at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Law amended their bylaws to ensure that nobody who supports Israel or Zionism is invited to speak."  https://www.newsweek.com/uc-berkeley-law-schools-jew-free-zones-latest-progressive-trend-opinion-1748218

"Multiple student groups at the UC Berkeley School of Law passed a bylaw on August 21 stating that they would never invite any speakers that support “Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine.”

The bylaw, which was spearheaded by UC Berkeley’s Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP), stated that not inviting such speakers is necessary for “the safety and welfare of Palestinian students on campus.” It also stated that any student organization that adopts the bylaw is required to hold a “Palestine 101” training hosted by LSJP “to create a safe and inclusive space for Palestinian students.” The student groups who adopted the bylaw include the Berkeley Law Muslim Student Association, Middle Eastern and North African Law Students Association, Womxn of Color Collective, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Queer Caucus, Community Defense Project, Women of Berkeley Law, and Law Students of African Descent."  https://jewishjournal.com/news/351239/berkeley-law-student-groups-pass-bylaw-pledging-to-not-invite-pro-israel-speakers/


This is embarrassing to me as a lawyer and a human being.  What the hell are these kids thinking, what are they being taught?  Berkeley is an elitist liberal enclave of course, but this sort of anti-Semitism is beyond the pale.  No lawyer or law student should ever vote to stifle contrary opinions.  When and why did the left abandon Israel anyway?  The school and it's students should be ashamed of themselves.

More detailed analysis:  https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/351854/berkeley-develops-jewish-free-zones/

"Anti-Zionism is flatly antisemitic. Using “Zionist” as a euphemism for Jew is nothing more than a confidence trick. Like other forms of Judeophobia, it is an ideology of hate, treating Israel as the “collective Jew” and smearing the Jewish state with defamations similar to those used for centuries to vilify individual Jews. This ideology establishes a conspiratorial worldview, sometimes including replacement theory, which has occasionally erupted in violence, including mass-shooting, in recent months. Moreover, Zionism is an integral aspect of the identity of many Jews. Its derogation is analogous, in this way, to other forms of hate and bigotry."

I could not agree more.  The above is from Kenneth L. Marcus, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, which has represented Jewish students in the New Paltz, Tufts, and USC cases discussed in the article above. 

The Jewish Student's measured response:  https://medium.com/@jsabl_48322/jsabl-board-statement-97de2e3f7e77

Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

I'm excited about the Colorado Senate candidacy of Republican Joe O'Dea.  He is running to unseat long time D incumbent Michael Bennet.  You might recall that Democratic operatives bankrolled a hard-core Trump-endorsed MAGA candidate in the primaries.  The people of Colorado saw through it.  

I am very curious what the local Trump supporters are going to do in our Senate election.  Stay home?  Write in a MAGA candidate?  Vote for O'Dea?  One problem for religious conservatives and slavish Trump supporters is that O'Dea is vocally pro-choice.   https://www.joeodea.com/abortion  I reckon that makes him a RINO like me to some, but I guess we will see in November who the real republicans are.

Of course, Bennet and much of the press is spending a lot of time and money trying to smear O'Dea with the typical smears leveled against all republicans this cycle: (Trump-like, fascist, insurrection-supporting, anti-choice, anti-everything-except-white-men scum).  I don't think those smears will stick to O'Dea.  This is the race I will be watching most closely this November.  If Trump's base sits this one out, O'Dea loses.  If Trump's base votes republican, even though they can not be thrilled with all of O'Dea's policies, this could be close because of the economy and the impression many people have of Bennet.

Jim

Obviously only of local interest, still Newt wrote an op-ed over the weekend that is optimistic.  https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-odea-surprise-democrats-defeat-michael-bennet-colorado-november

One candidate for Senator in Colorado is a fourth generation native.  He is the son of a police officer, and is now the CEO of a construction firm that employs more than 300 Coloradans.  This candidate attended Mullen High School in Denver, and attended Colorado State University, where he studied construction management. After obtaining his union carpenter card, he dropped out of school in 1983 to run he and his wife's construction company full time.  He has been successful and owns the Mile High Station and Ironworks event centers in Denver.  He has raised kids here and is a genuine outdoorsman.  He is pro-choice.

The other candidate, the incumbent,  was born to a diplomat in India, raised in Washington DC and moved to Colorado in 1997.  He was appointed to his Senate seat In 2009 and has held it since.  He attended St. Albans School in DC, Wesleyan University in Connecticut and Yale Law, also in Connecticut.   This candidate released a spot showing him fly fishing in the Arkansas River, my home water.   https://gazette.com/elections/bennet-goes-fishing-with-unaffiliated-angler-touts-public-lands-advocacy-in-tv-ad/article_68c6858f-6631-5824-84a7-23789031ad02.html   A real Coloradan right?   Oops, it turns out he only bought a one day fishing license, according to his campaign.  https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2022/08/05/colorado-recount-affirms-primary-results-tina-peters  Not as bad as Dukakis' famous tank photo, but you can bet this story of the sham outdoorsman has made the rounds.  Oh, this candidate is pro-choice too.

I get it that most everyone votes party line.  But if party line were not a big thing for you, who would you vote for?