Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Or is the critical metric total aid in federal dollars?

Hi James:

I see the joke, even without a wink.  By that metric the Blue states dominate in receipts, $3.5T to $2.6T

I think that is the least critical metric, although as a federalist, I could demand that each of the 50 co-equal states get 1/50th of the budget sent down to the state level.  

Just kidding, that would be pretty unfair.   I personally like the metric of federal spending per capita, rather than spending per dollar of tax revenue received, just because it seems fairer.  States are groups of people.  High tax payers ought not get as much direct assistance back.  So, a state with lots of rich people should get less per dollar received, according to this way of thinking.  A state with lots of rich people should also get less federal assistance according to the assistance per/capita metric, and they do.  

My only dispute with you is that you bring these factoids up now and then as an offensive weapon to point out the hypocrisy of righties who demand less welfare, when their states are net beneficiaries.  I don't think that is particularly fair to the people of red states, for many reasons listed above.  I agree about the hypocrisy though.  Did you notice that all states are net beneficiaries now?  That was apparently not the case in 2004, according to the arrogant law prof. I linked to. 

It would be interesting to discuss why the deepest blue states are also the richest overall.  Cause vs. effect.  I would argue that education and opportunity drive wealth, and wealth plus education and opportunity cause liberal points of view (now, not always) and that makes states like CA and NY deep blue.  I would argue against the opposite, that liberal policies create education, opportunity and wealth...resulting in rich blue states.  Frankly, I think that historical, geographic, and demographic reasons have a lot more to do with opportunity and wealth than liberal v. conservative policies.  CA vs. MS is not a fair fight based upon history, natural resources, geography, demographics and so on.   

But I have no data today.  As Greg would say, I am definitely pulling this last conclusion out of my ass.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

DB in Cal stated:   since you think like they do..

Really? 

Go ahead and explain what you are implying there.  I'm interested in knowing what you are accusing me of.  

DB stands for "Dream Boat."  Right?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

DS in Michigan stated:  Hope you don't get it and have complications due to your old age and dick headedness.  Oops, I called you that name again. I apologize, sorry you're a dick.


I have a small notation to make and question.

Wasn't it You who claimed that nobody responds to my postings??     

Man, you are just so danged easy.   

I thought Brian was DS?

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Oh I don't know, why don't you grow a pair and comment on the other thread where your little buddies are off the rails?

Your pal in Michigan seems to be going through fits calling me a dick over and over, but hey at least you've once again exposed yourself for being the hypocrite that I've always known you to be.

I guess its easier for you to call out one side of the aisle only?

Enjoy your night counselor.  

I did just post over there, just a little joke.  Hypocrisy?  I guess.    I'll go chastise Jim M. in the other thread.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Care to comment on the content of my post instead of claiming victory and ignoring it.

Man, you are so predicable.

Oh, and btw, I've had two doses, two boosters, and work in an enviornment where I'm in contact with the public every day in my small grocery store and when out on the road every morning in produce warehouses and packing houses, and I've been covid free since the beginning. If a vaccine and boosters can help protect my immune system I'm all for it. If another booster is recommended by the scientists and doctors I'll get jabbed again. You do what you want. Hope you don't get it and have complications due to your old age and dick headedness. Oops, I called you that name again. I apologize, sorry you're a dick.

Hi Jim:

Please quit calling Richard a dick.  He is obviously wounded and emotionally fragile.  He included a touching plea for help in the other thread, so I'm here to help him.  Please consider that it is inhumane to taunt someone like Richard, especially when he is in one of his states.

Thanks, Jim

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

We ridicule you, it goes over your head, and then you come back on here and say we're irritated or angry.

What we are doing is laughing at your continued utter lack of self awareness. 
Although, since you can make up abbreviations, I guess I can, too. I am a DS. Want to guess what that is??

Ouch, that probably left a bruise!  

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

She would be a fine President, but a terrible candidate. Have you followed Presidential elections recently???

Alas, my naïveté blinds me to reality.  Always hoping for a reasoned debate between serious candidates.

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

Granted, Trump is too stupid to orchestrate this, but he did invite it, Anti-American that he is.

p.s. Of course he invited it.  His stupidity and ego know no bounds.  That does not absolve the press of abdicating their proper roles in a functioning democracy.

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

I now support Donald Trump as the GOP candidate. It is au fait accompli anyway, and it will serve a greater purpose. 

With Trump as the nominee, Biden's re-election will look a lot more like Reagan '84 than Bush '04. Trump will win few states and it will not be very close.

This is the chemotherapy the GOP obviously needs in order to eradicate the cancer that is Donald Trump, and good riddance to him. I don't see another option. If Trump somehow wins - well, lets just not contemplate that.

Was Trump's CPAC speech on TV?  I wouldn't know.  Much better things to watch, like paint drying and so on.  The IU v. Michigan game was fun too!

Anyway, it does not sound like Trump has mellowed.  I will despair bigly if he gets the nomination again.  This is a new level of crazy:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/05/trump_promises_cpac_peace_domestic_harmony_or_filthy_communist_nightmare_148940.html

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

James, James James. It wasn't Steve Bannon that released horrific DNC emails that humiliated Clinton just prior to the election:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak

"On July 13, 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian military intelligence agents of a group known as Fancy Bear alleged to be responsible for the attack,[1] who were behind the Guccifer 2.0 pseudonym which claimed responsibility."

Granted, Trump is too stupid to orchestrate this, but he did invite it, Anti-American that he is.

This is my point by the way.  I am not trying to say that the Russians are anything but meddling bad actors.  They are.  But Trump did not collude with the Russians, and CNN told us in no uncertain terms that he did.  In fact, they told us that he did collude for years, and I think they told us that bs when they knew otherwise.  If they did not know otherwise, they should have done their jobs and gotten to the bottom of it.  They did not even try.

J