If your boss asks you to do or not do anything and you refuse there’s a good chance you will be fired. The worlds so unfair sone times. I know the bosses I’ve had have been absolutely thrilled when they’ve asked me to do something and I said I think I’ll pass. I’d rather virtue signal to a captive audience.
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So people are generally dishonest enough to steal basketball tickets so you must show id but would never ever vote twice or commit voter fraud in any way?
Make what clearer?...I scribble a different signature everytime with each one more hideous than the previous lol...i would think election officials but decent people with integrity in those positions..???
That’s golden but also horrifying? Did he say he interviewed those snowflakes at Berkeley for Christ sakes. A school normally rated in the top 10 15 universities in the entire country who sound like they just walked off the set of LaGuna beach the real oc. I wouldn’t let any of those idiots wash my car
Most probably are but it doesn’t take many crooks to turn a close election. Voter fraud is rampant in many cities but I know it’s easier to just keep your head buried in the sand. Chicago nyc Baltimore are sone of the worst offenders. Atlanta is getting there. Why is there no evidence? Because the foxes ate in charge of the henhouse
Good points. It's been discussed here quite often, yet all of those left of center do is stick their heads back in the sand. They have no good answer for how Biden did worse than Obama did in every major city, except the ones in question. How the voting just stopped, with him trailing big time, only to resume the next day, with the lead evaporating. I have an idea. They were down so far, they had to stop and regroup. The ballots in the trunk of the car weren't enough, so back up the U-Haul.
So with that, we are supposed to believe he set a record for votes, when he also couldn't draw flies to a rally, and stayed in his basement most of the time? The poor man isn't fit for office. His cognitive skills have deteriorated, and anyone with half a brain knows that. Trump is egotistical, and a loud mouth, but no one can say he isn't sharp.
Maybe the hardest part for liberals to buy is the notion that nothing can be proven because the "foxes are in charge of the hen house."
What is amazing to me is that privileged white kids think that minorities are too stupid to function without their help and they call conservatives racist
That video posted by smashmouth last night provides a unique window into how these young Woke leftists actually think about Black people. Not much surprises me anymore but it was jaw dropping. Near the end of when the middle aged Black man asks if he is on candid camera is priceless
Mac you probably won’t believe what just happened to a friend of mine He called me just now voice shaken and trembly. I thought maybe someone in his family had passed or his dog got run over. Turns out he was at food lion buying a six pack of beer and the cashier asked to see his Id. Thank god he had one and hopefully the beers will calm his nerves. But I’m still worried about him the next few days will be the hardest
Yeh he said she had a swastika on her neck and gave him the heil hitler salute after she handed him the beer
I can top that.
I had a friend that was out of town for a friends funeral. While there he fell and sprained his wrist which led to a quick trip to the ER. He was able to fly home. When he arrived home, his mom called and asked if he would run by the pharmacy and get her some cold medicine. He then had to go by the bank and get a check cashed. His wife had a package that needed to be picked up at the post office. She wasn't able to get there, but being the good guy he is, he went by and got it. He wanted to pick his kids up at school since he had been out of town. He did get into a little bit of a hurry going to get them and was stopped for speeding. When he finally was able to get home he had a letter that he needed to go by the Social Security office. He also needed to go by the insurance office the next day and on top of all of that his mom had some old jewelry she wanted to sell. He certainly could use a drink.
I had a friend that was out of town for a friends funeral. While there he fell and sprained his wrist which led to a quick trip to the ER. He was able to fly home. When he arrived home, his mom called and asked if he would run by the pharmacy and get her some cold medicine. He then had to go by the bank and get a check cashed. His wife had a package that needed to be picked up at the post office. She wasn't able to get there, but being the good guy he is, he went by and got it. He wanted to pick his kids up at school since he had been out of town. He did get into a little bit of a hurry going to get them and was stopped for speeding. When he finally was able to get home he had a letter that he needed to go by the Social Security office. He also needed to go by the insurance office the next day and on top of all of that his mom had some old jewelry she wanted to sell. He certainly could use a drink.
I was sitting at Tiny’s Tattoos, and he was finishing off with the last touches of the confederate flag in on my arm. I read what you two posted, started laughing, and now my tat is all messed up.
My new tat is ruined! I just spent all my paycheck on it too. How am I gonna explain this to the old lady when I get home?
Thanks a lot guys.
My new tat is ruined! I just spent all my paycheck on it too. How am I gonna explain this to the old lady when I get home?
Thanks a lot guys.
I don't know that I have expressed disdain for stupid people as stupid is pretty subjective. It's also not exclusive to a particular party or ideology. People doing stupid things? Yeah. I would agree that it was stupid of the fire chief to wear that shirt.
I don't want to spend time searching for articles. But I am sure we can find someone that has been fired or forced to resign due to saying, posting or displaying all lives matter. And I am sure that we would find also, that there were other underlying factors that led to their terminations. It's a silly thing to argue about, though. So please forgive my silliness.
I’ve gotta check out this tiny tattoos Is it online. Rebel flags are a dime a dozen anyway. If you want to virtue signal you should get the Sean hannity I want to father your children! Version.
And let's just be real. If you are unable to obtain an ID, perhaps your vote shouldn't count anyway.
Of all the people that I have seen try to convince the masses that it is racist to have voter IDs laws because in their racist minds, minorities are too poor and stupid to get an ID... I have yet to see the argument from them that it is racist to make it so hard for poor and stupid people to obtain an ID. Why don't we just make it easier to get an ID instead of working so tirelessly to block common sense voter ID laws? I know why. Anyone who isn't still breastfeeding knows why.
Of all the people that I have seen try to convince the masses that it is racist to have voter IDs laws because in their racist minds, minorities are too poor and stupid to get an ID... I have yet to see the argument from them that it is racist to make it so hard for poor and stupid people to obtain an ID. Why don't we just make it easier to get an ID instead of working so tirelessly to block common sense voter ID laws? I know why. Anyone who isn't still breastfeeding knows why.
If you guys have not watched smashmouths video posted about 1130 last night do so. It’s magnificent On this thread
It’s pretty damn easy already go to the nearest dmv. If you’re not willing to wait an hour or two amongst the great unwashed maybe you shouldn’t vote.
So the one official folds for the other on the signature deal?
Jibberish. If you are so dumb and removed from society you don’t have an id do us all a favor. Sit this one out. Your neighbors golden retriever is more informed
Foreign policy is going well
Snubbed by North Korea
Snubbed by Nicaragua
Snubbed and insulted by China
Snubbed and told what to do by Iran ( + we gave them back over $1B so far)
Challenged to adebate by Putin and back away
Russian build up of troops on the borders of Ukraine and in the Artic
China testing Taiwan and moving its assets closer to them
Even the Mexican president calling out how much of a s#$tshow it is at the border.
I think our adversaries are sensing we don't have strong leadership anymore
Snubbed by North Korea
Snubbed by Nicaragua
Snubbed and insulted by China
Snubbed and told what to do by Iran ( + we gave them back over $1B so far)
Challenged to adebate by Putin and back away
Russian build up of troops on the borders of Ukraine and in the Artic
China testing Taiwan and moving its assets closer to them
Even the Mexican president calling out how much of a s#$tshow it is at the border.
I think our adversaries are sensing we don't have strong leadership anymore
What tipped em off the most you think? When he can’t remember where he is half the time or when he called a states voting laws (ga) Jim Crow on steroids when they’re less restrictive than his home state’s Delaware and has never tried to change them? Or maybe when his point person on the border actually cackled like the Joker at the prospect of making a field trip down there?
Is asking someone for an ID racist? Of course not.
There was a line in the Fay Vincent article posted earlier that where Vincent writes that MLB should not have pulled the All-Star game without first protesting the substance of the law. The substance of the law is something many on both sides seem to be missing.
First, look at the onslaught of 2021 in a historical context.
In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. Shortly thereafter, you saw a massive rise in things like poll taxes and literacy tests. Poll taxes were often made to be paid at police precincts and were sometimes backdated all the way to the time the individual became of legal voting age. Literacy tests were mostly administered at the polling station and the questions asked were left up to the poll worker. As you can imagine, these tactics were highly successful in keeping Black folks from casting ballots.
The 24th Amendment was passed in 1962, which outlawed the poll tax. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voting.
Amazingly enough, the 1970s saw a rise in states attempting to enact voter ID laws as well as to ramp up efforts to purge voter rolls. Prior to the changes of 1962 and 1965, the only state to have any voter ID law was South Carolina, which passed theirs in 1950. As it should go without saying, these actions were not as successful at voter suppression as earlier moves.
Now, moving on to present day. The "voter integrity" push of 2021 has actually been anticipated and predicted for a while.
Stuart Stevens, a lifelong Republican who worked as a media strategist on the Dole, GW Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney presidential campaigns, wrote in his book, "It Was All a Lie," that had basically given up on the idea of expanding their appeal and seemed more interested in simply limiting voter turnout. He would have written this sometime in 2018 or 2019, well before the pandemic and the subsequent outrage over absentee voting.
In addition to predictions like Stevens's, another commonly discussed topic following 2018 and 2020 is the ability of the the GOP to continue to win statewide elections in certain Republican-strongholds. The states most often mentioned were Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Texas. These states would still most-likely have strong red state legislatures due to districting, but it would be a challenge overcoming the heavily Democratic metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbans. With the direction the Republican party seems to be headed, it should be no surprise that it will take big losses in areas like Atlanta and Phoenix. If the current party line continues to be walked and those cities to continue to grow with educated whites and people of color flocking to them for career purposes, those losses will likely continue and could possibly begin to be seen in Texas and Florida.
The last paragraph is where the Georgia voting laws get into suppression and appear to be what Steven's predicted in a reaction to the losses of 20.
Some of the interesting parts:
1. The Secretary of State is removed as the chairperson of the State Election Board. This is highly unusual and appears to be have been done as a shot at Brad Raffensperger.
2. Three of the five slots on the State Election Board are appointed by the State Legislature. This is important because the state legislature is heavily Republican due to geographic districting throughout the state while the greater Atlanta area is highly democratic and seemingly getting bluer. It should be noted here that the greater Atlanta area has a population of over six million where the entire state is just above 10 million.
3. The food, water and making it increasingly difficult to extend voting hours. These are going to disproportionately affect cities which, in Georgia, disproportionately affects Black folks.
4. Reducing the number of voting machines to 1 per 250 voters. Again, the areas most affected by something like this is metro areas, which in Georgia are highly populated by Blacks.
5. Limiting of drop boxes of 1 per county and no greater than 1 per 100,000 voters. Again, this is simply a way to make it more inconvenient for metro residents to vote.
I'm not going but the last thing I would like to point out is the inclusion of legislation around the ability to file complaints.
An anonymous hotline will be created where people can log complaints about suspected voter fraud. This combined with giving the SEB the ability to sanction any county that doesn't investigate a claim is a disaster waiting to happen.
So, back to the beginning. Is asking or requiring someone to provide their ID for something racist? No.
It is hard, though, to read through many of the measures of the Georgia law while looking at a few surrounding circumstances and not conclude that the purpose of the law is to make it more difficult for voters in heavily-populated areas to vote, which are people who are less likely to vote Republican. In Georgia, the majority of the folks in those areas are Black.
This is not as out front as poll taxes and literacy tests. It doesn't mean that it is any less discriminatory and targeted.
There was a line in the Fay Vincent article posted earlier that where Vincent writes that MLB should not have pulled the All-Star game without first protesting the substance of the law. The substance of the law is something many on both sides seem to be missing.
First, look at the onslaught of 2021 in a historical context.
In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave Black men the right to vote. Shortly thereafter, you saw a massive rise in things like poll taxes and literacy tests. Poll taxes were often made to be paid at police precincts and were sometimes backdated all the way to the time the individual became of legal voting age. Literacy tests were mostly administered at the polling station and the questions asked were left up to the poll worker. As you can imagine, these tactics were highly successful in keeping Black folks from casting ballots.
The 24th Amendment was passed in 1962, which outlawed the poll tax. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voting.
Amazingly enough, the 1970s saw a rise in states attempting to enact voter ID laws as well as to ramp up efforts to purge voter rolls. Prior to the changes of 1962 and 1965, the only state to have any voter ID law was South Carolina, which passed theirs in 1950. As it should go without saying, these actions were not as successful at voter suppression as earlier moves.
Now, moving on to present day. The "voter integrity" push of 2021 has actually been anticipated and predicted for a while.
Stuart Stevens, a lifelong Republican who worked as a media strategist on the Dole, GW Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney presidential campaigns, wrote in his book, "It Was All a Lie," that had basically given up on the idea of expanding their appeal and seemed more interested in simply limiting voter turnout. He would have written this sometime in 2018 or 2019, well before the pandemic and the subsequent outrage over absentee voting.
In addition to predictions like Stevens's, another commonly discussed topic following 2018 and 2020 is the ability of the the GOP to continue to win statewide elections in certain Republican-strongholds. The states most often mentioned were Arizona, Florida, Georgia and Texas. These states would still most-likely have strong red state legislatures due to districting, but it would be a challenge overcoming the heavily Democratic metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbans. With the direction the Republican party seems to be headed, it should be no surprise that it will take big losses in areas like Atlanta and Phoenix. If the current party line continues to be walked and those cities to continue to grow with educated whites and people of color flocking to them for career purposes, those losses will likely continue and could possibly begin to be seen in Texas and Florida.
The last paragraph is where the Georgia voting laws get into suppression and appear to be what Steven's predicted in a reaction to the losses of 20.
Some of the interesting parts:
1. The Secretary of State is removed as the chairperson of the State Election Board. This is highly unusual and appears to be have been done as a shot at Brad Raffensperger.
2. Three of the five slots on the State Election Board are appointed by the State Legislature. This is important because the state legislature is heavily Republican due to geographic districting throughout the state while the greater Atlanta area is highly democratic and seemingly getting bluer. It should be noted here that the greater Atlanta area has a population of over six million where the entire state is just above 10 million.
3. The food, water and making it increasingly difficult to extend voting hours. These are going to disproportionately affect cities which, in Georgia, disproportionately affects Black folks.
4. Reducing the number of voting machines to 1 per 250 voters. Again, the areas most affected by something like this is metro areas, which in Georgia are highly populated by Blacks.
5. Limiting of drop boxes of 1 per county and no greater than 1 per 100,000 voters. Again, this is simply a way to make it more inconvenient for metro residents to vote.
I'm not going but the last thing I would like to point out is the inclusion of legislation around the ability to file complaints.
An anonymous hotline will be created where people can log complaints about suspected voter fraud. This combined with giving the SEB the ability to sanction any county that doesn't investigate a claim is a disaster waiting to happen.
So, back to the beginning. Is asking or requiring someone to provide their ID for something racist? No.
It is hard, though, to read through many of the measures of the Georgia law while looking at a few surrounding circumstances and not conclude that the purpose of the law is to make it more difficult for voters in heavily-populated areas to vote, which are people who are less likely to vote Republican. In Georgia, the majority of the folks in those areas are Black.
This is not as out front as poll taxes and literacy tests. It doesn't mean that it is any less discriminatory and targeted.
It truly is the most embarrassing administration we've ever had and it's not even close. When you have the president not even able to form a coherent sentence and the vice president with her awkward cackle every time she is asked a semi tough question, it really gives the image of a country with strong leadership. But hey, they don't tweet mean things.
I'll use Texas for example, because, well nobody questioned the voting in Texas. A few months back when the Texas Attorney General was looking for a pardon, you even went so far as to say Texas had their act together because they didn't use Dominion this time around.
I think we can all agree the following counties would constitute major cities, so here are some results:
Dallas County
2020
Biden (65.1% / 598,576)
Trump (33.4%/ 307,076)
2008
Obama (57% / 424,468)
McCain (42% / 309,477)
Harris County (Houston)
2020
Biden (56% / 918,193)
Trump (42.7% / 700,630)
2008
Obama (51% / 588,611)
McCain (49% / 570,143)
Bexar County (San Antonio)
2020
Biden (58.3% / 448,452)
Trump (40.1 / 306,618)
2008
Obama (52% / 275,023)
McCain (47% / 245,932)
Travis County (Austin)
2020
Biden (71.7% / 435,860)
Trump (26.5% / 161,337)
2008
Obama (64% / 253,278)
McCain (35% / 136,671)
Tarrant County (Fort Worth)
2020
Biden (49.3% / 411,567)
Trump (49.1% / 409,471)
2008
Obama (44% / 274,101)
McCain (56% / 347,843)
You can find this data and more in the links below:
The five counties I listed are the five most populated counties in the state of Texas, a historically Republican stronghold. As you can see, you were completely wrong with your statement that the only major cities where Biden outperformed Obama were "the ones in question (presumably Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit and Phoenix)."
Thank you for the vote of confidence. I'm doing well in my chosen field, but I'll keep your suggestion in mind.
Venezuela was a rich and independent country. The 4th highest revenue based country in this world. Then they became a socialist tree hugging country. And well.... it ain’t going well.
Excuse me, Biden underperformed Hillary in major cities except Atlanta, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Detroit.
None of us need to be reminded what happened in these same 4 cities either.
None of us need to be reminded what happened in these same 4 cities either.
Again, I'm sure we can agree the five cities in non-disputed, proud red Texas count as major cities.
Here we go:
Dallas
Biden - 65.1% ; Clinton - 60.8%
Houston
Biden - 56% ; Clinton- 54%
San Antonio
Biden - 58.3% ; Clinton - 54.2%
Austin
Biden - 71.7% ; Clinton - 65.8%
Fort Worth
Biden - 49.3% ; Clinton - 43.1% (Biden actually flipped Fort Worth in 2020)
I didn't type out the 2016 totals, but you can find them all here:
Let's look at a couple other cities, this time from North Carolina:
Mecklenburg
Biden - 66.9% ; Clinton - 62.3%
Wake County
Biden - 62.4% ; Clinton - 57.4%
You can check the two North Carolina links, but you'll see that Biden outperformed Hillary in raw numbers as well as percentages of the vote.
Thank you for linking the Gateway Pundit, though, as I did find this linked in the middle of the article you posted:
I first read the story early yesterday on ESPN. The story was also covered yesterday NBC, CBS, Newsweek, USA Today, ABC and basically every other "mainstream," news outlet. CNN even listed it this morning as one of its 5 Things to Know.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a more ridiculous title to an article. I guess that's just another example of the Pundit's reliability.
We will never get anywhere talking about the election. I fully believe some fraud happened in the major cities in question: Atlanta, Philadelphia, Wisconsin, and Detroit. Atlanta couldn't even be tell the truth on why they stopped counting. Water leak? Didn't happen. The only thing that we know is they all stopped counting at about the same time, to resume the next morning. The cities in question are nothing short of dumpster fires. Texas chose not to use Dominion, citing lack of accuracy as the reason. I don't think NC uses Dominion either. The states in question do. Nothing can be proven. Like @KDSTONE said, the foxes are in charge of the hen house. Doesn't mean anything now. Biden is the President. Or in appearance anyway.
The issues that need to be asked are "why hasn't he had a state of union yet?" Or why doesn't he have more in depth conferences? How did he fall 3 times climbing the steps to Air Force One? Why does he mumble, and forget what he is saying?
We all know the answers, or most level headed people do. It's that he's got some major issues with the old mind/brain. It's like mush, and criminal what they are doing to him, and even more criminal that his wife is allowing it. But maybe that's because she's blackmailed. When you have a past like her husband, and a son like Hunter, you can get yourself in a hell of a bind.
We also know he's not making any decisions. We can speculate who is behind the scenes making them, but I'd wager the farm someone is pulling the strings. Ol Joe can't lead. He doesn't know the difference between the Oval Office and his basement.
The issues that need to be asked are "why hasn't he had a state of union yet?" Or why doesn't he have more in depth conferences? How did he fall 3 times climbing the steps to Air Force One? Why does he mumble, and forget what he is saying?
We all know the answers, or most level headed people do. It's that he's got some major issues with the old mind/brain. It's like mush, and criminal what they are doing to him, and even more criminal that his wife is allowing it. But maybe that's because she's blackmailed. When you have a past like her husband, and a son like Hunter, you can get yourself in a hell of a bind.
We also know he's not making any decisions. We can speculate who is behind the scenes making them, but I'd wager the farm someone is pulling the strings. Ol Joe can't lead. He doesn't know the difference between the Oval Office and his basement.
I don't think it is so much that the story didn't make national news. I think it is the standards of how such cases are reported. You know... the narrative and such.
Trump did not give his first state of the union address until 2018. The past six presidents did not give a state of the union address their first year in office. Biden is simply doing the same.