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Tom Morello hates everything /s but he does respect Ted Nugent and free speech.

I don't need to win... poking fun at TDS is fun!

40:60 (60 lib) On the normal surveys, I'm slightly right of center.

What comes to mind immediately Better purchase power More affordable healthcare coverage for my family Safety ( "come home before dark" ) Playing multiple sports & unstructured play Family More... (no particular order) Family was better; the two-parent household was more common; parents spent more time with their kids. Affordability: providing for oneself and family was easier. People were healthier, less obese, had better food, and had cheaper health care. Better mental health Kids played multiple recreational sports; they were not specialized in competitive club sports at age 7... not every minute of their day was planned. I used to wave down police cars, socialize, and collect baseball cards for my home team. Baseball cards were priced from Becket magazine rather than sent off for professional grading Adults were treated with respect. Sir, Maam, Hold the door open, pull out the chair, etc., and so on. My car was safe to park in the city; there was no fear of stolen gas, converters, or broken windows. Fights were settled with words or fists, not weapons. Not all popular songs had offensive lyrics. But also, MTV. Space exploration was better funded. Darker skies made it easier to see stars; less light pollution The news was 'just the news.' / Journalism Humans staffed customer service The government was smaller Congress voted across party lines Privacy 14-year-olds looked like they were 14 years old rather than 21-year-olds People were not trying to get social media likes Air travel was easier You could say Merry Christmas rather than Happy Holidays Working at a company for more than two years was common Looney Tunes Disney Appliances lasted for years and years Less national debt College was more affordable Calling for genocide was considered harassment Less cancel culture More things were 'made in America' Less illegal immigration People spent more time outside Did you read this Pride to be an American Slower pace of life Buy local People made eye contact and spoke with others rather than staring at their phones School taught practical skills You had five seconds to eat food that touched the floor Was this necessary for you to understand the point made? I don't mind adding more examples to what was unnecessarily provided before... its good to write... it forces clarity of thought. Queue the criticism for wrongthink and lack of mentioning privilege in 3...2...1... Action!

Should we fear a dictator who isn't smart enough to be a dictator?

These windows need cleaning at least on one side... at least some of the time.

What if Trump said these? "New Birth of Freedom" - Abraham Lincoln (1864) "Ma, Ma, Where's My Pa?" - James Blaine (1884) "America First" - Woodrow Wilson (1916) "Keep on the Sunny Side" - Warren G. Harding (1920) "Return to Normalcy" - Warren G. Harding (1920) "America: First, Last, and Always" - Calvin Coolidge (1924) "A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage" - Herbert Hoover (1928) "Peace, Prosperity, and Progress" - Herbert Hoover (1928) "A New Deal for the American People" - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932) "The Buck Stops Here" - Harry S. Truman (1948) "A Time for Greatness" - Richard Nixon (1960) "The New Frontier" - John F. Kennedy (1960) "Stand Up for America" - Hubert Humphrey (1968) "Let's Get This Country Moving Again" - George McGovern (1972) "Let's Make America Great Again" - Ronald Reagan (1980) "Putting People First" - Bill Clinton (1992) "Believe in a Better America" - George W. Bush (1992) "Let's Make History Again" - Bill Clinton (1996) "Renewing America's Promise" - Barack Obama (2008) "Country First" - John McCain (2008) "Believe in America" - Mitt Romney (2012) "Restore Our Future" - Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney (2012) "An America We Can Believe In" - Barack Obama (2012) "Make America Great Again" - Donald Trump (2016) "Restore the American Dream for Hardworking Families" - Hillary Clinton (2016) "Keep America Great" - Donald Trump (2020) "Rebuilding the Road to Greatness" - Joe Biden (2020) "Build Back Better" - Joe Biden (2020) Hater says "Build Back Better than what? Is Trump just going to throw some 'better' bricks at our issues and hope they magically fix themselves?" "Oh, so Trump is wants to 'Restore the American Dream for Hardworking Families,' huh? Sounds heartwarming, but what about the single folks trying to make ends meet? Are they not dreaming of a better America, too? What about families that might not be the hardest workers? Do they get left out in the cold? Let's not forget those with disabilities – are they not part of the American Dream? It's like Trumpers are handing out dreams exclusively to hardworking families and leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves. Where's the dream love for everyone else?"

Don't forget domestic terrorists!

We can talk about 'great' without whatabouts. I made up MABA just now because criticisms of MAGA are whataboutism. If I say America was great when Congress voted across party lines in the 60s, a hater would say what about Civil Rights Assasinations of JFK, RFK, MLK Vietnam, Cold War If I say the Roaring 20s were great for the economy, a hater would say what about inequality 1929 bubble burst prohibition and crime A few years ago... five recruiters contacted me weekly about jobs... now it's maybe one per month. If I say the 90s were great because I could ride my bike all over town as a child and all anyone worried about was being home before dark, a hater would say what about... It's a damn shame we can't get people to acknowledge 'great' without reframing it to 'bad.'

The beautiful thing about the slogan is its positivity. Because 'great' is an abstraction, it means whatever you and I want it to mean to us as individuals. Why do people reframe MAGA as MABA, or 'Make America Bad Again?'

Is it possible that Congress really is in lockstep in aligned beliefs? ...yes Is it likely? Are you swimming in the swamp right now?

Which type of dictator does Trump want to be? military, one-party, personalist How does Trump plan to seize and maintain his dictatorship?

Swamp! Congress voted across lines in the 60s and stopped by the 90s. https://www.vox.com/2015/4/23/8485443/polarization-congress-visualization https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0123507#sec008

What bothers you? Link with context please and if there is any ambiguity in the meaning, what is your take on it? Good morning.

What is wrong about making America great?

This 'second time' isn't the win you may think it is. And neither was the first time. "I want to close the border and drill, drill, drill." That says executive orders to me. Here are some of Trump's executive orders with border or energy in the title. Biden revoked them all. You can expect Trump to put back something similar. Border https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/30/2017-02095/border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements (Biden revoked) Energy https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/31/2017-06576/promoting-energy-independence-and-economic-growth (Biden revoked) https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/05/03/2017-09087/implementing-an-america-first-offshore-energy-strategy https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/15/2019-07656/promoting-energy-infrastructure-and-economic-growth

Turley was my practice partner in the third grade! /kidding; don't know/follow him You are likely following the document stories and law closer than I am. For the classified documents that Biden held and were found in *multiple locations, how is it determined if he 'mishandled' them and whether he should be prosecuted? *There are several sources claiming this.

@ThreePointTakedown ...didn't stop them the first time they voted for him. I could not get over his character and did not vote for him in 2016. After witnessing everything since 2016 and given Biden/Trump choice for 2024, Trump is the only choice for me. @ThreePointTakedown ...not really Yes, really. @ThreePointTakedown ...categorically wrong Statistic probability with a margin of error speaks to me. @ThreePointTakedown ...for some reason this is true. why do you think that is? Outside of the Covid 9 response, my well-being was the best I can recall and I was proud of my country. @ThreePointTakedown ...what point are you trying to make? How does the three branches of the US government allow for a dictator? What do you think about how Trump was called a dictator for his executive orders in 2016 in comparison to those made by Biden in 2020? Are they both dictators? @ThreePointTakedown ...what, in your opinion, needs to be drained, as of now? The swamp is the people with entrenched interests, bureaucracy, and corruption. The swamp smells like folks... serving three or more terms that take money from lobbyists and perform insider trades while voting to increase spending without having first approved a budget that bailout companies as if they are too big to fail and insert pork into bills while voting directly down party lines rather than what they believe that do not support election holidays and secure elections who refuse to perform audits and refuse to hold government organizations accountable and don't act in ways that improve the well-being of its citizens

The public believes there is insider trading. The article says there is smoke. Insider and several other news organizations have identified 78 members of Congress who've recently failed to properly report their financial trades as mandated by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, also known as the STOCK Act. Is anyone aware of tens of investigations into insider trading... starting with the lady of whom the PELOSI Act is named?

Clinton, Pence, Biden, and others had document issues and no action occurred. I understand that classified information is a serious matter, but I trust Clinton, Pence, Biden, and Trump with it. Going after Trump is just as large a waste of time as going after Biden. https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4254963-new-evidence-may-destroy-bidens-defense-in-his-classified-documents-case/ Insider Trading, yet nobody is seriously investigated and held accountable. https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-act-violations-senate-house-trading-2021-9#sen-dianne-feinstein-a-democrat-from-california-1 | Great Name. https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-announces-pelosi-act-reintroduction-bill-ban-lawmakers-trading-stocks

Why are illegal aliens allowed to flood into the United States? --- I've thought about the open borders as a long-term Democratic power play. In 20 years, immigrant children with birthright citizenship will vote Democrat... and the illegal elders will gain citizenship over time. The recent immigration flood is not primarily about asylum. What other reasons might there be a flood of immigrants to the USA and elsewhere? --- I couldn't fathom it might be destabilizing the country to reduce republicanism, support for the US Constitution concerning liberty and justice, etc... Consider my mind blown by coincidences! There is a 'fictional' blueprint for one world government that imposes strict control over all aspects of society. This control includes limitations on population size, restrictions on individual freedoms, the abolition of family life, control of information, and the concentration of wealth and power. Digital currency, engineered wars, state-raised children, US, flooded with illegal aliens for destabilization purposes, guns taken away, organized epidemics of fatal rapid-acting diseases, etc. How many actions in the extract have or are occurring in the USA or elsewhere? See pages 103 through 107 of this book on CIA gov for the extract.

I could not believe this document on Population Control measures was real but it is. How many proposed measures have been enacted since 1969? See more at https://twitter.com/DiedSuddenly_/status/1731425646184738924

One way to change public perception is to charge more politicians for the crimes the public knows about. #Consistency

It isn't that people think Trump is high character and innocent of all charges. There is inconsistency in who is charged and for what. Most US citizens disbelieve that Biden received 81M legit votes. Of course the political hunt for Trump has only increased the people's support for him. Remember they said Trump would be a dictator in 2016? Drain the swamp 2024.

Getting Gable's last name correct matters, but there is a reason for this common oversight. According to namecensus.com, 'Stevenson' is the 432nd most popular surname, 'Steveson' is the 19,416th, 'Crookham' is the 66,371st, and 'Crooham' doesn't appear to be a listed surname. I angered an old boss so many times for spelling his name Jared rather than Jarad. That doggone spell checker and crazy parents trying to be unique.