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Which means that there is zero consensus that the US debt is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with. Which means they are all idiots or we are for voting them in. I think it is both. mspart

Thank you for the information. I'd say the pressure is on whoever shows up. mspart

Plasi, By not prosecuting crime, as you acknowledge, crime has soared. It is a known fact that the majority of crime is committed by a few actors. If they are incarcerated, their ability to commit more crime is diminished. And thus for that time crime will go down due to their exploits. I don't disagree with your last statement I quote above, but if they do another crime after they get out, back they go to the pokey. Incarceration doesn't deter crime? I disagree. It will as long as the bad actor is incarcerated. He won't be committing crime which deters his/her ability to commit crime. And no one wants to be incarcerated. Horrible situation to be in. So like we had in earlier decades, crime is low when the criminal element knows they will go to the pokey if they are caught. Right now, that is not the case. They can get caught and not get prosecuted so there is no deterrent to crime by doing that. It's like the 16 year old I noted earlier or in another thread that was amazed by the judge holding him for armed robbery of Asians in their homes in Seattle. He figured he'd get home detention. Nope, staying in jail. He was dumbfounded at this new (relatively new as in the last couple of years) situation of hard time for hard crime. mspart

In general I agree with Bob's message. But Paul158 has a very good point. You need to play the hand you are dealt. And right now, the House is almost even split R and D, and the Rs are not voting together so some D's must be brought on board to pass anything just in the House. But nothing of substance will get through the Senate or the WH. And there is no, "well we passed legislation to reduce the debt, but it went nowhere because the Senate is D" excuses that are palatable to anyone. Votes like that are just for show and do nothing but waste time. But Bob has some good points that do need to be worked on and are not. But note, everytime the Rs have the House, Senate, and WH, this kind of good work does not get done. Do they really want to or is it just for show? I think the latter. mspart

So this is what I have for weights that are qualified: 74 Dake 86 Taylor 97 Snyder 125 Parris What are the qualifiers for 57 and 65 that we need to win? Pan Am? Is there some other tourney? mspart

Ha ha, me too!! mspart

It will be a surprise I'm sure. mspart

This is true, but are any council members R? Is the Mayor R? Those are the people that will be funding the justice system for city criminal activity. The Feds oversee some of activities true but not that. That is a city function and the council and mayor run that, like any other city. Out of 13 on the council 11 are D and 2 are I. Look to them for leadership or lack thereof on the infrastructure to deal with criminality. So far, not doing so well. mspart

Wouldn't that be something!! I would laugh hard if that happened. I think he generally did a good job but doesn't have enough of a cohesive group to work with. The D's are all 100% together and the R's are demonstrably not. mspart

So who will be the next speaker? R or D? I don't think there is an R they will rally around and all D's will rally around their leader. This will be a waste of time for the next week or so. mspart

All democrats voted to remove McCarthy. This after he got them to agree not to shut down the government. The D's were mostly for that bill over the weekend which was done by McCarthy. They obviously did not like that he reached across the aisle and got something that they desperately wanted done done. Or maybe they voted him down because he essentially forced them to vote to keep the government running ruining their ability to blame Rs for shutting it down. Because they were all ready to blame the R's for shutting down the government. And oops, he presented a bill that they had to vote for because it kept the government open. mspart

It seems the US attorney is basically saying there is not enough resources to prosecute. So why has it increased? Because a crime lab lost accreditation 2 years ago? This is a democrat run city - if the D's are soooooo interested in prosecuting criminals, they would have that lab up and going by now. Why isn't it? "The community should be assured that we continue to prosecute violent felonies as aggressively as ever, and we will continue to do so," the statement to News4 said. "The increase in declinations is being primarily driven by challenges unique to misdemeanors and some of the unique factors related to non-violent drug offenses and weapons offenses.” So please feel assured, they are prosecuting violent felonies, just not the misdemeanors. How about non violent felonies, are they prosecuting those? I hear all these liberals on this board saying our fantasy driven complaints of criminals not being prosecuted is pure bunk. But here it is explained. It is because Ds don't fund the criminal justice system. Period. If they had the labs to do it they would prosecute, is what the US attorney is saying. So why do they not have the labs? Funding. Why do they not have 360- degree body cameras? Funding. Who controls the funding? Democrats. The math here is not difficult to figure out. mspart

How do you know he killed many of them? mspart

You are called Dead. You can therefore use whatever bathroom heaven has for you, but I'm guessing that is a pleasure you don't have access to anymore being eternal and all. No need to get rid of bodily waste anymore. Now answer my question Bob which you didn't do yet excoriated me for. Must be tough to feel so entitled, but I guess dead people lose their sense of common sense. Quote: So you are for castrating minor juvenile males so they can pretend to be females and hacking off the breasts of minor juvenile females so they can pretend to be males? Unquote: I'll be happily surprised if you answer this with a straight answer. mspart

You did not read my post obviously. People with XXY or XYY chromosomes is not the topic of debate here. The transgender issue is about XX and XY people saying they are not the gender of their DNA and wanting chemicals and surgical procedures to realize their fantasy. XXY and XYY are medical anomalies and are treated as such. So you are for castrating minor juvenile males so they can pretend to be females and hacking off the breasts of minor juvenile females so they can pretend to be males? mspart

To add to this thread, Hard Rock Cafe is closing their store near Pike Place Market, which is the criminal epicenter of Seattle. But they must be closing this particular store to concentrate on their web sales. Yeah, in someone's fantasy world. https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/hard-rock-cafe-seattle-closing-pike-street-expansion-casinos-cafes-hotels-washington-state-king-county-december-1st-business-restaurant-2010-global-statement-food-seminole-tribe-acquisition-pacific-northwest-region mspart

Exhibit A: Hunter Biden and that sweetheart plea deal he had. Too bad that the plan not to prosecute him for those crimes was thwarted. Let's see who was it that didn't want to prosecute his crimes? Oh yeah, DOJ!! Yeah, only in my fantasy world. Looks like your fantasy world too, because you're dead and not part of the real world. How about this? 5 member gang accused of robbing asians in their houses in Seattle. One of them a 16 year old asked the judge why he wasn't getting house arrest instead of being held in jail. All the other folks who shoot people get house arrest. Judge said no. It's about time. The question is why would the kid think he was owed house arrest? Think about that one for a bit. It might answer your statement above. https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4186625/posts?page=23

Good for her, good for her family, and good for the community to get this jerk out of circulation. mspart

Gov Hocul and Gov Pritzker are asking for help in closing the border. Maybe they have ideas. At least they recognize that it is not closed, unlike Joe Biden, Karine Piere, and Mayorkis who all say it is closed while unprecedented numbers are crossing the border. They are lying to our faces and daring us to use our sight and common sense. https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/gov-hochul-concedes-border-is-too-open-and-that-a-limit-needed-on-who-can-cross/ https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-calls-out-biden-federal-government-for-lack-of-support-in-migrant-crisis mspart

And this is what I have been saying, this crap has to stop. But I get lambasted for it. But I'm glad you are with me GWN!! mspart

You guys are the greatest!! mspart

And we don't bargain for hostages. Yeah right. $6 Billion worth of bargaining. mspart

Yes this is true, but they were pulling out all the stops to delay the vote. mspart

Thanks Plasi. Yes we are back from a 2 week Italy trip. It was fantastic. I did keep up with the World Championships while away so that was good. mspart

Not like any of the Ds were putting out as many delaying tactics as they could so they could blame the Rs for a shutdown. Not like that could be the case at all. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/democrats-delay-vote-house-stop-gap-plan-review-bill mspart