HeloDude

I don’t think young children have the mental ability to determine what’s going on in their bodies so much that a medical provider believes they should be given puberty blockers or be mutilated. I believe then that these vulnerable children should be protected as much as possible. There’s plenty of things we don’t allow children to do just because they want to…and yet with this issue, we have adults (both parents and medical providers) pushing these children to desire such things. It’s unbelievable. Once they’re an adult and can do anything else legally (to include drink alcohol) then sure, they can do whatever they want. This is about protecting young children from those who wish to harm them.

If illegal immigration is so good for our economy and for American citizens then why are we having a “crisis”? Why are cities saying they need additional funding to help with these illegal aliens? It also wasn’t that long ago that Biden and his fellow Dems actually cared about illegal immigration…makes you wonder what changed.

Yep…the progressives are going after your kids.

I think the other guys have detailed what would have been my similar response, so need to add to it. It’s clear you don’t want to stop people from coming here illegally and it’s also clear you don’t want to make even an attempt at deporting people who are in the country illegally. We just have a huge difference of opinion when it comes to this issue.

I appreciate your honesty on the matter, but then why should someone argue with you on the details of immigration when you’re not supportive of the most basic immigration law being enforced?—ie don’t come into our country illegally. As your Christianity argument, spare me. Unless you’re also for banning prostitution, abortion, divorce, etc. Oh and Christianity doesn’t say anything about having a complete welfare state to anyone who wants to come here. As for your ancestors, did they come before the 1930s? If so, what kind of social programs at the state and federal level were available to immigrants then and earlier compared to today? You can’t have open immigration and a welfare state…even some of the most progressive western countries understand how this won’t work well.

A more easier question to ask to determine where someone stands on the overall issue is this: Should we make coming into our country without permission a crime, and at the minimum, try deport these people? Yes, resources determine how effective we can be at this, but if you don’t believe an attempt should be made where/when possible, then your answer to the above question is no. Another question to ask is that if someone wants to claim asylum but is coming in from a country they are not trying to escape, should they have to remain in that country before we determine if their asylum request is valid/approved? If someone doesn’t answer yes to both of these overall questions then it’s irrelevant discussing the smaller questions—they aren’t interested in securing the border from those who don’t want to come in the proper way.

Biden apologizes for using the term “illegal” and says “they built the country”…but yeah, him and the Dems totally want to secure the border.

I don’t see how this economic data overall is a good thing for our country, regardless if these stats include legal immigrants along with illegals (Biden’s own term now btw). Oh and the AZ Governor (Dem) vetoed a bill to allow state/local LE to arrest illegal immigrants for crossing the border illegally…and not a single Dem in Senate voted for an amendment to not count illegals when it comes to appropriating electoral college votes, etc. But yes, the Dems are now (as of the last couple of months) the party of stronger border security. But if you’re a Trump supporter then you’re definitely a danger to the country. Job gains are going to immigrants, and keeping young US-born men out of the workforce “At first glance, this perspective seems to be spot-on. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, right before COVID-19 hit, the fourth quarter of 2023 shows 2.7 million more people working. Except all those gains are among immigrants. The number of immigrants working over this period is up by 2.9 million, while 183,000 fewer US-born Americans are working.” https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/sb1231-gov-katie-hobbs-vetoes-bill-on-border-crossing-saying-the-bill-does-not-secure-our-border https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2024/03/08/hagerty-statement-on-senate-democrats-siding-with-illegal-immigrants-over-american-citizens-on-voting-power/

The “West” aka the United States. Right now it doesn’t appear that the rest of Europe is willing to do anything aggressive to assist Ukraine, which tells me that they’re really not that concerned. It’s like I tell people about “climate change”—when the progressives start moving away in droves from the expensive cities on the water, then I’ll be concerned.

Biden was yelling because he was amped on whatever medication he was on…seriously, look at how he talks most times, he sounds like he’s almost half dead and yet last night a lot different.

Biden actually called Riley’s alleged murderer an “illegal” at his SOTU address and the left is losing their mind.

I heard she has a book club and something about weight watchers?

And Haley is finally out and Michelle Obama said the other day that she doesn’t want it (though I guess anyone can change their mind). Definitely looking like a Biden vs Trump rematch.

Did you watch “The Last of Us” on HBO? There was a love story episode of two dudes, an episode of a blissful/thriving town where everyone is happy and working together (during the apocalypse) who were self proclaimed communists, and the only show focusing on religion was about a self proclaimed white Christian/pastor who raped juvenile women and who also had no problem killing people in his town for food (cannibalism). And if you’re a fan of the show “Fargo” on FX/Hulu, the last season was very much trying to depict that if you’re a white guy, you’re most likely either silly, dumb, weak, or extremely abusive and violent, and that the bad people are the local Sheriff’s department. Oh and the local abusive Sheriff believes in small government, helps arm their local militia, and are also Christian Trump supporters…and that the Feds are always the good people and women are the smart/tough ones and the heroes. I’m so glad that Hollywood isn’t trying to push an agenda.

Which is why I used the example that something doesn’t need to make sense for it to happen/not happen…if Putin feels NATO country X is intentionally killing his troops when he didn’t want to fight NATO country X, then don’t be surprised how he reacts. And I appreciate your candid answer…which is why I’ll follow up then with: Let’s not poke the bear just because we’re confident in the end we can kill the bear if it gets pissed off and does something aggressive. There’s a reason NATO won’t allow Ukraine to join at this current moment.

Ummm, we invaded Iraq because we said Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat due to their WMDs. Wars tend to escalate at times, and for what we think are stupid reasons. Just saying this as a response to your “no basis” as we had no basis to invade Iraq, but I still spent a year deployed there. So seriously, if a NATO country deploys combat troops to Ukraine and kills Russian troops and Putin believes their best response is to attack said NATO country to keep that from continuing to happen, does this invoke the charter?

So, hypothetically, if a NATO country were to send troops into Ukraine and kill Russian soldiers and in response Russia then retaliates by striking that NATO country, would that invoke the NATO charter?

Pretty sure it’s because of their new 737 orders being delayed due to certification issues.

SWA has suspended all classes that were scheduled to start in April or later and do not expect to start any new classes in CY24.

What’s the need if only 31K Ukrainian soldiers have died compared to the hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers who have also died?

Funny…I thought white supremacists were the greatest internal threats in the military?

It definitely won’t happen—again, if she was going to run as a third part, that’s what she would be doing right now, like RFK. And the only reason RFK decided to run as an independent was because the DNC wouldn’t allow him to run against Biden. Haley is running fair and square for her party’s nomination, she’s just not doing well. And Manchin already said he wasn’t going to run… https://www.fox5dc.com/news/west-virginia-sen-joe-manchin-rules-out-presidential-run-in-2024

Not a chance—she saw the polls over the last several months. If she was going to go 3rd party she would have already had done so. I truly think she just wants to have her in with the elites after this is all over. But your point about 3rd party, does everyone think RFK Jr will continue to run as an independent/3rd party? It certainly at this point appears so?

I seriously doubt she would ever get the nomination even if that were to happen—my bet is DeSantis would definitely get it before her since he is way more popular amongst Republicans than Haley. What an embarrassment if she hasn’t dropped out the day after Super Tuesday when she couldn’t win a single state.