filthy_liar

You didn't break any rules about arguing on the internet. There aren't any. I agree with a lot of your posts, but you've been had, as has most every human. There are also no rules in politics. Not a single politician gives a shit about you. The sooner you realize that, the better off you are. Republicans don't give a shit about you. Independents don't give a shit about you or HeloDude. Democrats don't give a shit about Prozac or nsplayer. They care about two things: wealth and power. Aristotle supposedly figured this out a while back, I'm not sure why we're still stumped by this.

JFC. That is rough to read. The article was even worse. I honestly believe that transgenders have a mental disorder and they do not belong in the military. I treat them with respect as I would anyone with a disorder, but I certainly would not want one serving with me. Thankfully I don't have to worry about that anymore. Here's a question for the group. I'll put an immediate disclaimer, I'm in Alabama, but I work with a lot of retired military from all over the country. There is not one person in our directorate that I've ever heard champion the transgender and other woke movements. Even the recent college grad females say it is ridiculous. We have a few very liberal folks in the office, and every one I've talked to agree that it is indeed a mental disorder. And these are the hard core mask up, shut 'er down, get your shots during covid and Jan 6 was an insurrection folks. So my question is - is the transgender thing really affecting all that much in most peoples' day to day or is it another example of an extremely radical minority having an unbalanced voice that generates a bunch of attention but doesn't really affect most people?

Morbidly curious...why does it matter if his worth is 30M vs 400M+?

For the cost benefit analysis part...I take it you haven't spent much time with congressional liaisons and the pissant officers who are selected for those positions. I used to think that a truckload of thought went into decisions before a programming decision was submitted. I was wrong. Very wrong. There is not a lot of thought going into "analysis" in the building. Or the other building for that matter. For the moral argument part - sorry, who made that decision for you?

Bashi the folks you are arguing with have been unwittingly convinced by the industrial military complex that the US must be involved in conflict at some level all the time. As long as $$$ is moving into the defense contractors' coffers there will be no shortage of "strategy experts" defending such. And the DoD will move out smartly. If it wasn't Ukraine/Russia, these folks would be arguing that we should be involved somewhere else and that if we weren't, it would be a strategic disaster. Its the same syndrome of MSM convincing someone that something is a problem, and that someone eats that shit up instead of focusing on actual real problems. Ukraine is and probably always will be - a corrupt, backstabbing nation that takes what it can from who it can. Personally, I'd focus more on Mexico and further south. They seem to be having a more disastrous effect on our day to day than Russia. But that's not where the $$$ is for the machine.

Nonsense. That Chang dude does not drink nearly enough to accurately impersonate me.

I hate to do this, but are you a woman?

My asking that if we should be involved in Russia is a conspiracy?

Put the bottle down for the night is not an argument. You really think that posting ridiculous videos on the internet wins your argument?

Drunk edit. Forget MSN. Or in this case, don't. Include them. Do they make a compelling argument that Russia is a threat against the US? And if you do say that in fact they are, what measures are you taking?

I'm going with what argument that you have, forget MSM, that MSM makes a compelling argument that Russia is a threat?

You've been had by the mainstream media. Russia? A threat to America? No. You've been had.

No I'm not stuck in Afganistan. Yes, I've been reading what Putin is putting out. I think we are overreacting to Putin.

SurelySerious, you've been had

If only there was a man in America that thought that. Good grief dude

She probably doesn't. Give her a break.

I swatted. You've gotta give me that. I'm a swatter.

People's forearm. He basically just crushed me with a forearm. Again, not cool.

I got the hell beat out of me in that one. That was rough. The people's elbow. Not cool.

I guess I don't understand why he just elbowed my ass to the canvass. I thought there were rules.

Not shots, shorts. Look at those bad boys

Biff throwed some hate there. I had some pretty good shorts. And the ref was pretty understanding. I saw an elbow shot.

Haven't seen that. I'll watch.

Ok somebody dumb this down. Why is Russia a threat?

You guys that fight...Biff might've kicked my ass. I don't think he would, but he damn sure might. Combatives drills solves a lot of problems.