Insanity of the Left

[Orlion]

Drugs are illegal in the US, yet doesn't seem hard to get them.

Spoken from experience?

I have no idea how I would get a hold of any illegal substances and would probably get arrested by a cop posing as a drug dealer if I tried.

[Vraith]

Drugs are illegal in the US, yet doesn't seem hard to get them.

Spoken from experience?

I have no idea how I would get a hold of any illegal substances and would probably get arrested by a cop posing as a drug dealer if I tried.

High odds you know someone who knows how, even if you don't know they know how.
Risky proposition for your reputation trying to figure out who they are, though.

[Zarathustra]

The ease at which people evade the laws in order to acquire drugs is evident in the fact that the Drug War hasn't made a dent in drug use, despite trillions spent and decades fighting it. Children can buy pot easier than cigarettes. You don't need personal experience to see that the drug war isn't working.

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You don't need personal experience to see that the drug war isn't working.

And if you do have personal experience, it's even more obvious.

--A

[Hashi Lebwohl]

If you are on The Left, then you had better make sure that you toe the line and don't cross people like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who disinvited her own DNC Vice Chair Tulsi Gabbard for Ms. Gabbard's statement that there ought to be more than 6 debates for the Democrat candidates. That's right-- a high-ranking member in the DNC can also be disinvited for not lowering her head and following orders.

My advice to Ms. Gabbard--show up anyway and dare them to escort you out. You are the Vice Chair so you have a right to be at the debate even if your opinions differ from those of your boss.

[Vraith]

If you are on The Left, then you had better make sure that you toe the line and don't cross people like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who disinvited her own DNC Vice Chair Tulsi Gabbard for Ms. Gabbard's statement that there ought to be more than 6 debates for the Democrat candidates. That's right-- a high-ranking member in the DNC can also be disinvited for not lowering her head and following orders.

My advice to Ms. Gabbard--show up anyway and dare them to escort you out. You are the Vice Chair so you have a right to be at the debate even if your opinions differ from those of your boss.

This may not be true. Gabbard has been refusing to say anything more about it, and won't release the email that supposedly disinvited her.

I'm not opposed, exactly, to more debates than 6---and if the majority of the party want more, they should probably have more.
But these things are turning into money/face events for a whole bunch of people who are NOT the candidates debating.
And really, it seems silly---if you can't make up your mind about people after 6 damn debates, you have problems of your own. That's a lot of talking---especially since there aren't 15 or 20 candidates, like the Rep's have.

[Hashi Lebwohl]

This may not be true. Gabbard has been refusing to say anything more about it, and won't release the email that supposedly disinvited her.

I'm not opposed, exactly, to more debates than 6---and if the majority of the party want more, they should probably have more.
But these things are turning into money/face events for a whole bunch of people who are NOT the candidates debating.
And really, it seems silly---if you can't make up your mind about people after 6 damn debates, you have problems of your own. That's a lot of talking---especially since there aren't 15 or 20 candidates, like the Rep's have.

Ms. Gabbard is the one who says she was disinvited; the blame for the story not being true would be entirely upon her shoulders. I can't think of any reason for her to say something like that since it would serve only to besmirch the reputations of the DNC and the people who make up its executive committee.

It is true, though, that if you can't make up your mind about candidates after 6 debates then you are the one with the problem. Most people who actually watch the debates have made up their mind after only 2 or 3. I don't watch debates, though--I prefer to go directly to Project VoteSmart and examine the candidate positions and voting records for myself. That tells you more than a debate will.

[Vraith]

I can't think of any reason for her to say something like that since it would serve only to besmirch the reputations of the DNC and the people who make up its executive committee.

I can't either. It's strange. The whole thing.
She makes the accusation, the other side denies it.
Then both sides shut up [at least I haven't heard anything new today].
Both sides presumably have a copy of the email in question, and so could settle it.
Which leaves us with two basic possibilities:
It really did tell Gabbard not to come, but she's now gotten something from Schultz/DNC that she wanted in exchange for buttoning up.
Or
Gabbard lied, and wasn't told to stay away, but Schultz/DNC got something they wanted from Gabbard in exchange for not publicly proving it was a lie.

[Hashi Lebwohl]

This doesn't make any sense. The Los Angeles Black Worker Center sounds like a place where black people would be able to to receive job training, have their resumes updated and/or corrected, get some interview-appropriate clothing if they don't have any, and otherwise find help getting a job. Instead, they are given training in "the art of power building, rallying, negotiating and civic engagement". erm...that sounds really nice and all but...erm...that isn't going to help anyone find a job.

Part of the reason that the unemployment rate for young black folks is so high (nationally at 9.2 compared to the overall general rate of 5.1) is that so many young black people don't want to enter the workforce. Many of them see only three valid options for themselves: entertainment, sports, or gang membership and the first two are extremely difficult places to make a living. Veneration of the thug subculture, whose core value is "get money by any means necessary", is primarily to blame for this.

Hey, Los Angeles Black Worker center? Why don't you focus on getting people into jobs rather than rallying in the community or attending city hall meetings?

[Cail]

Hey, Los Angeles Black Worker center? Why don't you focus on getting people into jobs rather than rallying in the community or attending city hall meetings?

Because it's easier to blame others than it is to effect change upon yourself.

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Maybe they think they are trying to effect change.

--A

[sgt.null]

Maybe they think they are trying to effect change.

--A

"During the 2014-15 school year, students at the Girls and Boys Preparatory Academy, a Houston charter school in Harris County, were taken over to Fort Bend County by school van on a Saturday to do volunteer work for the Fort Bend Democratic Party."

www.houstonpress.com/news/the-rise-and- ... my-7802819

can not believe this sort of thing is legal.

[Vraith]

can not believe this sort of thing is legal.

hmmm....
It probably isn't.
But the rules and supervision of charters vary a lot...so there might be some weird crack they could slip through...
From the article, it sounds like that was the LEAST fucked up thing they did.

[Cail]

Yeah, not legal at all. But remember folks, we don't need voter ID laws because there's no voter fraud!

[Zarathustra]

Secret U.S. policy prevented immigration officials from reviewing the social media of visa applicants due to PC fears.

Yes, this stupid policy prevented officials from seeing the Facebook posts of female terrorist Tashfeen Malik where she openly praised jihad, martyrdom and ISIS. [And yet we're going to let in 10s of 1000s of refugees, for similar PC reasons??]

Our Democrat leaders are so freaking stupid. Political correctness is deadly, when wielded in the hands of those charged with protecting us. Electing Democrats is one of the most tragic wastes of your right to vote. Stop doing it. Just stop.

[kevinswatch]

And the Republicans are any better???





-jay

[Hashi Lebwohl]

from the article:

A former senior counter-terrorism official said that it was shocking that DHS had not leveraged the power of social media.

'They felt looking at public postings [of foreign U.S. visa applicants] was an invasion of their privacy,' the official said.

So they couldn't look at the social media profiles of someone applying to enter the country but they could look at my social media profiles whenever they damned well please? They are concerned about invading the privacy of some non-citizen but they don't give a royal rip about my privacy? What the hell kind of sense does that make?

[Zarathustra]

And the Republicans are any better???

-jay

In terms of sacrificing national security for PC and/or PR concerns? Hell yeah, they're better! Tashfeen's posts made it very clear she was an extremist (of that religion Obama won't even name in conjunction with "extremists" or "terrorists").

Dems seem overly concerned with optics, how things appear. Like this global warming agreement that's not enforceable, but they're congratulating themselves like they've actually done something.

We know that ISIS is using social media to recruit, and we're not even checking it to decide who can come into the country?

Jay, you were one of those posting here about your confidence in the vetting of refugees. What was that confidence based on? Care to revise your statement of support and trust in the process which let radicals into the country who then murdered our citizens? "But Republicans (laughing emoticons) ..." is a bizarrely irrelevant and dismissive response to a security lapse that led to the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

[kevinswatch]

Seems to be a moot point anyway, since clearly Obama is looking at changing the government's policies.

pix11.com/2015/12/14/u-s-may-start-revi ... for-visas/

"The Obama administration is reviewing procedures for vetting would-be immigrants and its policies on accessing social media."

www.cnet.com/news/obama-wants-social-ne ... mic-state/

"Obama asks social networks to join fight against ISIS"

I stand by my laughing emoticons at the idea that Republicans are any better suited for stopping terrorism than Democrats. I have seen no evidence otherwise.





-jay

[Ur Dead]

Would anybody here vote for me?
For King of the US.....

I'll be nice...