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Mr Dixon

(1,185 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 08:45 AM Jul 2014

OMG finally i have a good topic, an on-going FB debate with my Daugther-inlaw Please read

Kristina Marie You know at first i liked Obama and was all for the whole black president in office but now i juat think he is down right stupid. We are already in a depression and he is just adding to it letring illegals stay here and not sending them back to their c...See More

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Kristina Marie I'm def not moving back to woodbridge ever now... They are pushing everyone to woodbridge building all those expensive homes up north no one can afford. We are going to have a second dwpression before we even get out of the first. Oh and Obama didnt tell anyone about this because he didnt want it to be fought and not be abke to do it so it was kept secret and they won't tell anyone anything
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Earl Dixon SMH I hate to tell you this but OBAMA is following the law passed by Bush and the GOP loved that idea so the law sailed thru congress. Obama has to enforce the laws on the books or face impeachment, so what options does he have? Plus OBAMA has deporte...See More
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Earl Dixon As far as the housing prices in Woodbridge that is call capitalism with a dash of Gentrification, meaning the developers price the new homes out of range so the poor will have to move elsewhere, the same thing is happening in DC. The wild life you mentioned doesn’t trump money never has and it never will. It’s okay to be outraged just understand the facts and not the talking points.
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Kristina Marie The stuff you hear or think you know comes from the news when half the things they say on there are false or overexagerated. If he is following the laws then why is it last time the community/people knew what he was about to do and got it stopped now this time its hush hush so it was stopped and no one knew about it until now? Yeah Bush did make those laws then but Obama could make others and or fix it but instead he is creating more issues and making it a bigger problem. Voting is coming up so we will see what the people think and only two more years for Obama so that's enough time to make things better or screw up things worse.
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Kristina Marie As for the wildlife yeah it doesn't trump money but when you have a wild cat in your backyard and your dog is dead near death who will you blame then?
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Earl Dixon There is not a law in the land the OBAMA can change without congressional approval, that is the premise of a democracy, if he could wave a wand and change the laws that would be a dictatorship, just in case you haven’t noticed congress is not exactly cooperating, see Government shut-down, and women’s rights. How is a cat or bear in your back yard a government issue? The county you live in approves those developers to build in whatever county you live in, the county gives them the okay to cut down tree and up-root the wild-life. Furthermore please explain this sentence “last time the community/people knew what he was about to do and got it stopped” what incident are you talking about?
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Kristina Marie The just had the incident a few months ago, it was all out there in news and the paper.
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OMG finally i have a good topic, an on-going FB debate with my Daugther-inlaw Please read (Original Post) Mr Dixon Jul 2014 OP
Wow. I hope you don't have to do Thanksgiving dinner with her. Squinch Jul 2014 #1
Interesting, Mr. Dixon lovemydog Jul 2014 #2
There is a good reason not to discuss politics or religion pipoman Jul 2014 #3
Agreed Mr Dixon Jul 2014 #4
Just keep it polite and fact filled and keep asking questions. Ligyron Jul 2014 #5

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
2. Interesting, Mr. Dixon
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 08:52 AM
Jul 2014

If it were me, I'd reign the conversation toward something friendly and more personal, like what you have in common. Facebook is perhaps the worst forum in the world for arguing politics. It's a little better in person, after you've both established that you are human beings who can smile, laugh and not take yourselves too seriously. Just my opinion.

 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
3. There is a good reason not to discuss politics or religion
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 08:57 AM
Jul 2014

(If you disagree) with family. Some like to argue with family, not me, don't need the tension at family events and family cohesion is far more important to me than petty political disagreements.

That said, I get enough of these inane threads on my own fb news feed. ..

Mr Dixon

(1,185 posts)
4. Agreed
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 09:04 AM
Jul 2014

I agree with all of your comments, but here is the deal she is new to politics and being mislead by her libertarian cousins and elder's. She dips back to our side of the family only when she needs money other then that she never comes around. She prefers to hang with that guns nutz of the family in southern VA, rural area. For the most part i bite my tongue, but this is getting worst and somebody needs to set here str8 don't you agree?

Ligyron

(7,624 posts)
5. Just keep it polite and fact filled and keep asking questions.
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 09:05 AM
Jul 2014

Maybe one day the answer will come to her. and then perhaps others.

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