March 30, 2023

The Founders were at one point considering a religious exemption in the 2nd Amendment

Please look this up. I think it helps to show the mindset of the time when the Constitution was undergoing the Amendments.

My source is the Annals of Congress, 1st Congress June 8, 1789-91

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwaclink.html

Use the link above, then go to 1st Congress 1789-91, then go to page 451. Near the bottom of the page in the left hand column you see proposed language for the 2nd Amendment that was being debated.

Think of how differently the 2nd would be interpreted today if the words: "But no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person" were part of the 2nd Amendment.

For one thing, it would show that the founders were talking about common defense, and not the idea that the 2nd Amendment is a license for insurrection, as so many gun nuts want us to think.

March 29, 2023

Have things really changed, or are Republicans solving problems that don't exist?

I'm listening to republicans claim that their so-called "Parents Bill of Rights" will allow parents to know what their kids are learning in school. Are republicans such idiots that they don't know how to be part of their kid's education without some goofy legislation?

I'm not claiming to be the best parent in the world, but I raised 4 kids, and was constantly a part of their education. The school encouraged it! In fact, there were so many ways to be involved, it was hard to not know what my kids were learning in school.

There were parent / teacher conferences, PTA meetings, science fairs, Art shows, plays, concerts, all sorts of ways of knowing what my kids were learning. I never once felt like the school would hide what my kids were learning from me. I even remember calling one of my son's teachers to discuss some assignments that he had missed. She was very open and helpful. Aside from all this, simply helping my kids with their homework put me in tune with what they were learning.

Unless something has drastically changed, I'm willing to bet most educators and schools still encourage parent involvement.

When did republicans come to the conclusion that schools don't want, or allow, parents to know what their children are learning?

March 8, 2023

If FOX had been honest, I might not have lost family members to the cult

I find myself thinking of how much better things might possibly be right now if FOX hadn't lied so much to their audience. I take it personally that they lied to my 90 year old mother.


Certainly this country would not be as divided as it is right now.

I think it's likely Jan 6 would not have happened all.

March 3, 2023

Can a network that knowingly lies to its viewers be considered an "enemy of the people"?

Just asking.

Oh, and since Jan 6 was a result of lies, can that same network also be sued by anyone that got hurt that day?

February 25, 2023

We have the third in line to the president helping propagandists at FOX

That is how bad it has become in this once great land.

Is there nothing we can do to stop this madness? Kevin McCarthy has openly facilitated the altering of history by giving Tucker Carlson everything he needs to distort the truth about Jan 6. Instead of remembering Jan 6 as a warning to how close we came to losing democracy, the notion that it was just a "tourist visit" will become even more reinforced in the minds of the MAGA cult.

I personally don't want to ever live in Orwell's 1984, where history gets altered to suit the party in charge, but that is where we are heading. I am so pissed!

February 22, 2023

Some questions about train derailments

How much responsibility falls on the railroad company?

Is the government totally responsible for providing help, or does the railroad have a responsibility as well?

For example, some people can't go home until it's determined to be safe. They are staying in hotels. I would think the railroad company would be responsible for that.

I do believe it should be the government's job to make the railroad company responsible. But, what do I know?

February 22, 2023

I'm sure the 41,000 hrs of video McCarthy gave to Carlson won't be used to try and rewrite history

February 18, 2023

The answer I'd like to hear given when questioned about increased seizures of fentanyl at the border

Yes, under the Biden Administration we are stopping a lot of fentanyl from coming into this country.

Oh, and the border isn't really "open" as the republicans advertise it to be. They need to stop spreading that myth.

February 14, 2023

The Right's latest 180 degree complaint just to complain

I'm listening to idiots on right-wing talk radio complaining that the EPA doesn't have enough regulations when it comes to train derailment. These are the same idiots that complain about regulations.

January 12, 2023

This clip reminds me of Santos, I think it kind of looks like him too

Got to watch it till the end.