Rebound

The GOP has been saying it forever. Donald Trump promised his minions on January 6th that if they didn’t stop the steal, the Democrats would destroy America. Bill Barr said the Democrats would destroy America. Funny thing is, America’s right here. What’s more, these crackpots never say what a destroyed America is. What’s the metric? What’s the thing that happens so that I walk outside and say, “Look, America is destroyed!” ? Shouldn’t these blowhards tell us what a destroyed America is?

You could say that of every governor in the country right now. There is a nation-wide opioid epidemic, a nation-wide immigration crisis and a nation-wide crime problem. California is a state of 33 million. On its own, it is the 6th largest economy in the world. California is far ahead of most states in per Capita income, wealth, in business innovation, education, and on and on. Housing is expensive because the economy is insanely hot and everybody wants to live in beautiful sunny California.

Michael, First, I have no qualms with anyone who is concerned with the plight of Palestinian non-combatant civilians. My disagreement is with those who supported Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, and who support the eradication of the State of Israel. And the LGBT amongst those are absolutely right up there with “Jews for Hitler.”

I would vote for Newsom in a heartbeat. He is the best candidate by far.

Everybody empathizes with the poor Palestinian civilians, and the poor Afghanis, Syrians, Ethiopians, Nigerians, Sudanese… shall I continue? The list is humongous. The State of Israel was created in 1948. LOTS of new countries were created at the time. The Palestinians were apparently the only ones who just couldn’t get their act together to move into the modern world and create a modern, peaceful nation. Today, literally today, Anthony Blinken is trying to negotiate with Arab countries to place their troops inside Palestine to act as peace keepers until a stable and peaceful Palestinian government can establish itself. Let me tell you up-front: None of these Arab nations are dumb enough to do it. Cause they know their soldiers will be attacked in shootings and bombings. We made peace between Israel and Egypt, and Israel and Jordan, and England and Ireland, and Yugoslavia, but brother, the Palestinians and Afghanis do not want peace. More specifically, they just won’t go for a modern democratic nation. Some violent gang of ultranationalists will inevitably take over by violence. It must be Israel’s fault, right? It has to be! Just like it’s Israel’s fault that Iran is run by a dictatorship, and Syria is in shreds and Iraq and Libya were run by dictators and Egypt had the same leader for forty years and on and on and on. Just blame the Jews!! While we’re at it… it’s the Jews fault that Palestinians hijacked a cruise ship and shoved a wheelchair-bound Jew into the ocean. And it’s the Jew’s fault that Palestinians attacked the Olympic Village in Munich and murdered the Israeli athletes. It’s the Jews fault that a Palestinian assassinated Bobby Kennedy. Right? Those evil Jews! Forcing the Palestinians to do these things! I do not support the Netanyahu policies 1%. The West Bank lands do not belong to Israel or to Israeli settlers. But heaven only knows what will transform the Palestinians into a peaceful people. Yes, I hope that Israel gets rid of Netanyahu, and that a 20 year roadmap for peace is created. It will take that long. I do feel sorry for the innocent Palestinian civilians but not to the point of blaming RFK and other victims of Palestinian violence, just as I don’t blame England for IRA bombings.

It’s been the same scam in the Mideast for ages: The dictator blames Jews and the U.S. for everyone’s problems, and claims “Only I can protect our nation from the zionists.”

Because when they run around with their stupid Palestinian LGBT flags the day after Hamas slaughtered 2,000 civilians, chanting “Initfada revolution is the only real solution,” then it’s clear they are supporters of a terrorist solution, not a peaceful solution. A peaceful two state solution is the only practical endgame. Screaming about “intifada” isn’t going to accomplish that. Supporting Hamas isn’t going to accomplish that. Punching Jews who memorialize the kidnapped Israelis isn’t going to accomplish that.

This has nothing to do with Islam versus any other religion. Specifically, the Palestinian governments legally prohibit homosexuality and culturally, homosexuals are murdered in Palestinian society. So if these well-intentioned LGBT people want to fly their rainbow asses to the West Bank and fly their rainbow flags in Palestinian liberation parades, they'll wind up in prison. BUT, they could fly their rainbow asses to Tel Aviv and participate right alongside Palestinian Arabs in the annual gay pride festival every year. So, two societies, and this tiny percentage of the LGBT community says, "We should destroy the government that protects gay rights and promote the one which murders homosexuals," and my point is, that is really really stupid. The issue here, Michael, is that the Palestinians have been an extremely intolerant, bigoted society forever, which is why they continually refuse peace negotiations and choose terrorism. They are intolerant of Jews and gays, while Israel openly and legally integrates both equally into their society. If you cannot see that difference, you are literally blind.

They should have a hell of a lot more common sense, yes. It is an absolutely lunatic position. It is absurd for LGBT people to support the "freedom" of people who would murder them because they are LGBT. They are either badly misinformed about Palestinian culture and laws, or they are very foolish. "LGBT for Palestine" is no different than "Jews for Hitler" or "Chickens for KFC." Citations: Hamas Commander, Accused of Theft and Gay Sex, Is Killed by His Own Palestinian Authority Bans Activities by Gay Rights Group Israel, on the other hand, was the first nation in all of Asia to recognize same-sex marriages. Same-sex couples are allowed to adopt, making Israel more progressive than the USA. Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was prohibited in 1992 and LGBT people are allowed to serve openly in the military. Thus, the two million Palestinians who live within Israel have more LGBT freedoms than Arabs anywhere else in the Middle East.

Iran is busy enough keeping their own people from overthrowing their government. Starting a war with the US is not going to happen. They saw what happened to Iraq and Afghanistan and they know we'd turn Tehran into a pile of rubble within an hour of any attack they make on us. And they especially know what happened to Saddam Hussein. I certainly don't like the idea of waging war against a nation of 160 million, but the leaders of Iran know exactly what would happen to them personally if they attack us or if they fund a terrorist attack against us.

No country is threatening to attack us.

Wow. That’s so original!!! I’ve never heard a conservative commentator say that Democrats are “destroying America.” And yet, here we are, lo and behold, America is not destroyed. It’s right here.

Biden doesn’t need to beat Trump, because Donald Trump will be sitting in jail.

Why does any of this matter? Seven million Jews and two million Palestinians live in Israel. Neither group is going to leave, so the two sides need to develop a peace plan.

All of a sudden, Republicans believe in polls.

So you think Jesus is just going to pop up and rescue us from the destruction we’re causing? Cause he didn’t rescue us from WW I or WW II. He didn’t rescue the slaves in the US

What about the Christians who do it for the wrong reasons?

No. The Romans killed Christ. Everyone knows that crucifixion was a common Roman practice, not a Jewish practice. The Romans who murdered Christ were the same Romans who killed over one million Jews. The same Romans who conquered and enslaved nearly all of Europe and the Middle East.

Why believe what the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas say? Hamas says 8,000 civilians were killed in Gaza. But they do t report any military deaths. They’re obviously lying about it.

No, you don’t hear lefties say there was no fraud AT ALL. They say there was no widespread fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of the election. In a nation of 330 million, it’s impossible to say that absolutely no fraudulent activity occurred. I sat down with my son and we filled out our ballots together at home. Maybe he was unduly influenced by me. If so, that would be fraud. But we cannot police people inside their homes. There are probably people who receive mail in ballots for their parents who have dementia, and they “help” their parents fill in their ballots. Or they go into the voting booth to help their parents. Same thing.

Fact: God hates you.

Oh? Can you prove that “God formed the Nation of Israel, who followed Him.” And can you prove that “The Jews stopped over 2,000 years ago. That's why their nation was swallowed up. They even rejected God's son. The Judaism today is completely different.” ? As for the OP, let me say this about the Jews: 5,000 years, and there are still Jews. Where are the Romans, or the ancient Greeks, or the Persians, or Egyptians? All completely gone. Judaism was already older when Christ was alive than Christianity is today. And Jesus was Jewish!

Come on, this is flat out anti-Semitism. It’s like posting that Islam is a religion of hate; that’s just nonsense.

Do you really think $15,000 is enough to sway a single US senator, much less all of them? These guys make you pay more than that just to eat dinner at one of their fundraisers.

Who is a bigger fool? A man who insults the judge who’s in the midst of determining whether his legal damages will be $100 million, $250 million, or more… or…. Somebody who would vote for such a fool?