impartialobserver

I guess if you like Hells Kitchen then fine. I do not particularly care of the show nor political drama. So the 19th repetition of the same lame show... not going to hold my interest. I loathe the last two months of the election cycle. In a fantasy world, every time someone attempted to call me for political purposes.. they would get electrocuted for 5 seconds. Pamphlets at the door or in the mailbox would earn you two lashes. Again, its fantasy but I think that you get the point.

What I miss is how folks are forced to watch the film? If you do not like it.. do not watch it. Seems ever so simple but apparently my expectations are too high.

Like a typical blowhard internet forum poster.. you have no objective data and therefore no metrics to back up your assertions. In SF.. the high cost of living is due to relatively low supply of available land. The terrain is very mountainous and therefore difficult to build upon. Florida has zero mountains. Second, it is surrounded by ocean on 3 sides. Hmm.. but one can build houses out in the ocean.. right? Finally, the high cost of living is highly influenced by the relatively high incomes. Like it or not.. the high tech industry (of which you use) pays very well and is largely based in SF and San Jose. That is a simple statement of fact.. like it or not.

I fully believe that humans (or most of us) need a cause to support or rail against. We have to have some grand struggle and therefore someone to hate/despise. We can't simply live our lives and make the best of it.. Nahh. In our comfortable existence, we have to manufacture villains such as Dave Chappelle.

Feel free to be as entertained as you want to be. On the other hand.. I will probably consume less news than ever before. This is akin to watching the same episode of the same show for 19th time and then lying to myself that it is interesting.

If you want to refute what I wrote.. then list some cities with populations greater than 100K that you would not deem as a $hithole. Only place that I would deem as a $hithole is Bakersfield, CA. Have only been there once (2009) and it was simply decrepit. Not necessarily dirty or ghetto. Just looked like a ghost town where no one had bothered to maintain a building in 20 years. Every road/sidewalk was in disrepair.

I am atheist and always will be. I do not want religious book stores to be shut down nor do I want to religious TV channels, music,books, etc. to done away with. I can live a fine life by opting to not read, listen, or ingest the content.

So you know that they are dishonest and yet you respond them every time.. reflexively. I would hate to think that I am being toyed with in such a way. I find that most do not come onto forums for information.. they want affirmation. Hence, the lack of objective, factual thinking.

This may be the least interesting/exciting presidential race in recent history. I am already bored of it and still have 10 months of incessant noise to endure.

So If I was to make up some stuff now.. you would waste your time correcting me even though you would know that I am just manipulating you? And being toyed with makes you feel righteous. you also know that behind a keyboard.. no one actually has to be honest. You could prove that that 4^4 = 16 and they would defy you.. just because they can.

Well, from reading the responses to your opponents.. it seems like you have made zero headway. Hours spent posting and no payoff of any kind. Your impassioned posts are not changing their views even the slightest. "The relatively small percentage who post here unaffected by what they read, tend to be those who are HARD SELLING their own POV. AKA, they're the ones who ignore everything other than the OPINIONS they post." And you do not think that most politicos (politicians and their supporters) do not fit this? If so, you are hilarious and need to quit your day job.

Prior experience... Evidence is not enough. Folks will believe what they want to. This forum is proof of that. Your crusade falls on deaf ears. Day after day, you respond to them and yet nothing changes. Hmm... but you did not ignore the lies and presented the "truth" and yet they continue. Seems like you are getting no bang for your buck.

I, for one, am so beyond tired of it. However, I know humanity and know that some simply need something to obsess about. They can never be satisfied or content without something to rail on about or hate.. WCM being the best example.

and you think that your rebuttals are going to be taken seriously? Who knew that you were such a comedian. When is your next stand up gig? Next thing that you will tell us is that Trump is self aware.

were you meaning to say, "are a political weapon" if so, you do not understand the divide between criminal and civil law.

this is nothing but elementary school playground gossip. Those who take it seriously and react vehemently to it are simply giving it life.

You are free to produce hate speech and not fear of being arrested or being prosecuted in a criminal court. Now, that does not preclude one from civil lawsuits. If you think that hate speech is prosecuted then listen to a lot of gangster rap or black/death metal.. they say some pretty dark, vile, and hateful things.

Dave Chapelle is what? A comedian or entertainer. So by default..consuming his product is a matter of choice? If you do not like it.. then do not watch it or listen to it.

Hate speech is still speech. The law protects you from being arrested/detained/etc for such speech. Now, are you free from the consequences of such speech? No and nor should a person be.

35,000 in net emigration over 5 years.. is not all that major. This is what happens when a place has a high cost of living... some folks get discouraged at the disparity between incomes and what they get in housing. SF, LA, and Portland are prime examples. And then they move to Boise, Bend, Reno, Spokane, Salt Lake City, Bozeman, or Ogden, UT... and guess what? Prices go up in those places

because one instance inevitably leads to a deluge. So why did the Detroit pistons recently break a record losing streak and then proceed to lose? they should have kept on winning by the former logic.

March 2032... certain folks will still be arguing about this. They will say the same things over and over again... the other will respond in exactly the same way as they have 6,998 times before.. and they will both believe that they have changed the minds of the other (or really anybody).

true.. they do argue in bad faith by using vague terminology that can't possibly be quantified. One instance of something must mean that it is occurring everywhere at every moment. That is a logical fallacy to say the least but on the internet.. there is no consequence for being nothing but a blowhard.

I would not say it was an insurrection. I would characterize it as bored and braindead protesters of which some took things too far. Trump instructing Pence to not certify the results is a separate item.

You have coast line in Florida but do you have mountain just opposite of this? No. the highest point in FL is only 345 feet. In SF, you can be above 345 in minutes. This shows that you have never been there, know nothing, but yet pretend to be an expert. Can you give data to back up this claim of "best economy in the country".. No articles.. only actual raw data such as a table or chart with no opinions or summarizing.