ILikePie5

Of this I have no doubt. Trump certainly kept many promises he made to the richest amongst us. But the most amazing thing he did was convincing everyday-people to vote against their own financial interests (IMHO).

A NFL football coach just got fined 100,000 dollars for suggesting BLM riots were more damaging to everyday Americans than Jan 6.

Cancel culture is the sandbox of a Marxist.

On this point, at least, we agree. I doubt very much that anything will happen to this man, if for no other reason than the fact he was President.

Unfortunately, he has empowered a whole line of conmen who now know they can do whatever they want, lie about it, repeat that lie ad nauseum, and become more popular than ever. This is the power of the SNAKE-OIL SALESMAN!

REAL GOVERNING IS NOT EASY. It is about what is good for the people - even if it doesn't taste as good as something easily peddled to the masses.

Trump successfully speaks only to people's emotions. But fairness in law is done in a dispassionate and deliberate way, a logical and methodical way not immediately appreciated by most people.

Sigh ...

If you honestly feel this way, that is just sad. And if millions feel this way, then I am greatly saddened. 

Our problems with inflation are real. But they are in large part due to Putin's war, which came on the heels of the COVID epidemic.

Seditious intentions (i.e. TFG), could mean an end to our democratic Republic. I, for one, do not wish to live in a society where decency and "the greater good" no longer have a voice. 

In this country, democracy is the foundation upon which everything else sits, even inflation. So if no one cares about sedition, we are all in a sorry state.

I do see utility in a nationwide condemnation of the BLM movement that was over a thousand times more destructive. 

I heard they hired a professional Hollywood director to produce the hearings. Professional gaslighting.

Nancy rejected only two of the candidates, namely Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. Kevin McCarthy then withdrew ALL names.

Adam Kinsinger and Liz Cheney agreed to participate despite Kevin's refusal to participate. 

I suppose I would be skeptical of a committee that was all Republican except for Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema. So I understand why you scoff.

But you simply cannot scheme to overturn a valid election, still lying in the face of over 60 court rulings, and expect to get away with it.

I will have lost ALL faith in our democracy if Trump is not held to account. And, at this point, I am certainly not holding my breath!

No.  You said the rating were terrible when in fact they were comparable to the best weekly television ratings.  We agree that you are incapable of the insight required to wonder why you lie Trump instinctively.

LMAO. If bullshit attracts flies, then call me Lucilia sericata.

By the way, I know a spell which summons Lady3Keys from the Twitterverse, very similar to Greyparrot's spell which summons ILikePie5 when he is in distress. I was like, fuck it, if he can summon allies why not me.

Until there is accountability, "Trumpism", even more than Trump, remains a threat to democracy! 

Selfishness, self-promoting lies and propaganda lead to autocracy. And what is worse, Trump almost succeeded in overturning a LEGITIMATE ELECTION.

We should all be afraid.

Go to a different thread if you want to discuss those issues. This thread is about hearings which investigate what was arguably the greatest threat to American democracy in the nation's history. If you don't want to talk about that, then you're honestly part of the problem.

Just don't fuck off from the subforum entirely, because seeing oromagi destroy you gives me a dopamine hit. You're very valuable to me in that regard.

That isn't the way things played out at all.

1.  It was SUPPOSED to be bipartisan! The Republicans voted it down. They DID NOT want any investigation into things they knew were seditious.

2.  At this point, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, decided to exercise her right to begin her own investigation into Jan. 6th. 

3.  She was under NO obligation to include Republicans. But nonetheless, she asked them to voluntarily submit names.

4.  Not wanting to participate at all, and yet still wanting to derail the committee, Kevin McCarthy submitted names with an OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

5.  Nancy, as would any judge, rejected the conflict of interest candidates. And yet, she still put two very conservative Republicans on the committee. 

CONCLUSION: Republicans had EVERY chance to fully participate in this process. They chose to vote it down and then to select only candidates that would sabotage the effort -- if for no other reason than their own individual guilt.

CHENEY:  In our country, we don’t swear an oath to an individual, or a political party. We take our oath to defend the United States Constitution. And that oath must mean something. Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.

We can  agree that you don't know why.

Looks like you forgot to apologize for manufacturing fake news.

That's it, buddy. Deflect, deflect, bob and weave, whatabout dis, whatabout DAT, whatabout whatabout.

God knows America can't have more than one crippling problem at once. We can't have inflation AND a dire threat to democracy.

You were wrong about Trump and you don't want to look at the full extent of your wrongness. J'accuse, my dear deflector in chief.

Nielsen Media Research estimates that at least 20 million households watched the first hearing on traditional television, comparable to the average rating for NBC Sunday Night Football, which ranks as television's number one program.

If you hate Trump, go buy an electric vehicle.

They probably want to hear shows about inflation since 36% of Americans say it's the most important issue.

Heh. I am a man, not a woman, and a Christian, not a Mormon. I think you can rule those two out.

It would indeed. I'll never say.

It is? What is the fundamental viewpoint of life?

Not sure I understand what you're asking, let me just say that you seem to use this website a lot more casually than others. I have rarely seen you have extended dialogue with someone over your views

and when Barney challenged you to a debate on his moderation of Wylted, as Incel-Chud, you suddenly didn't want to anymore as far as I could see.

I think you are here for a laugh, to post some things and get reactions. You use the website primarily to get your kicks and move on with your day.

The only thing separating you from a pure troll is that I get the feeling that you believe what you type on most issues, you just phrase it provocatively to get a reaction.

I enjoy Mafia with you but I'd say that's where your and my relationship and interactions end overall. I don't particularly understand your approach to the forums and debating and I can admit that misunderstanding may be on me.

What does "well regulated" mean?

What does "well regulated" mean?

I know nothing of poker, I'm going /in blind

If he's trying to catch up on 10+ pages of material, I'm not sure how thoroughly involved you can expect him to be. 

He got defensive because you accused him of something he didn't do.  That's a much weaker rationale for his lynch than with Oro. 

It was a hypothetical, not an assumption. I was not saying that you were his teammate. I was wondering that, if you were, would you defend him in such a manner?

Barney is a pretty busy dude. From my time modding with him I've gotten to know how sparse his DART activity can be. This means very little.

We can say he hasn't been contributing much, but I don't think that correlates to him being scum in this case.

What I find particularly interesting is that you seem to be ditching your own strategy here to go after him. Weren't you the one insisting on going after the scum present in NFC West and AFC South? Barney is in neither.

That includes Oro (AFC South), and most seem to agree that he's been suspect in this game.

Should we not start with the best lead we have rather than lynching irrationally?