Everyone side has radicals, but the GOP radicals are running the show, where as the Dem radicals are people who dont really have significant leadership roles for the most part.
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Everyone side has radicals, but the GOP radicals are running the show, where as the Dem radicals are people who dont really have significant leadership roles for the most part.
Which ones?
Like the role of US president, speaker of the house, majority leader of the senate?
Media has gotten very good at distorting reality to fit a narrative. All sides are apart of it... It's up to individuals to exhibit some individualism in thought. I battle Republicans the same way.
The power pendulum has been swinging back & forth for decades, I don't like how radical many on the left is getting, stand back and review some of the policies, some are far too socialistic... Balance is imperative...Musk's illustration isn't too far off, I'd say even Republicans have been dragged to the left some.
What other independent thoughts can be shared?
Oh give me a f*king break!!! MY comments are 'perpetuating the downward spiral'???!? Have you been paying ANY attention to the batshit craziness the nutjobs on the Right have given us?
I would be thrilled to engage in honest-to-goodness discussions of current events and the issues facing our country here. But the the vast majority of WC posts have zero to do with anything remotely resembling progressive vs. conservative thoughts and ideas. It's all mostly nutjob bullshit. I long for 'the good ole' days' when the Birther Movement was considered the craziest wacko conspiracy you could ever imagine.
It only seems like this because the federal government leaders are propped up old figureheads that never moved too far from their positions so they look moderate. But take a second to survey their staffers and you'll find loads of people who are anything but centrist. Not to mention that the young Democrats are the most activated of all of the politicians.
Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
What are these 'wild-eyed radicals' on the 'evil' left plotting that equals the sh*t the Right is doing?
What rivals retailiating against a company for---gasp---disagreeing with a State government decision let alone overturning Roe v Wade and setting up the government to take control of women and their right to her own body?
Inquiring Minds want to know.
Your party has formed a disinformation ministry of truth and an environmental Justice org. Spare me the theatrics.Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
What are these 'wild-eyed radicals' on the 'evil' left plotting that equals the sh*t the Right is doing?
What rivals retailiating against a company for---gasp---disagreeing with a State government decision let alone overturning Roe v Wade and setting up the government to take control of women and their right to her own body?
Inquiring Minds want to know.
I dont care about their staffers, I care about policy. IF you are going to say the Democrats are radical, then you have to actually point to radical positions the party holds. And I dont mean every Democrats personal stances, because yes, you probably can find some radical views from an individual here and there, but that the actual party supports and tries to get passed. The Biden administration, the house, senate, etc, have done absolutely nothing radical. The biggest focus has probably been on infrastructure for goodness sake, which is something any country needs.
This is the point where our Usual Suspects can be expected to post a crazy tweet from some obscure nobody and say: "SEE? This is how RADICAL you crazy libs are!!!"
THIS! ^^^^
Bottom line is Dems should be cheering on this action. A Mega Business is no longer getting special perks that no one else gets. That is something every liberal should like, not be complaining about. The bottom line is they don't like that it was a conservate body that did it, and it happened as a result of that business towing the progressive woke agenda. If Disney was pushing for an end to abortion and the Gov was a Democrat, they would be cheering him on.
Dude, you have lost all concept of what is radical and what is not. Or maybe the truth is that you are way the hell left and they haven’t done enough for you. But either way, remember that your team has created new departments and new levers of power. Don’t come crying when they’re used against you.
Every department in this country was created by political parties, that in and of itself is not radical. If you are talking about the "ministry of Truth" thing, that isnt a new department it is under the dept of homeland security. The dept of homeland security was established by the Bush administration, so if you think creating new departments is radical, then I would assume that Bush has to be a radical, correct? And also with regards to this, the purpose is to combat foreign propaganda, which is a national security issue. It is certainly possible it wont end up being a good thing, I understand the concerns with it, but if it is only used for the intended purpose, then I dont know that is necessarily a bad thing.
It would be fascinating to see a list of all the old Republican programs and policies that would be considered 'radical' today in the eyes of this Trumpster generation. Trust me, it would be a long one.
GOP recently spends just as much or more overall than Democrats. They just focus it on fighter jets rather than social programs or infrastructure.
We have a Democrat President proposing we spend a few more billion dollars on Ukraine's military defense. Has everybody noticed this is massive deficit spending that both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are greenlighting without a peep?
If this money was earmarked for early childhood education or some other program to help our own people, the Republicans in Congress -- along with some conservative Democrats -- would be crying up a storm.
Thanks for the meme, very enlightening. The GOP overturning a 50 year law isnt a sign of the GOP moving right, but the Democrats moving left, thanks for that clarification.
Hawley introduces bill to strip 'woke' Disney of special copyright protections
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Josh Hawley is introducing legislation that would strip the Walt Disney Company of special copyright protections granted to the corporation by Congress, while also limiting the length of new copyrights.
I work with RCID all the time. It's very well run. Much stricter than any of the other municipalities I've worked with.
The new authoritarian GOP platform: If you businesses don't STFU and support everything we do, you're toast.
Disney should have 0 "SPECIAL" protections. They should be treated just like every other business. And only get their mega perks when congress passes special spending bills.
If you feel that way, fine and dandy. But you're ignoring the fact that States and cities across this nation have always offered "SPECIAL" deals (e.g. tax breaks, protections, etc.) to entice bigass corporations to locate in their neck of the woods. I could have sworn that kind of wheeling and dealing is called Capitalism.
What made this particular situation noteworty is that Florida's Republcan Governor and State legislature decided to 'punish' Disney by withdrawing one of their original incentives for not supporting their nonsense culture war bill.
Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face, this silliness is guaranteed to backfire on DeSantis and his legislative cronies.
generally speaking these are usually tax breaks and have a time limit on them. And no I don't like that either, but that is different than a permanent set aside.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH....if the "SPECIAL" treatment local and state governments provide is only temporary, it's DIFFERENT. Got it.
I’m all for getting rid of lobbyists and special interest, but the basis for doing it shouldn’t be a partisan grudge against a single company.
The federal government was already spending 71 billion directly on infrastructure and shipped 81 billion to the states. the add on bill would have spent 550 billion extra, 65 billion would go to internet including a $30 per month subsidy to pay peoples access. 66 billion for high speed rail which few people use or want to use. On top of the $71 billion per year the feds are already spending, Local and States spend over $191 billion, assuming 81 billion of that came from Feds, you have 152 Billion per year spent. Those #s tell me it isn't what is spent, but rather how poorly it is spent. The $55 billion extra would have been spent over 5 years, so basically $11 billion of borrowed money yearly which is amounts to a 7% increase per year is supposed to be a fix it all up. Sorry I don't think so.
I hope Disney pulls Desantis card. Orlando aint s**t w/o Disney, you guys better tell Desantis 2 show more respect.
What's Disney going to do? Pick up and move? To shithole Alabammer?????????
BTW, Disney fired their PR Chief three months into the job. I wonder why?!??!
Disney infrastructure in Central Florida is immense... Certainly Quantifiable, but day-um, hard to justify a relo / reconstruction that large of scale.
People will go to Disney, wherever they build it. The people that visit disney can give 2 s**ts about a city in Florida that doesn't have any beaches. So yes, take Disney out of Orlando and you guys will not even be able to hold onto the Orlando Magic.
The tax increase will be of a large scale to the people of Orlando should they pull his card as well.
Yeah, they aren’t realistically going to build 4 new parks in a different location. Would take an enormous capital investment. They also have a mutual benefit from having Universal in Orlando (who is building a 3rd park) and a massive hotel infrastructure already in place.
You're on to something. Just get a bunch of 18 wheelers and pack Disney up to move everything to Illinois. People will go.
Not gonna happen... When I was living in Ohio the beaches were a very important supplement to our Florida /Disney Trips. Can't say we would have flown into Memphis for the Parks and BBQ.
100%. Maybe we could do this Dunkirk style and get the citizens of central Florida to pack up Disney’s shit in their own vehicles and drive it up north. I could probably fit most of the Swiss family treehouse in my F-150.
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