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lnxw48a1: @clacke I remember when every politician said "information super highway" in every speech they gave. Even today, I associate that phrase with #pollies.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 03:02:41 UTC
@clacke I remember when every politician said "information super highway" in every speech they gave. Even today, I associate that phrase with #pollies.
lnxw48a1: > The people moving from California are looking for lower taxes https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-6463-0ce9-9044-5af574010665 Maybe some of them are. I'd guess most of them are primarily looking for lower real estate prices and shorter commutes. I know that I'm looking for: 1. More frequent face-to-face with grandkids. 2. Ability to work and live in the same area. Shorter commutes are better commutes. 3. Lower real estate prices. Tax rates are not even on my radar, as everything you get from state and local government will have to be paid for somehow. In some states, it is income tax, in others, it is property tax. Still others have a flourishing industry that can be taxed instead of burdening the citizenry. As for term limits, I cannot speak to #Michigan's limits, as I don't live there; but #California's limits are beneficial. After a few terms in Sacramento, #pollies become evilized and accustomed to that power and lifestyle. At that point, they stop representing the needs of their constituents and serve only their party and the lobbyists. (In California, they are "legislative advocates", as the state constitution forbids lobbyists.) I understand that @ahuka believes that people get better at being legislators after a few years on the job. That is likely true. But a few more years and they don't improve. They may know the system better, but they don't use that knowledge to make the state better serve its people, and that is why term limits exist. @fu
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 30-Aug-2022 06:46:46 UTC
> The people moving from California are looking for lower taxes https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-6463-0ce9-9044-5af574010665 Maybe some of them are. I'd guess most of them are primarily looking for lower real estate prices and shorter commutes. I know that I'm looking for: 1. More frequent face-to-face with grandkids. 2. Ability to work and live in the same area. Shorter commutes are better commutes. 3. Lower real estate prices. Tax rates are not even on my radar, as everything you get from state and local government will have to be paid for somehow. In some states, it is income tax, in others, it is property tax. Still others have a flourishing industry that can be taxed instead of burdening the citizenry. As for term limits, I cannot speak to #Michigan's limits, as I don't live there; but #California's limits are beneficial. After a few terms in Sacramento, #pollies become evilized and accustomed to that power and lifestyle. At that point, they stop representing the needs of their constituents and serve only their party and the lobbyists. (In California, they are "legislative advocates", as the state constitution forbids lobbyists.) I understand that @ahuka believes that people get better at being legislators after a few years on the job. That is likely true. But a few more years and they don't improve. They may know the system better, but they don't use that knowledge to make the state better serve its people, and that is why term limits exist. @fu
lnxw48a1: California's Governor Newsom makes cautious step toward meeting the state's water needs. https://nu.federati.net/url/287349 [www latimes com] It is a tiny step, but #California is never going to catch up with its demand with these baby steps. There needs to be a massive statewide effort to meet 100% of projected water requirements for the next fifty years via #desalination. That includes residential, agricultural, industrial, plus supplementing natural rainfall to preserve forests and replenish ground water, and some extra water which can be made available for neighboring states' needs. I feel like these #pollies are so busy trying not to displease entrenched interests that they are missing a historic opportunity to lead the way in responding to a 22 year drought that currently affects a giant chunk of the US from California to Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and beyond. See https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ and https://www.drought.gov/ #CA !SoCal #water_policy #drought
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 13-Aug-2022 16:58:39 UTC
California's Governor Newsom makes cautious step toward meeting the state's water needs. https://nu.federati.net/url/287349 [www latimes com] It is a tiny step, but #California is never going to catch up with its demand with these baby steps. There needs to be a massive statewide effort to meet 100% of projected water requirements for the next fifty years via #desalination. That includes residential, agricultural, industrial, plus supplementing natural rainfall to preserve forests and replenish ground water, and some extra water which can be made available for neighboring states' needs. I feel like these #pollies are so busy trying not to displease entrenched interests that they are missing a historic opportunity to lead the way in responding to a 22 year drought that currently affects a giant chunk of the US from California to Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and beyond. See https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ and https://www.drought.gov/ #CA !SoCal #water_policy #drought
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/287029 [www techdirt com] US #pollies lining up to demand action against #TikTok's privacy abuses, despite having enabled corporate anti-privacy practices over the years.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 11-Jul-2022 00:21:51 UTC
https://nu.federati.net/url/287029 [www techdirt com] US #pollies lining up to demand action against #TikTok's privacy abuses, despite having enabled corporate anti-privacy practices over the years.
lnxw48a1: @clacke Whomever that person is, they are not among the #pollies on the newschannels every day.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 10:45:22 UTC
@clacke Whomever that person is, they are not among the #pollies on the newschannels every day.
lnxw48a1: I recall a minor !SoCal politician who had previously been a member of the US Communist Party and the US Nazi Party (not at the same time). The way I heard it, when the election came, every other candidate roasted him for his Nazi history. I'm pretty sure he came in last or close to it. #California does not allow parties to be involved in local elections (they have to be state or federal level), but multiple #pollies at the state level traveled into the area and spoke out against voting for Nazis.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 03-Mar-2022 03:46:33 UTC
I recall a minor !SoCal politician who had previously been a member of the US Communist Party and the US Nazi Party (not at the same time). The way I heard it, when the election came, every other candidate roasted him for his Nazi history. I'm pretty sure he came in last or close to it. #California does not allow parties to be involved in local elections (they have to be state or federal level), but multiple #pollies at the state level traveled into the area and spoke out against voting for Nazis.
lnxw48a1: @lxo Because of pre-existing political views, followers of certain #pollies exaggerate the impact of #COVID-19 vaccines, while minimizing the much larger incidence of long-term cardiac, circulatory, and reproductive damage (and deaths) that the virus itself causes. I don't like or trust any #polly enough to let their views influence my taking actions that protect myself and those whom I am close to, so I'm not going to swallow some "wing" 's talking points. It is sad to see respected independent thinkers turning off their brains and gulping down such illogic.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 18-Dec-2021 17:57:40 UTC
@lxo Because of pre-existing political views, followers of certain #pollies exaggerate the impact of #COVID-19 vaccines, while minimizing the much larger incidence of long-term cardiac, circulatory, and reproductive damage (and deaths) that the virus itself causes. I don't like or trust any #polly enough to let their views influence my taking actions that protect myself and those whom I am close to, so I'm not going to swallow some "wing" 's talking points. It is sad to see respected independent thinkers turning off their brains and gulping down such illogic.
lnxw48a1: @lxo My impression (not being in a country with tax-paid healthcare) is that patients may have to wait for care, not that care is denied. That probably varies by country, but no one talks about being denied care. Disclaimer: I favor tax-paid basic care, with the possibility of insurer-paid optional / extra care. I have failed to convince US #pollies to implement this since I started communicating about it in 1993.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 15-May-2021 21:56:14 UTC
@lxo My impression (not being in a country with tax-paid healthcare) is that patients may have to wait for care, not that care is denied. That probably varies by country, but no one talks about being denied care. Disclaimer: I favor tax-paid basic care, with the possibility of insurer-paid optional / extra care. I have failed to convince US #pollies to implement this since I started communicating about it in 1993.
lnxw48a1: Dr Anthony #Fauci tries to reassure Black and Brown communities that #COVID-19 vaccines are safe for them to take and necessary. https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/01/web-story-on-fauci-virtual-event/ [wtop com] > Fauci also tackled the deep mistrust that community members have with the government concerning “unfair and unethical” medical treatment in the past. > “That’s the past, a shameful past, that we have to live with, but we have safeguards in place that will never let that happen again,” Fauci said. There are no safeguards that cannot be overridden given sufficient pressure, so that’s not something he should have promised. That said, I find it concerning that so many are passing around misinformation about the vaccines being _intentionally designed to be harmful to darker people_. This is a worldwide effort, not just some Southern #pollies teaming up with big pharma and unethical medical researchers. Unless you choose to believe powerful groups are trying to use the vaccines to wipe out all darker people everywhere, there’s nothing to support such #conspiracy_theories. Well, even if you believe that, there’s no evidence, just your beliefs.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2021 17:17:52 UTC
Dr Anthony #Fauci tries to reassure Black and Brown communities that #COVID-19 vaccines are safe for them to take and necessary. https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/01/web-story-on-fauci-virtual-event/ [wtop com] > Fauci also tackled the deep mistrust that community members have with the government concerning “unfair and unethical” medical treatment in the past. > “That’s the past, a shameful past, that we have to live with, but we have safeguards in place that will never let that happen again,” Fauci said. There are no safeguards that cannot be overridden given sufficient pressure, so that’s not something he should have promised. That said, I find it concerning that so many are passing around misinformation about the vaccines being _intentionally designed to be harmful to darker people_. This is a worldwide effort, not just some Southern #pollies teaming up with big pharma and unethical medical researchers. Unless you choose to believe powerful groups are trying to use the vaccines to wipe out all darker people everywhere, there’s nothing to support such #conspiracy_theories. Well, even if you believe that, there’s no evidence, just your beliefs.
lnxw48a1: Vandals hit both Pelosi's and McConnell's homes. That is crazy. I assume they weren't in their homes at the time, but still, it is very dangerous to have crazies sending messages by showing up at #pollies' homes. If they can't assign Secret Service, can they get USDOJ's police forces (FBI, DEA) to step in and protect leading congressionals and their families?
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 03-Jan-2021 01:14:12 UTC
Vandals hit both Pelosi's and McConnell's homes. That is crazy. I assume they weren't in their homes at the time, but still, it is very dangerous to have crazies sending messages by showing up at #pollies' homes. If they can't assign Secret Service, can they get USDOJ's police forces (FBI, DEA) to step in and protect leading congressionals and their families?
lnxw48a1: Oh, look! Proposition 19 is also about property tax. I sense some #pollies starting to drool at the thought of more tax revenue.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 25-Oct-2020 02:28:47 UTC
Oh, look! Proposition 19 is also about property tax. I sense some #pollies starting to drool at the thought of more tax revenue.
lnxw48a1: I didn’t watch the debate. I can’t watch #pollies intentionally lying to me.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 30-Sep-2020 03:55:58 UTC
I didn’t watch the debate. I can’t watch #pollies intentionally lying to me.
lnxw48a1: Glad I don't have TV. It means I don't have to watch a parade of lying #pollies at either party's convention.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 20-Aug-2020 03:35:26 UTC
Glad I don't have TV. It means I don't have to watch a parade of lying #pollies at either party's convention.
lnxw48a1: I would be a lot more open to undoing a lot of the lockdowns if the people promoting it were willing to do what is required: 1--personal responsibility: the things we're told every day ... wash hands frequently, mask up if we go out, avoid getting closer than 6 feet / 2 meters from other people; 2--corporate: restructure workplace and processes to reduce the spread of disease, allow workers that suspect themselves to be sick or COVID-exposed to take time off without penalty; 3--government: financial support for people who are off work due to #COVID-19, enforceable right to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies that violate (2) above. 4--political: get the slimy #pollies' dirty hands off of the nation's disease response and prevention process But it seems that every #anti-lockdown person I see or hear is also an #anti-masker who wants company managers to be able to force sick workers to come in anyway.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 30-Jul-2020 20:27:24 UTC
I would be a lot more open to undoing a lot of the lockdowns if the people promoting it were willing to do what is required: 1--personal responsibility: the things we're told every day ... wash hands frequently, mask up if we go out, avoid getting closer than 6 feet / 2 meters from other people; 2--corporate: restructure workplace and processes to reduce the spread of disease, allow workers that suspect themselves to be sick or COVID-exposed to take time off without penalty; 3--government: financial support for people who are off work due to #COVID-19, enforceable right to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies that violate (2) above. 4--political: get the slimy #pollies' dirty hands off of the nation's disease response and prevention process But it seems that every #anti-lockdown person I see or hear is also an #anti-masker who wants company managers to be able to force sick workers to come in anyway.
lnxw48a1: Another one. This time it was one of the #pollies who was an #anti-masker who died of #COVID-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#COVID-19_and_death
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 30-Jul-2020 14:54:40 UTC
Another one. This time it was one of the #pollies who was an #anti-masker who died of #COVID-19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#COVID-19_and_death
lnxw48a1: Contacted Senator Feinstein and my House Representative over the EARN-IT and LAEDA bills. Senator Kamala Harris' site requires a phone number. It will be bad enough getting rid of these two #pollies' spam target lists. I don't want the hassle of trying to get them to stop robocalling for whatever the politician's newest priority is.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 25-Jun-2020 16:45:18 UTC
Contacted Senator Feinstein and my House Representative over the EARN-IT and LAEDA bills. Senator Kamala Harris' site requires a phone number. It will be bad enough getting rid of these two #pollies' spam target lists. I don't want the hassle of trying to get them to stop robocalling for whatever the politician's newest priority is.
lnxw48a1: Uh oh, @mangeurdenuage . In the US, at least, the person who rants against #pollies then turns around and runs for office.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 24-Apr-2020 03:57:24 UTC
Uh oh, @mangeurdenuage . In the US, at least, the person who rants against #pollies then turns around and runs for office.
lnxw48a1: https://nitter.net/tedcruz/status/1237067610010853378 Hmm. Ted Cruz able to allow a little humor about himself? Most #pollies aren’t like that at all.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 10-Mar-2020 18:00:33 UTC
https://nitter.net/tedcruz/status/1237067610010853378 Hmm. Ted Cruz able to allow a little humor about himself? Most #pollies aren’t like that at all.
lnxw48a1: I hate that the primaries and caucuses are making me have to think about politics and #pollies so many months before the election.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 06-Mar-2020 01:02:06 UTC
I hate that the primaries and caucuses are making me have to think about politics and #pollies so many months before the election.
lnxw48a1: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/this-day-in-politics-december-3-1027800 [politico] The breakup of Standard Oil was an event of historic national significance. I wish today's #pollies would grapple with big corporations and their lawyers and lobbyists to bust up some monopolies, oligopolies, monopsonies, oligopsonies. I think the US economy would benefit. !econusa
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2020 23:06:11 UTC
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/this-day-in-politics-december-3-1027800 [politico] The breakup of Standard Oil was an event of historic national significance. I wish today's #pollies would grapple with big corporations and their lawyers and lobbyists to bust up some monopolies, oligopolies, monopsonies, oligopsonies. I think the US economy would benefit. !econusa
lnxw48a1: According to #Drudge, #Bloomberg is considering #Clinton as his VP if he succeeds in buying the Democractic Party nomination. https://nu.federati.net/url/263029 [cnbc] #US_Pol #Election_2020 #Pollies
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 18:50:09 UTC
According to #Drudge, #Bloomberg is considering #Clinton as his VP if he succeeds in buying the Democractic Party nomination. https://nu.federati.net/url/263029 [cnbc] #US_Pol #Election_2020 #Pollies
lnxw48a1: What if the true conspiracy was that there never were shape shifting #reptilian lizard people, but the #pollies wanted you to think there were?
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2020 22:40:51 UTC
What if the true conspiracy was that there never were shape shifting #reptilian lizard people, but the #pollies wanted you to think there were?
lnxw48a1: I don't have any comments about #SOTU. It's been years since I was able to watch that speech. I just can't watch / listen to #pollies lying to me, while one party's people tell me how wonderful the person is and the other party's people tell me how awful the person is.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2020 04:08:08 UTC
I don't have any comments about #SOTU. It's been years since I was able to watch that speech. I just can't watch / listen to #pollies lying to me, while one party's people tell me how wonderful the person is and the other party's people tell me how awful the person is.
lnxw48a1: @tealturtle I was going to joke that "Vermin Supreme" sounds like my opinion of politicians ( #pollies ), but I threw the name into search and found that he has run for office a few times as part of his protester / performance artist stuff. . Glad you got to meet.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2020 12:51:09 UTC
@tealturtle I was going to joke that "Vermin Supreme" sounds like my opinion of politicians ( #pollies ), but I threw the name into search and found that he has run for office a few times as part of his protester / performance artist stuff. . Glad you got to meet.
lnxw48a1: https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-democrats-election-2020-trending-1479699 [newsweek] Oof! "Body blow! Body blow! Left hook!" Newsweek gives #Sanders the beat down like he was "Glass Joe" in the game "Punch Out". #uspol #politics #pollies (tagged so people can filter these posts, either into or out of their feeds)
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2020 04:54:17 UTC
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-democrats-election-2020-trending-1479699 [newsweek] Oof! "Body blow! Body blow! Left hook!" Newsweek gives #Sanders the beat down like he was "Glass Joe" in the game "Punch Out". #uspol #politics #pollies (tagged so people can filter these posts, either into or out of their feeds)
lnxw48a1: #Vox examines the similarities and differences between Bernie #Sanders and Elizabeth #Warren https://nu.federati.net/url/257341 [vox] As you know, I generally avoid #politics and #pollies (politicians). But I’m reading a little bit more these days in preparation for the election in November. So far, I’m still not likely to support any #twin_parties candidate. #uspol
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2020 02:41:41 UTC
#Vox examines the similarities and differences between Bernie #Sanders and Elizabeth #Warren https://nu.federati.net/url/257341 [vox] As you know, I generally avoid #politics and #pollies (politicians). But I’m reading a little bit more these days in preparation for the election in November. So far, I’m still not likely to support any #twin_parties candidate. #uspol
lnxw48a1: https://theconversation.com/how-to-build-a-more-organic-internet-and-stand-up-to-corporations-70815 I’m trying to see what http://www.mazizone.eu/ is about. Is it about building and supporting local networks and networked services? Or is it more about political stuff? I am wholly in favor of the former, and almost wholly uninterested in the latter, as politics and politicians ( #pollies ) and parties are all about separating people into warring groups, not about benefitting local communities in ways that help to benefit all the people in a locality.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 16-Dec-2019 18:29:53 UTC
https://theconversation.com/how-to-build-a-more-organic-internet-and-stand-up-to-corporations-70815 I’m trying to see what http://www.mazizone.eu/ is about. Is it about building and supporting local networks and networked services? Or is it more about political stuff? I am wholly in favor of the former, and almost wholly uninterested in the latter, as politics and politicians ( #pollies ) and parties are all about separating people into warring groups, not about benefitting local communities in ways that help to benefit all the people in a locality.
lnxw48a1: @alpacaherder It usually doesn’t directly affect me, but it gets really #botheracious when I realize that these highly-paid #pollies in DC are failing to do their jobs again and again, yet people keep electing them. We need to rid of the whole crop, whether Democan and Republicrat.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2019 15:56:25 UTC
@alpacaherder It usually doesn’t directly affect me, but it gets really #botheracious when I realize that these highly-paid #pollies in DC are failing to do their jobs again and again, yet people keep electing them. We need to rid of the whole crop, whether Democan and Republicrat.
lnxw48a1: @alpacaherder That they are #pollies, both individually and in groups called parties, believe they can change reality by issuing edicts.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2019 02:08:16 UTC
@alpacaherder That they are #pollies, both individually and in groups called parties, believe they can change reality by issuing edicts.
lnxw48a1: @alpacaherder @johnnynull Way to guarantee they fail. Not that #pollies would ever do what they say they will anyway.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 01-May-2019 14:52:18 UTC
@alpacaherder @johnnynull Way to guarantee they fail. Not that #pollies would ever do what they say they will anyway.
lnxw48a1: Speaking of #pollies http://www.snafu.priv.at/pics/other/PearlsBeforeSwine-2018.08.31.gif [priv.at]
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 01-Apr-2019 03:00:48 UTC
Speaking of #pollies http://www.snafu.priv.at/pics/other/PearlsBeforeSwine-2018.08.31.gif [priv.at]
lnxw48a1: You'd think this sort of quid pro quo would already be illegal. https://boingboing.net/2019/03/26/democracys-labratories.html No, wait. We're talking about #pollies regulating themselves. Of course it is mostly not illegal.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 01-Apr-2019 01:54:35 UTC
You'd think this sort of quid pro quo would already be illegal. https://boingboing.net/2019/03/26/democracys-labratories.html No, wait. We're talking about #pollies regulating themselves. Of course it is mostly not illegal.
lnxw48a1: The answer to your quandary is: There is no such intersection between "moral" and #pollies.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 01-Apr-2019 01:51:25 UTC
The answer to your quandary is: There is no such intersection between "moral" and #pollies.
lnxw48a1: @alpacaherder There *may* be a bailout. A few #pollies from DC have visited and said debt relief is on the table.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 11-Mar-2019 18:46:16 UTC
@alpacaherder There *may* be a bailout. A few #pollies from DC have visited and said debt relief is on the table.
lnxw48a1: Tonight’s call with #sonTwo was about #politics and #pollies (politicians), or more specifically, about Watergate and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. That’s really cool to be able to discuss such things.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 02:36:57 UTC
Tonight’s call with #sonTwo was about #politics and #pollies (politicians), or more specifically, about Watergate and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. That’s really cool to be able to discuss such things.
lnxw48a1: A little better now that the event has started. Members of the Historical Society and the Chamber of Commerce are here. Waiting for local #pollies, so the speechmaking can begin.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 10-Mar-2018 21:06:48 UTC
A little better now that the event has started. Members of the Historical Society and the Chamber of Commerce are here. Waiting for local #pollies, so the speechmaking can begin.
lnxw48a1: @skellat If your viewing habits are all politics all the time, I'd go crazy in your house. I already want to run away from the things people relay to me about #pollies and the evil things they do.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2018 03:09:52 UTC
@skellat If your viewing habits are all politics all the time, I'd go crazy in your house. I already want to run away from the things people relay to me about #pollies and the evil things they do.
lnxw48a1: @moonman Dumb move. Politically-focused marketing risks unnecessary loss of customers of opposing viewpoints. Better to stick to one's knitting and let the #pollies have their squabbles.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 17:51:24 UTC
@moonman Dumb move. Politically-focused marketing risks unnecessary loss of customers of opposing viewpoints. Better to stick to one's knitting and let the #pollies have their squabbles.
lnxw48a1: @shpuld @lain This is taught in US schools and promoted by US #pollies. It is false, of course, but higher education institutions like the vastly expanded number of students and funding, despite the fact that college/university is supposed to be about learning to think for yourself and not about job preparation (we have trade schools for that).
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 24-Nov-2017 16:47:10 UTC
@shpuld @lain This is taught in US schools and promoted by US #pollies. It is false, of course, but higher education institutions like the vastly expanded number of students and funding, despite the fact that college/university is supposed to be about learning to think for yourself and not about job preparation (we have trade schools for that).
lnxw48a1: Just got off the phone with #sonTwo. Now talking with Mark about politics and news. Tiptoeing around it, because I don't want to set off a long rant. Sorry, but constantly hearing about #pollies and the things they do and say is too depressing.
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2017 00:18:22 UTC
Just got off the phone with #sonTwo. Now talking with Mark about politics and news. Tiptoeing around it, because I don't want to set off a long rant. Sorry, but constantly hearing about #pollies and the things they do and say is too depressing.
lnxw48a1: @bob One thing that I think both the media and the #pollies forget. No one changes their minds about a candidate based on the garbage they view on Facebook. They argue against and block people whose messages are contrary to their chosen candidates. Blaming Russia and Facebook and Twitter instead of examining what voters were saying to the political leadership when they surprised everyone (me included) with the election results risks repeating those results in 2020.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 00:16:04 UTC
@bob One thing that I think both the media and the #pollies forget. No one changes their minds about a candidate based on the garbage they view on Facebook. They argue against and block people whose messages are contrary to their chosen candidates. Blaming Russia and Facebook and Twitter instead of examining what voters were saying to the political leadership when they surprised everyone (me included) with the election results risks repeating those results in 2020.
lnxw48a1: It just occurred to me that "thinking" is very close to "thin king" ... maybe that's the trouble with our #pollies.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2017 21:17:27 UTC
It just occurred to me that "thinking" is very close to "thin king" ... maybe that's the trouble with our #pollies.
lnxw48a1: @musicman Best if the #pollies stay home and pass appropriations. They'll mess up the largest domestic response in US history if they do anything else.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 00:18:04 UTC
@musicman Best if the #pollies stay home and pass appropriations. They'll mess up the largest domestic response in US history if they do anything else.
lnxw48a1: @bob @maiyannah To some degree, it is sourced by the various advocacy groups. I had a tense e-mail conversation with a family member over a Las Vegas shooting victim that stood to greet the President. I said people should stop injecting their hypocritical political bullshit into other people's lives, and that this same family member would have been incensed had the shooting victim not stood for the former occupant of the White House. But I'm open about not liking any #Twin_Parties politician in almost 30 years. All D and R #pollies stink.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 08-Oct-2017 18:21:41 UTC
@bob @maiyannah To some degree, it is sourced by the various advocacy groups. I had a tense e-mail conversation with a family member over a Las Vegas shooting victim that stood to greet the President. I said people should stop injecting their hypocritical political bullshit into other people's lives, and that this same family member would have been incensed had the shooting victim not stood for the former occupant of the White House. But I'm open about not liking any #Twin_Parties politician in almost 30 years. All D and R #pollies stink.
lnxw48a1: Such honesty and foresight! On this side of the pond, govt leaders and #pollies have known since at least the #1970s that our Social Security fund is likely to collapse, but few have been honest enough to say anything about it when people could have had decades to prepare.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2017 15:26:33 UTC
Such honesty and foresight! On this side of the pond, govt leaders and #pollies have known since at least the #1970s that our Social Security fund is likely to collapse, but few have been honest enough to say anything about it when people could have had decades to prepare.