What Tops Your List Of Political Concerns Today?

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  1. Sharlee01 profile image86
    Sharlee01posted 2 years ago

    https://hubstatic.com/16147159.jpg

    Do you find you concentrate on everything Trump, and are not really interested in discussing anything in regard to current problems the country is experiencing?

    Are you incapable of thinking or discussing current political problems, other than those that involve Trump?

    When faced with a long list of current problems America is experiencing do you immediately shut down, and deflect the subject back to Trump?

    Do you feel there is any way you can or will discuss current problems America is experiencing other than the problems that include Trump?

    Lastly, what tops your list when it comes to political concerns?

    1. Credence2 profile image81
      Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Sharlee, I like the pretty image.

      Trump IS among the current problems this country is facing. And, until he is dead, in prison or foresworn to remove himself from politics, he remains fair game.

      Every GOP politician has to get his approval and kiss his ring in the primaries. Who has ever on either side had THAT kind of power?

      Trump remains at the center of most of our intensive and fundamental structural problems as a society. The Republican Party and its attempts to initiate minority rule is a close second.

      My biggest concern is that the democratic process that I was born into here in America remains intact. Because Trump and the Republicans seem to have little loyalty toward it. If these principles are not guarded then every other consideration has relatively little significance.

      That is my take on it.

      1. Sharlee01 profile image86
        Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

        I see your point, and much of it is true in my view.  We have a split party, but I believe like you that Trump does wheeled power in the party. The more the Democrats push against Trump, the deeper most Republican dig in. Are the Dema doing the Republicans a favor? (Yet to be seen). I feel many of us were on our way to supporting someone new.

        I don't feel the majority of Republicans feel that Trump threatens America's democracy. In fact, many feel he is our only chance to get back
        on course. 

        There is no doubt we are all in a "pickle".

        We need new candidates, for the betterment of the Nation.

        Thanks for commenting, we share some of the same concerns.

    2. tsmog profile image86
      tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      "Lastly, what tops your list when it comes to political concerns?"

      I am closely following the RPM Act. From the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) is their statement of what the RPM Act is.

      Q.    What is the RPM Act?

      A.    The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act is common-sense, bi-partisan legislation that is being considered by Congress in 2021 to protect law-abiding citizens who convert their personal vehicles solely for use in racing competitions. It also protects citizens’ rights to purchase emissions-related parts intended to be installed on their racing vehicles. The RPM Act was first introduced in 2016 and the necessary steps for Congressional passage have been taken. Hearings have been held, there is widespread bi-partisan support, and the bill is well positioned to be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and signed into law in 2021. It is vital that you urge your member of Congress to support and pass the RPM Act.

      The full article: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act) FAQ
      https://www.sema.org/rpm-faq

      There were senate hearings on the 7th I believe.

      Antron Brown to testify in Senate hearing today
      https://www.nhra.com/news/2022/antron-b … ring-today

      1. Sharlee01 profile image86
        Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

        You provide me with a smile. I can't imagine this conversation could divert to Trump. Plus I learned something. I had not heard of the bill and had a look... But it may... LOL

        It goes without saying I would support this bill.   However, I see it sitting in the House thus far. Will you need a Republican majority in the House to push it along, and get it passed?
        https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-con … 1&r=81

        05/18/2021    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.   

        Action By: Committee on Energy and Commerce
        05/17/2021    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

        Action By: House of Representatives
        05/17/2021    Introduced in House
        Action By: House of Representatives

        So will the Democrats hold it up due to their huge push for all that is Green?

        Thank you for joining in.

        1. tsmog profile image86
          tsmogposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks for the link. Yeah, the green push may affect it. We'll see. One has to consider this is not just cars. It is motor cycles and trucks too.

          1. Sharlee01 profile image86
            Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I don't know enough about emissions to comment.  I do know there are several different ideologies on Global warming. Yet, I feel we will come to better methods of cleaner energy over time. I guess the little guy may need to give up a sport or two, while some defeat the little guy's a good deed to fly around in private jets, and cool and heat huge homes.

    3. gmwilliams profile image82
      gmwilliamsposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I am of the school that we get what we vote for, either positively or negatively.   Many of the roots of our problems originates in the home environment.   Many people are in the situation they are in because of poor planning by their families of origin & themselves once they are grown.   One has to be brutally truthful in his/her assessment of his/her life situation.  One has to learn to plan-thinking what type of life they want.  Does one want a life of consistent struggle or a great life with little struggle.   Oftentimes, people who go the easy route have it hard in life while those who go the difficult route have it easy.

      American or rather Western society & culture are metaphorizing at an advanced rate.   Things will never return to what they once were.   Social classes are metaphorizing especially the middle class.  Those in middle class with the in-demand mindset will progress into the upper middle, even upper class; conversely, those in the middle class who refuse to update their skillsets or have irrelevant skillsets will descend into the lower class.   One has to be relevant in order to succeed in the 21st century.

      When people enter into marriage & plan to have children, they should consider if their lifestyle could afford children.  Studies show that it costs about $300,000 to raise a child from infancy to 18, more so if the child pursues tertiary levels of education.    Many people can't afford this.  If one can't afford to raise children in an environment which affords the greatest opportunities, DON'T have children.   

      To digress, young people must major in subjects which produce the most lucrative results.  Liberal arts, humanities, & social sciences are totally irrelevant.  The majors w/the most lucrative outcomes are medicine, health, & STEM.  If a young person majors in liberal arts & the humanities, h/she will have a VERY BLEAK socioeconomic future of struggle-oftentimes performing jobs that a high school graduate would perform.    With more advanced computerization & the rise of AI, more basic technical jobs will be phased out.  Folks, it is beyond the usual politics- America is advancing & if one wants to thrive, one has to keep pace.

    4. peterstreep profile image81
      peterstreepposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Climate Change, everything else is a sideshow.
      The Climate Crisis is the biggest threat to civilization all over the world.
      And the only thing to stop it is to change capitalism. Chaging an economy based on growth into an economy based on sustainability.

  2. Valeant profile image76
    Valeantposted 2 years ago

    Apparently Lindsey Graham did not read the tea leaves from Kansas and decided a national bill on abortion would be in the best interests of the GOP heading into the midterms.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-senate-rep … 33856.html

    1. Sharlee01 profile image86
      Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      He is walking a tightrope. We will need to wait to see if his strategy works.

      1. Fayetteville Faye profile image61
        Fayetteville Fayeposted 2 years agoin reply to this

        This man is like  a flip-flopping catfish. If it doesn't work, he will just do a 180 and pretend he's on the other side of the issue. The man changes opinions and allegiances like underwear.

        1. Sharlee01 profile image86
          Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

          He is a politician...  The kind I speak of that needs to be replaced.

    2. Credence2 profile image81
      Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Welcome back, Valeant....

      1. Valeant profile image76
        Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

        Thanks, the office pool has my stay at around nine days until I get banned again.  Might as well change the name of this forum to HubFoxPages.

        1. Fayetteville Faye profile image61
          Fayetteville Fayeposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          I don't understand why certain people keep getting banned? I have had the most sarcastic, snide and condescending comments leveled at me and yet those folks live to snipe another day.

          1. Valeant profile image76
            Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Apparently, when you call out someone's outright falsehoods, they report you as being insulting.

          2. IslandBites profile image91
            IslandBitesposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Yes. I've seen some nasty direct attacks.

        2. GA Anderson profile image82
          GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          Yep, your timing is good. Cred was pulling overtime and his nib was showing the wear. Nine days should help him out. ;-).

          GA

          1. Credence2 profile image81
            Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, and you can bet that I am always prepared to hold the line until reinforcements are here to assist.

            1. GA Anderson profile image82
              GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

              Yeah, but your nib was getting dull. Some recent exchanges bordered on 'mutual admiration societies.' You haven't really sally forthed in weeks. Hells bells, I even cut you some slack on that thing about Trump's sinister plans for the 'mishandled' documents.

              Now you can take a breath and pop on a sharp new nib. When Valeant leaves us again, in 9 days, (that's my pool pick, (ok, I hedged with 9+)), you'll be rested and ready.

              GA ;-)

              1. Credence2 profile image81
                Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

                If I did not watch my "nib", I would 'disappear' just as so many of my left leaning compatriots have.

                I will only attack ideas, savagely if need be, while leaving the flesh and bone intact.

                So, I speak loudly, but carry a small shtick.

                1. Ken Burgess profile image71
                  Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  I won't tell anyone you are really a Conservative posing as a Lib.

                  That will be our little secret.

                  1. Credence2 profile image81
                    Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

                    Ken, you are such a card! Ok...

                2. GA Anderson profile image82
                  GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  "So, I speak loudly, but carry a small shtick."

                  *groan

                  GA

              2. Ken Burgess profile image71
                Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                I'll take 8, it won't take him a week to get his blood boiling and insults flinging.

                1. Valeant profile image76
                  Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  It wasn't insults that led to my last ban.  It was the infamous 'bickering' for calling out easily provable falsehoods.  And even worse, I was the one who reported being insulted, then they banned me for what they said was 'bickering' even though I was the one who reported the thread as they instruct us to do.

                  1. Ken Burgess profile image71
                    Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                    Kinda ironic, ain't it?

                  2. GA Anderson profile image82
                    GA Andersonposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                    Getting banned for "bickering" in a political forum is nuts. But so is reporting insults. That old 'kitchen' saying comes to mind. In your case, the 'heat' is part of the deal, on HP's side, if they don't want the 'heat' they shouldn't have the 'kitchen.'

                    GA

                  3. Sharlee01 profile image86
                    Sharlee01posted 2 years agoin reply to this

                    Val

                    Disagree, one can get their point across without personal insults.  However, I do give credit for passion. In my view, the passionate have more to offer in most conversations. They can sit at the kitchen table, and endure the heat until all hell breaks loose.   So, although it is clear we are oil and vinegar, and you most certainly get under my skin --- I welcome you back.  You certainly have a passion for all that is political.

                    Shar

        3. Ken Burgess profile image71
          Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

          Go read one of the dozens of Esoteric threads, you will feel right at home.

          1. Valeant profile image76
            Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I've been following the forums...even that incorrect post about New York's castle doctrine that was posted.  New Yorkers cannot just shoot someone if they come onto their property. But if inside the home and someone enters, happy hunting!  I believe there was a claim that New Yorkers just have to sit back and watch a burglar take their stuff.  Not true, at all.

            1. Ken Burgess profile image71
              Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

              Good luck with that, hopefully you never have to test that belief of yours.

              1. Valeant profile image76
                Valeantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                What belief?  I'm just correcting the record for the misinformation posted about New York's gun laws.

                1. Readmikenow profile image94
                  Readmikenowposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                  Here is a link to Article 35 of the New York Penal Law. 

                  It is pretty common language for a Castle Doctrine.

                  https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article35.php#p35.00

                  1. Ken Burgess profile image71
                    Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                    New York is one of 12 states that impose a duty to retreat, which requires individuals, when not at home, to try to escape from a confrontation with a person behaving aggressively.

                    BUT EVEN WHEN HOME:
                    https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/35.15

                    "the actor may not use deadly physical force if he or she knows that with
                    complete personal safety, to oneself and others he or she may avoid the
                    necessity of so doing by retreating; except that the actor is under no
                    duty to retreat if he or she is:

                    (i) in his or her dwelling and not the initial aggressor ; "

                    End Quote.

                    Good luck proving you were not the initial aggressor in NY.

            2. DrMark1961 profile image99
              DrMark1961posted 2 years agoin reply to this

              Happy hunting?
              "Depending on the location, a person may have a duty to retreat to avoid violence if one can reasonably do so. Castle doctrines lessen the duty to retreat when an individual is assaulted within one's own home."
              Which basically means that if the police show up at your house after a shooting, and they have a liberal DA that wants to prosecute, they will arrest you. Thousands of dollars and months later you might be set free, but it is not like they are going to expunge that arrest from your record.

              1. Ken Burgess profile image71
                Ken Burgessposted 2 years agoin reply to this

                Its OK, I know what he was referring to.

                I remember those posts, I even provided links to the Law, verbatim, right out of a NY State website.

                I have no doubts about what the laws are, they are in writing after all.

  3. Valeant profile image76
    Valeantposted 2 years ago

    Violent threats all around...

    https://www.axios.com/2022/09/12/mar-a- … een-cannon

    Trump supporter said, 'Yeah, hold my beer.'

    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arm … 44761.html

 
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