Old Doc.
25 yrs teaching medical oncology at LA County-USC Med Center. 3½ yrs Army Reserve with WW2, Korea vets. Hope some of their patriotism rubbed off on me.
@HazelLiaqa4848 Admiral McRaven is retired, not separated. His seditious remarks appear with him in uniform. Disobeying the civilian authority is mutiny. Hatred of Trump must not blind us to the risk of a military Coup.
@redpillb0t Gee, Bill, who died and left you the throne? Who said you could tell us what we get to do? File under H for Hubris, extreme. Cross file under N for Narcissism, malignant. Do not file under R for Responsible, that file has been deleted.
Producing coffee releases too much CO2? Too much for whom?
Now they are coming for our coffee. Do you get the feeling that they are coming for anything that makes life more pleasant? Remember how they told us that dogs produce too much CO2? And then they will come for the greatest source of CO2: Human beings. They want to reduce world population.
First, come for what makes life pleasant. Then, come for life itself. These people are dangerous fanatics.
Is Religion Necessary For Moral Behavior?
Despite having an 80% rate of atheism, Sweden has a low crime rate. Does this prove religion is unnecessary for moral behavior?
And where do you suppose the Swedes got their morals? From TV sitcoms? This is like shutting off the ignition while driving on the highway. Then, as the car coasts along, saying, "Gosh, I don't need an engine." The engine gave you the momentum to coast along for a while. But it was what caused everything to move in the first place.
@___TheGOOdWitch And where do you suppose the Swedes got their morals? From TV sitcoms? This is like shutting off the ignition while driving on the highway. Then, as the car coasts, saying, "Gosh, I don't need an engine."
@Zack_magaig ID has been required for gun purchases since 1968. This is not late breaking news you might not have heard. It is common knowledge. Inform yourself before speaking.
@NATO Yes, NATO will fight to the last Ukrainian. What magnificent courage! What rock-solid dedication! What unselfish willingness to shed other people's blood! What blatant poseurs! What gargantuan phonies! Without the US, NATO is an optical illusion.
Sen. John Fetterman says fellow Democrats lost male voters to Trump by ‘insulting’ them, being ‘condescending’
Despite a serious stroke and clinical depression, Sen. John Fetterman (D,PA) makes more sense than most of his colleagues. True, this does not say much, but it is true nonetheless. Perhaps. because he is 6'8" tall, he can simply see further.
Of course the recent Democrat campaign was insulting and condescending to male voters. How could it not be? It was also insulting and condescending to Black voters, and to rural voters, and to Christian voters, and to Jewish voters, and to gun-owning voters, and to veteran voters, and to proud American voters, and to Constitution-loving voters.
In fact, if you gathered together all the voters to whom the Harris campaign was insulting and condescending, it would make a very large crowd. What is more, it would make a crowd of people I would value as friends. And that really says it all.
That's the problem with elitists. They talk only to other elitists, whom they deem worthy of their exalted status and profound intellects. They read only their own material, listen to their own TV, visit their own websites. and never – never – listen to talk radio. They might hear a conservative thought.
So Sen. Fetterman is correct. The Dems were insulting and condescending. But how else could they be? They regard their opponents as "deplorables" and "garbage." Why, in Heaven's name (literally), would you want to put people who look down upon you so harshly in positions of power over you?
It is said that Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, regarded the common people as "cattle." But he said this only in private, so the people didn't know it. They allowed the communist regime to rule them for 72 miserable years. But our elitists are less cautious. They express their contempt openly. No matter what Fetterman wisely counsels them, they can't change. They hold us in contempt. And now the feeling is mutual.
Are current Democrat leaders liberals?
No, I AM A LIBERAL. I am a Kennedy Democrat: Strong national defense, strong anti-communism, lower taxes. Now this is called far right wing, MAGA, even Nazi. But if it was good enough for a decorated combat veteran like JFK (Navy and Marine Corps Medal), it's good enough for me.
I bitterly resent hijacking the honorable word liberal and using it for far-left progressives who are the next thing to communists. In fact they would be communists but lack the guts.
@BhattiLaib9960 No, I AM A LIBERAL. I am a Kennedy Democrat: Strong national defense, strong anti-communism, lower taxes. Now this is called far right wing, MAGA, even Nazi. But if it was good enough for a decorated combat veteran like JFK (Navy and Marine Corps Medal), it's good enough for me.