Pelican state of mind

A liberal, not a leftist. In favor of elected leaders doing the work of governing, but turned off by propagandizing and sh*t stirring.

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@AntiToxicPeople The sense of humor of a spoiled 8 year old.

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@RidleyDM @adgirlMM I want off on a tangent I realize.

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@Marc_Kenyon @smerconish @SenFettermanPA There was never a clear emergency, and then this country had been engaged in negotiations w/ Iran.

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@bey779 @smerconish @SenFettermanPA I'm asking sincerely -- in which way could the U.S./Israel genuinely finish the effort w/o either full-scale invasion or else the Iranian people revolting?

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@RidleyDM @adgirlMM Gun violence, drug overdoses point to mental health issues or societal issues -- and indeed in France, Germany, Japan, et al. the average person would have a much, much lower chance of being shot either in street crime or in a mass shooting event.

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@reesetheone1 His basic point isn't wrong.

Congress is supposed to have a role, according to the Constitution, deciding whether this country goes to war, outside of an emergency, and maybe if there were more veterans who've seen combat representing the people, we'd follow that.

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@RidleyDM @adgirlMM I do have doubts myself w/r/t single-payer health care, however, serious question -- when, e.g., France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, et al. have lower health care costs and, at the same time, better outcomes, what are they doing that this country isn't doing?

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@NickyFrank30 Yes indeed.

Blaming "the Democrats," or "the Republicans," for that matter, misses the mark.

No one has forced anyone against their will to vote for a demagogue/scumbag or to stay home on election day.

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@KenGardner11 The voters didn't want the ultimate "establishment politician," i.e., Hillary Clinton, when they could have had that. I won't blame candidates. I have to look at the voters.

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@Gooseberry_Stew @SER1897 People who are less than decent as individuals come in all political ideologies (and Bill Clinton was in fact pretty centrist in his time in office). And Jimmy Carter was most decent person ever to be President, in modern times if not all time -- and the voters rejected him.

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@SER1897 If the standard is possessing better than average intelligence, of course Barack Obama meets that.

On a personal level, as well, I see no reason not to consider him as a decent person (and a many people have tried hard to pin a major scandal of whichever sort on him).

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@timothy_gumm @smerconish "They were mistreated??" It's more like all of us citizens were mistreated by the rioters.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Tonight, the House faced a Churchill vs. Chamberlain moment. Stand on the side of freedom and democracy, or show weakness to an invading thug who wants to restore Russian domination over a free people.

Tonight, we chose Churchill.

[Dem Saints @LDS_Dems]

The first executive order for the next Dem President is simple:

1: Remove the name or photo of Trump from any building, denomination or fund not authorized by Congress

2. Remove every inch of gold added anywhere since 2024

3. Restore every historic sign or plaque taken down.

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@berthatter @KenGardner11 In other words, start the full-scale invasion tomorrow (and start drafting people into the army, also, since that's going to be necessary, given the resources that the military is going to need in that circumstance).

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@ChuckL510035 @MOSSADil Did any of that make transit thru the strait completely safe for shippers?

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@KaareJohnson That's a structure that's kinda old, is it not?

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@CharlotteAlter @reesetheone1 How about having some decency and leaving them alone, given everything that Joe has had to face going back through the years and incl. what he's having to face now?

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@neoavatara @KenGardner11 They shouldn't have gotten started.

There wasn't a genuine reason to do so.

And when the initial air strikes failed to generate a surrender, they certainly didn't have any plan for what to do after that.