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We used to tailgate with the Saldano's back in the day -- great people. However, I believe any candidate backing Trump is going to have a tough time come November.

This may be OT but Perry Johnson reminds me of Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in "Batman Returns."

Brrrr.

(05-27-2022 02:07 PM)MajorHoople Wrote:  This may be OT but Perry Johnson reminds me of Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in "Batman Returns."

Brrrr.

Garrett Soldano is a threat to prosperity in Michigan

https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/stat...9888165892

Quote:Jonathan Oosting
@jonathanoosting
Soldano says his "number one" question about the Michigan budget is why the state is sending funds to public universities that "should be raising funds privately."

Well I think it's safe to say he's not a good advocate for WMU then.

(06-02-2022 04:02 PM)Charm City Bronco Wrote:  Garrett Soldano is a threat to prosperity in Michigan

https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/stat...9888165892

Quote:Jonathan Oosting
@jonathanoosting
Soldano says his "number one" question about the Michigan budget is why the state is sending funds to public universities that "should be raising funds privately."

It's surreal watching this new wave of Republicans try to out-stupid each other. Like we're in the Twilight Zone or something.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/20...ce=twitter

What a clown show. Just read these quotes from the GOP gubernatorial debate.

"We should blame mental health – not guns – for school shootings, Soldano said. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID shutdowns are to blame for Michigan’s mental health crisis, three of the candidates said.

“Why do we have a mental health crisis? … It goes right back to the pandemic and these unconstitutional lockdowns that our governor did,” Soldano said. “And to implore one another to wear the masks – and if not, do it forcefully. And then she hammered down on our kids even more and canceled their experiences, their opportunities and diminished their dreams and put them online.”

Throwing money at mental health will not solve problems, Soldano said.

“We have to remove the ‘why,’” Soldano said. “The ‘why’ of who put us into this situation is Gov. Whitmer.”"


So school shootings are Whitmer's fault. Okay.

They are all quick to point the finger at a "mental health" crisis, yet they don't want to fund mental health research or treatment in any way. In fact, they want to continue restricting access to healthcare and de-funding education.

And all those school shootings in other states, and the ones before Whitmer was in office? Before Covid? *shrug*...those are Whitmer's fault, too. Even the ones in ultra conservative states are Whitmer's fault. Everything is someone else's fault. Isn't it strange that every other developed nation had stricter lockdowns than us, yet they aren't dealing with a mental health crisis or daily mass shootings? I wonder why that is.

I hear a lot of bitching and moaning from the far right crowd, but zero solutions. It's their modus operandi. Sickening. The paranoid, uneducated, uncultured masses are dragging this country backwards.

(06-03-2022 10:16 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/20...ce=twitter

What a clown show. Just read these quotes from the GOP gubernatorial debate.

"We should blame mental health – not guns – for school shootings, Soldano said. And Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID shutdowns are to blame for Michigan’s mental health crisis, three of the candidates said.

“Why do we have a mental health crisis? … It goes right back to the pandemic and these unconstitutional lockdowns that our governor did,” Soldano said. “And to implore one another to wear the masks – and if not, do it forcefully. And then she hammered down on our kids even more and canceled their experiences, their opportunities and diminished their dreams and put them online.”

Throwing money at mental health will not solve problems, Soldano said.

“We have to remove the ‘why,’” Soldano said. “The ‘why’ of who put us into this situation is Gov. Whitmer.”"


So school shootings are Whitmer's fault. Okay.

They are all quick to point the finger at a "mental health" crisis, yet they don't want to fund mental health research or treatment in any way. In fact, they want to continue restricting access to healthcare and de-funding education.

And all those school shootings in other states, and the ones before Whitmer was in office? Before Covid? *shrug*...those are Whitmer's fault, too. Even the ones in ultra conservative states are Whitmer's fault. Everything is someone else's fault. Isn't it strange that every other developed nation had stricter lockdowns than us, yet they aren't dealing with a mental health crisis or daily mass shootings? I wonder why that is.

I hear a lot of bitching and moaning from the far right crowd, but zero solutions. It's their modus operandi. Sickening. The paranoid, uneducated, uncultured masses are dragging this country backwards.

Hillary may have been right about the "deplorables."

A non-political moderator would be nice.

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

I'm allowed to have opinions just like anyone else. If you disagree with what I've said, feel free to speak up.

(06-03-2022 10:51 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

I'm allowed to have opinions just like anyone else. If you disagree with what I've said, feel free to speak up.

The candidates are just taking advantage of Whitmer's completely asinine dictatorship and publicity tour during the pandemic, that stats now show, did absolutely nothing to prevent deaths. Buy hey, she got an SNL character out of it!

The school shut-downs had an immense impact on children's mental health. Suicides, ODs, and murders all went up.

Also, Tudor is hot AF!

(06-03-2022 11:15 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:51 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

I'm allowed to have opinions just like anyone else. If you disagree with what I've said, feel free to speak up.

The candidates are just taking advantage of Whitmer's completely asinine dictatorship and publicity tour during the pandemic, that stats now show did absolutely nothing to prevent deaths. Buy hey, she got an SNL character out of it!

The school shut-downs had an immense impact on children's mental health. Suicides, ODs, and murders all went up.

Also, Tudor is hot AF!

The link between Covid shutdowns and children's mental health is speculation. It has no doubt affected them, but can we prove that Covid lockdowns have caused more violent behavior in youth? Probably not. That research will take years, considering Covid isn't even over, and will likely be inconclusive because there are so many other factors at play (changes in social media, changes in home life, access to firearms, etc)

Suicides and ODs had also been going up for years before Covid. Violent crime has spiked over the last two years, true. What are some solutions?

(06-03-2022 11:36 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 11:15 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:51 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

I'm allowed to have opinions just like anyone else. If you disagree with what I've said, feel free to speak up.

The candidates are just taking advantage of Whitmer's completely asinine dictatorship and publicity tour during the pandemic, that stats now show did absolutely nothing to prevent deaths. Buy hey, she got an SNL character out of it!

The school shut-downs had an immense impact on children's mental health. Suicides, ODs, and murders all went up.

Also, Tudor is hot AF!

The link between Covid shutdowns and children's mental health is speculation. It has no doubt affected them, but can we prove that Covid lockdowns have caused more violent behavior in youth? Probably not. That research will take years, considering Covid isn't even over, and will likely be inconclusive because there are so many other factors at play (changes in social media, changes in home life, access to firearms, etc)

Suicides and ODs had also been going up for years before Covid. Violent crime has spiked over the last two years, true. What are some solutions?

I would implement stop and frisk to get rid of illegal guns and enforce mandatory gun conviction prison sentences. Need to get guns out of criminals hands and lock them up.

As for the rare school shooting, I don't think there is an easy answer for that, mostly all result from extremely poor parenting or psychotic people. Need to figure out how to keep guns from these people. More background checks and increasing legal age to 21 on certain guns may help but probably not much.

I actually agree with you on some of those solutions, but I think stop and frisk was ruled unconstitutional, wasn't it?

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

Hey look, another RWNJ who got his fee fees hurt crying out to mods to protect him.

(06-03-2022 11:58 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote:  I would implement stop and frisk to get rid of illegal guns and enforce mandatory gun conviction prison sentences. Need to get guns out of criminals hands and lock them up.

As for the rare school shooting, I don't think there is an easy answer for that, mostly all result from extremely poor parenting or psychotic people. Need to figure out how to keep guns from these people. More background checks and increasing legal age to 21 on certain guns may help but probably not much.

Cults are crazy.

(06-03-2022 11:58 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 11:36 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 11:15 AM)GRBRONCO Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:51 AM)ColinApocalypse Wrote:  

(06-03-2022 10:44 AM)Nacho Wrote:  A non-political moderator would be nice.

I'm allowed to have opinions just like anyone else. If you disagree with what I've said, feel free to speak up.

The candidates are just taking advantage of Whitmer's completely asinine dictatorship and publicity tour during the pandemic, that stats now show did absolutely nothing to prevent deaths. Buy hey, she got an SNL character out of it!

The school shut-downs had an immense impact on children's mental health. Suicides, ODs, and murders all went up.

Also, Tudor is hot AF!

The link between Covid shutdowns and children's mental health is speculation. It has no doubt affected them, but can we prove that Covid lockdowns have caused more violent behavior in youth? Probably not. That research will take years, considering Covid isn't even over, and will likely be inconclusive because there are so many other factors at play (changes in social media, changes in home life, access to firearms, etc)

Suicides and ODs had also been going up for years before Covid. Violent crime has spiked over the last two years, true. What are some solutions?

As for the rare school shooting, I don't think there is an easy answer for that, mostly all result from extremely poor parenting or psychotic people. Need to figure out how to keep guns from these people. More background checks and increasing legal age to 21 on certain guns may help but probably not much.

Does anyone really think increasing the legal age to own certain guns to 21 would have made a difference with a Uvalde type school shooter? If he is crazy/sick at 18, he would be crazy/sick at 21, 22, 23.... And if he couldn't get certain guns at 18, he would have used what ever guns that would be available to him, i.e. a shotgun and or rifle. And if he couldn't get any type of a gun, he would just get a car/truck and mow over a group of kids standing at a bus stop.

Crazy is crazy, that's the really issue and needs to be the focus, along with school security. And what about the school and social services? Reading about this kids upbringing and troubles, he clearly was a ticking time bomb that should have been identified long before he turned 18. The system defiantly failed him.

You are assuming the Uvalde shooter was "crazy" but just like the vast majority of mass shooters he had never been diagnosed with mental health issues.

(06-04-2022 08:25 AM)Brownandgoldlaker Wrote:  Does anyone really think increasing the legal age to own certain guns to 21 would have made a difference with a Uvalde type school shooter? If he is crazy/sick at 18, he would be crazy/sick at 21, 22, 23.... And if he couldn't get certain guns at 18, he would have used what ever guns that would be available to him, i.e. a shotgun and or rifle. And if he couldn't get any type of a gun, he would just get a car/truck and mow over a group of kids standing at a bus stop.

Crazy is crazy, that's the really issue and needs to be the focus, along with school security. And what about the school and social services? Reading about this kids upbringing and troubles, he clearly was a ticking time bomb that should have been identified long before he turned 18. The system defiantly failed him.

The mental gymnastics here is rather breathtaking.

The real crazies are the white supremacist Christian nationalists who have the GOP by the testicles.