Is that a joke.
This article was from yesterday and even the LA media doesn't mention Trump
https://ktla.com/2019/06/04/l-a-county- ... n-tuesday/
Is that a joke.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
It’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
Sheesh, cradle, my 'rip ole cradle' was just to call your rant "grinding"...that's it.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:17 pmI am not grinding. How many hours do you have under your belt helping the people in need in your community? I spent 2 plus years helping my sister and using my Class A license to drive Foodlink trucks on Saturdays to pick up and deliver food. You know NOTHING about me or the values my mom and dad gave me. You only know a very little about who I am and what I believe in... Tell us all how many times you have unselfishly donated your time/money/ expertise in anything to the people in your community that needed your help. I forget... you are a lazy ass little r republican. You probably write out checks and let the other "little" people get the blisters and calluses. In my house growing up MD there were all kinds of people who came in and out of our house. Some of them stayed a couple of nights some stayed a couple of weeks. Every single one of them was fed, given clothes when they needed, hot showers and they all had to listen to my mom give them advice on how to get their lives together.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:49 pmkeep grinding, cradle, it's what you're good at...cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:40 pm https://ktla.com/2019/06/04/l-a-county- ... n-tuesday/ Where are all of those FLP Hollywood folks? Too busy saving the planet to have time to save their own citizens. Maybe Los Angeles should provide free transportation to these people and relocate them to a more hospitable location in Beverly Hills. Sort of like a redo of the Beverly Hillbillies only with crack, heroin and whatever other drug thrown in for good measure. I forget... are these not the same Hollywood know it alls that lecture us on what we all need to do to help our fellow man/woman? Apparently these greedy little rich Hollywood FLP elitist snobs are not willing to pony up their own cash to help their fellow citizens where they all live way far away from all of the misery and suffering of the common folk. If I remember correctly didn't they put up a fence around the red carpet at the Oscars so the low life scum could not bother them or be seen? To quote rrr… EXACTLY.
I was what was called backthen a liberal. I grew up indoctrinated in the same belief system my parents used to survive the great depression. You have absolutely no clue what I am talking about. How many of these Hollywood people have welcomed anyone into their mansions? These are uber rich people with the financial resources to help people and make a difference in their lives. They live in a city where the people living there are falling through every crack there is in the system. How many homeless people do you think Brad Pitt welcomes into his home every day? I am not perfect in many ways but I will be damned if I will allow a condescending jerk such as yourself to define who I am. You know nothing about me, and the more I read what you have to say my suggestion to you would be that you need to re-evaluate a lot of your preconceived notions on how you judge people. My mom would have given the last scrap of food in our house to someone staying there that was hungry. The moral of the story for my mom was always pull your head out of your ass and get your head on strait. So mom and dad in our little old middle class family never turned away someone in need...
So where are you excoriating comments for the uber rich in Hollywood that could write one check and actually make a difference in peoples lives? I forgot... your a little r republican with a very big mouth who has no experience( as far as I can tell) in actually doing one damn thing to help anyone. No it is easier to rip ole cradle than take an introspective look at all the things you have failed at when it comes to getting your hands dirty It takes lava soap to get my hands clean... I am guessing your more of an ivory soap kind of guy.
So MD not grinding you brother... why are some of these uber rich folks in Hollywood not doing more to help the people in need in their own city? You seem to be more than willing to give them a pass. I am not willing to do so. This is their city, they have the financial resources to do something about it. Yet theyturn their back on their own people and that does not bother you one little bit I may have doubted your chops before MD but you are a bad to the bone little r republican.
Pretty sure that Jack wasn't serious; he was responding to the casual, deadly violence of city youth killing each other over perceived slights and beefs, not just drug turf.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
I agree that community centers, and actual involvement and caring in peoples lives are what's missing from Baltimore City and the population there. Lack of role models and not knowing that there's a better way in life is a real thing.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:36 amPretty sure that Jack wasn't serious; he was responding to the casual, deadly violence of city youth killing each other over perceived slights and beefs, not just drug turf.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
But, of course, you're right about community centers. It requires serious investment and long term commitment to make them work, but they really do offer the best hope to anchor communities positively. So much can be done in a community center, from athletic engagement, to the arts, to computer training/access, to food and nutrition, to health and human services.
Community centers offer a lot of value. Quality of life would be raised for everyone.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:36 amPretty sure that Jack wasn't serious; he was responding to the casual, deadly violence of city youth killing each other over perceived slights and beefs, not just drug turf.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
But, of course, you're right about community centers. It requires serious investment and long term commitment to make them work, but they really do offer the best hope to anchor communities positively. So much can be done in a community center, from athletic engagement, to the arts, to computer training/access, to food and nutrition, to health and human services.
I am only pointing out what happened across the country. It was more than just Baltimore. Look at most places pre and post 1980. A lot of losers.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:05 amI agree that community centers, and actual involvement and caring in peoples lives are what's missing from Baltimore City and the population there. Lack of role models and not knowing that there's a better way in life is a real thing.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:36 amPretty sure that Jack wasn't serious; he was responding to the casual, deadly violence of city youth killing each other over perceived slights and beefs, not just drug turf.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-mayor-proposes-public-boxing-rings-to-reduce-violence/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
But, of course, you're right about community centers. It requires serious investment and long term commitment to make them work, but they really do offer the best hope to anchor communities positively. So much can be done in a community center, from athletic engagement, to the arts, to computer training/access, to food and nutrition, to health and human services.
So Reagan being at fault for this is a skewed, reach of a take. And as aFan likes to mention, it's almost as if the Democrats haven't been in complete control of the city, it's budget, policing, social safety net and development for the past 50 years.
I get that Jack was thinking out loud and not serious in the response. But I think the fact that no one in leadership has any real answers is the problem. The reality is, the violence was through the roof just a few years ago in Baltimore. And it won't get better until Moseby and the Police heal their rift or Moseby is gone. But that wont happen anytime soon.
No question Ronnie Rayguns broke momentum with his tough guy act. Its amazing how well solutions that worked in white neighborhoods were working in minority neighborhoods until Rayguns and supporters decided it was a bad investment. This is the kind of nonsense, "lizard brain" thinking that got us to where we are. White fear of crime, the "white" solutions doing nothing but feeding the problem. This plays into an interesting article I read over the weekend. The article addressed why the US crime rate has been falling since its highs in the late 80s. It looked into a number of mechanisms to explain the phenomenon. None of the mechanisms could explain it although a number looked promising at first blush only to fall apart as you looked at the data. There was really no conclusion to the piece in regards to what the cause, but instead noted that historically the US has seen a long term decrease in the crime rate since the founding. Suggesting we are likely asking the wrong question, not why is the crime rate down since the 80s, but rather why was their an upward "bump" in the crime rate starting in the late 60s and running through the 80s. This perspective fits my gut feeling given the events I witnessed in my lifetime. Reactive right wing solutions exacerbated the problem.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
Yep. These centers were in all neighborhoods....not just “black” neighborhoods....jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:20 amNo question Ronnie Rayguns broke momentum with his tough guy act. Its amazing how well solutions that worked in white neighborhoods were working in minority neighborhoods until Rayguns and supporters decided it was a bad investment. This is the kind of nonsense, "lizard brain" thinking that got us to where we are. White fear of crime, the "white" solutions doing nothing but feeding the problem. This plays into an interesting article I read over the weekend. The article addressed why the US crime rate has been falling since its highs in the late 80s. It looked into a number of mechanisms to explain the phenomenon. None of the mechanisms could explain it although a number looked promising at first blush only to fall apart as you looked at the data. There was really no conclusion to the piece in regards to what the cause, but instead noted that historically the US has seen a long term decrease in the crime rate since the founding. Suggesting we are likely asking the wrong question, not why is the crime rate down since the 80s, but rather why was their an upward "bump" in the crime rate starting in the late 60s and running through the 80s. This perspective fits my gut feeling given the events I witnessed in my lifetime. Reactive right wing solutions exacerbated the problem.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:33 amIt’s ridiculous. How about neighborhood community centers. Used to be a staple of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970’s. Fed funding to supplement these efforts was cut when Ronnie rolled into office. These places closed up, drugs rolled in and now you have what you have. Local community centers would be a good investment in the long run. But you make more money with the private prison system. A buddy mentioned this story to me the other day. Another bad idea.thatsmell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:01 am New(est) Baltimore Mayor advocates public boxing and fighting rings so youth can settle their “beef” instead of shooting each other.
If he was advocating promoting boxing to instill discipline, hard work, respect etc I would get it.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimor ... e/27696878
The revolving door of incompetent leadership in Baltimore City is shameful.
"If they want to really settle them, we can have them down at the civic center, put a boxing ring up and let them go and box it out. Those kinds of things, you know, and the best man wins and the beef should be over. Those are some of the things I'm thinking about," Young said.
Yes, it's a joke!
6ft may have skipped classes when the teachers talked about Rise over Run.
Of course one can dig further into the numbers, but let's do it fairly and equally no matter who is president. The point is that there is zero evidence that the economy went through any sort of substantive change due to Trump, something few Trump supporters accept.