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a fan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:26 pm

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:11 am I agree completely they could have passed damned near everything they wanted in short fashion BUT because half the establishment republicans under Paul Ryan, were not pleased with Trump winning, many stepped away and were not present...furthermore the Russian BS was in full effect and congressman were afraid to go down with the ship....distancing themselves. If you all believe for a moment that had nothing to do with policy and decision efforts by the r majority, then I believe you are being intentionally naive.

Great. If there was some major problem in the R Party because of [fill in the nonsense excuse] that was so bad that they couldn't legislate.....explain how they managed to pass not one, not two, but three massive new spending spending bills with no trouble whatsoever?

You guys are really something. A F-ing meteor will hit the Earth, wiping us all out before you'll hold your own freaking party responsible for anything.

Why the F do you boys vote for these idiots your entire lives if all you're going to do is make excuses for why they're literally doing nothing when it's actually time for them to govern?


Obamacare is still law. You don't care.

Immigration is still a mess. You don't care.

Remember the original pitch on taxes? That your return would fit on a postcard? Whoops. You don't care.

Border wall that you all wanted two years ago? Nowhere close to being built. You don't care.

Government bigger than ever. You don't care.

The deficit that was such a national nightmare when a D was in office has exploded. You don't care.

A fourth massive new spending bill is in the bullpen. You don't care.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:06 pm

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:58 am

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:33 am

uhh huh, you get your 'news' from the Epoch Times!

I actually don't read the Epoch Times regularly. It is only a weekly newspaper. Sometimes I read it on the potty or pick it up to do the puzzles in it. The article in discussion was on the front page and caught my eye. The data from it is interesting:

In North Carolina, during the past 18 months, more than 331 illegal aliens have been charged with 1,172 child rapes and child sexual assaults, according to data collected by an independent researcher.

The "data" is what the anti-immigrant activist says is the data, not validated by anyone else, at least not according to this 'journalistic' rag.

Come on, cooter, you don't come across as that gullible usually.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:31 am

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:11 am I agree completely they could have passed damned near everything they wanted in short fashion BUT because half the establishment republicans under Paul Ryan, were not pleased with Trump winning, many stepped away and were not present...furthermore the Russian BS was in full effect and congressman were afraid to go down with the ship....distancing themselves. If you all believe for a moment that had nothing to do with policy and decision efforts by the r majority, then I believe you are being intentionally naive.

Bull hockey.
There was a massive deal on the table, with bi-partisan leadership support, and Trump walked away from it, no one else.
EDIT: Miller, Bannon etc didn't like it despite the $25 Billion for border security (the Wall!). Bad politics according to them.

a fan wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:47 pm Question: Why didn't Trump sign immigration reform into law while he and the R's controlled both Houses? Or fund his complete wall in any of the 3 massive spending bills he signed and didn't veto?

a fan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:26 pm

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:11 am I agree completely they could have passed damned near everything they wanted in short fashion BUT because half the establishment republicans under Paul Ryan, were not pleased with Trump winning, many stepped away and were not present...furthermore the Russian BS was in full effect and congressman were afraid to go down with the ship....distancing themselves. If you all believe for a moment that had nothing to do with policy and decision efforts by the r majority, then I believe you are being intentionally naive.

Great. If there was some major problem in the R Party because of [fill in the nonsense excuse] that was so bad that they couldn't legislate.....explain how they managed to pass not one, not two, but three massive new spending spending bills with no trouble whatsoever? Everyone likes money....right? TAATS

You guys are really something. A F-ing meteor will hit the Earth, wiping us all out before you'll hold your own freaking party responsible for anything. I have been on record as being pi$$ed off they did not cram all the changes the wanted in while in majority. My original comment here still applies. We all can not start having selective memory when Trump actually won and the R's were standoffish. Why were they? Becuase he was actually holding them to task and they were walking backwards...establishment punks they were.

Why the F do you boys vote for these idiots your entire lives if all you're going to do is make excuses for why they're literally doing nothing when it's actually time for them to govern? If we did that, we'd have no politicians...but you know that.

CU77 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:44 pm Schumer offered Trump $20B for his stupid Wall if he would legalize the dreamers. Trump turned it down.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:46 pm

CU77 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:44 pm Schumer offered Trump $20B for his stupid Wall if he would legalize the dreamers. Trump turned it down.

ok, maybe I was wrong about $25B, Salty.

But the great 'deal maker' blew that chance. Dumb.

EDIT: my $25B was correct: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -slip-away

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:06 pm

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:58 am

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:33 am

uhh huh, you get your 'news' from the Epoch Times!

I actually don't read the Epoch Times regularly. It is only a weekly newspaper. Sometimes I read it on the potty or pick it up to do the puzzles in it. The article in discussion was on the front page and caught my eye. The data from it is interesting:

In North Carolina, during the past 18 months, more than 331 illegal aliens have been charged with 1,172 child rapes and child sexual assaults, according to data collected by an independent researcher.

The "data" is what the anti-immigrant activist says is the data, not validated by anyone else, at least not according to this 'journalistic' rag.

Come on, cooter, you don't come across as that gullible usually.

youthathletics wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:19 pm If we did that, we'd have no politicians...but you know that.

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:25 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:06 pm

Cooter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:58 am

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:33 am

uhh huh, you get your 'news' from the Epoch Times!

I actually don't read the Epoch Times regularly. It is only a weekly newspaper. Sometimes I read it on the potty or pick it up to do the puzzles in it. The article in discussion was on the front page and caught my eye. The data from it is interesting:

In North Carolina, during the past 18 months, more than 331 illegal aliens have been charged with 1,172 child rapes and child sexual assaults, according to data collected by an independent researcher.

The "data" is what the anti-immigrant activist says is the data, not validated by anyone else, at least not according to this 'journalistic' rag.

Come on, cooter, you don't come across as that gullible usually.

I imagine people from the other side of the fence would not be looking too hard for such information, and would suppress or try to mitigate it if they found it.

old salt wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:21 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:46 pm

CU77 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:44 pm Schumer offered Trump $20B for his stupid Wall if he would legalize the dreamers. Trump turned it down.

ok, maybe I was wrong about $25B, Salty.

But the great 'deal maker' blew that chance. Dumb.

EDIT: my $25B was correct: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -slip-away

Thanks for finding the details. The Rounds - King bill would have been a good start. Like in '06 & '13, it couldn't get 60 votes.
Pass that, then work on asylum, then the other parts of comp reform would have been a lot easier to work out.

Yesterday, I was sitting, awaiting my turn in my barber shop. Univision was playing on the big screen. Jorge Ramos did a report on the signing of the Safe Third Country Agreement with the Guatemalan Foreign Minister from the Oval Office, followed by a report with video of the 6k Mexican Natl Guard troops on their southern border & the 20k Mexican troops deployed throughout the country, battling the cartels & the smugglers. The response of those watching with me was surprisingly favorable.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:13 amSalty, the only reason it would need 60 votes was Trump's opposition.
McConnell would not have been able to block it.

I'm not surprised that folks would be enthusiastic about the Mexicans fighting the cartels. Major parts of Mexico are dominated by the cartels, through a combination of incredible violence and intimidation and corruption of the police and gov't officials. Incredibly dangerous for regular folks.

Same for Guatemala, and the rest of the Triangle.

The "Safe Third Party" is a complete joke, window dressing for posturing only. The notion that Guatemala is 'safe' for anyone other than those pledging fealty to the criminals is flat ridiculous.

old salt wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:44 pm

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:13 amSalty, the only reason it would need 60 votes was Trump's opposition.
McConnell would not have been able to block it.

I'm not surprised that folks would be enthusiastic about the Mexicans fighting the cartels. Major parts of Mexico are dominated by the cartels, through a combination of incredible violence and intimidation and corruption of the police and gov't officials. Incredibly dangerous for regular folks.

Same for Guatemala, and the rest of the Triangle.

The "Safe Third Party" is a complete joke, window dressing for posturing only. The notion that Guatemala is 'safe' for anyone other than those pledging fealty to the criminals is flat ridiculous.

The Senate filibuster rules have nothing to do with Trump or any other President.
40 Senators can block anything not exempted by the nuclear option.

The Safe Third Country rule is no more of a joke than the asylum scam being perpetrated by economic migrants.
There are safe areas in Mexico open to migrants, as are Costa Rica & Panama.
Less than 10% of asylum seekers from the Northern Triangle see the adjudication process through to completion & gain asylum.
It's a massive con job & diversion of resources.

I was surprised at the reaction to the news by the folks I was watching it with,
They see the asylum abuse for the scam that it is & view it as something making life harder for them here.