kallend 2,148 #26 September 15, 2023 12 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said: Hi John, Well, I guess that I was not paying attention. Actually, I would be fairly close if it were not for financing the educations of my two children and my two grandchildren. That, and a costly divorce. C'est la vie, Jerry Baumchen Count your well educated children and grandchildren as assets, because they are. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #27 September 15, 2023 8 hours ago, kallend said: Count your well educated children and grandchildren as assets, because they are. sure but they always get upset when i put a value beside them on my net-worth statement. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 897 #28 September 15, 2023 46 minutes ago, SkyDekker said: sure but they always get upset when i put a value beside them on my net-worth statement. or choose favorites Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #29 September 15, 2023 10 hours ago, kallend said: Count your well educated children and grandchildren as assets, because they are. Hi John, I absolutely do. When I was giving the money to my grandchildren, I told their parents, 'I cannot think of anything better to do with the money.' By educating them, I not only do something good for them, I do something good for all of us. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,182 #30 September 16, 2023 16 hours ago, kallend said: Count your well educated children and grandchildren as assets, because they are. Contrary to the thinking of republicans. They value well armed children and grandchildren. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,182 #31 September 16, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, JerryBaumchen said: Hi John, I absolutely do. When I was giving the money to my grandchildren, I told their parents, 'I cannot think of anything better to do with the money.' By educating them, I not only do something good for them, I do something good for all of us. Jerry Baumchen You need to do all you can and more because:"Child poverty more than doubled in 2022 due to Republicans' tax cut push. Trump plans for more Trump and his advisors are setting sights on an aggressive tax cut plan to push during his 2024 campaign" Edited September 16, 2023 by Phil1111 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #32 September 16, 2023 Children don’t vote Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #33 September 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, wmw999 said: Children don’t vote Wendy P. Hi Wendy, IMO a well-educated child will become an informed voter. That's better for all of us. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,940 #34 September 16, 2023 55 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said: Hi Wendy, IMO a well-educated child will become an informed voter. That's better for all of us. Jerry Baumchen DeSantis was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and graduated from Yale and Harvard. Any other ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,182 #35 September 16, 2023 1 hour ago, wmw999 said: Children don’t vote Wendy P. Good thing. Imagine the bombardment of right wing messaging. Their minds would be destroyed in short order. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 1,182 #36 September 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, JoeWeber said: DeSantis was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and graduated from Yale and Harvard. Any other ideas? Even cults have leaders. The christian one is omnipotent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,468 #37 September 16, 2023 53 minutes ago, JoeWeber said: DeSantis was a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and graduated from Yale and Harvard. Any other ideas? Hi Joe, 1. I never said it was an absolute. 2. I stand by my post. Jerry Baumchen PS) And some people think King Airs are better jumpships than Caravans. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erroll 80 #38 September 16, 2023 12 hours ago, SkyDekker said: sure but they always get upset when i put a value beside them on my net-worth statement. Follow Trump's lead: simply inflate of deflate their value as required. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #39 September 16, 2023 I just said what I did because it means that DeSantis doesn’t have to pander them; child poverty isn’t a priority. Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,595 #40 September 27, 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Slim King said: Congress is calling witnesses to the Biden corruption. The dominoes are falling. If any of them actually saw it I'll eat my shorts. It'll be nothing but gossip, innuendo and 1+1 equals 20. Again. Literally the only real scandal in the Biden White House is that his dog keeps biting people (which is genuinely quite a bad thing and they really need to send him away) but I dont think the House committee is going to be very interested in that. Edited September 27, 2023 by jakee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #41 September 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Slim King said: Congress is calling witnesses to the Biden corruption. The dominoes are falling. Do you think the Dems will appear, or will they behave like the Republicans called by the previous committee? I know what I’m betting on, and who I think respects the rule of law more Wendy P. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #42 September 27, 2023 I'm getting weary of the showmanship that is the drive to impeach whoever is in charge. It brings to mind the lazy Barrister who gets to court. and reads the brief from the Solicitor to the effect of 'no case - abuse the plaintiff.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lippy 918 #43 September 27, 2023 31 minutes ago, winsor said: I'm getting weary of the showmanship that is the drive to impeach whoever is in charge. It brings to mind the lazy Barrister who gets to court. and reads the brief from the Solicitor to the effect of 'no case - abuse the plaintiff.' That's the exact goal of the R's in this case. Trump is an obvious - and admitted - criminal who tried to extort a world leader to dig up dirt on Biden, and then incited an insurrection at the Capitol as part of a wide-spread 'whacky scheme' to reverse the results of an election he lost. That's why he was impeached. No doubt Hunter Biden had some issues in his past, but I don't have any idea what that has to do with impeaching his dad. The R's can't even articulate the crimes for which they're trying to impeach Biden, but no doubt a large chunk of this is northing more than an attempt to confuse uninformed voters into shrugging their shoulders and writing the whole thing off as political theatre. "Both sides are just going after the other's leader" Since we all know that you're the least uninformed person on this forum, I guess you're just ignoring the differences outlined above and spreading the word of the R's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,595 #44 September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, winsor said: I'm getting weary of the showmanship that is the drive to impeach whoever is in charge. It brings to mind the lazy Barrister who gets to court. and reads the brief from the Solicitor to the effect of 'no case - abuse the plaintiff.' Then vote Democrat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #45 September 27, 2023 5 hours ago, jakee said: If any of them actually saw it I'll eat my shorts. It'll be nothing but gossip, innuendo and 1+1 equals 20. Again... I'd bet it will be very similar to the Devon Archer testimony. He testified behind closed doors. The Rs spread all sorts of rumours about how damaging the testimony was for the Bidens. A variety of people said (more or less): "That's NOT what he said". So the Rs (finally) released the transcripts. Which revealed the Rs were lying through their teeth about the Bidens. You know, like usual. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 444 #46 September 27, 2023 On 9/14/2023 at 7:36 AM, tkhayes said: His income comes from…speaking engagements. Speaking engagements? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #47 September 27, 2023 18 minutes ago, Slim King said: The Dems took two swipes at Trump .... Now let's give equal time to the Republicans. I If that is the concept then shouldn't every American be arrested at least once, just for the hell of it? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,940 #48 September 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, SkyDekker said: If that is the concept then shouldn't every American be arrested at least once, just for the hell of it? The ridiculousness of the idea that a President should be impeached under a tit-for-tat legal theory in the hopes that some impeachable offense will be revealed is just gobsmackingly absurd. And it's not that Comer and Jones don't admit it, they do, and they see no problem with it. The cultists themselves are as blind to the real purpose of the impeachment process, much less what might constitute an impeachable offense. They're all like those Zombie Ants that keep climbing up the grass until they get eaten by a cow: it's a brain infection that drives their behavior and no amount of conversation can ever hope to change them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #49 September 27, 2023 37 minutes ago, SkyDekker said: If that is the concept then shouldn't every American be arrested at least once, just for the hell of it? Yeah! If they arrested Hunter Biden, arrest Ivanka! It's only fair. I am sure once she's arrested they will find something on her. After all, she was selling Chinese shoes from the White House; that's basically treason. And there is a lot more evidence she did that than evidence that the republicans have Hunter Biden's laptop. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #50 September 27, 2023 31 minutes ago, Slim King said: If you got two wires from Communist China for hundreds of thousands of dollars using your own private address perhaps you should be arrested. perhaps, maybe, sort of, kinda. I don't think you understand what evidence is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites