Congress should be reverted back to a part time job without benefits and perks like when our country was founded.
Make them go home and make a living the rest of the year they are not in session.
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May 17, 2022, 11:37 AM
parabellum
Think about people like Sheila Jackson Lee, who thinks the United States landed on Mars and planted a flag there. Think about people like Hank Johnson, who in all seriousness, expressed concern that due to the weight of US military equipment and personnel, Guam was in danger of tipping over.
There's no subterfuge, no conspiracy or underlying strategy; it's simply true- some of these people are too stupid to breathe:
Now, I ask you- who out there with a triple digit IQ thinks that islands are land masses floating on the surface of the ocean?
May 17, 2022, 11:53 AM
Rey HRH
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: They're not being stupid.
First thing I thought of when I heard about the hearings is, "Sure, inflation, crime, Ukraine. Let's trot out the UFOs to take away the public's focus.
I have to tell you- I am weary beyond weary of this.
This kind of thing- this "They're not being stupid. There's some kind of plan behind it" stuff started when Obama took office. Since then, I cannot recall a single time when the US government did something asinine, that this stuff didn't pop into a thread almost immediately. I am tired of it, and that is a monumental understatement. Really, there is no way for me to fully express how very tired I am of this inevitable response.
Believe it or not, as difficult as it is for some of you to accept, there really and truly and actually are people in government who are genuinely stupid and therefore do genuinely stupid things.
Let's make a deal- let's say that those of you who are inclined to go to "it's a distraction" as your default response to this kind of stuff, can still keep beating that dead horse, but you won't do it in any thread I create.
Sure, it's a deal. But for the record, I can recognize government stupidity vis-à-vis Kamala. But there's a risk of underestimating people and they use that to give themselves cover. For example, given the high price of gasoline, it stretches incredulity to believe the administration is simply not thinking and they were being stupid when they cancelled oil drilling lease sales just 5 days ago. Dumb people can be smart enough to use their dumbness to deflect any criticism that they should know better and to hold them accountable.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
May 17, 2022, 12:01 PM
parabellum
Yes, I agree that the government misdirects the public frequently, but not every single time they do something like this.
May 17, 2022, 12:03 PM
Schmelby
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: Think about people like Sheila Jackson Lee, who thinks the United States landed on Mars and planted a flag there. Think about people like Hank Johnson, who in all seriousness, expressed concern that due to the weight of US military equipment and personnel, Guam was in danger of tipping over.
There's no subterfuge, no conspiracy or underlying strategy; it's simply true- some of these people are too stupid to breathe:
Now, I ask you- who out there with a triple digit IQ thinks that islands are land masses floating on the surface of the ocean?
That's always been one of my favorites!
May 17, 2022, 12:32 PM
WaterburyBob
They've desperately searching for the next thing to panic the people with and draw attention away from their disastrous policies.
"If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards
May 17, 2022, 12:39 PM
Genorogers
I predict they'll be stupider after the November midterms...it's not just the Libs either the Repubs have some morons too. In Ohio I get to vote for JD Vance as a Senator with an "R" behind his name, what a disgrace and Trump endorsed him too !
May 17, 2022, 12:44 PM
parabellum
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Originally posted by WaterburyBob: They've desperately searching for the next thing to panic the people with and draw attention away from their disastrous policies.
You know what- I'll bet you're right.
I'll also bet that you haven't read this thread.
May 17, 2022, 01:43 PM
Leemur
Please don’t ask that question, they’re taking it as a challenge.
May 17, 2022, 01:52 PM
220-9er
They probably want to register them as new Democrat voters.
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain
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May 17, 2022, 02:11 PM
chellim1
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Originally posted by bigdeal:
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Originally posted by Edmond: Average price of gas is well over $4/gallon, inflation is crushing most Americans and this is the shit they’re concerned with?
No, they're also real excited about sending another $40B in American dollars to Ukraine and welcoming every illegal in the world across the southern border of the US. More things that do nothing but hurt the the American public.
Thanks. You said it so I don't have to.
Paul noted that inflation “doesn’t just come out of nowhere” while pointing to deficit spending, noting that the United States spent almost $5 trillion on “COVID-19 bailouts” which have led to sky-high inflation.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
May 17, 2022, 02:14 PM
HayesGreener
Hanlon's Razor in full blossom for all to see
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May 17, 2022, 02:15 PM
straightshooter01
They heard that Texas was sending bus loads of Aliens to Washington DC, so they panicked and decided to investigate UFO's.
May 17, 2022, 04:09 PM
medic451
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist"
May 17, 2022, 04:12 PM
nasig
we are governed by corrupt morons
May 17, 2022, 04:32 PM
trapper189
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Originally posted by smlsig: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif
The House Intelligence Committee has Schiff for brains.
May 17, 2022, 06:57 PM
Lt CHEG
I absolutely, 100% agree that the government has far more important things to be dealing with right now. They should definitely be getting to work on more important things. However, when there are not more pressing issues to address, I do think it’s important to find out more about these unidentified objects. And no, not because I think we are about to be attacked by aliens, but it is a bit concerning when anything can fly right into the airspace around one of our carrier strike groups and we have no idea what it is and can’t do anything about it. I am frankly more concerned that a terrestrial adversary such as China may have cooked up some type of weapon that we have no ability to combat than I am about ET visiting from outer space. Accordingly, I have no problem with our government looking into why the many hundreds of billions that we spend on our military doesn’t buy us stuff that can identify anything flying in or near $50+ billion of military hardware. They just shouldn’t be worried about it now.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
May 17, 2022, 07:51 PM
Wolfpacker
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Originally posted by HayesGreener: Subpoena an anal probe expert!
They must interview the guy with firsthand experience with aliens. The hearing would not be complete without it.
May 17, 2022, 08:07 PM
wcb6092
The aliens are staying at a Air BNB on Mars. Let's send Pelosi and Schiff to welcome them, and offer 40 billion less 10%.
Mars Rover snaps pictures of an ‘alien door’ on the red planet sparking internet frenzy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered what looks like an “alien doorway” on Mars, sending the internet into a frenzy.
The image, which was taken on May 7 in the Mount Sharp region of Mars, went viral on social media with people claiming it was a fake. Or the entrance to an alien temple.
