SoCal Deek

I often comment on the slow but steady evolution of our two political parties. Think about it…can you even imagine a Democrat candidate uttering JFK’s famous line about ‘ask not what the country can do for you…’? I bet you can’t. And conversely could you ever have imagined when the typical construction site would be full of blue collar trucks with pro-Republican bumper stickers? I know I couldn’t.

You and I have gone back and forth on the ‘commie’ label but I believe the topic of universal healthcare is the bridge they REALLY want to cross. What comes after that I’m not so sure anyone knows, not even them. Which is why I think the commie term may be a tad overarching.

This thread made me chuckle…and think. Like many on here, living away from WNY, I spent hundreds of dollars every year for nearly twenty years to watch 16 games of mostly meaningless Bills games, including two annual beat downs by the Patriots. I guess I’m willing to pay the same amount to watch half as many games in which I pretty much know we at least have a decent shot of winning! 😁

I watched a bit of last years Bills v Ravens game on NFL Network last night. Davis was nothing short of horrible in that game dropping three passes in just the first half alone if I recall, and one was a touchdown. Just saying.

I always look at momentum. In this prediction the Bills would limp into the playoffs having won only two of the last six games in other words more or less just twice in the final two months. So while I love the optimism, it’s really hard to turn the winning momentum back on come playoff time.

Yep….I agree, there are TONS of factors that the Team cannot control. (weather, injuries, fluke calls, etc) But, this is one that you can, and that’s all I’ll ask from the Front Office. Now, I’m not saying that all is lost if the Bills don’t land Hopkins, but it’s really hard for me to see them punting much, if ever, with that many weapons for Josh to choose from. Move the chains, keep the ball, score, repeat. Go Bills

Here’s my simple take: If the Bills add Hopkins to Diggs, Davis and Knox/Kincaid they’ll have officially entered the Embarrassment of Riches category. If they can’t get to a Super Bowl with Allen and that WR/TE group then it simply can’t be done.

Sadly, the Sabres have beaten me into a position of perpetual apathy. Is Okposo that big of a story? I’d liken that to the Bills re-signing a veteran special teams gunner.

So let me see if I understand. You’re upset because I’d like people to stop dragging EVERY discussion into the verbal discourse gutter? And for that utterly noble effort you label me as a degenerate… okay.

Sheeesh! Once again, reading is your friend. He said he wouldn’t do THOSE things because he wouldn’t have THOSE powers or authorities as President. Try and expand where you get your talking points.

And here’s where things cross the line. What is it about a so called Trans person causes them to expose themselves to children?. About a year ago this person would have been called a pedophile!

What are the logos at the top of the pyramid? Never heard or seen any of them on a bumper sticker. But I guess if you’re a modern fringe hate group the first thing you do is hire a graphics consulting team to come up with a logo. 😂

I didn’t say I bought it. I said he was asked the exact question that you were talking about, and that he answered it VERY specifically. But you wouldn’t know that because you just want to rant on and on about a candidate who literally just threw his hat in the ring. And so you’ll know that I’m not completely partisan, I’ve really enjoyed hearing from RFK Jr and what he’s had to say in this earliest part of the job interview.

He used the lever of power available to a Governor. When he was interviewed the other night he was asked if he would do the same as President and he said he wouldn’t have that lever available to him. I honestly don’t see what the fuss is about. He wants to keep some long held guardrails on the companies whose target market are the children of his State and he’s shown them that they aren’t going to get special tax privileges if they continue to veer outside of those guardrails. When a Democrat wins the office they can give this multibillion dollar corporation back their welfare.

Once again your reading comprehension skills are REALLY challenged. I didn’t say that was the target. I said that’s the tool he used to get the result he wanted. It’s done all the time in government. Sheeesh

SUNY, you can mock people without the overt sexual innuendo. Let’s try and raise the level of discussion.

Did he go after Disney? I guess so. How did he do it? He took away the corporate welfare exemptions that their primary competitors (Universal and Seaworld) haven’t likewise been getting for the last fifty years. I thought the Left hated corporate welfare. No?

You obviously put a lot of thought into it. Is there a chance that Gilliam is the odd man out of the RB room? Seems like with the key additions of Harris, Murray, and one might even say Kincaid that keeping a pass catching FB is a roster ‘luxury’.

Ya got me….on my street alone there are a number of people who didn’t go to college and they have garages worth more than SUNYs entire house!

What the? You didn’t honestly just say that did you? Geeez!

They do but the distinguishing characteristic of fascism is a government that squelches any form of dissenting narratives. THAT is what we have going on in the list of examples you cited…and I absolutely agree with you. That’s why I’m saying these posters wouldn’t know a communist from a clown show. What they think they’re interested in is a country with a common, government approved narrative. You know…the old “it takes a village” nonsense. The other trappings of communism are a far distant second to them. That’s if they even ever given it much thought at all.

Isn’t anyone interested in what these documents even are?

Yikes. So now I’m not sure you understand what communists are either. What you’re describing are fascists, not communists.

And you believe that they’re all communists? I highly doubt most of them when know a communist from an orangutan. 😉

It’s an interesting conversation for sure. You’ve obviously decided to lump them all together under the over arching ‘commie’ tag. I’m curious as to how you came to that generalized conclusion? I’m not sure many of these posters have any idea what they actually want in terms of a governing style or system. Many, if not all, appear literally stuck in a 1950s style partisan tribal feud. They simply know that if someone with a ‘R’ after their name says something then they must sign up to be against it. I’ve watched the pendulum swing wildly over the decades and honestly can’t believe how some of the classic party line positions have utterly flip flopped.