Hi Craig,
I live in a red state, and I am a libertarian if I am anything. If I have all the answers why do I keep asking questions? I have said all this before to you and Dazed and Coinfused too. Here is another one for you to ponder, out of my post right above your comment (since your DD before you speak is still obviously nonexistent): “Your posts do not indicate brain damage to me (your mind seems pretty sharp, you have had many clever posts), only a lack of empathy (curable) and PTSD (the lack of focus in your posts), which you mentioned quite a while ago now, plus it fit my observations. If I am wrong, explain.” If you do not believe I said that, just flick your mouse wheel (or equivalent) to the comment above your own and you can see for yourself. Can’t make DD much easier than that. Does that sound like “how everyone they fundamentally disagree with is mentally deranged? Lol.” Lol indeed. I guess you would have been more accurate if you had said Dazed and Coinfused told me he was “mentally deranged” and I said he was not. Lol, back at ya. In my opinion, you appear more “mentally deranged” than he does. Why do you keep goading him on? Where does your anger come from? I understand his. What does a wealthy White guy like you have to be angry about? Paying too much in taxes? What did you have to give up to pay them, I wonder? A Yacht? A second (third? fourth?) car? If you had to give up a second or third house that would be terrible. How do you manage? If you get along with “successful blacks” you might be more of a “classist” than a “racist”. Don’t worry though, the TRINO party will still welcome you, because you still appear to have some racist tendencies: “low number of blacks there, they typically can’t afford the living expenses, which means we don’t have to gaze at a lot of graffiti artwork everywhere.“—-Italics, mine. Yikes. Only Blacks do graffiti. No White gangs, No Latinx gangs, No Asian gangs. No kids of all Races(!). Your own words speak for themselves. If you would have left the italicized part off your post, I could have agreed you are not racist. Sadly, that is not what you said. If we were still insulting each other on the playground today, I would replace KKKraig with $$Kraig. I was almost ready to replace it with $$Craig until I got to that part. Thanks for sharing your opinion again. This was mine.

Dazed,

I certainly enjoy reading your posts but sparring with a certifiable blue state liberal (Jeff) is useless, in my opinion. People like that believe they have all the right answers and solutions to every problem we face, whether it’s related to the economy, race relations, the environment, gender identity, foreign diplomacy, etc.,etc. They are always wrong, of course, and their solutions usually involve us giving them more $$$. BTW Dazed, I spend a lot of time in Virginia Beach during the summer and one of the reasons is the low number of blacks there, they typically can’t afford the living expenses, which means we don’t have to gaze at a lot of graffiti artwork everywhere. Don’t take that as me being racist, as I know a few successful blacks and get along with them fine. We want to keep VB clean as part of our Saving the Earth campaign, so please don’t encourage blm to invade the area. Now I’ve got to get back to repairing a door panel on my 95 corvette, but just wanted to tell you to keep the posts coming but don’t waste time with Jeff…he’s not worth it! Oh, don’t you find it funny how everyone they fundamentally disagree with is mentally deranged? Lol.

“Also, my Obama mention was to point out he was president when the guy from the story began trying to help Africa. And being from Kenya would have a sympathetic ear. But yet here we are. 1 man fixed, he didn’t pull an Oprah and rock and set up a fund for you and your rich friends to donate to. His own money.“—MrBeast was 13 years old when he started posting videogame videos on Youtube. His philanthropy did not start until 2019, when he was already wealthy. So no, he was not helping Africa while Obama was still President. Guess again. He has been “helping” in general for 4 years now, but 3 years ago was the first time he did anything for Africa. Good for him giving money away. What percentage of his wealth he is giving away we have no idea. Musk could give away a billion every year and would still be stingy based on his $180 Billion net worth today.
“Obama dog whistled to. But to be fair, he did say give Joe long enough he’ll fk it up.
barack-obama-reportedly-said-dont-underestimate-joes-ability-to-expletive-things-up
Fake news right.”—-Probably. Even your “proof” says “reportedly”, not exactly an endorsement of a fact. From snopes:
“The quote in question was published by a credible news organization, but was said to have come from an anonymous source, only identified as a “Democrat,” who claimed to have heard Obama make the remark. With no way for us to confirm the veracity of the quote, we have rated this claim as “Unproven.””
Do you trust “anonymous” sources that will not identify themselves?
Maybe we should believe the pee tape about Trump is real too. Nobody has stepped forward to claim that was true either.
“Oh don’t forget that rugby team that was sued and found to be innocent.“—So? Does that prove all are innocent? Your soccer coach you were talking about a few months ago. You were claiming he was innocent. Kissing an underling without permission. Big deal, right? He got fired shortly after you claimed it was all nothing. Guess that means he was actually guilty by your measure. Courts or juries never get anything wrong. No innocent people have ever been put to death, no innocent ever end up in prison. You are doing Black and White again. One incident does not prove all incidents.

“There ya go. Great explanation why we are different and we’re beating a deaf horse.
Also it demonstrates that if you lose, change the rule. IQ was forever the standard. Then a bunch of mediocre people decided the truly smart kids would never accept them. So create a science or category. Now you get paid to do research, then show the world you’re just as important or smart as others. To get your ride on that high horse. So of course their data showed EQ just as important.”—-Funny, because that is not what I got out of reading that article. You proved no such thing. Paste in the part that shows what you claim. I could have told you IQ means little by itself 40 years ago. You can be smart and still be a monster. Or dumb and still a monster. I didn’t need an expert to explain that. And you didn’t seem to understand the point of the article. Did you even read the whole article or just the “which is most important” part? You definitely have an EQ deficiency. The great thing is that it can be learned. I fully believe you can start at 0% and get to 100%. IQ is more inherited, though I am sure you can improve it somewhat through “learning”. Nobody with a 50 IQ due to developmental disabilities is ever going to turn it into a 140 IQ though, no matter how much they try. They just do not have the ability. You should have read the “improving IQ and EQ” section, especially the EQ part.
“Edison and Westinghouse got a man killed trying to prove their idea best. But you ain’t boycotting electricity?“—Are you fricking kidding me? What does this have to do with anything? Like I tell you, what is done is done. Going forward is what matters. Nazis experimented on people to understand the effects of hypothermia. Subjects were killed or most were killed. After the war, we decided not to use the data because of how it was obtained. If I was one of those killed, I would want the data used to save others (except Nazis) in the future so some good could come of my suffering. I also would not advocate for not using electricity because someone died helping to invent it. I assume you are not saying they murdered a guy are you? If so, I still say we use electricity, but the murderers should never benefit from it.
“Chin up there Jeff. By 2040 I think I read whites will be the minority.“—Yes, which is why your side is so desperate today. I see humans. What do you see?
“Oh yeah, go ahead and criticize and put me down again for TBI, so much for understanding and compassion.“—-Now you say TBI? But isn’t that the same as a Black claiming the race card to you? You have only mentioned burn pit health effects and PTSD until now. Why would you not mention spill it all at once? We both have been spilling our guts here, and this is the first you mention it? Nothing you have said or done here for like a year now ever rated you saying “Oh. Sorry, my TBI causes me to act out sometimes”? Are you saying your damage means you cannot show compassion to others? Help me understand what your damage entails. If you have TBI, I am sure the doctors told you what areas are damaged and how it affects you. I am sorry, but as I cannot see for myself, and your truthfulness record isn’t the greatest, I cannot just accept this without more information from you. I do not trust people ever, but especially those I cannot observe in person. Your posts do not indicate brain damage to me (your mind seems pretty sharp, you have had many clever posts), only a lack of empathy (curable) and PTSD (the lack of focus in your posts), which you mentioned quite a while ago now, plus it fit my observations. If I am wrong, explain. I have no personal experience with TBI so help me understand. You should take up mediation, it will help your PTSD at the least.

“I thought first time sued was Nixon. Followed by Reagan, then Clinton then Bush then Obama now trump and biden. “—Individual members of Congress have sued Presidents before over various things. From ThoughtCo.com “5 Presidents Who Were Sued By Members of Congress” but “The Republican-controlled House of Representatives made a bit of history in July 2014 when it voted to file a lawsuit against a sitting president, Barack Obama. It was the first-ever such legal challenge to be undertaken by a chamber of Congress against the commander-in-chief.” Gosh, I wonder why Obama ended up being the first CIC to ever be sued by an entire chamber of Congress? He must have done something really terrible, huh?”The buffet story was to demonstrate the articles pushing reits and to show younger investors not interested in following past generations. You asked for proof, I gave it.“—-That was an entirely different thread, Dazed and Coinfused. You should have posted it on the thread I asked the question on. How am I supposed to know a link without comment posted as the first comment (after I already told you that I never click on links) on a new thread is supposed to be in answer to an old thread? SENZA did that stuff too. How does Buffets article prove your point anyway? You were ranting about how horrible the kids are (“and are oblivious that they contributed to their own issue and continue to do so.“). Buffet is saying they are right to be upset and here are his suggestions to make it right. Try again.
“The cnn, was to show you that race is constantly pushed (does cnn still call Republicans deplorarble?) down throats.“—-As I do not click on links or ever use CNN, I have no idea if “race is constantly pushed” there. I do not care if it is, though I doubt it. Paste a quote with name proving your point from the article in reply here. We are talking about you constantly pushing race here. I care quite a bit here.
“Why don’t you critique his writing. He gets paid to put words on screen. He gets paid per click too.“—-If he starts posting partisan political comments here, I may. I often wonder if you are getting paid to post here.
“Yet again, rather than ask for clarification or follow your own advice and offer solutions or opportunity to discuss, the name calling and accusations and attempt to belittle or brand was your go too. Again, seek and ye shall find. You sought for a chance to mudsling and a reason to be mad and a chance to degrade and you found it.“—-Let me be clear. I am the disrespectful name caller and accuser here? Not you? How long am I supposed to handle you with kid gloves? I have been talking to you for 3 months now. Did you ever hear of a mirror, Dazed and Coinfused? I have seen you make statements before without blaming or belittling someone so I know you can do it. 3-1/2 years ago, I saw that personal insults were the problem here and in the wider world and thought political insults did not matter. After watching the anger you and Craig instilled with your partisan political comments here over the past 3 months, I realized all insults are the problem. You can not belittle peoples beliefs and not create anger and division. You seriously do not see that almost all your political statements are negative, not positive? You still think it is good to politically offend and belittle people here? And you are very specific over who you blame. A partial list: Blacks, Kids, Biden, Democrats, Blacks, Kids, Biden, Democrats. Blacks, Kids, Biden, Democrats. If you do not want to receive negativity in return, do not send negativity out.
“Oh, explain happy memorial day for me. Are ya going to nudge me with your elbow and yell happy memorial memorial. It’s a party, smile.“—You sure are dwelling on Veterans day. Or are really talking about Memorial day, which occurs in May? Third time you mentioned this to me in multiple posts over a short time, I think. Are you sure you do not want me to thank you for your service again? I brought up nothing related in the post you are replying to. Why are you?
“Probably a hipster invention that couldn’t handle Bambi mom dying so now every funeral or death sentence of terminal disease should be celebrated, no Debbie downers. Smile a friend died and you’re still here drinking beer. Happy memorial day.“—-Again, your grasp of history is non-existent. Veterans day was originally Armistice Day to honor WWI veterans, later changed to Veterans Day to honor all living veterans. Memorial day is to honor all who gave their lives in service. I find that to be a somber day, though I am sure the ignorant do take it as another day off to party. While you do not meet the Memorial Day criteria, I am painfully aware after these conversations with you that at least a part of you did die on the battlefield. I am very sorry for your pain. If I am alive next Memorial Day, you can be sure I will be thinking of you and what you left behind. Try not to take it out on others here or elsewhere. You are going to have to come to terms with this if you ever want to heal. You must take the first step. Nobody can help you heal until you let go of the anger first. It is done. Can’t do anything about the past, but you can do something about the future. Instead of trying to make others as miserable as you are, don’t you think it would be better to try to make people happy? It will start rubbing off on you if you can form the habit. Does your wife ever have to face your anger or is this how you avoid taking it out on her? I do not want an answer, answer this yourself. I could almost see letting you rant here if it will protect your wife. But then I realize nobody here deserves your anger either. Divisiveness is tearing our country apart and you are contributing to it here. Please, drop the partisan political rants here.

Also, my Obama mention was to point out he was president when the guy from the story began trying to help Africa. And being from Kenya would have a sympathetic ear. But yet here we are. 1 man fixed, he didn’t pull an Oprah and rock and set up a fund for you and your rich friends to donate to. His own money. He also paid for dental work or eye exams for kids in Jacksonville. No executive order for that? No plea to congress by obama’s best bud to get a few ducks for his peeps? But ya sure jumped for Isreal and Taiwan money. Threatening to hold up the pay of gubmint workers for money for your cause. Found it now, but for 15 years never crossed your mind to help. Couldn’t get thr cash. Wasn’t Pelosi the one that said Obama care was close, but we are short a few billion from everyone getting covered. We certainly sent way more than that over there. You argue so the fight stays over there. Soon you forget because they already hit here. And now with open borders and record got aways, lot more are here hiding. Give yourself an attaboy for that. Oh right Republicans threatened the shutdown. Guess only one side is considered negotiating ay a time. Once again dems not guilty of that. All demands by dems are warranted and never Republicans. Soon you forget Clinton golfed with trump a lot. Trump ran as a republican because dems shot him down. Pick and choose pick and choose. Cherry pick. And not for nothing, but seems the more people turn on trump in court, the more biden on tv, the more dems cast doubt about him, the more trump speaks the higher he polls and the lower Joe polls. So are more Republicans showing up that didn’t vote, or are some democrats swinging to republican side like Manchin and Sinema? No, impossible. Maybe there won’t be any black panthers at the voting locations like Obama dog whistled to. But to be fair, he did say give Joe long enough he’ll fk it up.

https://www.cbs19news.com/story/42501205/barack-obama-reportedly-said-dont-underestimate-joes-ability-to-expletive-things-up

Fake news right.

Oh don’t forget that rugby team that was sued and found to be innocent.

Fame and money aren’t the only reasons people do things.

There ya go. Great explanation why we are different and we’re beating a deaf horse.

Also it demonstrates that if you lose, change the rule. IQ was forever the standard. Then a bunch of mediocre people decided the truly smart kids would never accept them. So create a science or category. Now you get paid to do research, then show the world you’re just as important or smart as others. To get your ride on that high horse. So of course their data showed EQ just as important. Edison and Westinghouse got a man killed trying to prove their idea best. But you ain’t boycotting electricity? AC, no, DC. We want first telegraph to Europe, start in Maine, no start in Alaska. That is also an interesting history. Spoiler alert east coast won, and just in time for Lincoln to utilize it. Same thing for railroad. All fighting for gubmint money. And you see how they treated the workers. Chin up there Jeff. By 2040 I think I read whites will be the minority. Anyway, back to IQ, EQ… so basically, EQ has a spot now, in the record books, you have your day in the sun, yet another avenue to demonstrate your infallibility. Oh yeah, go ahead and criticize and put me down again for TBI, so much for understanding and compassion. But you know who else started on one topic and cut away and came back?

Paul Harvey. And now you know, the rest of the story.

I thought first time sued was Nixon. Followed by Reagan, then Clinton then Bush then Obama now trump and biden. But my reference wasn’t toward politicians. It was suit in general. Or probably closer to these media’s that purposely put out half info to beat people into a frenzy so that that then later see that actions were justified. At least found by the investigators.

The buffet story was to demonstrate the articles pushing reits and to show younger investors not interested in following past generations. You asked for proof, I gave it. The cnn, was to show you that race is constantly pushed (does cnn still call Republicans deplorarble?) down throats. And I find it funny that it also demonstrated that no matter what you do to show empathy they take it as a slight or insult. Why don’t you critique his writing. He gets paid to put words on screen. He gets paid per click too. Can’t imagine why he would want to sow division. Not like he’d profit from it. Nobody have ever said money is the root of all evil. So tell me which congressman I need to vote for to fix that? Which politician other than trump is dumb enough to take on media? Obviously there is such a thing as bad publicity.

Yet again, rather than ask for clarification or follow your own advice and offer solutions or opportunity to discuss, the name calling and accusations and attempt to belittle or brand was your go too. Again, seek and ye shall find. You sought for a chance to mudsling and a reason to be mad and a chance to degrade and you found it. I guess if you cut em down first they are easy to elevate. As I said, I replied to you several times and they won’t post. Maybe that is why some things repeated or mixed up probably.

Oh, explain happy memorial day for me. Are ya going to nudge me with your elbow and yell happy memorial memorial. It’s a party, smile.

Probably a hipster invention that couldn’t handle Bambi mom dying so now every funeral or death sentence of terminal disease should be celebrated, no Debbie downers. Smile a friend died and you’re still here drinking beer. Happy memorial day. Woooo spring break.

“Jeff will also want to point out that I am morally bankrupt because of the comment about no money under biden found in change and I said all of it shipped overseas.“—-You are literally talking to yourself as if you are two separate people. You need help, Dazed and Coinfused. Please try to get it. Your angry rants here are not going to cure you, they only make you more ill than you already are.
“Anyway, it isn’t just cnn. It is also the other major outlets. Gotta have those key words and trigger words.“—-Share a quote or two and who said it. Or type the article titles and name the websites and I will look myself if it is a site I know is not pushing an agenda. You know what I mean. The ones that report stories without caring which they fall. Fox and CNN both leave out context to advance an agenda, in my experience.
“Make sure you make a fist and point with your thumb. Talk in low octave and slow to exude gloom and doom when talking about whites, especially Republicans…….Curious, what did yall do to shield your kids from seeing those strip shows during a sports event? Was it as intense as the outage on say, I don’t know, a coin site.“—-You poor, poor, man. Do you have no care for how the others here must view you now? Let the Hate go, or at least leave it buried while here. It is burning you up.
“Oh and to further add to your confusion. I searched top cities black population, I think it showed best cities for them and worse.“—-You appear to be the one that is confused. I assume you are still talking about the Black governor of Virginia post of yours and me asking you to look up the Black population in California and Virginia 60 and 100 years after the Civil War and in the year the Governor became Governor in Virginia to possibly determine for yourself why Virginia had a Black Governor first. What did you find? Or is this your way of saying you forgot what you were searching Black populations for? Was this a good enough reminder for you? Or is it something else entirely? You mention both states above, so I think its still about the Black Governor. But what could Black populations in those states today have to do with answering that question? Please clarify.