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Mar 10, 2022 13:00:29   #
dlwhawaii wrote:
gas companies don't want just a fair profit, they want an obscene profit, so they can buy back stock and provide bigger dividends....


Capitalism is not flawless, nor is any other "ism". As you say, capitalism is not concerned with what is fair, it is concerned with maximizing gain.
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Mar 10, 2022 12:29:25   #
travelwp wrote:
Wow, That means the Trump will be re-elected !


Or Biden.

Don't take it so literally. It all goes in cycles.
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Mar 10, 2022 12:27:06   #
idaholover wrote:
"Yes he was rude, crude and socially unacceptable"
No he wasn't. If anything he had a great sense of humor. You are confusing this with honesty, please stop trying to suck up to the left....it's not becoming.


Your 'sense of humor' terrifies me.
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Mar 10, 2022 11:42:51   #
dennis2146 wrote:
Have I ever considered...You bet I have but only every day. America's political scene is no longer just between the President, Congress and We the People. Hasn't been for a long time. Facebook, Twitter and other computer sites owned by Billionaires who support generally speaking the Left side of the aisle have all contributed their ideas of Liberalism to the scene. They have generally shut down much of Conservative speech, calling it hate speech. Of course they are not the government so they can get away with that and no violation of the 1st Amendment. Basically said, in many of our most popular speaking arenas Conservative speech is not allowed.

President Trump made many accomplishments for America. Yes he was rude, crude and socially unacceptable while doing so. On the other hand, even many Democrats are beginning to recognize Biden is not the man they wanted to be President. He has basically, in my opinion, bumbled, stumbled and napped his way through his first term in office. His most support was cancelling a number of things Trump supported. Yes, the Left cheered when he allowed 2 Million illegal aliens to cross the border into America. Of course those actions being highly illegal doesn't bother the Left in the slightest. The fact the SCOTUS ordered Biden to go back to the way Trump was handling illegals made no difference at all. The fact that someone in America, the taxpayers, have to feed and take care of these 2 Million people makes no difference to the Left. They just tell themselves the government, who has nothing, will take care of it.

Great post. Thank you.

Dennis
Have I ever considered...You bet I have but only e... (show quote)


You say you consider it every day, yet you immediately launch into a biased diatribe. The point of the post is that politics is irrelevant, they serve as a distraction for those who are reallly running the show.

I knew from the start Biden was not the man I wanted to be president. I also knew that I wanted Trump even less, and that under the current structure it was a binary choice.

I think the only thing we are going to agree on is that we disagree almost entirely on the problems and the solutions. My point is that none of it matters. Anyone who actually gets close to the real situation ends up like Khashoggi.
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Mar 10, 2022 08:30:30   #
dennis2146 wrote:
Now that is a great question. If oil companies were making a fair profit at $1.90 per gallon they would have no need to price gouge, would they? Demand is up for some reason so the profit still at $1.90 would be more for them. I suspect other reasons.

Dennis


I propose that we all look back on this ‘crisis’ in a year or two. If history repeats itself-as we all know it does- we are being primed for a gradual price increase with a drastic increase which will eventually pull back, but not to pre-‘crisis’ levels. They play the long game while we fight over which administration is to blame. Have you ever considered that they might even time their moves to make administrations look good or bad, based on which one treats them more favorably? While the public opinion rises and falls daily, weekly or monthly, they literally laugh all the way to the bank year after year.
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Mar 9, 2022 16:36:35   #
Maybe Putin would have had second thoughts about invading Ukraine if our previous president hadn't been so preoccupied with Hillary's server and helped bolster their defenses sooner.
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Mar 7, 2022 10:51:24   #
Blurryeyed wrote:
... I am not religious nor am I advocating for a total ban on abortions, I am however an advocate for the rights of the unborn.


And herein lies the slippery slope. Which unborn? At what "age"? And I am not advocating unrestricted rights of abortion. I'm merely arguing that they should not be banned,
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Mar 7, 2022 10:36:58   #
dennis2146 wrote:
... In my view it also should not be just to get rid of the baby. SOME responsible thinking should be done before getting pregnant. There are pills, shots, condoms and whatever means available to not get pregnant. There should be some responsible thought given to those methods.

Dennis


So now we're going to examine women's minds to determine whether or not they're allowed to exercise their freedom of choice?
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Mar 7, 2022 10:34:12   #
Blurryeyed wrote:
I have read that the democrats are proposing legislation that would make it illegal for doctors and medical professionals to refuse to participate in abortions.... Talk about the heavy hand of the state. If one believes that he or she is assisting in the termination of a life the state has no business compelling them to do so.


Heavy hand of the state? As in not even allowing professionals to DISCUSS THE OPTIONS?
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Mar 7, 2022 10:33:13   #
Wuligal wrote:
No, I never asked for back alley abortions. What I want is truth, honesty, common sense and some critical thinking. If you don't want a baby use contraception. Parents....if you're concerned about your teenaged daughter getting pregnant - take her to a doctor and get the patch or a shot that lasts for six months. How about the guys taking a little responsibility too. There are pills and injections available for the asking.

If all else fails and an abortion is needed do it early in the pregnancy, not at six or seven months when you have to hack a baby to pieces to remove it from the mother's womb. Under normal circumstances, if a baby dies in the mother's womb before 16 weeks, nature will take its course and we call it a miscarriage. After 16-18 weeks it's a stillbirth because the the mother will have to go through labor and delivery to expel it from her womb. Why not follow the same protocol for abortions?

Think about it: over 50% percent of all fertilizations end in a spontaneous miscarriage. Only .006% of all fertilizations end in a still birth. Make the cut off date for abortions the same as what would occur naturally. Maybe mama nature does know best.
No, I never asked for back alley abortions. What I... (show quote)


Seems like a logical, science based argument.

For the record, I've never argued for unrestricted abortions. There should be limits. What seems more aggregious to me than no restrictions on abortions is a total ban on abortions. The "pro-life" movement seems to me to be unhappy with anything but that.
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Mar 7, 2022 10:23:36   #
Blurryeyed wrote:
What's laughable is that you don't accept the science and support the murder of babies, the most innocent among us you would have ripped to pieces.


And we take emotionalizing to a whole new level.....
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Mar 7, 2022 10:22:50   #
Triple G wrote:
It’s not a democrat vs. republican question —- it’s a Christian vs. Jewish and other religions on determination of when life begins. Religious beliefs should never be the basis of laws.


Now hold on here! Are you implying that there should be a separation of church and state???
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Mar 7, 2022 10:19:33   #
Racmanaz wrote:
How is Dennis's argument emotional but not yours??


By the supposition of the "babies' choice".
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Mar 7, 2022 10:15:58   #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Florida law give women close to 4 months to get the abortion, sounds reasonable to me.


I am not against some restrictions. Abortions had previously been restricted to the first 2 trimesters. With scientific and medical advances, viability is probably closer to 18-20 weeks. Are you able to explain the basis for a 15 week limit?
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Mar 7, 2022 09:34:33   #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Frank continues his war on babies.


Laughable.
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