2020 Politics Thread - Enter At Your Own Risk - RULES IN OP

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by ld8759

I'll give you a hint: none of them are republicans. Done.

That's a sad state of mind you live with.

Democrats, good. Republicans, bad.

[rcmb3220]

I see our president hasn’t even gotten through reading article 1 of the constitution.

[Corporal Lance]

No!

I will throw myself on the funeral pyre of internet stuff.

We don't need to have serious disagreements, the kind that keep people up at night, or cause household problems.

Can't we all just agree that the Dave Matthews Band sucks?

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by Corporal Lance

No!

I will throw myself on the funeral pyre of internet stuff.

We don't need to have serious disagreements, the kind that keep people up at night, or cause household problems.

Can't we all just agree that the Dave Matthews Band sucks?

I enjoyed his role in Just Go With It.

[Zedlaw]

Originally Posted by coachnip13

I asked a simple question. If you can't answer it, just bow out gracefully.

The playbook is elementary, I'm sorry I have to type this.

Limit personal contact and movement of people. Ramp up testing and lab results as fast as possible and coordinate the allocation of resources. But the first step is to take it seriously.

The anti Trump governors were the ones trying to deal with situation, I'm pretty sure they would have welcomed coordination from the federal government. In March and April the nation was ready for a plan, I mean toilet paper was sold out, we all thought we would be locked in our houses for a month. If someone would have said we could go outside but only in a mask, that would have felt like a win and a sniff of freedom.

I'm sorry but crying that things are too hard and people will yell at me if I do anything isn't an adequate response.

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by Zedlaw

The playbook is elementary, I'm sorry I have to type this.

Limit personal contact and movement of people. Ramp up testing and lab results as fast as possible and coordinate the allocation of resources. But the first step is to take it seriously.

The anti Trump governors were the ones trying to deal with situation, I'm pretty sure they would have welcomed coordination from the federal government. In March and April the nation was ready for a plan, I mean toilet paper was sold out, we all thought we would be locked in our houses for a month. If someone would have said we could go outside but only in a mask, that would have felt like a win and a sniff of freedom.

I'm sorry but crying that things are too hard and people will yell at me if I do anything isn't an adequate response.

Nice. Now the President of the United States was supposed to issue a mandate telling people to limit personal contact. News flash: we all knew about this disease, and none of us took it seriously. Now you want us to believe that you would have listened to Trump back in December and January.

I called this already just an hour or so ago. What you're saying is Trump is an incompetent oaf, but you surely would have followed his lead in January when we were all joking about this little disease in China.

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by Zedlaw

The playbook is elementary, I'm sorry I have to type this.

If it's so elementary, why did you need Trump to tell you to protect yourself? We all knew that the disease existed. Why didn't the brilliant Governor of New York protect his own state?

[jk1937]

Originally Posted by Corporal Lance

No!

I will throw myself on the funeral pyre of internet stuff.

We don't need to have serious disagreements, the kind that keep people up at night, or cause household problems.

Can't we all just agree that the Dave Matthews Band sucks?

this i can agree with

[coachnip13]

March: "TRUMP CAN'T TELL THE GOVERNORS WHAT TO DO!!!"

August: "TRUMP DIDN'T LEAD!! HE SHOULDA TOLD THE GOVERNORS WHAT TO DO!!!"

So predictable.

[rman112]

With seeing these false positives in athletes, it makes me wonder how many there are in the general population.

[rman112]

[QUOTE=ld8759;16262105]

Originally Posted by rman112

Did you really believe that?[/QUOTE


No,but I don't see that many posts in favor of getting rid of him.

ld8759.. Do you mean voting him out, or getting rid of him (whatever that means..) ?

[rman112]

Originally Posted by JeremyNick

Did your zoology blogger tell you that?

It’s still a good clinical tool and stands as a risk factor for many diseases.

You can determine if someone is over their BMI in a healthy or unhealthy way by simply looking at them.

But if you don’t like that, use waist to hip ratio. However you cut it, obesity is bad.

This made me laugh.

Also.. the 'BMI is useless' idea has merit, but it's mostly for people with a lot of muscle.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Jopeal

Thx captain obvious. Is heart disease good or bad?
Many Americans seem deadset on downplaying the importance of a more plant-based diet, while the government continues to favor subsidies for the meat & dairy industry.

You being vegan is easily the least surprising personal tidbit in this thread.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Zedlaw

What are you talking about. The US isn't in a vacuum. Plenty of world leaders have been praised for their response and action towards the virus. You can't blame the complexity of 50 independent moving parts. That's your role! Align the 50 states in a coordinated response. You're arguing your own failure to lead.

Trump could have been dancing in the streets, praising our low positive rates. He could of gotten his wish and banished every brown person from entering the country and frolicked about as other countries begged for his help.

Does anyone really believe that this was possible?

Also, the last paragraph is something.

[coachnip13]

Originally Posted by rman112

With seeing these false positives in athletes, it makes me wonder how many there are in the general population.

No kidding. But they sure are contributing to the daily total that is meant to scare all of us.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by ld8759

You see what I'm saying? You don't seem to know when enough is enough for one day,and you're snarky about it. You do it with everyone. We could have done what South Korea did and wear masks and socially distanced a lot sooner to stop or at least slow the spread,instead of it blowing up the way it did...and Trump saw it coming and stayed silent.

Unless masks were made the law (and enforced), people were/are just not going to wear them. That also assumes that they're going to make a big impact.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Zedlaw

The playbook is elementary, I'm sorry I have to type this.

Limit personal contact and movement of people. Ramp up testing and lab results as fast as possible and coordinate the allocation of resources. But the first step is to take it seriously.

The anti Trump governors were the ones trying to deal with situation, I'm pretty sure they would have welcomed coordination from the federal government. In March and April the nation was ready for a plan, I mean toilet paper was sold out, we all thought we would be locked in our houses for a month. If someone would have said we could go outside but only in a mask, that would have felt like a win and a sniff of freedom.

I'm sorry but crying that things are too hard and people will yell at me if I do anything isn't an adequate response.

"What? No!"

- Whitmer

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by rman112

You being vegan is easily the least surprising personal tidbit in this thread.

You know who else was vegan?

[rman112]

Originally Posted by coachnip13

No kidding. But they sure are contributing to the daily total that is meant to scare all of us.

Unless these leagues are buying dollar store/Craigslist test kits, they've been enough of a joke that people should be heavily skeptical.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by TheFrenzy

You know who else was vegan?

Nein..

[TheFrenzy]

Originally Posted by Corporal Lance

Can't we all just agree that the Dave Matthews Band sucks?

Two Step is the only song in their entire catalogue that I can listen to and actually enjoy.

[free2131]

How about having Trump take it more seriously in the public eye? Not saying it'll be eradicated soon? Not call it a Democratic hoax? Not say that we have something that cures it?

Truth is, there really is nothing Donald Trump could have done to stop the pandemic from happening. We were going to get hit with it no matter what we did. Were there things Trump could have done publicly to make his supporters take matters more seriously? Absolutely.

This didn't help much, either:



Trump was more concerned about this making him look weak than taking it seriously in the public eye. Textbook narcissism.

[JeremyNick]

Originally Posted by rman112

This made me laugh.

Also.. the 'BMI is useless' idea has merit, but it's mostly for people with a lot of muscle.

It’s not useless.

It’s also not an end-all-be-all measure of health.

He’s rarely addressing my posts anymore. I think I ticked him off big time.

[Jopeal]

Originally Posted by rman112

You being vegan is easily the least surprising personal tidbit in this thread.

I was waiting for someone to say it, but you guys are terrible at labeling me.

I'm not staunch vegan. Plant-based does not = Vegan, but it is the future of a healthy Western diet.

Vegan diets eliminate all animal products, while plant-based diets do not necessarily eliminate animal products, but focus on eating mostly plants, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and whole grains.

[rman112]

Originally Posted by Jopeal

I was waiting for someone to say it, but you guys are terrible at labeling me.

I'm not staunch vegan. Plant-based does not = Vegan, but it is the future of a healthy Western diet.

Vegan diets eliminate all animal products, while plant-based diets do not necessarily eliminate animal products, but focus on eating mostly plants, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and whole grains.

But THIS is the post you choose to reply to.. after ignoring so many. Nice.