US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Free the Pedos]

I'm honestly starting to think that all those Teen Mom reality shows that were popular around 2010 were anti natalist propaganda to convince people that having a kid under the age of forty was something only trashy cringe people do.

Once you start looking for it you can see "don't breed" messages everywhere like a bizzarro world They Live.

I don't think so. I've watched all of OG Teen Mom and the show's message was "kids take time, money, and attention. Also, your teen baby daddy is going to leave you."

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

The difference was the shows were still good. Captain Planet kicked ass.

Captain Planet was always bad. For one, it's a really bad rip-off of Super Sentai which was insanely popular in the 90s. Instead of watching spandex heroes engage in mild gymnastics against a horde before getting into the giant robot to fight the kaiju, Captain Planet had the globohomo kids sort of use their rings a little bit before surrendering all their powers to summon Captain Planet, whose weaknesses are pollution and Hitler. Also, he could only be in one place at a time. Even as a kid, I wondered what if something, like stray toxic sludge, were to hit the kids when they were at their most vulnerable. If one of those kids dies, Captain Planet ain't coming back, but there's somewhere on the battlefield with no powers. Pretty big plothole for something that happens every episode. Second, that heart ring power was fucking lame as a power. Other kids got powers like fire or water or wind (and of course Levar Burton got the power to command Roots), but the kid from the rainforest gets something that is not an elemental power. I'm sure there's an episode that explains how heart is totally not a useless power, but it's pretty useless. Finally, Captain Planet was nowhere near as cool as the Megazord or Voltron or whatever, as it was five robots that combined into a giant robot with a giant sword. Captain Planet was like Superman, but loses his power when exposed to toxic sludge, which is far more common that kryptonite.

 

[LaxerBRO]

The difference was the shows were still good. Captain Planet kicked ass.

Nah:
It demonizes necessary industry

It pushes population control:

 

[Justsomecicada]

I just hope Vance continuously hammers about how much of a shithole minisotta has become

Yeah, more people need to know how crazy he was during the summer of love and covid. I was so shocked by the national guard video posted here

 

[Ukraine is Big Gay]

Adding to the derail with Captain planet was a gay ass show that steamrolled over more mature and story driven programming's time slots because Ted Turner got ass blasted about realistic violence being depicted and simped for the clintons by greenlighting shows on his network only to cancel them like a good boy to cripple them and fuck over creators and their rights to air elsewhere. (Thanks KF poster Marissa Moira for this blurb.)

Now back to politics it is frustrating that there's so much bullshit in the system currently that we even have to entertain the notion of deeply unserious candidates with no platforms or policy winning.

 

[Diana Moon Glampers]

Nah:
It demonizes necessary industry

It pushes population control:

People watch that stuff before they even remember it long-term but it still sticks with them. "When you have a family - keep it small." They become people who act like assholes about anyone with more than 2 kids, and they genuinely don't even remember why they think this way. They think it's just how they always thought, and that they got the idea on their own.

 

[draggs]

Granted it's entirely possible this is a chicken or the egg thing but every stoner I've ever known irl has been a gigantic retard, the binge drinkers and amphetamine enthusiasts were significantly smarter.

It's very possible that trad types are right and this shit destroys grey matter.

True

If I didn't smoke weed I'd never get any bad stickers for my opinions, which would be even more correct than they already are (100% correct)

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

There is literally nothing that is authentic about this woman or this campaign. Why even lie about this? What's the point?

(...)
These are the same people who call Trump a liar all of the time, too.

As previously discussed, most people wouldn't even care if one of Kamala's early jobs was at McD's because so many people have worked in food service - fast food, restaurants, cafeterias, etc. - as one of their first jobs.

Let's be honest, politicians of all parties lie and stretch the truth for self-convenience quite frequently. However, Kamala and the rest of the Dems come across as sanctimonious when the accuse Trump of lying all the time when it looks like they're making stuff up just as much as he is on the campaign trail.

Its all Vote Blue No Matter Who cultists, ballot printing/stuffing and illegals.

As much as I'm not into conspiracy theories - Godbear knows I've probably poked fun of them and their believers here - I can't help wondering if the sanctuary cities that allow illegals to vote for "local issues" will do their part to fortify results by issuing those same voters a ballot allowing them to chose a president/vice president and looking the other way when they vote blue.

As it is, a radio report the other day announced a couple of people who voted twice in local primaries would not be facing any charges. The person in the car with me chuckled when I joked that just maybe it was because the people voted for the "right"candidate each time. It makes no sense for Dems to say, "There's laws in place" in one breath and then fail to enforce them in another.

That they're so obviously putting all their hopes on Kumala provoking Trump into calling her a nigger or something does not speak well of their confidence in her

As much as Trump can be a bit contentious when he really gets going, he's no dummy. I'm hoping that he will resist and ignore any bait on Kamala's part and calmly shut her down; bonus points if he does so with a witty one-liner.

Kamala's twitter seems oddly active for a Saturday - is it normal for politicians to be gloves off over Labor Day weekend?

With this being the Labor Day weekend in the US, I can see Kamala being active to appeal to the union workers who traditionally hold rallies during the weekend. Similarly, I can see the Trump campaign reminding voters what he's done for the middle class when he reduced the lower tax brackets so that the working class see less Federal Withholding taken from their paychecks. As someone here said at the time, less tax and more take-home pay doesn't go unnoticed by these workers.

The government is supposed to be made of up of the people, for the people, by the people. Now, its a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations

Ever since that Supreme Court case (Citizen's United?), Corporate America, special interest groups, and thier lobbyists can drown out individual interests with their seemingly endless supply of money and influence.

Trump being smart, realizing you can't ban weed, but it makes everyone happier if you just remove it from public places.

I can support this kind of balance/moderation. In my part of Kiwi Land, efforts to contain the smoke/smell of marijuana smoked in "designated areas" are largely unsuccessful. Sadly, though, city and state government enjoy the excise and sales taxes they get through marijuana sales, so I doubt they'd do anything about this issue.

Don't a lot of DNC run places also ban smoking tobacco, but not weed?

The big DNC-run urban city near me has collectively claimed smoking unduly targets black people and needs more regulation, but they've adopted policies that encourage the same black people to smoke or sell weed.

More ironically, our governor did not shut down pot shops during the COVID lockdowns because they were somehow deemed "essential" businesses yet accounting offices were closed and not initially deemed essential right in the middle of tax season with the filing deadline fast approaching (before the IRS and states finally came to their senses and extended the deadlines for everyone).

 

[0713]

>Tarantino movies are shit
>Weed is disgusting
>Cartoons were bad
>Captain Planet is bad

What a bunch of sad, joyless faggots. Get that stick out of your ass, fucking weirdos. Imagine having some fucking fun in life. Couldn't be you. But if you do, just be careful those devil things don't turn you into a communist or a gay.

 

[grump]

If Kamala can go from bottom tier loser at the Democratic Primaries and unpopular bureaucrat nobody likes or cares about to President within the span of a few months having done nothing but sit on her hands in the intervening time, not even really much in the way of campaigning, than America really does deserve her.

 

[George Lucas]

Captain Planet was always bad. For one, it's a really bad rip-off of Super Sentai which was insanely popular in the 90s. Instead of watching spandex heroes engage in mild gymnastics against a horde before getting into the giant robot to fight the kaiju, Captain Planet had the globohomo kids sort of use their rings a little bit before surrendering all their powers to summon Captain Planet, whose weaknesses are pollution and Hitler. Also, he could only be in one place at a time. Even as a kid, I wondered what if something, like stray toxic sludge, were to hit the kids when they were at their most vulnerable. If one of those kids dies, Captain Planet ain't coming back, but there's somewhere on the battlefield with no powers. Pretty big plothole for something that happens every episode. Second, that heart ring power was fucking lame as a power. Other kids got powers like fire or water or wind (and of course Levar Burton got the power to command Roots), but the kid from the rainforest gets something that is not an elemental power. I'm sure there's an episode that explains how heart is totally not a useless power, but it's pretty useless. Finally, Captain Planet was nowhere near as cool as the Megazord or Voltron or whatever, as it was five robots that combined into a giant robot with a giant sword. Captain Planet was like Superman, but loses his power when exposed to toxic sludge, which is far more common that kryptonite.

Captain Planet had pretty damn good animation for a Western show at the time. It was on the level of stuff like Batman and Thundercats. It had good action.

If they remade the series today it would be done in some Flash application and look like shit (like that Harley Quinn show).

 

[Verpa Teutonica Ingens]

What a bunch of sad, joyless faggots. Get that stick out of your ass, fucking weirdos. Imagine having some fucking fun in life. Couldn't be you.

Why don't these "let people enjoy things" redditors ever realize that people can have fun by doing things that aren't smoking weed? I don't even care that much about Tarantino movies or Captain Planet being shit or not, but this line of rhetoric is just annoying.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

Lived for a few years with a pothead - can confirm

My "favourite" habit of theirs is getting those flavored Backwood's cigars to smoke along with the weed thinking that it covers the smell (spoiler: it does not)

Their entire life pretty much revolves around ensuring they continue to have a steady supply or needing to immediately go have a smoke whenever things get anything other than chill. Their friends have to be weed smokers (for easy extra supply) - all their partners in the last 10 years seem to be tied to people who can hook them up with more weed.

I hate the stuff but you may as well legalize it. I'm def for public place bans though.

I've encountered people like this, and ... It's just off-putting to say the least.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a prude or anything about weed. If you're a functioning, responsible adult who likes to partake in it once in a while to lay back and relax (or hell, even once a day is fine), then go for it and enjoy it (just like alcohol). But I have no patience for potheads who base their entire lifestyles around smoking all day.

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

Kamabla lying about McDonald's or tim with 2 different "scout" dogs just feels like they are above these things and why not just say the first thing that comes to mind for a dog name or a first job. "I'm making a lame effort to come down to their level, they're too dumb to notice" It's your pajeet CEO at an all hands meeting talking about making smores on a campfire right after he laid off a bunch of tenured mayos.

I had an ex, grew up in the same suburb as me, was from a family with some money troubles that I think she tried to play up a bit, I overheard her one time telling someone her brothers grew up playing baseball with sticks and rocks. Like, nigger you heard that in a song.

 

[MirrorNoir]

Even if the President is Commander in Chief, a good VP is willing/able to observe, soak things up, and work behind the scenes. That way the VP networks with Congress and other officials to build relationships, take interest and an active role in what's happening on Capital Hill, and is prepared for a potential presidential run in the future.

Heck, Hilary as First Lady made efforts to persuade Congress to create some sort of universal/social health care even though it flopped. I still recall people joking she did more to run the country than her husband. If a first lady can do that, there's no reason a VP can't.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that Kamala had plenty of opportunity over the past 3-plus years to do stuff if she really wanted to make herself look like a decent VP and a decent Presidential candidate. The fact she did not and accomplished little if anything while effectively telling voters, "Trust me, I can do stuff and the job," should make the average person press X to doubt. Whether it was an active choice to do nothing or she was being wrangled/contained away from an active role, that should say something about her - as does the fact she's offered little in the way of original thoughts during her brief campaign so far.

Should be noted that it was heavily rumored that Jill Biden pretty much castrated Kamala, reducing her to just being a Senate tiebreaker vote, because Jill was a power hungry cunt that wanted to run the show behind the curtain and got away with it because Kamala was THAT FUCKING HATED by her fellow Democrats.

 

[Fishmalk Observer]

Should be noted that it was heavily rumored that Jill Biden pretty much castrated Kamala, reducing her to just being a Senate tiebreaker vote, because Jill was a power hungry cunt that wanted to run the show behind the curtain and got away with it because Kamala was THAT FUCKING HATED by her fellow Democrats.

If that dumb DEI cocksucking cunt can't fucking handle DOCTOR Jill Biden why the fuck should we vote for her ?

 

[Irene and 22 others]

If you're a functioning, responsible adult who likes to partake in it once in a while to lay back and relax (or hell, even once a day is fine), then go for it and enjoy it (just like alcohol). But I have no patience for potheads who base their entire lifestyles around smoking all day.

I don't even care about people who are constantly high as long as they're not dickheads about it. I have a relative that is high most of the day but it's a small price to pay for someone who was a horrible alcoholic among the other drugs he previously used. Maybe it's just because he's older and grew up in a time where it was frowned upon, but he's kind enough to do his drugs discretely and isn't nagging anyone else about joining in. Most medical marijuana licenses are bullshit, but there are likely those for whom it is helpful. It's pretty obvious that for too many it's just a lifestyle because I can't think of any other instances where someone has been prescribed a medicine that they wanted to share with other people because it's so great.

 

[Two Dollars]

It’s sad that you people have never had someone to hang out with and smoke weed and fill your bellies with diet soda and play Burnout Revenge for the PS2.

jokes aside, weed is big gay and it smells bad

 

[StarkRavingMad]

I don't even care about people who are constantly high as long as they're not dickheads about it. I have a relative that is high most of the day but it's a small price to pay for someone who was a horrible alcoholic among the other drugs he previously used. Maybe it's just because he's older and grew up in a time where it was frowned upon, but he's kind enough to do his drugs discretely and isn't nagging anyone else about joining in. Most medical marijuana licenses are bullshit, but there are likely those for whom it is helpful. It's pretty obvious that for too many it's just a lifestyle because I can't think of any other instances where someone has been prescribed a medicine that they wanted to share with other people because it's so great.

Under those circumstances, I totally see where you're coming from. Potheads, as much as I don't like them, are much more preferrable to handle than alcoholics.

From a perspective of, let's say, a friend or a friend of a friend, a lot of potheads tend to be ridiculously flaky, never on time, always smelling bad, and just ... Not fun to be around because they're so out of it. And all they talk about is pot and how it's the greatest thing ever because it cures cancer and "isn't addictive" or whatever, lol.

But if I had a family member with lifelong addiction issues and pot was the ONE thing that didn't make them a total nightmare of a person, I would be fine with the pot then.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

People watch that stuff before they even remember it long-term but it still sticks with them. "When you have a family - keep it small." They become people who act like assholes about anyone with more than 2 kids, and they genuinely don't even remember why they think this way. They think it's just how they always thought, and that they got the idea on their own.

"keep families small" is classic anti-nigger messaging. White families don't shit out litters of kids like rats, unlike pakis, indians and niggers.