Train derailment danger being covered up?

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McDad said:
My son and I did that last time.

I got too melancholy. the death and destruction was simply too much for me to take in in a few hours.

I think it is good. Definitely worth it. But if I went again, I would pace myself better.
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Sage advice.. I went to the Dachau memorial in Germany and it was pretty awful, but I am glad I went at the same time if that makes sense
 
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We have reached the point that we are being told mountain out of molehill with Republican Executive, and burying a mountain under a molehill with regards the MSM.
Everything is so political.
 
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luthervol said:
I've been worried that my "long term" was much longer term than I thought, so I hope you are correct.
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You missed my point.

What you think is long term thinking is really short term thinking based on an assumption that the policies you support as a "progessive" are actually progressive. They at best only progressive in the sense that they are counter to the falsefied political conservative option. But would be objectively viewed as regressive in the context of humanity.

Take any "leftist" subject you want, its regressive.
Environmental? The green industry of today is a shadow of its early 2010 self with an over reliance on non sustainable PV panels instead of the myriad of technologies that were progressing at the time. Look at those who support these ideas alledgely, they dont clean up after their rallies, they consume as much as previous generations, spend time on electronic devices requiring more power generation and unsustainable mining, with no push to fix this glaring hypocrisy.
Racial? More divided than ever, you have people being cancelled (another regression) for a rap lyric, you have one side of the equation who is not even allowed to voice an honest opinion.
Health care? We just saw society fall back on a false prophet in a white lab coat because he had an impressive title who made such bad decisions they are now asking for "amnesty" from those decisions. Instead of pushing established policies, weight loss, exercise, fresh air and sunlight, that would have lead to a more healthy nation overall, they relied on guesses and abuses of power.
Equality has been distorted out of all sense of reality. What made America great was the equality of opprotunity, now that isnt enough. only equality of outcome matters. No matter the relative input, and success is regarded and treated as a societal sin to ask for forgiveness for.
Income inequality. As we have gotten more and more "progessive" the gap only continues to grow, look at Covid. Amazon, walmart did great, mom and pop? Not so much, because of specific targeted programs designed to bury businesses and individuals in red tape rather than their stated goals.
The laughably named "inflation reduction act" which spends trillions more dollars we dont have. It's trying to fight fire with gasoline, with no targetted programs to actually reduce inflation, yay another .5% in January.
Welfare, an ever increasing welfare umbrella means more and more people are now requiring welfare. I dont see anyway to argue that more people NEEDING welfare is a good thing.
The border, a topic so fundamental to how our nation was created has taken so many steps back it threatens the fabric of our nation, and the only proposed solutions boil down to ignoring it, regression again.
Abortion? We have again "equalized" part of society by denying a more vulnerable population based purely on where they reside and the personal wishes of someone who admittedly is at best actively seeking their death of the life in question. This is of course helping drive the impending age gap we have barreling down on us that is only marginally offset by immigration.
Any number of other issues could be boiled down to cosmetic differences that have no real impact on the functioning of this nation, and could arguably be defined as hurting humanity as a whole.

Regression regression regression.

That's not to say the right, conservatives, whoever, have the right, as in the correctness, of it. Just showing how your "long term view" is not long term at all. You would rather be seen doing something, anything, than actually do it correctly over the wrong term.

For what it's worth I could easily do the exact same for the right.
 
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joevol33 said:
I'd definitely take Trump back over the train wreck (no pun intended 🤣) we have now. Good economy, we could afford gas, food, etc, he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. Truth is, if he'd ran as a Democrat, these people that are so obsessed with him would love him. I mean they called him racist, never once could post him saying anything racist, but voted for a guy who has said racist stuff his whole career, just because he's a Democrat.
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You're huffing paint if you think he would have made it past the democratic primary.
 
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hog88 said:
Not trying to hide from the world. What's happening is the urban dwellers are trying to force one size fits all policies/ideas on rural America. What works or (mostly) doesn't work in urban areas might not work or even be wanted in rural America yet it keeps getting shoved down their throats.

It all goes back to reducing the size, scope and power of the federal government to a point where it doesn't matter to the average American urban or rural.
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If you been paying attention in tennessee, there are a lot of rural legislators who have decided they want to get involved in the local government decisions of Memphis and Nashville lately. So much for home rule...
 
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They are, but the ones in TN aren't going to change and they are espousing the exact opposite of what you posted.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
They are, but the ones in TN aren't going to change and they are espousing the exact opposite of what you just posted.
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No, you’re trying to compare state government to the federal one. Different animals. What Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville do affects the rest of the state. What Michigan does has no bearing on the rest of the states.
 
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hog88 said:
No, you’re trying to compare state government to the federal one. Different animals. What Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville do affects the rest of the state. What Michigan does has no bearing on the rest of the states.
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You're the one who started urban and rural talk, not me.
 
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joevol33 said:
You guys would've loved him. He only became hated because he ran as republican.
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"You guys."

Lol. He became hated because he was a self-serving arrogant ass who only attracted the most obnoxious, cousin-kissing base.

You don't know anything about my political beliefs.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
"You guys."

Lol. He became hated because he was a self-serving arrogant ass who only attracted the most obnoxious, cousin-kissing base.

You don't know anything about my political beliefs.
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You’re a big Marion Barry supporter.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
"You guys."

Lol. He became hated because he was a self-serving arrogant ass who only attracted the most obnoxious, cousin-kissing base.

You don't know anything about my political beliefs.
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Did you or did you not vote for Joe Biden?

Your views are in line with who you vote for?
 
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