Posts by silentbuddha

I love AMERICA . I am a black male, and i have experienced all the ugly stuff that comes with it. My father lived in the same home as his grandmother who was a slave.

They were sharecroppers and they experienced the worst of the worst. However, even as a witness he always said he loved the freedom of this country. He had 9 brothers, 5 who died in wars, from ww2 to Vietnam. They all loved this country and what it stood for when if they never got to experience ALL that it had to offer.

I've been lucky and worked hard andthings worked in my favor so that I can say I am well off.

This country has issues, but what offers the rest of the world is beyond compare and no where else measures up.

James Brown says it best...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj4X0Req9aw

I have been to over 30 countries and some I have spent considerable time in. America is still the place I have been treated the best

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Do You Think the Federalist System in the US Gives States too Much Power?

by RubaDub in

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as time goes on, i keep rethinking this whole thing about states' rights here in the us.

the more i think about it, i think less states' power may be a way to reduce some of the craziness going on.. as mentioned on another thread, you can't even drive now into some states without them checking your license tag where you are from so you have have to be quarantined.

states such as georgia are pretty much wide open.

silentbuddha

The Judge was a Democratic appointed judge and sentence the lady who had kids at home to several days in jail and a 7,000 dollar fine.

@pistolpete

this is the insanity of Democrats that drives me crazy as well. The lovely part of AMERICA is if you live somewhere that doesn't suit your belief system you can up and leave to another location that suits you.

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Do You Think the Federalist System in the US Gives States too Much Power?

by RubaDub in

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friends

as time goes on, i keep rethinking this whole thing about states' rights here in the us.

the more i think about it, i think less states' power may be a way to reduce some of the craziness going on.. as mentioned on another thread, you can't even drive now into some states without them checking your license tag where you are from so you have have to be quarantined.

states such as georgia are pretty much wide open.

silentbuddha

@rubadum

I guess you haven't spent much time in California or North Carolina.

The percentage of people who speak American English in NC is higher than California...

California is also one of the only states that allows a person to marry their first cousin.

Florida, the state you are from has the highest rates of incest in the USA.

Your attempts at humor fail... over and over. Atleast people continue to humor you :)

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Do You Think the Federalist System in the US Gives States too Much Power?

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

as time goes on, i keep rethinking this whole thing about states' rights here in the us.

the more i think about it, i think less states' power may be a way to reduce some of the craziness going on.. as mentioned on another thread, you can't even drive now into some states without them checking your license tag where you are from so you have have to be quarantined.

states such as georgia are pretty much wide open.

silentbuddha

Disagree. The states of the United States are basically like countries within themselves. Huge populations in some, huge economies, and extremely diverse cultures.

can you imagine if the same criteria of California was enforced on Mississippi?

The county I live in in NC does not sell liquor on Sunday and it can't be purchased on any day before 12. Meanwhile a county over there are no restrictions. We prefer it that way. If you want to get drunk go elsewhere, people move here and stay here because there is an old time country feel. We like it.

Our top cop refuses to enforce insane corona restrictions, and he refuses to even consider any of the foolishness regarding gun restrictions. We love it

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What Happened to VP Pence? He Was Put in Charge of the COVID Thing by Trump But Disappeared. Is He in His Basement Too?

by RubaDub in

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what happened to him?

he was supposed to be the "covid-19 czar".

trump made a big deal about appointing him to manage the whole process but after about a week, he disappeared.

silentbuddha

I love how people refer to Trump and Pence as being mentally deficient when they are obviously fairly well educated and business savy....

At the same time the people making these claims were once hyper-religioux themselves, have no post secondary education and are probably scratching the bottom of middle class status... strange

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What’s Up With All These “Racists” Facebook Videos??

by minimus in

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when i go to facebook, they now have tons of vids showing crazy sounding racists men and women of all ages railing against blacks and other minorities.

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is this for real?

silentbuddha

They have always been there, but the masses didn't really care enough to make it a big deal.

Similar to the multitude of videos showing racist black people calling white people bad names.

Let's not forget all the videos of black women expressing disdain for black men because they are no good.

Then the multitude of videos showing hispanics calling black people bad names.

Followed by the videos of the hispanics calling white people bad names.

I liked the times when I could say something or do something stupid and get corrected by someone or take time to grow to a new understanding. Nowadays people do something stupid and they instantly get cancelled :(

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Are You One of the People Considered "Essential" ???

by RubaDub in

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i keep hearing all of the things about "essential" people in this convid-19 virus thing.. well, i woke up this morning, did my morning poop, and just felt like i am essential.

i walked around my house while my wife was still sleeping, did the alexa thing to hear the daily text.

it made me feel good.

silentbuddha

Everybody likes him but maybe he’s bored or something. It’s like he’s purposely cruising for a bruising.

It reminds me of OUTLAW. The images were funny sometimes, but every thread has this torrent of 1993 Animated Gif files that were somewhat meaningful, yet so unnecessary.