barneypiccolo

Back in my adventurous days, I tried lots of stuff, and I also found coke to be no big deal. It just didn't do it for me. Neither did alcohol. Weed was my drug of choice, probably because I was a creative type, and weed inspired creativity more than any other substance.

Everybody wants something different from their drug of choice.

Its because conservatives have actively meddled in the educational system, and kept kids from learning and practicing Critical Thinking Skills. At the same time, they used the vast Conservative Propaganda Machine to teach people to rely on Faith-Based Thinking, where they believe whatever they are told, no matter how absurd or outlandish, as long as it comes from someone in authority, such as a radio/tv talk show host, a politician, a preacher, a cop, a boss, etc.

Thats why they went so hard after evangelicals. They have already proven that they will build their entire lives around the most bizarre mythology and fairy tales written by neolithic goatherders, so all they had to do was get them to accept their political fairy tales, too.

Critical Thinking Skills are the most important part of any person's education, and Conservatives have actively suppressed it. That's why the Department of Education has always been one of their worst enemies. The 'liberal indoctrination" they are always screaming about are Critical Thinking Skills.

Salt on watermelon, and salt on pineapple.

Also, cayenne pepper on anything chocolate - brownies, ice cream, etc.

You are absolutely wrong that gun permits are necessary in all states. In Florida, the state Constitution actually prohibits gun permits/ registration. In fact, DeSatan recently lowered the age of gun ownership to 18, and removed the requirement for a 4 hour class in order to get a carry permit. So an 18 year old can just buy a gun, stick it in their waistband, and walk out of the store, totally legally.

The result of these laws, or lack of them, is that we just had a college campus shooting by an 18 year old. He was able to legally walk around with a gun without breaking the law, until he set foot on campus, where it is still prohibited. OTOH, the state legislature tries every year to pass a law that permits guns on college campuses, and new congressman Randy Fine just sponsored a bill to do that in February. Considering we just had a lethal campus shooting at FSU, its doubtful it will pass this year either.

Calling hIm "terrible," undersells it. He is, by all objective measure, the most prolific traitor in American history, literally worse than all other American traitors COMBINED.

He was already firmly established by historians as the worst president in American history following his first term, despite historians usually wishing to wait a decade before making their assessment. He was such a terrible president in his first term, that they didnt have to wait for his legacy to settle. Now he is only digging the hole of his legacy even deeper.

I encourage any MAGA to be outraged, and join the Russian army to exact their revenge on behalf of one of their own.

His family is MAGA, they are treasonous Russian assets.

They'll try to believe it, but they'll know the truth.

You and me, brother, we could be friends.

Or that Ball Park Hot Dog Oligarch DINO Elissa Slotkin, who gave the Democratic response to HitlerPig's SOTU address, and started by trying to sell the concept that there were millions of people who voted a straight Democratic ticket, except for HitlerPig at the top.

Sure, there were probably a few, but they are as rare as white squirrels. She was the water carrier for the weak Democratic excuse that HitlerPig win "fair & square," so they could act smug about their "peaceful transfer of power" to literal Nazis. Something to really be proud of, assholes.

Anyhoo, she came out this week and said that they should stop attacking the "Oligarchy," basically saying that people are too stupid to understand what the word oligarchy means. Of course she thinks that, she's a Sociopathic Oligarch herself, a DINO at best, and a MAGA Oligarch Mole at worst. Remember that she was previously a CIA analyst, so she comes from a world where lies and duplicity are a valued skill.

She's a snake, and I hope she gets successfully primaried for reelection.

Thats not true. Partisans don't understand how true Independents think about politics. Often they think Indies are Centrists, or wishy washy Conservatives or Democrats. I've been an Unafilliated Independent since I first registered to vote in 1977. I have voted Republican, Democratic, and 3rd party, but I have always voted. Being an Unafilliated Independent means that I have ALWAYS had to choose the lesser of two evils.

I don't choose my positions on issues based on my party affiliation, like party members do. I choose my positions based on my research, and my determination as to the best solution to solve the problem, no matter which side of the spectrum that falls. Sometimes its on the right (death penalty, guns, etc.), and sometimes its on the left (abortion, social safety nets, etc.).

Most often, including the issues I just mentioned, I am somewhere in a grey area, supporting positions that aren't even on the table, but would make more sense that those that the parties supports, which tend to be based more on whatever will attract votes, rather than whatever will work best.

For instance, I think we should preserve the Death Penalty, but it should be extremely rare, and used only for the most heinous crimes, such a serial murderers or child torture murderers, and even then, only when the guilt is not in dispute in any way. It should be used only a handful of times a decade. Guns should be legal, but have guardrails like a 21 yo ownership age, training for concealed carry, and limitations on military style weapons, high capacity magazines, etc. Abortion should be easily available in the first trimester, and very difficult in the final trimester.

Its hard to occupy positions outside of the mainstream, because its much harder to navigate nuance, and many people dont have the Critical Thinking Skills to have confidence in their own decisions. Its much easier to listen to what your party wants, and choose to adopt their position.

Overall, I make my choice for President (and other offices) based on which candidate I believe is going to be a move America in a Constructive direction, which is why I often refer to myself as a Constructive Unafilliated Independent. These days, I am only voting for Democrats, because there is no Republican Party, and the MAGA Party is the most treasonous, seditious, corrupt, most Destructive party in American history, and I will not vote for anyone who supports them in the slightest way, and that includes weak-willed Democrats who vote for MAGA legislation or appointments.

He's an anchor baby of illegal immigrants, an American only by way of Birthright Citizenship, which HitlerPig opposes and wants to end. If he doesn't fully, enthusiastically cooperate to HitlerPig's full satisfaction, he'll be deported to Cuba.