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May 25, 2020 15:07:03   #
son of witless wrote:
I see everyone right or left individually. Paul is what he is. You and I will not turn him into a Right Winger. All of us push our agendas. Paul is an honest poster from the left persuasion, which as we both know, is rare on this site. I believe I am more opposite Paul than even you are. I attack his ideas as forcefully as I can, but I try to not attack him personally. I fail at times.

To me throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks is why I am here. If I get slammed personally, I retaliate. If I don't, I try to keep it civil.
I see everyone right or left individually. Paul is... (show quote)


Thank you SOW. I feel the same way about you and many others on OPP.
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May 24, 2020 23:19:27   #
Just be decent human beings, OK?


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May 24, 2020 17:21:11   #
American Vet wrote:
You keep maintaining that stance even though you have been shown to be wrong.

But that aside, wouldn’t protecting the vote be insuring that every person who tries to vote has followed the law regarding registration, etc.? Would that also include proving that the voter is who they claim to be?


You, and others here, have offered various examples of what may be voter fraud. I have not had time to research their validity, but will try to do so.

In the meantime, I am inclined to believe the Brennan Center which, unlike most folks here, is non-partisan.

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud
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May 24, 2020 14:19:25   #
I have my list ready.



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May 24, 2020 14:18:06   #
American Vet wrote:
Do you believe that the vote should be protected from fraud and abuse?


Of course we all believe every vote should be legal.
It's just that some do not see the need to stir up some cockamamie theory about something that, statistically, does not exist.
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May 24, 2020 14:13:16   #
Kickaha wrote:
You're right. And atheist baker should not be forced to bake a religious cake for Christians, Jews, Muslims, or any other religion.
If you wish to force a Christian baker bake a custom cake for a gay wedding, why not try go force a Muslim baker to bake a custom cake for a gay wedding?


What everyone seems to be missing about public accommodation laws is that if a proprietor offers something to one they must offer it to all. He makes wedding cakes, all of them by definition custom. They are not just plain cakes, which he does offer to all. If a Muslim or Atheist offers WEDDING cakes to anyone, the law requires that they offer them to all. It's really very simple. And the baker in question completely understood this. As his case worked its way through the courts he stopped offering wedding cakes to all rather than be forced to make one for a celebration of which he did not approve. As we have seen, SCOTUS has opened a can of worms whereby anyone may claim a religious exemption for anything at all.

Unfortunately, while either party can appeal a SCOTUS ruling, unlike in appeals court SCOTUS may pick and choose which cases it hears. So it is unlikely an appeal would ever be heard.
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May 24, 2020 14:00:22   #
Kickaha wrote:
Even the federal government can do this by, saying for example the possession of small amounts of marijuana are no longer illegal. Then choosing not to prosecute those who were charged prior to the change in law. Even states are prohibited from changing the law to make a legal activity illegal, then retroactively prosecuting anyone for that activity before it became illegal.


Agreed that what you are pointing out has the same effect.
But the Constitution specifically forbids making a law that is retroactive - Ex Post Facto.
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May 23, 2020 20:43:23   #
WEBCO wrote:
Would you feel the same if...a skin head neo-nazi walked into a bakery and ordered a cake celebrating lynching? Would the baker still be legally responsible for provide such a cake?
I say no, how about you?


Lynching is illegal, regardless of the religious views of the proprietor of the bakery. In any case, if the baker made lynching cakes for white people they would be obligated to make them for everyone, people of color, Muslims, Neo-Nazis. That is what is at issue under public accommodation laws.

What Masterpiece cake could have done is hire someone else to bake and decorate the cake, thereby absolving himself of participation. He even could have donated the proceeds of that cake to a charity.
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May 23, 2020 18:26:08   #
Airforceone wrote:
Republicans are willing to vote by mail but not the rest of the country.

Not sure how voter fraud occurs when they send a ballot to everybody on the voter list.

The problem is Republicans don’t want anything to do with paper ballots


That’s because, even with statistically no fraud, they feel they cannot win if it is made easier to vote.
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May 23, 2020 14:42:50   #
dtucker300 wrote:
I agree with your analysis 100%. However, in reference to the Phillips case, how can a law that retroactively makes something illegal be applied to something that was legal when it occurred? How will this apply to the bakers since the SCOTUS has already ruled?


Regardless of new laws or SCOTUS' ruling one way or the other, Article I, section 9, clause 3 of theU.S. Constitution specifically forbids Ex Post Facto federal laws.

But at the state level Ex Post Facto is regularly used to decriminalize some actions (like possession of small amounts of marijuana) that occurred in the past when the actions were illegal.

An interesting use at the state level.
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May 23, 2020 14:18:31   #
bestpal38 wrote:
If I am made to wear a mask, I will shop elsewhere. My choice!! My face!!


That choice I wholeheartedly support.
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May 23, 2020 14:17:10   #
son of witless wrote:
I did not believe that your post was a serious post, so neither was my rebuttal. Of course I have nothing but the highest respect for Mr. Bean, but he is a fictional comic character with no serious aspects to his personality. Your use of him implied that you were not expecting a serious answer. Or in other words I responded to nonsense with nonsense. If you want to claim that he was being factual in his statement and I was not, I would say you are splitting hairs and I claim artistic license.

The only criticism I will accept is that my rebuttal was not up to the comic level of your original post. I will try to do better in the future.
I did not believe that your post was a serious pos... (show quote)


Thanks for elaborating, my friend.
Considering to whom I am married, one might think I would excel at discerning jokes from pushy comments.
I will try to do better myself in the future.

Happy Memorial Day!
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May 22, 2020 23:46:00   #
son of witless wrote:
Democrats are willing to send every Non American in the country a check and a ballot. It all balances out.


You are incorrect, I think you know it, and you have nothing to substantiate your claim.
Anyway, your comment is just emotional knee-jerk reaction to a post that claimed neither agreement nor disagreement with the meme.
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May 22, 2020 23:42:13   #
PJ wrote:
Wolf Counselor is my absolute favorite! Snowflakes melt and cry every time he posts one more Truthful Meme! Democrats Lie and cry 24/7!


You clearly have not read any of my responses to Wolfie.
We go back a ways, and though I would not say we are friends, we have had some respect-tinged conversations in the past (note I dod not say exactly respectful )

Some might call me a snowflake, but I have yet to melt.
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May 22, 2020 19:32:31   #
Interesting.


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