Radar OReilly

Those are good questions. Looking forward to hear how some here answer

nonalien1 Loc: Mojave Desert

The border is considered open when anyone can cross without fear of arrest. A closed border is when you can only enter at designated entry points after showing ID if requested so they know who is entering the country.
Code1324 (a)1(I) transporting
Code 1324(a)1 (III) harboring
Code1324(a)1(iv) encouraging
Transporting is after they have crossed. Maximum penalties are a fine and 5 years in federal prison
Each alien is a separate charge.
I'm not afraid just less safe. That applies to everyone . Especially border states residents. I see plenty of illegal aliens daily. If you think a quarter million aliens a month coming across our borders isn't an invasion you are deluded. Over three hundred caught that were on the terrorist watch list. How many 'got aways' do you think might be terrorists? Biden didn't start illegal immigration but he is responsible for the increase. And America don't need the added burden of care and housing of these people who willingly broke the law to get here. By the way Straight , did you come here legally? How does it make you feel.

straightUp Loc: California

LOL - a noun is either proper or it isn't. If it's a reference to a specific person or group like Biden or the Democrats then you capitalize. If it's a reference to a concept like democracy then you don't. (used in the context of a proper noun - lol) - no wonder you folks get so confused. I'd love to see you explain that one.


All the determinant "a" does is make the reference non-specific as opposed to a specific reference such as "the democracy in Japan". It's still a concept and not an actual organization. Japan's democracy doesn't have a phone number or an address or a title or any of the things that would make it an organization.

Think about it genius... If what you said was true we would have to capitalize EVERYTHING preceded with "the"... There's a problem with the Brakes... Can you pass the Potatoes... Did you get rid of the Junk?

Anyway, thanks for the giggle.


I see where your confusion is... You apparently don't understand how to use a dictionary. The "b" at the start of what you are calling the "rest of the definition" denotes a second example. Words can sometimes have more than two meanings or sometimes a dictionary will offer multiple examples of a meaning that applies to many things and they will enumerate them with lower-case letters.

Here's the the whole entry taken from Merriam-Webster...
a
: government by the people
especially : rule of the majority
b
: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

Just so you know, "b" doesn't negate "a".

Even in the second iteration, you seem to miss the fact that is says "directly OR indirectly".

What really makes this funny is that in this discussion where your side is insisting that the presence of representatives makes it a republic and NOT a democracy, you come along with a definition that actually includes representatives as part of a democracy.

It's like all I have to do is duck out of the way and let you hillbillies shoot each other.


No, it wouldn't... if you were to say, "The United States of America" - THAT would be a proper noun; by referring to "the" republic you are still referring to a concept, even though it's a specific reference. This is why we still write things like "yes, you can take the car today" instead of "yes, you can take the Car today." But carry on...


First of all, you are literally confirming that a republic is a democratic form of government. That actually does make it a democracy AND a republic, not just one or the other. So, I don't know if you realize this or not but you are actually supporting my argument.

Secondly, my definition of a republic being any form of government that isn't a monarchy is a simplified definition. I often reference the simplest definition as a common denominator to simplify my arguments. The fact is not every republic in history had the same level of democracy or limits on power but the common denominator is that they NEVER had a monarch. This was the focus for republicans like Jefferson (note the lower case - the Republican Party hadn't been created yet.) Jefferson was well aware that the British already had a representative democracy in the form of a parliament and that wasn't the thing he wanted to change. What he wanted to change was the head of state, not so much the form of government. He preferred the idea of a republic that would elect a president as the head of state rather than a king.

But, if you want to expand the definition, I would agree that most republics today are indeed democratic forms of government with limits on power.

Now, getting back to the topic... When you hear people on the left talking about the threat to democracy, they are not necessarily suggesting that democracy will disappear entirely. They are more likely referring to a degradation of democracy that will affect our representation.


That's true. Instead, we have representatives that vote on the issues on our behalf. That doesn't mean it's not a democracy, it simply means it's a representative democracy, although I would argue that such representation degrades when representatives are too busy fighting with each other to actually vote on ANY issues.

One thing I want to point out that people somehow forget. When we elect our representatives that *IS* a direct democracy.


Are you worried you might screw up if you do?

facts matter

Biden and Speaker Johnson have agreed on an immigration bill. Let's see if it passes.

straightUp Loc: California

You're entitled to your opinion.


I know that 3 weeks ago, I lost my wallet on a Delta flight to Oakland, CA and that when I had to board a plane back to Philadelphia it was still missing. I was taken aside by the TSA officers and interviewed. It took about 15 minutes but they let me board... without an ID. Last week, Delta found my wallet and mailed it to me, so it all ended happily but that's a first hand example, proving your statement incorrect. Yes, you and your kid CAN board a plane without an ID, you just have to be vetted.

There are a lot of refugees who are literally running for their lives from really messed up places. It's idiotic to assume they can always just walk down to the office to get proper ID.

"Ah, do you have an ID?"
"No, it was lost when my house was bombed."
"Well, why didn't you replace it?"
"We didn't have time, the narco-terrorists were killing everyone. We had to get out."
"Oh, well, you have to have ID. I can't help you. The system won't let me."

You folks never think about that do you? Are you just that ignorant or do you just not care?


Great idea.


Ask the TSA they do it all the time. So do the workers at election booths. Honestly, I don't see the problem. Hire people. We need the jobs anyway.

Seems to me like your trying really hard to come up with excuses.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

So has Trump ever said these things or are you just making them up as you go. Was any of your "concerns" going on during his first administration? You'll have to ask good old Bill how much Putin pays to cozy up, think they paid him a half a million.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

Wonder if the fact they can pull your ID up from the state it was issued in, has anything to do with them letting you board. What are the odds that we can do that with the illegal immigrants from 150+ other countries? I didn't have my insurance card when in accident, cop took my info, contacted insurer and they confirmed I had insurance, same thing they can do to confirm my ID at DMV.

It's not the same and you are just trying to justify these millions of invaders Joe invited in.

microphor Loc: Home is TN

TSA already has the people in their system and flights booked. They still ask for ID before you're cleared to enter boarding areas. Are you dense or just playing that way.

straightUp Loc: California

That would be complacency. I'm not the one who made that assertion, that was someone else. I responded, pretty much with what you just said... I said complacency might hurt your best interest or your party's agenda but it won't actually hurt democracy.

A person who doesn't vote, simply doesn't get counted.


You've hinted at this a few times in recent responses to my posts... what is it that you're getting at? As far as I am concerned, I am just using common sense, so if you think I have some delusion of novelty, think again. It's only exotic in the broom closet of John Galt Fantasyland.


Yeah... again, it's common sense. I made it a main topic because despite that people may have mentioned it before, there are still far more posted opinions that don't line up with that lil' bit of common sense.

Everyone has common sense but emotions can override it... things like pride, resentment, fear, faith, hatred, love, loyalty... not all bad things but it doesn't hurt to remind people to use their common sense, right?


Well, that's a dreary thought.

straightUp Loc: California

LOL... What makes you think just because they boarded without ID, they weren't actually asked for it?

federally indicted mattoid

Oh gosh, thanks for the laughs. Red fish guy's been spanked with a dictionary.

I gotta hand it to you s'up. You're better than late night hosts.

At least these folks can learn something if they try.

Rose42

You people should try too.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I've been to the border too, Skippy. Ports of entry are completely different than the wide open Rio Grande.
I just watched the CBS news where they showed people wading that river to get here.
Eagle Pass, Texas.

I'll give it to you that you can pull the wordy wordsmith garbage, and make a decent argument sometimes.

But, in the case of the border, you're either stupid, a liar, or a schill for the invasion of My country.

You're an immigrant?
Are you a citizen?
Where did you come from?
How did you get here?
What is your native nationality?

Like I said, you provide decent arguments; but the self righteous, condescending, narcissistic gaslighting gives you away.

federally indicted mattoid

I did actually.

By reading what straightup wrote. Not everyone is as well-read as he is.

I'm happy that he's sharing his knowledge.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

He kicks your dumb ass. I'll give him that.