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It is not a compromise. The point is well made that from a conservative standpoint, it is worse than the "clean" $1.5 Trillion increase the Democrats originally sought. McCarthy has been played and has illustrated his incompetence. It is time to vacate the chair. His choices of Republican congressmen to negotiate were very very poor, and it went downhill from there.

Commented: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 6:52 am By: Steven P. Rader

If you look, I just respond. If it sounds like a broken record ask the site moderators to select different topics. You can't just post crazy stuff and expect everyone to agree.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 9:17 pm By: Big Bob

Really? How many far lefties would agree to nuclear power? I'm far more centric than you give me credit. There really are 80 million of us and we voted for JB.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 9:22 pm By: Big Bob

Just add in the Jewish space lasers and I think you are on to something!

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 9:32 pm By: Big Bob

Let the boy wear what he wants to. He’s right that’s why u all r fussing about this.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 5:26 pm By: Squirl

I have learned more about this bushwhacking that makes it stink even more. Kidwell did not make that remark in debate on the House floor. He was in a break room when the Democrat legislator was carrying on a conversation some distance away rather loudly and said when she had an aborttion, she had gotten the blessings of her church to do it. Kidwell, who was at the coffee mahcine muttered under his breath "must have been the church of Satan" not loud enough for the Democrat legislator to even hear. However, a News and Observer reporter standing closer to Kidwell did hear it and was the one who raised a stink about it

The four GOP establishment legislators who demanded Kidwell resign as assistant majority whip included three who had ambitiions to be Speaker themselves after Tim Moore and considered Kidwell a rival to their right. Speaker Tim Moore was not one of the driving forces in this, although he probably signed off on it, but John Bell was in the thick of it.

Caving in to a whiny, grievance oriented Democrat posturing as a "victim" is bad enough, but colluding on a far left media hit job is even worse. Since its takeover by that California chain, the News and Observer has gone from garcen variety liberal to hard left.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 3:39 pm By: Steven P. Rader

I'm calling Greg Murphy's office tomorrow. This is something that Walter Jones would already be leading the charge against. Murphy seems to be on the fence. If he votes for this excrement sandwick, he should not expect votes from my family or I ever again, and he can expect that we will get behind any conservative primary challenger that comes along. We are getting clobbered by inflation, and that idiot McCarthy wants to let the Democrats keep on spending. That is just unacceptable. The piece linked above that says that McCarthy's deal is worse than the $1.5 Trillion "clean" increase is absolutely right. They haven't even cut out those 87,000 IRS auditor thugs.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 1:19 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Love it when the expression "you people" is used. Acceptance that they exist, isn't enticement. I think you need to sort your own stuff out.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 11:22 am By: Big Bob

Kindness requires strength.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 11:28 am By: Big Bob

What this really shows is that Republicans need leaders with a full set of vertebrae in the General Assembly, not weak sisters like Tim Moore and John Bell who get their panties in a twist when Democrats go into cry baby mode.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 10:13 am By: Conservative Voter

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will always be with us from now until the end of our time, so I am resolved to know all I can about it, use it if necessary, but never embrace it.

Two rules of thumb that I will promote and remain committed to, and these are: 1) AI will never replace the human touch and I will train my eyes, my ears and my intellect to know the difference; 2) Never, and I stress NEVER become complacent with AI, always understanding well that AI will always represent will always be humans vs machines until the end of time.

Complacency will lead to the end of us. That I am well aware of.

Also in the meanwhile, always be wary of humans that are too willing to embrace AI unconditionally. These humans will eventually show tremendous character defects at some point, so be aware of this indicator of such.

Commented: Monday, May 29th, 2023 @ 9:05 am By: Stan Deatherage