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So? Why cant he references Christian ethics?
I know several people who are NOT Christians but still respect and admire Christian ethics? One could think of it as a goal to achieve.

Commented: Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 @ 10:42 pm By: Washingtonian

The Green New Deal scam is part of the climate scam, but it is much more sinister than just that. AOC's Chief of Staff, speaking of the Green New Deal just after AOC introduced it, stated, "Do you guys think of it as a climate thing? Because we think of it as a 'how-do-you-change=the-entire-economy' thing".

Commented: Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 @ 4:10 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

Roadkill: you're dead on the money, dude. The way things operate now publicly/ behind the scenes for years blows the minds of the general public at large. Problems at hand then become put in file 13 and labeled as "conspiracy theory"; they shut down and look like they've seen a ghost.

Then there's the milk toast Republicans/closet bizarro Neo-Cons who know what's going on and refuse to actually do anything to gain back position on the console; they don't want to lose that kickback or their seat at the Country Club Gala.

Those who know what's going on are very few in number. Nothing is black and white...just different shades of gray.

Commented: Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 @ 9:01 am By: John Valley

Its my belief that the complexities of Govt has outgrown the ability of most human brains to manage. Either that, or they are just too lazy to think about these things for more than 2 minutes. Its EVERYWHERE.
Too many times we have asked a City Council member a question and their response has been, "I dont know, I'll have to ask the City Manager."

Commented: Monday, June 29th, 2026 @ 1:24 pm By: RoadKill

The high cost of medical care and health insurance goes directly back to the flood of illegal alien parasites the Biden regime allowed into the country. Under federal law, hospitals cannot turn away anyone, including illegal aliens from Emergency Rooms, so that is where illegal alien deadbeats go for "free" health care. Hospitals absorb this grift by padding the bills of paying patients and their insurance companies to cover their losses on the illegal alien deadbeats. Some hospitals in the southwest have been on the verge of bankruptcy trying to cover this financial drain. It is hurting all hospitals.

That law needs to be changed so that hospitals are not required to give routine health care to people who are illegally in the couuntry. They ought to have to raise charitable funds to run a charity ward, not bill it to paying patients and their insurance companies. Genuine acute emergencies like a car accident or heart attack maybe should be different, but illegal aliens should not be getting routine care at the expense of paying American patients as is happening now.

Commented: Monday, June 29th, 2026 @ 1:10 pm By: borderhawk

Parents ought to always watch what public schools, or any schools, are teaching their kids. There is too much crap being fed to their little minds these days. Kids should not be groomed for a deviant lifestyle by the schools.

Commented: Monday, June 29th, 2026 @ 8:12 am By: Bubba

Why John Valley? Partly because the media presents all the news as if they were the Anchors calling the plays of a football game. Who's up? Who's down, who made a mistake, who is the hero of the game? Whose fault it is, and on and on and on. Everything in the news seems to be a competition of winners and losers...which changes day to day.
But there is something else, most conservatives believe u cant cheat an honest man, meaning that such a person knows that nothing is free and everything has a cost. If a govt can give you everything, then they can take everything away as well. A half truth is a whole lie. I dont trust anyone anymore. Sadly I worry abt my favorite Commissioners. So far so good, but... they r only human. Will A.I. decide we dont deserve to live. I'd say its debatable. However, I did note that the soccer fans think the USA is wonderful. Its a bright spot in my day.
Why distrust Dems? They believe "the ends justify the means!" It shows a lack of integrity.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 7:31 pm By: RoadKill

JV, Why is it that some want to give Obama and the Democrats a pass for mangling our health care system with Obamacare, centralized and controlled by an unaccountable bureaucracy? If some younger folks don't grasp what happened, it is probable that is because Obamacare is all they have known and they do not remember when medical care was cheaper before Obamacare was imposed on us by the federal government.

Obamacare is an example of classic fascist economic doctrine, called the corporate state. While businesses were left in private ownership, they were subject to rigid government control.

One of the problems with trying to get out from under Obamacare is that all of its regulations and compliance with them has been a huge factor in the consolidation of medical services. Instead of independent physicians offices and partnerships, hospitals have bought up most medical practices and they are now conglomerates. Insurance companies no longer give us the options in coverage that we once had. It will be hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

Australia's version of Obamacare, which they call Medicare, created the same consolidation of the medical field into conglomerates. This was imposed by a Labour government, and when the Liberal / National coalition came back inot power, they campaigned on ending the program, but found that the consolidation of healthcare made it virtually impossible.

Romneycare stunk as much as Obamacare, which shows that RINOs and Democrats are often on the same philosophical wavelength. I also blame RINO Mitch McConnell for blocking efforts early on to try to undo Obamacare. Mitch McConnell might as well be a closet Democrat.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

All countries have some legal process to immigrate legally, where applicants are properly vetted. When someone chooses to defy those laws and just sneak in, they deserve to be arrested and deported. That is true in any country. It is called the Rule of Law Every country's immigration laws need to be respected and strictly enforced.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 12:37 pm By: borderhawk

CT,
Right here in Washington, one of my prescription medications cost more when I use my insurance, than when I dont. $10 more! WHY?

Commented: Saturday, June 27th, 2026 @ 10:55 am By: Befuddled

The medical insurance problem is a creature of Obamacare, which is the fault of the Democrats, but health care costs, and consequently health insurance rates have gone up because of the unpaid medical care given to illegal aliens. That is again a Democrat-caused problem. Gas prices are already coming down.

Commented: Saturday, June 27th, 2026 @ 9:05 am By: Concerned Taxpayer