Posts made by brettw97

@raphjd More like Burn Loot Murder.

No problem here. Self-determination in action.

@mnbvcxzz its doing the same thing for me

Does anyone know if Alex Waters from Rock Hard Wrestling wrestled for anyone else or did porn?

Does anyone know if Alex Waters at Rock Hard Wrestling ever did porn?

I agree with AG Sessions on this one.  The 1964 Civil Rights Act never provided protection for us.  It was written years before Stonewall.  While what happened is cruel, we don't get the right to enforce imaginery laws. We should be pushing hard to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to cover us.  That's the way the process is suppose to work, and in a democracy, the process is more important than the result if we want democracy to continue to work.

On the key issues facing the US, what's the difference?  The two key issues facing all nations today are immigration & free trade.  Both parties want immigration.  Dems want votes and GOP wants cheap labor, and because of this, they must have free trade to get access to cheaper raw consumer goods.  Trump has hijacked the Republican Party to oppose these positions, but in reality, the majority of the GOP is in lock step with the Old Guard.  There are social wedge issues, but on the biggest two challlenges, there's a consenus, a consenus I vehemently oppose.

What does calling the Russian elections corrupt accomplish?  The only two elements of the Russian elections that are corrupt was having a potential opposing candidate and state run media media giving Putin overwhelming positive coverage.  He could turn that against the US, arguing that US MSM picked sides, and Hillary tainted law enforcement and start asking what gives the US the moral authority.

Putting PR aside, Putin is incredible popular in Russia, according to most Western polling firms between a 72-79% approval rating.  He was going to win this election regarless.  We do need Russian help to end the Ukrainian and Syrian conflicts, and we need their ongoing assistance in combating terrorism.  Remember, how they warned the US about the Boston bombers, but the FBI was incompetent?  In International Affairs, calling out every single thing you don't like isn't productive.  We should refrain from calling out BS, and call out only those things that we genuinely care about, the things that truly affect our relationship.

Brady Jensen is still my favorite retired porn star.  What current porn stars look similar to him?

Switzerland is the most heavily armed nation, and yet has practically no homicides.  Same can be said of Japan, in which they are disarmed.  On Australia, the data is inconclusive, as their experiment is in the relative youthful stages of long term data.  Australia has seen a spike in violent crime recently, but I would refrain from using them for comparison purposes until there's at least ten more year worth of data to draw from.

However, in the United States, the problems are much more complex.  Do you live on a rural ranch in New Mexico near the US-Mexican border where cartels are as heavily armed in many cases as the US military?  Do you live on a rural farm in Kentucky where your neighbors maybe in high end meth production in a county with literally just a couple of law enforcement officers available?  The problem is trying to narrow down the problems of such a vast country into a few simple statements.

Truth is the law already prohibits the mentally ill & felons from legally purchasing guns.  However, the loopholes are astounding because the money was never invested to get all 50 state to use the same database.  Then, with state by state HIPPA laws, mental health professionals are too afraid of being sued by their patients to do the due dilligence on what is needed, and in other states, felons are often granted full rights back so that they can vote, which in some states include gun rights.  There's alot to unpackage to have real reform.

@brianboru72:

Speaking as someone on the outside looking in- I do understand the need for gun ownership for protection and hunting purposes. However, it really feels like it has been taken to an extreme level and needs to be reined in.
For instance- would assault rifles and automatic weapons really be needed for hunting or self-defense?
And as for mental illness- as much as I see your point about responsible, medicated gun owners who have minor mental illness, as a point of public safety, I personally would feel better with stricter restrictions.

In the end, the statistics speak for themselves. Places like Australia and Japan have proven that limiting gun ownership leads to a big drop in gun related deaths and shootings. So really it becomes a question of what is more important- the lives of potential future victims, or the freedom to carry.

The Supreme Court rule in previous cases that law enforcement has no legal obligation to protect you.  You cannot leagally sue law enforcement from failing to protect you, but they can be sued if they screw up and shoot you.  If law enforcement does not have a legal responsibility to protect you, then why should you give up your capacity to defend yourself?

Then, look at nations like the UK, Sweden, France & Germany that have given up their guns.  You will literally spend more time in jail for a crude joke than you will if you are a migrant who commits a serious crime, such as rape.  The ultimate point of gun ownership is to safeguard against a tyrannical government, as last century alone saw over 120 million deaths at the hands of regimes where the populace was disarmed and unable to defend themselves.

Our policy on Chechnya makes it a dumpster fire.  When the Sovet Union fell apart, Chechnya fought a war a separatist war to break away from Yeltsin's Russia.  Yeltsin fought to keep Chechnya.  When Putin came to power, the war was raging, and the US forced a settlement down Russia's throat, who was weak at that time, to allow Russia to keep Chechnya in exchange for Muslim autonomy in Chechnya.  Any change on our position in Chechnya permits Putin to reopen that can of worms.  We never should have forced the original Chechnya settlement on Russia.

Actually, the police did screw up royally here.  Several family members in law enforce.  New SOP for active shooter/mass casualty situations is not to wait and establish perimeter.  Post-Columbine the SOP is to immediately charge in, neutralize the threat, and secure the scene for EMS.  None of that occurred here.  The police held back waited for SWAT, tried to negotiate.  None of this is SOP.

Seriously, I thought he was going to fall out of his chair and collapse when Hillary gave her acceptance speech at the DNC.  He doesn't look well at all.

As much as I want to sympathize on with Bret Weinstein, I don't.  He talked about his progressive values on Tucker Carlson, Twitter, and to the New York times, but those progressive values are what gives us identity politics that created this mess.  Some of the responsibility is at Weinstein's door bc the ideology he supports inevitably leads to this.

We should reject this deal because it's not in our interests.  Period.  It does nothing to curb the two biggest polluters on Earth today: India & China.  They've only agreed to cap how much more pollution they'll emit, but they continue increasing the amounts yearly under the agreement despite the fact China is so polluted you can't even see China from space.

Then, there's the wealth redistribution aspects to the agreement whereby first world nations agree to pay third world nations for climate change, which is not in any national interest.  The truth about climate change is that the Earth is getting overpopulated.  Europe and North America addresses that policy already.  Look at the size of families in most first world countries.  However, those issues aren't being addressed in the third world, nor are they part of any Paris Accord.

I'm for measures to tackle climate change, but I'm not going to endorse any deal that (a) not in our national interests and (b) fails to address the root of climate change.

It's a bad decision.  I have friends and family that have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, and even they're not thrilled with the idea of even Islamic allies migrating here.  The reason is that while they were allies on the battlefield, you wouldn't want them as your neighbor.  My cousin was telling me how his interpreter saved their hide, and when they gave candy to some of the kids, the same interpreter encouraged the boys to kick the crap out of the girls who received the candy and admonished the boys who didn't.

Quite frankly, it's hard to know what we're getting in terms of cultural values, and that's a frightening prospect.  If we're going to take on migrants in the long run, such an addition should be contingent first on a major reformation within Islam itself, or else I fear many more Pulses are headed to Western society.

I majored in International Affairs and have my law degree.  He's got no choice but to return these properties.  It's one thing to revoke diplomatic immunity; it's another entire matter to seize diplomatic property.  Russian consulates, embassies, and general diplomatic missions, regardless of the fact they're in the United States are Russian Property and fall under all Russian laws.

Having went to college in DC, it's why us underage college kids used to love the Russian Embassy on Halloween.  All the kids from GW & Georgetown would line up outside the gate to walk through to get our free shots of vodka, which was perfectly legal because on Russian territory, the drinking age wasn't 21.

Essentially, seizing a diplomatic outpost is considered a hostile act, even an act of war under diplomatic protocol.  Putin opted not to respond to Obama's taunt because he figured Obama was going to be out soon enough, but if they're not returned, he's going to pick the best American real estate in Russia and return the favor.  This is a suck it up buttercup moment, nothing conspiratorial.

Secret Service protocol is you go on a No Events list.  That can be overruled by the President, but even if overruled Secret Service assigns extra agents to tag you & you must be accompanied at all times by a White House staffer.

A few things.  First, Kathy is different from other such instances in the past due to both her celebrity status and her contract with CNN.  Yes, she did have an employment contract with CNN when she posted this image, and even though CNN fired her, CNN's hesitation in doing so makes many ponder whether or not the media endorses this type of behavior against Trump.  This will hurt Democrats in the Rust Belt, whether you agree with what she did or not.

Second, those who threatened Presidents in the past were subject to Secret Service investigations, including Ted Nugent and the guy who burned Obama in effigy, and Madonna after her White House threats.  That means that those figures will be considered persona non grata for events at the White House and Presidential functions, hence why Nugent wasn't playing.  Now, if the Secret Service when evaluating this threat finds any emails, and they will subpeona Kathy's emails, that indicate she hopes some one will act on it, she will be charged with threatening the life of the President.  Let's hope she's not that stupid.

There are consequences for Free Speech.  If you do something stupid that embarrasses your employer, you will be fired.  Secret Service will ban you for Security reasons, and if Secret Service finds intent to act on that speech, you will be charged.  It was not a laughing matter for all the other nutjobs before, and it's not a laughing matter here.