Snoofy,

"It raises some pretty obvious questions."

Yes..it most certainly does.

Are you a creep?

Snoofy,

Do you drive a car without a license?

Donner,

"Bill wanted to be a woman when he grew up."

Nope...never.

Dylan,

"The point, though, is that the OP posted that Democrats are for "unfettered immigration." That is a blatant falsehood."

But is it really?

I mean...either you support full compliance with the law or don't.

Personally, the way I see it, if you don't expect full compliance with the law, you are supporting de facto "unfettered immigration".

I should rephrase that.

A small number of holes can be manageable.

Once you get past the point where there's more water coming in than is being removed, your fate is sealed.

The US simply can not sit back and let people come into the country without going through proper channels and being vetted.

The fact they happen to be mostly of Latin origin doesn't make this racially motivated.

Dylan,

"Can you please provide a few names and policy positions or quotes that show their support for totally open borders?"

I don't think your question has any point.

It's not what degree of openness you support.

It's whether you believe in closed borders or not.

Sort of like a boat with holes.

How many holes or size of holes doesn't matter.

Miz,

"in a perverted sort of way it's interesting to see power in the hands of a character like this"

Seems to me that's why the 2 term limit exists in the first place.

To protect the country from such ideas.

I don't know if he's right his supporters would "demand" as he says but it's a moot point.

"they were his father now, not mine."

oops...you get the point.

Nixon,

Because I didn't really want to go. I didn't love him anymore. And besides, they were his father now, not mine.

Parents can destroy the affection children have for them and can gain the love from people they aren't related.

Ephesians 6:1
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother"
"Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

These 2 sentences are one after the other. It wouldn't only be fathers but it could have said parents.

People who don't read the Bible miss the full point of things when they take verses out of context. Christian teaching is about husbands and wives both being respectful and loving to each other, as well as children obeying their parents and parents not provoking their children.

The big picture of Christianity is so much different, in my opinion, from how many churches and leaders try to use scripture to manipulate rather than instruct in love.

It has had the effect of dissuading many people who might have become believers and followers of Christ.

My dad divorced my mom when I was still a kid living at home and remarried a woman with sons from a previous marriage.

He did things with them he never did with me.

When he died about 30 years later they told me there was no point in coming to the funeral since they were now his sons and me the step son.

And the Bible says to honor your parents.

Shouldn't they have to be honorable?

My son came to visit me today and we made plans for next weekend me and my wife and his family will all get together.

Sweet.

Hollywood once again thinking they are saving the world.

Even the actors take themselves so seriously they get on camera and act they're benevolent Gods.

Are they going to send a copy to Kim Jong-un, the President of Iran and Vladimir Putin?

Bored,

You really don't understand me like you must think.

One is plenty enough.

Really...I figure I'm in the same boat as a lot of men my age who are married and their wife has become old and winkled.

Men who are totally straight look around and see...well...something younger and prettier they would enjoy to be with...and well...sure...the truth is if I was single I would feed the need and these totally straight guys are compromising for the good of their marriage just like I do.

But...married as long as I have been just assume we have a lot more going than you think.

I've read statistics for couples our age and we're doing a lot better than most our age just regular normal getting it on.

We enjoy each other physically, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and our values match very well.

Sometimes I have felt a little self pity because I had to compromise more than a lot of people but it was my choice.

And the truth is I had a lot better life than I would have if I had remained in the gay lifestyle.

Some people flourished in the gay world and fit it and and some didn't. Statistically the overwhelming majority of gay men I knew back then are now dead. Expected life spans are shorter for gay men.

Remember I was out in the 70's....a much harder time for gays than today.

I made my choice marrying a woman and it was the "right" thing for me.

Bored,

"All the women I know are liberal and none seem entitled."

Then I stand corrected.

This thread reminds me of a question I've always wondered about liberal couples.

To be perfectly honest doing the deed, the couple is done when the guy is done.

How do liberal women handle that intellectually?

Knowing that it's really about the guy getting a happy ending.

Anything after that is overtime and frankly...sometimes it's just hard to stay awake.

You need a few minutes to rest or even a nice short nap.

Statistically women don't end up "happy" as often as men...well...we all know the truth. Don't make up lies here.

So...back to liberals.

I just wonder if liberal women being...well...so incredibly entitled take issue with that fact.

Even liberal men are done when they're done...come on.

btw...do liberal men have to ask for permission....you know..."can I now...."?

Well...that is assuming he makes it that far.

Expect,

"I still have in my possession a grainy, black and white video of a UFO I saw hovering over a Kansas residence back in August of 1993. "

Times being what they are you might want to look a little closer at that video.

UFO's are looking more likely than liberal's judgment not being impaired by pot.

Old,

"This wackadoodle Priest is preemptively asking women to wear the burka for the benefit of men, so men are not 'tempted'."

And there are churches that require men and women sit on opposite sides of the building.

That's not wackadoodle. It's just their church tradition.

So what...what it's to you?

If these people are happy with it...why do you care?

Certainly I don't see anyone being oppressed or treated in a manner what implies they are less important then men.

However...when it comes to modesty...what's wrong with women showing a little class and little less skin?

Aborted,

"I think the same thing should happen to the religiously insane."

Yes...this one is religiously insane.

Don't be so casual to use that phrase for all Christians.

That makes you look dumb.

Angry,

Notice I did not sing the praises of such a parade.

I really am not sure how I feel about it.

It probably doesn't really matter because I have my doubts this will materialize.

However, the point being made is they should have the "right" to have one.

About Chris Evans.

He was stupid because, let's face it, his job is wearing tights and showing his muscular body.

Come on...his fan base consists of a wide range of people including some who are most certainly closeted men. His comment came off as a back handed insult intended to shame closeted men.

But the point is it's rather pathetic to simply call these men who are making the news about this parade a bunch of closeted men "desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts" without realizing there is more to this.

Using association and shame to insult someone is one of the oldest tricks in the book.

He might just be a little stupid on top of it to question the sexuality of some men in his fan base who might actually think a Straight Pride Parade is a cool idea.

Chris Evans has informed us the men responsible for this parade's motives are "desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts"

Really?

So he plays a macho man in movies and that makes him qualified to know this how?

Why don't actors just shut up and act?

Maybe he's just insecure because he's the least attractive Chris of the Chris quartet (Pine, Hemsworth, Pratt).

Dan,

I don't know about other people, but personally I voted for Trump for really one reason.

I didn't want a liberal selecting the next Supreme Court justices.

No more...no less.

Why?

I guess maybe I didn't want to see young girls in high schools forced to undress in the same room with young people with male --------.

After the passing of Gay Marriage (which I'm cool with for now until liberals start going after churches that refuse to support it), I saw just how easy it is for things to turn on a dime.

During the last couple of years prior to the last election, you couldn't go a day without reading in the news transgender bathroom this...bathroom that...pushing pushing pushing.... Gays got Gay Marriage and now they'd moved on to their next triumph and it was going to be getting laws passed allowing transgendered people to wander in and out of the bathroom of their choice depending how they dressed that day.

Ok...so I said it.

I know there are many other issues at hand, environment, health care, taxes, the rich and their perks.

And all these other things for me were overshadowed by young girls and women and their right to privacy. If democrats were allowed to select the next justices, I would be concerned liberals would get their way.

Democrats seem to be on the wrong side of another major issue now.

The southern border.

If Democrats don't figure out this is important, I'll vote for Donald Duck if he gets the republican nomination.

American,

"Liberals have been the ones to bring progress"

At one time...not now.

Conservatives want to prevent things from going in the "wrong" direction.

Not so much going back in time as you suggest.

Liberals today want hand-outs instead of hand-ups.

At one time liberals were more progressive.

Now they're just angry.

Maybe it's because they're finding it hard to sell their misguided ideas.

Rsty,

Yea...and after awhile seeing where America is driving into the ground, either the US will crash and burn or a future generation will be "woke" realizing pandering to the lazy and the crazy has led to a wide variety of problems.

It is arguable from the past that people become more conservative as they age. Statistically that happens and it happened to me.

You might be incapable of learning but that's not to say other's aren't.

The definition of "liberalism" doesn't apply to the directions today's liberals are going. The problem is that liberals today are corrupted by their hatred.

Sure there are successful liberals today but I'm referring to 2 or 3 generations from now who learn from your (and my) generations mistakes.

Don't kid yourself the young people today have all the answers. Every generation of young people thought they had all the answers and some things did improve while others things didn't.

Hopefully future generations will find a way to work together.

It all involves choosing to put aside hatred and anger and stubborn childish ways. That doesn't mean people won't still feel those feelings, but they will understand for society to continue those things get in the way of true progress.

"57 percent of millennials call themselves consistently liberal or mostly liberal."

If history is any indication, as they grow up and realize the world isn't free, life ain't fair and things work much better and you meet a better caliber of women when you have a career, they'll turn into the next old conservative generation.