On 30 Dec 2025, Aaron Thomas said the following...

The thing about NY people (the dumb 56%) is that they think they're
cool, and that by doing what the media subliminally tells them to do elevates them and sets them apart from the "dummies" like me (43%.)

They'll vote for who the media tells them to vote for; there's no
flipping them. They are a different animal from (for example) the former leftists in Michigan who woke up in 2024. These NY people (43%) are just dumb as sh!t and nothing can be done about that unless we try
electroshock therapy.

Tonight is the eve of my wife and I's anniversary... She's in the DR and will be partying like it's 1999. I'll keep things short so as not to exhaust myself.

I know that you are upstate and not living in the city. And I'm not from there and cannot speak fully on this, but will try anyways.

I think this Mamdani election was/is a pivotal point. Staten Island is talking about leaving the city... GBG.

NY might just need a few years of the Mamdani Shit Show to wake up a little.

More companies may have to leave taking their tax base with them... their billionaires and and employees... BTW, Budweiser is leaving California and some Cheese factory, the Cheese factory that is leaving is responsible for making 85% of the mozzarella cheese for the US.

There will be a point where California, Illinois and NY will have lost whatever tax base it had to even run the states, now gone.

I was watching the news and they said they need at least 10K more police for NYC... there maybe an additional 4K retiring in 26...

The over weight blue haired freaks may never lear ... sorry that was the Somali spelling for Learn....

Chicago is looking at doubling the property taxes for the residence and Florida is on the cusp of passing no property taxes for its residence.

People are catching on.

I think 2 years of Mamdani's policies implemented and you'll have new Republican Senators and hopefully y'all can pull out of it.

Elisa Stefanik is good looking too. I was hoping that we were going to have a beauty contest next year, but it ain't happening. Bruce Blakeman
is our man. I'm doing the nightly prayers for him just like I did for Trump all last year. Bruce is cool, I just hope he knows how to kick ass.

Lets hope Bruce gets in and restrains Mamdani

I can guarantee than me and my nephew will vote together (against Kathy Hochul.) I'll try to drag some more people to the polls too, and I'll
try to convince other people to drag people too. I can hardly even
imagine what it would be like to save my state. I'm already so blessed
by Trump saving our country.

And that's all you can do. I was talking to the woman I help get her Green Card... She's in Maryland... Her Step-Son is on my FB and he's a Trump supporter and lives in Baltimore, he's like 15.

He wears a MAGA hat everywhere... everywhere... To school, to the mall... everywhere... Tressa said that people come up and ask to take pictures of him and with him.

So, if you buy into the narrative you'll think we are screwed... If you actually pay attention to what they are doing... and you start to realize that we are not alone.

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On 31 Dec 2025, Ron L. said the following...

our world has gone to shit

The Left ruins everything it touches.

Yes sir... and I do blame them for every problem the US has ever had.

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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

I think this Mamdani election was/is a pivotal point. Staten Island is talking about leaving the city... GBG.

NY might just need a few years of the Mamdani Shit Show to wake up a little.

I don't think that will do any good.

NYC (and California) are models for what happens when the majority of the population is useless and wants
only hand outs.

For NYC, I believe that the Great Replacement Project has some to fruition. They imported illegals and let them vote.
They went lax on crime to get people to allow them to have more power to fix the crime problem that they created.
Then the productive people closed up shop and left.

The city is now majority leeches and useless people, so there's no legal way to change direction.

What's going to happen now is that Mamdani will have his hand out to the state and federal gov't's to give him money to prop up his socialist programs ("Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money."). But that won't work. IHMO: By the end of Trump's term, NYC will have completely collapsed.

More companies may have to leave taking their tax base with them...

More companies **WILL** leave...

And that's in addition to the companies who already have dropped their leases because it's cheaper to have their people work from home. And the companies who have already left.

There will be a point where California, Illinois and NY will have lost whatever tax base it had to even run the states, now gone.

They've aleady lost it. They are so deep in debt right now it's amazing. And the Fed flow of money is stopping.

I was watching the news and they said they need at least 10K more
police for NYC... there maybe an additional 4K retiring in 26...

Let's just build a wall around NYC and turn it into a prison. Maybe we can send Kurt Russell in sometime.

The over weight blue haired freaks may never learn

They **CAN'T** learn. That's the problem with them. But they have probably gotten 16 COVID jabs. So they will probably die soon.

Chicago is looking at doubling the property taxes for the residence and Florida is on the cusp of passing no property taxes for its residence.

Standard Leftist play: When their policies fail, double down on the failed policies.

It's like they never learned basic math (2*0 = 0) or economics (raise prices and people will buy less of it).

People are catching on.

They are realizing that they can't change things in the gov't because of the voter fraud. So they are acting on what they CAN change.

I think 2 years of Mamdani's policies implemented and you'll have new Republican Senators and hopefully y'all can pull out of it.

Nope. Won't happen. There's simply not enough people who will vote for them.

If you have a population that's 75% "gimme, gimme, gimme", they aren't going to vote for a Republican.


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The thing about NY people (the dumb 56%) is that they think they're cool, and that by doing what the media subliminally tells them to do elevates them and sets them apart from the "dummies" like me (43%.)

That's why I term them "elitists". They want to believe that they are
the top 10%, but the reality is that they are the bottom 10%.

That's 100% correct. I have an old friend who is guilty of this too: he's from upstate, but he has a NYC phone number because he thinks that's cool. Then he goes around to other states telling people "I'm from New York." He's insane and the thing he's trying to be is not a good thing at all.

are just dumb as sh!t and nothing can be done about that unless we tr electroshock therapy.

They have been trained to not think for themselves. And, worse, their parents were probably the same way.

Sometimes people learn from their parents' mistakes. That's how I see myself. And I expect my kids to learn from mine.

Hochul.) I'll try to drag some more people to the polls too, and I'll try to convince other people to drag people too.

It won't matter. The Democrat Voter Fraud Machine is still alive and well.

Yes, but I'll still try my best. I have faith that Trump will try his best to help with this too. It hurts a little when the state you're from is against everything that's right.

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Tonight is the eve of my wife and I's anniversary... She's in the DR and will be partying like it's 1999. I'll keep things short so as not to exhaust myself.

Happy anniversary and happy new year! Last night was also my wife's birthday.

I think this Mamdani election was/is a pivotal point. Staten Island is talking about leaving the city... GBG.

They should do it. I'm not too concerned about Mamdani because he can't really victimize me. Eric Adams was a far left lunatic too, and so was the mayor before him (Michael Bloomberg.) They don't scare me. Kathy hochul is the real enemy.

More companies may have to leave taking their tax base with them... their billionaires and and employees... BTW, Budweiser is leaving California and some Cheese factory, the Cheese factory that is leaving is
responsible for making 85% of the mozzarella cheese for the US.

If they can make more money in a different state, then that's great. That way they can keep their prices consistent (better for us.)

I was watching the news and they said they need at least 10K more police for NYC... there maybe an additional 4K retiring in 26...

DEI can "solve" that hiring issue. Since the city already sucks anyway, why not fill up the police force with lazy unqualified people? Then Mamdani can brag about "We no longer have an officer shortage!" (The media will love it.)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Sometimes people learn from their parents' mistakes. That's how I see myself. And I expect my kids to learn from mine.

Smart people learn from their mistakes.
REALLY smart people learn from other people's mistakes.
Either way, it's how we strive to be better people.

This is why the Left is so toxic. They can't accept that they made a mistake. They have no self-awareness, so they can't see that they made a mistake.

So they will keep making the mistake again and again. Ex: vote Democrat/socialist.


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On 01 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

I don't think that will do any good.

Nope... You can't make me think negative!!!

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This is why the Left is so toxic. They can't accept that they made a mistake. They have no self-awareness, so they can't see that they made
a mistake.

I think they can see it, but they're too arrogant to accept it. It feels better to double-down on failure than to acknowledge to a mistake.

Tim Walz for example; right now he should be apologizing for the fraud, but instead he says he's "investigating it."

Robert Deniro's another one. He sold his soul for the left, at the expense of his own grandson's life, but now he says he's "moving out of NYC because of Mamdani" because apparently money is more important to him than his own grandson's life.

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On 01 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

Happy anniversary and happy new year! Last night was also my wife's birthday.

They have been gone for over 3 weeks now. They head home tomorrow.

They should do it. I'm not too concerned about Mamdani because he can't really victimize me. Eric Adams was a far left lunatic too, and so was
the mayor before him (Michael Bloomberg.) They don't scare me. Kathy hochul is the real enemy.

If Staten Island pulls out leaving the "Tin Walz Like" Boroughs left to defend stupid ideas you vote in might be a good thing.

I still remain optimistic about the future. I think the Democrats are in big trouble. In Columbus Ohio there are Daycares like Minnesota Daycares are showing up there as well.

Same formula, different State, same players.

If they can make more money in a different state, then that's great.
That way they can keep their prices consistent (better for us.)

And they are... The In-N-out Burger is a tragic story... Founded In California, 1948, is moving. The young woman who owns the place now is the granddaughter of one of the starters.

California talked about taxing people's net worth 5% annually... She did the math and moved to Tennessee before the end of 2025 where she would have to pay all that in taxes.

Now California is going to be missing all that tax revenue and Tennessee will be raking it all in.

DEI can "solve" that hiring issue. Since the city already sucks anyway, why not fill up the police force with lazy unqualified people? Then Mamdani can brag about "We no longer have an officer shortage!" (The
media will love it.)

Criminals know that they can do whatever they want... The differences between a Republican and a Democrats is that Democrats seen to think the crime breakers are the victims whereas the Republicans see the victims as the victims.

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I still remain optimistic about the future. I think the Democrats are
in big trouble. In Columbus Ohio there are Daycares like Minnesota Daycares are showing up there as well.

It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.

Same formula, different State, same players.

I see the pattern.

Now California is going to be missing all that tax revenue and Tennessee will be raking it all in.

What about the actual restaurants? I wanna try their food!

Criminals know that they can do whatever they want... The differences between a Republican and a Democrats is that Democrats seen to think the crime breakers are the victims whereas the Republicans see the victims
as the victims.

They know the difference, but they think that all black people are criminals and that they will appreciate all this pandering. I doubt they do.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I think they can see it, but they're too arrogant to accept it. It
feels better to double-down on failure than to acknowledge to a
mistake.

The "Why" is usually debatable but the results are the same: They keep doing the same failed thing over and over expecting a different outcome. Isn't that the definition of "insanity"?

Tim Walz for example; right now he should be apologizing for the fraud, but instead he says he's "investigating it."

He's in a hard spot because he was in on the fraud. He can't admit anything because then those words would be used against him in his trial.

Robert Deniro's another one. He sold his soul for the left, at the
expense of his own grandson's life, but now he says he's "moving out of NYC because of Mamdani" because apparently money is more important to
him than his own grandson's life.

I laughed when I saw that. Doesn't he understand what "Socialism" means? Or does he still believe that he's in the "Elite" category and will not be impacted?

Rumor: Bernie Sanders is in the same boat as DeNiro and was **not** happy.


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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

Now California is going to be missing all that tax revenue and
Tennessee will be raking it all in.

Which is what always happens.
"Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money."

I'm always amazed that the Elitists keep treating people like chess pieces that they can move around on a board and have no self-awareness or self-determination.


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On 03 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.

What a Sh!t Show... Now that it's out in the open I don't think it'll get far at all.

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On 04 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

Which is what always happens.
"Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money."

I'm always amazed that the Elitists keep treating people like chess
pieces that they can move around on a board and have no self-awareness or self-determination.

I need a break... Wife and daughter are coming home and I have to prepare mentally for all that estrogen thats going to be in the air.

If I come back in a day or so talking about my feelings its because of that... I was overwhelmed.

GRIN.

BTW, I think I want to start a What's APP group so that we can send each other links and memes a little easier....

I saw a meme, at least I hope it was... Hillary on the phone looking professional and talking away... She says... You know that I hate Trump... But I sure would like to hold those balls one time.

That's it.

What do you think of the What's app group??

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Robert Deniro's another one. He sold his soul for the left, at the expense of his own grandson's life, but now he says he's "moving out NYC because of Mamdani" because apparently money is more important to him than his own grandson's life.

I laughed when I saw that. Doesn't he understand what "Socialism"
means? Or does he still believe that he's in the "Elite" category and will not be impacted?

If he's so opposed to Mamdani then he should have been more vocally supportive of Curtis Sliwa. But I didn't see him giving any anti-Mamdani speeches; just anti-Trump speeches.

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It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.

What a Sh!t Show... Now that it's out in the open I don't think it'll
get far at all.

The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

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IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

What do you think of the What's app group??

Not for me. I won't use What's App. My social media is very focused.

Facebook for family contacts and hobbies.
X for most of my news and humor.

I'm barely on a handful of others. I spend maybe 10 minutes/day on them.

Most social media is filled with leftoid propaganda bots and I can only take so much of that.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

If he's so opposed to Mamdani then he should have been more vocally supportive of Curtis Sliwa. But I didn't see him giving any
anti-Mamdani speeches; just anti-Trump speeches.

The problem with useful idiots like DeNiro is that they believe that they are in the Elitist class. But the reality is that the Elitists are just using them.

But like most leftists, he has no self-awareness or critical thinking skills.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to IB Joe <=-

It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.

What a Sh!t Show... Now that it's out in the open I don't think it'll
get far at all.

The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

This trick has been going on for a LONG time now. Well before even Trump's first term.

But like all scams, they get compacent and lazy and then are easily exposed.

Do you remember the Great Train Robbery in the UK back in the 1960's (they did a movie on it). Perfect crime. They stole gold, which is easily transformable. No clues left any trails. They actually ran a gold smelting plant - which was perfect for laundering the stolen gold.

What caught them was that they got lazy and while they did good "security" at first bringing their laundered money to the bank, they slipped up to the point where the bank got suspicious and alerted the authories.


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On 04 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...

The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the cost of Daycare.

Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

People of America stop drinking the kool aide.

Migrants and most of the citizens don't need it.

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On 05 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

What do you think of the What's app group??

Not for me. I won't use What's App. My social media is very focused.

Facebook for family contacts and hobbies.
X for most of my news and humor.

I'm barely on a handful of others. I spend maybe 10 minutes/day on them.

Most social media is filled with leftoid propaganda bots and I can only take so much of that.

What's APP is not really social media... My wife uses it to send pictures amd to make calls to her family.


Anyway, look me up on X @IBJOE

and if I have something I think is of value I can link it there.

I don't want to inundated you...

Aaron and I communicate a little outside of the echo... nothing time consuming.

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The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the cost of Daycare.

Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

Another big scam to look out for, maybe even bigger: housing

The left has had their hands in public housing and even in private housing development for quite some time. They are ultra focused on it. Why? They've got no reason to touch housing, not even with a 50 foot pole, except for the purpose of squandering funds as they pertain to the world's largest industry.

Even the corrupt school board members are trying to stick a finger in it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

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Why don't we stop with the "left vs. right" narritive?

It is the battle of the sexes created by the toxic men hating femenists, which is a naritive started by the eugenics and nihilist movements. If you destroy the family you reduce the population by default. We now have a group of people who hate men, and the men are tired of being hated but still being used as ATMs.

On the political front, we have very little moderateism you are either on the right blaming all the problems on the left.. Or you are on the left, blaming all the problems ont he right. At the top, the last 5 administrations (Bush Jr, Obama, Trump I, Biden, Trump II.). Which have been far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.



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IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

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IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the
cost of Daycare.

Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

People of America stop drinking the kool aide.

Migrants and most of the citizens don't need it.

And that doesn't include how the LEFT created the economic situation where both parents **must** work just to keep afloat.

There used to be a time where the mother could stay at home and the father could easly make enough money to support all of them.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to IB Joe <=-

The left has had their hands in public housing and even in private
housing development for quite some time. They are ultra focused on it. Why? They've got no reason to touch housing, not even with a 50 foot
pole, except for the purpose of squandering funds as they pertain to
the world's largest industry.

"You vill own nothing and be happy."

The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

Even the corrupt school board members are trying to stick a finger in
it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."


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On the political front, we have very little moderateism you are either
on the right blaming all the problems on the left.. Or you are on the left, blaming all the problems ont he right. At the top, the last 5 administrations (Bush Jr, Obama, Trump I, Biden, Trump II.). Which have been far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.

Your "unity" scenario sounds nice, but it can't be like that. There's always been (and there always must be) political division. Without it, we'd be like those people who are forced to clap for Kim Jong Un.

I can't get behind the Democrats because they are willing to maim and kill us for power. I can't get behind the Republicans either because they collude with Democrats way too much.

I just love President Trump and that's it. After he leaves office, I will go back to disliking every politician.

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"You vill own nothing and be happy."

The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

Oh, did somebody say "homeless?" I'm seeing dollar signs again! ;)

it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."

That's what I want to tell them, but I'm still trying to get them to understand the first item on my list. They've been told at least 5x already to get a metal detector at the high school. I don't want to distract anyone from that issue until it gets resolved.

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On 06 Jan 2026, Brent Hendricks said the following...

Why don't we stop with the "left vs. right" narritive?

Man, until today, I've done a pretty good job of steering clear of this echo for a while... *lurk lurk lurk*

Because the media won't let us. And the political machine won't let the media stop pushing it.

And it's a damn shame, because behind all the "bleeding hearts" and under all the "red caps" are typically some decent people who would otherwise be fully capable of sitting down and having a salient conversation about how to solve problems and make the world better.

Unfortunately, emotions are more reliable than reason.

[...] far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.

That pendulum is something I've been watching over the past decade or so as well. Rather than finding some sort of equilibrium, it's more like a resonant driving force on both sides, increasing the amplitude with each swing. It's pretty gross.

I personally think you can blame the AWS NextGen Stats you see during NFL games. Well, okay, not that specifically, but we've figured out what we can feed the teeming masses that will get them off the "moderate fence" and get them to align with a side.

In the days of old, we were simply mild-mannered swing voters or independents. Now? We're like friggin' Bitcoin. There's an algorithm or a formula or a plan to get us locked into a certain worldview. The downer is, it's been working.

The whole landscape is just so incredibly vitriolic and destructive.

I miss the days of having meaningful (even heated) -- yet RESPECTFUL -- discourse with people of differing opinions. It brought out the better in me, for sure. Being secure enough with yourself to say, "Hey, that's a good point. I need to reconsider my position..." That appears to be a lost art. It's all ad hominems, straw men, cherry picking, red herrings, and -- bringing it back to your original point...

The False Dilemma.

There can be only two choices. Choices... parties... whatever.

Sigh.

Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, my friend. I think I made your acquaintance over on a ham radio echo. Hope to chat more in the future.

RS

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Welcome to the echo!

Where it seems like we fling anything we can get our hands on.. Mud... Shit... Etc..

I understand you avoiding it like the plauge, as it seems no matter how much research and fact you put into your post it is always the same people saying the same things back.

I find the conspiracy echo much more informed, mild mannered, and intellectually engaging (Which I find odd, but maybe that is just a sign of the times..). What would be have been considered checkout isle yellow journalism just 10 years ago seems to be common place.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

Oh, did somebody say "homeless?" I'm seeing dollar signs again! ;)

Yup. The Homeless Industrial Complex is quite profitable for the Elitists.

Especially when they can launder the tax dollars through NGOs who don't have to account for it.

And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."

That's what I want to tell them, but I'm still trying to get them to understand the first item on my list. They've been told at least 5x already to get a metal detector at the high school. I don't want to distract anyone from that issue until it gets resolved.

But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.


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But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they
are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.

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I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national school board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents request and not just ignore what they say, ya know, because they're stupid and uneducated.

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Yup. The Homeless Industrial Complex is quite profitable for the Elitists.

Especially when they can launder the tax dollars through NGOs who don't have to account for it.

We can expect this kind of behavior from Democrat members of government, but school board members in real estate scams is a little surprising.

But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.

I need to find out how they get nominated because they are the most ridiculous group that I've ever seen. The president counts every second to make sure that I don't speak for more than 3 minutes. One lady puts her hands behind her back during the pledge of allegiance. One is an old man who's only talks about his desire for mandatory vaccinations. Another talks like a spoiled rich girl, and the superintendent literally puts her ass in our faces whenever she
speaks. They give us the middle finger in subtle ways the whole time.

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Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national school board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents
request

*Laugh* What makes you think that a national school board would be MORE responsive to parents?

The purpose of keeping school control local was so that the schools would be more responsive to parents.

In Michigan, schools used to be funded through millages. These were taxes that voters could approve or not. Schools had to stay on the parent's good side because if they pissed them off, they would vote down the millages and the schools had less money.

Then the Lefties changed things and made the schools funded by the State. Now the schools just thumb their noses at the parents when they complain.

A national version of this would only be far worse. At least now, we can vote them out easily.


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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

We can expect this kind of behavior from Democrat members of
government, but school board members in real estate scams is a little surprising.

I know what you mean.

So a local area built a brand new school building, then used it for, maybe, 2 years. Then they decided that there weren't enough kids and closed the school, consolidating all the kids in an older school in a "central" area.

The new school building was sold and turned into apartments (which is weird). But later it was found that the building was sold for pennies on the dollar to a school board member who then flipped it to another company for a very large profit to make the apartments.

It's like they don't understand the term "conflict of interest" here.

At first, the actions of the school board - and the member involved - was strange. But then I realized that because of the dropping birth rates, schools have excess real estate. And the people on school boards seem to be closet crooks.

I need to find out how they get nominated because they are the most ridiculous group that I've ever seen. The president counts every second
to make sure that I don't speak for more than 3 minutes.

That's only because she HAS to let you speak according to the law. So she won't give you any extra.

One lady puts
her hands behind her back during the pledge of allegiance. One is an
old man who's only talks about his desire for mandatory vaccinations. Another talks like a spoiled rich girl, and the superintendent
literally puts her ass in our faces whenever she speaks. They give us
the middle finger in subtle ways the whole time.

School boards are sort of like Democrat-run gov't's on the small scale.


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So a local area built a brand new school building, then used it for, maybe, 2 years. Then they decided that there weren't enough kids and closed the school, consolidating all the kids in an older school in a "central" area.

The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with. We can vote for board members, but then we have no say in what they do once elected. And as soon as they link up with the other elitists on the board, they're all just doing what George wants.

The new school building was sold and turned into apartments (which is weird). But later it was found that the building was sold for pennies
on the dollar to a school board member who then flipped it to another company for a very large profit to make the apartments.

We don't have enough people who we can count on to investigate things like this. The school district here is shutting down one of the elementary schools for 2 years to remodel it, and they're going to increase class sizes at other schools while this one is closed. At the next meeting I'm going to ask to see the contractor estimates to find out why they went with this one because 2
years is a long time to trust a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming there are some) were not chosen.

At first, the actions of the school board - and the member involved - was strange. But then I realized that because of the dropping birth rates, schools have excess real estate. And the people on school boards seem
to be closet crooks.

They're not very smart people, they just know the tricks of the left. We'll figure them out.

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I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national
school
board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents request

*Laugh* What makes you think that a national school board would be MORE responsive to parents?

In Canada, the rule is, if an area school board can't manage properly, the job automatically goes to the Province to run (though it rarely happens). I'd like to see the job go to the top in the first place. *Laughing Longer*

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with.

The concept is good. But it assumes that the people who run for it want to do what's best for the school system.

Instead, the people who run for it are larval politicians and scam artists.

We can vote for
board members, but then we have no say in what they do once elected.

That's because many areas removed the consequences from their decisions.

Like I said, here in Michigan, parents could vote down millages that the schools depended on for funding. So the boards had to do what's right. But then the Elitists took that away and the school boards no longer cared what the parents wanted.

A lot of this would be cleared up with School Choice and let the tax money follow the student to ANY school.

And as soon as they link up with the other elitists on the board,
they're all just doing what George wants.

Yup. That's the normal progression.

That's why the Woke in companies starts with HR.

We don't have enough people who we can count on to investigate things
like this. The school district here is shutting down one of the
elementary schools for 2 years to remodel it, and they're going to increase class sizes at other schools while this one is closed. At the next meeting I'm going to ask to see the contractor estimates to find
out why they went with this one because 2 years is a long time to trust
a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming there are some) were not chosen.

Good. 2 years seems excessive.

It reminds me of when I worked at GM. The building that I worked in needed their cafeteria remodeled. Instead of going with Union workers, GM contracted to another company. It took them 2 weeks. So the cafe get shut down on Friday. It's completely gutted by next Friday. Rebuilt by the next Friday and open on Monday.

There is **NO** way the Union would have worked that fast.

They're not very smart people, they just know the tricks of the left. We'll figure them out.

They **are** part of the left. So, ya, they would know those tricks.


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Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

In Canada, the rule is, if an area school board can't manage properly,
the job automatically goes to the Province to run (though it rarely happens). I'd like to see the job go to the top in the first place. *Laughing Longer*

Here in Michigan, we have a similar law. But every time it's invoked (usually by a conservative trying to clean up a liberal financial mess), the Left loses their mind and starts screaming about "The End of Democracy!"

But bottom, top, middle, sides, it makes no difference. Once the Reality-Challenged get decision making power, it always goes bad.


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The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with.

The concept is good. But it assumes that the people who run for it want to do what's best for the school system.

That doesn't work in today's world. There are snakes telling people to eat the apple everywhere you go.

A lot of this would be cleared up with School Choice and let the tax
money follow the student to ANY school.

We need the state legislature to do that. I'll ask the next POS Democrat who gets elected in my district to get on it.

out why they went with this one because 2 years is a long time to tru a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming the are some) were not chosen.

Good. 2 years seems excessive.

It reminds me of when I worked at GM. The building that I worked in needed their cafeteria remodeled. Instead of going with Union workers,
GM contracted to another company. It took them 2 weeks. So the cafe
get shut down on Friday. It's completely gutted by next Friday.
Rebuilt by the next Friday and open on Monday.

That's how it should always be done. There have been mountains leveled and highways built in less than 2 years. The 2 year crap gives them endless opportunities "Well, the contactors have run into a problem.. it's gonna cost more money.. and it's gonna takes some more time.."

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

That doesn't work in today's world. There are snakes telling people to
eat the apple everywhere you go.

That's the way it's ALWAYS been. That's why the Founding Fathers tried to create a gov't structure that was distributed and qould require cooperation between foes to get things done.

Then the Left attacked culture itself and turned those foes into co-criminals.

Like the rest of the gov't, we need laws to make it unpleasant to cheat.

Ex: Conflict of Interest should be cause for immediate removal from the board and an audit of all transactions. And if any problem is found, the board member needs to be fined double what the problem found was and is barred from any gov't position in the U.S.

We need the state legislature to do that. I'll ask the next POS
Democrat who gets elected in my district to get on it.

Ha! Ya, you know that no Democrat will try to dismantle the system that they put in to place.

That's how it should always be done. There have been mountains leveled
and highways built in less than 2 years. The 2 year crap gives them endless opportunities "Well, the contactors have run into a problem..
it's gonna cost more money.. and it's gonna takes some more time.."

Exactly. More like they get 1 year in and run out of money. So do you just throw the old money away and go with someone else, and delay the project by a year, or do you give them more money to finish the job?



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But bottom, top, middle, sides, it makes no difference. Once the Reality-Challenged get decision making power, it always goes bad.

Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certain books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian Encyclobedia of history, and other nasty books such as Lord of the Flys.

It just doesn't end.

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Like the rest of the gov't, we need laws to make it unpleasant to cheat.

Ex: Conflict of Interest should be cause for immediate removal from the board and an audit of all transactions. And if any problem is found,
the board member needs to be fined double what the problem found was and is barred from any gov't position in the U.S.

It should be this way for all elected officials, but in most cases we end up just waiting for the criminal's term to end, then maybe vote them out.

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Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certain books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that
doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian Encyclobedia of history, and other nasty books such as Lord of the
Flys.

It just doesn't end.

Right out of Orwell's "1984".

Who would have thought that the Elitists would use it as a manual?


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On 11 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certai books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian

Right out of Orwell's "1984".

Who would have thought that the Elitists would use it as a manual?

Isn't it interesting that both sides are blaming each other for the removal of literature? Even more so that "1984" is referenced as the playbook.

RS

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Randall Schad wrote to Dr. What <=-

Isn't it interesting that both sides are blaming each other for the removal of literature? Even more so that "1984" is referenced as the playbook.

That's because the idea of "both sides" is a diversion.

This has never been a "Republican vs. Democrat" or "Left vs. Right" or even a "Capitalism vs. Communism" battle.

The "sides" have always been "Elitists who think that they should be our rulers" and everyone else. The Elitists simply infilrate whatever group has more power at the time.


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