Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 13:21     Subject: Re:Talking to your kids re: US of A
Crime is way down. Tell your children to thank President Trump.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 11:43     Subject: Re:Talking to your kids re: US of A
I am discussing Virginia’s governor Spamburger who is attempting to circumvent the 2nd Amendment with outrageous gun legislation. Also on the table are new taxes, such as for Doordash, which some disabled rely upon.

The lesson: Democrats make the ordinary citizen poorer. Poor people cannot afford higher education, thus become poorly educated and ignorant, resulting in them voting for Democrats who take advantage of the poor and ignorant, all the while claiming to be “helping” the poor and standing for education.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 11:11     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would talk about the Constitution and the systems of checks and balances, division of powers, separation of power. Then I would point out the great gap: the Framers and indeed subsequent Congresses never envisioned a President that just ignored rule of law and a Supreme Court and Congress that was too cowed to do their envisioned roles.

I would show examples of how the press, in this era of pay per eyeball and intimidation, use weasel words to sanewash or normalize capricious overreach by the Executive Branch. Unprecedented, unusual, extraordinary...bull$hit.


We do talk about this kind of disconnection between people who think the media isn't harsh enough despite the never ending criticism of the president by most of the media, the belief the president is breaking laws when he has complied with every court order to date. We do talk about why the left is so hysterical when challenged, yet so blind to dissenting views when activists and provocative when in power, whether it's trans rights or ignoring mass illegal migration. We do talk about why some people approach politics with the fervor of religious faith and ideologies and how belief in some kind of superior moral "right side of history" can actually corrupt people's thinking and turn them into tyrants and that there is often a great deal of cruelty hidden within the demands to "be kind," and the irony that those who shout ne kind the loudest are often among the least kind and most hateful, and we talk about how this is bolstered by no shortage of polls showing the left to be far more contemptuous and intolerant of the right than vice versa, and why this may play a role in how despite low approval ratings for the president and GOP, the Democrats are even less popular. We do talk about how it is all very weird.


OK.
Do you think there are any valid limits on Presidential powers? If so, should they be enforced and by whom? If not, should there be a Constitutional amendment to make that the law of the land or is it already the law of the lamd?


Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 11:06     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:I would talk about the Constitution and the systems of checks and balances, division of powers, separation of power. Then I would point out the great gap: the Framers and indeed subsequent Congresses never envisioned a President that just ignored rule of law and a Supreme Court and Congress that was too cowed to do their envisioned roles.

I would show examples of how the press, in this era of pay per eyeball and intimidation, use weasel words to sanewash or normalize capricious overreach by the Executive Branch. Unprecedented, unusual, extraordinary...bull$hit.


We do talk about this kind of disconnection between people who think the media isn't harsh enough despite the never ending criticism of the president by most of the media, the belief the president is breaking laws when he has complied with every court order to date. We do talk about why the left is so hysterical when challenged, yet so blind to dissenting views when activists and provocative when in power, whether it's trans rights or ignoring mass illegal migration. We do talk about why some people approach politics with the fervor of religious faith and ideologies and how belief in some kind of superior moral "right side of history" can actually corrupt people's thinking and turn them into tyrants and that there is often a great deal of cruelty hidden within the demands to "be kind," and the irony that those who shout ne kind the loudest are often among the least kind and most hateful, and we talk about how this is bolstered by no shortage of polls showing the left to be far more contemptuous and intolerant of the right than vice versa, and why this may play a role in how despite low approval ratings for the president and GOP, the Democrats are even less popular. We do talk about how it is all very weird.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 10:46     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
I would talk about the Constitution and the systems of checks and balances, division of powers, separation of power. Then I would point out the great gap: the Framers and indeed subsequent Congresses never envisioned a President that just ignored rule of law and a Supreme Court and Congress that was too cowed to do their envisioned roles.

I would show examples of how the press, in this era of pay per eyeball and intimidation, use weasel words to sanewash or normalize capricious overreach by the Executive Branch. Unprecedented, unusual, extraordinary...bull$hit.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 10:25     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
I tell them that there are some lonely women in the world who will do anything to feel needed. Usually they are content with sending love letters to serial killers on death row. But sometimes they decide illegal aliens are above the law, & they pretend they are noble if they drive their Subarus around town looking for officers trying to clean up the mess President Autopen created.
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 09:58     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.


Do you also tell them that so called Christians are kidnapping and killing their neighbors (many of whom are Americans) because a narcissit is in the WH?


No, because I don’t lie to them.

But since they are ages 6 & 8, they are already smart enough to know that if you F around with law enforcement officers who are trying to apprehend criminals who might be armed, you might get hurt.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/22/2026 09:55     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.


Do you also tell them that so called Christians are kidnapping and killing their neighbors (many of whom are Americans) because a narcissit is in the WH?


No, because I don’t lie to them.

But since they are ages 6 & 8, they are already smart enough to know that if you F around with law enforcement officers who are trying to apprehend criminals who might be armed, you might get hurt.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 14:03     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.


Do you also tell them that so called Christians are kidnapping and killing their neighbors (many of whom are Americans) because a narcissit is in the WH?


Since that isn't happening, then no.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 14:00     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
I talk to my teens frequently about our country, and other countries, and what we can do to fight back and stay safe.
I hope we get a decent president soon and they can see what it’s like to have a better place to live.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 13:56     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
We talk to our teens. They know who we vote for and why. They know how we feel about Trump and the lack of action from Congress. They know that they should care for their neighbor the way they care for themselves.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 12:51     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.


Do you also tell them that so called Christians are kidnapping and killing their neighbors (many of whom are Americans) because a narcissit is in the WH?
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 12:49     Subject: Re:Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:Our children are adults and they live in another state. When they call we talk about what’s happening in their lives. We never talk about politics. It would be a waste of precious time.


I talk to my kids about all kinds of things, including politics. It's important and will have lasting impacts on their lives.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 08:25     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:Tell them some senile old guy let in millions of illegals. And thank God the current HMFIC has the guts to try to rectify the situation.


More have come in under Trump fool
Oh and the drug cartels are loving life!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2026 08:23     Subject: Talking to your kids re: US of A
Anonymous wrote:We don't live and breathe anxious existential politics. We do talk about hypocrites (left and right) and social justice virtue signaling and why people behave in such ways and what that means about the human mindset. But we also talk about respecting different political views and that there has always been a spectrum of politics in American history. And we talk a lot about the history of the US. All in all, you could say in this house we are politically skeptical, not believers. And confident in this country.



Word salad MAGA rubbish