Ousting Pelosi

I think they should keep her.......she's a genius. LMAO

"Pelosi proudly touted her effectiveness, saying she was "a master legislator" and a "strategic, politically astute leader."

YES!!!  YES!!!    In fact, the Dems should nominate this woman to run for President in 2020......I'm telling you that is a no-brainer of a solution to defeat Trump!!  

My opinion is that the nation has lost it's mind.

Meh.....enjoy the ride, it all ends in a fiery crash anyway.   For now, it's worth the laughs every day.

Nah......I was talking about a fire and a box of ashes to throw somewhere. LOL

Between now and then, let it eat, I don't care what comes......life is good.  Headed for the lake today for a weekend of fishing......the truth is I don't spend a minute worrying about this stuff, outside of a few good laughs a day.  It will be what it will be.

Ugh.

My opinion is that the nation has lost it's its mind.

It's not a question of not being able, Rogillio, it's a matter of lack of interest. The fighting bores me. The name calling bores me. The rage bores me. The incessant BS bores me. What good comes of it? Nothing. Look where we are.

The sky isn't falling. The end is not nigh. So many people seem to see enemies everywhere. Muslims aren't my enemy. Christians aren't my enemy. Republicans aren't my enemy. Democrats aren't my enemy. Socialists aren't my enemy. Scientists aren't my enemy. LGBTQ people aren't my enemy. Nancy Pelosi isn't my enemy. Conservatives aren't my enemies. I have no enemies.

BTW, my perception of my past performance is that I mixed it up with ideas I found offensive (as opposed to "conservatives" in general). It didn't matter from whom the ideas came. But yeah, I did like to deconstruct and discredit through logic and reason (and pathos) ideas I found offensive. Nobody seems to be interested in logic, reason or pathos online; seems it's a contest to be the most vile.  It's tiresome. I'm tired of it. I want nothing to do with it. I only damage my own psyche when I join the fray. 

You're not a lost cause. You're just trying to make sense of things, like the rest of us.

i'm not friends with raging misogynists

Reading my post and the replies, I can see how it appears that I was referring directly to Rogillio. One could easily infer that I was implying that I meant BTers. I apologize for my poorly, or incompletely, worded response. I wasn't. I don't. Rogillio and I have gone head to head in the past. At that time, we privately messaged and were able to communicate our differences amicably and respectfully, I think he would agree. I feel no malice towards him.

When I wrote my reply, I was thinking of the cesspool that is twitter, I don't even know what to call the theatrics on facebook, the phony websites meant to confuse and spread disinformation, and the inane and corrupting infotainment that pretends to offer anything of value. The tribalism that seems to have gripped this country. That is what I find wearying and soul crushing. Not BT or its denizens.

I'm no longer interested in intellectual jousting, if you will. I prefer to look for ways in which we are alike, our common bonds. If we go looking for our differences, we will surely find them. But so what? We all love our dogs. We all want what's best for our family. We're trying to figure things out. I have limited attention span; I prefer to focus it on our shared humanity. I think that's a better use of my idle time, if/when I spend it online.

On a sidenote: It's been 12 years since I first joined BT. Look at the "social media" landscape that popped up since then. The difference between BT and something like twitter is like the difference between community and a gaggle of nutjobs on a street corner screaming at each other. BT's community is depopulated while twitter grows. I appreciate BT for what it was, but nothing is permanent.

That is actually an excellent commentary on social media and where it has brought us.....stay tuned, this will get much worse, just wait.  The way that happens is that the "gaggle of nutjobs...screaming at each" will soon enough leave twitter and come to a street corner near you.  These "nutjobs" now see their rants and misinformation as mainstream......and it's coming to Main Street soon enough.

One of the great things about my job is that it affords me the ability to watch and hear people and their viewpoints on a larger scale then most people ever get to.  I knew that people were getting fed up with the protests and non-stop barrage of political correctness in a way most people didn't....I heard in non-stop......and "warned" that Trump was a very real possibility while most people laughed it off.

Soon enough the lid is going to blow off the sewer and there's going to be a chit ton of rats to deal with.