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Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM


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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29325 on: July 12, 2022, 07:27:41 PM »

Ward does not see the point of doing something well when it can be done unthinkably badly creating a gigantic mess in the process. He applies it just as much to energy policy as he does to electoral politics, religion, and culture.
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« Reply #29327 on: July 12, 2022, 07:58:37 PM »

Is this an injustice?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/

Maybe so.

Joe blew it.

I don't yet fully understand the criteria for the MoF selection.  Maybe. 

If athletic accomplishments were the only criteria, then the MoF would differ little from the dozens of other medals that Phelps already has.  I don't think I'm ready to make firm comparisons on community service metrics on mental health, sexual assault victims, etc.  They both have made worthy contributions.  Does this particular selection of MoF winners mean that Phelps might not be awarded one at a later time?
Yeah, it is bull shit. But expected from Forrest. Biles has been an advocate for mental health awareness and victims of.sexual assault. The Medal of Freedom is for that service, not for Olympic accomplishments.  That is why Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden do not have one either. But it does allow Forrest to do the two things he loves to do most: race bait and take a morally superior attitude to human weakness.
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« Reply #29328 on: July 12, 2022, 08:24:49 PM »

Is this an injustice?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/

Maybe so.

Joe blew it.

She in no way let the country down.

Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.

I think your blinded by race on this one. He has almost 3 times as many medals, and was way ahead of her in raising awareness on mental health in the world of elite athletes.

She deserves one, but AFTER he got his, IMO, and in many others' opinions.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29329 on: July 12, 2022, 08:29:04 PM »

ERCOT didn't think the Texas summer would be as hot as it actually is, says interim CEO

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/ERCOT-didn-t-think-the-Texas-summer-would-be-as-17299561.php

Better thank Feb 2021.

Without utility scale battery systems there will be a bleak future for transitioning away from carbon.
What utter idiocy.
America is not  transitioning away from carbon.
Even Biden and Kerry admit it would be stupid if China et al kept building coal plants.

America today is awash in resources. But it has a lack of pipelines, refinery capacity,liquefaction capacity, ships and other supporting infrastructure to move energy supplies to meet booming demand in the world.

What it needs is a carbon tax so oil and gas industries, and their infrastructure suppliers, would be  free to invest in all the energy we want at a decent after-tax price.*

Then the ignorant media would have to admit that climate change is not the end of the world, and the science never said it was.

Wow!

Now that is a novel idea!

It wa a great idea in 2012, too.

In his second term, Obama faces the challenges of lowering the deficit, fostering growth in oil and gas production and making good on his promise to act on climate change.

A carbon tax could raise significant revenue for the debt-ridden federal government and please those who blame climate change for weather events like Superstorm Sandy. *Many Republicans, however, reject anything resembling a new tax on industries using or producing fossil fuels.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-11-13-sns-rt-us-usa-carbon-taxbre8ad008-20121113-story.html
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29330 on: July 12, 2022, 08:36:02 PM »

Is this an injustice?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/

Maybe so.

Joe blew it.

She in no way let the country down.

Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.

I think your blinded by race on this one. He has almost 3 times as many medals, and was way ahead of her in raising awareness on mental health in the world of elite athletes.

She deserves one, but AFTER he got his, IMO, and in many others' opinions.

She stood before the world and faced her abuser along with her teammates and said that guy did that TO ME.

Then she got the twisties in the Olympics and rather than mail it in she stood up and I cannot do this. I will not do this!

It was much more than athleticism.

BTW

When she was leaving DC a fight attendant offered her a coloring book...

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« Reply #29332 on: July 13, 2022, 09:11:46 AM »

Is this an injustice?

https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-swimming-news-she-let-down-the-country-michael-phelps-fans-left-disappointed-as-simone-biles-receives-presidential-medal-of-freedom-before-swimming-legend/

Maybe so.

Joe blew it.

She in no way let the country down.

Bunch of fans bitching that their guy did not get the honor first.

I think your blinded by race on this one. He has almost 3 times as many medals, and was way ahead of her in raising awareness on mental health in the world of elite athletes.

She deserves one, but AFTER he got his, IMO, and in many others' opinions.

She stood before the world and faced her abuser along with her teammates and said that guy did that TO ME.

Then she got the twisties in the Olympics and rather than mail it in she stood up and I cannot do this. I will not do this!

It was much more than athleticism.

BTW

When she was leaving DC a fight attendant offered her a coloring book...

Maybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29333 on: July 13, 2022, 09:53:59 AM »


Maybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?

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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29334 on: July 13, 2022, 09:58:25 AM »

9.1 per cent inflation is not a distraction, it is a looming disaster for democrats come November.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29335 on: July 13, 2022, 10:24:29 AM »


Maybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?


If Phelps had received the medal, and been black, Forrest would be pointing to Phelps two DUIs and bong video and wondering why the medal did not go to some white guy.
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« Reply #29336 on: July 13, 2022, 12:08:17 PM »

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellebruton/2021/04/23/michael-phelps-message-to-kids-mental-health-is-just-as-important-as-physical-health/?sh=33d6618100a7



Michael Phelps is a far better nominee than the crayon book receiver was. He's actually done things beyond outperforming her as an athlete, he's outperformed her as a humanitarian.

https://michaelphelpsfoundation.org/



But...he's a white male.

Too bad for him, that's a bad thing to be these days.

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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29337 on: July 13, 2022, 12:52:37 PM »

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The average family in which both parents work has lost already lost $6,800 in annual wages.
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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29338 on: July 13, 2022, 12:56:32 PM »


Maybe check out Phelps' personal struggles. Oh, wait. He's a white male. Doesn't count, right?


If Phelps had received the medal, and been black, Forrest would be pointing to Phelps two DUIs and bong video and wondering why the medal did not go to some white guy.

Nice of you to introduce hypotheticals which deflect from the actual conversation.

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Re: Biden Administration
« Reply #29339 on: July 13, 2022, 01:02:28 PM »

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The average family in which both parents work has lost already lost $6,800 in annual wages.

Well clearly one of them should quit, and cut their losses! 

(will provide non-jesting response when you post some context for this, and include the global forces driving inflation which American political parties cannot themselves control)
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