SeanBrently
@SeanBrently@lemm.ee
- Comment on Exclusive-Musk Aides Lock Government Workers Out of Computer Systems at US Agency 4 days ago:
Well, why would anyone do that unless they were up to something shady? Is there some legitimate reason for this? Seems doubtful.
- Comment on FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race 4 days ago:
The issue actually goes back to Reagan. The professional air traffic controllers organization (PATCO) went on strike in 1981 because of understaffing, long hours, poor working conditions and low pay.
Reagan fired them all and achieved two results: 1. set the precident that understaffing, long hours, poor working conditions and low pay were just fine for American air safety, and 2. started the long grind of devaluing skilled labor and erosion of workers rights in this country. We are experiencing the cascading consequences today.
- Comment on Trump moves to deport 1.4 million migrants admitted under Biden's parole programs 1 week ago:
Prior to the war, the Nazis had focused on encouraging Jews to emigrate from the Greater German Reich through their antisemitic policies and actions. By 1939 in Poland, the Nazis escalated their actions, and segregated and imprisoned Jews for future deportation. At this stage, the Nazis planned to deport Jews to Madagascar or lands further east.
Oh Sean, hör auf, so dramatisch zu sein!
- Comment on Sen. Cornyn, state Rep. Troxclair address thousands at Texas Rally for Life in Austin 1 week ago:
USA has the worst maternal mortality rate among the top ten developed countries. What’s worse, the number one cause of child and teen mortality in the nation is firearms.
I’m not trying to make a pro-abortion argument, but it does seem strange to me thT people are so focused on abortion, but don’t seem to know or care that maternal mortality is a problem, and that children , after they are successfully born, still need protection and advocacy.
Buy hey let’s put all our energy into making sure babies are born, even if their mothers will die in the process and they will be shot dead a few years later.
- Comment on Hegseth’s confirmation would be a victory for anti-‘wokeism,’ libertine defiance 2 weeks ago:
Do you actually disagree with me? Of course the purpose is to stay in power, I am just pointing out what is being said for that purpose, and to whom.
Are the democrats also deplorable? Yes but not in the same way, and to bring it up in this context seems like whataboutism or “both sides” which is a whole other tangent not relevant to my post. Anyway I don’t disagree with you.
- Comment on Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF 2 weeks ago:
I was being sarcastic. Of course over-regulation can be a problem, and I’m not trying to make a case that reform or reorganization is unnecessary or detrimental to the health of the nation, rather that the pendulum ought not swing too far the other way. There’s a lot of little pieces that help a society function better, and if you eliminate too many, things can break.
- Comment on Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF 2 weeks ago:
There was a time when the nation of Somolia had no such freedom-destroyimg regulatory agencies, collected no taxes and had an absolutely free market economy. Must have been an absolute paradise.
- Comment on Hegseth’s confirmation would be a victory for anti-‘wokeism,’ libertine defiance 2 weeks ago:
A Hegseth confirmation would symbolize a larger cultural moment — one in which norms of decency and accountability risk being discarded in the rush to reject progressivism.
The phrase “norms of decency and accountability risk being discarded” is a very pussyfoot way of saying it.
The very idea of America being “great” again is that white men will be in charge and they can be drunk at work and enjoy the occasional sexual assault without consequences. Is that the America you want?
- Comment on Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF 3 weeks ago:
Eh, cops are cops. From DHS to ICE, NSA to county sheriff, USMS, transit police, they are all cut from the same cloth.
- Comment on Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF 3 weeks ago:
Yes. Too many goddamn cops.
- Comment on Teamsters President: H-1B Visa Program 'Displaces' Americans from Their Jobs 4 weeks ago:
It seems like a very bad policy decision.
- Comment on Rep. Lauren Boebert Introduces Bill to Abolish the ATF 4 weeks ago:
Sure! Let’s eliminate the Department of Education, EPA, ATF, Department of the Interior, FCC, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, the FTC and the NRC, the Department of Labor and DOE, the BIA and the BLM and why the hell not the DOT as well.
That way we can put more funds and manpower into making sure people’s washroom use doesn’t controvene Federal Anti-trans bathroom regulations.
- Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Takes Another Crack At Evicting Bureaucrats From Washington 4 weeks ago:
It’s week one of republican control of congress and bro is already hard at work proposing legislation with funny acronym that will never go anywhere.
I’d bet my next paycheck most of the effort writing that Bill was put into coming up with the name. Talk about pointless do-nothing bureaucrats. Oh the irony.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 4 weeks ago:
It matters very much, dear comrade. In the last few years we have seen an increase in state sponsored violence, from police killings to genocide, as well as an increase in vigilantism and individuals engaged in acts of violence and terrorism. Soon riots and acts of civil disorder will be more common. Unless the material conditions of working class people’s lives improve, revolution is inevitable.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 4 weeks ago:
OK you want me to be specific? Democrats. Democrats that are just as much in bed with Wall Street as any Republican. Democrats upholding the power structures that perpetuate systemic oppression and privilege to funnel the wealth produced by working class Americans into the bank accounts of the rich and powerful.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 4 weeks ago:
This statement leaves me almost breathless. “different solutions”.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 4 weeks ago:
To be fair, I think liberals do deserve some blame for the current state of affairs.
- Comment on The Passing and Lessons of Jimmy Carter 5 weeks ago:
I feel I summed up the opinion piece pretty well without having to resort to complete quotes, and offered a rather clear analysis of the tone and intent of the “article”.
But since we mention decency, I feel moved to remark how decent Carter was when half the foreign aid allocated to Africa went to Mobutu in Zaire. Oh, such decency! As decent as Biden sending bombs to drop on children.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 5 weeks ago:
Woah, woah, woah! Guys, Guys! This is conservative, we don’t talk about worker’s rights or unfair pay or exploitation!
We talk about bootstraps and opportunity personal responsibility! We talk about what’s good for American industry and what benefits America’s robber barons!
- Comment on The Passing and Lessons of Jimmy Carter 5 weeks ago:
“Hunter deButts” lol
But seriously, how dare Biden take the passing of great former president Carter to talk shit about Trump when asked a direct question? - And with that out of the way, I’ll take the passing of great former president Carter to tak shit about Biden on my own initiative.
- Comment on 'The fish rots from the head down': Reform UK leader Nigel Farage calls Britain 'appallingly led' in new year's swipe 5 weeks ago:
Starting with Thacher selling off national industries for short term gains, now look at what followed and the long term consequences. Shameful.
- Comment on Warnings Tren de Aragua is expanding on US soil 5 weeks ago:
Broken window theory is a criminological theory that states that visible signs of disorder, such as broken windows, graffiti, and litter, can lead to more serious crime
If Americans vote for a convicted felon to avoid any consequences of criminal activity and instead take the highest office in the government, this sends a signal to other criminally minded persons and organizations.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, there have always been some people, hobos for example. Post WW2 there was a small population of unsettled people, mostly white men. People of color who were down and out got jailed. Mostly it was older men, disabled and/or suffering from addiction and depending on social security or welfare. There were cheap hotels, “flophouses” and roominghouses in the poorest parts of cities. Old guys staying in such places would be considered housed by today’s standards.
But then in the 80’s things changed. Younger men, and then women, and then whole families became homeless in a way that had never been seen before. Hardworking responsible people unable to get health insurance would lose everything if sick or injured and unable to work, savings taken by medical bills. Veterans with ptsd got no little to no help from the VA. Budget cuts closed psychiatric hospitals and people with chronic and severe mental problems were turned out onto the street, unable to care for themselves. America’s population of “homeless” and “street people” kept growing.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 5 weeks ago:
Absolutely correct.
The Reaganites and their descendants have no intrest in the poor, except in their utility as a means of criticizing the democrats. However hypocritical such a criticism may be, have the democrats made it a priority to address homelessnes? The democrats are just as beholden to wall street and it’s concerns as those across the aisle.
Only by protecting workers rights, and following other fair, common sense socialist principles and policies, can we get Americans back to meaningful employment and living in safe affordable housing.
- Comment on The case for removing immigration caps for India: "American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.” - Vivek Ramaswamy 5 weeks ago:
Is this maga methodology? Importing cheap labor instead of putting Americans to work? Or is Loomer’s racist tirades against Indians more authentically maga?
I wish William F Buckley were alive to see these things come to pass. I wonder what he’d say.
- Comment on California's Soros-backed progressive experiment collapses after a decade 5 weeks ago:
Some sensible straight law-and-order talk from the folks that voted a convicted felon into the white house. Ok.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 5 weeks ago:
Interestingly the modern era of homelessness in america started in the 80’s with the Reagan administration, starting with deinstitutinalization of the mentally ill, budget cuts to HUD and deliberate weakening of workers rights and protections.
The oft-repeated false idea that “the free market” will automatically find the most efficient solutions for everything has been proven false again and again, and here is yet another example.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 month ago:
Yes I think you are definitely on to something. And as such imaginings are perfect grist for the propaganda mill, there may be some chicken and egg factor to how the fear of the savage Mexican Murder-Rapist looms so large in the imagination.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 month ago:
OK, but how can you just brush past the very real concern for the safety of American citizens? Fear-mongering wouldn’t work if people felt secure. The fact is that people don’t, and there ought to be some way to address that without demonizing anyone.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 month ago:
Well I’m afraid I don’t understand the conservative position on citizen criminals. It doesn’t seem to get much discussion here at all. Of course I also want Americans to be safe and secure, everybody can agree on that.
However it seems foreign criminals get brought up so often, it is as if our domestic criminals are less important, because I don’t see any news articles posed in here about that. Why so much focus on one and not the other?