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Not following you. What right are you referring to?

Then it becomes the law of the land. People that desire abortions would have the option to go to a different state for the procedure or to move to a state that matches their views. Allowing states the opportunity to govern themselves as much as possible was the intent behind our Constitution. Trying to force a “one size fits all” approach to a country as big and culturally diverse as ours is one of the reasons so many people are unhappy with government

You do understand that filibusters have a purpose, and ending them can have real consequences - for both parties. Although it may be convenient for you in the short game, it would be very shortsighted. our politicians need to stop trying to circumvent the law (executive orders) or destroying the system for short term wins - the long term impact is too great.

I can certainly understand your point, and mathematically the concept makes sense. The same logic can also be applied to drugs and other issues. However the federal government cannot and should not be viewed as a giant babysitter in place to prevent people from making poor decisions. Liberty and Individual responsibility has consequences.

And if the majority of the people in that state disagree, the law will fail and the politicians that tried will be voted out.

100% agree - more issues should be settled at the state level.

I didn’t throw anything in your face - just tried to show consistency. Regarding Cruz, I also didn’t throw him in your face - you quoted him criticizing Pete B. as an attack against babies, I merely pointed out that it was directed more at Pete for Pete’s actions and had zero to do with caring for babies. I will ask for a third time - who is trying to outlaw birth control? You continue to make this claim that conservatives are trying to outlaw birth control and I have never heard of such craziness (with the exception of the views of the Catholic Church - which is their stance, not a push for legislation). I am not aware of, nor would I support making birth control illegal. However, I do not want it paid for by the government. If someone chooses to have sex, they should be responsible for their own protection.

The feeling is mutual, but you are the one throwing around insults.

Did I say I loved Ted? You’re the one throwing out the personal attacks. You made the appeal to discuss the issue and wanted a differing viewpoint, and when you get it you get your gender neutral undergarments in a bind……

I’m not making this about Trump at all, just pointing out that the cries to pack courts are only coming from one side.

Not chewing you out at all, just asked to see who / where people are trying to ban birth control?

What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? His point had nothing to do with babies or abortion. It was that the country is having severe supply chain interruptions and Mayor Pete took 4 weeks of paternity leave. Sometimes in life you have responsibilities you have to balance. As a father, I never had the opportunity to knock off for a month when one of my kids was born. If you’re in a critical role at a critical time you still need to do your job. this has nothing to do with the issue

The only people I know of on the “right” that have a stance against birth control are elements of the Catholic Church. Is there something else in particular you’d like to share? Or is your concern with it not being “free” (i.e. paid for with tax money)? The Taliban / womens rights comparisons are ridiculously flawed. What about the rights of the “woman” that is inside the womb? That is the crux of the whole debate. The time for “choice & decision” is before CHOOSING intercourse. Before you jump right to the rape / incest example, if I ceded abortion to victims of rape,, incest and medical necessity would you cede ending abortion for all other cases? I thought not, so stop using the straw man arguments. There are 2 fundamental issues that will prevent this “debate” from ever being “solved”: 1) When does life “start” / the rights of the baby vs the rights of the mother 2) The flawed method RvW was adopted and the trampling of states rights by an overstepping Federal gov. The use of the “ends justifies the means” (by both parties) isn’t as much fun when the show is on the other foot. This is evidenced by the cries of the left now about the Supreme Court not being legit. They were OK with it when it suits them, but now you are hearing cries about ending the filibuster and packing the courts. Had Trump said those same things, you would have lost your mind.

If this doesn’t scare the sh!t out of every American, I would highly encourage you to think through how something like this could / would be abused. Think how the party opposite of your own will use this against you.

I understand the question, but my point wasn’t so much my personal beliefs about the situation as much as the real issue here is where people think the definition of “human life” begins. I really don’t want to believe there are many people the believe like begins at “X” weeks, but are OK with termination of a life after that. if you are asking about my opinion, I’m happy to share that I believe life starts at conception, and the killing of an innocent life is wrong. But I also don’t want laws drawn up based on my opinion of the issue. For example, partial birth abortion and third trimester abortions should be clear we are talking about the termination of an innocent life - I’m not sure why those are even up for debate.

The fundamental issue to this is not the right of the woman to have autonomy over her own body, it’s whether or not you feel the baby / fetus (depending on your POV) is a human being and the mother has autonomy over that life. I don’t see how we will come to a consensus on this in our lifetime. I don’t see having this issue as a states rights issue as a bad thing. In a nation as diverse as ours, I think the more we can decentralize the better. Let the laws be made in the states that are representative of the population whenever possible unless it is contrary to the Constitution. Instead we seem bent on trying to force values and opinions on each other, which just deepens the rift.

Absolutely agree. I hated to see such a great season end on that note, but it was far from a disappointing season. Hats off the the players and staff.

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I’ve been looking, but haven’t seen anything posted yet.

I'm not 100% positive, but I do believe the president has the power to embargo international trade. We've done it for quite some time with N Korea, Cuba, Iran, etc? Sure seems we are able to do it in other aspects of trade, so I'm not sure why we couldn't do it with oil. But I can't understand why we wouldn't resume our own production when we cut off Russian imports.

I agree the workers comp system is broken - both here and there. In Canada he received full pay, which is nice from a "taking care of the family" standpoint, but he was in a lot of pain for months. The doctor has only a limited number of various types of surgeries that the government will pay him to perform. Seems kind of crazy, but I can see how a government system could come to that type of "solution".

Not sure about that. I wouldn’t be surprised, but when you are taxed out the rear end for the “free” programs, seems odd to then opt for paying for private coverage?

Sure. When I was serving in the Army and met my wife she was living with her mother in Canada. Due to the frequency of deployments, she was staying with her mother and I was commutingwhile she was pregnant. When she went into labor we went to the hospital (in Canada). Our son had some complications due to his size (9 lbs, 15 ozs) and basically got logged in place. Any hospital in the USA would have cranked up the anesthesia and went straight to a C section. This hospital truly did not have an anesthesiologist on staff at night. The normal guy was supposedly on call, but couldn’t be reached. They did a lot of cutting, pulling and the like and were able to extract my son, thankfully w/o any injuries. When I asked the staff (after) about why the hospital only had 1 anesthesiologist they said that was all they were budgeted for. They were as frustrated as I was about it. On a side note, my brother in law, also in Canada, injured his back on the job. He had to wait several months for surgery due to the quotas that are in place.

Can agree with you on some of that. Not completely on board with healthcare though. I had a firsthand experience with “free” healthcare and am not a fan at all. I do see the need for some reforms of our systems - pre existing conditions being a great example.

I do understand your point and should clarify a bit. “Free market” for me has domestic and international flavors. I have worked in manufacturing since leaving the military and have seen the results of shuttering factories to send jobs overseas. On the international stage the currency manipulation, unfair trade deals, tariffs , etc ruin any semblance of “free trade”. Not to mention the national security implications of losing a manufacturing base.