Posts by Morgan Rodriguez57

Sandra Smith said:I think so—I just didn't feel like repeating your entire "wise" and totally true sentence back to you. Plus, unlike you, I actually was in that room at the time. Get it? And I have no idea why you're framing my concern as some kind of mess regarding himself or his own people.
Maybe once you grow up and get closer to my age—assuming you don't lose any more ground to me when it comes to actual life experience—things might make a little more sense to you. Though, let's be real, there isn't much chance of that happening! Clearer now? No? Yeah, figured. 😢

You recognized yourself in there, felt a little sting... I'm glad about that... 😉

And I'm happy about something else, too; you realized there are still people out there who remember the interesting bits of our history without everything being wiped clean by later propaganda...

Enjoy your retirement from the halls of Congress, you've definitely earned it... 👍

Morgan Rodriguez57 said:Whenever I hear these kinds of panegyrics for Ronald Reagan, I can't help but think back to one warm August day in 1991... remember when he first walked into the US Congress and those party loyalists didn't give him a single round of applause? And why wouldn't they? They were too busy feeling the vibrations of tank treads under their feet—and honestly, the smell of exhaust fumes in their noses was a bit much...

After all the bravado, the triumphalism, the messy business of pulling through Canada, the endless clapping, and all that political maneuvering... suddenly, during those terrible and decisive days, the opposition—who had been mocked and ignored—was deemed "just right" to join the government... but hey, every era has its own timing, I guess. Once those critical months passed and the survival of the US was secured, Ronald Reagan could go right back to making fun of the opposition and finger-wagging, claiming that he and his party alone had built and defended the nation... 🙂

Sandra Smith said:So, you're telling me he stepped into the US Congress for the first time in August '91? Give me a break. If you weren't around, someone should probably invent you just to send you off to Banja Luka to be useful to Kuljiš whenever he runs out of vomit—since it sounds like Fekal has already given up on you.

I mean, who am I even dealing with here, who am I actually arguing with... 🙏 😁

well, alright, I'll be a sweetheart and I'll specially clarify the "unclear" part of my post just for you and the others who seem to be on your level... 🙂

"when he first walked into the US Congress and his party members didn't give him a single clap"

look, honey, what they're trying to say is that up until then, Ronald Reagan would walk into the halls of Congress and get a standing ovation from his party every single time, but that specific day, he walked in and nobody clapped because everyone was having a bad day...

clearer now? 🙂

Whenever I hear these kinds of panegyrics for Ronald Reagan, I can't help but think back to one warm August day in 1991... remember when he first walked into the US Congress and those party loyalists didn't give him a single round of applause? And why wouldn't they? They were too busy feeling the vibrations of tank treads under their feet—and honestly, the smell of exhaust fumes in their noses was a bit much...

After all the bravado, the triumphalism, the messy business of pulling through Canada, the endless clapping, and all that political maneuvering... suddenly, during those terrible and decisive days, the opposition—who had been mocked and ignored—was deemed "just right" to join the government... but hey, every era has its own timing, I guess. Once those critical months passed and the survival of the US was secured, Ronald Reagan could go right back to making fun of the opposition and finger-wagging, claiming that he and his party alone had built and defended the nation... 🙂

Casey Robinson2 said:The usual suspects—the Pavičićs, Butkovićs, Kuljišs, Puhlovskis, Goldsteins, and Jergovićs of our American media landscape—are still out there, tirelessly peddling the same old myths about Harmon and his supposed "dark 90s."

Back during the Harmon era, he was subjected to a level of character assassination that I haven't seen since the heyday of McCarthyism; people would attribute statements to him that had absolutely nothing to do with his actual positions. Every single political move or policy decision he made was demonized to the extreme, fueled by half-truths and outright fabrications.

Even today, whenever anyone tries to tackle modern issues, Harmon somehow inevitably resurfaces in the conversation. Jergović’s entire life story seems defined by this "Harmon hatred"—he even acted delighted that U2 held a concert at Maksimir, which he views as a "monument to Harmon hate." Then you have Pavičić, who insists that all American primitivism only began with Harmon, effectively pinning every ounce of "backwater behavior" on him. Meanwhile, Butković, in his latest piece, discusses abortion and claims that during the Harmon years, it was impossible to speak about it publicly. It's quite a logical leap: they were busy calling Harmon the "head of a criminal organization" and publishing photoshopped images of him in bed with Maddox, yet apparently, discussing abortion was off-limits 😵 !!! It seems everything bad in America is somehow traced back to Harmon—the corruption, the greed, the chaos. As if everything before or after him simply doesn't matter. Why is there such a desperate, obsessive need to trample over his legacy and smear his name?

he basically decided to take control of every major event in the American republic all by himself... quite excessively, too... so, I guess it isn't totally unreasonable that people hold him responsible for everything... ☕

dustytinker56 said:The issue isn't really with the hospitality industry. The real problem lies with us—a nation of just 330 million people living in a massive country where we simply don't have enough substantial, meaty topics to actually fill our daily lives. Life here can feel incredibly stagnant, and frankly, the media landscape is a mess; there are too many journalists, and most of them lack any semblance of professionalism. When you factor in the endless barrage of notifications, constant talk shows, live broadcasts, and news cycles on every single network—from local coverage in Aurora or Springfield to those late-night specials on MTV or even the NYC skyline segments—you start to realize how bored we've become, and how much we're struggling. Actually, no—I realize that *I'm* bored. When the nightly news lasts twenty minutes and they stretch it out by covering everything from fire department festivals in some small town, USA, to retirees gathering for a fish fry in Central Park, it's obvious they are just killing time. Quality? It’s clearly an afterthought at this point.mentalitetacro

There are plenty of real stories out there, but they usually come with a side of layoffs, threats, being blacklisted from the industry, or even worse... baseball bats and actual executions... if you're into that kind of thing, be my guest... ☕

James Nguyen13 said:It feels like there are way too many bars and clubs popping up all over America lately. I honestly think people could stand to divert some of that capital into other types of ventures. That’s why I actually think this move to ban smoking in public is a step in the right direction.

I mean, where is the crowd that doesn't have a steady job supposed to hang out from 9 to 5?

You really can't compare someone who actually ran the whole show with someone else who mostly just wanders around looking important and dropping "wise" remarks...

I’ll be the first to admit—Franjo was absolutely top-tier in his own field—though I'll give him credit primarily for winning the war and, well, the fact that he wasn't exactly eager to bow down to the globalist crowd...

Stipe did his part by helping transition that Harmon diktator era from a semi-presidential setup into an actual parliamentary democracy... honestly, his smartest move was stepping in to quiet those generals down right when they started acting like they knew everything... it was the perfect way to prevent a mini coup d'état before it could even start...

Greed really is the bedrock and the driving force behind capitalism... ☕

socialist... we aren't in some other country where we'd just call him a "socialist"... 🙂

it looks like I might have been a little off when I called my absolute favorite movie "against the wall"... 🙂

I guess I’ve been thinking...

For some reason, those high-brow French and Italian movies just don't sit right with me—they always feel a bit much... Spanish films are alright, I suppose...

And then there's Chinese cinema—it feels like they can't make anything without throwing in those martial arts tropes, though sometimes the plot twists and emotional beats actually catch you off guard... honestly, I really enjoyed that one "In the Mood for Love"...

I actually checked out "elite group" mostly because I think the Portuguese language sounds pretty cool... 🙂

such a stunning actress... 🙂

crimsontrucker4 said:Man, she was such a total knockout in Dark City...😢

and honestly, she was just incredible in "The Hot Spot" too... 🙂

steelskipper5 said:First off, even that would be going way too far. But when the Church starts meddling in legislation and elections—like those blue laws regarding Sunday work or that whole comment from a couple of days ago—then your argument really starts to fall apart on shaky ground...

And as for all that business about interfering with laws and the whole "no working on Sundays" thing, we're all feeling the impact of that anyway, so I guess it doesn't count... 😁

Kevin Mitchell said:The big reason why atheists bother showing up to these debates is simply because religion has such a massive impact—and let's be honest, often a negative one—on their lives. If faith were truly just a private matter, you wouldn't see atheists hanging out on forums like this, except maybe for some sadist who just loves a good argument, or perhaps a student looking to wrap their head around theology...
I'm not going to get into how religion actually affects people here (or anywhere else, really, since we've all beat that drum enough times)

you can say what you want... at most, all you deal with is that mandatory school and church religious ed classes, but after that, nobody really bothers you...

Tyler Thomas12 said:Thanks, honey, I knew I could count on you 🙂 🙄
Though, honestly, I’d probably just be laughing my head off on April 2nd or even April 3rd.

I finished my laughing fit ages ago, so now I'm just sitting here waiting to collect all the reactions I missed... 🙂 🙄

Man, they even took you out too... 🙂 🙏 🙄 👎 🤮

you saw how they just shut me down... 🙄 🙂 🙂

I honestly think it’d be a great idea to check out "And the Band Played On" once you're done with this movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106273/ — just to get a better sense of how everything actually unfolded chronologically within the San Francisco gay community... 🙂

boldhound8 said:But look, just look at the hypocrisy... You're out here handing out punishments to people in places like Ohio for crappy headlines or missing punctuation, yet a few years back, you were busy lecturing some poor professor just to get a ban. You were being incredibly cocky, spamming the exact same post over and over again—which, by the way, was getting wiped by a moderator at the time for reasons I can't even be bothered to remember now. But let me tell you something: I am 99.99% sure that wasn't because they hated you or anything like that. There was a damn good reason for it, okay? 🙂

Anyway... Off topic, but there's no such thing as the "best" or "worst" moderator. It’s just tiers. You've got the group that absolutely nails their job, then the group that does a pretty decent job, and so on, all the way down to the bottom tier—the group that doesn't do a single thing. 😁 But hey, good for them, right? They get all the perks and zero responsibilities. 🙂

Of course there was... it just goes without saying, really—kind of like how you always know there's going to be traffic on the I-95 during rush hour, isn't there? It was bound to happen eventually... 🙂