Well stated, and likely true. Well, sort of....

Take 5 minutes and look up the differences. And try to use a bit of nuance. Asylum seeker and immigrant are 2 different concepts, ones that are merging due to misuse of the asylum idea. Since asylum seekers rarely ever go home again, they have really sort of morphed into the definition of immigrant, but the idea of…

What, a corporation that hired a pedophile to shill for them because he lost a shit ton of weight eating their shitty food is now making even more radically stupid moves? Consider me shocked. Maybe Papa John can take over operations, since he no longer works for his crap company.

As much as I wish flaming death on Manchin, and possibly on Sinema as well, they are not the problem. And not much of a symtom, either.

Okay, then that is what is coloring your view.

Maybe you are reading more into it. If my comments make it seem like everyone in a pickup is some toothless redneck who wants to roll coal, forgive me for making you think that. I don’t see it that way, but I do see a correlation between the pickup buyer market and those who are least likely to adopt EV tech.

Asylum seems to be the issue, then, not immigration. And can we agree or not that immigration and asylum are totally different concepts, legally?

I don’t disagree with anything you said. I just think that the average person who will buy an EV pickup is not likely to be the average current pickup owner, based on all the comments I have read. They complain about towing, about range, about lack of chargers, about every thing that precludes them from adopting. And…

Have you read most of the comments?

Again, a good point. And thank you for a really good discussion on this, I am enjoying it. But I am thinking that my issue with it all boils down to asylum and refugee status. Are the majority of the people really refugees? I suppose I am framing it as actual war refugees, so it would color my perspective thusly. Are…

Again, you have excellent points, and I am not trying to shame you if you don’t personally house anyone. But metaphorically, you are telling the incoming folks that your home - which is also my home - is open and welcome. That’s not fair to me, or anyone else really, as we all pay the taxes that support the…

Again, respectfully, I disagree. When she, as VPOTUS, is in a country giving a speech regarding immigration and refugee status, then it is her job to say that the laws of the United States mean that the people trying to get here are doing so against the law.

First gear: I want EV pickups to work. I really do.

Good points, but I fundamentally disagree with your first statement. You realize that as VPOTUS, she is second in command as the enforcement of laws of the land. If the law states no illegal immigration, she is compelled to state “Don’t come” as that is the law. Policing does not allow you to say that you are…

I get it, but here’s another example of the same thing. Women (and perhaps better stated as people, but generally women) who are in abusive relationships can flee to a shelter. And they usually don’t flee from one state to another, do they? No, they need help, and the closest shelter is usually the choice, is it not?

Agreed. And although we should offer help to those looking for asylum from their home countries, why is it okay that the Central American ones not look for that help in other countries, one closer to home, ones that speak the same language? I mean, we could easily send aid money to countries offering shelter to those…

Great advice, but you are offering it too late for most people who might have gone with a loan from this company. You are just effectively closing the barn door after the horses are out.

...cough, cough... Buick Envision...

As I noted before, I like history, I like boats, and I really, really think saving the QM is a really bad idea.

Well, you are not wrong, but then, any discrepancy in mass between any 2 or more colliding vehicles will mean that the smaller one suffers most. And there will always be some “big as or bigger than you” vehicle, whether you are on a small motorcycle or in an RV or driving a semi. And “back in the day”, you knew if you…