I think I went toe to toe with the poster who claimed “we are supposed to be listening to women” as if that philosophy was ever about positive character witnesses for a predator instead of finally listening to the victims. Such twisted logic comes out of cognitive dissonance sometimes.

Splinter commentariate seem to compromise an uncanny number of DNC apologist who are more than happy with ethical relativism so long as it benefits their partisan views. Splinter = power politics at its worst. I can’t control much other than acting with integrity and voting for candidates who do the same. We are still…

ItIn all sincerity, is English your primary language? All of your posts have been difficult to decipher and I’m wondering if its a translation issue. Because I sincerely have no clue what “a transplant fish” is though it appears to intended to be some type of insult. Definitely not a survivalist, more of a traditional…

Its clear you lack any real knowledge or context for the area. Besides seasonal employees, no one “lives” in the monument, at least not legally. The tribes are to the east and south of the Monument and so are Blanding, Bluff and Monticello. There is one motel along the highway that seems to have a very odd management…

You can do better than that.

The structure of complicit support and protection needs more sunlight and exposure. Our entire society is indicted.

Face palm. Please reread my posts with nuance.

You aren’t making sense.

What part are you referring to as an “8 day” backpacking trip? Its a huge monument but much of it can and is day hiked. Visitation has drastically increased in the last 3 years; I actually think it doubled.

Explain how I’m rewriting history on the passage of the ACA. Please do. Its problematic passage is well documented.

One is stop constantly assuming the worst of each and every Republican. You do realize that is exactly the view conservatives have of Democrats in the US as well, correct? Stop universally antagonizing the other party over every detail and we might actually have more ground to stand on with big issues that need…

Its two different conversations and its a lazy attempt to paint the current response as “victimization feminism”. Were women demanding votes or leading protests in the 20th century acting like victims for demanding we focus on those who control the power and narrative take accountability? No.

Without bipartisanship we are doomed to unsustainable legislation and executive action that oscillates every 4-8 years. Congress is dysfunctional but it should be clear by now that it can and will get worse if we don’t strive for something more than party line votes.

Having been a DNC delegate I can tell you the current stalemate involves active resentment and strategy from Democrats as much as Republicans. I am independent who often votes for democratic presidents who can attest to a stubborn and vitriolic refusal to collaborate with conservatives in my district. And what I saw…

Thanks for a reasoned response. We have time to dismantle the bill in conference and the other bicameral vote. Horrid bill that needs criticism but the world is ending talk is a bit outrageous.

I think this will be a contentious case that could go all the way to SCOTUS. I think an immediate stay will be implemented which helps GSENM but not BENM, which is really just a piece of paper still. Its clearly uncertain that the executive has this authority but its also uncertain if its only vested in Congress,…

Lawsuits will be immediate an what Trump is doing is a legally untested flex of executive power. This will take years to resolve but could alter land management forever.

But they are clearly the life of the dance party:

Great news for justice but people are jumping the gun on his motives to cooperate with Mueller against Trump. Self-aggrandizing pundits like Olbermann are leading the way on this and the left needs to be real careful with their assumptions. Let this play out before celebrating.

Trump ran on a platform of dismantling the administrative state and is succeeding. Constantly removing high level personnel, like Tillerson, makes accountability for the short and long term effects of that strategy extremely difficult. We can rightfully mock the Trump Administration but we do so at the peril of…