Who cares what the law is in California?

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

… a mind consumed by Trump derangement syndrome.

The only people who are clearly deranged about their master are MAGAts.

[Chap]

It's a human being who has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

From what moment does this apply? If every fertilised ovum has the fully range of citizen's rights, then I have break it to you that a lot of citizen fertilised ova are failing to implant in the womb lining, and simply get cleared out in a rather heavy period. See for instance:

https://www.shreeivfclinic.com/blogs/sy ... a%20period.

Do you think it is right that these human beings can simply get flushed down the toilet in a heavy period? Surely any woman who has a heavy period should be automatically arrested and questioned to make sure that a homicide charge is not appropriate? Maybe blood detection monitors could be installed in all womens' bathrooms?

At present something like 40-50% of fertilised ova fail to implant. All those dead citizens - shouldn't they at least get a funeral?

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8287936/

[Morley]

No. And no.

I didn't ask you. I asked Jersey Girl.

I answered you in order to establish that I thnk you're right about this.

Probably because you see me through a leftist liberal lens and a mind consumed by Trump derangement syndrome.

You're ignoring where I explained the reason for my confusion. It has nothing to do with what you call TDS. It has to do with your propensity to call for limited government but then backing a person who is expanding US government involvement in unprecedented ways--into places like higher education, private industry, policing local municipalities, and controlling women's reproductive organs. It has to do with you calling for limited taxation but then backing a leviathan federal government that has expanded the deficit to unprecedented levels.

Because I don't want progressive California giving non english speakers CDLs and then sending them onto Florida highways?

You're kidding. If you go back and read, you'll note that I didn't mention that except to agree with you. So, why the hell are you reverting to that?

Actually Trump is enforcing the border very well, proving false Biden's claim that it was impossible to enforce the border without congressional action. It's worked so well that many illegals are self deporting.

An authoritarian government does many things without congressional action. That doesn't make it right.

Of course illegals are self-deporting. We've become a nation that foreigners (whether legal or not) simply do not want to live in. Student visas are down. Tourism is down. We're on our way to becoming a pariah to other countries.

And surprise surprise, we're not in an economic recession nor is lettuce any more expensive than it was under Bidenflation.

Ha! Give us another 12 months. The game has just begun.

I'm a follower of Ben Shapiro. I have concerns about the tariffs. But as of yet all we've seen is President Trump win better deals for American citizens. That includes you.

Trump is winning no better deals for me. Actions taken in his first administration cost us about $100,000. I don't expect this term to be any different.

If the tarrifs begin to hurt the American people, I'm confident President Trump will adjust his policy. He's not an ideologue like Biden and the Democrats who kept firehozing out stimulus money and scamdemic boondoggles while refusing to understand the inflationary consequences of it. And unlike Democrats who see working people as simply tax chattel to fund their socialism and new world order, Donald Trump has repeatedly shown that he puts the interests of the American people first, and yes ahead of the interests of foreigners.

Trump's not putting The American people first, he's using them to fund his personal and political empire. We were not better off after the first Trump administration. We'll be even worse off after this one.

and regulating every woman’s reproductive system—

It's not her reproductive system. It's a human being who has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And yes women have the right to choose to have sex and get pregnant. But they don't get to choose the consequences of those actions nor should they get to dictate who should have to pay the cost of unwed motherhood.

If a woman's reproductive system is not her own, I'm assuming that you think it belongs to the state. Do your gonads belong to the state, too? You seem to be okay with that.

You whine about big government, but you support an administration that’s making government bigger than it’s ever been.

It's an administration that courted my vote. Unlike ideologically pure libertarians who believe that we have no right to have national borders, I believe that private property protection is a fundamental reason for having a government at all. And yes, I'll gladly pay for that when our government is doing what is best for the American people. And I'll continue to bitch when it's taxpayer money paying for condomns in Africa or to bring in illegal immigrants against the will of American voters and scatter them around the country at the expense of the American taxpayer.

I'm not talking about borders and condoms. This is about the transgression of government power. You say that you believe in capitalism, but shrug when the US Government demands a 10% stake in a private company like Intel. This is the very definition of socialism. You write with distain about those who are 'ideologically pure.' I don't see that you have any consistent ideology at all. You go wherever Donald Trump leads you.

You have benefited from the system in every way, from your state-subsidized schooling, to your highly regulated and protected profession,

I had to perform among the best white and Asian students to earn my degree. Black people could have chosen my profession and not even have had to perform as well as I did in school to attain the same letters by their name as I have. But most of them couldn't/wouldn't even do that. That's right, they couldn't even best a piece of poor white inbred trash from Appalachia. Beyond that, the laws were the same for all competitors. Should medicine be a true free market based solely upon, buyer beware? I would say yes, but that's not what voters have chosen to do. But we all had the same choices put before us on what to do for a living.

Why are you turning this into a screed about race? Why are you calling yourself inbred white trash? Neither has anything to do with the fact that you have benefited from the system in every way. You don't want to pay for it, but you're more than ready to exploit it.

You didn’t serve in the military—you let somebody else take up that obligation.

I signed up for selective service and would have done so if I were called upon to do so. The military turned out to not be the right path for me financially. Now that the country is mine again, I'm more than happy to fight and sacrifice for it.

Wow. Like literally every other male in the country, at age 18, you signed up for the Selective Service. I'll say it again: Wow.

It’s no mystery why you hate this country—you think it should take care of you, while you should not have to give anything in return.

I've asked for a national divorce from progressives for a long time now. We don't want anything from you other than for you to leave us alone and let us have our own country.

Go ahead and ask for a divorce. Continue whinging. Better still, move your ass to Russia.They would love to have you there. You are all talk and no action.

But you'll never do that because you know that a coalition of liberal white elites and a majority of impoverished, illiterate, undisciplined, lazy, unskilled, minorities of the lowest moral character would be a worse disaster than Cuba or Venezuela without the WASPs they hate to do the work, pay the bills, and make responsible life choices in line with their culture and genetic predispositions.

Again, for you, it has everything to go with racial and ethnic grievance. You turn a topic that has nothing to do with race into one where you can complain about made-up 'genetic predispositions.' There are no genetic predispositions.

[ajax18]

I guess I misunderstood you. My apologies.

I do follow Trump for the most part. HIs stance on illegal immigration alone was enough for me to put up with anything else on which I might disagree. I guess I'm not a pure free market capitalist if what you mean is a pure libertarian notion such as the idea that there should be no tarriffs and no borders. I'm an economic nationalist. Any private property or rights that we possess ultimately goes back to a social contract between warriors who banded together to secure those rights. There should be a certain loyalty between these warriors that includes land and economic interest after the battle is won. Perhaps we should be buying American even when Chinese or Russian products are significantly cheaper. There are no God given rights, only rights earned in battle. I do appreciate your opinion. In my mind your military service alone deserves my respect even if I don't agree with you.

There are no genetic predispositions.

Not even a genetic presdisposition to be homosexual? After all, there can't be any element of human free will or choice in this according to progressive doctrine?

[Jersey Girl]

Hey ajax,

I lost the plot here. I know you replied but I don't have time to go dig it out so I'll just lob in my position.

You don't need to be able to read English in order to drive any vehicle in the US any more than you need to be able to read German to drive on the autobahn. You also no longer need an international driver's license to drive in Germany which I had to take years ago and is no longer needed.

That's why the International Road Signs system exists for Europe (and other countries) and why the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) exists here in the US (and other countries).

On a side note that's also why you see little people signs on public restrooms. Boy, girl, baby, not sure about Target current policies.

Our alphabet is made up of symbols. Symbols that mean something--sounds. In the case of driving, the symbols are pictorial and instructive, they are universal, and can be read by anyone anywhere they go--even potty.

If you ever got out of the country or even pay attention when you're driving, you'd know these things and with regard to public restrooms, don't ever go to Europe! The stalls are for both male and female. And if American's weren't so darn stupid and overcome by political rhetoric, they'd build the stalls here just like they do in Europe but that would end the debate, wouldn't it?

[Doctor Steuss]

In my opinion, there's very good reasons that California and other states go above federal requirements and mandate English language proficiency for obtaining a CDL. Commercial drivers who travel interstate need to be able to understand and respond to radio commands from Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facilities, understand the Channel 9 CB updates from law enforcement, communicate during trooper inspections, etc. There are also construction LED message boards that are important to be able to read -- especially when you're driving a vehicle with an exceptionally high potential to take another person's life in an accident. Driving something that weights between 35,000-80,000 pounds, and the responsibilities associated with it is vastly different that driving something that weighs 2,500-5,000 pounds.

Obviously, in this particular instance, there's the added issue that this particular driver wasn't even able to identify all of the signs on the test. There's absolutely no reason anyone with this guy's knowledge should have received a CDL.

[Morley]

There are no genetic predispositions.

Not even a genetic presdisposition to be homosexual? After all, there can't be any element of human free will or choice in this according to progressive doctrine?

All predispositions are not genetic. But, then, you're an intelligent and educated man, so you already know this stuff. Why you pretend otherwise is a mystery.

[canpakes]

Not even a genetic presdisposition to be homosexual? After all, there can't be any element of human free will or choice in this according to progressive doctrine?

All predispositions are not genetic. But, then, you're an intelligent and educated man, so you already know this stuff. Why you pretend otherwise is a mystery.

Nor would gender identity necessarily be rigidly and inextricably linked to physicality. Consider the case of this past Mrs. America winner:

https://people.com/intersex-pageant-que ... e-11787610

Blankenship has complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, one of over 40 variations of intersex conditions that prohibit her from responding to testosterone. She was born with no uterus or ovaries, but she had internal testes that produced estrogen.

Look what you made me do, ajax. I just posted a link to an article from People. Ugh. : D

[Jersey Girl]

In my opinion, there's very good reasons that California and other states go above federal requirements and mandate English language proficiency for obtaining a CDL. Commercial drivers who travel interstate need to be able to understand and respond to radio commands from Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facilities, understand the Channel 9 CB updates from law enforcement, communicate during trooper inspections, etc. There are also construction LED message boards that are important to be able to read -- especially when you're driving a vehicle with an exceptionally high potential to take another person's life in an accident. Driving something that weights between 35,000-80,000 pounds, and the responsibilities associated with it is vastly different that driving something that weighs 2,500-5,000 pounds.

Obviously, in this particular instance, there's the added issue that this particular driver wasn't even able to identify all of the signs on the test. There's absolutely no reason anyone with this guy's knowledge should have received a CDL.

Hang on. So far as I know, truckers in the US can speak Spanish on CB radios as well as use Spanish speaking channels.

You got the Jersey Devil, down and on the side.

(Yes that was my CB handle)

[ajax18]

… this would go a long way toward figuring out why this happened, "Do you think that learning English is not essential to possessing a CDL and that it should not be required?"

Are you trying to convince folks that after more than a half-decade of commercial driving on highways that he used a cross-lane emergency turnout because he couldn’t read a sign that may not have even been there?

Or did the driver just not care about this not being allowed, or didn’t notice that another vehicle was close enough to hit him?

In my part of the world, the sign stating that these are for ‘official/ps/emergency use only’ is usually missing. The chance that anyone employed as a truck driver for any length of time over a month wouldn’t figure out or learn from co-drivers and working peers that these are usually reserved for emergency vehicles is probably nonexistent.

After half a decade this CDL holder could not identify basic traffic signs, nor could he speak or understand basic English and I don't think he ever will. When my German ancestors came to America, they learned English and assimilated very quickly. The taxpayer was not required accommodate them with German signs, German speaking public defenders, German speaking teachers, doctors, etc. You either learned to speak English or you didn't get the job and with no social welfare you had to seriously consider whether you wanted to come to a country where you weren't willing/able to assimilate.