Another reason why I'm Never DeSantis. The Bill of Rights applies to PEOPLE, not just CITIZENS. "People" includes all residents and foreign visitors. The POTUS does not have any constitutional right to repress anyone's freedom of speech,https://t.co/eWZxcUJI7Y https://t.co/RwqQSM6iPn
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Because there are contagious viruses out there like COVID-19, still hospitalizing and killing people daily. A lot of people have immune systems at risk, and quality masks, like N95, mitigate risks, I know an assisted living facility which recently had a COVID outbreak. https://t.co/ZMZxMrkxVk
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Trump never did a damn thing to reform senior entitlements, even though the programs were already starting to draw down reserves on his watch. Don't forget the hypocrite actually wanted a payroll tax holiday during the pandemic, making it worsehttps://t.co/dLyQ8s0NOg pic.twitter.com/S22NRMJgYo
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Over my dead body! Never mind the fact Trump is an incompetent, unqualified, divisive politician who is also facing 91 criminal counts and is actively running for POTUS https://t.co/O110u37fpM
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Not a chance. Don't forget she had a track record in GOP leadership before her ouster which Dems will never forgive, and the strong Trump faction in the GOP conference will effectively kill the idea, https://t.co/WgTHJOB9Ie
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Never forget the "law & order" POTUS is facing 91 criminal charges and 140 police officers were injured by Trump's "peaceful" rioters on J6. https://t.co/g3FUbCl946
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
I hate DeSantis because he doesn't respect the Constitution. https://t.co/3DbjbOYQxj
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Economically illiterate rubbish. The Bush and Trump tax cuts were good for the economy and TEMPORARY. The fact is federal tax collection is at an all-time high. The $1.7T FY23 Biden deficit is due to unsustainable federal spending. https://t.co/H3bwQZcfhR
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 22, 2023
Unlike Trump, Christie was reelected--from a blue state even! https://t.co/8w9MUOsqBY
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
Buy your lawnmowers in another state. BONUS: CA won't collect sales tax. https://t.co/xUw5uY0CnQ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
I don't like the KC Chiefs, and I'll never buy a Taylor Swift recording.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
No, Trump couldn't. His whole shtick is attention-seeking gimmicks, his speeches consist of repetitious replete trite bumper sticker soundbites, and the town drunk is more articulate on public policy. https://t.co/HaPyXah5vW
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
I love Sgt. Pepper and Rubber Soul more.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
Nope. POUS has limited powers. I consider federal spending, the Fed, and overregulation bigger threats to the American economy.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
Good question. I'm a Boomer who was Never Trump before he ran for POTUS. I think it was more Trump's celebrity and his anti-establishment messaging. https://t.co/yDfYvDMCpz
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
NOPE. We don't need a divisive ideologue as Speaker. We need someone who can negotiate with a Dem-controlled Senate and White House and not one which seeks to exploit a tiny majority for partisan grandstanding. https://t.co/m9M3liEAK7
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
If my Houston Astros can't win 1 home game out of 4 in the ALCS, they don't deserve to play in the World Series.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 23, 2023
Those of us Houston Astros fans in the ALDS were condemned to repeat the nightmare of the 2019 World Series, the statistical anomaly where the Astros held the home field advantage, but the home team lost each of the 7 games. Good luck to the Rangers in the Series.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 24, 2023
Trump's veto of Emmer as Speaker makes it clear his desire to Make the House Democratic Again.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 24, 2023
A World Series of wildcards. I have to root for my home state team, the Texas Rangers. I also have 5 Eagle Scout nephew/fans who grew up in the Dallas suburbs and have never seen them win a World Series.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
The House Speaker race is beyond embarrassing. Th Trumpkins haven't figured out that a Trumpkin will NEVER be nominated. A hardline Speaker not only has to deal with vulnerable blue district Republicans but would face a backlash the first time he compromises with the Senate or WH
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
I usually don't recognize covers on The Voice. I was pleasantly surprised to recognize Celine Dion's "That's the Way It Is". But IMO, not the power vocals of the original. I have a decent voice but wouldn't cover Steve Perry songs: I don't have the pipes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
At some point a sufficient number of Democrats need to man up and promise to abstain from voting if the GOP renominates McCarthy, enough to overcome the Gang of Trumpkin Eight. And they need to help revise the rule empowering political terrorists like Gaetz.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
I do agree foreign aid can lead to unintended consequences and be exploited by corrupt governments and crony capitalists like the military industrial complex. But our alliance has delayed an immediate Gaza invasion and likely expansion to a regional conflict. https://t.co/ajjJM0RVmJ
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
This is rather stupid. Among other things, we could get more young workers by expanding immigration. But the real issue with senior entitlements is politicians extending benefits while not financing for the growth in senior beneficiaries with longer lifespans in retirement. https://t.co/jrpbGjE631
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
The Biden Administration is ignoring the nonpartisan actuaries have repeatedly warned that entitlement reserves will dry up within a dozen years, resulting in benefit cuts or huge federal funding requirements. What Republicans are doing is trying to stretch existing funding, https://t.co/R1StIVbyN4
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
Congratulations, Speaker Johnson! I was skeptical the GOP factions would ever reconcile around a common candidate. The Dems tried and failed to politically exploit the issue for partisan advantage.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 25, 2023
The MAGA-supported resolution once again exposes the hypocrisy and incoherence of the Trumpist America First agenda.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
I noticed the last time I bought cough syrup from Amazon I had to do an age-verification check. This is stupid when I've been a customer for over 20 years. It's also an annoying hassle at Walmart because the self-check clerk has to verify compliance.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
"Susan Collins"
LMAO. I don't recall "Beetlejuice" being all that erotic. https://t.co/U0IDElH2xx
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
Just a reminder buying/earing good quality facemasks (like N95) is a pragmatic step at risk individuals can take. I do think symptomatic passengers should be regulated.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
My big issue about wearing masks is being in a rush at the airport. You can almost black out wearing an N95. https://t.co/LrVdYYahbt
Drug overdoses are tragedies. But prohibitions are bad public policy, and scapegoating migrants is wrong. Ye fact is, most smugglers are American citizens, and immigration restrictions don't stop them. https://t.co/g9fp15vRJm
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
"Police state" https://t.co/rsVZOsC4Qd
Every time there is a gun abuse tragedy, you have these self-serving "progressives" mocking people offering their thoughts and prayers. These elitists exploit every tragedy to expand the State over the rights of individuals, including self-defense
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
"Thoughts and Prayers"
Well, I'm CHOCKED that Trump is upset at being prosecuted for his crimes, playing the victim card, and tweeting like a fifth grader who flunked spelling. They must have given him the maneuver Heimlich when he was chocking like a dog in his failed 2020 reelection race. #sarcasm pic.twitter.com/qFqpX0kXdP
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 26, 2023
Interesting new track lists for the Beatles' red (early greatest hits) and blue albums. The newly added red hits include Here, There and Everywhere; Taxman; Twist and Shout. The new blue set includes the new "last hit" mix of Lennon's Now and Then.https://t.co/qL4KTCYKXK
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 27, 2023
When I taught MIS at the university level, I used my programming skills to resequence exam question order and even multiple-choice question options. Ask the poor department staff who had to run alternate dittoes.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 27, 2023
Well, Trump and Elder have one thing in common: neither has been in a GOP primary debate. No doubt Elder will organize the Blacks for Trump phone booth. https://t.co/6M4kUjONDj
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 27, 2023
So much for national reconciliation. This was donated work of art. It's one thing to relocate a national historic monument of a man, a war hero who Lincoln wanted to head the Union invasion. Destroying and repurposing the property of others is an abomination.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 27, 2023
"Robert E. Lee" https://t.co/slfXTWxl9b
No, a congresswoman should not be censored for disagreeing with Israel government actions or American foreign policy. Greene must practice tolerance of alternate views as embedded in our Constitution.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 27, 2023
"Marjorie Taylor Greene"
Trump recently posted an image oh him with Jesus. No, he wouldn't be blasphemous enough to compare himself to Jesus, would he? No, he must be comforted by Matthew 25:36: "I was in prison and you came to visit me." #sarcasm pic.twitter.com/3uLLvrmA3d
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 28, 2023
NATO needs to seriously reconsider Turkey's membership and NATO, and the EU needs to reassess any Turkey application. They don' t need a warmongering troublemaker in the Mideast region.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 28, 2023
Erdogan
Pence has joined Quayle and Cheney as former VP's not becoming GOP POTUS nominee
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 28, 2023
Yes, you can. The guy who flunked fifth grade, Trump. is a fat pig. No wonder he fed national champs fast food. https://t.co/YQmTc7Sq4x
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 29, 2023
There was the woman I brought to a company dinner who started flirting with my co-worker's date.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 29, 2023
There was the nice Catholic girl Mom hoped I would meet who left me 30 messages after I took her to the museum, furious I didn't ask her {not a fan) to the game.
"Dating History"
The brain-dead anti-vaxxers are using any high-profile health issue or death to spread crackpot rubbish. The latest bit of insanity involves drowning victim 54yo actor Matthew Perry, decade-long gig as Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends.
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 29, 2023
Another is opposition to PC censorship of religious expression in the public sphere. Perhaps opposition to advocacy of libertine values in public schools. These have nothing to do with a State-sponsored religious establishment
— raguillemette (@raguillemette) October 29, 2023
