buddha

jesus actually hung out with jewish "extremists" in his day. if you're all for supporting religious extremists, let me know. i think its difficult to extrapolate jesus political and religious views to today's politics. both sides do it and neither is really all that successful.

yeah, despite bernie sanders' dreams, the us is not the same as a tiny country in north western europe with a homogeneous population, no immigrants, sitting on a bed of oil, and no military concerns because a big ol' country an ocean away guarantees their safety. well damn. you got me. shit man, why dont you trot out luxembourg to show everyone how poor we are, lol? but seriously, i question whether the "gini coefficient" means much and whether the goal of society should be "everyone must have equal incomes." the us is a great place to be rich and - in comparison to many of its peers - not the best place to be poor. we'll see if the restrictions on immigration and the lack of families having children leads to the us having severe labor shortages. that will likely drive wage gains and might decrease some of the dreaded inequality that worries us comfortably middle class people from the comfort of our keyboards.

so again, your issue isnt with the united states, its with your perception that some americans think were "exceptional." we are "different," not exceptional. that said, its a really nice place to live. not the best, not perfect, not without problems, but pretty good considering everything.

all countries technically have the ability to "fix the problem" of the rich getting rich because of connections and then not transferring that to the poor. but no country has ever solved that issue because all countries are run by human beings. american capitalism is particularly harsh in many respects, harsher than other countries. an expanded social safety net could ameliorate many of those issues. but we are not alone in having those issues, and those of us who live here - yes, even black people - do pretty well compared to other countries. the united states is not a bad place to live.

everyone is on microsoft teams now anyway.

this post says more about your prejudices than it does about christians.

all those issues exist in every country and are not unique to the united states.

he wasnt impeached because the republicans wouldnt let him be impeached.

brian dabold in buffalo is getting an hc job somewhere. i think he'd be the bears' first choice over eberflus, but he is a candidate too. dabold worked with josh allen, a big mobile qb with raw talent but not a lot of pro offense experience and turned him into a star. and the bears have a certain justin fields who is the future of their franchise... but the bears are pretty dumb about picking head coaches so you never know.

what about the josh mccown love?

play simmons as a playmaking pf, and he can take some of the pg duties away from cade and kick hayes to the second unit. i'd trade stewart too if they want him since i dont rate stewart that highly and he's probably unplayable with simmons.

grant and olynyk for simmons works. i dont see how that helps philly unless you have harris at small forward and olynyk as a bench guy. but the nunbers work. they can have brooklyn's second rounder if you want a pick. besides, we cant trade our first round pick because we owe it to houston.

well if wharton students think that way then EVERYBODY thinks that way. america is a better place to live for black americans than almost every country on the planet. theyre wealthier, live in larger homes with access to better health care, better education, and better consumer goods. especially if theyre gay or lesbian. there are a handful of countries that are on the same level as the united states when it comes to these issues. your familiarty with this country breeds your contempt. america is far from perfect, but what country is perfect?

why?

holy shit, look who's here! old school shabba.

pssst... no grant.

"bro, i got murdered..."

i think the first one was impeachable too. mueller said as much in his report. "here is the evidence he obstructed the investigation, but i cant convict him of a crime because he is a sitting president and that's congress' job".

i think the population with TDS is with the people who blindly follow him, not the people who question him.

i dont think so.

biden saying he didnt know if the 2022 elections would be legitimate if their voting bill didnt pass was not a good thing to say. but not much theyve said about this bill has been anything other than hyperbole. there are legit compromises out there that they can take, but they are choosing not to take them. i dont know why other than they want this issue to remain in the public eye and think they can make hay with it in the midterms. i dont know if that's a good strategy considering most americans dont care, but there must be something they know or else they wouldnt be pushing so hard. i assume he's doing it to shore up his progressive flank or to placate jim clyburne.

zadina seems snakebit. nothing goes in for him. if he were playing with larkin as raymond is, would it make a difference?

i just did a pff mock and philly traded me three firsts, so there you go. lol.

i doubt that too. 12 to 3 cost 3 first rounders. 15 to 2 is an even bigger leap. has anyone ever done a leap that big in the modern draft? i dont know.

but that's why its unrealistic to think the eagles would give up 3 or 4 first rounders to move up in this year's draft.