Comments on: It's Worth A Try... http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:55:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214371 Kick Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:11:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214371 ListenWhenYouHear 11 <i>Do you know what “commissioned” even means??? It means that whoever wants you to work for them is willing to pay for educating you so that you may meet their training requirements. That's it! A Sheriff can swear in anyone they need to accomplish a task in an emergency, but that doesn't mean that they are qualified to work in law enforcement anywhere else. If you are found to have committed a crime while working your job as a LEO, you are terminated and your commission is revoked. Your academy training is revoked. You will have to go thru the academy all over again to work as an officer. You do not know this because you were not commissioned by a police department to attend an academy. You said you got trained by some company that YOU had to pay to get your training from them. That is why no law enforcement agency would hire you when you finished. You could be a mall cop or work security somewhere, but you were never hired to work law enforcement. </i> Yes. In point of fact, we've already explained this and supplied the links to prove it. While any clueless moron can obviously keep claiming that officers are "sworn" and not "commissioned" and continue to execute the false equivalency bullshit regarding the military, the fact is that police officers in the vast majority of states in America are BOTH sworn and commissioned/certified by a commissioner. So I repeat again, from the "Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Mark Glass, <b>Commissioner</b>: <blockquote>There are five primary steps to becoming a certified officer in Florida: 1. Meet the minimum qualifications pursuant to s. 943.13, Florida Statutes. 2. Complete the required training or be exempt pursuant to s. 943.131(2), Florida Statutes for the respective discipline. 3. Pass the State Officer Certification Examination for the respective discipline. 4. Gain employment with a Florida criminal justice employing agency with that agency completing a full background investigation and submitting an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 on the officer’s behalf. 5. Have the employment file reviewed by Commission staff to ensure compliance. "" 2. Complete the Required Training or be Exempt Pursuant to S. 943.131(2), Florida Statutes An individual must successfully complete the applicable Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Program at a Commission-certified training school. The Basic Recruit Training Programs are in-person programs and are not available on-line. Someone who has previously served at least one year full-time in the past eight years as a sworn officer in another state, for the federal government, or for the military or served at least five years as a member of the special operations forces with your separation in the past four years may qualify to be exempt from completing the Basic Recruit Training Program pursuant to s. 943.131, F.S. If you believe you may be exempt, review the information related to Equivalency of Training. "" 4. Gain Employment with a Criminal Justice Employing Agency as an Officer An individual must gain employment in a sworn position with a criminal justice employing agency. This can be in a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary capacity. Individuals who complete the Law Enforcement Auxiliary Basic Recruit Training Program may only be employed in an auxiliary capacity. At an agency’s discretion, an individual may be hired on a Temporary Employment Authorization pursuant to s. 943.131(1), F.S. prior to completing a Basic Recruit Training Program and/or passing the State Officer Certification Examination. The employing agency will collect all documentation required to show compliance with s. 943.13, F.S. The employing agency will complete a comprehensive background investigation including drug testing. Once all requirements for certification are met, the employing agency will submit an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 to the Commission on behalf of the officer. 5. Have the Employment File at the Agency Inspected by Commission Staff Once the employing agency submits an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59, Commission staff will review the application and employment file along with the agency’s documentation to ensure the officer is in compliance with s. 943.13, F.S. If the officer’s file is in compliance, the Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 will be approved and the officer will be certified. If the officer’s file is deficient in some manner, Commission staff will issue an Officer Certification Deficiency Notification form CJSTC-259 identifying the area(s) of deficiency. The employing agency then has 90 days to resolve the deficiency. If the deficiency is not resolved in 90 days, the Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 is forwarded to the Commission with a recommendation that the Commission deny the officer certification. https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJSTC/Officer-Requirements/How-to-Become-an-Officer.aspx </blockquote> A Commission in Florida either approves or denies your certification. This is what is generally referred to in the vast majority of state jurisdictions as being "commissioned." In Florida, you are either "certified" by the Florida commission or denied certification by same commission. You are sworn <b>and</b> commissioned/certified by a commission or denied certification/commission. Still not rocket science, eh Russ? Love you, Russ, and always remember: If a dang fool believes he can become a police officer in Florida without being commissioned -- also known as being approved for certification by the Florida commissioner, well, this is the textbook definition of "willful ignorance" and also a demonstration in how "you can't fix stupid." :) ListenWhenYouHear
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Do you know what “commissioned” even means??? It means that whoever wants you to work for them is willing to pay for educating you so that you may meet their training requirements. That's it! A Sheriff can swear in anyone they need to accomplish a task in an emergency, but that doesn't mean that they are qualified to work in law enforcement anywhere else. If you are found to have committed a crime while working your job as a LEO, you are terminated and your commission is revoked. Your academy training is revoked. You will have to go thru the academy all over again to work as an officer.

You do not know this because you were not commissioned by a police department to attend an academy. You said you got trained by some company that YOU had to pay to get your training from them. That is why no law enforcement agency would hire you when you finished. You could be a mall cop or work security somewhere, but you were never hired to work law enforcement.

Yes. In point of fact, we've already explained this and supplied the links to prove it. While any clueless moron can obviously keep claiming that officers are "sworn" and not "commissioned" and continue to execute the false equivalency bullshit regarding the military, the fact is that police officers in the vast majority of states in America are BOTH sworn and commissioned/certified by a commissioner. So I repeat again, from the "Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Mark Glass, Commissioner:

There are five primary steps to becoming a certified officer in Florida:

1. Meet the minimum qualifications pursuant to s. 943.13, Florida Statutes.

2. Complete the required training or be exempt pursuant to s. 943.131(2), Florida Statutes for the respective discipline.

3. Pass the State Officer Certification Examination for the respective discipline.

4. Gain employment with a Florida criminal justice employing agency with that agency completing a full background investigation and submitting an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 on the officer’s behalf.

5. Have the employment file reviewed by Commission staff to ensure compliance.

""

2. Complete the Required Training or be Exempt Pursuant to S. 943.131(2), Florida Statutes

An individual must successfully complete the applicable Commission-approved Basic Recruit Training Program at a Commission-certified training school. The Basic Recruit Training Programs are in-person programs and are not available on-line.

Someone who has previously served at least one year full-time in the past eight years as a sworn officer in another state, for the federal government, or for the military or served at least five years as a member of the special operations forces with your separation in the past four years may qualify to be exempt from completing the Basic Recruit Training Program pursuant to s. 943.131, F.S. If you believe you may be exempt, review the information related to Equivalency of Training.

""

4. Gain Employment with a Criminal Justice Employing Agency as an Officer

An individual must gain employment in a sworn position with a criminal justice employing agency. This can be in a full-time, part-time, or auxiliary capacity. Individuals who complete the Law Enforcement Auxiliary Basic Recruit Training Program may only be employed in an auxiliary capacity.

At an agency’s discretion, an individual may be hired on a Temporary Employment Authorization pursuant to s. 943.131(1), F.S. prior to completing a Basic Recruit Training Program and/or passing the State Officer Certification Examination.

The employing agency will collect all documentation required to show compliance with s. 943.13, F.S.

The employing agency will complete a comprehensive background investigation including drug testing.

Once all requirements for certification are met, the employing agency will submit an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 to the Commission on behalf of the officer.

5. Have the Employment File at the Agency Inspected by Commission Staff

Once the employing agency submits an Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59, Commission staff will review the application and employment file along with the agency’s documentation to ensure the officer is in compliance with s. 943.13, F.S.

If the officer’s file is in compliance, the Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 will be approved and the officer will be certified.

If the officer’s file is deficient in some manner, Commission staff will issue an Officer Certification Deficiency Notification form CJSTC-259 identifying the area(s) of deficiency. The employing agency then has 90 days to resolve the deficiency. If the deficiency is not resolved in 90 days, the Officer Certification Application form CJSTC-59 is forwarded to the Commission with a recommendation that the Commission deny the officer certification.

https://www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJSTC/Officer-Requirements/How-to-Become-an-Officer.aspx

A Commission in Florida either approves or denies your certification. This is what is generally referred to in the vast majority of state jurisdictions as being "commissioned." In Florida, you are either "certified" by the Florida commission or denied certification by same commission.

You are sworn and commissioned/certified by a commission or denied certification/commission.

Still not rocket science, eh Russ?

Love you, Russ, and always remember: If a dang fool believes he can become a police officer in Florida without being commissioned -- also known as being approved for certification by the Florida commissioner, well, this is the textbook definition of "willful ignorance" and also a demonstration in how "you can't fix stupid." :)

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214135 ListenWhenYouHear Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214135 Michale <i>Considering I have PROVED that you had nothing to do with Law Enforcement..</i> Seeing how I have never once claimed to have ever been a member of law enforcement, I believe that I did far more to prove that point than you ever could have. But if you need to be praised for accomplishing something that was already done… <b>”GOOD BOY!”</b> Hope that helps you. <i>You thought LEOs were "commissioned" like military officers.. They are not.. They are "sworn"..</i> Do you know what “commissioned” even means??? It means that whoever wants you to work for them is willing to pay for educating you so that you may meet their training requirements. That's it! A Sheriff can swear in anyone they need to accomplish a task in an emergency, but that doesn't mean that they are qualified to work in law enforcement anywhere else. If you are found to have committed a crime while working your job as a LEO, you are terminated and your commission is revoked. Your academy training is revoked. You will have to go thru the academy all over again to work as an officer. You do not know this because you were not commissioned by a police department to attend an academy. You said you got trained by some company that YOU had to pay to get your training from them. That is why no law enforcement agency would hire you when you finished. You could be a mall cop or work security somewhere, but you were never hired to work law enforcement. <i> If you HAD any sort of Law Enforcement experience, you would know that an E911 Operator has to go thru the same exhaustive background checks that a patrol officer has to go thru.. I simply put ALL of my 2 and a half decades of LEO experience on my resume and I passed both my background checks AND Polygraph with flying colors..</i> Well that makes perfect sense! Seeing how you had absolutely ZERO experience in law enforcement, you would not have listed anything which is how you passed your background check. But you should be aware that these dishonest conversations and comments that you make on here are enough to end your job as an E911 call receiver. Michale, you continue to make outrageously dishonest claims that are not appropriate for someone in your new line of work to be making. <i>As I said, I went thru the same checks a patrol officer has to go thru.. Matter of fact, once my obligatory duty term to COMM is complete (a few years) I may be transferring to the road.. Or to Corrections.. Not sure which yet..</i> You are an idiot! How do you answer E911 calls on the road? You are not trained in law enforcement! Your current job might help you get hired to be a LEO by a police department, but you'd have to pass the academy first, and at your age that is not likely! <i>But irregardless of all that, the facts are clear.. I have more LEO experience in my little pinky fingernail than you can even HOPE to DREAM about... </i> For the last time: I have never claimed to have been employed as a law enforcement officer at any time! That is your lie! I worked for years as an E911 call receiver. I am married to the Chief of Police for my town who has over 20 years in law enforcement. You are a disgrace! Michale

Considering I have PROVED that you had nothing to do with Law Enforcement..

Seeing how I have never once claimed to have ever been a member of law enforcement, I believe that I did far more to prove that point than you ever could have. But if you need to be praised for accomplishing something that was already done… ”GOOD BOY!” Hope that helps you.

You thought LEOs were "commissioned" like military officers.. They are not.. They are "sworn"..

Do you know what “commissioned” even means??? It means that whoever wants you to work for them is willing to pay for educating you so that you may meet their training requirements. That's it! A Sheriff can swear in anyone they need to accomplish a task in an emergency, but that doesn't mean that they are qualified to work in law enforcement anywhere else. If you are found to have committed a crime while working your job as a LEO, you are terminated and your commission is revoked. Your academy training is revoked. You will have to go thru the academy all over again to work as an officer.

You do not know this because you were not commissioned by a police department to attend an academy. You said you got trained by some company that YOU had to pay to get your training from them. That is why no law enforcement agency would hire you when you finished. You could be a mall cop or work security somewhere, but you were never hired to work law enforcement.

If you HAD any sort of Law Enforcement experience, you would know that an E911 Operator has to go thru the same exhaustive background checks that a patrol officer has to go thru..

I simply put ALL of my 2 and a half decades of LEO experience on my resume and I passed both my background checks AND Polygraph with flying colors..

Well that makes perfect sense! Seeing how you had absolutely ZERO experience in law enforcement, you would not have listed anything which is how you passed your background check. But you should be aware that these dishonest conversations and comments that you make on here are enough to end your job as an E911 call receiver. Michale, you continue to make outrageously dishonest claims that are not appropriate for someone in your new line of work to be making.

As I said, I went thru the same checks a patrol officer has to go thru.. Matter of fact, once my obligatory duty term to COMM is complete (a few years) I may be transferring to the road.. Or to Corrections.. Not sure which yet..

You are an idiot! How do you answer E911 calls on the road? You are not trained in law enforcement! Your current job might help you get hired to be a LEO by a police department, but you'd have to pass the academy first, and at your age that is not likely!

But irregardless of all that, the facts are clear..

I have more LEO experience in my little pinky fingernail than you can even HOPE to DREAM about...

For the last time: I have never claimed to have been employed as a law enforcement officer at any time! That is your lie! I worked for years as an E911 call receiver. I am married to the Chief of Police for my town who has over 20 years in law enforcement. You are a disgrace!

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214129 nypoet22 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 22:59:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214129 @m the only thing you've proven is that you (still) don't know what you don't know. objective reality is the world as it would exist if there were no humans to say what anything means. what you guys in the Trump camp have (in fact) done is taken the language of objectivity and applied it subjectively, to make it appear as if everything were what used to be called "subjective," essentially redefining what "is" is, in your own mind. everybody else here just sort of rolls their eyes and presumes you're trying to "win" but i know different. I have some very smart friends who have chosen to inhabit your universe, and who are significantly better than you are at defending it. human rules change, but no matter how clever they are, they can't change the laws of physics, and it's disheartening to see them (and you) try. @m

the only thing you've proven is that you (still) don't know what you don't know. objective reality is the world as it would exist if there were no humans to say what anything means. what you guys in the Trump camp have (in fact) done is taken the language of objectivity and applied it subjectively, to make it appear as if everything were what used to be called "subjective," essentially redefining what "is" is, in your own mind.

everybody else here just sort of rolls their eyes and presumes you're trying to "win" but i know different. I have some very smart friends who have chosen to inhabit your universe, and who are significantly better than you are at defending it. human rules change, but no matter how clever they are, they can't change the laws of physics, and it's disheartening to see them (and you) try.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214125 John M from Ct. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:28:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214125 Gee, I looked up how to do it, and got a web link to work in this comments column! Progress, ever progress. Gee, I looked up how to do it, and got a web link to work in this comments column! Progress, ever progress.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214124 John M from Ct. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:26:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214124 This is interesting as a follow-up to Chris' post. This afternoon, the AP reports that <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-equal-rights-amendment-women-sex-discrimination-a6ee48bd6e8199839f5a44adb483d59d" rel="nofollow">"Archivist says Equal Rights Amendment can’t be certified as Democrats push Biden to recognize it"</a> As I understand it, the Archivist announced today that courts have several times ruled that the short period for ERA ratification - seven years from 1972, as written in Congress's original amendment legislation prologue - is a valid restriction. As such, pending a rewrite of the legislation by Congress, the archivist says she will not publish the ERA as an amendment, no matter what the president might want. Interestingly, channeling Chris perhaps, Sen. Gillibrand who is leading the current push to have Biden make the move responded that the Archivist has nothing to say about the matter, and needs to stand by and take her orders from the president. I wonder what will happen next? This is interesting as a follow-up to Chris' post. This afternoon, the AP reports that

"Archivist says Equal Rights Amendment can’t be certified as Democrats push Biden to recognize it"

As I understand it, the Archivist announced today that courts have several times ruled that the short period for ERA ratification - seven years from 1972, as written in Congress's original amendment legislation prologue - is a valid restriction. As such, pending a rewrite of the legislation by Congress, the archivist says she will not publish the ERA as an amendment, no matter what the president might want.

Interestingly, channeling Chris perhaps, Sen. Gillibrand who is leading the current push to have Biden make the move responded that the Archivist has nothing to say about the matter, and needs to stand by and take her orders from the president.

I wonder what will happen next?

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214123 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:24:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214123 <B>Freewheeling Transparency: Trump Holds First Post-Election News Conference Donald Trump couldn’t help himself. “We will take a few questions,” the president-elect told reporters assembled at Mar-a-Lago for an announcement about a $100 billion investment from the Japanese technology company SoftBank. He answered nearly two dozen questions in an hour. What was billed as a press statement became a sweeping press conference, his first since winning the election, signaling the return of Trump’s brand of free-wheeling transparency. His staff had summoned reporters to talk up the new investment, but Trump happily fielded questions on everything from the border wall (the sale of unused material was “almost a criminal act”) to the alleged link between autism and vaccines (“there is something wrong and we are going to find out about it”). Five weeks before Inauguration Day, all three of the major cable networks took Trump live. And the president-elect made news off-the-cuff.</B> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/16/a_freewheeling_transparency_trump_holds_first_post-election_news_conference_152097.html#2 Had Token DEI Hire Headboard Has Been Hooker Harris deigned to do even a FEW of these, she might not have had her arse handed to her so badly and so completely.. Oh, she still would have lost.. THAT was pre-ordained.. But she might not have been shellacked so badly... But she was a ZERO CHARISMA candidate and was AFRAID to be up there without a teleprompter and without pre-ordered PURCHASED questions.. She is a LUSER in every sense of the word... This is the OBJECTIVE REALITY.... 0128 Freewheeling Transparency: Trump Holds First Post-Election News Conference

Donald Trump couldn’t help himself. “We will take a few questions,” the president-elect told reporters assembled at Mar-a-Lago for an announcement about a $100 billion investment from the Japanese technology company SoftBank. He answered nearly two dozen questions in an hour.

What was billed as a press statement became a sweeping press conference, his first since winning the election, signaling the return of Trump’s brand of free-wheeling transparency.

His staff had summoned reporters to talk up the new investment, but Trump happily fielded questions on everything from the border wall (the sale of unused material was “almost a criminal act”) to the alleged link between autism and vaccines (“there is something wrong and we are going to find out about it”). Five weeks before Inauguration Day, all three of the major cable networks took Trump live.

And the president-elect made news off-the-cuff.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/16/a_freewheeling_transparency_trump_holds_first_post-election_news_conference_152097.html#2

Had Token DEI Hire Headboard Has Been Hooker Harris deigned to do even a FEW of these, she might not have had her arse handed to her so badly and so completely..

Oh, she still would have lost.. THAT was pre-ordained..

But she might not have been shellacked so badly...

But she was a ZERO CHARISMA candidate and was AFRAID to be up there without a teleprompter and without pre-ordered PURCHASED questions..

She is a LUSER in every sense of the word...

This is the OBJECTIVE REALITY....

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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214122 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214122 <B>What About Consequences? Are Democrats Immune? COMMENTARY By Frank Miele, December 16, 2024 But it doesn’t stop there. If there are no consequences for members of the first family, doesn’t that set the standard for the rest of us? Aides and lawyers close to President Biden are reportedly discussing the possibility of issuing preemptive pardons to other public figures who have been accused of wrongdoing by incoming President-elect Trump. That would potentially include FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith, and anyone else involved in prosecuting Trump for alleged federal crimes. It would also include members of the House January 6 Committee, such as Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff, but could extend far beyond that to include Gen. Mark Milley and former COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci. The final two names are illustrative of the danger of a blanket pardon since both men have been accused by their critics of serious misdeeds. Milley, for instance, has been accused of improper communications with China in the last month of the previous Trump administration. Fauci is being scrutinized for acts ranging from conflicts of interest to collusion for the U.S. government’s possible role in creating COVID itself – and then covering it up. How do you simply ignore such behavior unless your goal is to obstruct justice? The answer to that is obvious. Justice be damned. The only thing Democrats care about is circling the wagons before the second Trump presidency begins. Biden and his Cabinet officers will be working overtime to “gum up the works,” as Trump supporter Jeff Clark said about a move made by outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray to promote his own staff prior to resigning.</B> https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/16/what_about_consequences_are_democrats_immune_152093.html#2 Publicly, I want to see President Trump take the high road.. But in the background... in private... I want to see all the President's men (and women) go after Democrats with the passion and ferocity ten times that Democrats went after President Trump et al... Democrats need to understand that this sort of political lawfare persecutions have some very real and very serious consequences.. So much so that they would NEVER EVER be inclined to try this crap again... 0127 What About Consequences? Are Democrats Immune?

COMMENTARY By Frank Miele, December 16, 2024

But it doesn’t stop there. If there are no consequences for members of the first family, doesn’t that set the standard for the rest of us? Aides and lawyers close to President Biden are reportedly discussing the possibility of issuing preemptive pardons to other public figures who have been accused of wrongdoing by incoming President-elect Trump.

That would potentially include FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel Jack Smith, and anyone else involved in prosecuting Trump for alleged federal crimes. It would also include members of the House January 6 Committee, such as Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff, but could extend far beyond that to include Gen. Mark Milley and former COVID czar Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The final two names are illustrative of the danger of a blanket pardon since both men have been accused by their critics of serious misdeeds. Milley, for instance, has been accused of improper communications with China in the last month of the previous Trump administration. Fauci is being scrutinized for acts ranging from conflicts of interest to collusion for the U.S. government’s possible role in creating COVID itself – and then covering it up. How do you simply ignore such behavior unless your goal is to obstruct justice?

The answer to that is obvious. Justice be damned. The only thing Democrats care about is circling the wagons before the second Trump presidency begins. Biden and his Cabinet officers will be working overtime to “gum up the works,” as Trump supporter Jeff Clark said about a move made by outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray to promote his own staff prior to resigning.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/16/what_about_consequences_are_democrats_immune_152093.html#2

Publicly, I want to see President Trump take the high road..

But in the background... in private... I want to see all the President's men (and women) go after Democrats with the passion and ferocity ten times that Democrats went after President Trump et al...

Democrats need to understand that this sort of political lawfare persecutions have some very real and very serious consequences..

So much so that they would NEVER EVER be inclined to try this crap again...

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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214121 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:23:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214121 As far as the ERA goes... One question that NO ONE has even bothered asking.. Is the ERA even NEEDED any more??? Can anyone point to any institutionalized/systemic sexism anywhere??? Considering the FACT that there has been a woman Vice President (of a sorts.. :^/ ..) and there has been two woman POTUS candidates... Granted, they were both REALLY shitty candidates and really shitty women, but they WERE women.. One has to wonder if the ERA is a solution looking for a problem... Especially in light of the FACT that Democrats can't even define what a woman is... I'm just sayin'... 0126 As far as the ERA goes...

One question that NO ONE has even bothered asking..

Is the ERA even NEEDED any more???

Can anyone point to any institutionalized/systemic sexism anywhere???

Considering the FACT that there has been a woman Vice President (of a sorts.. :^/ ..) and there has been two woman POTUS candidates...

Granted, they were both REALLY shitty candidates and really shitty women, but they WERE women..

One has to wonder if the ERA is a solution looking for a problem...

Especially in light of the FACT that Democrats can't even define what a woman is...

I'm just sayin'...

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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214120 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:18:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214120 Remember that judge who got busted for taking bribes to keep kids in jail longer so that the company who ran the jail could make a ton more money... It was the KIDS FOR CASH scandal where a judge was paid off to keep kids in jail long past their release dates.. Guess whose sentence Basement Biden just commuted??? :eyeroll: This is ya'all's Democrat Party... Ya'all must be SOOOOO proud... :eyeroll: 0125 Remember that judge who got busted for taking bribes to keep kids in jail longer so that the company who ran the jail could make a ton more money...

It was the KIDS FOR CASH scandal where a judge was paid off to keep kids in jail long past their release dates..

Guess whose sentence Basement Biden just commuted???

:eyeroll:

This is ya'all's Democrat Party...

Ya'all must be SOOOOO proud... :eyeroll:

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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214119 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:03:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214119 Here is another example of ya'all's subjective reality.. In ya'all's "subjective reality" (ya'all's "truth") President Trump was hit by shrapnel, not a bullet.. SOME of ya'all's subjective reality is that President Trump was not even hit at all.. The OBJECTIVE reality (the facts) clearly show that there was NO SHRAPNEL at all.. The OBJECTIVE reality is that President Trump was, indeed, shot. The OBJECTIVE reality (the facts) clearly prove that beyond ANY doubt that, had President Trump not turned his head slightly just as the bullet was fired, the bullet would have taken off the back of President Trump's head.. These are the FACTS... This is the OBJECTIVE reality... Ya'all are welcome to your subjective reality.. Enjoy your "truth" all ya'all want.. You have my blessings... :D But your subjective reality... your "truth"... is not factual.. It's not objective.. And it's not reality.. Class dismissed... 0124 Here is another example of ya'all's subjective reality..

In ya'all's "subjective reality" (ya'all's "truth") President Trump was hit by shrapnel, not a bullet..

SOME of ya'all's subjective reality is that President Trump was not even hit at all..

The OBJECTIVE reality (the facts) clearly show that there was NO SHRAPNEL at all..

The OBJECTIVE reality is that President Trump was, indeed, shot. The OBJECTIVE reality (the facts) clearly prove that beyond ANY doubt that, had President Trump not turned his head slightly just as the bullet was fired, the bullet would have taken off the back of President Trump's head..

These are the FACTS... This is the OBJECTIVE reality...

Ya'all are welcome to your subjective reality.. Enjoy your "truth" all ya'all want.. You have my blessings... :D

But your subjective reality... your "truth"... is not factual..

It's not objective..

And it's not reality..

Class dismissed...

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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214118 Michale Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:55:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214118 JL, <I>as always, i'll try my very best to explain what the words mean, but i'm not holding my breath until i'm understood, because i'd almost certainly suffocate.</I> No. You have always tried to explain what Democrats THINK words mean.. Remember how you explained the new definition that Democrats tried to come up with for "racism".. The NEW definition said it was IMPOSSIBLE for black people to be racist.. Fortunately, as with all attempts by Democrats to change reality, it fell flat.. Remember "Latinx"?? :D Here's the deal.. As I explained, ya'all have ONE "objective reality" that fits Republicans. And a COMPLETELY different "objective reality" that fits Democrats.. That is the very diametric OPPOSITE of what "objective reality" really means, That is why what ya'all have is, by the REAL definition, subjective reality.. I know, I know.. Ya'all just LOVE to try and debate what the meaning of 'is' really is... But it's really VERY simple... Subjective reality = Truth.. YOUR truth is that President <B>ELECT</B> Trump is a criminal.. And you will defend YOUR truth just as aggressively and as passionately as a christian will defend THEIR truth that there is a god.. Objective reality = FACT.. The objective reality is that President <B>ELECT</B> Trump is 100% completely and utterly INNOCENT of all criminal charges and accusations.. Even his one "conviction" is not valid because it has not been recorded and now will never be recorded.. I know, I know.. You want to throw out the equivocative "in the eyes of the law".. That's fine. I am perfectly OK with that equivocation because the eyes of the law are the <B>**ONLY**</B> eyes that matter when it comes to determining guilt or innocence.. So, it's quite simple... Ya'all's subjective reality, ya'all's "truth" is that President <B>ELECT</B> Trump is a criminal, is Hitler incarnate and is a fascist.. You are welcome to your truth.. Have at it.. Have a ball with it.. But the OBJECTIVE REALITY... The FACTS show that President Trump is completely and 100% innocent of ALL charges and accusations.. <I>because it seems like you just made up what you think the words mean, or what you'd like them to mean, rather than understanding what they actually do mean.</I> And, once again, you accuse others of what you and your Democrats always do.. Of the 2 Partys, which of them is ALWAYS making up words and changing the existing definitions of words to fit their political agenda?? That would be the Democrat Party... The FACTS that prove this are as plentiful as they are conclusive.. I have given you but 2 examples (Latinx and changing the definition of 'racism') of a PLETHORA of other factual examples.. The FACTS... The OBJECTIVE REALITY is clear... 0123 JL,

as always, i'll try my very best to explain what the words mean, but i'm not holding my breath until i'm understood, because i'd almost certainly suffocate.

No. You have always tried to explain what Democrats THINK words mean..

Remember how you explained the new definition that Democrats tried to come up with for "racism".. The NEW definition said it was IMPOSSIBLE for black people to be racist..

Fortunately, as with all attempts by Democrats to change reality, it fell flat..

Remember "Latinx"?? :D

Here's the deal..

As I explained, ya'all have ONE "objective reality" that fits Republicans. And a COMPLETELY different "objective reality" that fits Democrats..

That is the very diametric OPPOSITE of what "objective reality" really means, That is why what ya'all have is, by the REAL definition, subjective reality..

I know, I know.. Ya'all just LOVE to try and debate what the meaning of 'is' really is...

But it's really VERY simple...

Subjective reality = Truth..

YOUR truth is that President ELECT Trump is a criminal.. And you will defend YOUR truth just as aggressively and as passionately as a christian will defend THEIR truth that there is a god..

Objective reality = FACT..

The objective reality is that President ELECT Trump is 100% completely and utterly INNOCENT of all criminal charges and accusations.. Even his one "conviction" is not valid because it has not been recorded and now will never be recorded..

I know, I know.. You want to throw out the equivocative "in the eyes of the law"..

That's fine. I am perfectly OK with that equivocation because the eyes of the law are the **ONLY** eyes that matter when it comes to determining guilt or innocence..

So, it's quite simple...

Ya'all's subjective reality, ya'all's "truth" is that President ELECT Trump is a criminal, is Hitler incarnate and is a fascist..

You are welcome to your truth.. Have at it.. Have a ball with it..

But the OBJECTIVE REALITY... The FACTS show that President Trump is completely and 100% innocent of ALL charges and accusations..

because it seems like you just made up what you think the words mean, or what you'd like them to mean, rather than understanding what they actually do mean.

And, once again, you accuse others of what you and your Democrats always do..

Of the 2 Partys, which of them is ALWAYS making up words and changing the existing definitions of words to fit their political agenda??

That would be the Democrat Party... The FACTS that prove this are as plentiful as they are conclusive..

I have given you but 2 examples (Latinx and changing the definition of 'racism') of a PLETHORA of other factual examples..

The FACTS... The OBJECTIVE REALITY is clear...

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]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/12/16/its-worth-a-try/#comment-214108 John M from Ct. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25881#comment-214108 Given that the ERA is dead in the water, and has been for some time - and yet recently received some new ratifications, and polls (as you write) at 78% popular support - it's hard for me to see a downside to a move like you recommend for Biden to try on his way out. Why the heck not? What can he lose, or the supporters of ERA lose, to have the Supreme Court clear up a few details of the amendment process going forward. If it's supported and becomes part of the Constitution, nice. If it's shot down, at least it's no longer in constitutional limbo like it's been since the 1980s, and future Congresses and would-be amenders will have a clearer road map for their other ideas about improving the national charter. Nice piece, thanks. Hope it happens! Given that the ERA is dead in the water, and has been for some time - and yet recently received some new ratifications, and polls (as you write) at 78% popular support - it's hard for me to see a downside to a move like you recommend for Biden to try on his way out.

Why the heck not? What can he lose, or the supporters of ERA lose, to have the Supreme Court clear up a few details of the amendment process going forward.

If it's supported and becomes part of the Constitution, nice. If it's shot down, at least it's no longer in constitutional limbo like it's been since the 1980s, and future Congresses and would-be amenders will have a clearer road map for their other ideas about improving the national charter.

Nice piece, thanks. Hope it happens!

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