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The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday in the noon hour.
QUESTION: What do you think are the most pressing challenges facing our community right now?
Talk about it.
1) Too many MAGAs or Patriots. They are so angry that they are ticking bombs. And Trump is their lighting match.
2) lack of DEI in Clayton. Look at its police department as an example. The current police chief is the son of the previous chief. Welcome to the practice of good old boy network.
Poor Paul, It looks like you have a severe case of Trump derangement syndrome. I think a good dose of reality might take care of that.
Amen brotha! Amen!! ✊ 🇺🇸
Paul is just doing a fun troll post 🙂 I’ve done similar sarcastic posts on Instagram and it’s just as hilarious there as it is here 🙂
You say MAGA like it’s a bad thing.
Hey Paul, I’m sure you would feel more at home in East Oakland or West Richmond. I see plenty of people of color in police uniform and city services. They are always looking for a good pasty white Liberal to help them out and those neighborhoods are bluer than the Pacific Ocean. What are you waiting for?
Corrupt DA’s.
Crime, homelessness, drugs, rent control, public officials not having We The People’s back, the list goes on!
Idiots in political office.
Wow, you’re really fishing for comments today. Okay, I’ll start.
Crime and homelessness should top the list.
Illegal immigration. Why is it that the left always defend the illegals, but are the first ones to move when any minority moves into their neighborhood? Case in point, the Monument neighborhood is mostly Hispanic, where did all the white liberals that were living there go? Shouldn’t they be living among the people who they defend and love so much?
For the record, I don’t live far from that neighborhood, and I never moved. As long as I can live in peace, I don’t care who lives next door.
DAWG ~
We have been living in our neighborhood 45 years and it has become very multiethnic.
Plus, the Families that are buying in the area are younger with kids/toddlers.
Breathing in new fresh life, … we lookout after them and they us, … 🙂
Uhmmm…there are ways to support illegal immigrants besides living among them; like paying taxes so they can get free full access to medical. If you have a heart of gold, hiring them to house cleaning, nannying.
Let me ask y’all this: you all support/defend trump, how come I don’t see Trump lives among y’all? What other ways do y’all support and defend this alleged criminal (Trump)
Why not support legal immigrants like our ancestors? Why aid and abet illegal immigration? To use them as wage slaves? This is not the great land of freedom and opportunity it once was. They’ve been lied to that they will have a chance here. It’s because the business owners can’t afford increasing minimum wages for unskilled labor. Look at the real problem if you are an educated liberal and that is the economy, the whole picture not just a part of it.
I second Captain Bebop’s 👍 MAGA Paul.
Illegal immigration, lack of ANY reasonable leadership at any level of political stature, crime, the homeless committing crimes, DA’s, Bonta and Newsom unwilling to fight for the law abiding, no one strong enough to lead foreign policy, the WOKE, entitlement, “me first”, and cancel culture movements growing so quickly…. and that’s just a start
QUESTION: What do you think are the most pressing facing our community right now?
The divide that challenges not only our community but our Nation.
Right now there is room for only right or left ideals. It’s my way or the highway.
Neither side is completely right or completely wrong.
Until we can become less self-centered, willing to give and take and renew a commitment to work toward living by good character values, there will be no end to the divisiveness.
We all must stand together as Americans to right the wrongs we see around us through compromise and respect based on good Character Values.
There are no “two sides.” There is one set of uni-party politicians who pretend to be on two sides but who are mostly all actually transferring public tax wealth to private wealthy individuals and companies and to themselves. They have no intention to correct the problems because those problems are benefits to them. So they do their best to make sure the public thinks there are “two sides” and that your neighbor who is on the other “side” is responsible for the problems created by policies enacted by the elected officials who could but refuse to do anything to correct course. As long as we spend time pointing our fingers at each other, the elected officials will sit back and watch us do it. And soon they will send your young family members to die in wars to keep their own pocketbooks full. Start holding them accountable, all of them, from Biden to Trump. Starting locally is your best bet.
Abe, remember when both sides of the aisle in DC used to work together and compromise? It appears that the newer younger members have different ideas.
One side wanted us dead for refusing vaccines. Plenty of you would have supported us being locked in camps. It’s too bad you exposed yourselves like that. Now we know you aren’t worthy of our grace.
And this is why I won’t ever again look at a liberal candidate.
Two intertwined issues: homelessness and the high cost of housing
I’m most troubled by the fact that Whole Foods uses the word “Organic” on every single produce label, instead of just posting one giant sign that says “Everything is Organic”
Don’t know which Whole Foods you shop at but I don’t see that happening. Both organic and non is available. Although they do seem to have more organic.
Wait till you find out “organic” doesn’t mean what you think it means.
We have 3 Acute Problems. Solving these problems will lead to greater happiness for all. In no particular order they are Crime, Crime, and more Crime.
And the root cause of those “three” things… liberal policies.
Abe said it best, but let me add that both sides use polarizing issues to get votes from their base.
Guess what their are enough votes to codify abortion, they have agreed on weeks and on special circumstances.
It will never happen because it takes a major issue off the table.
Same with immigration, you will never build fast enough to house 200-300k people a month. They know this is the cause of expensive housing but it will never be fixed.
Our politicians are definitely the definition of insanity, just look at the candidate list, this is the best America can do.
People closing their eyes to Biden’;s Dementia and Newsom’s narcissism and greed.
Ignorance.
“Stupidity has a certain charm, ignorance does not”.
FZ
Excessive tattooing, online pornography(not a moral objection, but a practical one), slippers and pajamas on commercial aircraft, fat five year olds and the Designated Hitter Rule in the National League.
And while people camping out in the passing lane isn’t an actual sin mentioned in the Bible that I could find, it is indicative of thoughtless and selfish souls and will likely be the downfall of the American Empire.
Also probably homeless or poverty or climate, I don’t ‘effing know. Seriously, stay out of the passing lane if you’re not passing.
1. Abolishing D.E.I.. It is poisoning and dividing society. It is becoming institutionalized racism under the guise of “fairness”.
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2. Lawlessness. Unapproved border crossings are ignored by this administration. It’s as if laws are optional.
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3. Illegal immigrants… they’re getting priority over rightful residents and citizens. Why are they allowed to cut in front of those who want to come to the US legally?
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4. A lack of expectations for excellence. The trend is to lower standards so everyone succeeds. A free society and life in general doesn’t work that way.
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5. Lifelong politicians. They become entrenched. Terms limits for every elected local, state, and federal official.
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6. Taxation and “fees”. We paid for a bridge. Now tolls subsidize other transit systems. Stop nickel amd diming everyone!
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… I could go on but won’t. You get the idea.
Two biggest threats are crime and MAGA. A current politician represents both well.
You say MAGA like it’s a bad thing.
If we had more MAGA, we would have less crime. More liberalism= more crime.
Tinted windshields, nothing is being done and no one is talking about this!
Hiding criminal activity!!
Bidenomics and the democrats monumentally moronic belief that if a criminal is coddled and treated nicely, they will turn into a good honest upstanding citizen.
You forgot sex trafficing. Illegals being used as slaves and being sex trafficked. You have enough flood our boarders and maybe nobody will notice. That’s how the Democrats roll.