So...How's it going?

[Pyrate Jim]

IIRC that bill was killed because there was too much PORK in it for everyone else to stomach.

Well, it was called a "border bill". Give 20b to the border, and almost five times that overseas. Sounds more like foreign aid bill to me with a little bit of border thrown in.
When that died, what happened? They pushed for the foreign aid money ~ Not the border money.

[Nobody]

Well, it was called a "border bill". Give 20b to the border, and almost five times that overseas. Sounds more like foreign aid bill to me with a little bit of border thrown in.
When that died, what happened? They pushed for the foreign aid money ~ Not the border money.

So the boarder bill, that was written by Sen Hoffmann(R) that by all accounts gave everything that the GOP wanted. Then, the Speaker of the house, tied any foreign money to that, then the ex-president thought that getting the bill passed would give Biden a win, and told c9ngress to kill it.

Tying multiple bills together is not a foreign concept and most of the time, it is needed as a bill may not get the attention or votes on its own. So, you do not support Israel, Taiwan or Ukraine? Are you saying that you do not support our allies or democracy or helping countries that have violent aggressors that wish to do further harm to our allies?

[Beemer]

Whats a boarder bill. The border wasnt an issue till Biden started and stopped everything that was working

[Pyrate Jim]

I want to play this game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ZMZKedb-U

Probably need to stock up on the rum first.

[Beemer]

^^^^^^

[maniacmechanic]

Whats a boarder bill. The border wasnt an issue till Biden started and stopped everything that was working

wasn't an issue till Biden started
Same with the 2 wars ,
Same with inflation
Same with china
Same with child abduction
Same with the interest rate
Same with issues with NK
Same with , Same with , Same with
Joe hasn't helped the normal American at all IMO

[Loguzzzzzz]

...Joe hasn't helped the ACTUAL American at all IMO

Fixed...

[Pyrate Jim]

You'd think that every time you hear of some faction or other wants to "normalize" something, the implication is that they feel it was abnormal to begin with.
Actual abnormal Americans? Sounds like an oxymoron but if this thread is anything to judge by...

[Pyrate Jim]

I want to play this game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ZMZKedb-U

Probably need to stock up on the rum first.

I should not have played that game.

[Pyrate Jim]

I should not have played that game.

Yeah. the hangover was epic. But I'm back to my usual irascible self.

And what happened in the meantime? This, to start;

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/10/biden-georgia-rally

Apparently, it's un-democratic to "play nice" and resolve conflict without the use of arms. And here I thought that was pretty much the definition of diplomacy. Trump walked into North Korea and spoke with Kim Jong Un, do you think Biden could do that? NK won't even take a phone call from Joe Biden. Being respectful of the leader of another nation doesn't mean "sucking up to" them. We've seen Bidens' alternative with Kim now threatening to use nukes.

Or this;

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-wants-to-give-other-countries-1-billion-to-tackle-migrant-crisis/ar-BB1jIe20?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=77499b095a6d44e0bcd433d8b2f8e866&ei=134

This is what Biden does. Throw taxpayer dollars at a problem rather than fix it. The article lists what money goes to where, and I notice a curious omission. Not a single dollar to actually stopping illegal crossing between border entry points. Only pay for illegal migrants after they cross the border, don't pay to prevent them crossing. Much like Sen. Hoffmans bill, although that one would have nationalized the Texas Nat'l Guard and prevented Gov. Abbot from control of his own state guard as well as preventing Texas from litigating border concerns within their own state, requiring all that to be done in D.C.
That bill did not give Republicans "everything they wanted" and even gave a "cap" of 5,000 crossings a day before any action was considered. That's still 1.8 million a year, almost four times that of Trumps worst year during the Covid crises.

Don't believe me? Ask any Immigration Judge ~ Oh, wait, you can't.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigration-judges-muzzled-from-speaking-publicly-by-doj-amid-historic-3-million-case-backlog/ar-BB1jHS2v?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=77499b095a6d44e0bcd433d8b2f8e866&ei=153

I look at the Southern Border like a water pipe in my kitchen. If it breaks, and water comes flooding in, I fix the break and mop up the mess. I don't waste money giving the water "pathways" into the rest of my house as it comes pouring through. Unfortunately, Joe Biden deliberately broke that pipe with executive orders and has refused to repair it, merely spending our money spreading it out until everyone in the house is sick of being wet.
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And this;

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-says-he-won-t-take-executive-action-to-secure-border-wants-congress-to-find-a-fix/ar-BB1jJbYM?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=5e6adc45547345e8b5adc27b12212208&ei=20

I might still be a little hungover.

[Pyrate Jim]

I did say to keep an eye on India, didn't I?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/india-announces-steps-to-implement-a-citizenship-law-that-excludes-muslims/ar-BB1jHMFo?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=e52063a073c346bab765c218f10ecfd4&ei=173

I wonder how that will work out for them (and the rest of the world)?

[BigEvil]

I did say to keep an eye on India, didn't I?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/india-announces-steps-to-implement-a-citizenship-law-that-excludes-muslims/ar-BB1jHMFo?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=e52063a073c346bab765c218f10ecfd4&ei=173

I wonder how that will work out for them (and the rest of the world)?

If im not mistaken, isn't India also deploying thousands of troops along their boarders now? Countries with 'excess' people to spare are always dangerous.

[Nobody]

If im not mistaken, isn't India also deploying thousands of troops along their boarders now? Countries with 'excess' people to spare are always dangerous.

And if you had a clue, you would know from history that Pakistan and India have a history, and India and China have a history. So if you mix in that India is making a claim to be a global nation, that those kinds of conflicts are pr for the course, projection of power on the global front.

[BigEvil]

So basically what I summerized....if you weren't a douche

And if you had a clue, you would know from history that Pakistan and India have a history, and India and China have a history. So if you mix in that India is making a claim to be a global nation, that those kinds of conflicts are pr for the course, projection of power on the global front.

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[Nobody]

So basically what I summerized....if you weren't a douche

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No, you didn't summarize anything. You were trying to be flippant or fu NY saying that countries that have high populations will throw around that weight to do things countries do.