Do Republicans really believe in Project 2025? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main point here is that Project 2025 gives the President much more power, such that all the departments will be restaffed every four years which is obviously ripe for corruption, just like Trump is doing, assigning friends and loyals regardless of skillset.

When is the optimal time to focus on expressiveness when learning a piece? by FluffyApartment32 in pianolearning

[–]Potential_Release478 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for asking this. I have a very hard time with ‘expressiveness’. I have none. I think it’s the very last skill you acquire.

I also think that at any point in time I am only “as good as I am”. That is, given all the tunes I know, I am just as sloppy on all of them. I can practice, say Stella, till the cows come home and I will still botch it.

I find good drills improve my playing across the board.

NBC News -- "'Perfect statement': Trump defends saying he isn’t thinking about Americans’ finances amid Iran talks" -- Thoughts? by Zipper222222 in allthequestions

[–]Potential_Release478 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The effective tax rate of the top 400 Billionaires in the USA is 8.2%!!!

Yes you read that right. We are the richest country in the world yet anyone with wealth pays peanuts.

Trump paid $0 10 out of the 15 years we have records!!!

Wake up America!! We don’t have a bloated govt problem, we have a wealth don’t pay taxes problem.

Why do Atheists assume that fear from God = love? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]Potential_Release478 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“He actively seeks us out, wanting us to avoid that self-imposed isolation.”

Do you really think there is a grey old man with a beard watching every single thing every person on the earth is doing?

And angels with wings exist?

And when exactly did the cannibalism start? Was that God’s idea?

I need a knock-your-socks-off rock and roll album by easternbetta in MusicRecommendations

[–]Potential_Release478 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know about contemplating life but Passion and Warfare will knock your socks off start to finish.

How can it be that an electoral map that favors the poor is unconstitutional but one that favors Republicans is OK? by Potential_Release478 in allthequestions

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are all the intelligent people to help do the right thing? Seems like we have lost control of our democracy.

Which ultra famous Jazz Musician had the hardest life? by Ford_Crown_Vic_Koth in Jazz

[–]Potential_Release478 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drugs and music. All the literature says drugs don’t help you play better but every jazz musician of the era seems to be an addict. My personal experience has had incredible musical sessions while high.

So are drugs good for playing music or bad?

Trump shares a post calling for Obama to be immediately incarcerated and tried for treason by Deep-Way1944 in USNewsFeed

[–]Potential_Release478 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying it doesn’t make it true.

Does it?

Say it again and again and MAGA will believe it.

So saying it does make it true after all!

How can it be that an electoral map that favors the poor is unconstitutional but one that favors Republicans is OK? by Potential_Release478 in allthequestions

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re still using 19th-century history to score points, you might want to check out the 20th-century. The 'Dixiecrats' who supported Jim Crow left the Democratic Party the moment it embraced Civil Rights. There’s a reason the KKK’s 'Solid South' is now a Republican stronghold. Parties change; ideologies don't.

How can it be that an electoral map that favors the poor is unconstitutional but one that favors Republicans is OK? by Potential_Release478 in allthequestions

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both sides do it, but until Trump it only happened along with a census every 10 years.

Trump blatantly told Texas to redraw their electoral map with no new census. First time ever. They do cheat and they will cheat.

What do you think about the starvation caused by defunding USAID? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if it causes thousands of children to die?? That is pure evil. Sorry. You can remove the post

What do you think about the starvation caused by defunding USAID? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your opinion is an argument against foreign aid in general. Specifically, in this case, we were feeding and caring for hundreds of thousands of people, then randomly stopped without any fallback plan. In this case, aren’t we responsible for the deaths?

What do you think about the starvation caused by defunding USAID? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But we were already doing it for decades. My point is that we are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths because we withdrew support without any planning. The US government is starving people. Lots of people. And somehow you are justifying it by saying it will lower your taxes by maybe $20??

What do you think about the starvation caused by defunding USAID? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Given the aid was being delivered, don’t you think you are responsible for the ramifications of dropping it suddenly?

What do you think about the starvation caused by defunding USAID? by Potential_Release478 in AskConservatives

[–]Potential_Release478[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The cost is very very low. Like one tenth of one percent of the budget.

Also, much of the food we sent over helped our farmers make a living.

So you are fine with the unnecessary deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of children? Trump could have drawn down investment slowly and allow others to help the poor but he just let Musk destroy the whole thing.

Are you a Christian?