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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: we don't need nurses, right?
Date: 11/23/25 6:03 PM
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No. This is the problem with hiding behind other posters and you AI engine. Al was and is 100% wrong in his interpretation of the border because his arguments depended on government officials obeying the law…and following the spirit of the law.

But the Biden admin winked and nodded at the asylum process and abused it to the maximum extent. That’s the nuance that you don’t understand.


Cheap shot on AI,expected because ya ain't got nothing.

Al was and is 100% wrong in his interpretation of the border because his arguments depended on government officials obeying the law…and following the spirit of the law.

Thanks for saying that. I'd disagree. What Al was explaining to you was what was going on under Biden, as Biden abides by the law. He was explaining to you why that was happening and giving you that perspective, staying within the law, the Constitution, not abusing power, and respecting our allies. Al was definitely not trying to explain to you what it would be like if everyone disobeyed the law,etc., and on top of that didn't care about being humane. So Al wasn't wrong, but we have gotten an education on how easy it is to do things outside the law as a populist President and all guardrails are on the scrap heap, emergency powers used when there is no emergency and the courts and Supremes go along with it.

But I will say this much. Biden initially listened to some activists who thought latinos would vote for someone who allowed more latinos in. Big mistake. Most latinos and myself don't want large amounts of people trying to get in. We don't want to find out that they're advertising in China, or Yemen that you can walk across the border and apply for asylum in the USA and they'll get you there for $xxxxx. Biden initially said, come on down! Then changed and said, "Don't come!" Too late. So Biden shot himself in the foot and we are paying the price for it by having Trump rip everything up, bounce off the walls, and the only 2 things that seems to be going well are 1. people not crossing the border, and 2. his grifting.

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