Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
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.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (19) |
Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 84350 
Subject: Re: OT: Trump Destroyed America
Date: 05/26/23 2:21 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 2
The open air drug marts are all in blue cities.

I've been in a few blue cities, including Seattle earlier this month. There are pockets of homeless, and -likely- addicts. But a "mart"? No. They were openly using, but I didn't see any carts or folding tables displaying product. I would agree that it's a bit unnerving walking to the rail sometimes. But the problem has always been there, it was just better hidden in the past. Out of sight, out of mind.

I will also say that our drug policies in this nation have never been very good. Not within my living memory. It costs money for treatment programs, and mostly the money isn't there. And not all treatment programs are equal.

Umm, that was not addressed at all.

Yes it was. My sources were not the White House. John Oliver summarized it in a sometimes-humorous manner, but you can chase down all of his sources if you like (e.g. NPR). Other links were provided by a few posters (including me). Biden may actually make things worse for wanna-be immigrants/asylum-seekers with some of his actions. The border is not now, nor will it be in the near future, open. That's false talking point.

Yes, more migrants crossed as Title 42 ended. But that doesn't make them legal. All that has changed in simple terms is that there aren't any COVID/pandemic restrictions in place. They still have to have legal claim to be here, or they'll be deported.

LOL. That's amusing.

Yeah, I'd put him in the top 10. But CSPAN (that bastion of liberal thought) rates him at 12.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to onepoorguy here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (19) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community