nm....I'm guessing Paul and GTS will be silent....

Interesting to say the least. In principle I like the FC's ideas but in practice they're clueless on how to get there. Why is it assumed by the LP/FC faction that the ACHA was the "final destination"?

(03-27-2017 08:12 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Interesting to say the least. In principle I like the FC's ideas but in practice they're clueless on how to get there. Why is it assumed by the LP/FC faction that the ACHA was the "final destination"?

therein lies the rub of ignoring common sense workmanship.....IMO, that makes one plain fk'n stupid when they have the ability to maneuver downstream....

(03-27-2017 08:24 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 08:12 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Interesting to say the least. In principle I like the FC's ideas but in practice they're clueless on how to get there. Why is it assumed by the LP/FC faction that the ACHA was the "final destination"?

therein lies the rub of ignoring common sense workmanship.....IMO, that makes one plain fk'n stupid when they have the ability to maneuver downstream....

Book sense and common sense. Some only have the former or VERY little of the latter.

(03-27-2017 08:25 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 08:24 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 08:12 AM)Hood-rich Wrote:  Interesting to say the least. In principle I like the FC's ideas but in practice they're clueless on how to get there. Why is it assumed by the LP/FC faction that the ACHA was the "final destination"?

therein lies the rub of ignoring common sense workmanship.....IMO, that makes one plain fk'n stupid when they have the ability to maneuver downstream....

Book sense and common sense. Some only have the former or VERY little of the latter.

wholeheartedly agree....

I think splitting Power Over Ethernet is a bad idea. It will cause a power loss and because you're transmitting so little power over such little copper it could lead to malfunctioning PoE devices. Just get a proper PoE router/switch with enough proper PoE ports.


You'll have to link me to what you are referring, I'm unfortunately a bit buried with other business at the moment.

(03-29-2017 01:05 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  I think splitting Power Over Ethernet is a bad idea. It will cause a power loss and because you're transmitting so little power over such little copper it could lead to malfunctioning PoE devices. Just get a proper PoE router/switch with enough proper PoE ports.


You'll have to link me to what you are referring, I'm unfortunately a bit buried with other business at the moment.

Ted Poe waved bye-bye to the FC....I thought you kept up with these thingys....

Ted Poe is no hard liner. So that's not surprising. His most recent Club For Growth scorecard was 76% and his lifetime is 83%. For comparisons sake ... Amash is 97% most recent, 99% lifetime. The Freedom Caucus isn't my favorite ... the Liberty Caucus is. There is broad overlap between the Liberty Caucus and Freedom Caucus ... but the non-overlap tends to be more tweeners like Poe who aren't quite establishment goons but also clearly aren't operating with rigid principles either.

(03-29-2017 06:27 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Ted Poe is no hard liner. So that's not surprising. His most recent Club For Growth scorecard was 76% and his lifetime is 83%. For comparisons sake ... Amash is 97% most recent, 99% lifetime. The Freedom Caucus isn't my favorite ... the Liberty Caucus is. There is broad overlap between the Liberty Caucus and Freedom Caucus ... but the non-overlap tends to be more tweeners like Poe who aren't quite establishment goons but also clearly aren't operating with rigid principles either.

In other words, Ted Poe has common sense, not rigid principles!

(03-29-2017 08:16 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(03-29-2017 06:27 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Ted Poe is no hard liner. So that's not surprising. His most recent Club For Growth scorecard was 76% and his lifetime is 83%. For comparisons sake ... Amash is 97% most recent, 99% lifetime. The Freedom Caucus isn't my favorite ... the Liberty Caucus is. There is broad overlap between the Liberty Caucus and Freedom Caucus ... but the non-overlap tends to be more tweeners like Poe who aren't quite establishment goons but also clearly aren't operating with rigid principles either.

In other words, Ted Poe has common sense, not irreconcilable principles!

sleight o' hand fify

to the bold text, that is what most wage earners are begging for in this country...

Common sense says we can do MUCH better than the first terrible bill put up.

It's not a choice between taking the **** sandwich offered or nothing at all. There is the third option.

A better bill.

Guess patience is in short supply. Patience and common sense go together.

(03-27-2017 08:07 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  nm....I'm guessing Paul and GTS will be silent....

I live in his district.

His district is a work of gerrymandering, but it, like John Culbertson's Houston area district, is much more vulnerable than one might see at first glance. The minority population is increasing and the white population is higher educated than many Trump districts. It also has a large and growing LGBT population. And its changing rapidly.

First, his district is red, but moved towards the Dems in large ways in 2016. The dynamics of the district are changing. Much of the population growth in his district is in more progressive areas. He hasn't had a well funded opponent yet, but one will be coming in 2018. He will probably hang on in 2018, but he has a bigger problem moving forward. 2020 looks to be a nightmare for him as DJT will be on the ballot. He'll have to support him in the general election or he will be primaried. Then he'll have to face the voters in an election where it will all be about DJT. If he manages to survive all of that, then he MIGHT try to use redistricting to bleach his district, but at some point it becomes difficult to gerrymander when the County moves from +1 Dem to +15 Dem.

It was a tactical move on his part. He's trying to appeal to his less conservative base as he will need them barring a massive change in his district.