Tigerbomb13 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said: I was pleasantly surprised my company has vowed (with the blessing of our shareholders) to not abandon Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted February 26 Posted February 26 An unvaccinated school age child in Texas has died from Measles. Parents should be brought up on child endangerment charges for not getting a child a vaccine that's been given for close to 70 years. Ignorance can be deadly. 1 1 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted February 26 Posted February 26 On 2/22/2025 at 3:40 PM, Tigeraholic1 said: I am all for 2nd chances but wow. Sounds like a perfect candidate for Trump's administration. Quote
romad1 Posted February 26 Author Posted February 26 44 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: Sounds like a perfect candidate for Trump's administration. Was he a Jan6 person? Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown gets it. Democrats need to rebuild a bigger, better, economically progressive, New Deal coalition built to take on big corporations and represent the working class. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 13 Posted March 13 On 3/3/2025 at 10:50 PM, Mr.TaterSalad said: Former Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown gets it. Democrats need to rebuild a bigger, better, economically progressive, New Deal coalition built to take on big corporations and represent the working class. I know I'm coming late to this post, but does he really get it? Why are we being lectured on how to win from guys who lost like Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders? Sherrod Brown threw the only guy who beat Trump under the bus and ran over him a couple times. How about Sherrod Brown STFU and run in 2026 and win and then lecture us? Joe Biden was literally the workers president. He was the most pro union president we had, and Sherrod Brown threw him overboard. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Looks like Mallory McMorrow is going to run for senate. Doesn't look like Buttigieg is. Whitmer already said she's out. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Buttigieg's statement https://substack.com/home/post/p-158991933 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 13 Posted March 13 My early years were outside Pittsburgh. I remember the polution. 1 Quote
oblong Posted March 13 Posted March 13 He's gonna run for POTUS. And I think part of it is strategic. Yes he lives here and South Bend literally borders MI but he'd still be considered a bit of an outsider and the dems do have a deep bench of quality candidates. Going directly from the Senate to POTUS is rare (Obama, Kennedy, and Harding). Quote
LaceyLou Posted March 13 Posted March 13 47 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: My early years were outside Pittsburgh. I remember the polution. It's truly amazing how different many of the cities I know look now thanks to clean air and water. I'd really rather not go back to seeing rivers catch fire. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I don't think we have the manufacturing base in this country to generate pollution anywhere near this level. I don't think we'll get back there until wages for factory workers are driven to south Asian levels. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Motown Bombers said: I know I'm coming late to this post, but does he really get it? Why are we being lectured on how to win from guys who lost like Sherrod Brown and Bernie Sanders? Sherrod Brown threw the only guy who beat Trump under the bus and ran over him a couple times. How about Sherrod Brown STFU and run in 2026 and win and then lecture us? Joe Biden was literally the workers president. He was the most pro union president we had, and Sherrod Brown threw him overboard. I'd like to see the Dem's argue a lot less about "liberalism vs progressivism" and a lot more about figuring out practical ways to start running their party in a way that doesn't produce disasters like 2024. 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 14 Posted March 14 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: I'd like to see the Dem's argue a lot less about "liberalism vs progressivism" and a lot more about figuring out practical ways to start running their party in a way that doesn't produce disasters like 2024. It's almost as if we need 4 parties. Right, Left and two in between. Then let the four factions form coalitions. The original drafters really didn't foresee parties and tried to avoid them until Jefferson and Hamilton ruined it Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 6 hours ago, LaceyLou said: It's truly amazing how different many of the cities I know look now thanks to clean air and water. I'd really rather not go back to seeing rivers catch fire. I remember the first time I landed at LAX in the early 70's. You could see the brown miasma settled in the basin as you flew in. Since it was sunny CA they still did not have jetways, it was the rolling stairways down onto the tarmac. When the door opened to the outside it took about 30 seconds for my eyes to start to sting. I wouldn't call the air in basin today great, but it's absolutely nothing like it was. Pittsburgh was another place I had to go a lot early in my working career. Everything was black from coal dust and soot regardless of what color it had started out. Again - you wouldn't believe how it was to see Pittsburgh today. OTOH - in Pittsburgh's case a whole industry did die to produce that change. The clean air and the jobs still there would have been a lot better. 2 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 4 hours ago, chasfh said: I don't think we have the manufacturing base in this country to generate pollution anywhere near this level. I don't think we'll get back there until wages for factory workers are driven to south Asian levels. IDK, with scale things operate today, doesn't take many bad actors to produce a hell of big mess - best we don't let anyone start back down that path! 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 14 Posted March 14 2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: I remember the first time I landed at LAX in the early 70's. You could see the brown miasma settled in the basin as you flew in. Since it was sunny CA they still did not have jetways, it was the rolling stairways down onto the tarmac. When the door opened to the outside it took about 30 seconds for my eyes to start to sting. I wouldn't call the air in basin today great, but it's absolutely nothing like it was. Pittsburgh was another place I had to go a lot early in my working career. Everything was black from coal dust and soot regardless of what color it had started out. Again - you wouldn't believe how it was to see Pittsburgh today. OTOH - in Pittsburgh's case a whole industry did die to produce that change. The clean air and the jobs still there would have been a lot better. The city of Pittsburgh has done a decent job recreating itself into a banking, healthcare and educational community. Downtown Pittsburgh is good, it's the surrounding areas like McKeesport, Duquesne, Aliquippa and so forth in Allegheny. and even Westmoreland Counties that never fully recovered from US Steel and other companies leaving for the Midwest Quote
Tiger337 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 59 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: The city of Pittsburgh has done a decent job recreating itself into a banking, healthcare and educational community. Downtown Pittsburgh is good, it's the surrounding areas like McKeesport, Duquesne, Aliquippa and so forth in Allegheny. and even Westmoreland Counties that never fully recovered from US Steel and other companies leaving for the Midwest I was very impressed by Pittsburgh the one time I went there. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted March 14 Posted March 14 10 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I was very impressed by Pittsburgh the one time I went there. We lived about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh until I was 12. I still have a couple of relatives in the area. My wife had a conference in downtown Pittsburgh this past fall, it was the beginning of a vacation trip in the NE. The several days in Pittsburgh allowed me to visit a part of my childhood. The left field wall at Forbes Field (now part of Pitt), Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Point State Park (I'd never been to the Fort before) as well as driving by Kennywood Amusement Park (site of many school "picnics" for locals). I also had a chance to revisit graves of my great grandparents. Very rewarding time I did see a Pirates game. The Bucs won, the same Sunday the Lions lost. Mixed emotions that day Quote
oblong Posted March 14 Posted March 14 We're going there in October. Some friends have a son at Carnegie Mellon and they visit him a few times a year for the weekend, they rent a place. We're joining them. They say it's a fun place to go to. I'm looking forward to it. Quote
Motown Bombers Posted March 14 Posted March 14 Pittsburgh has unique geography. Lots of hills and the city just pops up out of nowhere when you crest a hill entering the city. It's not quite Midwest and not quite East Coast. Quote
chasfh Posted March 14 Posted March 14 16 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: It's almost as if we need 4 parties. Right, Left and two in between. Then let the four factions form coalitions. The original drafters really didn't foresee parties and tried to avoid them until Jefferson and Hamilton ruined it It’s almost as though we need a parliamentary system, since Electoral College rules practically preclude any permanent third party from taking root in this country. 1 Quote
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