• Re: Merry Christmas

    From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Sun Jan 4 16:47:12 2026
    On 04 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...


    Which is what always happens.
    "Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money."

    I'm always amazed that the Elitists keep treating people like chess
    pieces that they can move around on a board and have no self-awareness or self-determination.


    I need a break... Wife and daughter are coming home and I have to prepare mentally for all that estrogen thats going to be in the air.

    If I come back in a day or so talking about my feelings its because of that... I was overwhelmed.

    GRIN.

    BTW, I think I want to start a What's APP group so that we can send each other links and memes a little easier....

    I saw a meme, at least I hope it was... Hillary on the phone looking professional and talking away... She says... You know that I hate Trump... But I sure would like to hold those balls one time.

    That's it.

    What do you think of the What's app group??

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Sun Jan 4 17:50:56 2026
    Robert Deniro's another one. He sold his soul for the left, at the expense of his own grandson's life, but now he says he's "moving out NYC because of Mamdani" because apparently money is more important to him than his own grandson's life.

    I laughed when I saw that. Doesn't he understand what "Socialism"
    means? Or does he still believe that he's in the "Elite" category and will not be impacted?

    If he's so opposed to Mamdani then he should have been more vocally supportive of Curtis Sliwa. But I didn't see him giving any anti-Mamdani speeches; just anti-Trump speeches.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to IB Joe on Sun Jan 4 17:54:54 2026
    It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.


    What a Sh!t Show... Now that it's out in the open I don't think it'll
    get far at all.

    The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Mon Jan 5 07:19:08 2026
    IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

    What do you think of the What's app group??

    Not for me. I won't use What's App. My social media is very focused.

    Facebook for family contacts and hobbies.
    X for most of my news and humor.

    I'm barely on a handful of others. I spend maybe 10 minutes/day on them.

    Most social media is filled with leftoid propaganda bots and I can only take so much of that.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Jan 5 07:19:08 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    If he's so opposed to Mamdani then he should have been more vocally supportive of Curtis Sliwa. But I didn't see him giving any
    anti-Mamdani speeches; just anti-Trump speeches.

    The problem with useful idiots like DeNiro is that they believe that they are in the Elitist class. But the reality is that the Elitists are just using them.

    But like most leftists, he has no self-awareness or critical thinking skills.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Jan 5 07:19:08 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to IB Joe <=-

    It's in all the blue states. New Mexico recently started a new "free childcare for everyone" law. We know why they did that.


    What a Sh!t Show... Now that it's out in the open I don't think it'll
    get far at all.

    The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.

    This trick has been going on for a LONG time now. Well before even Trump's first term.

    But like all scams, they get compacent and lazy and then are easily exposed.

    Do you remember the Great Train Robbery in the UK back in the 1960's (they did a movie on it). Perfect crime. They stole gold, which is easily transformable. No clues left any trails. They actually ran a gold smelting plant - which was perfect for laundering the stolen gold.

    What caught them was that they got lazy and while they did good "security" at first bringing their laundered money to the bank, they slipped up to the point where the bank got suspicious and alerted the authories.


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Aaron Thomas on Mon Jan 5 11:53:58 2026
    On 04 Jan 2026, Aaron Thomas said the following...


    The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.


    When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the cost of Daycare.

    Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

    People of America stop drinking the kool aide.

    Migrants and most of the citizens don't need it.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Mon Jan 5 13:51:16 2026
    On 05 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...


    What do you think of the What's app group??

    Not for me. I won't use What's App. My social media is very focused.

    Facebook for family contacts and hobbies.
    X for most of my news and humor.

    I'm barely on a handful of others. I spend maybe 10 minutes/day on them.

    Most social media is filled with leftoid propaganda bots and I can only take so much of that.


    What's APP is not really social media... My wife uses it to send pictures amd to make calls to her family.


    Anyway, look me up on X @IBJOE

    and if I have something I think is of value I can link it there.

    I don't want to inundated you...

    Aaron and I communicate a little outside of the echo... nothing time consuming.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to IB Joe on Mon Jan 5 21:53:32 2026
    The leftists picked the wrong time to try this trick.


    When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the cost of Daycare.

    Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

    Another big scam to look out for, maybe even bigger: housing

    The left has had their hands in public housing and even in private housing development for quite some time. They are ultra focused on it. Why? They've got no reason to touch housing, not even with a 50 foot pole, except for the purpose of squandering funds as they pertain to the world's largest industry.

    Even the corrupt school board members are trying to stick a finger in it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

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  • From Brent Hendricks@1:135/250 to All on Tue Jan 6 04:18:21 2026
    Why don't we stop with the "left vs. right" narritive?

    It is the battle of the sexes created by the toxic men hating femenists, which is a naritive started by the eugenics and nihilist movements. If you destroy the family you reduce the population by default. We now have a group of people who hate men, and the men are tired of being hated but still being used as ATMs.

    On the political front, we have very little moderateism you are either on the right blaming all the problems on the left.. Or you are on the left, blaming all the problems ont he right. At the top, the last 5 administrations (Bush Jr, Obama, Trump I, Biden, Trump II.). Which have been far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.



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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Tue Jan 6 07:23:51 2026
    IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Anyway, look me up on X @IBJOE

    I aready follow you on X.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Tue Jan 6 07:23:51 2026
    IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

    When my baby was little I had my wife remain at home because of the
    cost of Daycare.

    Even the Socialist Republic of Chinada doesn't have government funded childcare.

    People of America stop drinking the kool aide.

    Migrants and most of the citizens don't need it.

    And that doesn't include how the LEFT created the economic situation where both parents **must** work just to keep afloat.

    There used to be a time where the mother could stay at home and the father could easly make enough money to support all of them.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Jan 6 07:23:51 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to IB Joe <=-

    The left has had their hands in public housing and even in private
    housing development for quite some time. They are ultra focused on it. Why? They've got no reason to touch housing, not even with a 50 foot
    pole, except for the purpose of squandering funds as they pertain to
    the world's largest industry.

    "You vill own nothing and be happy."

    The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

    Even the corrupt school board members are trying to stick a finger in
    it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

    And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Brent Hendricks on Tue Jan 6 10:54:34 2026
    On the political front, we have very little moderateism you are either
    on the right blaming all the problems on the left.. Or you are on the left, blaming all the problems ont he right. At the top, the last 5 administrations (Bush Jr, Obama, Trump I, Biden, Trump II.). Which have been far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.

    Your "unity" scenario sounds nice, but it can't be like that. There's always been (and there always must be) political division. Without it, we'd be like those people who are forced to clap for Kim Jong Un.

    I can't get behind the Democrats because they are willing to maim and kill us for power. I can't get behind the Republicans either because they collude with Democrats way too much.

    I just love President Trump and that's it. After he leaves office, I will go back to disliking every politician.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Tue Jan 6 13:10:28 2026
    "You vill own nothing and be happy."

    The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

    Oh, did somebody say "homeless?" I'm seeing dollar signs again! ;)

    it. "We've got homeless students, whatever can we do about homeless students??"

    And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."

    That's what I want to tell them, but I'm still trying to get them to understand the first item on my list. They've been told at least 5x already to get a metal detector at the high school. I don't want to distract anyone from that issue until it gets resolved.

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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Brent Hendricks on Wed Jan 7 00:15:59 2026
    On 06 Jan 2026, Brent Hendricks said the following...

    Why don't we stop with the "left vs. right" narritive?

    Man, until today, I've done a pretty good job of steering clear of this echo for a while... *lurk lurk lurk*

    Because the media won't let us. And the political machine won't let the media stop pushing it.

    And it's a damn shame, because behind all the "bleeding hearts" and under all the "red caps" are typically some decent people who would otherwise be fully capable of sitting down and having a salient conversation about how to solve problems and make the world better.

    Unfortunately, emotions are more reliable than reason.

    [...] far right, far left, far right, futher left, further right. It now become a huge pendulum whos momentum is taking more and more unity and creating more and more division each swing. The only people bennifiting from this are the rich elite who are raking in obscene record profits while we fight amongst ourself.

    That pendulum is something I've been watching over the past decade or so as well. Rather than finding some sort of equilibrium, it's more like a resonant driving force on both sides, increasing the amplitude with each swing. It's pretty gross.

    I personally think you can blame the AWS NextGen Stats you see during NFL games. Well, okay, not that specifically, but we've figured out what we can feed the teeming masses that will get them off the "moderate fence" and get them to align with a side.

    In the days of old, we were simply mild-mannered swing voters or independents. Now? We're like friggin' Bitcoin. There's an algorithm or a formula or a plan to get us locked into a certain worldview. The downer is, it's been working.

    The whole landscape is just so incredibly vitriolic and destructive.

    I miss the days of having meaningful (even heated) -- yet RESPECTFUL -- discourse with people of differing opinions. It brought out the better in me, for sure. Being secure enough with yourself to say, "Hey, that's a good point. I need to reconsider my position..." That appears to be a lost art. It's all ad hominems, straw men, cherry picking, red herrings, and -- bringing it back to your original point...

    The False Dilemma.

    There can be only two choices. Choices... parties... whatever.

    Sigh.

    Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, my friend. I think I made your acquaintance over on a ham radio echo. Hope to chat more in the future.

    RS

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Jan 7 07:03:08 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    The housing plan is to make people rent for their entire lives. Then be able to make them homeless if they "misbehave".

    Oh, did somebody say "homeless?" I'm seeing dollar signs again! ;)

    Yup. The Homeless Industrial Complex is quite profitable for the Elitists.

    Especially when they can launder the tax dollars through NGOs who don't have to account for it.

    And the answer is "Nothing. Schools should be sticking to education, not social programs."

    That's what I want to tell them, but I'm still trying to get them to understand the first item on my list. They've been told at least 5x already to get a metal detector at the high school. I don't want to distract anyone from that issue until it gets resolved.

    But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

    Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.


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  • From Mickey@1:229/308 to Ron L. on Wed Jan 7 18:32:05 2026
    BY: Ron L. (1:120/616)

    But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they
    are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

    Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.


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    I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national school board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents request and not just ignore what they say, ya know, because they're stupid and uneducated.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Wed Jan 7 23:02:30 2026
    Yup. The Homeless Industrial Complex is quite profitable for the Elitists.

    Especially when they can launder the tax dollars through NGOs who don't have to account for it.

    We can expect this kind of behavior from Democrat members of government, but school board members in real estate scams is a little surprising.

    But they don't care what you want. Remember that their attitude is that they are the Elite and they know what's best for you.

    Best way to fix this: Elect a new school board.

    I need to find out how they get nominated because they are the most ridiculous group that I've ever seen. The president counts every second to make sure that I don't speak for more than 3 minutes. One lady puts her hands behind her back during the pledge of allegiance. One is an old man who's only talks about his desire for mandatory vaccinations. Another talks like a spoiled rich girl, and the superintendent literally puts her ass in our faces whenever she
    speaks. They give us the middle finger in subtle ways the whole time.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mickey on Thu Jan 8 07:19:37 2026
    Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

    I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national school board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents
    request

    *Laugh* What makes you think that a national school board would be MORE responsive to parents?

    The purpose of keeping school control local was so that the schools would be more responsive to parents.

    In Michigan, schools used to be funded through millages. These were taxes that voters could approve or not. Schools had to stay on the parent's good side because if they pissed them off, they would vote down the millages and the schools had less money.

    Then the Lefties changed things and made the schools funded by the State. Now the schools just thumb their noses at the parents when they complain.

    A national version of this would only be far worse. At least now, we can vote them out easily.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Jan 8 07:19:37 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    We can expect this kind of behavior from Democrat members of
    government, but school board members in real estate scams is a little surprising.

    I know what you mean.

    So a local area built a brand new school building, then used it for, maybe, 2 years. Then they decided that there weren't enough kids and closed the school, consolidating all the kids in an older school in a "central" area.

    The new school building was sold and turned into apartments (which is weird). But later it was found that the building was sold for pennies on the dollar to a school board member who then flipped it to another company for a very large profit to make the apartments.

    It's like they don't understand the term "conflict of interest" here.

    At first, the actions of the school board - and the member involved - was strange. But then I realized that because of the dropping birth rates, schools have excess real estate. And the people on school boards seem to be closet crooks.

    I need to find out how they get nominated because they are the most ridiculous group that I've ever seen. The president counts every second
    to make sure that I don't speak for more than 3 minutes.

    That's only because she HAS to let you speak according to the law. So she won't give you any extra.

    One lady puts
    her hands behind her back during the pledge of allegiance. One is an
    old man who's only talks about his desire for mandatory vaccinations. Another talks like a spoiled rich girl, and the superintendent
    literally puts her ass in our faces whenever she speaks. They give us
    the middle finger in subtle ways the whole time.

    School boards are sort of like Democrat-run gov't's on the small scale.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Thu Jan 8 05:19:32 2026
    So a local area built a brand new school building, then used it for, maybe, 2 years. Then they decided that there weren't enough kids and closed the school, consolidating all the kids in an older school in a "central" area.

    The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with. We can vote for board members, but then we have no say in what they do once elected. And as soon as they link up with the other elitists on the board, they're all just doing what George wants.

    The new school building was sold and turned into apartments (which is weird). But later it was found that the building was sold for pennies
    on the dollar to a school board member who then flipped it to another company for a very large profit to make the apartments.

    We don't have enough people who we can count on to investigate things like this. The school district here is shutting down one of the elementary schools for 2 years to remodel it, and they're going to increase class sizes at other schools while this one is closed. At the next meeting I'm going to ask to see the contractor estimates to find out why they went with this one because 2
    years is a long time to trust a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming there are some) were not chosen.

    At first, the actions of the school board - and the member involved - was strange. But then I realized that because of the dropping birth rates, schools have excess real estate. And the people on school boards seem
    to be closet crooks.

    They're not very smart people, they just know the tricks of the left. We'll figure them out.

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  • From Mickey@1:229/308 to Ron L. on Thu Jan 8 19:31:56 2026
    BY: Ron L. (1:120/616)

    I like them to abolish local school boards and make a national
    school
    board that would listen to, and maybe even impliment, what parents request

    *Laugh* What makes you think that a national school board would be MORE responsive to parents?

    In Canada, the rule is, if an area school board can't manage properly, the job automatically goes to the Province to run (though it rarely happens). I'd like to see the job go to the top in the first place. *Laughing Longer*

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Jan 9 07:47:09 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with.

    The concept is good. But it assumes that the people who run for it want to do what's best for the school system.

    Instead, the people who run for it are larval politicians and scam artists.

    We can vote for
    board members, but then we have no say in what they do once elected.

    That's because many areas removed the consequences from their decisions.

    Like I said, here in Michigan, parents could vote down millages that the schools depended on for funding. So the boards had to do what's right. But then the Elitists took that away and the school boards no longer cared what the parents wanted.

    A lot of this would be cleared up with School Choice and let the tax money follow the student to ANY school.

    And as soon as they link up with the other elitists on the board,
    they're all just doing what George wants.

    Yup. That's the normal progression.

    That's why the Woke in companies starts with HR.

    We don't have enough people who we can count on to investigate things
    like this. The school district here is shutting down one of the
    elementary schools for 2 years to remodel it, and they're going to increase class sizes at other schools while this one is closed. At the next meeting I'm going to ask to see the contractor estimates to find
    out why they went with this one because 2 years is a long time to trust
    a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming there are some) were not chosen.

    Good. 2 years seems excessive.

    It reminds me of when I worked at GM. The building that I worked in needed their cafeteria remodeled. Instead of going with Union workers, GM contracted to another company. It took them 2 weeks. So the cafe get shut down on Friday. It's completely gutted by next Friday. Rebuilt by the next Friday and open on Monday.

    There is **NO** way the Union would have worked that fast.

    They're not very smart people, they just know the tricks of the left. We'll figure them out.

    They **are** part of the left. So, ya, they would know those tricks.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mickey on Fri Jan 9 07:47:09 2026
    Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

    In Canada, the rule is, if an area school board can't manage properly,
    the job automatically goes to the Province to run (though it rarely happens). I'd like to see the job go to the top in the first place. *Laughing Longer*

    Here in Michigan, we have a similar law. But every time it's invoked (usually by a conservative trying to clean up a liberal financial mess), the Left loses their mind and starts screaming about "The End of Democracy!"

    But bottom, top, middle, sides, it makes no difference. Once the Reality-Challenged get decision making power, it always goes bad.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Fri Jan 9 13:06:46 2026
    The "school board" is a bad concept to begin with.

    The concept is good. But it assumes that the people who run for it want to do what's best for the school system.

    That doesn't work in today's world. There are snakes telling people to eat the apple everywhere you go.

    A lot of this would be cleared up with School Choice and let the tax
    money follow the student to ANY school.

    We need the state legislature to do that. I'll ask the next POS Democrat who gets elected in my district to get on it.

    out why they went with this one because 2 years is a long time to tru a contractor and I want to find out why the competitors (assuming the are some) were not chosen.

    Good. 2 years seems excessive.

    It reminds me of when I worked at GM. The building that I worked in needed their cafeteria remodeled. Instead of going with Union workers,
    GM contracted to another company. It took them 2 weeks. So the cafe
    get shut down on Friday. It's completely gutted by next Friday.
    Rebuilt by the next Friday and open on Monday.

    That's how it should always be done. There have been mountains leveled and highways built in less than 2 years. The 2 year crap gives them endless opportunities "Well, the contactors have run into a problem.. it's gonna cost more money.. and it's gonna takes some more time.."

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Jan 10 08:50:14 2026
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    That doesn't work in today's world. There are snakes telling people to
    eat the apple everywhere you go.

    That's the way it's ALWAYS been. That's why the Founding Fathers tried to create a gov't structure that was distributed and qould require cooperation between foes to get things done.

    Then the Left attacked culture itself and turned those foes into co-criminals.

    Like the rest of the gov't, we need laws to make it unpleasant to cheat.

    Ex: Conflict of Interest should be cause for immediate removal from the board and an audit of all transactions. And if any problem is found, the board member needs to be fined double what the problem found was and is barred from any gov't position in the U.S.

    We need the state legislature to do that. I'll ask the next POS
    Democrat who gets elected in my district to get on it.

    Ha! Ya, you know that no Democrat will try to dismantle the system that they put in to place.

    That's how it should always be done. There have been mountains leveled
    and highways built in less than 2 years. The 2 year crap gives them endless opportunities "Well, the contactors have run into a problem..
    it's gonna cost more money.. and it's gonna takes some more time.."

    Exactly. More like they get 1 year in and run out of money. So do you just throw the old money away and go with someone else, and delay the project by a year, or do you give them more money to finish the job?



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  • From Mickey@1:229/308 to Ron L. on Sat Jan 10 10:12:59 2026
    BY: Ron L. (1:120/616)

    But bottom, top, middle, sides, it makes no difference. Once the Reality-Challenged get decision making power, it always goes bad.


    Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certain books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian Encyclobedia of history, and other nasty books such as Lord of the Flys.

    It just doesn't end.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Sat Jan 10 19:49:08 2026
    Like the rest of the gov't, we need laws to make it unpleasant to cheat.

    Ex: Conflict of Interest should be cause for immediate removal from the board and an audit of all transactions. And if any problem is found,
    the board member needs to be fined double what the problem found was and is barred from any gov't position in the U.S.

    It should be this way for all elected officials, but in most cases we end up just waiting for the criminal's term to end, then maybe vote them out.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mickey on Sun Jan 11 10:39:58 2026
    Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certain books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that
    doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian Encyclobedia of history, and other nasty books such as Lord of the
    Flys.

    It just doesn't end.

    Right out of Orwell's "1984".

    Who would have thought that the Elitists would use it as a manual?


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  • From Randall Schad@1:226/44 to Ron L. on Tue Jan 13 20:29:53 2026
    On 11 Jan 2026, Ron L. said the following...

    Mickey wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Absolutely. Right now, the big thing (again) is the removal of certai books from school libraries that may tell a story of our past that doesn't fit their backward liberal beliefs. One is the Canadian
    Right out of Orwell's "1984".

    Who would have thought that the Elitists would use it as a manual?

    Isn't it interesting that both sides are blaming each other for the removal of literature? Even more so that "1984" is referenced as the playbook.

    RS

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Randall Schad on Wed Jan 14 08:22:16 2026
    Randall Schad wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Isn't it interesting that both sides are blaming each other for the removal of literature? Even more so that "1984" is referenced as the playbook.

    That's because the idea of "both sides" is a diversion.

    This has never been a "Republican vs. Democrat" or "Left vs. Right" or even a "Capitalism vs. Communism" battle.

    The "sides" have always been "Elitists who think that they should be our rulers" and everyone else. The Elitists simply infilrate whatever group has more power at the time.


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