Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 02:47 last edited by
Exactly. Another attempt at lynching him.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 02:50 last edited by
I "get" that technically he may have not done anything wrong.
But geez, for a smart person, he was pretty dumb about this. I just cant imagine how he thought this would be okay. I guess it is a bit like a lot of high powered people. Doing questionable things becomes normal. They loose touch with reality.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 02:51 last edited by
Don't drink the Kool-Aid.
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I "get" that technically he may have not done anything wrong.
But geez, for a smart person, he was pretty dumb about this. I just cant imagine how he thought this would be okay. I guess it is a bit like a lot of high powered people. Doing questionable things becomes normal. They loose touch with reality.
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 03:17 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
I "get" that technically he may have not done anything wrong.
But geez, for a smart person, he was pretty dumb about this. I just cant imagine how he thought this would be okay. I guess it is a bit like a lot of high powered people. Doing questionable things becomes normal. They loose touch with reality.
It was ok for many years until the powers that be decided to make you think it wasn’t ok.
You are now thinking as you are intended to think.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 04:18 last edited by
Has Justice Thomas or his rich friend Mr. Crow dispute the facts reported by ProPublica?
Should Justice Thomas recuse himself from cases that materially affect the fortune of Mr. Crow's business if any such case were to make its way to the Supreme Court in the future?
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 04:46 last edited by
- No.
- Possibly
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 12:25 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 12:32 last edited by
Meh. Character is what you do when you think nobody’s watching.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 12:44 last edited by
Meh. It's politics.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 15:13 last edited by
It just seems weird to me that a person of that level would not have more self esteem and at some point, stop accepting free vacations.
"Hey thanks for the offer to pay for our vacation again, but it is not necessary. We do appreciate it however. But, once is enough."
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:09 last edited by
You don't move in those circles. I don't, either. Jon might.
Those people don't live like we do.
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You don't move in those circles. I don't, either. Jon might.
Those people don't live like we do.
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:13 last edited by@Jolly said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
Those people don't live like we do.
They just set the rules for us to live by, right?
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You don't move in those circles. I don't, either. Jon might.
Those people don't live like we do.
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:19 last edited byIt's important to know one's place, right?
This kind of thinking was one of the things I didn't care for in the UK. Boris with his illegal drinks parties and his holidays paid for by some rich Tory donor.
'Never mind, he's such good fun. Look at his silly hair. What a card!'
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@Jolly said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
Those people don't live like we do.
They just set the rules for us to live by, right?
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:31 last edited by@Axtremus said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
They just set the rules for us to live by, right?
That's right.
How do all these congress critters become multimillionaires on their salaries?
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@Axtremus said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
They just set the rules for us to live by, right?
That's right.
How do all these congress critters become multimillionaires on their salaries?
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 17:45 last edited by Doctor Phibes 4 Dec 2023, 17:46@George-K said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
@Axtremus said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
They just set the rules for us to live by, right?
That's right.
How do all these congress critters become multimillionaires on their salaries?
By their being no ethics rules enforced similar to the ones normal working people have to live by.
Know your place, prole, and live happy in the knowledge that the great and the good can live comfortably enough so that they can make important decisions on your behalf without being troubled by the mundane problems the rest of us have to suffer.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 20:22 last edited by
@Mik said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
Who says one trip was worth $500k? How is that even possible?
I would like to know this, myself…
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 20:33 last edited by
Ahhh, got it…
He flew on Crow’s personal jet and stayed on Crow’s personal yacht. If Clarence Thomas had chartered an equivalent jet and yacht, it could have cost $500,000… It’s like saying that Mark gave me a ride to the airport in his Mercedes. If I had rented a Mercedes and a Driver to be driven to the airport, it would have cost $350… Therefore it should be valued as such…. That argument doesn’t really fly, IMO.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 21:13 last edited by
That’s about what I figured
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It's important to know one's place, right?
This kind of thinking was one of the things I didn't care for in the UK. Boris with his illegal drinks parties and his holidays paid for by some rich Tory donor.
'Never mind, he's such good fun. Look at his silly hair. What a card!'
wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 22:45 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Did Clarence Thomas Do anything Wrong?:
It's important to know one's place, right?
This kind of thinking was one of the things I didn't care for in the UK. Boris with his illegal drinks parties and his holidays paid for by some rich Tory donor.
'Never mind, he's such good fun. Look at his silly hair. What a card!'
Look, even a cat may look upon a king in this country, but I don't care where you live, there are different kinds of money.
- Poor people.
- Middle-class people.
- Rich people.
- People with "fuck-you money".
You know what the difference is between here and Blighty? There's still enough opportunity for the average person to aspire to #3 and every now and then some poor bastard makes it to #4.
And son, people what have money can be very gracious and kind people. My SIL recently buried her FIL and you wouldn't have known the guy had a pot to piss in and a window to throw it out of, if you sat down and had lunch with him. But he pretty much did what he wanted to do, when he wanted to do it, and if he felt like going on an Alaskan cruise with their friends, his wife would call up the cruise line and reserve first class accommodations for the whole group and then he'd have her buy first class airline tickets for the crew.
He didn't even have fuck-you money. Oh. he could stack several millions on top of each other, but he certainly didn't even come close to the B word. I can't even imagine those kind of people and how they live.
So you can whine about the world, or you can accept them what has, gets. And then go out and try to be one, if you wish.
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wrote on 12 Apr 2023, 22:51 last edited by
So as long as we’re talking about politicians on billionaire private jets and staying on their lavish yachts and mansions, can we revisit Jeffrey Epstein again?