Comments by "bob barclay" (@bobbarclay316) on "Forbes Breaking News" channel.

  1. I'm 72 years old and lived under 13 Presidency. Trump's election feels like waking up from a sad and depressing dream, and realizing you were sleeping on the beach on a tropical island.
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  2. The Uniparty wants to spend Russia into submission. This could take years.
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  3. Why should I care how long these criminals languish. Most should never be released at all in any country.
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  4. Having watched European politicians, professors, media types and celebrities and listening to them speak, i have to doubt they'll ever wake up.
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  5. I'm looking forward to '28.
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  6. I heard a politician who insists on allowing unvetted criminals into their society, talking about how evil it is to protest policies that wreck the country. At the end he announces more laws that promote this brain-dead policy. Americans should watch as closely as we watch Canada.
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  7. Climate catastrophe proponents. Chicken Little.
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  8. Hey! Why does Florida get to keep him? Did you call dibs? No fair! I'm tellin' Mom.
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  9. This is what Eisenhower warned us about. The military contractors depending on the good will of Congress. Congress keeps the wars going, and industry thrives. There must be a link there somewhere. 'Who benefits' is always a good question.
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  10. They aren't invested in Tesla or Musk would be getting lots of love. No, they could not care less about electric vehicles unless Congress can spend tax dollars supporting them. Sending our money to their friends and family is what Congress does.
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  11. Warren apparently agrees with the "one drop" rule.
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  12. The House and Senate set their own rules. The only rules for the court are the constitution, and the power of the purse. Its laughable for Members of Congress to offer ethical advise.
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  13.  @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus  This is a stalemate. Russia went over to the defensive more than 18 months ago.
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  14. Just vote them out. Its the only way to win this fight.
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  15.  @armedfarm3429  If an EV gave you acceptable performance, range, refueling cost and time, etc. you might think differently. I neither have nor want an EV. I just don't want taxpayer dollars to pay for anyone else's. One person mention Ford and GM , and I said Tesla does it without costing tax dollars.
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  16. Trump hit that mark 2 days in. And no screeching harpies, (where did Jill find them?) clearing the room when they wanted Joe to shut up.
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  17. If the State Department wants to give money to a foriegn organization, it should be voted on by Congress. That way, the grant would express the will of the people, rather than the will of a party.
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  18. That is staggeringly incompetent staff work. 1) Her staff released a report in the bosses name ahead of schedule and caught her by surprise. 2) The statement had two opposite intentions: to fool some people into thinking they're going to do something about shortages and prices, while assuring the base they have no such intention. 3) The secretary was utterly unable to explain it. You would think a Cabinet Secretary would be a bit more skilled at speaking off the cuff. She can read a position paper and deflect a tough question but thats the limit of her skill. They blame Trump. They know Trump recognized the unpopularity of off shore drilling. In 2018 oil futures were approaching zero. We were producing so much oil there was no good reason to have a fight over off shore leases. The Biden admin. is too incompetent to notice these facts, and too ideologically committed to carry out a useful plan, and too stupid to carry out their plan without stepping on their own genitals.
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  19. @ Well nice to hear from you! My world is getting better by the minute! But thanks for the good wishes!
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  20. @ Read your answer and had an amusing thought. In 1991 Democrats made a big deal about Bush apparently backing off from "Read my lips! No new taxes!"
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  21. President Trump is highlighting what is really good in the US. Super Bowl, Daytona, I suspect he might be there for the Master's at Augusta.
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  22. We can't wait 'til you get here!
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  23. The whole freakin government and lots of individual bureaucrats have daily access to your Ss #, bank records, tax filings, employment records and all your HIPPA "guaranteed" privacy. And you're worried about Musk? Please, would you at least try once in a while to be serious?
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  24.  @Larrythecableguy749  Im not saying this is a good thing, or a smart way to think. Im just saying too many Senators and too many Representatives are getting too rich to stop the war.
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  25. An 18 yr old marine is allowed to fight and die for our rights, but he has no 2A right himself? A republican should offer an amendment to this bill prohibiting anyone under 18 from joining the military.
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  26. No matter how bad things get, we must vote for incumbents. The devil we know. Still a devil though.
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  27. Somehow I think the Justice Department will find a way to stay focused on letting the Biden's get away with it.
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  28.  @nicthemickatx  Its worth it to wait and see a few more months. You know the Declaration of Independence had some wise words for why people put up with government shit for so long. They were wise, and worth considering.
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  29.  @alhorn2664  Term limits were in the '92 Republican platform. Since it requires passage by the people it limits, it never had a chance. Now it will take a convention of the states.
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  30.    It just hit me. "Contract with America" was 30 years ago. Term limits were promised by conservative Republicans. I didn't believe in term limits then because I think people should be allowed to vote for whomever they want. Today, I'm not so certain. When half the people are dependant on politicians for their livelihood not sure ...
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  31.  @Barbutt  The left is right when they say the constitution can change with the time. They are wrong when they say they can find new meaning in the old words. The constitution has about 1 amendment per 10 years of history. It can change with the time. But it requires a process whereby the large majority wants a change. It cant be changed by Congress and should not be changed by a judge, or any number of judges. Leftists know they are in the minority, and so they demand judges and Congress substitute themselves for the people.
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  32.  @navie78  I hear you. Hunker down and hold on.
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  33. The Harvard rep thinks we believe her. And she's supposed to be smart? The UPenn lady apologized for her testimony and resigned. Academia has a lot to answer for, and a lot of house cleaning left undone.
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  34. All the cities politicians want us to see them. They have no useful information, offer no solutions, explain no motive. But they do need more 'tools' to solve the problem. These people are the problem.
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  35. And liars and thieves too.
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  36.  @jamesbarry6979  MIGA
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  37.  @JamesStripling  Well, thats one opinion. Id rather see the aid tied to an expectation of negotiations. This is now more than 10 years of open warfare. Its a stalemate. Its time to talk.
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  38. Discriminate against people with "behavioral health" issues? Give me a break. He has just identified criminals (people with behavioral health issues) as a class who have the right to be protected FROM police practices. Is your city a dystopia yet? If not, be sure to keep electing people who agree with Garland. 11:56
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  39. Lets ask Wesley Snipes about filing taxes and getting probation.
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  40. Zelinsky doesn't want peace, he wants to win and punish Putin. Trump offered security assurances in return for a cease fire, Zelinsky wanted breathing room to keep up the fight.
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  41. Wyden, in a hearing on abuse of FISA warrants, asked James Clapper if the feds were collecting and saving data on American citizens. Clapper perjured himself in that hearing, and Wyden said not one word, even though he knew as a a member of Senate intelligence community, knew Clapper was lying. Because Wyden and Clapper are DEMOCRATS.
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  42. Much as I admire the Senator and his very cogent questions, I can't help remembering that Congress had the power to decide these issues until they ceded their authority to the Executive Branch. And they have the power to take that authority back any time they choose. Since Congress has failed to act under either party's majority. All House incumbents, and a third of the Senate incumbents are up for election in November. I suggest we vote for as many new people as possible. This November, I'll vote based on what they did in office, not what they say they'll do. Until a majority of us do that we'll get the same as we've always gotten. Venal, corrupt, mendicants enriching themselves while the people suffer.
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  43. Lets say Columbia hired a professor who said to his class the following: "You know, all that civil rights propaganda was way overblown! There weren't nearly as many lynchings as they say, and some of those were justified." How long does that professor have a job anywhere?
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  44. These FISA warrants will be used by both parties against citizens. They will do so to improve their electoral chances especially when they can claim the citizen did something "evil". They will gladly use every power that is given to hold power and benefit Congress-persons.
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  45. Their base was terrified that Trump would succeed in making America the world's dominant energy exporter.
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  46. Moral clarity is an advantage not granted to the world's combination bank and police force. Putin can be both evil and amenable to a solution.
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  47. When we list who benefits from USAID grants, lets not forget the American Senate. We have long observed middle class people becoming obscenely wealthy, shortly after entering the Senate. How many poor senators do you know? Where do you think the money came from?
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  48. To celebrate this guy's elevation to PM we should announce a closed border and 200% tariffs. There's nothing there we can't produce ourselves. Ontario can freeze in the dark for all I care.
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  49. If Congress passed an appropriation and gave an Executive branch agency power to spend it as they wish, then Congress has abandoned it responsibility. It should not be possible to spend $2 billion and there be Senators who didn't know about it.
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  50.  @renaerosecrans3062  Or Desantis-Gabbard, or maybe Gabbard-Desantis?
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  51. Congress passes laws that empower the Executive to make all the rules. Thus, any anger over the results fall on the Executive and the courts. Then, your local incumbent can rage about what the other side does, and get re-elected. SCOTUS is getting wise to the game.
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  52. On the day this happened I posted my belief that local police were inside for the AC because it was hot on that roof. I really, really, hope Im wrong.
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  53. While at the polling place remember whether your incumbent walked the walk, or just talked the talk.
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  54. Why do I get the feeling that the more obviously correct is Senator Paul, the less likely it is that Republicans will listen? All I can hope is that we remember their votes in 2 years.
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  55. You got it.
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  56. It feels good to win, and revenge has its appeal. But jailing your opponents is just eye for an eye justice. Its a cycle that has no end.
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  57. Among Senate Republicans running in 2026 are Collins, Cassidy, and Cornyn. Also Joni Ernst. Reward the reformers and punish the crooks. By their votes ye shall know them.
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  58. Public figures can not be defamed, because people have a right to criticize public officials, even the ones we like.
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  59. This may be the most important speech on foreign policy by an American Vice President, ever.
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  60. Once again Forbes distinguished itself by simply doing their job. I note that the questions from reporters were challenging, but they weren't "gothca" type. Maybe Forbes is rubbing off on the rest of the gaggle.
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  61. None of these expenditures have an end point. Anything we did last year we have to do this year, for more money than last year. Congress can raise the debt ceiling by $ Billions a year but they can't find one penny to cut.
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  62.  @DMX2050  Naive to do it, but not naive to think it.
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  63.  @MRick-cd1kr  Reagan did it once.
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  64.  @carlbrutananadilewski8395  And can we assume you're a blind shill for a bunch of criminals?
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  65.  @formerastronaut  This round you mean? Russia. But this region of the world has been the cause of way too many wars over who started it.
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  66. I live 10 miles from this townhall site. Bedford County may well vote over 90% for Trump. In 2020 the percentage was above 75%, but turnout was low, as it was in 2022. My take? We can still lose. We have to swamp the Democratic vote with turnout in order to beat Pa Democrats. If its close the criminals in Josh Shapiro's Elections Bureau will delay the count until they assemble enough votes to declare Harris the winner. They've done it before. The state elections people are running ads where they promise to make double sure ALL the votes are counted. Why do you suppose that is?
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  67. They used voter info to register people who didn't know they were registered, then allowed people without ID to vote. This is why Democrats hate voter ID
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  68.  @nicthemickatx  Agree. I make it about a 1 in 10 chance.
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  69. Just spit-ballin here, but how does a Vance/Donald ticket sound in about 3 years 8 months?
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  70. The headline contains a lie. The Garda detailed the kids, but pointedly avoided any details about the attacker except to say the 'adult male age 50', is a person of interest. We got no details about the attacker except "no link to terrorism". Yeah right.
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  71.  @robertfreedman6651 What? No redemption for Republicans?
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  72. In my life, 3 times a gun stopped a violent attack. Only one shot fired. If you can't handle a gun, don't own one. But its useless to tell me guns are evil. Guns are tools. People can be evil, but a gun can't. And every time a legislator tries to limit our rights, hundreds of new gun owners appear.
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  73. I got 3 comments. What's up with that?
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  74. @ Only 3 out of 97 used acceptable language? Pretty strict language police aren't they?
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  75.  @joannkennedy236  YouTube says there were 19 replies to you comment. They are all invisible to me. Someone at YOUTUBE is F'n around.
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  76. @ The only comments I see now are the ones saying "where are all the comments?
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  77. He presumes health care costs are the driver of debt. He ignores the reality of the fact that Congress sends our money to favored corporations and NGOS, refusing to limit spending with those entities because they keep the "campaign contributions" coming. Schwiekert proposes nothing that will change that. He's a liar, and an co-conspirator with the thieves in Congress.
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  78. Or a "Truth only" collar with settings from 15 to 60vac. 15 is for the first question (as a reminder of their oath). 60 is for when, in answer to a yes/no question the witness says "Senator, my department is committed to..... ZAP!"
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  79. I had the misfortune of being required to analyze the effect of a bill on a revenue stream. There were so many laws on the books already that more than 50 of the bills 500 or so pages were specifically to amend other laws. I started telling lawyer and congressman jokes at about that time.
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  80.  @nicolasolton  Well, the fact that American Senators become dynastically wealthy, get virtually all the campaign money, and get us into wars that last 10 years is a clue. Not proof of course, but c'mon, really?
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  81. They are using UNRWA to pay off terrorist leaders without admitting it. The intent is to bribe them into committing fewer actions on American soil. That is the link to national security mentioned. I doubt she was supposed to go that far and say so out loud.
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  82. Do you imagine that the bureaucracy is the government? The agencies work for the President and he works for us, not your congressman. And we want our republic back. And the money too.
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  83. The basis of all American wealth is the use of natural resources on public land. Our elected officials and the bureaucracy have effectively claimed ownership of these resources and denied them to American citizens who own them. They then use that power to decide who will be permitted access to these resources, and become millionaires by extorting money from Citizens who want to develop those resources. Your country no longer belongs to you, but is owned and controlled by the majority party.
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  84. Interesting that the Qatari Prince made a public announcement condemning the Oct. 7 attacks on Oct. 9. He said that the taking of hostages can never be considered an act of war and condemned Hamas for their action and said that taking hostages is never acceptable in war.
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  85. We used to have a right to a speedy trial. This judge is like every appointed bureaucrat. They insist they can't be both on-time and right, so they ignoe the "speedy trial" part.
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  86. While world leaders cry like a room full of toddlers when Daddy hollers at them. The citizens back home are saying "I know, right? Who do they think they are?"
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  87. They essentially put Hunter on a private tour bus thru the legal system, and promised to give him his own private judge in case sh#t blows up.
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  88. It says something about progressive bureaucrats that they think its ok to ignore the will of the people. They believe in democracy only when they get their way.
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  89. "Bone deep down to the marrow stupid!" Gotta love Sen. Kennedy . Any time an older white politicians uses a 'aw shucks' accent, you know he's about to destroy your claims .
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  90. There is a good answer to "which weapons" would you ban: I would ban all those weapons which a government agency defined as an assault weapon."
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  91.  @armedfarm3429  Sure. I'm sure they sell a few as well. I recall Obama foisting a program on us based on selling chevy volts. Lots of money spent, not many volts sold. Taxpayers screwed, GM and the UAW in love with Democrats. Same time Tesla, no taxpayer money, impeded at every turn by bureaucrats, lots of Teslas on the road. So, INMHO, if you don't see their game, you should look closer. They are not interested in electric cars, they are interested in spending money with corporations that are willing to pretend to support the goal. Both govt and industry wants to stay away from genuine solutions because that kills the goose that lays the golden egg.
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  92. Schultz was the fool who had terrorist spies running her computers.
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  93. This really smells. It looks to me like the investigation is going to be characterized by cross agency accusations, and little or no truth or transparency.
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  94. Why would we want to add 3 Californias to the Union?
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  95. They're used to being able to pick a lie on Sunday and repeat it til Friday. Now they can only lie for an hour or so before Trump does a new thing that outrages them. The first lie is old news before the 6 O'clock news.
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  96. It occurs to me that Elon spent $44billion for X and earned $100billion worth of respect from the world.
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  97. Biden promised in a debate with Trump that he would destroy your friend's livelihood. And they voted for him!? If they did they get no sympathy from me.
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  98. Why do I get the feeling that the more obviously correct is Senator Paul, the less likely it is that Republicans will listen? All I can hope is that we remember their votes in 2 years.
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  99. Kicked some ass too.
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  100.  @tootsieshmutsie6428 The tarriffs are aimed at Trudeau. Unfortunately, Canadians elected him, so you get hit too. No one either side is very happy about it.
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  101. If Raskin wants these outrageous grants to go through, all they have to do is vote for it.
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  102. To a Democrat, divisiveness means disagreeing with them. To a Republican, unity means we all agree that we should follow our constitution.
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  103.  @aetherion7  You're funny. We'll see.
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  104. ooh! They never thought about that! Great idea!
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  105. You can bet that CBS has let the DNC know who those confidential sources were.
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  106. Public drunkenness, sale and use of meth, violent threats are all illegal. Arrest them for their illegal actions. The homeless congregate because of the lack of enforcement. Apparently the courts want to treat homelessness as an identity, so arresting them for their crimes is a violation of some right they have as homeless. Utter nonsense that this is a Supreme Court case.
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  107. The progressives owned the media, and the Dems owned the media. Between them they convinced America that THEY were the majority.
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  108. Biden bragged in a debate with Trump that he intended to end US energy independence. Half of you seeing this, and many of you commenting, voted for the fool despite this. If you voted for Biden and now find it hard to buy gas or food, just remember "Orange man bad, must vote for Biden"
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  109. I agree with the positive reviews on Forbes content. They seem to have understood journalism in an instant-info world. Just show us who said what, and leave the commentary for the rest of us.
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  110. Progressivism at its finest: San Fransisco is a Potemkin Village.
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  111. We might have needed those 86,000 new IRS agents to audit NGOs.
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  112. 80 agents from just the FBI? How many agencies are watching? I recall WAPO doing a week long series asking that question. They concluded it is impossible to know who's watching or why, or how much they spend.
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  113. This is the first Biden nominee I have seen actually answer questions.
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  114. His speech was right on target, but the kleptocracy knows the truth: The Speaker of the House will be in control of the largest Republican PAC which disburses campaign contributions. House Reps never stop raising money, nor can they.
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