Comments by "Fumble_ Brewski" (@fumble_brewski5410) on "CBS Sunday Morning" channel.

  1. As I see it, the only "common ground" that people in America will share is the graveyard.
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  2.  @jrubybowman  One practical matter is the question of whether Idaho would even want such an expansion, given the sparsely populated nature of eastern Oregon, and the responsibility of maintaining the associated infrastructure of such a vast area. Speaking as a long-time ID resident, I'm thinking no.
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  3. Just like the Democrats do to Republicans in California. Which is why I moved from the (formerly) golden state to Idaho years ago. Much less stressful living here now. Cheers. 😂 BTW, the voter registration figures for Ada County, Idaho (where Boise is located) are 50% Republican, 46% Democrat, and the rest independent/other. Idaho in general is much more conservative, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin (sort of a reverse mirror image of California). Therefore, Ada County should be considered only mildly conservative. However, there are some liberal Republicans here as well as some conservative Democrats. It's hard to quantify when people often don't vote along strictly party lines.
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  4. Quite aside from the topic of this video, I have to admire Ted Koppel for his many years of professionalism in broadcast journalism. He's a throwback to the 1970's, a time when TV news reports had to concentrate on the facts, not political opinions. Bravo, Ted, a career well done.
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  5. The words "sensible" and "liberal" should never be used in close juxtaposition to one another. 😂
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  6. “Never trust a Russian, because Russians do not even trust themselves.” - Otto von Bismarck ”I trust no one, not even myself.” - Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (aka, Josef Stalin)
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  7.  @andreabradley5837  No surprise there. In the middle of Sun Valley, median home price is $800k, plenty of tourists and wealthy part time residents (Bruce Willis, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake). What else could it be?
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  8.  @howardjuliewiley5629  As if housing prices in CA, OR or WA are affordable? New arrivals over the past 10 years show an equal mix of both liberals and conservatives, according to the Chamber of Commerce. So, yes, any time a state has reasonably affordable housing, people will be drawn to it. Same thing has happened to Austin, TX, over the past 20 years. My brother moved there in the mid-90's for an employment offer, and purchased a nice, 2-story home for around $250k. Now that same home would sell for ~ $1.25 million, a nearly five fold increase. And who is responsible for all that? Techies moving in from the Bay area of CA, mostly liberal-voting Democrats. So you see, holmes, it cuts both ways. Cheers.
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  9.  @howardjuliewiley5629  Maybe not, but they certainly drive up the housing prices to the point where the locals have to commute 45 minutes one-way just to work in Sun Valley at rather low wages. Wealthy people, whether (D) or (R), belong to an elitist club, and you and I aren't allowed in, friend.
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  10.  @modelenginerding6996  It would make more sense to combine Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho to form a new state. Similar demographics, climate and politics. Although, I don’t know who would want to claim Lewiston. What a dump!
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  11.  @johnkeith2450  💩🧠
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  12.  @howardjuliewiley5629  Ada County voter registration records show an almost even split between (R) and (D), with a large percentage of voters registered as independent/other. Southwest Idaho is where much of the population resides: Boise, 210,000; Meridian, 115,000; Nampa, 99,000. Smaller towns in northern Idaho, such as CDA or Post Falls, would indeed have a higher percentage of (R) voters, but so what? They really don’t factor in that much to statewide elections. I’ve visited both of those locations and, frankly, don’t see the attraction of living there. The climate is lousy, for one thing. Post Falls is rather dumpy, while CDA is nicer, but overpriced and overcrowded. The main focus currently is getting some property tax relief from the legislature and governor. Retired people (like me) are getting squeezed by the continually rising assessments. So much for “affordable” housing. Cheers.
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  13.  @philmabarak5421  I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to say/ask. Could you rephrase your question, please?
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  14.  @philmabarak5421  Property values, historically, increase/decrease as a function of the desirability (or lack thereof) of the particular location. Remember the old adage, "Location, location, location."? Here in Idaho at least, property values for SFH have soared in recent years due to the dramatic influx of out-of-staters, mostly from CA, OR and WA, although for some unknown reason, I've been noticing a lot of Texas license plates lately here in southwest Idaho. (**SFH = Single Family Homes) More to the point, over the past 10 years there has been a 250% increase in population for Ada County, accompanied by a 260% increase in housing prices for SFH, almost a perfect direct positive correlation. As for the reason why people have been moving into this area, one can only speculate that they perceive it to be more livable and more affordable than their previous location(s). People appear to be fleeing from high COL, high taxes, high crime, and non-responsive state government(s). And this cuts across demographic issues and political ideologies. Ten years ago, someone from the Bay area or southern California could have sold their home for $750k and purchased a comparable one here in Ada county for around $150k, leaving them with $600k to invest, or put into the bank as savings, or to buy real estate for rental income (which many did). Hence, the dramatic increase in rental prices for this area. As near as I can determine, newcomers over the past 10 years from the states mentioned above are pretty much an equal mix of (D) and (R), and this is reflected in the current voter registration figures for Ada county, which show 50% (R), 46% (D), and the remaining 4% (myself included) as independent/other. Hope this clarifies some of the concerns you expressed. And remember, what goes up also comes down, especially real estate prices. Cheers.
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  15.  @scottdavis691  Good one!
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  16. The most logical solution is simply to leave Oregon as it is, and take Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho and combine them into one new state, which would include basically everything east of Yakima in Washington, and the 12 northern counties of Idaho. There are several reasons for this: similar climates, similar demographics, similar voter registration, and identical time zone (PST). Eastern Washington people despise the Puget Sound socialist oligarchy, and northern Idahoans feel neglected by their southern counterparts. Win, win.
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  17. Exactly. That's what we did years ago, and have no regrets.
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