Ex-CTLawyer

@Faux

#2
Free College

This what built the Jewish American middl class in the NY area.
My parents attended City College (father) and Hunter College (mother) in the 1930s for the cost of subway fare. Books, notebooks, writing utensils were provided at no cost,

My home state of Connecticut provides free Community College (Associates Degree) to any recent graduate of high school in the state.

I have no problem with my tax dollars funding higher public education.
I feel the same about this as K-12, free public education for all; if you want a private education fund it yourself

@jdf007
you didn’t know anyone with intermarried parents until you reached college in another state………………………….

I have no idea how old you are. I might guess your home state is NY

I have an 81 year old sister in law whose Jewish mother married an Italian Catholic in NYC in 1932 with the agreement that the children would be raised as observant Jews and Kashrus and Shabbos observed in home.

I had a number of classmates in elementary school (1950s) with only one Jewish parent.

Not all of us came from families who were living in a Shtetl back in 1824, my maternal side was living in a city in Germany. My paternal side lived in a provincial capital in Congress Poland (formerly Lithuania) within the Russian Pale. The Town had 4000 inhabitants in the 1820s, half Jewish.

@akuperma
Good thing you are not in the High School History classes I teach in retirement.
“…..during the last war they had in the area (1941-1945).”

WWII started September 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland!

The US was not involved until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor December 7, 1942.

Poland was a war zone 26 months by then, Ukraine part of the USSR was at war very soon after Poland.

@ujm
I have already posted that I do not trust the honesty and ability of private operators spending public education tax dollars
I cited examples of fraud

@Menachem Shmei

Why would you even think that an out of office politician (Obama) pressures Israel to do anything?
He has no governmental power?

Your question may be valid to ask of Biden, and Schumer who wield some power.
VPs gave zero power. Harris’ power will arrive on January 20, 2025 when she is sworn in as President.

@AAQ
I never posted about anti-Semitic activities.

I spent most of my two days at the convention in meetings (both National committees such as rules and state delegation), I wasn’t attending any events hosted by non delegates such as Agudah.
I spent almost no time in the convention floor, those days are long gone for me

@AAQ
The premise of a government provided basic education is not something in examined that crept into my mind.
In a non-Agrarian, post Industrial Revolution society which has long outlawed child labor a mandatory basic education is necessary to provide functional and employable citizens.

Your premier of controls and testing has been shown to be unworkable by the yeshiva general education scandals in NY during the past decade.

As a taxpayer I oppose my tax dollars being spent in private institutions. Already in CT the municipalities have to pay the cost of the school nurse, special education and provide in town busing (under same mileage requirements) for private schools as public. I was in a commission that investigated and shut down a private school (not religion affiliated) that misclassified 80 students as SPEd over 6 years. All 80 were admitted to top universities upon graduation. No medical diagnoses could be produced for the. SPEd classifications just a school’s social workers notes.
$26 million was stolen from local taxpayers. The school has been put on probation by the accrediting agency and a lien placed. In another 16 months the town will likely foreclose and sell the property to satisfy the debt.

Decades ago I was on the board of a Jewish day school. The students never received a fleishige lunch. This infuriated me because the freezers were loaded with cases of kosher chicken provided by the USDA (along with things like peanut butter, pasta, canned vegetables). I asked the school cook why she never served chicken to the students and was told the menahel sent chicken to his home and that of his assorted relatives teaching in the school each month while the students lived on pasta and fried matzo for lunch .

Unfortunately, life experience has taught me that private institutions cannot be trusted with public money. An administration that mishandles public funds can be voted out of office

@CofffeeAddict

I read that article. No mention is made of an “assault” on Agudah by Democrats which is the claim #1 made and to which I responded.

The article talks about anti-Israel protesters.

My questions to #1 stand as not answered and no proof/evidence offered of such an assault on Agudath by Democrats.

@CoffeeAddict
Non-politicians speaking Tuesday at DNC included:

Jack Carter (Grandson of President Jimmy Carter)

Jack Schlossberg (grandson of JFK)

Both possible future politicians

Kyle Sweetzer, firmer Trump voter who jumped ship

Stephanie Grisham, former White House Press Secretary for Trump (political appointee but not a politician

Nabela Noor (internet content creator)

Kenneth Stribling (retired Teamster)

Ken Chennault (business executive)

Ana Navarro (media personality)

The vast majority of speakers are politicians which is as it should be at a political convention. Speeches are aimed at delegates and guests who are supporting the party, not the general public.

I made a 2am charter flight back home this morning and was in court at 9. This may have been my last national convention, time gif the younger generation to take over

@1
Verbal assault?
Physical assault?
On the organization or an individual?

I have read no details, please enlighten me.

In the past I have been in Opposition to son of their demands/policies and my opposition could be considered verbal assault when in attack mode

@AAQ
President Biden made no such announcement and as he had previously released his delegates, he could not win the nomination.
I am in Chicago through tonight’s session, but must be in CT tomorrow on legal business. I will tender my proxy and not vote in the roll call later during the convention.

I got to see many long time friends and this is likely my final convention. A far cry from 1968 in Chicago which was my first (flour pass a a teen, not a delegate).

Not all states allow write in votes or gave restrictions.
In CT (where I have been an Asst Registrar of voters for decades) you can only write in a name that has previously registered with the Secretary of State as a write in candidate. If you write in a name that has not been preregistered and qualified, your ballot will not be counted by the tabulating machine

@Sam Klein

Sorry to burst your bubble, but China is NOT a complete Communist country. It is totalitarian but has much privately owned property and business.
Don’t know how many times you have been to China, I have made more than 20 trips on the past dozen years and derive a great deal of my income from wealthy Chinese entrepreneurs who send their sons to be educated in the USA. The pay about $100k per year for high school then full costs for university here.
There is untold private wealth in China and that is not Communist.
China is a Socialist Totalitarian country

@AAQ
I am saying the VP could/should not have received info on POTUS medical state unless he approved the release to her by the medical professionals.
If his agreement to release info to her did not include permission to share with others, she should not.

I would not ask a third party for this info, but given the opportunity I would ask Biden.

You ignored my question about adding Harris’s husband’s last name to hers

@CoffeeA

Being Pragmatic, Biden got the overwhelming majority of votes in the Democratic primaries last spring.
Voters knew they were voting for Biden/Harris and that she would take over if he could not complete a term.
Voters who were opposed to Harris could have voted for another candidate or uncommitted.

The Rules of the Party are published and not a surprise, but many people Don other to discover what they say until something unusual pops up.

Having been Rules Committee Chairman in the CT State Democrat Party and on the national Party Rules Committee in the past I am more aware than the average voter.

If delegates chosen by the state parties do not want to vote for Harris, they are not bound to do so. However, the vast majority of delegates will vote for what is best for the Party in order to retain the White House. At this point that seems to be to nominate Harris as the Democrat Presidential Candidate.
This has been the consensus of the many conversations, texts, emails that I have had with colleagues across the country.

As I often preach and point out, America is not a Democracy and does not operate as one (with the exception of a few small New England Towns still run by Town Meetings). America is a Republic. Voters elect representatives (in this case delegates) to represent them and the representatives are empowered to cast votes based on current information and developments at the time of the vote. No delegates were elected based in an unwavering commitment to vote Biden. In fact in most states delegates are not elected, but the State Party appoints them based on the results of the primary vote. Again there are also Super Delegates who hold voting rights based on office and may not reflect the results of a primary.

I am not here to electioneer, my explanations are here as an educational service to CR readers. I never try to persuade anyone here to vote for or against a candidate or Party. I have voted a split ticket in virtually every election since 1972.

@lostspark
I do not expect the President to resign and let Harris ascend. The backlash would be too great in a close election.

Coffee
Harris will get the nomination. The phones have been worked and she has more than enough pledged delegates to secure victory in the roll call vote.
BTW, I received a call asking for my vote, I said that my proxy should be called as I have not revoked it yet.

The possible alternatives have come out and endorsed her, so as to preserve their Presidential hopes for the future.
The big question is who she will pick as a running mate and how fast?
The sooner the better for her campaign.

The current arithmetic says that I should not revoke my proxy and attend in person.

AAQ

If I go, I’ll post
What is interesting is that the D Parties of NC, SC and TN have stated their delegates will vote Harris.
However, state laws and rules don’t apply at the National Convention of a political party. It is decided law that only Party Rules apply. The rues of the Democrat Party state that the delegates at the convention decide the nominee, they are not bound by the state party or primary results (after first ballot or if the candidate is no longer running).
I have sat on the Rules Committee in the past, this will be an interesting year
Whitmer says she will not run, but in the past non-candidates have been drafted.
The CT State Dem Committee seems to be united behind Harris, but cannot direct delegates how to vote. Biden won all the delegates decided by primary and they are now free. The general population does not realize that in addition to primary chosen delegates, each state has a number of super delegates, Senators, Congressmen, etc.

@pekak

Your comment makes no sense.
Why should the Democrat or an US political party care about “Achenu kol Beis Yisroel?”

If you mean Jewish members of the Democrat Party, say so! It is not the party’s place to take stands on items of a religious nature.

This Jewish D does care about Achenu Kol Beis Yisroel and I vote by the individual candidates not a party line. As the 2024 Democrat Party Platform
Will not be adopted until August I cannot say if I will support or oppose it.

@AAQ
I am not saying the masses are racist (I don’t apply that word broadly). I am saying that groups have ethnic and other preferences and extend them to voting.

Being honest:
We like to live amongst our own kind
We vote for Jewish candidates
We look for and use Jewish professionals (medical, legal, accounting, etc.)
We shop at Jewish owned businesses.

Does this make us racist? Not unless we refuse to do any of these things because the person is not of our own kind.

@Coffee
There is little or no support for Jeffries. In general members of the House are not nominated for President

@skripka

Your named suggestions are interesting but create a huge problem for the Democrat Party (Disclosure: I have been a delegate to the national convention many times).

The heiress apparent (whom I do not support) is Kamala Harris.
The party cannot push her aside for a white male or female candidate without losing what is left of the Black support for the party. They would sit the election out and the candidate chosen would lose

@CoffeeAddict
I have not yet changed my legal address. Still have a CT driver’s license, own property and pay taxes there.
At this point I still get to CT several times each week

@Coffee Addict

Harris is far from a shoe in for the nomination should Biden release his delegates.
I have already been contacted by operatives for four other contenders interested in the nomination seeking delegate votes and contributions.

I had not planned to attend this year’s convention with Biden having the necessary delegates, but depending if and when he withdraws I may revoke my proxy and attend to vote and participate in the deal making.

I was not and am not a Harris fan.