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Houston
02/18/20 10:00:18 PM
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Does Carolla raise valid concerns?



Quotes From The Video:

"Breakdown of the rule of law. No one wants to enfore laws around here."

"They devided the city into those who can pay and those who can't."

"If you're ultra rich, then you don't care about a speeding ticket. If you're ultra poor, you're untouchable. There's nothing there.. it's the middle that gets the crap kicked out of them"

"We started to mistake discipline and rule of law for being mean"

"The teacher that is expelling the student for being unruly is now the bad person"

"We've turned cops into the bad guys, not the bad guys who are encountering the cops because they're involved in bad activity"

Quotes From The Article:

"[California officials] would care if they owe them money and they had money and they could get money from them," Carolla told Carlson. "They care greatly about people who have checkbooks, but they've really divided the entire city into those who pay and those who can't. And if you can't, they're not that interested."

"So we have a million rules for those who play by the rules, and we have no rules for those who have no money and don't play by the rules,"

Carolla goes on to mention that illegal activity is going on everywhere; illegal immigrants selling flowers without a permit, people selling hot dogs in front of sport stadiums without proper permits and the owners are afraid to raise an issue.

What do you think? Are these valid points?

https://www.foxnews.com/media/adam-carolla-california-would-care-about-the-poor-homeless-if-it-could-get-money-from-them

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divot1338
02/18/20 10:04:21 PM
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Im going to say no.

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Duncanwii
02/18/20 10:04:28 PM
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I really dont see the issue in selling flowers.

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p-m
02/18/20 10:05:16 PM
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Houston posted...
Carolla goes on to mention that illegal activity is going on everywhere; illegal immigrants selling flowers without a permit, people selling hot dogs in front of sport stadiums without proper permits and the owners are afraid to raise an issue.
Oh wow how fucking awful lmao

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Doom_Art
02/18/20 10:05:16 PM
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Adam Carolla said it so it must be true

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KiwiTerraRizing
02/18/20 10:05:59 PM
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How are the ultra poor untouchable?

Also, he is rich so what the fuck does he know about the middle class?

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Unnecessary
02/18/20 10:06:46 PM
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My favorite one is how the Los Angeles Dodgers can't call the police on illegal food venders on their property but get heavily governed for their stuff

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Houston
02/18/20 10:06:52 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
How are the ultra poor untouchable?

Also, he is rich so what the fuck does he know about the middle class?

He's actually not that rich, especially for someone living in LA

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Crazyman93
02/18/20 10:07:16 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
I really dont see the issue in selling flowers.

One part of it is the loss of tax revenue. I'm sure there are other parts to it as well that California's Health and Environment people worry about, but I can't be fucked to look into it.
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Unnecessary
02/18/20 10:07:54 PM
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Houston posted...
He's actually not that rich, especially for someone living in LA

He was also poor until he was like 30

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Doom_Art
02/18/20 10:08:15 PM
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I'll repeat what conservatives like to say

"This celebrity should keep their mouth shut about politics"

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Houston
02/18/20 10:08:19 PM
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p-m posted...
Oh wow how fucking awful lmao

I should mention that he described them as people selling hot dogs and other hot foods out of shopping carts with propane tanks attached to them. If his observations are true and they have no food service permits, it's a big issue

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Prismsblade
02/18/20 10:08:32 PM
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Sadly nobody gives two fucks about the middle class. They dont have the fuck you money the rich have, nor the numbers the poor have.

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DeadBankerDream
02/18/20 10:12:39 PM
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Every time I hear Adam Carolla say anything he sounds like a zombie brainwashed by conservative lies, but I don't know enough about him to assertain whether he's truly that dumb, or if its only his booboo moments that reach me.
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Phantom_Nook
02/18/20 10:18:59 PM
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Houston posted...
illegal immigrants selling flowers without a permit
oh shit, call in the National Guard!

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Houston
02/18/20 10:19:10 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
Every time I hear Adam Carolla say anything he sounds like a zombie brainwashed by conservative lies, but I don't know enough about him to assertain whether he's truly that dumb, or if its only his booboo moments that reach me.

Is there any particular reason the points I've listed that he's mentioned are dumb?

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Unnecessary
02/18/20 10:20:01 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
Every time I hear Adam Carolla say anything he sounds like a zombie brainwashed by conservative lies, but I don't know enough about him to assertain whether he's truly that dumb, or if its only his booboo moments that reach me.

He's had the same points for decades now. He started as a lefty and now the posts have shifted and he's projected as more righty. He hasn't really changed though, which is the funny part.

His complaints about the food stands and what not are more about how they get away with cheap products and labor, which cuts into legit business's bottom line. Unlike the rose selling vender, they got to pay rent, taxes, employees and such. But they don't shut them down, and they over regulate the legit people

He has a hate boner for people who don't pay taxes


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k debonair
02/18/20 10:28:15 PM
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I live in Los Angeles, and most of this is largely true, if a bit exaggerated.

We have a ton of people that just don't really have any respect for anything and don't have any sense of community, and as a result everyone just kind of does whatever they can get away with. I mean, it's all little stuff that in a one-off situation you wouldn't care at all; but it's everywhere you go, every day, all the time and it adds up.

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Odoylerules
02/18/20 10:37:20 PM
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Houston posted...
illegal immigrants selling flowers without a permit, people selling hot dogs in front of sport stadiums without proper permits and the owners are afraid to raise an issue.

as a resident of socal most of my life this is a bullshit example.

those people have been doing that for decades. the economy and the state have thrived that whole time.

thats not only factually incorrect, its borderline racist.
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Unnecessary
02/18/20 10:41:06 PM
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Odoylerules posted...
as a resident of socal most of my life this is a bullshit example.

those people have been doing that for decades. the economy and the state have thrived that whole time.

thats not only factually incorrect, its borderline racist.

I agree, laws aren't for our amigos

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CE_gonna_CE
02/18/20 10:41:33 PM
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Alt Right Adam Carolla

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EnterTheTekken
02/18/20 10:50:19 PM
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Yeah the Aceman is pretty spot on here. One of his rants about zoning was crazy, where the amount of hoops and red tape you have to go through just to build an addition to your home or property is wild. And if you don't dump waste properly, you get a huge fine. But there are tons of unlicensed contractors and repairmen just dumping toilets, rotted drywall, rusted piping on the side of the roads because why bother going to the dump to pay the proper tonnage/hauling fees.

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Houston
02/18/20 10:53:06 PM
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EnterTheTekken posted...
Yeah the Aceman is pretty spot on here. One of his rants about zoning was crazy, where the amount of hoops and red tape you have to go through just to build an addition to your home or property is wild. And if you don't dump waste properly, you get a huge fine. But there are tons of unlicensed contractors and repairmen just dumping toilets, rotted drywall, rusted piping on the side of the roads because why bother going to the dump to pay the proper tonnage/hauling fees.

It's pretty crazy.. and one thing I can never understand is that some people leave these areas, move, but still want to vote for the policies that create the same type of environment in the new state they moved to. Pretty weird

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E32005
02/18/20 10:54:01 PM
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corolla is a dbag

met him up in portland last october at a charity event at world of speed.

this is his typical inflammatory rhetoric
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closetjpopfan
02/18/20 11:08:23 PM
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Hot dogs? And flowers!? NOT FLOWERS!!!!
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Doom_Art
02/18/20 11:12:29 PM
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Unnecessary posted...
He started as a lefty and now the posts have shifted and he's projected as more righty.
Imagine deluding yourself into thinking the overton window hasn't been moving further and further right constantly over the last 40 years

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Unnecessary
02/18/20 11:17:11 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Imagine deluding yourself into thinking the overton window hasn't been moving further and further right constantly over the last 40 years

Lol, must be hard to breathe being you

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Zack_Attackv1
02/18/20 11:23:02 PM
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Needs more whining about a piece of metal that was awarded in 2017.
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Crazyman93
02/19/20 12:25:05 AM
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Houston posted...


It's pretty crazy.. and one thing I can never understand is that some people leave these areas, move, but still want to vote for the policies that create the same type of environment in the new state they moved to. Pretty weird

It's a failure to understand cause and effect. The policies sound great when you can't see what they lead to.
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DirkDiggles
02/19/20 12:25:58 AM
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Does he still do that Catch a Contractor show?

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TheoryzC
02/19/20 12:31:03 AM
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Corolla is very much a 'muh bootstraps!!!' guy

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Bishop9800
02/19/20 12:38:32 AM
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Is TC still mad about Parasite winning best picture at the Oscars?

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Houston
02/19/20 1:32:35 AM
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Bishop9800 posted...
Is TC still mad about Parasite winning best picture at the Oscars?

Not sure what you're talking about. Haven't heard of the movie and I dont watch the Oscar's

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Kolibri X
02/19/20 1:36:00 AM
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You can really tell who the Californians are ITT: the people who agree with Adam, and who aren't: every one else just shit posting about Adam.

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vigorm0rtis
02/19/20 1:38:27 AM
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Houston posted...
He's actually not that rich, especially for someone living in LA

He's worth $16 million. That's still rich in LA.

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KiwiTerraRizing
02/19/20 8:53:21 AM
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vigorm0rtis posted...
He's worth $16 million. That's still rich in LA.

It sure as shit isnt middle class

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eston
02/19/20 8:56:35 AM
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Just more victim mentality bullshit

Carolla goes on to mention that illegal activity is going on everywhere; illegal immigrants selling flowers without a permit, people selling hot dogs in front of sport stadiums without proper permits and the owners are afraid to raise an issue.
Oh the fucking humanity

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YellowMustard69
02/19/20 9:06:40 AM
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Corolla doesn't like a bunch of regulations and red tape. But if it's there, he wants everyone to play fair. Not a big deal IMO. I think we should listen to the entire podcast before judging.
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Unnecessary
02/19/20 1:07:22 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
It sure as shit isnt middle class

Does it really matter? His point is the government is following the money and not being fair to everyone

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E32005
02/19/20 1:08:26 PM
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YellowMustard69 posted...
Corolla doesn't like a bunch of regulations and red tape. But if it's there, he wants everyone to play fair. Not a big deal IMO. I think we should listen to the entire podcast before judging.

please do. listen to his stupidty for hours and report back. we can't wait to hear your feedback!
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Questionmarktarius
02/19/20 1:09:38 PM
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This is how wealth flight begins.
Or rather, accelerates substantially.
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YellowMustard69
02/19/20 2:39:33 PM
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Okay so here is what AC is saying...that California is already over burdening the middle class and the upper class with regulations and taxes...so there's nowhere else to get revenue to help homeless people unless they start enforcing the rules on poor people.

I'm not sure that's such a terrible observation. His opinion on the direction they should get isn't even stated in the article. He only gives an observation based on the given issue.
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Unnecessary
02/19/20 3:33:10 PM
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Ol' Gavin Newsom has been proudly not wanting any help from the federal government for the homeless, until Trump pretty much forced him to

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Bishop9800
02/19/20 4:24:58 PM
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Shablagoo
02/19/20 4:30:21 PM
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p-m posted...
Oh wow how fucking awful lmao



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Balrog0
02/19/20 4:38:38 PM
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Im sure it feels like the poor are 'untouchable' if you never need to interact with them except as you avert your gaze on your commute between the studio and your mansion

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Unnecessary
02/19/20 4:52:26 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
Wrong!!

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/california-governor-asks-trump-administration-for-help-in-homelessness-crisis

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/01/22/newsom-reaches-out-to-trump-administration-for-homelessness-help-9420932

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Newsom-asks-to-have-surplus-federal-land-used-for-14995834.php

Of course that happens after they have a big get together and Trump threatens FEMA. They gave him two options: we come in and you say it's cool or we come in and you say it's bad, brah

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Questionmarktarius
02/19/20 5:19:11 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/01/22/newsom-reaches-out-to-trump-administration-for-homelessness-help-9420932

Hold on...
Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling on the Trump administration to provide surplus federal land for homeless people, which he says would avoid creating "permanent homeless encampments"
whut.
Think about that, just a little bit more.
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