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Well stated:
A new development reported July 8th, barely a week after the Obergefell decision, is extremely dangerous for churches. Churches, like all organizations filled with all sorts of people jostling around and occasionally tripping on icy sidewalks and whatnot, carry liability insurance to protect themselves against lawsuits. After Obergefell, churches that don’t support or perform same-sex marriages are much more likely to be sued by activists claiming discrimination.
These suits ought to be unthinkable–laughable–but now they’re not. The Supreme Court, by inventing a fundamental right to have one’s sexuality validated by all of society[ii], has rendered the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment a dead letter. It has invited activist litigation against churches to cement sexuality’s superiority over religious belief in the eyes of the law.
Companies providing insurance to churches know this[iii]. One company that insures thousands of churches has responded to churches’ inquiries with a warning that general liability coverage does not protect against suits over same-sex marriage, and that churches can purchase additional Legal Defense Coverage, but that only covers the costs of a suit, not any monetary judgment imposed on a church.
Churches may soon be hopelessly caught between a rock (thousands or even millions of dollars in new tax liabilities) and a hard place (uninsurable risk of punitive lawsuits, or even just skyrocketing liability insurance costs). Some churches will change their doctrine and practices in order to get along. Many churches–especially small, independent churches–will close.
Though the article targets primarily an LDS audience, its arguments apply to all faiths. It’s an excellent read.
By Cassandra Hedelius.
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G’mornin Hamoustonians™ !
Perhaps some enterprising outfit will crank up a religious equivalent (or something similar) to what we CHL holders have as a resource – namely Texas Law Shield
Or maybe such has already been rendered completely impractical by the current legal climate?
Sad danged state of affairs……………..
…………………getting ready to head west for another new BACA HERO
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Wisconsin activists raided by political enemies win in Supreme Court
Three years ago, a group of ambitious and partisan district attorneys convened a special kind of investigation to target and punish conservatives. This week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that investigation was unconstitutional and unmoored from both reason and law.
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God Bless ya KF, be safe out there. Drink your Gatorade!
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Mornin’ Gang
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About the lunch cake, Hammy isn’t going to like the mayo.
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Hey!
Lets elect the Compassionate Conservative” Donald Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is standing by his past support for universal health care.
“I want people taken care of in the country, okay? You can call it anything you want, but I want — including people that don’t have anything,” The Donald told radio host John Fredericks in an interview Wednesday. “We gotta do that.”
Trump said in 1999 — when he was flirting with a presidential rub on the Reform Party ticket — that the U.S. should make health care an entitlement and that coverage should be universal. -
I see that another victim in the Chattanooga military recruiting shootings has died, and the push seems to be back on to allow qualified members of the military to carry side arms again. I’ve got no problem with that, but rather would propose that we deal with the real problem – the muzzies. Of course that’s not practical either so long as the head muzzie resides in the White House.
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#6 When the image loaded I threw up a little in my mouth.
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I saw a cake on FB that the inside layers were cornbread stuffing, the frosting was mashed potatoes, garnished with brown gravy drips, and decorated with pieces of fried chicken on top.
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Morning all! Beautiful day ahead.!
Went to US Naval air museum in Pensacola yesterday. A must visit for all! (No charge to get in). Didn’t do the IMAX as we were late.
Unfortunately, lots of jellyfish so no one is swimming in GS. Water is clearer in Pensacola than Gulf Shores right now.
Highly recommend Doc’s restaurant in GS. Great gumbo! Crab Trap in Pensacola – not so much.
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Couch Critters, mharper42 sends you a CAKE.
This cake is made from cornbread with mashed potato icing, drizzled with brown gravy and topped with fried chicken.
DAYAAM
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Strange, the blog has been blocking my comments as unable to save at this time.
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Must be BLOWWWWBACK from my comments last night, starting at about #38.
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I’ve fallen and can’t get up – unfunny version.
So we have this powered recliner (though not a ‘powered exit’ lift type).
Late yesterday afternoon the motor died in the reclined position. Needing to go to bathroom she tried to get off chair and it tipped forward, propelling her on to floor. Ankle/foot was in bad position so it was injured.
Life’s a beech.
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Well Lil’ Bit was looking out front and barking so I went to see if I could shut her up and there was a family of Whistling Ducks hurrying across the neighbor’s yard across the street?!?! A mom, dad and six juveniles. I grabbed my camera and headed down to where our street T-Bones the main drag. I accidently cornered them on a neighbor’s porch. I managed to get a few pictures and quickly left so as to not bother them. We’ve had some strange critters come through here but this is a first. All I can figure is that they were raised over on the drainage ditch ¼ mile away and for some reason wanted to head over to Lowes, there is a huge retention pond there and of course, the little ones can’t fly. 😀
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Governor Perry failed on the border. He should be forced to take an IQ test before being allowed to enter the GOP debate.—D. Trump
Oops.
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Good morning CFree
Went to US Naval air museum in Pensacola yesterday. A must visit for all! (No charge to get in). Didn’t do the IMAX as we were late.
Yup, an absolute treasure, so many aircraft and even a portion of a Carrier Deck.
Water is clearer in Pensacola than Gulf Shores right now.
That is usually the case, the sand is just as white in Gulf Shores but the Mobile River stains the gulf a little bit there. Pensacola to Apalachicola has the prettiest emerald green water.
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So we have this powered recliner (though not a ‘powered exit’ lift type).
Shannon, I’ve never heard of a powered recliner except the lift ones, what does the motor do, exactly?
Has is your wife other than the injured foot? Man she’s had a rough time. Prayers to you both. -
Our community pond is an occasional stopover for one or two of that duck variety. They move on after a few days.
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Strange, the blog has been blocking my comments as unable to save at this time.
Don’t feel lonesome, mine were blocked for a while this morning. Not sure what’s going on. Katfish has the same issue yesterday. WordPress and all it’s plugins are up to date.
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Perhaps powered recliners are a new item, I don’t know.
Instead of having to wrestle with a difficult handle on the side, you have two buttons on the outside just below the armrest. It performs the same duty, but the motor slowly reclines the chair and lifts leg rest. Letting off button, you can stop it at any position you like. -
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It could be the NSA and you can blame the o/c picture for this.
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I’ve seen more Whistling ducks this year than I’ve seen the entire rest of my life.
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Yeah, she banged up the “old” knee, too.
Thankfully we have a portable potty chair than used to be her mother’s. And her daughter had left an inflatable foot/ankle boot that we just tried. So she can slowly maneuver out of bed and using a cane make three steps to potty chair.Damned diuretics!!
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Hammie
Don’t feel lonesome, mine were blocked for a while this morning. Not sure what’s going on. Katfish has the same issue yesterday.
Being a veteran of WordPress foibles and maintenance issues I never once thought it was “just me”.
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It seems to me the chair should have some kind of mechanical override such that you cannot become trapped in it in reclined position.
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It’s hot enough for a dip in.
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About the lunch cake, Hammy isn’t going to like the mayo.
But it’s bologna!
The queen of the lunch “meats”!
You ain’t lived until you’ve ate a bologna omelette for breakfast.
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#15 Shannon
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Strictly speaking, common name is black-bellied whistling ducks. Sorta implies there must be other ducks that whistle, eh.
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Late good morning Hamsters. It’s pleasantly mostly cloudy at the moment and 87 on the front porch as a light breeze ruffles the banners.
So sorry poor Fay had another mishap. Thankfully there was stuff around the house to help manage the situation. Good grief, you never know what things deemed no longer useful and packed away in a closet or attic or garage turn out to still be useful at least as first aid.
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Man she’s had a rough time. Prayers to you both.
Thank you.
In my best Pentecostal preacher voice I tell her she’s paying for that hedonistic sinnin’ she did for her first 48 years before she met me.
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Dem ducks actually whistle?
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Nothing like a hot, steaming bowl of duck lip soup.
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I’ve never really believed in extraterrestrials but there was a one particular early morning event shortly after me and the wife had just moved into our new house.
The mourning dove were cooing and behind our house there was nothing but trees and grass so I decided to walk out in the yard to peek through the back fence and to my amazement, I saw huge patterns in the grass, like those massive crop circles and then I heard a voice say ‘if you link it, they will strum.”
And that was 4 years before youtube.
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Interestingly, Whistling Ducks aren’t true ducks. They are either their own family (Dendrocygnidae) or a tribe in the goose subfamily.
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Well they do seem to be a long-necked duck.
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But then in a different voice I tell her there are advantages to being married to a reformed hedonist.
/damn frying pan hurts upside the head, even when delivered by a grinning ex hedonist
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Dang. I just knew Phil was a closeted Area 51 guy.
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Whut???
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So Barry expressed his righteous indignation when a reporter asked why we didn’t try to get the four Americans freed. He said you can’t connect them to the deal. Turns out he secretly released an Iranian we had in prison, as part of the deal. The fact that this bumbling communist has ANY support in this country leaves me feeling very pessimistic.
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A pair of these whistling ducks dropped in on our patio one time. At Chez Harp, we sit at the back window at 7 pm for a sort of family hour. Usually only lasting about 42 mins, however. Talk over the day’s events, drink a seasonal beverage, watch birds, squirrels, swamp rabbits, whatever’s in season at the time. In winter it may be raccoons or possums. So among the pigeons, doves, sparrows, and a few blue jays and cardinals, here were these 2 huge exotic birds, pecking up the seeds and corn kernels.
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For this guy, any Americans imprisoned outside our borders deserve to be there.
His priority is to free jihadis from Guantanamo and free felons from our other prisons. -
Bronco empathizes with jihadis and (black) felons.
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Has anyone checked lately on the welfare of Major Garrett and his extended family?
How many of them will receive nasty letters from the IRS?
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Must admit that the cake in the OC pic is simply, well, ghastly.
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Bronco is evil.
If I call him the Prince of Darkness is that racist?
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Must admit that the cake in the OC pic is simply, well, ghastly.
Needs pickles and jalapenos.
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Not only that, you are a target. -
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No worries. I never shop there.
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It’s hotter n hell in Texas.
Must be time for some dulcet tones
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Hotter n what?
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We used to call them Mexican Squeeler ducks. Darned tasty when properly pot roasted.
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Katfish #2;
The place I do self defense had a two day seminar by Texas Law Shield. I could’t go because of the price (they required it and normally we barter trade for my attending the everyday classes). It seemed liek a great system.
Good luck on your travels and for your new BACA Hero. God bless.
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From “Over Yonder”; Stove Porn” Dayaam, wouldn’t you love to have that thang?!
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#58 😀
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wagonburner says:
JULY 18, 2015 AT 10:34 AMAbout the lunch cake, Hammy isn’t going to like the mayo.
But it’s bologna!
The queen of the lunch “meats”!
You ain’t lived until you’ve ate a bologna omelette for breakfast.
I’ve had campfire roasted bologna.
I cooked it right after my brother said “No, I thought you brought the can opener.”
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Yup ol Donald stepped on his………………uhhhh………….combover.
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#53 – RightbackATCHA Brother! CROSSROADS
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And even 35 years LATER they STILL are FOOLS for Your STOCKINGS
(and can still BRING it LIVE)
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Alls I can say is that in the past month my youngest son – raised right but has gone more libertarian – and his circle have been talking about the illegal immigrant problem we have in real terms. My wife, not political, and her FB crowd have been talking about the illegal immigrant problem we have in real terms. In our shop, a couple of the younger guys, not political, I’ve heard talking about the illegal immigrant problems we have in real terms. I thought that was the point being made originally regarding Trump’s statements, not that ANYONE would support him.
No matter, it’s all dying down now. The subject’s heading back to the rear burner. The nominating process is a life time away from now much less the general election and it will all be forgotten. I guess we can argue about universal healthcare now. Oh wait, can’t do that either.
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I guess we can argue about universal healthcare now.
Nah, we’ll continue to focus on evil Christians suppressing teh ghey murridge.
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I just watched the video clip on what The Donald said about McCain and he says “He’s a war hero because he was captured. OK, I believe — perhaps he’s a war hero.” but the clip ends and the talking news head takes over.
Notwithstanding what J. McCain was in the war, he’s been nothing short of a back-stabbing, pro amnesty, open borders establishment democrat sympathizer in the Senate.
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Nah, we’ll keep beating up our own candidates so the other side don’t have to. That’s how we end up with Dole/McCain/Romney.
The other side lets the lower level pols shake the bushes. Nah, we gotta follow the proven model. Ha.
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Must admit that the cake in the OC pic is simply, well, ghastly.
Needs pickles and jalapenos.
And Fritos.
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and CHILI! (withOUT beans!)
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phil says:
JULY 18, 2015 AT 7:49 PM
I just watched the video clip on what The Donald said about McCain and he says “He’s a war hero because he was captured. OK, I believe — perhaps he’s a war hero.” but the clip ends and the talking news head takes over.Notwithstanding what J. McCain was in the war, he’s been pretty much a back-stabbing pro amnesty, open borders establishment democrat sympathizer in the Senate.
The whole thing wrong with this country right now is that they value politics over Honor and Duty.
I disagree with John McCain over many things.
But he was offered the chance to go home because the NVA found out he was an Admiral’s son. He refused. He said he wouldn’t go home until everybody did.
That kind of sacrifice needs to be Honor and yes, emulated, in this country right now.
Instead we get that kind of crap coming from folks who wouldn’t know sacrifice for country from a ham freaking sammich.
I’m seeing all sorts of comments like this on FB right now. I just unfriended someone for this kind of idiotic drivel—the first person I have ever unfriended.
Its down right disgusting.
The man was tortured because he resisted those barbaric bastards and still bears the scars.
You buttwipes with your azz kissin love for some rich frikkin self promoting loudmouth who’s combing his butt hair up over his head because he’s too afraid to be seen bald don’t seem to think that’s worth anything or worse, like the person I just unfriended, claiming that the whole frikkin story about John McCain’s imprisonment is a lie.
THIS is what’s wrong with Donald Freaking Trump: the kinds of people who think he’s a big freaking deal and will say any freaking thing at all to defend him.
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And here’s something else about that back stabbing buddy humper Donald Trump:
Anybody who got themselves a Draft Deferment during Viet Nam has no business criticizing a man who was shot down during that conflict.
Back in 2011, when Trump first considered a run at the White House before the 2012 election between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, The Smoking Gun shredded his ambiguous story about having a “high draft number” to shreds when they found and published his multiple deferment records. Turns out Trump received four student deferments and one medical release from serving in the military at the time, according to records and not his memory of the time:
In fact, the December 1969 draft lottery occurred about 18 months after Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied business at the Wharton School. So, while claiming that he would “never forget” being at Wharton watching the draft numbers being drawn, the 64-year-old Trump seems to have misremembered, as candidates are fond of saying.
Almost immediately after Trump’s McCain gaff on Saturday, reporters pointed out the presidential candidates own lack of service and his record of multiple draft deferments. However, as vocal as Trump was about how little he thought of McCain’s status as a military veteran and career politician, he had little to say about himself, according to the Washington Post:
Asked why he didn’t serve, Trump said, “I had student deferments and ultimately had a medical deferment because of my feet. I had a bone spur.” But Trump said he did not recall which foot was injured and instructed reporters to look up his records.
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RED LETTER DAY Y’ALL
Sarge is dead on right about McCain. As a politician I have no respect for him what so ever.
AS A HERO…… Lt Commander McCain surely is one. The man’s conduct as a United States serviceman under the conditions he was held was exemplary and most men would have broke. He did not.
During the Viet Nam war medals were not handed out for just any old thing. Lt Commander McCain was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star for missions flown over North Vietnam.
During those days I would have served with that man with enthusiasm.
Trump needs to step down. He is not fit to be Commander in Chief for any country much less my president.
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He’s asking to be Commander In Chief of young men and women who will be asked to do the same kind of thing McCain did.
By his own statements, he’s proven he is unqualified for that job.
People defending him are now actually doing more harm to the Border Security issue than any help Trump was giving.
Drop him now like 7th period Latin class.
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Ho hum. Shock value ain’t what it used to be.
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Border Security?
The only people who care about that think that a guy who got shot down on a combat mission and was tortured by the enemy and still refused to go home until everybody else did isn’t a Hero.
Obviously, they’re a bunch of nutcases who worship a hair piece.
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The person I unfriended said John McCain was a snitch.
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Did I miss something? Did I defend what Trump said?
I stated that I watched the video clip, quoted what he said, then pointed out my beef with J McCain.
Trump’s appeal to many people, including myself is precisely because we are sick and tired of buttwipe, azz kissin, establishment republicans like Oops tRick, like Lindsey Shamnesty, like Jebbuh the Bush, like Jelly Roll Christie, like John Boner, like Stench McConnell and yes like John McCain, who promise one thing and then lie through their collective teeth, backstab and then break every promise they make to their constituents.
The establishment Republicans hate and despise us until election day and once it’s come and gone they can’t throw us under the bus fast enough.
Are the tire tracks on your back big enough yet?
Look at the last 6 + years and how they’ve aided and abetted this Creature in the White House in his destruction of the Constitution and this country when we all know he should’ve been impeached a long time ago but because they are gutless wonders they do nothing.–Correction. They did vote to give this Creature more power with their TPA vote, so they did do something.
You want to know 7 good reasons I’d still vote for D. Trump? Because the following cannot stand him.
Oops tRick Perry
Lindsey Shamnesty
Jebbuh the Bush
George Pataki
Cankles Clinton
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All I got left to say is this
TED CRUZ 2016
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Brilliant 1/4 moon out tonight with Venus up over it. Thought it was the Islamic symbol at first.
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I went out to look at it, but it was too overcast to see any stars in my area. 🙁
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And now it’s time for a little cultured stress relief and a glass or two of some Cabernet Sauvignon.
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CFree #11;
Went to US Naval air museum in Pensacola yesterday. A must visit for all! (No charge to get in). Didn’t do the IMAX as we were late.
Niki and I have seen the outside of that place a few times already driving to her parent’s house. Someday we’ll actually go in. 🙂
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#79;
Ted’s the best pick, that’s for sure.
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Phil #78;
Trump’s appeal to many people, including myself is precisely because we are sick and tired of buttwipe, azz kissin, establishment republicans like Oops tRick, like Lindsey Shamnesty, like Jebbuh the Bush, like Jelly Roll Christie, like John Boner, like Stench McConnell and yes like John McCain, who promise one thing and then lie through their collective teeth, backstab and then break every promise they make to their constituents.
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Good morning Hamsters Lots of ground mist and 74 a 6. More lucky folks got rain yesterday than the day before.
Word Press is acting up this am. Not my keyboard.
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Brilliant 1/4 moon out tonight with Venus up over it. Thought it was the Islamic symbol at first.
Wasn’t that great, daughter called me to tell me about it. I was clear down here and the Crescent moon with Venus above it was beautiful. It was sitting low in the north western sky @ about 300 degrees.
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I went out to take a picture last night but the moon was behind the high power lines so I jumped into my truck and drove over by Lowes to take a picture but by about 10 PM it had sunk so low that I couldn’t get a good picture but Adrian over in San Antonio snapped a pretty good one.
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Ace comments on the Trump flap.
3. And the problem is not just this comment; the problem is that we see now that this is a habit. Someone claimed to me yesterday that Trump had “balls.” I countered: He doesn’t have balls, he has Money — he’s a rich guy surrounded by favor-seekers and yes-men who hasn’t been contradicted since he first spat the silver spoon out of his mouth. He has the arrogance that college athletes get sometimes, that lead some of them to do horrible things — the arrogance of knowing there will never be consequences.
I don’t call that balls. Balls — courage — is taking on an important fight knowing there will be consequences.
This is just an elderly rich kid with a big mouth.
4. People might say, “But he can learn.” I disagree. For this reason only: In order to learn, one must wish to learn; and to wish to learn, of course, one must believe that there is something important yet to be learned, something that isn’t already known to one’s Big, Throbbing Wonderful Ego.
To wish to learn is an act of self-abasement; it is a brave act saying “I am incomplete, I am less than I should be.”
Very egotistical men do not like learning. Learning is for the weak, or the young.
Trump went to Wharton, he’s always eager to tell you; he did his learning then for a couple of years. He’s all done now. Now, he will be giving lessons.
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Yup, I started about 8:15 trying to post my #88, took 15 minutes to get through.
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The Donald got people all over talking about what needed to be aired in public rather than discussed earnestly and quietly among friends. The really important stuff if we are to restore the republic needs to be freely discussed in public and in all media even as the MSM distorts it for its own purposes.
The Donald stuck his leg in his mouth up past the kneecap this time with the unseemly McCain remark that spread to effectively insult many more veterans than only John. Load brain before firing mouth.
However we do have courageous candidates like Cruz, Walker, Fiorina, Rubio, Christie for example who speak their minds and let the vicious backlash roll off. Be mindful that they are not the only ones who need to carry the message. The grassroots folks need to carry it as well to their neighbors and friends and strangers. Daily that is, for the MSM works hard to bury the vital stuff behind the fluff and mindless stuff of the day. It’s our contribution every bit as important as campaign donations to be active and conversational, not passive mice in the corner only grumbling about this or that candidate’s comments.
It was We The People who engineered the 2010 and 2014 tsunamis at the polls. Lots of us have the playbook down pat, but lots more need to start reading it and join in.
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One tentacle of the Ministers of Mainstream Propaganda gets a rating of two Devils from Sharyl Attkisson.
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I read the Ace of Spades article and I also noticed this comment.
As a veteran, one that was in war, I can understand your argument that it offends some people who are innocent bystanders.
I thought I just read a post here that argued that another person’s offense does not make their position legitimate or something along those lines.
I agree with trump on this one. Being a POW does not make you a HERO. Plain and simple. Any tom dick or mary can be a POW, even non military members. It does not make them heroes. What makes a person a hero is facing evil adversity and defeating it. Whether that adversity was slavery as in the 1800s, the NAZIs in Europe, Hussein’s Iraq, the KKK in America. As long as what you face is evil and you defeat it, or at the very least take more of them out than they take out of you. Yes, you can be a hero that is also a POW, you can be a dead hero, and you can be a living breathing legendary hero.
But just being a hero does not in and of itself make you a hero. John McCain is living proof of that. He has spent his life since being a POW fighting the good aspects of America and helping defeat them.
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The fact is that McCain is a scum bag. What he may have done back when is history. You cannot separate the good from the bad but must take the entire measure of the man – and he comes up short in the decency and honorable departments. Whatever good he may have learned in his earlier years has long since been forgotten. Now as to what the Donald said, he’s free to say whatever he wants. Until a racist or whatever other form of degenerate is free to speak his peace in this country, we are not a free country.
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Phil’s post nails my position on McCain. I don’t CARE that he was a valiant POW and/or a war hero. What frosts my rear end is what a POS he has been during his 30 yrs in the Senate. Nothing he did 50 yrs ago makes up for his post-Viet Nam record. -
What makes a person a hero is facing evil adversity and defeating it. Whether that adversity was slavery as in the 1800s, the NAZIs in Europe, Hussein’s Iraq, the KKK in America.
Or, perhaps, standing up to an evil communist government that wanted to make propaganda points by letting you go home because you’re an Admiral’s son by telling them that you’re not going home until everybody else in that Hell Hole goes home with you.
John McCain wasn’t “just” a POW.
You can honorably disagree with his politics.
But I don’t want to see anybody who has denigrated McCain’s service complaining about what Obama or other Democrats say about Veterans anymore.
You’re doing exactly the same thing to my way of thinking.
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And if we’re going to use comments on Ace’s post as illustrative, here’s a good one:
7 Yeah, I saw that this morning, and my thought was, he’s pretty much done. Most POWs knew they could be captured, and they went in anyway, knowing that.
You might as well say, soldiers who die, they’re not heroes. We should only celebrate those who survived.
That said, I wish he’d taken a little longer to say something this stupid. I had hoped that his jumping on immigration was the result of meeting what the market wants, so to speak, the market being the most voters possible; thus forcing the other candidates to also address the important issues.
But while there have always been some people who complain that McCain shouldn’t have allowed himself to get shot down, it’s not been a winning argument. And I have to admit, I dislike it more coming from the right than from the left.
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You’re doing exactly the same thing to my way of thinking.
Well that is your way of thinking with which I tend to disagree.
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McCain’s service is just what it is, no more, no less. So is John Kerry’s. But I do find it offensive to be told that someone’s individual service is heroic in nature while the homeless, maimed, disturbed, and otherwise disrupted lives are not recognized, and in the case of this swine, discredited if they do not agree with him. He talks but does nothing but leave fly specks in his trail. His military record is a relatively brief period of his life, and it’s passed it’s expiration date. And just a suggestion – if you don’t want to hear something that someone else has to say on this blog, it’s time to move on (speaking for myself of course). As I previously noted, we are not a free country unless we are free to express our opinions, regardless of how revolting they may be to some others.
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Some out there may even think that a nation that allows its babies to be murdered and have its body party sold off could be included in that “evil” category.
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McCain’s “brief” service extended from 1958, when he graduated from the Naval Academy (although one could make the case that his service began in 1954 when he entered it), until he retired in 1981. Some folks might think 25 years of service is “brief”, I tend to think that 25 years is a substantial chunk of one’s life span.
22% of his time in the service was spent being tortured by the North Vietnamese. He spent 18 years in the Navy after returning home in 1973.
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and Fritos
When I was a kid I’d add a layer of Fritos on my PB&J.
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And here’s what is relevant today:
John McCain is not running for President.
Donald Trump is.
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About my #88 Venus is above the moon, Regulus way at the top of the picture and Jupiter off to the right. Google is my friend.
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And more to the point on that last one:
While I disagree with John McCain on a number of things, he has demonstrated to my satisfaction that he is an Honorable man.
And while I a gree with Trump on several things, he has demonstrated to my satisfaction, not only by his recent statements but also by the way he conducts his business, that he is not.
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Phil’s post nails my position on McCain. I don’t CARE that he was a valiant POW and/or a war hero. What frosts my rear end is what a POS he has been during his 30 yrs in the Senate. Nothing he did 50 yrs ago makes up for his post-Viet Nam record.
Ok, let’s forget the fact that we have an elitist crony capitalist who received deferments from the same war and now is publicly pronouncing that a man who was in a NVA prison for six years and tortured the entire time is not a war hero.
What about the fact that the man of the hour has only recently been describing himself as a Republican and has, in fact, publicly supported the Clintons among other rabid Democrats. What about the fact that for most of his adult life he was staunchly pro-abortion? What about the fact that he has repeatedly used governments to exercise eminent domain to obtain private property he covets? Let’s ignore all that and anoint him because he doesn’t like Mexicans. Oh, and by the way, he’s employed Mexicans of the illegal variety at his many businesses.
So if we apply your same test to Trump, and look at his life’s work, he doesn’t even have the honorable military career to fall back on.
Best comment I’ve seen so far: “America, what a great country. Even morons can get rich!”
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One last thing about J McCain.
He referred to the thousands of people that went to see the Donald in Phoenix as Trump was ‘firing up all the crazies’.
I wonder if there was possibly one or two veterans in that crowd.
If so, was J McCain implying those veterans are crazy lunatics?
Just a thought.
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When I was a kid I’d add a layer of Fritos on my PB&J
I still put Baked Lay’s potato chips on my PB&J when I eat one.
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Well, took off for home yesterday eve. and thought we’d stop somewhere and spend the night. I kept driving while family slept. Before they knew it we were in Lafayette so kept on and arrived home at 6am. I’m tired. A great time though.
Darren, you gotta stop at the Naval Museum. No entry fee and kids will like it too.
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Trump may not like the museum though. It has a small area dedicated to Vietnam POW’s with a video showing McCain getting off the plane. A sobering view of the torture all went thru. Also showed how the POW’s communicated with each other.
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Whooboy when am I gonna learn to keep my mouth shut.
Ok, let’s forget the fact that we have an elitist crony capitalist who received deferments from the same war and now is publicly pronouncing that a man who was in a NVA prison for six years and tortured the entire time is not a war hero.
There is nothing wrong with Trump getting deferments. The law provided for deferments and he benefited from that law. At least he did not run to Canada or burn his draft card. That argument smacks of the old “class warfare” crappolla between the haves and have nots.
Hell I used the system to stay out of Viet Nam. My draft number was way low. I did not want to go to that God forsaken place, Viet Nam, so I reduced my chances by joining the Air Force before my number was called, and it was btw. You can call me a coward if you wish, I do not care. Just like McCain I served this country honorably . I do not begrudge any man that used a legal out to stay out of that war.
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I went to a dear friend’s son’s wedding last night :>) I have changed that boy’s diapers when he was just a little squirt. I took several pics of the moon last night because it was so striking.
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I am on the side of those who respect McCain’s bravery during the war. I find McSwine to be a back-stabbing scum-bag since he entered politics. The man really should simply resign from the senate and just go the frick away.
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That argument smacks of the old “class warfare” crappolla between the haves and have nots.
Horse hockey. He forfeited his immunity from criticism about his deferments when he claimed that a man who was tortured for six years in a NVA prison was not a war hero while he frolicked on the beach with the first ex-Mrs. Trump.
Clinton had deferments too. I never held THAT against him. But he never was idiotic enough to claim McCain wasn’t a war hero.
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Hamous
I never said he did not deserve criticism.I am, however, saying that part of the argument is specious. Just as specious as the argument of “you did not serve therefore you are not allowed an opinion”. That is hogwash.
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There’s nothing specious about calling out a man that received deferments then publicly states McCain was not a war hero. He deserves all the derision he gets. Had he not uttered those moronic words no one would give a damn about his deferments.
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Btw, I checked the dbs and everything was good. I ran the repair tool anyway and it didn’t find anything wrong.
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So anyone that received deferments has no right to be critical no matter how asinine their opinions might be?
And you are missing my main point, there is nothing wrong with receiving deferments. And let us not forget that I too have condemned Trumps statements.
Trump needs to step down. He is not fit to be Commander in Chief for any country much less my president.
In my opinion his comments reveal a disdain for military or at least a horrible misunderstanding of what men in combat go through.
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#118Well darn man. I dunno. When I searched for solutions for the comments problem those were the answers.
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So anyone that received deferments has no right to be critical no matter how asinine their opinions might be?
Anyone that received deferments has a right to say whatever he wants, just like I do. They don’t have a right to be immune from criticism when they says something asinine, particularly when the criticism is relevant to their moronic comments.
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I never said he should be immune to criticism. Quite the contrary.
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Nor do i wish to silence your protestations. Read what I said. I was making a point about the prevailing attitudes about anyone that tried to legally skip the war (or any war for that matter).
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the prevailing attitudes about anyone that tried to legally skip the war
I’m not criticizing just anyone that tried to legally skip the war. I’m criticizing an idiot who legally skipped the war then told a man who nearly gave his life in that war he was not a hero.
Like I said earlier, I’ve never criticized Clinton for his deferments. Had Clinton publicly said that George HW Bush was not a hero because he got shot down in the Pacific I would have criticized him too.
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Interesting, I reset the Expeditions MPG gauge when we left Daughin Island. Until MS/LA line we were running @ 23 mpg. It slowly started going down and just checked and it’s at 19.8 now. Which still a bit higher than usual in this area.
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Whooboy when am I gonna learn to keep my mouth shut.
😉
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WREEEEK,…….WREEEEK,…….WREEEK,……….This is a Public Service Announcement; it Is DAYAAM HOT!!! 96 degrees on the old Chebby Truck rear view mirror, 99 late yesterday. You’ll not need your fur parka or artic gloves today……….That is all. 😉
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And now for a musical interlude.
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I went to a dear friend’s son’s wedding last night :>) I have changed that boy’s diapers when he was just a little squirt.
Yup, they grow up real fast, ain’t life good in ole Bonecrusher’s world. 😀
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Re: McCain:
Ezek 18:24-28
24 “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. 25 “Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? 26 “When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. 27 “Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. 28 “Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
NASUUsing the above to form an analogy, McCain was a righteous man while refusing to be released from the Hanoi Hilton unless his fellow soldiers were also released. The problem comes about later, because McCain’s deeds in the Senate can in no way be considered righteous; therefore all his previous righteous deeds will not be remembered and he will die for his sin.
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For my last post on Trump & McCain, I offer this item which says Trump was basically misquoted by the MSM, so it was all just sound-and-fury.
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Everything is digital and I am analog.
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Oh wait, I think Phil posted that last night. But it remains my final post on that subject, as well.
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I saw the entire video. It was classic bumbling Trump but it was clear he didn’t think McCain was a war hero. As with all narcissists, his fragile ego was shattered by McCain’s own idiotic comments, so he lashed out like a spoiled little child. Next time I’m expecting a “Oh yeah? Well your momma’s so fat….” or “You’re a big doo doo head!”
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Spouse likewise had a deferment in college during the Viet Nam war, most probably because his major was physics and government types thought that was a good thing to study. About a year before he finished his thesis project and the end of the long haul was at least on the horizon, I was walking through the student union one afternoon and came upon a Marine recruiting area. Yes, this was at the University of Wisconsin in Madison in the 60s before the place went hard lefty nuts starting in the 70s. ROTC was well filled, and the normal folks greatly outnumbered the flower children.
An absolutely dashing young Marine in uniform noticed me looking at the displays and asked if my husband had fulfilled his obligation to serve his country. I replied he was working on it, and that evoked a rather quizzical look and the question what was he doing. I replied that spouse was finishing his doctoral thesis experiment in nuclear physics, and that knowledge could result in creating something effective and nasty for our armed services to throw at the enemy if required. He thought about that for a few seconds and then grinned, wishing spouse great success.
And as fate would have it, instead of ending up in a government lab like Los Alamos as one of his cohorts did, we ended up in Houston in March of 1969, he initially with Schlumberger Well Services in the nuclear logging tools department. A totally different world than expected.
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I blame shannonigans
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I never heard of this Donald Trump and I don’t know why everybody’s talking about him.
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I think this budding lawyer should prolly pick another career, he/she is way to stressed out.
WARNING: Language may not be suitable for yutes or work.
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As usual, SQK is right.
On the deferment issue anyway.
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we ended up in Houston
We are so glad.
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John McCain is a Vietnam war hero.
I still wouldn’t have a beer with him.
I might change his tire for him .
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I have little respect for either of these men regardless of their service/non-service records. I am interested when the press fabricates lies.
3. Did Trump say McCain is not a war hero because he was captured? No, not in the exchanges represented in the Post.
4. Is the Post’s characterization an accident? It would appear not, because it is repeated in the Post’s caption of the video clip, which also states: “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam war veteran, was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese [emphasis added].”
Further, in the Post’s second sentence, Trump is quoted as stating of McCain, “He’s not a war hero…He’s a war hero because he was captured,” but the article selectively left out the phrase Trump had uttered in between: “He is a war hero.”
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As usual, SQK is right.
On the deferment issue anyway.
LOL I dunno bout as usual, all I was trying to point was a point about deferments.
/SNIFF SNIFF I am so misunderstood. 🙂
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Combover Guy is history.
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War heroism and being a crappy US Senator are 2 completely separate subjects.
The former certainly does NOT excuse the latter – not even a little bit
And IMHO ‘the Donald’ was toast long before his remarks on McCain (in spite of his previous broaching of pertinent topics that should ALL continue to be discussed)
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Combover Guy is history.
And so is the Republic.
It’s amazing how tough talking and upset all the other GOP pretender candidates got about Trump’s comments (with the exception of T. Cruz) about J McCain but when it comes to The Creature from The Satanic Lagoon’s all out assault on the the country and the Constitution, it’s ‘never is heard a tough talking word but rather they join in on the fun and games.
Three walnut shells but no green pea underneath any of them.
The last election taught me to never, ever trust any one of those lying, for lack of a better word ,RINO sacks of you know what again.
President Cankles anyone? I just hope she feels this was when she’s president.
/Out for the day Brothers and Sisters.
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The thing that I think is interesting is the number of conservatives who have rushed to embrace The Donald because of a few recent remarks concerning illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile he continues to support universal healthcare and gun control. He’s embraced and supported a number of different Democrat candidates including Hillary Clinton and Michael Bloomberg (yes I know – he’s really a Democrat). And he is the quintessential crony capitalist. He’s never seen a big government that he didn’t like.
And, now he tells us what he thinks of the military with his comment about McCain.
This isn’t about John McCain (who isn’t running for President and may not even run for the Senate again) This is about Donald Trump and his suitability to fill the office of President. And, I’ve got to tell you – he ain’t up to it! He’s a less likable Bill Clinton with a bigger bank account – regardless of what he says about illegal immigration.
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#142 Shannon
I’m blushing on my fainting couch at your kind words. 🙂
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Of course, but I’m a little shocked they discovered the story at all. One of the last things I wrote about on LST was the rare earth story and China.
We are approaching the 5th anniversary of the demise of the late, great Lone Star Times.
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One last time. Volume up- check.
Crowd quiet- checkAhem
NOBODY IS EMBRACING DONALD TRUMP!!!
Now, good night and may God Bless.
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If I had a dollar for every time somebody here repeated something I already posted…
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Phil’s #108 is a focal point of mine regarding John McCain. I’ve no doubt he’s a war hero and I don’t think Trump doubts that either. That said, when McCain calls people “crazies” and insults them as regularly as he does, his heroism is not immune from, um, “feedback”. That includes attacking it even though the attackers fully acknowledges his heroic choices. I do not care for Trump, never have in terms of his politics and, yes, his is very much a spoiled brat, but his line of liking people who were never captured in retaliation for McCain’s insulting remarks was a bit of brilliance on Trump’s part.
¡Viva Ted Cruz!
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If I had a dollar for every time somebody here repeated something I already posted…
(Dam*, now I owe texpat a dollar 🙁 )
🙂
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Just looked at the forecast for my zip code. 99 highs all week long. 🙁
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Robot wars on TV beats you guys every time.
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Well, I’m bypassing the whole political fracas. I’m back from visiting Lovely Daughter & Family. LD2 was baptized yesterday, and she looked beautiful in the baptismal gown that I made for Sunshine. She has this beautiful clear skin and dark liquid eyes, and when she wears that white gown, everything just pops! She never cried the whole time, just followed the priest with her eyes. My sister was doing the video for me, since I was trying to keep Sunshine corralled in the pew and not racing up and down the aisle.
The same day we celebrated Sunshine’s second birthday, even if it was a few weeks early. Since Aggie Beau’s parents have to drive hours to visit, it made it easier on everyone to do it all in one day. Sunshine made out like a bandit, with a whole pile of new toys – including the 4 foot high teddy bear that her Noona gave to her. And she loves it. /score!
It was hard to leave the babies. I miss Lovely and AB, too. I can’t wait to see them all again.
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Dam*, now I owe texpat a dollar )
Nah. I have enough Texpat chits to cover everyone here for……well, a lonnnnnnnnnggggggg time.
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Nothing permanent. There’s a tom cat that likes to use my door mat as a scratching post. Since it’s under the porch and doesn’t get rain a good sprinkling of cayenne pepper once a month seems to have stopped him.
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#164;
PHEW!!! 🙂
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where the two major ingredients aren’t gunpowder and lead
Have they made a laser gun yet? That may work.
Years ago we got a pet bunny and shortly decided to keep it in the garage since its presence always put the dog on kill bunny mode. When Rhuelin was around two or maybe even three I left the gas canister on the garage floor after filling up the lawn mower. Let’s just say that having a three year old boy with access to a filled gas canister got rid of the bunny once and for all.
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We had a family council on pet responsibility after that unfortunate incident.
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Oh, my main point: Three year old boy + access to filled gas canister = No more cat problems. 🙂
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Second!
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174th!!
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Chris Salcedo has picked up the Trump/McCain story this morning. As usual the couch is ahead of the curve.
My position for quite some time has been:
JugEars is going to do whatever it takes to cause a mass uprising so that he can declare martial law, suspend the Constitution and declare himself emperor.
Did anybody notice that the flags in DC were not at half staff in honor of the fallen in Chattanooga? Did anyone notice that the white house failed to send a single representative to any of the funerals?
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The only flag I saw properly at half staff out here in Katy was the nearby Ford Dealer – half a dozen or so further west were not
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Austin County courthouse flags NOT at half staff
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Is there any way to keep Drudge from refreshing so frequently?
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new post is it up
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Can we get rid of the Lunch Cake?
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