Well, a liberal arts college fixed one girl, anyway:
Like everyone who cons themselves into attending a liberal arts college, I was captivated by the idea of changing the world by immersing myself in a diverse pool of academic thought, theory, and action. Boy, was I wrong! After my four-year stint at university, I was transformed from a plucky, young, free-thinking free spirit into a cranky, old, get-off-my-lawn conservative.
It all started with a quiet disdain for political correctness, a seed that grew—through the miracle of college—into a giant beanstalk. I quickly learned that, at liberal arts school, the general aim of each class was to identify something problematic, discuss it, and then refuse to do anything about it. We were expected to offer solutions, of course, but the only acceptable answers were noncommittal and intersectional. Any attempt to get to the actual root of a problem was generally seen as problematic too, and a politically correct policing was instituted to hinder any real solutions of important issues. Most group discussions devolved into us asking one another how to ask questions about something problematic without being problematic.
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I needed some way to cope with all this. So I chose weed. I was typically high before, during, and after all of my classes. My best friend was the campus dealer, so I spent countless nights smoking spliffs on his dorm room floor and watching his clients stumble in and out.
Most of these clients are now working in New York finance or DC politics, which is what made me realize I’m a fan of limited government. The stupidest stoners I know are all on a fast track to becoming the future diplomats of the world, and I do not trust these goofs to make important decisions on our behalf. Their power must be constrained.
Well, THAT ‘splains a lot, does it not?
I took on lots of debt attending college, but I never learned anything about how to manage it. I didn’t learn about taxes either, but I was lucky enough to get a job right before my student loan payments kicked into gear. I accepted a corporate gig with a salary that felt exorbitant and immediately began plotting when I could move out of my parent’s house. But everything changed when I got my first paycheck, and to my admittedly ignorant shock, I realized a helluva lot more money was missing than I anticipated.
“Income tax” seems like an abstract alien concept when you’re not making any money, but it becomes much more real when cash has magically disappeared from your paycheck. I couldn’t believe my peers and I had spent so much time shaming conservatives for wanting lower taxes. After making an income, the tax I paid on it was suddenly all I cared about. And stopping government waste seems way more important to me now than funding government programs.
At least one student got an education worth having, anyway.
#96 ???
You get ONE guess WHO put $30 million into GoreBullWarming.
http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/hacked-email-reveals-who-is-behind-al-gores-climate-change-agenda
EG, did you not know that those were EUROPEAN horses you saw on Lonesome Dove??
OK, your choices are A: Trump; B: Clinton. Which do you not want to see elected worse? Actually, I can choose none of the above. As long as we allow them to continue to run candidates in a situation where “If you don’t vote for this one there will be dire consequences.”, we will continue to live under the threat… Read more »
Blue Duck would eat anything.
Family firing squad
https://youtu.be/Ql1XtOs9VbE
#82 – Didn’t you read Lonesome Dove. Of course the Indians ate horses, guts and all.
#45 Sarge:
OK, your choices are A: Trump; B: Clinton. Which do you not want to see elected worse?
I think he’s working on his glue-on bun.
Shannon
Nuttin can help them things. But i will ask Hamous what he might think. 🙂
81 SQK
Might improve your ugly feet.
We’re watching the track and field events tonight in Rio with the diving events coming up soon. Totally exhausting just watching the runners and jumpers but especially so the decathlon events in which an American currently leads. Can easily comprehend why some of the runners collapse just across the finish line.
mHarper
I dunno. You will have to ask Hamous.
Is there any girly thing left, that a metrosexual man won’t do (let himself be talked into doing) ???
#79
I’ve never seen any indication that Native Americans ate horses, before they finally went extinct on the continent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_horse
Oh hell nahhhhh #Malepolish
The Calusas loved them some oysters.
Buffalo, turkey, small game and of course 15,000 years ago Mastodon and native horses.
Chicken and fish? Beans and corn. Occasional deer.
Way to go big fella:-)
I have some great red wines.
C’mon Brother Squawk, you’re almost there.
Trump Two Zero One Six.
I guess before Columbus arrived the locals ate a lot of chicken and fish.
Florida’s version of the old Spanish cattle is the Cracker Cow.
Wiki- The Texas Longhorns are direct descendants of the first cattle in the New World. The ancestral cattle were first brought over by Christopher Columbus in 1493 to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Between 1493 and 1512, Spanish colonists brought additional cattle in subsequent expeditions.[4] The cattle consisted of three different breeds; Barrenda, Retinto and Grande Pieto.[5] Over the next… Read more »
Grooving on diver porn. Just goes to show you never really know someone.
😉
But I’m not posting the cycling teams’ pictures.
Those could be classified as porn.
But I might go back and make sure. 😉
I know….. hussy .
It isn’t porn.
I promise.
I see the guy who invented the
TalkingScreaming Head format of Sunday shows has kicked the bucket. I always liked these versions.Where do Longhorns originate?
I read that they are well suited to hot southern environments.
I watched it over and over….Euros standing in the pond at ninety degrees.
Brahma cows don’t even seek shade till it hits about 99-100.
Oh El Gordo #35 I agree 100%! On a slightly different note, think about CPS and how they screw up way more often than do any good.
Fred wouldn’t buy a bull of any breed from anywhere north of about Crockett. Says he’d seen it too many times people trying to move North Texas bulls down here and waiting two or three summers hoping they’d become acclimated to the lousy climate. So miserable they couldn’t service enough cows to pay their keep. Standing in the damn pond… Read more »
Hamous The Euro breeds still suffer down here. Crossing them with Brahmans help immensely. Over the decades Brahmans would fall out of favor but the commercial cow men would eventually come crawling back – needing to “put some ear” back in their herds. In off periods Fred would try different bull breeds on his brahma cows, finally settling on the… Read more »
I will add that I do understand all of y’all’s feelings on the issue, you are entitled to them and I’ll not say that you are wrong, it’s just that I have two fine kids and a grand daughter and I WILL NOT go gentle into that good night. I’ll fight to my last breath to try to salvage this… Read more »
OK,..So we all know that none of us will change the others mind, WE’RE ALL to Dayaam stubborn and opinionated, but I’m with Squawk and El Gordo on this. As a rabid Cruz supporter, I’m voting for Trump, the reason; HE’S NOT HILLARY!!!! I’m SOO sick and the lying, sleazy, filthy Clintons’, the whole lot of them, that I’d vote… Read more »
I don’t think I can vote for Goony Gary, even as a protest vote, so I’m probably going to write in Darrell Castle.
I’m voting for the third name on the list, whoever that may be, unless its an actual Nazi, Communist, or Lyndon Larouche (who I don’t think is much different from Trump)
BTW
I WILL NEVER TELL ANYONE TO NOT VOTE.
Hamous Yup. It’s like choosing strains of Herpes. The only difference is the size of the chancres. I have had more fun watching all the twisting in the wind of the screaming about never Trump. And what is more fun is when I ask them who they are going to vote for, Hillary? Round two of ranting starts. I usually… Read more »
I really enjoy Michael Berry making fun of the more moronic Trump supporters.
I don’t like Trump but I’m voting for him.
I said two years ago I’d vote for anyone against that criminally corrupt bitch.
I would have even voted for Kasich.
Shannon – here’s another excerpt with a Texas twist similar to the Hahn bull: Shanghai Pearce of East Texas reputedly brought one of the first Brahman bulls to the Southeast from India. Shanghai showed his bull around he South with a side show, but it escaped once while on the road in Louisiana and reportedly bred with other scrub cattle… Read more »
Yup. It’s like choosing strains of Herpes. The only difference is the size of the chancres.
I have an old book on the history of cattle ranching in Florida. The earliest account of Brahmans in Florida is from A.C. Ambler in a letter dated December 15, 1858: We have purchased a stock of 3000 head now running between the head of Pea Creek and Kissimmee, and from this stock we shall take the best cows, take… Read more »
We all know that Hillary is going to be 100 times worse than Obama and 50 times worse than Trump could ever be (Oh yeah and lets not forget the Supremes nominations that are sure to come). I don’t think there’s a dime’s worth of difference between the two of them. From sleaze, to morals, to the kinds of SCOTUS… Read more »
On the gun thing I agree with ELGordo.
My step daughter is crazy as a loon.
But no one has any business taking away her gun.
I see on ABC13 that this fall
Keifer SutherlandJack Bower will be the designated president.Well we have the second points scored.
Squawks Team……………………. The rest of ya
1. El Gordo…………………………..0
2. 0………………………………………..Hamous
Heh This is the most insane selection year I have ever seen. I remember the fear and loathing when Hillbillyarie ran the first time and then we got Obama……………….. FOR TWO FREAKING TERMS. We all know that Hillary is going to be 100 times worse than Obama and 50 times worse than Trump could ever be (Oh yeah and lets… Read more »
I just saw a video that posted this interesting question:
Seeing as how Hillary has obvious health issues, and that topic is gaining traction, why would her handlers and/or the powers that be position her in such a way that she would have to step aside?
Who would take her place?
It’s all relative.
Someone explain to me or give me provable examples of Trump’s sleeziness outside of the primaries? All he did was the time honored political attack of putting his candidate on the defense with really way out there accusations. While I’m not sure why the examples must be limited to before the primaries (“But everyone else does it!” is not a… Read more »