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delicately calloused |
  You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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I'll use the Red Key |
Even Mom agree's  Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Georgie was at the ground floor of The Clinton Global Initiative. He considers Billy a brother.   ...and he NEVER spoke negatively of Barry, even while he did his best to ruin America.  The Bushes have burnt every bridge to me. Like McCain, they need to go away. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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“It is the sacred principles enshrined in the United Nations charter to which the American people will henceforth pledge their allegiance.” (George H. W. Bush, addressing the General Assembly of the U.N. February 1, 1992.) ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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In '92 I was far less politically aware. I trusted people and institutions I should not have. As such I missed the above quote. It is a terrifying notion. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
and the art imitates life imitates art loop of the old joke borne true by the Bush clan:
Politicians, particularly career/professional ones, *are* the (or a) *major* problem. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
I had thought that much had been painfully clear at least ever since Trump started leading in the polls in the last Presidential election. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
^ Exactly. This last Presidential race (further) exposed the realities of modern politics and who actually supports whom, and how few real friends the people actually have in D.C. | |||
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Bush took a knee when he was born. I don't think there was much choice in the matter. | |||
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| No double standards |
You hit a nerve here re the UN and its Charter. I have posted before, a constitutional scholar analyzed/summarized the UN Charter as compared to the US Constitution. In brief, he noted that the Constitution separates power, balances power, keeps power close to the people. The UN Charter concentrates power into the hands of a few and keeps that power away from the people. The UN is not a friend of liberty, just the opposite "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Bad dog! |
And no one knows that better than the families themselves, who are best of friends. It's good to trust your government-- until you realize you are being naive, Many of us trusted the Bushes for a long time. After all, why just assume they are all a bunch of corrupt, conniving phonies? But that is exactly what time has revealed them to be, the Bushes not a whit better than the Clinton Crime Family. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
 __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Heheheh...good one Floyd. Yeah...what is it? Birds of a feather?? Or something like that... To justjoe's point, I lived a large majority of my life thinking our government was just and good and fair and "for the people" up until around the time the Clintons came into office. Afterall, Ronald Reagan's 1980 election was the first time I really paid attention to politics. I felt redeemed when Bush II was elected...not so much anymore. Now that I'm older and more in tune with politics and on the outside looking in and taken a close look at our history, I see just how corrupt our government has been loooooooooooong before I was ever born some 50+ years ago. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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I voted for him because, like the rest of you, the alternative was unacceptable. But I was quickly disillusioned. He was SIX years before he issued ONE veto, and during that whole period his "Compassionate Conservative" persona watched government grow and spending go way out of control, to the delight of the Dems. Yeah, he was a conservative. His invasion of Iraq gave rise to ISIS and destabilized the middle east. I see Andy Card often as he has a summer home near where I live here in Maine and I've always wanted a chance to sit down with him to get his thoughts.......... | |||
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Facts are stubborn things |
I voted for him twice. I respected him for keeping his mouth shut during Obama even though I didnt agree. But that respect is quickly waning. Trump is not George's type of President but he should keep his mouth shut like he did for 8 years. Do, Or do not. There is no try. | |||
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Notary Sojac |
Laura looks like she's ready to throw up. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. | |||
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'Cuz Laura is the only one with a brain and a shred of integrity. Bless her SMU heart.....seriously. "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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| Edge seeking Sharp blade! |
Photos are an instant of life and can catch expressions that don't reflect how a person really felt. I wouldn't make any conclusions on how she felt based on one photo. | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hayzoos Kristmas, pbslinger. I bet you're just the LIFE of a party. Way to harsh my buzz, man.....  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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