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Question

Lock and load

by Aug 11, 2017 7:45PM PDT

Has Trump been watching too many John Wayne movies?

This coming from a guy that spend Zero time in military service.

Some might even consider him a draft dodger.

Ever been on the wrong end of ordinance?
It's not fun.

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Clarification Request
RE: Lock and load.....
by JP Bill Aug 12, 2017 8:24PM PDT

How bout pass the knife?

The Cold War proposal to have the president hack an aide to death to start nuclear war

It was simultaneously the most genius and the most insane proposal to prevent nuclear war: Before a president could authorize the killing of millions, he would have to personally kill one person with a knife.

“He has to look at someone and realize what death is — what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It’s reality brought home,” read a 1981 paper by Roger Fisher, a professor at Harvard Law School.

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“He has to look at someone
by TONI H Aug 13, 2017 2:21AM PDT

and realize what death is — what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It’s reality brought home,” read a 1981 paper by Roger Fisher, a professor at Harvard Law School.

Perhaps that's what cost Ted Kennedy his race for that Oval Office, but it didn't prevent him from keeping a Senate seat for tens of years and the admiration of those around him. I've never been able to square that.........other than family wealth and power much like is still going on with the Clintons et al.

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RE:wealth and power much like is still going on
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 6:00AM PDT
wealth and power much like is still going on with the Clintons et al

abbreviation for et alia: and others. It is used in formal writing to avoid a long list of names of people

et al would include TheRUMP?

He's certainly not shy about proclaiming his wealth....(won't produce tax returns though)

He IS POTUS....does THAT make him powerful?

HE meets all your criteria for you to distrust him....
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Prove to me where Trump
by TONI H Aug 13, 2017 6:23AM PDT

has used his wealth and/or power as President to corrupt the system or people? There is no comparison between Trump and the Clintons, JP.......The CLINTONS meet all YOUR criteria for YOU to distrust THEM. People who live in glass houses, etc etc etc

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RE:There is no comparison between Trump and the Clintons, JP
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 7:40AM PDT

There isn't?...

Then, how come YOU brought them up in a post about TheRUMP?

IF/WHEN there are "comparisons" to be made...YOU are "The Decider?

The Decider...remember him?

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I pointed out that
by TONI H Aug 13, 2017 11:23AM PDT

Ted Kennedy actually DID have blood on his hands and was still able to keep favor from both sides so that kind of blows the argument against Trump NEEDING to have blood on his hands out of the water. You accused Trump of using his wealth to corrupt....but the Clintons have actually DONE that for years and gotten away with it....I asked for proof from you that you can back up your accusation against Trump. Which you obviously can't so you keep deflecting the conversation as usual.

Liberals can try to trash Trump every day, but every day he continues to move forward, even if the media won't report it, AND he's making real changes for the betterment of the people who voted for him AND those who didn't AND the economy.

Locked and loaded......it's about damned time we had another leader who isn't going to appease and follow Susan Rice's prediction for us about having to 'accept and live with the fact that NOKO is a nuclear power'.

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RE: 'accept and live with the fact that NOKO is a nuclear
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 12:49PM PDT
'accept and live with the fact that NOKO is a nuclear power'.

The same argument has been made about every country AFTER America became a "nuclear power".

Have there been any nuclear wars since 1945?

How far are YOU willing to go?

Are YOU willing to have a nuclear war (push the button with your own finger)?

Yes OR No.?

If yes...what are you waiting for, approval from ?

What are your primary targets?

NOKO?....then you suffer the wrath of China....They don't want all the NOKO refugees coming across THEIR border? Will America accept the NOKO refugees? AFTER they get rid of all the illegal Mexicans?

When everybody is somebody(a "nuclear power"), nobody is anybody.

We're "all in the same boat"....you sink me, I'll sink you....so what good does it do to be a "nuclear power"?

Pakistan could be world’s 3rd biggest nuclear power in 10 yrs
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Bill, your reasoning is MAD.
by drpruner. Aug 13, 2017 3:02PM PDT

I have a firm belief in God and his power, so maybe we should nuke us all and let Him sort it out?

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Clarification Request
Am I correct when I see that
by drpruner. Aug 13, 2017 2:59PM PDT

Trump has the same attitude toward Kim that he has to an employee under his direct control?
If so, is that a matter for concern?
Consider: Trump is a Postmaster, and one of his clerks is a Kim ...

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nitpicky
by Aug 11, 2017 9:50PM PDT

That phrase is not military exclusive, but used by almost every gun owner I've known.

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Nitpick
by Bob__B Aug 11, 2017 11:16PM PDT

Trumps not talking about gun owners.
He's talking about using our military.
This is scary from someone who forms an opinion from John Wayne movies.

Btw......how's the paper towels going, did you figure it out yet?

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I'm considering
by James Denison Aug 11, 2017 11:19PM PDT

the roll of toilet paper in half and see it that catches on too.

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RE:the roll of toilet paper in half
by JP Bill Aug 12, 2017 3:13AM PDT

Some really frugal people use both sides of the toilet paper.....it's like getting twice the value for your money.....

Don't shake their hand to congratulate them.....

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I won't ask....
by James Denison Aug 13, 2017 10:29AM PDT

....how you know that.

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RE: I won't ask........how you know that.
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 12:09PM PDT

And I won't ask why YOU DON'T know that.

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Ah, yes, the great toilet paper frenzy.
by drpruner. Aug 13, 2017 2:47PM PDT

Remember, James? 'Should it pull off the roll from the bottom or top?' I'm still smarting over the unreasonable +*$+!" who disagreed with my reasonable view.

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When I was in the army...
by Dafydd Aug 13, 2017 3:04PM PDT

they taught us how to use one sheet 6 times. And no, I wouldn't shake my hand either.
Dafydd.

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6 times?
by Steven Haninger Aug 13, 2017 4:27PM PDT

We only learned to use a single sheet once but you tore out a small circle in the center for a special purpose. I think the generals were trying to discourage GIs from picking their teeth after meals.

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Haha!
by Dafydd Aug 13, 2017 4:38PM PDT

One NCO also taught us that IF water was available, to use soap and water to clean the business end. If you didn't, running around in the trenches would soon result in a rear end similar to the Japanese flag.
Dafydd. Cry

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(NT) 1. Fold twice, to make a small square.
by drpruner. Aug 17, 2017 1:58PM PDT
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... using your fat, stupid fingers.
by drpruner. Aug 17, 2017 2:02PM PDT

2. Tear off the folded corner, leaving a hole in the center when unfolded.
3. DON'T discard the torn-off part. You'll need that to clean under +$3?"
Oops, I'm breaking up.

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Answer
Bob_B........
by Aug 13, 2017 11:34AM PDT

Clinton (a real draft dodger) and BO (spent his entire life as a community organizer and liberal activist even as a 'Constitutional' professor who refused to explain HOW he got into ANY college when he admitted he was so high during his last two years of high school he couldn't REMEMBER any of it) didn't spend any time in the military either.......how'd all that work out for us? NOKO and Iran with nukes, many terrorist attacks against the US both here and abroad with NO consequences, Libya and Egypt collapsed not to mention numerous African States, Venezuela in total chaos, and numerous countries like Greece in financial ruin. Yep....explain to me again how liberal/Socialist countries' policies are working for the people in them? Give me somebody who surrounds himself with military might and common sense thought and speech any day of the week compared to a liberal thinker who is convinced he knows how to 'take care of me' better than I can myself.

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RE:'take care of me' better than I can myself.
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 12:20PM PDT
Donald Trump’s Lifestyle Could Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1 Billion

When Donald Trump won the election in November, there was an expectation that the 70-year-old billionaire would undergo a transformation. Gone would be the harsh campaign rhetoric and the unspecific policy plans. Gone, too, would be the comforts of his gaudy, flamboyant lifestyle. He would stop tweeting, stop self-promoting, and relinquish his businesses. The magnitude of his powerful new role and the sheer awe of being behind the Resolute desk in the Oval Office would change him.

But septuagenarians worth nine figures (or at least those who say they are) are, generally, loath to change. You may move Donald Trump out of Trump Tower and into the White House, but you can’t take the Trump Tower out of the president. That is particularly true when the president’s wife, Melania, opts to stay in Manhattan with their son Barron instead of moving to Washington, and the president decides to travel to his private Palm Beach club, Mar-a-Lago, six times in his first 11 weeks in office.

Of the 82 days of Trump’s presidency, 21 of them have been spent at Mar-a-Lago. Seventeen of them have been spent on the golf course. As CNN reported, these trips have cost roughly $21.6 million. (That number does not include the substantial sums the Secret Service spends to protect the president’s children when they travel overseas for business trips, as Eric Trump did in January when he flew to Uruguay to promote the Trump Organization. Nor does it include the unknown cost to taxpayers when nearly 100 Secret Service agents escorted the president’s extended family on a spring break trip to Aspen last month.)

Po' folk thought TheRUMP was living high on the hog before....
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And yet nobody complained
by TONI H Aug 13, 2017 4:06PM PDT

when BO's wife took a separate plane to THEIR planned vacation because she didn't want to leave when her hubby did.......or that BO's wife took a PLANEFUL of her FRIENDS on a personal vacation to Europe......

Also....when it's a PERSONAL trip, rather than a WORKING trip (which is ridiculous in itself with regard to the President of the USA because ANY trip can be considered to be a WORKING trip as long as he's still communicating with the WH and any of his cabinet while he's gone), that President is SUPPOSED to be paying out of pocket for everything except the plane itself and the Secret Service. In the case of BO, compared to Trump, all of BO's vacation room and board was rented out to him by personal friends....Trump, at least, uses his OWN properties and didn't have to 'expense' it.

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RE:BO's wife took a PLANEFUL of her FRIENDS
by JP Bill Aug 13, 2017 7:41PM PDT
BO's wife took a PLANEFUL of her FRIENDS on a personal vacation to Europe......

Is this what you're raving about?

Q: Did Michelle Obama and her daughters use taxpayer money to take a European vacation?

A: The first lady, her mother and her children did stay in Europe for a private vacation after the president completed an overseas trip on official business. However, no taxpayer money was used for the first family’s personal expenses.

Michelle’s European Vacation

On June 7, President Barack Obama wrapped up an overseas trip that included a major speech at Cairo University in Egypt, a visit to Saudi Arabia and Germany, and a 65th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in France. The president flew back to Washington, D.C., but his wife, Michelle, her mother and daughters went to London for two days of vacation.

But the Obamas paid for their own personal expenses – not U.S. taxpayers.

OR is this the "story" you're upset about?

The first lady traveled with a "minimal" number of friends, not 40, though no exact number was given. The friends got to Spain on their own, not flying on government aircraft. Mrs. Obama and her friends paid for their own meals and hotel rooms. She did not attend a fancy gala. And so on.
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Another side of MO's 'vacations'.....
by TONI H Aug 14, 2017 3:02AM PDT
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RE:ONE instance of 'presidential' business
by JP Bill Aug 14, 2017 3:32AM PDT
ONE instance of 'presidential' business during a 'vacation'

WHERE have YOU been for the last 2 weeks?...TheRUMP is on a "working vacation"

making sure they did SOME activity in that direction in order to hit the taxpayer instead of their own pockets.

And you believe all those security personnel that are staying at the Trump Towers for FREE?
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(NT) Her "friends" paid their own way, and expenses
by JP Bill Aug 14, 2017 3:50AM PDT
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RE:in order to hit the taxpayer
by JP Bill Aug 14, 2017 4:07AM PDT
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And how much do you think
by TONI H Aug 15, 2017 5:59AM PDT

was spent on golf cart rentals during 8 years of BO's golf outings, JP? At least Trump is staying at his OWN property which BO NEVER did because it's easier to have your hand out believing in your own entitlement.

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