I'm going to make this short and directly to the point.
I'm going to post one short video. (1 minute and 26 seconds.)
Followed by one photo.
Nothing else needs to be said.
Well shit, for whatever reason I haven't been able to get the video to work so I went to plan B.
Click on the link below to hear for yourself the words of Attorney General William Barr he declares Trump's Emergency Declaration constitutional.
https://www.facebook.com/100007757595661/videos/2292260837709147/UzpfSTEwMDAwMzA0NTkxMzEyNjoxOTI2Mjc2NDcwODE3MTk4/
Screw you, Jerry Moran.
Any questions?
Yeah, I didn't think so...
Kevin McGinty
I for sure will be remembering him when the time comes.
ReplyDeleteDamn doing to much work around the homestead this weekend, It might be expected of me in the future. Good Grief...
ReplyDeleteWell, we hit Gallup NM. Just got here. This is the first stop we didn't get in so late we just grabbed some food and crashed.
ReplyDeleteAll went well. House closed. Got the money and left town. I'm pulling a UHaul trailer, loaded too heavy in the front but it pulls OK. After enough hours and miles you kind of forget it's there.
But we're getting there. Tomorrow it's Kingman AZ. Then on to CA. I'll let you know how it's going.
And Kevin, I have a new found respect for what you do. Driving hours among idiots on bad roads...not my thing. Much respect for you guys who do it.
I'll update later.
Good to hear SSAH. Rest well, than move out, take care...
ReplyDeleteHEAR ME!!!
DeleteI am sipping on a Stone Delicious IPA right now and eating dinner.
ReplyDeleteGallup is a nice town. Air is so clean it's ridiculous. Beautiful views.
Just need a good nights sleep and on to Kingman AZ tomorrow.
Good morning room 235...
ReplyDeleteWell Safe I hope Kingman AZ still looks as good as I remember it, let us know when you get settled in.
Well not much going on this morning, guess I will have a beer and take a nice Nap..
ReplyDeleteLooks like I just missed you, Sarge...
ReplyDeleteNo I am still here...
DeleteIn a way, Safe, I envy you and the adventure you've embarked on.
ReplyDeleteStay safe out there and watch out for the crazy people...
Hell he just left us crazy people. heheh
DeleteWell Kevin, now that you are up to relive me, I shall go and take my nap. Stay safe out there.
ReplyDeleteAlways... I'm too damned old not to be safe...
ReplyDeleteG'morning y'all :)
ReplyDeleteWell let me try this again Good morning room 235. After, Over my 3 1/2 hour Nap.
ReplyDelete2nd time for me....
ReplyDeleteG'morning y'all!
Naps are good! :)
ReplyDeleteyep, I call those "power naps".... just enough to recharge the batteries
ReplyDelete:)
The next time the issue of gun control and the second amendment come up,
ReplyDeleteit might be helpful to share the following with those who wish to abolish the second amendment and the right to own and carry a firearm. Yes I'm all for eliminating FULLY automatic weapons, and the ownership by felons and clinically unstable citizens. Nevertheless, there is another group out there that needs some scrutiny. Read on.
Subject: Fwd: Gun Control
To:
SOLUTION TO GUN CONTROL
In 1865, a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States .
In 1881, a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the United States - who later died from the wound.
In 1963, a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
In 1975, a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President of the United States.
In 1981, a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
In 1984, James Hubert, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 22 people in a McDonalds restaurant.
In 1986, Patrick Sherrill, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 15 people in an Oklahoma post office.
In 1990, James Pough, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 10 people at a GMAC office.
In 1991, George Hennard, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 23 people in a Luby's cafeteria in Killeen , TX.
In 1995, James Daniel Simpson, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 5 coworkers in a Texas laboratory.
In 1999, Larry Asbrook, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 8 people at a church service.
In 2001, a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a failed attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the US.
In 2003, Douglas Williams, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people at a Lockheed Martin plant.
In 2007, a registered Democrat named Seung - Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people in Virginia Tech.
In 2010, a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner, shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.
In 2011, a registered Democrat named James Holmes, went into a movie theater and shot and killed 12 people.
In 2012, Andrew Engeldinger, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people in Minneapolis.
In 2013, a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a school in Newtown ,CT.
As recently as Sept 2013, an angry Democrat shot 12 at a Navy ship yard.
Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.
Not one NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservative was involved in any of these shootings and murders.
SOLUTION:
It should be illegal for Democrats to own guns.
We don't need gun control, we need Democrat control.
Guns don't kill people, Democrats do!
Good morning, read a lot but don't comment much. To busy arguing with idiot pagans that call themselves ELCA clergy. But I will admit that Moran posted me off with his vote.
ReplyDeleteJust curious, but how would you explain your position to Jesus ? I'm not a member of your church, but I suspect my parish priest would have some problems. But, I look for your comments to help understand your thinking. I'd also ask that you respond in light of the following scripture passages
DeleteMatthew 25:31-46 – “…I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
Luke 3:11 – “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none…”
Luke 4:16-21 – “…Bring good news to the poor…release to the captives…sight to the blind...let the oppressed go free.”
Romans 12:13 – “Mark of the true Christian: “…Extend hospitality to strangers…”
II Corinthians 8:13-15 – “It is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need…”
Ephesians 2:11-22 – “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God.”
Hebrews 13:1-2 – “…show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels…”
Pissed dang auto correct
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Dennis,
ReplyDeleteYes, I too don't really care for Moran's move there.
P.S... (smiles) typos happen to the best of us (lol)
that's why it's easier to use a keyboard instead of a cell phone... (giggles). the keyboard will give more room for typing.
DeleteWell got tomatoes Cukes and hot peppers start in my starter pots. Good start so far.
ReplyDeleteI got cukes, tomatoes, and waiting for some more pepper seeds and some other stuff to come in. Also got me a soil thermometer to check the soil temp. See if it helps out my trans planting.
DeleteI see it is going to be 70 degrees Sunday, I only plant in potters the last couple years, works well, good crops in full sun most all day, I am cutting back a little this year, had to many pots to care for, OLD Ya Know...
DeleteLOL That's what I ve been doing for several years. Even sold my big tiller. I put up a 8ft piece of fence and put my cukes ,tomatoes, and pole beans around it and the other stuff goes into pots. I even have three pepper plants that brought in and wintered over. Ready to go and get a head start.
DeleteLol I have one health pepper plant I also brought in the house Jalapeño hot that my son likes i collected seeds from it for this year. Plus I have two huge containers of seeds from Food4Patroits in storage, good for 25 years. Been teaching Zach how to do this stuff so he won't have to worry about safe places, he will build his own the old fashion ways.
DeleteWell been trying to find out some info on judge Jeanine Pirro. Looks like its hush hush. FOX has nothing on her and it seems she has been off of every thing. No comments. They tried to get Tucker but he stood by his guns and told them to kiss it.
ReplyDeleteI think that a lot of this with Judge Jeanine, and the others who have been getting attacked lately (Carlson, Hannity, and Ingerham) has to do with Rupert Murdock, the owner of Fox, breaking up his holdings and putting more of his family in charge. Apparently, from what I have heard, the kids and/or their spouses are a lot more on the Liberal side of things. Probably don't want to upset their high highfalutin' friends in their circles. Media Matters, the outfit financed by Soros, is trying to get them all off of the channel, and these idiot family members probably are more concerned about what their friends say about them than the content of their television programming. I don't think that they are going to make it easy on the good ones. Typical liberals, so stupid that they want to kill the gooses that are laying the Golden eggs for them!
ReplyDeleteAbout the way I see it also Gary.
DeleteRush was talking about some of that today. FOX hired that ole heifer Donna Brazier Seems the young ones are getting more and more lefty.
DeleteOh, look out Dennis! I think Old Blue thinks he can pin you into a corner! LOL! Do you think he really wants you to 'explain" your position to Jesus or just wants to try to do the "good Liberal thing" and take his shots at a minister? Do you really seriously care, Blue, what Jesus would think? Somehow, I doubt it!
ReplyDeleteNot a trick question at all. I await to be enlightened. I have never advocated a totally open border, and I don't think everybody should be let in. I've said that for years. Nonetheless, it's a legitimate theological issue. If I'm going to be asked on judgment day "so what did you do for the poor little brown ones ( as Poppy Bush called them ), I figure I had better have an answer.
DeleteWell, Boz, if Christ came to talk with me, we wouldn't even get to that point. He'd have bigger bones to pick with me, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteAnd for the record, I think Moran has a point about this being overreach. For real, I think the entire statute is probably unconstitutional. I think if you'd mentioned needing "emergency" powers for the executive, Jefferson would punch you in the nose. That's the way Athens and Rome went. Besides, I don't want to counter a lefty hive with a conservative one.
So which individuals should be denied entry, Boz? It's an honest Q. Hell, I'm unsure myself. Mexicans like the Mayor of Tijuana I'd be more than happy to let in. I've sponsored Iraqis (who could never go back to Iraq now, on pain of death). They helped out our military and thus have earned some consideration. Besides they won't want to "Dial 4 for Arabic." Of course, any middle eastern Christian would get favorable consideration. So what are your criteria for admission there, Boz?
Anybody who thinks immigration benefits only immigrants just isn't being realistic. We couldn't survive without them. My primary concern is controlling the influx in such a way that assimilation flows more smoothly. So here is who I'd give consideration to - Family-based, those who have relatives here legally, Work-related - does anybody really think the Central Valley of California is full of lily white Anglos and others of European descent cutting lettuce, picking fruit, etc ? No, we have to have their labor. Nobody else wants to do the work they do.
DeleteHumanitarian - If someone can present a compelling argument that remaining in country X, ( as you cited, the Iraqis you sponsored ) would mean death, then I think they should be considered for entry.
Temporary workers - It's not just the agricultural sector that depends on immigrant labor, DC has seen something like 60 billion in construction in the last few years. The skyline of the District, Tysons ( 12th largest commercial area in the country, larger than downtown Denver ) in N. Virginia, I drive through Bethesda when I'm at WR, and it's booming - buildings and a new rail line, the purple line ( light rail ) connecting the ends of most of the Maryland bound subway lines... you only see brown faces.. NOTHING else except a very few whites. If I go to "8901", one of the cafes at Reed, all, ALL of the employees are Latina. They all speak English, and they're damn hard working. I asked one once, why all the staff were Hispanic. I knew her well enough to get an honest answer - she said "blacks don't work very hard". Take that for what it's worth. It's the same at construction sites. I'm not going to get into a polemic about the dysfunction of the black community - it's there and only a fool wouldn't recognize it. That said, there are a fair number of blacks in middle class professions who have managed to get their act together and move up. Prince Georges Country is immediately to the East of DC, and is predominately black, and middle to upper middle class. DC itself has seen a sea change in demographics with lower class blacks moving out in huge numbers. The population has increased by 135,000 since 2000, and most of that has been white... so it's no longer chocolate city. But there is a fairly large Hispanic community.
What Trump is not mentioning, and nobody here is either... is the out migration of immigrants that has been going on for at least a couple of decades. From Pew -
"More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.
Net Loss of 140,000 from 2009 to 2014; Family Reunification Top Reason for Return "
As for who I would turn away, someone with a criminal history obviously. Someone who does not meet one of the above criteria. If an elderly man has family in California he wants to reunite with, come on.. let him in. No, citizenship should not be a given.... there is no need to change the usual process as it is. But there are other types of visas available, and I've known several Hispanic people who wanted to work a few years, then go home. Fine, give them a work visa.
Look, the bottom line is that we have to face the fact that the jobs Hispanic people perform are the ones nobody else wants to do. In spite of the comments made here, Hispanic immigrants commit less crime than average, pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits, and frankly have made the U.S. a more interesting place. A hundred years ago, people were saying the same thing about the Irish and even the Jews. Hard to believe that before WW I, Jews were known for prostitution, petty crime, organized crime, cheap labor and drugs. Those families that had made it, e.g. the Guggenheims, the Rosenwalds who founded Sears to name a couple- decided to do something about the riff raff coming off the shtetls of Eastern Europe and Russia. They established Bnai Brith, Young Men's Hebrew Assoc., and a number of other organizations where Jews were and lifted them up. Now they earn about 25 % of all U.S. Nobel prizes.
DeleteHere is my beef with Trump, and the typical conservative movement - it's disingenuous as hell. How many times have we seen a cabinet member in a republican administration at a confirmation hearing only to be reminded they had employed an illegal Hispanic nanny, or gardner, or whatever. So they get tossed to the curb. Even Trump had to fire a ton of illegals at Mar a Lago, the chintzy nouveau riche playground for the rich and idle. You think big ag, like ADM really, no REALLY wants to cut the flow of cheap Hispanic labor ? No, they couldn't survive. So let's be real.
ANYBODY who is allowed to immigrate here needs to be monitored. Do I think Democrats have looked the other way attempting to gain some votes here and there ? Of course. Do I think the power players of the Republican party don't want that cheap labor, nope... they're talking out of both sides of their mouth and I think they want Hispanic people here just as much.
My reason for posing the question to the ... reverend ? ( I seem to see him referred before as a minister ), is legit. In my religious tradition we were taught that theology had to be based on scripture, sacred tradition, in light of reason and experience. So, maybe what Jesus preached was great 2000 years ago, and not so much now. But I would love to get an answer from the reverend. Dominus Vobiscum.
LMAO - what a vile little old man you've decided to be. I bet you rant at your neighbor's little kids playing in the yard. Being bitter is not good for your heart. ( and yes, that took a leap of faith )
DeleteI will speak up for Sarge - he has a heart of gold which is considerably more than what you ever hope to achieve!
DeleteOf course if there weren't a large amount of unskilled immigrants to move into the jobs at the bottom, those jobs would begin to pay more and perhaps those "lazy" whites and blacks would take more interest in them. Those meat packing plants for example. When I was a kid those were union jobs and high paying. Now they pay a little over minimum wage and are filled with immigrants. If you're lucky, those immigrants are Mexican, if a little less lucky, Central American, and if they happen to be Hmong or something like that, well ... I do hope you have a good police force around. Of course, the lefties don't mind at all; it's a perfect opportunity for them to virtue-signal and have a thoroughly unmerited good feeling for themselves. And a lot of the "free market" types also support this, less wages equal higher profit. A little trickle down to the consumer, but I'd rather pay prices a little higher and make wages higher to such as packing plant workers.
DeleteSo I guess there's your answer, Boz. I want restrictions, assimilation, and equilibrium. Your answer is much like the plutocrats that you pretend to disdain. Funny isn't it?
And how would that be ? I NEVER said I "wanted" anything other than an honest conversation of the issue. Read this once again
Delete" Here is my beef with Trump, and the typical conservative movement - it's disingenuous as hell. How many times have we seen a cabinet member in a republican administration at a confirmation hearing only to be reminded they had employed an illegal Hispanic nanny, or gardner, or whatever. So they get tossed to the curb. Even Trump had to fire a ton of illegals at Mar a Lago, the chintzy nouveau riche playground for the rich and idle. You think big ag, like ADM really, no REALLY wants to cut the flow of cheap Hispanic labor ? No, they couldn't survive. So let's be real. "
Your characterization of my comments as "much like the plutocrats" is unsupported. I don't know if Iowa Beef is still in business, or operating under some other guise, but are you implying it's run by a bunch of liberals ? Seriously ? And if I appear to support plutocrats ( I don't ), then you appear to support unions. Which party has done everything to bust them ? Yeah, the same could be said for Wichita- used to be a big union town. Not anymore. Of course republicans have done everything possible to suck in cheap (largely) immigrant labor, or perhaps even cheaper foreign labor. Yes, I want assimilation... and I think more organized labor would be a great thing. It would likely increase wages and improve working conditions would it not? And maybe ... just maybe native born Americans would want to work there. But just a guess.... I think they'd be fired in short order. Boss man would find them hopelessly lazy and whiny. As for who has brought us to this mess, if you think it has been anything other than conservatives you're not being honest.
So ole Dim Witt In DC wants to play the religion card now. What's the matter You get tired of lying and fake news? So now your a real religious person? LOL I know better. Your still the same ole jerk off just trying to suck up and then put some one down. Besides that I think Dennis is way out of your league so you might as well go back to your little world. He might put you in a spot you cant talk your way out of.
ReplyDeleteYea, a second rate doctor is gonna try and twist logic and words with a religious leader.
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there, Ian.
Maybe you'll try and straighten out the religious, too?
Insinuating you have leaned neither direction on immigration, yet you are willing to try and use scripture as an argument?
Satan. You are Satan.
You want no good. Only trouble.
That's why you are here.
And continuing to waste gov't dollars doing it....
Beware of narrow minded liberals who twist Bible verses to suit their narrow mindedness in an ill fated attempt to make a trap. Note for Ian: Get thee behind us Satan!
ReplyDeleteHe has proven over and over again he is the "GODLESS" left doing satan's work. Trying to get a person of faith to engage him so he can twist and try to turn the person around. Wont work with any one here. So you might as well go to hell and stay there.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the resident irritant is trying a different angle?
ReplyDeleteWhat a day....
ReplyDeletesome good things did happen today
then some evil showed up (Ian, aka Blue, aka whatever his warped mind makes him login as).
p.s. Kevin, thanks for making those mentally irregular posts go *poof*
Well this was another worth while day for sure. We are good to go...
ReplyDeleteAny one mon here ever check out onan news?
ReplyDeleteNope! Not me.
ReplyDeleteAlways entertaining when a godless commie lectures Christians on how Christians are supposed to act.
ReplyDeleteStay in your lane comrade bedpan. You know nothing about what God thinks and probably never will. Stick to spreading commie propaganda and copy and pasting commie talking points as the Apparatus sends them to you. Don't presume you know anything about what God is telling his believers since you ain't one of them.
Agree Safe!
ReplyDeleteNeedles CA sucks. Their only claim to fame is Snoopy’s brother Spike is from here. Otherwise I’d skip the place.
ReplyDeleteWe’re up early to head on in to our new home.
Hahahah yes it does sucks, Well I hope you enjoy your new home. You passed thru places I had many times in the Service. Know the journey well.
ReplyDeleteAnd another one bites the dust. Alan B. Krueger, Economic Aide to Clinton and Obama, Is Dead at 58 it just doesn't pay to be Clinton lover.
ReplyDeleteBusy day but here is my answer blue.
ReplyDelete1. In the Hebrew wording of the Old Testament there are two root words that are translated; foreigner, stranger, sojourner, etc. They are ger/gar and Nekhar/nehar. They mean very different things in the Hebrew. Ger means invited guest, a travler who request to make a home, one who adopts the rituals/customs/practices of the people group that they travel with or settle within their land. Ger are full members of the Jewish society, they are welcome to join in the worship rituals of the Hebrews (to remain a ger it is required that you adopt and follow the religious rituals), if they become needy, orphaned, widowed, lamed, etc. they receive the same gleaning privileges that the Hebrew people did.
The other word Nekhar is always used to denote an invader or an uninvited and very unwelcome guest. When the Philistines or Moabites pillaged the land in the book of judges they were nekhar. Abraham was nekhar in the land of Canaan, he was not to make it his home. Conversely when in his travels he came to Egypt he was the gar of the Pharaoh. Just as when Joseph extended the invitation to his family to join him in Egypt they were nekhar. But over time when a pharaoh arose that did "not know" Joseph they became nekhar. Nekhar always carried the underlying meaning of unwelcome or unwanted.
The nekhar were not allowed to glean the field edges or harvest the fallen fruit from orchards. Neither were they allowed to harvest the fields in the seventh year when the Hebrews were told to not harvest and let the poor, lame, widowed and orphaned harvest the fields, vineyards and orchards, the gar/ger were allowed to join the Hebrews in the seventh year harvests.
2. God established boundaries and borders multiple times in the Old Testament. When the Hebrews came into Canaan, each tribe except for Levi were given specific areas of land and each clan and family within the tribes were given land inside those areas. God even limited the scope of the land that he promised the Jews. He sat borders and they were to respect those borders and not to lay claim to the lands of those who dwelt in them.
During the Exodus and the 40 years of travel in the wilderness multiple times the Hebrews came to the borders of nations. God always told them to ask permission to travel through the lands and if they were denied permission he led them around the nations.
3. Our nations immigration laws are to be obeyed by Christians, Jesus Christ, Peter and Paul were very explicit in the command to obey the ruling authorities.
4. It is extremely unchristian to have the chaos and violence that results from the past two administrations border policies. Hundreds of murders are committed annual by illegal aliens, thousands of rapes, thefts and assaults. Then there is the sex trafficking and the rape of women and children along the way. Plus the drug cartels forcing of carrying drugs on illegals. All of this would decrease if we closed our borders and tightly regulated immigration. It is not love to help one neighbor at the cost of violence to another, which is what is happening because of our border policies.
4. It is also no just for illegals who can walk across our borders to be given access to immigration in the USA when there are millions of foreigners in Asia, Africa, etc. whose only access to immigration is to go through the proper channels and wait. Our current system is hurting, not loving, those who do not live on the America's continents by unjustly giving them access when others cannot do this.
5. It is unchristian to take from another to give to another. And this is what is being done through taxation and all the free healthcare, education, etc. that is given to illegals. Nowhere does Jesus speak about national charity, He always spoke about personal charity.
ReplyDeleteLastly Christian are to obey a nation's laws, unless the law causes them to sin. Obeying our immigration laws does not cause a Christian to sin. Disobeying them is sinful because thousands of people annually are hurt by the crime that accompanies sanctuary cities and states as well as the criminals that come unfettered into this nation. If a Christian wants to help the nekhar they are welcome to do a foreign mission. Heck, they can sell all they have and give it to the poor in Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, etc.
That is a very condensed version of the four part Bible Study I taught to my churches on immigration.
ReplyDeleteAnd before you give me the heterodox answer of "Jesus never said anything about immigration." or "Jesus was an illegal immigrant in Egypt." Jesus said this about the Old Testament: "For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me."and Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."
ReplyDeleteEvery time in the Old Testament that God spoke, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit were speaking in unison with Him. So Jesus said a lot about immigration, divorce, homosexuality and everything else that heterodox Christians say "Jesus never said..." about.
And is so far as Egypt and Jesus are concerned it is comparable to moving from Kansas to Washington DC. A shitty choice, but still just a move within a sovereign state's borders from one province to another.
ReplyDeleteDennis, That was very interesting, yes indeed it was,...😇
ReplyDeleteGood Morning Sarge & Everyone
ReplyDeleteyawn stretch.... it is a little rainy outside, but not too bad. been watching the news on the flooded areas, tragedy. we are needing to keep an eye on the water as it moves down stream. Hoping things here won't get to the point of what's happened up north.
Jacob our Basset goes in to the vet for a teeth cleaning today - hubby and younger son going to take Jacob to the vet....he's a two person job because it takes two to get him into the building. Jacob can be a handful, ya know the cartoon pics of dogs & cats who don't want to go to the vet?..... that be Jacob.
Dennis, I like what you have written.
Combing through the headlines - here's another bit of proof that the Democratic Party is imploding from the inside out. There were Democrats who made the choice not to vote in the 2016 election because they didn't like Hillary Clinton. Wow. Now there are some Democrats who say that if Joe Biden is the Democratic Nominee for 2020, they won't vote for Joe!
ReplyDeleteRegardless of who the DNC puts on the ballot, President Trump will be re-elected. As far as the Mueller investigation - we all know it's a farce and that Mueller, his team and the Democrats funding it....it's all for show - there's no substance.
Also there seems to be a regurgitated push to abolish the Electoral College - nice try Dems but you won't be successful in abolishing it. The new push for lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 and the Dems push to give illegal immigrants the rights to vote is just them realizing their political party is fractured and they're losing support regardless of what the liberal biased main stream media barfs out.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/18/joe-biden-2020-bid-fails-inspire-new-left-liberal-/
ReplyDelete"'New left' Democrats shun Biden 2020 bid: 'We need some new ideas'"
"UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Retired teacher and lifelong Democrat Kathy C. did not vote in the 2016 presidential election because she did not like any of the choices on the ballot.
Though her protest helped send Donald Trump to the White House, she said she will sit out the election again in 2020 if former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is her party’s nominee."
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The Dems are known for devouring their own - they aren't team oriented, they are too "individual" to be a team oriented. That's why they are imploding from the inside out. They will lose their 2020 bid for the White House and they will lose the House too. With how Nancy is a weak leader, she can't keep her freshman bumbling idiot brigade from making spectacles of themselves, young dems are attacking old dems....
A house divided against itself will not stand....hence the current status of the Democratic Party.
Well y'all....I've consumed my mugs worth o' caffeine and now I need to get the morning jump started.
ReplyDeleteWill visit later on today and I'll put an update on how Jacob and his vet experience. He really is a very handsome tri colored Basset.
Hugs~ Rikki
Good Grief a morning dog report, 😂
ReplyDeleteruff ruff :)
ReplyDeleteIf that storm just above Topeka drops south a little it will be raining Cats and Dogs...
ReplyDeletelooks like the brunt of it is missing us - we'll probably get some sprinkles out of it though.
ReplyDeleteSure beats snow. :)
ReplyDeleteYes it does Dennis, But Sun beats rain, unless we need it of course.
Deleteyeppers, I'd rather have rain than snow / ice any day.... but I'd also like to have tropical warmth n' sunshine too :)
ReplyDeletegrowing up in Los Angeles, there's many flowering bushes/plants that due to climate won't grow here. One of which is the Bird of Paradise - beautiful orange flower with a blue beak center.
and for the record.....moving to Kansas was the best thing that happened to me because growing up in an overcrowded metropolis, the wide open spaces and cleaner air is a Godsend....that and I met my handsome hubby here, and a couple of months ago we celebrated 34 yrs
DeleteCalifornia is a nice place to visit and I know there are rural areas there similar to the rural areas here, farms etc., but I would never move to a large metropolis like LA, Frisco, Dallas/Ft.Worth, KC, and most definitely not Washington DC..... nice to visit the larger cities, but I don't want to live there.
DeleteSafe, when you mentioned you driving through New Mexico. It is beautiful to drive through. When you mentioned Needles, CA.... I agree that it is the hottest most miserable place - but before crossing over to CA.... driving through Winslow Arizona is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI guess Kevin is taking a well deserved rest, and sleeping today, must be nice. Good Grief...
ReplyDeleteOver on the Free Beacon website is this story:
ReplyDeletehttps://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-dodges-question-on-whether-shed-support-directly-paying-descendants-of-slaves/
"Warren Dodges Question on Whether She’d Support Directly Paying Descendants of Slaves"
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So I did some digging into this.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/40/text?format=txt
H.R. 40
Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
This bill establishes the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans to examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.
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To myself I'm thinking.... uh.... to totally focus on the slavery of African American population and not the slavery of Native American Indian population is racist against the Native American Indians. They, too, were enslaved and ill treated....why are they not included in this bill?
But then too - I question the logic behind this bill which is only so far is in the "introduced" stage currently. I question the logic behind this bill because it is keeping America tied to a past that is not the present. No great or small amount of money reparations will erase the blemish on American history.
There will never be a "perfect" society in the mortal realm no matter what country one may live in.
The only time things will be "perfect" is after the Second Coming and Christ gathers His faithful to Heaven.
Please make time to read the details in the weblink:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/40/text?format=txt
It is to lengthy to copy & past all here in the blog - it would take several posts to put it all here.
The way I see it by the time the Dem's get done slicing each other up like bacon, Trump will come in and fry them... MAGA
ReplyDeletethat's why I'm questioning the logic behind it Sarge - it just doesn't make one lick of sense.
ReplyDeleteThose who authored this bill are all Democrats in the House Judiciary on Constitution and Civil Justice Committee sponsored by Re. John Conyers, D-Michigan.
Oddly enough this has been introduced before by Democrats and it has been pushed by Democrats…..it has been opposed by Obama, Hillary Clinton. Not sure why they think it'll get out of the House.
I believe that this kind of legislation is wasteful because Congress needs to focus on the here and now.
This has to be old news. Conyers isn't in Congress anymore. His replacement is your ol' friend, Rashida Tlaib.
Deletethanks for the update Captain. P.S. Tlaib isn't anyone's friend....and definitely not mine.
DeleteWhat brought this to my attention was that I was combing the headlines and found this on today's Free Beacon website:
https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-dodges-question-on-whether-shed-support-directly-paying-descendants-of-slaves/
So the House may be trying to revive this? I certainly hope not.
It irks me that the House is even making time for a bill such as this....when there's more pertinent issues at hand that require their full un-divided attention.
ReplyDeleteBut then to......it's the Dems - consider their root source.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Info..
ReplyDeleteALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK---CAREFULLY!
With all the food and pet products now coming from China , it is best to make sure you read label at the grocery store and especially Wal-Mart when buying food products.
Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located.
It is important to read the bar code to track its origin.
How to read Bar Codes .... interesting!
This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you.
GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA " AND NOT FROM CHINA!!
cid:0A375509A0CF47E4AADF2A6E3F9181AD@D6X2MBD1
The whole world is concerned about China-made "black hearted goods". Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China ?
If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .
This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.
Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA", so they don't show from which country it is made.
However, you may now refer to the barcode - remember if the first 3 digits are:
690-692 ... then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 ... USA & CANADA
30 - 37 FRANCE
40 - 44 GERMANY
471 ... Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 ... UK
When ever possible BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE items by watching for "0" at the beginning of the bar code number.
Pass this on.
Okay forget the last comment lets move on...
ReplyDeleteSorry Sarge, I was detoured with busy-ness.... :)
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, I received an email from my uncle in Minneapolis - Vietnam Veteran and Patriot. Below is the forwarded email he sent to me and I'm sharing it with all of you. It has a good message in it. Because it has too many words in it, I'll post it in a 2nd post....maybe a 3rd, we'll see.
Hugs~ Rikki
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I THINK THIS GUY HAS IT ALL COVERED. I COULDN'T SPOT ANYTHING HE LEFT OUT. CAN I GET AN AMEN!?
ReplyDeleteI am the Democratic, Republican Liberal-Progressive's Worst Nightmare. I am a White, Conservative, Tax-Paying, American Veteran, Gun Owning Biker. That's me!
I am a Master Mason. I work hard and long hours with my hands to earn a living.
I believe in God and the freedom of religion, but I don't push it on others.
I ride Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
I believe in American products and buy them whenever I can.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and not some liberal governmental functionary, Democrat or Republican, that wants to share it with others who don't work!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!
I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer; it makes you a smart American.
I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything. Get over it!
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac or any other item, you should do it in English.
I believe there should be no other language option.
I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are Malcolm Forbes, Bill Gates, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and Willie G. Davidson, who makes the awesome Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
I've never owned a slave, nor was I a slave. I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks, and neither have you!
I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country! This is AMERICA ...We like it the way it is and more so the way it was....so stop trying to change it to look like Russia or China, or some other socialist country!
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ReplyDeleteIf you were born here and don't like it... you are free to move to any Socialist country that will have you. I believe it is time to really clean house, starting with the Congress and all those who oppose the POTUS.
I want to know which church is it, exactly, where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution? Can I get an AMEN on that one?
I also think the cops have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are, but not just because you happen to ride a bike.
And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my driver's license. I think it's good....
And I'm proud that 'God' is written on my money..
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause....Get a job and do your part to support yourself and your family!
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes a man and woman ..
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Third and final continuance:
ReplyDeleteI believe 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think!
I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA ! If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American. If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know...
We want to return our country to the values it was founded on, and prospered under for over 200 years!
My Country...I hope this offends all illegal aliens.
My great, great, great, great grandfather watched and bled as his friends died in the Revolution and the War of 1812.
My great, great, great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Mexican American War.
My great, great grandfather watched as his friends and brothers died in the Civil War.
My great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Spanish-American War.
My grandfather watched as his friends died in WW I.
My father watched as his friends died in WW II and the Korean War.
I watched as my friends died in Vietnam, Panama and Desert Storm.
My son watched and bled as his friends died in Afghanistan and Iraq..
None of them died for the Mexican Flag.
Everyone of them died for the American flag.
Texas high school students raised a Mexican flag on a school flag pole, other students took it down. Guess who was expelled...the students who took it down.
California high school students were sent home on Cinco de Mayo because they wore T-shirts with the American flag printed on them.
Enough is enough!
This message needs to be viewed by every American; and every American needs to stand up for America .
We've bent over to appease the America-haters long enough.
I'm taking a stand.
I'm standing up because of the hundreds of thousands who died fighting in wars for this country, and for the American flag.
If you agree, stand up with me.
And shame on anyone who tries to make this a racist message.
AMERICANS, stop giving away Your RIGHTS! Let me make this clear! THIS IS MY COUNTRY!
This statement DOES NOT mean I'm against immigration!
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IN MY COUNTRY, welcome to come legally:
1. Get a sponsor!
2. Learn the LANGUAGE, as immigrants have in the past!
3. Live by OUR rules!
4. Get a job!
5. Pay YOUR Taxes!
6. No Social Security until you have earned it and Paid for it!
7. NOW find a place to lay your head!
If you don't want to forward this for fear of offending someone, then YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
We've gone so far the other way . . . bent over backwards not to offend anyone.
Only AMERICANS seems to care when American Citizens are being offended!
WAKE UP America !!! If you do not pass this on, may your fingers cramp!
I MISS MY COUNTRY!
IN GOD WE STILL TRUST
GOD BLESS THE USA
"If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves and seek My face, and turn from their sins, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins, and heal their land."
Amen
DeleteKevin, hoping you're doing ok. Kinda odd not hearing from you, but like Sarge said earlier today, maybe you're making time for some much needed rest.
ReplyDeleteOKay this is good News...
ReplyDeleteIllegal immigrants with serious criminal records can be held without bail while awaiting deportation even if ICE didn’t immediately pick them up when they were released from prison or jail, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The 5-4 decision marked another rejection for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the liberal panel that covers the country’s West Coast, and that has tested a number of legal theories on immigration law.
In this case, the 9th Circuit had ruled that under the law, if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately arrested someone released from a federal, state or local prison, they could be held without bond in the immigration detention system. But if ICE didn’t immediately arrest them, the migrants must be given a chance to make bond.
The case turned on a phrase in the law that says the no-bail determination applies to someone picked up by ICE “when the alien is released” from prison or jail.
The lower court ruled “when” must mean the day of release.
But Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing the majority opinion, said that could create a new loophole for sanctuary cities, which often refuse to alert ICE officers when releasing people from their local prisons and jails.
Yea!! that is wonderful news!!
DeleteSorry here is Link..
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/19/supreme-court-upholds-ice-detention-without-bail-s/
awesome read!!
DeleteGood grief what a day... And no, there was no rest involved... lol
ReplyDeleteGlad you're doing ok Kevin! Did you have a chance to read the post I got from my uncle?
DeleteHaven't gone through everything I missed today but I did notice Blue was quiet.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost like he knew he wouldn't be able to bullshit his way past Dennis...
agreed - he should know better than to tangle with the Rural Preacher.
DeleteBut right now my youngest son showed up and announced I was helping him put a radiator in his car.
ReplyDeleteGood grief...
Good Grief :)
DeleteAnd by helping he meant I'm doing the work...
ReplyDeleteThen your son owes you a steak dinner from Texas Roadhouse for the work on his car :)
Delete(smiles)
Kevin just do what fathers do...Good Grief Don't make a big deal out ofa small thing. Heheheh
ReplyDeleteOh a while you are at it make sure you put the bottom hose on the bottom and top hose on the top, You want the water moving in the right direction...😂 and not in reveres.
DeleteLol... I'll keep that in mind when we put it all back together tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteSomeone commented that " i bet that Ian won't come back... HA HA Dennis is gonna shut him up. " Or something like that. Well, yeah.. sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I have been suffering the flu and have been home for four days, and catching up on paper work. The internet helps pass the time. And before all the fine people here begin to dance in the street, PediaSure is great for re-hydration, and brought my temp down in no time. Nice to have a wifey who is a family doc. Works out great. So I will live.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mr. Beckmann for your thoughtful exegesis. I will assume this comment however - was somewhat tongue in cheek. " And is so far as Egypt and Jesus are concerned it is comparable to moving from Kansas to Washington DC. A shitty choice, but still just a move within a sovereign state's borders from one province to another."All I can say is not that many years ago while driving around Topeka, my wife and I noticed a nude man running around the VA hospital. I didn't know what to say... but my wife began to quietly cry. I asked what was wrong... and she presented a litany - " that horrible Fred Phelps person, everything falling apart, a clearly insane nude elderly man... and NOBODY seems to care." So you can stay in Kansas, I'll be more than happy right here big evil D.C.
Now, for your answer. And I really do appreciate it. But it doesn't ring right to me. Not being trained in theology I will defer to those who are. The problem with that there is hardly one interpretation of Scripture, or of the meaning of Jesus, or ... on and on. Do you believe in transubstantiation ? You mentioned something about 'those ignorant ELCA' people or something like that. So are you Lutheran ? Missouri Synod ? Something else ?You touched on many things in your exposition. One that stood out to me, your notion that Jesus along with God the father, and the Holy Spirit speak with one voice. Specifically, " Every time in the Old Testament that God spoke, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit were speaking in unison with Him. " So..... that means we remain under the authority, for instance, of the Laws of Leviticus ? Does your wife refrain from wearing garments made of two kinds of material ? In my humble opinion Jesus was an iconoclast. But, you're the ... I assume orthodox theologian, so I will step aside. Funny that word heterodox.... THE Orthodox would point to YOU and rant "HETERODOX" and likely hit you over the head with a very heavy icon. Ah organized religion, never a dull moment.
This from another exegete Mathew Schmalz, Prof at College of the Holy Cross, Amherst BA, Univ. of Chicago MA, Univ of Chicago Ph.D. ... and all around smart guy.
ReplyDelete"We Will All Be strangers, Sometime
The Bible affirms – strongly and unequivocally – the obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality.“Love the Stranger,” an article written for the annual meeting of the College Theological Society in 1991, biblical scholar Alice Laffey stated that in the Hebrew Bible, the words “gûr” and “gÄ“r” are the ones most often glossed as referring to the “stranger,” though they are also translated as “newcomer” and “alien” or “resident alien,” respectively.In the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the word “gÄ“r” appears almost 50 times, and the fifth book, Deuteronomy, delineates a number of specific provisions for treating “the stranger” not just with courtesy but also with active support and provision.For example, the book of Deuteronomy sets out the requirement that a portion of produce be set aside by farmers every third year for strangers, widows and orphans. In the “temple sermon” attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, the Jewish people are exhorted to “not oppress the sojourner.”Within the Hebrew Bible the requirements of hospitality are sometimes affirmed in very striking ways, as in the story from the book of Judges in which a host offers his own daughter to ruffians in order to safeguard his guest.Of course, the Israelites themselves were “strangers” during their enslavement in Egypt and captivity in Babylon. The Hebrew Bible recognizes that every one of us can be a stranger and, for that very reason, we need to overcome our fear of those who live among us whom we do not know.The stranger is Jesus in disguise.
Within the New Testament, which Christians read in continuity with the Hebrew Bible or “The Old Testament,” the most often cited passage dealing with welcoming the stranger is from Matthew 25: 31-40.This section speaks of the Final Judgment, when the righteous will be granted paradise and unrepentant sinners will be consigned to eternal fire. Christ says to those at his right hand that they are “blessed” because“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”The righteous then ask,“When did we see you, a stranger, and welcome you?”Christ replies,“‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”As Matthew 25 makes clear, the Christians should see everyone as “Christ” in the flesh. Indeed, scholars argue that in the New Testament, “stranger” and “neighbor” are in fact synonymous. Thus the Golden Rule, “love your neighbor as yourself,” refers not just to people whom you know – your “neighbors” in a conventional sense – but also to people whom you do not know.Beyond this, in the letters written by Paul of Tarsus (one of the most notable of early Christian missionaries), often known as the Pauline “Epistles,” it is made clear that in Christ,“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[g] nor free, there is no male and female.”
From this perspective, being “one in Christ” should be taken literally as acknowledging no fundamental differences in kind among human beings.It is true that the application of biblical principles to contemporary matters of policy is less than clear to the many Christians who have taken opposing sides regarding how the United States should deal with immigrants, undocumented workers and refugees.However, in my reading of the Bible, the principles regarding welcoming the stranger are broad-reaching and unambiguous."( end of quotation )
Just my observation reverend, but it seems your approach to Scripture is somewhat legalistic, and perhaps literalist. Just curious, but are you a creationist ? We probably can find a defense for almost anything somewhere in Scripture. Slave owners certainly did during the antebellum period. Jesus spoke very clearly about divorce. Do you find Donald Trump an solid example of Christian morality in light of his two divorces ? How do you think Jesus would react to the sight of children being held as illegal immigrants in ... cages ? Thank you for your anticipated response.
ReplyDeleteI would say fundamentalist not legalistic. A difference only a believer would understand. As for literalist, what other interpretation is acceptable? Godless commie “anything goes whatever feels good”? Telling people that’s OK is condemning them to hell. Did Jesus die on the cross so man could continue living in sin without understanding the consequences? I think not. Living for Christ is not about living for self. That’s godless hedonism.
ReplyDeleteLiving for Christ is hard. It calls for choices. It calls for rejecting sin. It calls for believing the word of God and rejection the siren call of Satan.
Comrade Bedpan, you are exactly who God warned us about.
Get thee behind me Satan. You and your fellow workers of inequity are enemies of God and of us.
Repent, reject the lies of Satan and there is still hope for you. Otherwise there is none. Your imagined intellect won’t save you in the day of judgement. God will say, “depart from me, I never knew you”.
About time you rolled your ass out of that bed.
ReplyDeleteWednesday's edition of "America's Blog" is up and running...
Yes, I do support unions. I'm lucky enough to be a union member myself and I was in the IAM when I was with Allis-Chalmers. My dad was one of the founding members of the FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) in Topeka. While the GOP has done some union-busting, so have Democrats, with activities such as bringing in many more unskilled immigrants (didn't think I'd tie the two together, did you), and helping "free marketeers" make their wares overseas.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Iowa Beef, or companies like that are either liberal or conservative. They have a profit motive, something totally different. But what I said - and I mean it - is that your position of an open sieve on our southern border and what the plutocracy wants are pretty much one and the same. As I implied, you're in plenty of company, but a fact is a fact, no?
But acting like native Americans are lazy gripes my ass, no doubt. Because immigrants are often desperate enough to work for miserable pay under poor conditions they seem "harder working." I don't want to come off as a 21st Century Know-Nothing, but native-borns should get first crack at jobs. And off-shoring hacks me off even more.
I'm avoiding the religion issue. Either of you (Boz and Dennis) could run circles around me, so I basically listen and learn.
Good morning Captain. While your comment wasn't centered on the religious topic of the day it did address the immigration issue which is what actually lead to the religious part of the conversation.
ReplyDeleteI went ahead and moved it to today's new blog...
Thanks, Kevin. I appreciate your support of American jobs.
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