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So it was, then, more than "just being dumb", it was an actionable violation of Departmental Directives. If his Department had a policy of progressive discipline, which most do, likely his next violation would have lead to termination if not at least demotion, a lengthy suspension, and mandatory retraining and requailification and then an assignment to non-essential duties and a total restriction on secondary employment.

And Lady Liberty's teats are now sagging and distended. The old broad has definitely seen better days.

Once her womb became a dry and barren place where a man's seed could find no purchase her opinions lost all impact with me. That time was some 20 years or more ago.

Leaving your gun in a public place, most commonly a bathroom as they take them off to crap, is not "just being dumb" . It is the height of reckless behavior. Officers are responsible at all times to be in control of their weapons. In the Department I represented this would have been punished by reduction in rank and 40 hours unpaid suspension. As for shooting at a car as if to get it to stop that only works in the movies. I know, we have seen the scene a hundred times. The rebel detective shoots at the oncoming car causing it to launch into the air, do a barrel roll, and burst into flame. The reality is that a 180 rain bullet will not stop a two tome vehicle, nor will it launch that vehicle into the air. What it might do is kill or disable the driver who cannot then control the vehicle allowing it to careen into the bus of handicapped kids being driven by an elderly nun. Shooting at a moving vehicle in the Department I represented would get you dismissed from the force.

This would violate my HOA covenants.

Help me pick out one or two from this site. Outback Western Hat Collection - Outback Trading Company – OutbackTrading.com Mostly i am thinking about this so that my wife and daughter can have something to give me as gifts. they have already exhausted the possibility of ties and socks so this will give them something else to get.

I think she would stand a fair chance of getting those sounds out of me.

I agree that Rupubicans, or conservatives have no better a track record than do liberals. I merely note that for liberals it is a core belief while conservatives or republicans at least acknowledge the problem. The reason I am a fan of neither party is that they do what they want fiscally to address gaining and staying in power in the now and the immediate future. Neither has our long term interests at heart. They both have the impulse control of children. Oh to get an adult in charge, one who can provide for the future and is willing to suffer a bit of austerity now to arrive at that future.

Since the extrapolating is being done by others than Trump I believe it to be projection of the extrapolators thoughts and hopes. You disagree. Disagreeing with me places you in pretty august company so no worriers there. Also, I do not take umbrage with your disagreement. I recognize that my thoughts on the matter are subject to my own opinions and prejudices, they are not objective fact.

I maintain that projecting and extrapolating are the same thing. i too suspect Trump will ultimately be more reasonable in his policy than are the black and white sound bite statements of a campaign. That acknowledged I believe he has an obligation to be clear on the matter, not to continue to reside in the sound bite.

Liberals never see why we can't do both or more to the point why we can't do all things. The reason therefore is they do not understand math. They believe money is magically created by printing it. They do not recognize limitations on resources. Not a single one has ever balanced an equation or a budget. Strange that those who tout sceince do not believe in balanced equations.

I don't recall that we had an influx of millions upon millions of refugees year after year as part of the Marshall Plan. I do recall that in theory we both gave and lent money, money often not pasid back by the way, to our allies and friends to strengthen them and so to strengthen ourselves. Clearly I would have supported the Marshall Plan as i stated we should, when feasible, aid our allies and friends. Doing so is clearly and proximately in our national interest,

To those who espouse that Trump is a master negotiator and will only impose tariffs reasoanbly and as a means to an end, well I think it is incumbant upon him to articualte a policy not unlike what i have set forth above so as to keep us, U.S. citizens informed, our stock markets and money markets calm, and to create a discussion with the world, a discussion with teeth, but one based on reciprocity and reasonableness. Those of you hoping Trump will be reasonable, or assuming he will be are projecting your thoughts to him. He needs to articualte his own thoughts so you do not have to speculate or surmise what will happen. I find his, Trump's, lack of clarity irresponsible and disturbing.

As for tariffs I believe they should not be used or leveraged to obtainconcessions from other countries other than on strictly trade matters. I would not threaten tariffs for cooperation, for instance on closing a border or securing a cooperative defense agreement. I would impose reciprocal tariffs on trade partneres. I would have them equal to those imposed on our products. i would announce our policy is to catch up for past tariffs by other countries and that ours would be imposed until such time as theirs are removed, and then for as many years, months or days thereafter that they had tariffs above our own. That latter policy would be subject to negotiation. I would not view tariffs as a means to gain advantage, just to eliminate trading disadvantages since in the end I believe they cost both sides in a trade war.

Yes. Absolutely. Otherwise we have to take in the world. Of course I would prefer if they did not die, but I do not let that possibility mandate that our country is the world's keeper. Our national policy should not be to care for the world, it should be to take care of our own. Once that is accomplished we should attempt to lend a hand to friends and allies and then to see that markets are stabilized even in countries of enemies if they are trading partners. I leave absolute charity to churches and philanthropic organizations, to which I give. Our government has no business being a philanthropic organization.

Kato, the Judge's first name is Kato?

As a teenager I baled hay, picked rock, tassled corn, and cut tobacco for minimum wage.All was hot, unpleasant work. Still, having money in my pocket was worth it. I did not expect to be given things, I expected I would have to earn the things I wanted. I think many in this fat, lazy, self-entitled country need to get a work ethic.

I plant and harvest veggies from my garden, as does my wife. I butcher much of the meat I shoot, deer, elk, antelope, and geese, primarily and I clean and filet the fish I catch. (Some years I have a guy that processes my elk. That gets to be a pretty big job and I am getting old.) I tend my own yard and my wife cleans the house. We are, however, not self-sustaining. We do buy some meat and produce from the store. (Less meat than before as we now buy direct from a ranch up in the mountains.)

As a kid I would watch olympic skiing because my family skied. Jean Claude Killy ruled the roost but Amerrica had Billy Kidd. Billy sported cowboy hats and every American kid who was a skier wanted one. My family came out to Steamboat for a ski vacation after seeing the '72 olympics. Steamboat was Billy's home base. My dad bought stetsons for both my brothers and for my kid sister. I never got one. Likely I had commited some mischief and was being punished, I don't really remember. They all still have those hats now half a century later. I guess quality costs money. Still, I'll go cheaper because I am cheap ,and frankly I don't need a hat to last half a century since I don't have half a century left in me. I need maybe a decade hat or hats.

Sounds like he engaged in some self-release.

Philisophical intoxicant well past my prime considering life as a hermit or a bar back at a strip club.

He put that envelope with his name on it under that half a ton pile of garbage.

Those Stetsons get pretty pricey. I did notice one that reminds me a bit of the hat Billy Jack wore. https://stetson.com/collections/hats-fedora-felt/products/folklore-flat-brim-hat-black Maybe I could rock that as a change of pace hat but I think my primary hat should be something a bit less Tom Laughlin.

Maybe were I a pimp in New Orleans in the 1930's. Its a bit too peacocking for me now at my age. Also, what is a Vegan sweatband? Do Vegans have different sweat requirements than carnivores like me?

The pressure of living up to that sort of legacy would be too much for me.