alexhortdog95

And here we go...

On 7/5/2022 at 11:33 AM, TGHusker said:

We are both teachers.  Me at the adjunct level - Mgmt courses.     Great minds tracking together (In my NOT SO humble opinion).  We don't have to agree on everything to be agreeable and to understand each other.  The problem with our politics today is that most politicians think opposites are adversaries - people bent on destroying 'us'.  When opposites are actually our friends - meant to help us to understand more fully and develop us more fully.  Life is full of these opposites.  If we fight against them, (Kick against the goads in our life) then we won't grow.  Our Damascus Road experience will be meaningless and self defeating.  I've gained much by listening to the opposing voices on HB - it has helped me to get out of the far right silo that I was in. I hoped I have helped others who have been in the far left silo as well.

 

Apostle Paul explains his Damascus Road experience to the Roman King Agrippa in Acts 26

 

Thanks everyone for the input.  I wanted to get a good base of how folks think here.

Let me say (also as a man of deep faith) that I am firmly pro-choice.  My reasons may seem a bit different than others, however. 

I don't agree with abortion (except in the extreme cases outlined by others already).  I also don't believe that it's my business to tell other people how they should live or what moral mindset they need to have.  This is what makes me pro-choice. 

For those individuals that have a belief and use their beliefs to strong arm their will upon others - this causes more harm than good.  It creates a negative opinion of the universal Church and believers in general.

Also - things like this Roe decision (and other precedent being overturned) have nothing to do with Christianity.  It has to do with a select few holding power over others - that want to continue to tell others how to live and what to do.  Remember - the KKK was created in the church back in the day as well.

Lastly - the scripture that was quoted above in Acts 26 is all well and good, however, Paul (formally Saul) had to be converted for him to have belief first.

As humans, we all have free will to choose how to live our lives.  If you believe in the same God that I do, then this isn't a foreign concept.  If the Almighty above wanted to get rid of abortion - he'd do it himself, not suppress people in such a negative way.  Free will is a biblical belief and often is overlooked.....intentionally.  Revelation 22:17 talks about this.

So - I am firmly pro-choice.  I may not agree with things like abortion, but, again, who in the hell am I to tell a woman what to do with her body?  That's up to her, not me, and when I stand before the Judgement Seat of Christ, I don't think he's going to hold me responsible because some gal in Arizona decided to get an abortion.

21 hours ago, suh_fan93 said:

 

Best decision Herschel ever made was leaving Dallas and going to Minnesota, because when he did that, it paved the way for the Cowboys to become one of the biggest dynasties of the 90s....

 

Cmdr. Chris O'Neill from the Highland Park Police said that law enforcement is still searching for the suspect.

O'Neill provided the following description:

O'Neill said a firearm has been recovered from the scene of the shooting.

The police commander urged individuals in the area to shelter in place at this time.

23 hours ago, Scarlet said:

 

We've seen what happens when you don't kill all the Starks, ripping them out root and stem....

It is amazing to me that the vast majority of posters here on HB have the same thought process I do, especially, in such a ruby red state. 

I'd love to know the general area of where those of you who are pro-choice live, and those who are pro-live are.  Just to get an idea of where these thought centers are in our state, LOL....

I read about this 10 year old earlier today.  Shocking, and beyond sickening.

44 minutes ago, ZRod said:

I don't know who's actually responsible for the "production" of this committee, but they are either a damn good lawyer or an extremely detailed person. The way every interview and piece of evidence has been setup and tied to the case as a whole is simply brilliant. This is exactly how the government should work!

Actually, they hired this guy to do it, which makes sense of why it's so organized...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/the-committee-hired-a-tv-executive-to-produce-the-hearings-for-maximum-impact.html

Here's my personal take on this Roe Vs Wade ruling (FWIW)....

1. It's interesting how many people are so misinformed on this subject.  I've been talking to numerous people and they keep telling me that the SCOTUS "Overturned the Roe Vs. Wade Law."  Me:    It shows how much people truly don't give a da*n about Civics in this country anymore.  I knew a guy growing up that taught me everything I needed to know about the basic way our government functions:
   
2. I worked the Primary election in May here in the 2nd.  If I had a dollar for every caller I got that:
   1. Didn't know that they weren't registered as they thought they were...
   2. Didn't know that their polling place changed because they threw away the card that Douglas mailed to them all...
   3. Didn't understand how the partisan ballots worked...
   4. Didn't understand that there are times when the polls take a break to collect ballots...
   5. Didn't understand that there was a registration deadline...
      
      I'd be a rich man right now.  People are so unbothered about their own democracy until something happens they don't like, THEN they want to give a da*n.  Meanwhile, MeeMaw and PawPaw with their walkers are working the election until 1:00 am in the morning.  Shameful.
3. The GOP - I gotta hand it to em.  They know how to play the long game.  Fifty years they worked on this, over numerous administrations, gerrymandering, borderline (and not so borderline) law-breaking attempts to subvert the Constitution.  And here we are.  Dems/Independents - take notes.  Fighting dirty from time to time works.
4. To all the younger folks...It's cool to protest...march...lay down in the street.  I see you getting gassed, shot with rubber bullets.  I respect that hustle.  But what good is all that pain and misery if you DON'T GO TO THE BALLOT BOX FOR FIVE MINUTES?!?  Sheesh.

That's my rant.

I don't think we need to focus on trying to decipher any footage of what happened in the SUV.  Only part that matters there is getting whomever was in that car to testify under oath.

4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

That might depend on Cipollone's attitude towards it.  Sounds like he was trying to talk Trump out of doing worse than he did on J6.  

 

No matter what, if he testifies, it's going to get even a lot more interesting.

I've been saying this from jump.  If Cipollone testifies, THAT'S your true John Dean moment, and Trump would probably be toast, because I think that opens the floodgates for others that are wanting to testify.

4 hours ago, ZRod said:

But does Attorney client privilege come in to play here?

As others have said here, Cipollone wasn't Trump's private attorney - he was a government employee. 

Besides....attorney client privilege does not apply to crimes that may have been committed.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-crime-fraud-exception-the-attorney-client-privilege.html?pathUI=button

The crime-fraud exception applies if:

• the client was in the process of committing or intended to commit a crime or fraudulent act, and
• the client communicated with the lawyer with intent to further the crime or fraud, or to cover it up.

Lastly - per the lawsuit that Trump lost earlier this year - while former CICs can claim executive privilege...the current CIC can override said privilege.

That ability is only applicable to the CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a272_9p6b.pdf

9 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

They were all a part of the crime syndicate.   But I understand why the J6C moved her testimony up.  I sure hope she has some protection around her.  This was indeed a John Dean moment. 

Hopefully, this pushes Cipollone to testify.  I doubt it, but it'd be nice.

This is freaking surreal.

Not sure where Bennie Thompson is going with this distance questioning....

Let's see how this goes.  Good luck, Cassidy Hutchinson.....

27 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

 

 

After attempting to drive through Wyoming in May (and needing to turn around because they had two foot of snow upcoming), I have no love lost for that entire state and question the sanity of folks that live there

1 minute ago, Archy1221 said:

What?!?!   Do you have info that the rest of us don’t have.    I don’t believe that mail in votes weren’t counted.  That’s kinda the point of my post.   The Post Office handled the ballot traffic just fine.  

Okay, I gotcha - I just misread your post

1 minute ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

 

Maybe instead of a law not allowing non-citizens to own news networks, the law should have been to not allow people not born in the U.S. to own news networks.

Hey, Andrew Carnegie wasn't a US born citizen, but the guy still started public libraries, has buildings and trusts named after him.  It's not the fact a person was or wasn't born here - but if that person (whether they were born here or not) is obviously attacking the foundational institutions of the US  to get rich...that's worth more than a look.

Okay, I have to ask this question....

30 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

you have four links that never reference how mail in votes didn’t get counted, how DeJoy was undermining the post office, or that the post office couldn’t handle the load of ballots.  But there is the above quote ^^

Why do you believe that mail-in votes weren't counted?  Not something regurgitated from a debunked theory.....you personally?

So, I watched the hearings on PBS online. After they were over, I switched over to CNN, and heard Conway and Wallace giving their very interesting takes on what we heard, then they began speaking with members of the committee right now.  MSNBC is currently re-airing the hearing, and CBS is speaking with Benny Thompson (committee chair).

On a whim, I switched over to Fox to see what they're saying about all this. I'm greeted with an ad for Duck Dynasty, and how they were going to be guests on Jesse Waters.  Now, they're talking about having a "Spotlight Awards" dinner to celebrate "extraordinary employees." Nada about the hearing.  Fox Business is talking about migrants coming over on illegal flights (quoting the NY Post, another Rupert Murdoch publication) , and "NewsNation" is speaking with some lady who just talked about Hunter Biden's laptop.

What a joke.

6 minutes ago, Scarlet said:

 

1 hour ago, TGHusker said:

Guessing who might be named who might have been seeking pardons:

Reps:  Gohmert, Gosar, Gaetz, Green (Hint don't elect a GOP person wt name starting with G),  Jordan,  Biggs, Brooks, Bobbitt (Don't elect a GOPer starting wt B)

Senator Johnson 

1 hour ago, alexhortdog95 said:

 

Apparently, Scott Perry is in some hot water as well, if you're watching what I'm watching....

Man @TGHusker was right on it

I just want to make it perfectly clear....

There are two kinds of folks on this matter....

1. People who accuse an election of being stolen either don't understand the process of how elections are run (majority of the general public), or

2. People who understand how elections are run and are trying to change the outcome of said election.

IF you don't understand how elections are run...GO AND VOLUNTEER AT YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS BOARD.

Quit being lazy and taking others word for it.

You even get paid a little bit of money too

I just want to make it perfectly clear....

There are two kinds of folks on this matter....

1. People who accuse an election of being stolen either don't understand the process of how elections are run (majority of the general public), or

2. People who understand how elections are run and are trying to change the outcome of said election.

IF you don't understand how elections are run...GO AND VOLUNTEER AT YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS BOARD.

3 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

Guessing who might be named who might have been seeking pardons:

Reps:  Gohmert, Gosar, Gaetz, Green (Hint don't elect a GOP person wt name starting with G),  Jordan,  Biggs, Brooks, Bobbitt (Don't elect a GOPer starting wt B)

Senator Johnson 

Apparently, Scott Perry is in some hot water as well, if you're watching what I'm watching....

Oh snap!  We now have a MTG mention for the first time during these Committee Meetings....

Hey everyone!  Been busy, but these Committee meetings for Jan 6 are compelling to me. 

EDIT - Also....a lot of the folks saying that this last election was "stolen" have obviously never worked an election before.

I've worked a couple up to this point, and trust me.....if you've never worked at a polling place (or your local election commission)....

Meemaw and PawPaw being the center of a nationwide effort to steal an election would be cartoonish.