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We exist just for you Jussie. Golly Jeez Shucks Jussie why you want to talk to us like that. Lol

The communist Biden Regime continues. Talk about transfer of wealth. Good ole Climate Crisis. We’re from the US government….we’re here to help.

There's been a lot talk about what makes a successful football program: Is the athletes or the coach. Let's look at this: Can anyone reasonably doubt that after continuing to combine schools, and now down to 2, that United has the athletes? Since they have moved up to 6A, they have population growth in their favor. In the last 4 years they are 15-25. So, has it been the athletes or the coaching? Thoughts?!

But you have to understand the viewpoints of the others. What if the government tried to tell you how many kids you were legally allowed to have, kinda like they do in China? My guess is that you believe that you, not the government (and your neighbors) should make that decision. If you could momentarily remove the idea that "abortion is murder" from your thought process, it simply becomes a matter of the government (and your neighbors) intruding into your life. That's the difference between "us" and "them." They (for the most part) aren't amoral, sinful people... they just disagree with us on a core issue. And if you could be so kind as to point me to a passage in the bible that specifically forbade abortion, it would make your point much more easy to defend. And before you said "thou shalt not kill," remember that you all agreed that particular commandment doesn't apply to the murder of those who have been convicted by a District Court Judge of Capital Murder. Is it such a stretch to believe that it also doesn't apply to the unborn, not yet capable of sustaining life? Let's don't even talk about the abortion pills. I'd love to hear all of y'all's thoughts on Plan B if you even know what it is.

I am hoping for a positive ruling on “shall not be infringed”. Talk about head exploding….

So what’s up? I haven’t spouted any gems of wisdom lately. Tonight I’ll talk about religion, which for me is Christianity. I became an “official” Christian (baptized) at 30. My wife of 8 years at the time, had joined/baptized into the Catholic Church some 5 years earlier. She was raised in Church of Christ, but was not enamored with it, nor was I as I visited it with her. No reflection on it, just not for us. I believe in Catholicism, but not as the “one and only”. As a Priest once said in his Homily, “the important thing is to be a good Christian. If there’s a stumbling Block for you in Catholicism, try one of the Protestant denominations” (a great Homily that I wish other Priest & Protestant Preachers would embrace). Anyway, back to religion. It’s been a great support for me as I’ve traveled through life. What do atheist fall back on when confronted with life’s great obstacles? There’s nothing that I’m aware of, while I can fall back on my Lord and Savior. He (they’ve) been, and still are, a comfort to me. When put in perspective, God’s sacrifice of his Son is hard to believe. Again, as one Priest said, we’re little more than pissants to God, yet he put his son through suffering for our salvation. Why? Because as unworthy as we are, he loves us. I’m thankful for his love. For Jesus’ sacrifice. When I say the Lord’s Prayer, I impose my forgiveness of others. When we pray, we shouldn’t just say the words but mean what we’re praying. I hope I haven’t offended anyone with my post here. Not my intention. I only wanted to share my thoughts and why I’m happy to be a Christian. I hope some of you share my love, and get the comfort I get from it. God Bless all of you. I consider you friends in Christ.

Two things: First, I heard a Republican Congressman say that if/when they take control of the House, they will not fund the Department Of Homeland Security until this section is eliminated. They'll talk to the Senate about stripping this language. Second, this is a clear violation of the first amendment. There should be a lawsuit shortly, if not already. BTW -- where is the ACLU?!

I’ve a very good friend who was a Democrat. We met about 10 years ago. We had discussions. Wow, you mean arguments? No, real discussions. We rarely agreed about politics but we could talk about our political likes and dislikes and respected each other’s opinions. He was liberal in most of his views, but not this Left Wing Loon Liberal type who’ve Shanghai the Democratic Party. He’s now Republican (literally more of an Independent) but not the staunch conservative I am. Not because he likes the Republican Party/Platform but because the Dems left him no choice. What I wonder, are there more like that who post on this Forum? If so, and you’re willing to admit it, please tell us your story. I’ve got a feeling a large number of people are caught in the same conundrum as my friend was.

This applies to me as well. It was just a word. You weren't supposed to say it to black people, but a lot of white people would use it when black people weren't around, and most of the time there didn't really seem to be any hatred in it. I can vividly remember a story my grandfather told me when I was 7 or 8 years old about a black guy who was working on his car and stood up and hit the back of his head on the side view mirror so hard it cracked the mirror. My grandfather said something like "man that n- had a hard head!" and then went on to talking about something else. He didn't hate that guy, and he wasn't trying to disrespect him either, that was just a word he'd always used to talk about black people. I honestly can't say how old I was when I really figured out the true harm of the word. I know it was a gradual change from not really paying attention to the word, to being a little uncomfortable hearing it, to not wanting to be around people who used the word. What amazes me to this day is how many people are stupid enough to say it. I mean, if it's a white supremacist at a rally, sure, I expect to hear it. But the fact that there are any white people out there that think it's a good idea to say the word, and think that their world isn't going to fall apart if someone finds out about it is baffling to me. You hear things like "no, I used the soft A on the end". How about you use both of your brain cells at the same time and just shut your mouth?

I don’t know if it is pathetic or hilarious or simply brainwashed that people that has some of them going off the deep end with Musk buying Twitter. To put it in simple terms, they are either mad that free-speech is allowed or they have no clue how repressive they have been with anybody that is not a robot. I have seen in this forum and several others, liberals, Democrats, etc. complaining of a conservative echo chamber. Have they looked in the mirror with Twitter? Talk about an echo chamber. It is like 50 million people get in there and repeat mantras like orange man bad, Republicans want dirty water, etc. but if a person says, “No we don’t”. in response we get….. HORRIBLE COMMENT!!! That person should be thrown off Twitter as he is trying to overthrow the country!! Many on the left are going out of their minds saying that this now opens the door for hate speech…. while not caring that much of what they call hate speech is protected under the First Amendment. BLM marches in the street chanting the police must die now and “pigs in a blanket, fry like bacon!!”. That is protected according to them and is not inciting violence or hate speech. If you respond by saying BLM is putting out hate speech, THAT is hate speech according to many on the left. How dare you criticize our sjw cause!? Again, I don’t know whether to think it is comical or pathetic or just downright disgusting.

Asking if the county is going to pay your legal fees makes me wonder…. The county is the one prosecuting, they sure are going to pay your legal fees. As far as the attorney thing, it depends on your opinion. it would always be beneficial to have an attorney present when you talk to the police after you shoot someone. I say if you talk to the police because if you don’t talk, and you absolutely have the right to remain silent, you are likely going to jail and/or prison. The law says if you intentionally shoot someone, it is murder. So the police come to your house and there’s a dead guy in your living room. The law says that is murder. Chapter 9 of the Penal Code however says that they are justification for doing so. In my opinion it is going to be hard to claim a justification of self defense without claiming the justification which means you have to give some kind of statement. The state does not have to negate self-defense unless you bring up evidence at a trial. As far as the claim of thousands of dollars, I doubt that unless it goes to trial. In my career I have been to a few self-defense shootings and the ones I can think of off the top of my head, the shooter did not go to jail. To my knowledge the shooter did not hire an attorney and the district attorney presented a case to a grand jury who returned a No Bill. With no indictment, the case was closed. A lot probably depends on the circumstances and maybe the county.A lot probably depends on the circumstances and maybe the county. If a guy kicks in your door at 2 AM, especially if you don’t know who it is, it is likely the case will go no further. The police will investigate and the DA will look into it but I would have a hard time believing any charges would be brought. If you are arguing with your neighbor in the front yard and for some reason it goes to a deadly for situation, you might be completely justified but it might be a little more complicated without a lot of witnesses and without a clear-cut reasoning for deadly force.

Breaking … Your girlfriend wanting to talk about her feelings during a John Wayne marathon on the Cowboy Channel - now has a higher approval rating than Joe Biden.

We talk about how Rusk is ranked with a losing overall record… what’s a travesty is Carthage not being ranked. Yeah they are 13-8 but they have split with #22 Rusk and #16 Lufkin Hudson. A one run loss to # 8 Pleasant grove. They also have the only win this season over 3A #6 Diboll.

Sounds like some folks from Beaumont were just passing through on their way to Silsbee to buy drugs. I thought it was pretty funny how all of the Beaumont race baiters popped out of the woodworks to sarcastically talk about "get these thugs off the streets", thinking Lumberton's first murder in however long was white people. Then it turns out it was some hispanics from beaumont, and they all disappeared from the comments real quick.

I wasn't at the game so I don't know what went on but I assure you Lumberton is not the only school in the area that does this. Not sure when it became acceptable but it's done very often and I hate it!!! It's even worse with it comes from the stands. At least the players have the balls to go out and compete. The cowards in the stands talk but can run and hide when things don't go their way. I have no problem if a team wants to be loud and support their own, but attacking the opposing team while using every line out of the "little league/select ball crap talking manual" is childish. Grow up, play the game the right way, and respect your opponents!!!

Lumberton takes the game 4-1. Too many walks, hit batters and a couple timely hits by Lumberton and Lumberton's pitcher keeping Vidor hitters off balance for the better part of the night. Vidor had chances but offensively could not deliver. To the Lumberton players, coaches, and parents/fans.... if you think the noise coming from yalls dugout is acceptable then you're the problem and the acts of your kids and team is a direct reflection of you!...Yelling "you suck", "get him a blue pill cause he can't get it up" yelling Vidor players names..."we want so-n-so", yelling players names off other teams..."he's going to do to you what he did against an lcm player (want name his name)"...calling Vidor players in the field by name and other names...unacceptable! Having the ump stop the game to talk to your coach and players should have been enough but the yelling continued. Again this is a direct reflection of the coaches and parents... lumberton do better!

he didn't. he made a point, and i replied with one. it was not a threat in any way. my post that he quoted was a general statement to everyone, that we need to speak to each other as adults.. he took exception to folks who disagreeing with him being referred to as adults. I was merely stating that as long as he can talk to them without insulting them, then he has nothing to worry about.

when people's version of pointing out the truth is calling someone stupid or a moron, then yup. that comment wasn't directed at you necessarily, but i quoted you since you apparently took exception to me asking folks to talk to each other like adults. I don't recall you doing anything that I've ever thought needed a warning or a ban, and we interact a decent amount on here.

I hate talking to myself but cmon guys lol Where are the Orangefield, Silsbee, or BC fans at? How am I supposed to pass time at work if no one wants to talk some 4A lol? I thought Orangefield lost a good bit from last years team but apparently they just reloaded ?

Back in the days of Pagers….. I am talking the “cool” new age Pagers with alpha numeric where you could actually type about a three line message. I was on the swat team back then and we thought technology had come basically to an end. Normally when we got a swat call out for hostage or something like that from our “old” pagers, we would get the police department dispatch number followed by – 911. With the new alpha numeric pagers we could get an actual address and may be a brief description like hostage or barricaded suspect. But that’s not the story… the new style pager is. A person had their car broken into, I believe in Nederland. Stolen out of the auto burglary (felony back then) was one of the alpha numeric pages. The person/victim had the phone number written on the back of the pager however. The victim of the crime worked for one of the local EMS companies. I am assuming that it was standard that when the EMS company needed overtime, they would send out a group text saying something like, anyone wanting to work the night shift please call. Well that group text also went to the pager that was stolen and the person in possession of it saw the message. This person (suspect) thought, what great technology, now they are advertising jobs on pagers. She thought it was an advertisement for some company looking for Night Shift workers. So….. she called the number and said I would like to inquire about a job opening on the Night Shift. A quick thinking EMS dispatcher knew that a Pager had been stolen and ask the suspect, what pager number are you calling for. Of course the suspect complied and said I am calling from Pager number xxx-xxxx whatever. The dispatch put the suspect on hold and went and told the facility manager. The dispatcher then got back on the phone with the suspect and said can you be here at 4 o’clock for an interview. They have set up an impromptu sting. They called the police and we were waiting inside the manager’s office. Being a good prospective employee, the suspect showed up several minutes early and was told to go into the managers office. She did. When she looked at our officers said something like, “Uh oh!”. I was working that day but unfortunately not at the scene but I talk to the officers and read the report. So the suspect was using a stolen Pager and thought she was going to get a job and ended up setting up her own arrest.

G.A. (GARY AUTRY) MOORE, JR. 44 years; 426-92-9; 27-19-81962 Bryson (6-Man)1963 Pilot Point 6-3-01964 Pilot Point 7-3-01965 Pilot Point 8-1-2*1966 Pilot Point 5-5-01967 Pilot Point 5-4-11968 Pilot Point 10-1-0*1969 Pilot Point 8-2-01970 Pilot Point 7-3-01971 —ministry—1972 Celina 8-1-11973 Celina 9-1-01974 Celina 13-1-1*1975 Celina 13-1-0*1976 Celina 9-1-01977 Pilot Point 7-3-01978 Pilot Point 9-1-01979 Pilot Point 11-1-0*1980 Pilot Point 14-0-1* 1981 Pilot Point 15-0-0*1982 Pilot Point 12-1-0*1983 Pilot Point 11-1-1*1984 Pilot Point 10-1-0*1985 Pilot Point 13-1-0*1986 Sherman 6-4-01987 Sherman 6-4-01988 Celina 13-2-0*1989 Celina 8-3-0 R1990 Celina 9-1-1*1991 Celina 8-2-01992 Celina 8-3-0 R1993 Celina 7-3-01994 Celina 11-1-0*1995 Celina 15-1-0 R1996 Celina 11-1-0*1997 Celina 11-3-0*1998 Celina 14-2-0 R 1999 Celina 16-0-0* 2000 Celina 16-0-0* 2001 Celina 16-0-0*2002 Pilot Point 7-4-0 T2003 Pilot Point 7-5-0 T2004 Pilot Point 8-3-0 R I know we like to talk about Westerburg, but how about us talking about what G.A. Moore did? Won a title at Celina, went to Pilot point won 2 in a row, then went back to Celina. There he won one, then two years later won 4 in a row. Did the talent just happen to show up at every school he showed up at? Or was it his coaching ability that made this possible? As I've said before, nothing's in a straight line. There are no guarantees. But, I think what could be somewhere at, or over, 90% of the time, an Elite coach (2 or more Titles) can/will win Titles at different schools. Again, my opinion.

The five year olds were trying hard to become accustomed to school. Their biggest problem, the teacher insisted on no baby talk. You need to use big people words. She ask what they did over the weekend, how about you John? He said, “I went to visit my Nana. No the teacher said, you visited your grandmother. Use Big Peoples words. She then ask Mitchell, he said, “We took a ride on a choo-choo”. No, you rode on a train. Remember Big Peoples words. She then ask Alan and he said,” I read a book”. Teacher say, that’s great, what did you read? Alan thought very hard about it and finally said, “Winnie the s**t”.

I contacted five state championship coaches one year when volleyball season and asked if I could meet with. I told them I would come to them and pay them for their time, but I just wanted to talk about the game and see what they were doing different than our area. One coach had just won her third in a row. The first thing she said to me was, “Coach…you are only as good as your athletes.” During our conversation the name Ryan Mitchell came up and how good of a job he was doing. She told me he was her assistant and would talk about how terrible some coaches her. She would tell him, “Ryan…that coach could be really good but you are only as good as your players.” He took a job a school and left after two or three years because he was getting his butt kicked. Humbled, he went back to being her assistant for a year or two. He then left and started the volleyball program at Lucas Lovejoy…he won five straight state championships, including moving from 4A to 5A during that five year span. Just an example how most coaches think…we are only as good as our athletes, but it is our job to maximize their talents to the best of their abilities. I also think this debate is probably as pointless as trying to change a Democratic to Republican or Republican to Democrat. You aren’t going to change anyone’s mind on how they feel.

And folks, keep it respectable. We can all agree or disagree and still talk like adults.

Can you think of a time where the SC has reversed its own self? I can’t. That’s an honest question. And do we really want to live in a country where the law of the land changed course 180 degrees every time the balance of power on the SC shifts to one side or the other. People talk about activist courts and I wouldn’t blame an administration from stacking the court to achieve their means if precedent means nothing because of partisan/activist justices. Denying a woman the right to an abortion was deemed unconstitutional in 1973. Nothing has changed since, other than the balance of power on the Supreme Court. The right way to handle the matter is to amend the constitution… not continuing to take bites at the same old apple. It’s crazy how righties blood runs cold when they think of the Supreme Court re-hearing cases on gun control, etc…. But they’re all for it on this issue. Here’s another question… what happens if the SC hears arguments and decides not to overturn Roe v Wade? Are y’all all gonna take your fetus posters home and get on with your life or continue to “fight the good fight” while completely avoiding the correct solution because you know that it’ll never fly?