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Are we really the UNITED States of America anymore? As of the last couple of years, I would answer no.
The States are very divided on many issues, but none more than what this country was made of. Good people with Christian beliefs. 
To be 100% honest, Im more proud to be a Texan than I am to be an American.

We would have to do away with the United States of America.  I’m almost there.  States that handle their business shouldn’t have to support states that don’t.  Also, states that are concerned about border security shouldn’t have to fund it themselves while at the same time other states are providing sanctuary cities.

We would have to do away with the United States of America.  I’m almost there.  States that handle their business shouldn’t have to support states that don’t.  Also, states that are concerned about border security shouldn’t have to fund it themselves while at the same time other states are providing sanctuary cities.

Do you think they had to show an ID to get on the plane?

He used to date one…it didn’t work out. He’s hated them ever since. 

Congratulations 

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Round 4, 121st overall: Chad Dallas, RHP, Tennessee
Notable Skill: 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  added a cutter recently and it quickly became his best pitch, giving right-handed hitters fits. That pitch sits in the mid-80s behind his fastball, which sits 90-94 mph but has touched 98 mph. At 5-foot-11 and 206 pounds, Dallas doesn’t have the traditional starter’s build, but when the University of Tennessee recruited him as a reliever, he quickly pitched his way to being the program’s No. 1 starter. Dallas put up a 4.19 ERA this season, striking out 122 batters with just 20 walks over 103 innings, showing strong control of the zone. His secondary pitches will need to catch up, but that cutter has loads of potential. Fun Fact: His nickname is “Cheese.” Dallas’ brother, Jack, is a pitcher at Lamar University and his father, Tony, played baseball at Panola College. In high school with West Orange-Stark, Dallas won consecutive Class 4A state championship games.
Quotable: When Dallas arrived at Tennessee, two of his teammates -- Connor Pavolony and Evan Russell -- didn’t think he was a pitcher. Instead, they admitted to him later that they first thought he was a catcher, as Dallas told Knox News.
“Size is for the eyes, wins are for the stats,” Dallas said.

I’m surprised more of these folks haven’t been shot.  If I was driving through a city and protestors surrounded my vehicle, started screaming, banging on the vehicle, etc., I don’t think it would be unreasonable to fear for my life in that situation.  If my wife and kids were with me, I’d be very quick to get out of the situation, no matter what it took. 

Wow, where do you work?  I’ll make sure to never go there.

We should start an exchange program. If you think American sucks, we exchange you with a Cuban. It’s a win/win!

Agree, good points.
Also, teachers have no control over how much support a kid may get at home, whether by helping with homework from parents or having a tutor brought in, which will most likely turn out better grades.
Teachers can do absolutely everything they should and it still may not be reflected accurately in grade average by events out of their control.

$50 million bucks for a cabinet full of fools that couldn't run a lemonade stand, smh.

$50 million bucks for a cabinet full of fools that couldn't run a lemonade stand, smh.

I argue this with a lot of folks 50/50 is not equal considering demographics. But it’s certain areans like nfl /nba where you have coaches who been assistant head coaches 10+ years and get over looked for a coach with little to no pro experience. It’s certain areans where you gotta ask why is that. Just let the best Man woman get the job. This country is great because we have many cultures that makes us us. Let’s just embrace it. I don’t believe we fully embrace it. I do a lot of hiring and I always hire the best available.

it was a very good question. 
I think that is one of the misconceptions in the law. The feelings of the other person are basically irrelevant. It goes by the intent of the person committing the crime, not how it was received. Like if I walked up to you in a stern voice and say, “hey we need to talk” while pointing a finger at you. That is not a threat. A person might say it is threatening in their opinion but that is not a crime. If you walked up and said the same thing to me, should I be able to place you in jail and the answer is no. Well, “I felt threatened” does not make it a crime.
Now swap the scenario to the opposite direction. Let’s say I try to scare you and call you on the phone and say I’m on the way over with my shotgun, I will be there in five minutes and I’m going to kill you. Would that be a crime? In my opinion, yes. It could be harassment (often called telephone harassment or making a threat on the phone)  or terroristic threat. I made a threat to kill you in fairly short order with intent to scare you. That is a crime.
But what if….
Let’s say you answer on the phone, good, I have my gun and if you come at me  I am going kill you. I’m not afraid of you.
Legally your feelings do not matter. Just because you are not afraid, did I still commit a crime and the answer is yes. The crime was my intent to make you scared. Whether you were or not is irrelevant. That’s why, the feeling of the victim does not really matter under the law. It is the type of a mental state of the person who commits the crime that matters. 
If you get in a legal discussion and really want to impress your friends, tell them that it is the “mens rea” or Latin for the “guilty mind”.
Also…
Some crimes do not specifically mention a culpable mental state. I think public intoxication is one of those crimes where it just says that you’re in public and you’re intoxicated and you’re a danger to someone, it is a crime. It does not specifically mention your mental state. One is still required however.
The law in Texas says that if no mental state is specifically mentioned in the crime, then the prosecutor must prove that you were reckless. To put an easier, if not noted, the minimum of recklessness is a requirement to be proven. The only a mental state lower is criminal negligence. So if a crime does not mention what your mental state was , then the prosecutor has to at the very least prove you were reckless.
The difference between recklessness and criminal negligence in itself is interesting. In both of them you did not intend for the consequences. What happened was really an accident. But what is the difference? Criminal negligence is a complete accident but you should have known better. Maybe you ran a four way stop sign and caused an injury. What if you never saw the stop sign because you’re not paying attention as it required by law? In my opinion that is criminal negligence. You had your head up your butt. Now let’s say you ran the same stop sign but you did so intentionally. You sure did not want to get in a wreck and damage your own car so it was an accident. The act of running the stop sign however, was intentional. In both situations running a stop sign was the initial act or crime and the result in both was an accident causing injury. With one you intended to run the stop sign and the other one you negligently ran a stop sign. I call recklessness as an intentional accident. The act was intentional but the results were an accident. 
Another example might be let’s say you were in the woods target practicing and shooting at a tin can on top of a hill. You did not check out the area and your bullet goes over the hill and hits somebody on the other side. There was certainly no intent to cause that injury but in my opinion you’re darn sure reckless. You were reckless because you intended to fire the shot but did not intend the results. It was an intentional accident. Now let’s say you were walking through the woods with your gun off safety and your finger on the trigger. You trip and fall and your gun goes off accidentally and you hit the same person on the other side of the hill. In my opinion that is criminal negligence because you should have known better than to have your gun off safety with your finger on the trigger walking through the woods. You sure did not intend to fire the shot however your head up your butt caused someone to get shot.
In fact in Texas law the only difference between murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide is a culpable mental state.
Clear as mud?
Again, great question. 
 

I’ve wondered that also - more coverage or more perverted things happening?  After pondering this, I’m confident that more of it’s happening.  As these things happen more & more, it creates monsters out of those that would normally live a relatively normal life.  Take homosexuality.  You have married men with children now claiming to be homosexual.  Prior to homosexuality becoming “accepted”, these men would’ve lived out their lives as heterosexuals.  The more often things happen & are reported on, it triggers ideas/responses in others.
Lol, just remember, all this is just my opinion and I’m no Psychiatrist, or human behavior specialist.  I am positive we need many more Asylums and Prisons.

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up From the article:
Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance hit back at Vice President Kamala Harris' latest argument against voter ID laws, Monday, reacting on "Fox & Friends" to the VP's claim that rural voters don't have the ability to make photocopies of their IDs.
J.D. VANCE: We have all kinds of crazy things in small towns in the state of Ohio and across the country. We've got electricity, we've got running water, we even have soap. And it's amazing that the vice president of the United States thinks that people can't make photocopies in rural communities. I mean, it's like she thinks that if you go to a small town in this country, you've got the tractor supply store, you've got the guys with the dueling banjos and there's nothing else there. And of course, that's ridiculous. And anybody who lives in these communities or spent time in them knows that.

Oops. Forgot Bernie Sanders who has praised Castro in the past.
Bernie Sanders silent on Cuban pro-freedom uprisings after praising Fidel Castro's communist policies
 
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A question that will not be answered. The answer would kill his argument.
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Regardless of the struggle you point out here, wouldn’t you still want the most qualified person get hired, regardless of color?

Good freaking grief.  He needs to be publicly hanged.  I can only hope he receives “prison justice”.  Whatever happens to him there, he deserves it.
😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡 

This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up I read a lot of news in the evenings and the good and bad thing about the internet is it is too easy to go down rabbit holes.  I see more and more stories like the one I posted and what it brings to mind is that our world is getting darker and also that in these times we need good law enforcement officers / first responders more than ever, all while we have these lunatics on the left that want to defund law enforcement.  I cannot imagine rolling up on something like this and maintaining enough composure to not beat this lowlife to death with a nightstick, another unsung quality of good cops.
Warning: Disturbing article but as an admitted news junkie, I see more and more stories like this.  Maybe it’s been like this forever and we just see more coverage of it but I doubt it.

That’s what gets me, too.

Ok, I’m going to hell…