SmashMouth

Blanket asylum at the current levels our buddy Biden brought us too? No... Not no, but Hell no.

I agree with the better part of your post...especially the part of the ridiculous short-sighted mandate for school vouchers which I feel will cost all of us Texans in the long run. The property tax system is far from perfect, but it's definitely better than a state withholding tax in my opinion. One of my biggest issues with the property tax system (which is a whole 'nother topic altogether) is the property valuation process. For instance, certain aspects of your property are not taken into account when appraising its market value. My driveway was all but destroyed from hurricane Harvey. I appealed my valuation to the appraisal district, and I was told driveways were not considered when appraising the FMV. So if I have a $500,000 house, but no way to drive to the house, don't you think that has a bearing on the property valuation? Same goes for the land. Much of it damaged by the flooding, but according to them, it is inconsequential to the appraisal. I could list examples all day, but I'll stop there for now.

Good rule of thumb. If it's a Silsbee post, specifically, you will hear about it if you stray... Otherwise, feel free to post whatever. Lol.

Yep. I lived in some of those neighborhoods close enough to walk to Edison Middle School. They were pretty bad then. Now it's even worse...

Please. Please do it here.

What a bad move...

Wrong answer bud. I don’t do that.

The unfortunate thing here is I am keeping an open mind, and you are only interested in playing the blame game. You have more in common with Trump than you realize. Lol.

NBC News: Trump Admits Mistake: Donald Trump appears to have walked back his claim that he saw a video of cash being transferred to Iran. Newsweek: "He valued the apartment at $327 million in 2015 and 2016 financial statements based on claims it was 30,000 square feet in size. However, the triplex was 10,996 square feet. The only thing they have, Trump concedes, is the triplex, which was a mistake." NBC News: "On June 23, 2019, Trump discussed the border, why he stopped a planned military strike on Iran and what he called his “biggest mistake” as president: appointing Jeff Sessions as attorney general." Joe Rogan Podcast: "I will say it always comes back to the same answer, the biggest mistake I made...I picked some people that I shouldn't have picked." Try again partner. I can look up more if you'd like... Took about 2 minutes to look these up.

Please sir, name me a true leader that does that. On the federal level. I agree with your premise, but that doesn't happen on either side of the aisle. Hence my disdain for most politicians. And if you're gonna bitch about it when "our" guy does it, you got a bitch about it when "your" guy does it too... Didn't hear much of this talk from '21 to '24.

If you truly believed that, I’d respect your answer more.

Fair enough. Just be happy the Democrat didn’t.

I guess you’re ASSUMING I voted for Trump in the primary? Trump got 76.42% of the primary vote. Haley only 19.68%. DeSantis just over 1.5%. Trump vs Kamala was the final choice. Everything else was a wasted vote. My vote counted and won by the way.

Still a cub!

I don't agree with everything DJT does. If I did, then I would be a mindless automaton like many people seem to be. But I can tell you right now, between DJT and Crazy Uncle Joe or Kamala the Ho, the choice is simple and crystal clear. Those were the choices. I made mine, and I'm happy with it. The choice to me was to go in the exact opposite direction of where I thought we should be headed (Biden/Harris) or head in the right direction with a few roadblocks and detours to navigate (Trump). It may take longer than I'd like, and the detours may be a little bumpy, but I'm gonna have a better chance at getting where I want to go with DJT. The alternative choice (ultra-progressive) was not only never going to even get me in the vicinity of where I wanted to be, it was going to put ALL of us in a bad place. Piss...moan... do whatever you like, but we will be in a better position when this is all said & done.

I grew up in Tyrrell Park - a predominantly black neighborhood. Those stories I told about looking back on the good times were with both my white & black friends. No matter the color - WE ALL SHARED THOSE GOOD TIMES! Sometimes, life is what you make of it. We were on the poorer side than most. I never knew it though. I said this about my Mom at her funeral. "She made EVERYTHING out of NOTHING". You can't tell me your Dad never laughed, never smiled, never enjoyed anything when he was young. YOU have chosen to spotlight the difficulties in his life instead of the shining points, though they may be few. Try reversing your approach, and I guarantee you'll be a better person for it.

Once again, I find myself sharing common ground with you. I wish more on here and in the mainstream would reach across when it's fitting. Although we've definitely been through trying times, embarrassing times and downright treacherous times, I can't imagine a better country at any point in time than the United States of America.

We like to call that a "tax increase".

Damn women drivers...

Which, by definition, makes him a winner, right?

So what? Sounds like you came out of it pretty clean. Concentrate on that, maybe?

I still don't understand the proponents of this legislation or the gain they really hope to achieve...

58 as of December. For some reason, I still think I’m 27.

Yeah, we had a green Matador station wagon, hopping between the back seat and the “back back seat”, as we called it, with Mama smoking up front with the window rolled up because of the rain. Heading to Showtown Drive-In which is now a driving range on the North end of Beaumont. Tuesday nights were $1 per car night. We didn’t have a lot, so mom cut corners where she could. She would pop a huge paper grocery bag full of popcorn, and bring a pitcher of Kool-Aid. My son, who didn’t grow up in such a less fortunate household, doesn’t believe all of the stories I tell him. Sometimes I wonder who was really more fortunate though, him or me. I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.

I lived 5 houses down from O'Bannions on 124 near Tyrrell Park in the early to mid-70's. My neighbor, Judy, would give me money to walk to the store, buy her a pack of Eve's Menthols, a Tab (remember, the diet drink in the pink can that tasted like cat piss), and I could have a nickel or so to buy some candy for my troubles. All of that was less than a dollar. I was seven buying smokes... Lol.