OlDawg

I haven’t seen the FBI announce anything yet. Have you?

Looks like it to me. Like I say, I wonder how much input Miller had. Sounds like he’s right up Miller’s alley. If I had a personal recommendation for Trump, it would be to can Stephen Miller. Just me.

Possibly. All we have to go on are multiple reports from different media sources. After reading up on him after his service, I’m surprised and disappointed he was confirmed to the position in the first place. Looks like he had a solid, honorable military career. Then, he went off the rails after his wife was killed. I wonder how much input Miller had in his hiring? I’m not a Miller fan. Something just doesn’t pass the smell test with him to me. Advise and consent seems to have gone the way of the wind for both Parties.

If you’re referencing me, you’d be wrong again. You specifically stated the effort had already cost in the hundreds of billions. You were corrected with the available data that said $2 Billion/day was the high estimate. The request of $200 Billion is to cover current and future anticipated costs as well as weapon replacement costs and other future budget requests. From the article: President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday the war has already cost $12 billion. [Hidden Content]

According to multiple news reports across the spectrum, Kent had been under investigation for leaks months before his resignation, and had been cut out of communications during this time. Could this have something to do with his dissatisfaction & resignation?

Tucker Carlson and his antisemitic rhetoric... [Hidden Content]

Who is Joe Kent? Meet the Green Beret, MAGA loyalist, and former political candidate who quit over Iran [Hidden Content]

Iran's Intelligence Chief eliminated. He was also apparently the head of their terrorism coordination efforts. White House calls Iranian intelligence minister’s death ‘a good thing’ for the US By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Trump’s chief spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, said Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib was a “known terrorist.” “Of course, this man is no longer with us here on earth,” she said during a morning appearance on Fox News Channel. “And that’s a good thing for the United States. And it’s a good thing for the American people who have long been threatened by this rogue terrorist regime.” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday that its military had killed Khatib. [Hidden Content]

He knew it would be. That was his purpose.

He should have resigned in the way he served. With honor. The post of his resignation letter to X was not only uncalled for, it was detrimental to his brothers and sisters in harm's way. Whether we agree or not, they deserve our support. His action undermines that.

[Hidden Content] The Elections Clause (Article 1 Section 4) & the 17th Amendment dictate how to elect Senators and Representatives.

Break Out Another Thousand. Can you tell I was a boat owner many times over? 🤣

And people ask me why I'm a libertarian. lol Somehow--as I've said on this forum so many times I've lost count--our government has moved from it's core purposes to being nothing more than a wealth redistribution system built on a Ponzi scheme. The solution is to shrink the size and scope of the Fed as our framers intended. Get back as close as possible to enumerated powers. Dreaming, I know. But, one can dream.

Hopefully, Harris County will get back to where it was under Emmett. That was about as efficient as any sizable government entity I’ve experienced. It would be nice if Hidalgo either left early, or was given the boot, since she’s not running again anyway.

Harris County is definitely a pain. Had to go downtown to fix a title issue when the local annex messed me up. Was adding rights of survivorship where I could add a beneficiary to my autos. (Avoiding probate for my son on vehicles that are worth less than probate costs.) Coordinating between Harris County, TDMV, and the Feds new vehicle ID system was a nightmare.

Some of y'all really need to brush up on the Constitution.

No problem. I was editing still anyway.

Read my edit. Then, I'll respond if I need to. Besides, where in the Constitution are you guaranteed the right to vote? Please point it out to me.

Anyone who has had to get a new Driver's License in the last few years had to show a birth certificate, social security card, and/or a passport. You had to have proof of citizenship to get a new license with Real ID. A married person who changed their name just needs to also show their marriage certificate. Since--as I understand it--the States will still set the rules for acceptable citizenship verification, any Texas resident with a driver's license after 2016 should be in the Real ID system in Texas verifying their citizenship. Maybe, Texas will allow that to suffice. I haven't heard a definitive one way or the other yet since the Act hasn't even passed.

Tax the Rich? Extreme Mamdani estate tax proposal goes right after New York’s middle-class families [Hidden Content]

No problem. Liberals love them all. People who hate the Administrative State have a different opinion. They all used the Administrative State to bypass the Constitution, and created agencies that basically do not report to the people. It's only grown since then to the point where I'm not sure anyone really knows how many government agencies actually exist. All we know is it's layers upon layers.

Truman was one of--if not the worst--POTUS in U.S. history. He basically created the Administrative State. We owe our current massive bureaucracy and the inability to fire government employees to Truman. You can put FDR & Wilson on the list as the precursors. But, Truman expanded to the nth degree. All were progressive liberals who believed in big government.

As usual, he speaks without thinking much of the time.

There's actually some pretty big legal and humanitarian differences between calling something a conflict or operation vs calling it a war. Seems trivial. But, it's not. Also, the POTUS can't declare anything a war. Only Congress can do that. That's why I've been calling it a conflict.