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Everything posted by tvc184
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You forgot baseball. It is more like 4 or 5 million but they are silenced and not from the outside.
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Great video when he does it.
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Clarke called Eric Holder an SOB. That already vaults him to near to top of the spectrum for most people.......
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STOP THE PRESSES!! New revelation shows that Trump has big mouth and never knows when to shut up or stop tweeting! Meanwhile, Apollo 11 lands on the Moon...............
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I was saying this way before the election. For some reason it still goes over most Democrat's heads. Trump never got a majority of the Republican's support. He was the lucky odd man left standing after 17 people tossed their hat in the ring, knowing how vulnerable Hillary was and that even early on, knew that the Dems would not allow anyone else to be nominated. Trump has never been popular even among his supporters. He simply wasn't Hillary. Will the Dems ever face up to that? I doubt it. You can youtube all kinds of Democratic opinions that Hillary caused Trump but the mainstream public seems to gloss over that.
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Yes, that is what cost the Dems as they had no real primary. It took an independent in Sanders to even challenge the system as all of the main Democratic players had gotten their marching orders..... stay out and let the queen be crowned. It backfired on them.
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I would guess .... maybe. McCain would not have a lot of the conservative or GOP vote crossover but he would get some. He would likely have gotten most of the Democrat vote. The Democrats are way more loyal to the party name than actual politics in my opinion. The GOP has a lot more independent thinkers which is why they are always arguing among themselves on who is conservative "enough" whether on candidates or bills/laws. They generally agree with each other on principle but will vote no out of spite if they don't get exactly what they want. The Dems tend to vote more on party based on nothing more than party. They tend to be way more party loyal. The vote was close enough in some states to possibly make a difference. Some of the crossover vote that Trump got from the Dems would not have swapped if it had been anyone other than Clinton. While I said above the Dems are more likely to vote by party, Hillary was bad enough of a candidate to overcome that. Let's face it, Obama and Clinton are not popular no matter what poll someone spits out. Clinton was a horrible candidate and Obama's reputation and legacy was no help. The bottom line is that had McCain been the Democratic nominee, Trump would not have gotten nearly as much crossover or refusal to vote from the Dems and McCain would have swung some minor GOP votes. It would likely not have been more than 1/2 - 1% in some states but in this close election that may have made the difference. Hillary was simply so horrible of a candidate, I think you might put any person's name in the, "would ______ have beaten Trump?" and probably end up in the affirmative.
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I would never try to outguess a jury and I would not likely even put money on a jury decision but I can't see a Murder conviction. I could easily believe Manslaughter which says you kill someone while acting recklessly. Murder requires the intent or knowledge to kill. I would like to know what the officer saw whether firing at a vehicle moving in any direction. Did he see a muzzle flash near the car? Did the car backfire? Especially if a camera shows something like that, I can envision an acquittal or more likely a Criminal Negligent Homicide conviction where you kill someone but with "criminal negligence". I think a jury might have a hard time having 12 people believe that the officer "intended" to kill that child while knowing that he wasn't acting in self defense. I can believe that a jury would find that made a terribly stupid decision and it cost a life... which would likely be Manslaughter. But.... I would never try to outguess a jury.... especially since we know very little about the case.
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Treyvon Martin's Life Didn't Matter to His Parents
tvc184 replied to Hagar's topic in Political Forum
Zimmerman didn't approach Martin. It was the other way around. How do you know who Zimmerman has called in on? -
The board puts it on the ballot. The registered voters in the district vote for or against. I am saying that people that have a higher land/home ownership have a higher percent of people whose taxes will go up if it passes. I am saying that it is easy to say..... "Sure, give me a brand new and awesome whatever...", if you aren't the one paying, AKA land or home owners.
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.... except bullets is not a conservative.
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Not that would make any sense. Maybe it was kind of an in your eye to the state of Texas for removing their beloved and crooked board or perhaps it was just because my representative voted in lockstep with the rest of the people who were crooked, it wasn't her fault that she went along.
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Treyvon Martin's Life Didn't Matter to His Parents
tvc184 replied to Hagar's topic in Political Forum
Which has what to do with Martin attacking him? -
Nothing in any of my posts have said anything about it being wrong to pay for something that children can use. I think that Vidor getting a new high school or Nederland getting a new football stadium would be awesome. My opinion on either was never brought up so I'm not sure what your comment even means or why it was stated. All that I have said is that the people who actually have to pay for it have made a decision. Again, it is easy for someone who is not paying the bills to vote yes for someone else's money to be spent.
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Most of the people voting in Nederland are not the "old heads". In fact the protests to not pass the bond issue wasn't led by a bunch of old codgers. I spoke to several of them and they were a heck of a lot younger than me. Of course you probably are better in tune with the voting population in Nederland than I am. Maybe it was just that the people who actually had to pay for it, didn't want to. Again, it is easy to say build, spend, give me more..... when the person isn't the one paying the bills.
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Treyvon Martin's Life Didn't Matter to His Parents
tvc184 replied to Hagar's topic in Political Forum
So you have perceptions (opinions, judgments, etc.) of nothing as everything is left to God? Don't look at the speck in my eye while missing the plank in yours. I get it..... But I have sure seen a lot of opinions by the person (you) that claims to leave it for "God to decide". I suspect your deferral to God is limited by the question asked (that you don't want to answer) and not in principle of it. Again, I get it. -
Treyvon Martin's Life Didn't Matter to His Parents
tvc184 replied to Hagar's topic in Political Forum
I guess you missed the word "perception". -
Land owners pay the taxes. It is easy to vote for spending money when you aren't the one paying the bill. Apparently many of the people in Vidor actually own housing and don't want to fool the bill for a new school. The same thing happened in Nederland a few years ago with the bond that would have built a new football stadium. The people paying the taxes said no.
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Treyvon Martin's Life Didn't Matter to His Parents
tvc184 replied to Hagar's topic in Political Forum
Martin would be alive if he would not have attacked Zimmerman. It does not matter with Zimmerman had in his mind once that he was attacked and had to defend himself. -
News is about sensationalism, not news in itself. Not seeing something on the does does not mean that it does not exist. It only means someone in the news department did not feel that it would get enough people talking.
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They weren't removed for breaking the law but for being stupid. If we kept stupid people from running for office.................
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Did you vote for a wall that Mexico was paying for?
tvc184 replied to westend1's topic in Political Forum
Anyone that voted for Trump because the voter thought that Mexico was going to run out and build a wall is an idiot. Again... and again and again and...... The people voted against the worst candidate that has ever been nominated in our lifetimes. -
Not for three more years. That is meaningless (not surprisingly) since no law has been changed. A person on Medicare cannot say that he/she has lost anything as nothing has yet changed, if ever. "Do you receive Medicare benefits" proves absolutely nothing even for a person that is on it. By the way, my mother is for many years and I have yet to see her lose anything..... maybe because the law hasn't changed. Oh well, to heck with the facts............ Now that you have researched it, please show the passages that say Medicare will be ended for millions of people.