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Federal and state law prohibit it (but not in all circumstances) for something done as a child. When a child/juvenile is "certified" to stand trial as an adult, he/she no longer has that protection. In TX law only as an example, when a child is charged in a crime it is not a .... crime. It is called a civil violation. In Texas there are only two crimes/charges for juveniles. It is Delinquent Conduct and Conduct Indicating a Need for Supervision. DC is any crime that an adult can get jail time for and CINS is anything such as a traffic citation, runaway, minor in possession of alcohol, etc. A juvenile is charges like Delinquent Conduct/Assault. It shows delinquency based on actions of assault whereas an adult is simply charged with the crime of assault. It is like if you were caught stealing a candy bar at 12 years old and it go as a crime of theft for the rest of your life. Many jobs will not hire a person with a theft charge and what you did as a stupid young kid should not haunt you at 30 years old. In TX a juvenile can be charged as an adult down to 14 years old. It is not unheard of at all for 15 and 16 year old kids charged as adults for serious crimes. I have seen juveniles be sentenced to 30 or more years and in those cases their names are released.

They cannot seek the death penalty no matter what kind of case is filed. The USSC has ruled that no one that was under 18 when a crime was committed can face death. In TX for example, you are criminally an adult at 17. Even those you can get life without parole at 17, you cannot face death no matter how heinous the crime.

No. In his first reelection, FDR won all but two states.

Isn't that between a person and God and not for you to dictate who gets punished? While killing an unborn child very likely is a sin in the eyes of God, are you not a sinner or are you the one person that reaches the Perfection of Christ? I suppose you are the one spoken of in Martthew 7 where Christ says that you notice the speck of sawdust in your neighbor's eye yet ignore the plank in yours. I won't disagree that abortion is a sin however that is not for you to worry about. This thread is about when an abortion is legal by the laws of the land.

The market is driven by optimism whether on the upswing or downswing. Obviously people that invest heavily in the future of companies believes that Trump is way more likely to be business friendly than Obama. I think Obama has stifled the market but in the long run, you can never hold the American economy from advancing. It will eventually recover even with a bad administration in power. The problem with this big upswing in the market is that it is emotional just as if it was falling at a fast rate. It cannot keep going higher without falling. It might be fast or it might be gradual but relying too much on optimism and not output will leave some people holding the bag. That optimism will likely soon run out and it will be on Congress to actually pass some actions such as new rules or repealing old ones but in favor of business.

What about the physical life of the mother? If you have to use deadly force to protect your family at 3AM when an intruder is breaking into your home, is it murder? I understand and agree that you can have your own opinion but murder is a legal term and it is what the government sets. Kind of interesting or strange in TX, a mother can kill her own child without any justification but at the moment of conception, the child is otherwise under law seen as a person and anyone else that causes the death of a fetus is can be charged with Capital Murder.

Okay, Nixon's Silent Majority..... And yes, those were huge popular vote and electoral landslides. Nixon won by 16 million popular votes and Reagan won by 17 million.

Out of curiosity and not willing to research, was the other time Reagan's reelection? The reason I thought that might be true was that he won by such a huge margin over the entire nation that maybe the then heavy union vote crossed over. As they named them back then, Reagan Democrats. This time was clear just as for the rest of the nation, the Dems had such a lousy candidate. No matter if she won the popular vote by a slight margin, it should not have been close. The GOP nominates a reality star kind of clown, who is a billionaire and should be the hated enemy of the working class. He ran against a former first lady, senator, secretary of state and wife of a popular Democrat president. You would think it had been a 65%-35% win but even the buffoonery of Trump was destined to win over such a horrible candidate. Had the Dems not been afraid to run someone against the "machine", this would not have been close, going the other way and Trump would have been sent back to his tower.

I admire him as a war hero and sitting on top of a roman candle to orbit the earth in a rocket that I believe exploded a few times in tests. He served his country with nerves of steel. I don't agree with his abortion stance if that is what it was but one has nothing to do with the other. Heck, he was a Democrat and therefore likely liberal through and through. There are plenty of issues that I likely disagree with his stance. So what? I often see people say God Bless our troops or they respect them for serving. I guess that does not apply to ones that vote Democrat, support liberal politics, run for Democratic office.............. Maybe when I lower my flag on Memorial Day to half staff, I should put a cardboard D on the ground under the flag so that it shows I don't respect that men and women that died in service for our country because we differ politically.

Yep, saw his flight live and in black and white. He flew almost 200 combat missions in two wars and shot down enemy aircraft in both. Another heroic member of the greatest generation.

I met with a friend/partner right after he shot and killed a person on duty. Like this officer, it was his second. He ran it down to me blow by blow. It was not even debatable on being a lawful use of deadly force. But..... there was very clear video from two police cars. This is one case of it being very clear what happened and the deceased caused his own death. He lunged at an officer and grabbed a handgun that was in another officer's hands. The suspect had just pulled an aggravated robbery/car jacking and cut a victim. After he grabbed the officer's gun he began fighting over it and you can clearly see that he was about to get control (not that it matters in my opinion). My partner used a Taser on the guy and it did not work. The suspect got control over the officer's handgun and got off a single shot at my partner before he was then shot several times. None of it is open to debate. I could tell you no details and you could just watch the video and render a verdict in about 5 seconds. However.... the facebook comments were all over the place. He shot him because he was Hispanic, the officer shot him in the back seat of his patrol unit because he was being rude, the officer grabbed a gun instead of a Taser and accidentally shot the guy, etc. All of it is nonsense. It is very unfortunate for the family but they were shown the video by the DA. I am sure there is still plenty of friends and family that thinks it was wrong and was a cover up. People let emotions and friendships or family ties get in the way of facts. I wish they would show the video on the news or put it out on the internet even two years later.

I know a person that was a witness to this incident and gave a statement to the police. Like him, I don't know the officer, the deceased or any other person involved. He said that the deceased definitely had a baseball bat and several times the off duty officer told him to drop the bat. The deceased did not and was shot.

My thoughts are that he is a crybaby, and we have had them in electors in the past, who wants his 1.5 seconds of fame. He is not the first nor will he be the last elector to violate his promise.

My understanding of a problem lifestyle has no bearing on my belief for repayment. Bullets13 has ridden with me a few times on patrol including times that I and other officers have been confronted physically. See if he thinks I am tough in my opinion and approach to people if he will comment on it. Also see if he believes that I am lenient in my opinion of police officers that make obvious mistakes.

I said that drug addicts are like gambling addicts. Is that wrong? I have no clue about your BISD claims other than lumping me in with other people. I said this woman should pay for her crime. I have seen too many cases like this in Texas courts get probation and I do not agree with it but that is what often happens. I said that if she gets probation then people would be angry and rightfully so. Where has my experience made this an invalid post? Yes, I think you read too much into it.

What were my comments on BISD?

I cannot agree with this.It is wrong and improper. It is White House, not Whitehouse.

That is not what I said. I was listing things that conservatives and liberals argue over and I can understand the disagreements. It is the stupid SJW comments that I don't get.

Is that some kind of triumph of spirit that makes straight party Democrats feel good about themselves? Trump won over a woman that was supposed to be so powerful that she was unbeatable. Since she was possibly the worst candidate in 50 years from either party, now you have a cad that is soon to occupy the White House. His term will be for the next four years. Going over his past exploits about woman will not change that. Trump's only message was "I am against the establishment" and that carried him past 16 Republicans and the smartest woman in the world. Maybe the Dems and some Republicans should take notes..........

What in the world does that have to do with SJW which is what you quoted?

I believe that many or maybe a majority of people on the left are social justice warriors. I understand beliefs like more welfare or other social programs need to distribute wealth better, taxes ought to be doled out differently and slanting it more toward the well off, should scale back our military ([part of the same thing perhaps ), right to abortions or we should all tighten our belts so others could benefit. I might not agree with it but I can appreciate the opinion. Some of the nonsense that I see in my belief is instigating an argument for the sake of an argument or an SJW.

I had to look up who the current Secretary of the Treasury was. I had no clue. I am sure that I have seen his name a couple of times but it isn't exactly a hot button issue. So no, I would not have cared. For all I knew Mnuchin could have been the current secretary under Obama. Has it ever dawned on you that the USA elected a billionaire who beyond being extremely rich, has never lived like a middle class family and has never even sought public office before? WOW, a billionaire that many people voted for because he was a billionaire and a businessman is hiring rich people to run his programs. Stunning, utterly stunning. I thought he was ask Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid who they would like selected. I do not agree with it and never have but many people wanted an outsider that had run businesses. That is what he ran on and that is exactly what he is doing.

Are you aware that Castro installed nuclear missiles and brought us to as close to nuclear war as at any time in world history? Castro has not been avoided by every president since Eisenhower because he is a communist or ruthless. We routinely deal with such people but not ones that are 50 miles away and almost brought the world to destruction. It isn't like LBJ, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton as Democratic presidents loved to deal with Castro and then Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush were against it because of politics. All presidents for almost 60 years has kept away from Castro and it was one of the rare cases where almost everyone agreed .... until the apologist in chief came along. Nah.... probably not.

No.

Facts slow down the discussion.