1989NDN

Coach Frey...my 0.02 cents...go with your current hometown, Port Neches - Groves.
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Left 0.85
Libertarian 0.67
Interesting Quiz, thanks for sharing.
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In my best voice imitating the late, and creatively talented, Johnnie Cochran:  If the shoes don't fit, you must acquit.

Regardless if you are a Dem. or Rep., we should all agree on some basic principles for all of mankind (humankind):
1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
2. To those who have been given much, much will be required of you.
3. Those less fortunate (by no circumstance or choosing of their own) should be able to get help/assistance.  As one of the wealthiest and greatest nations on earth, with a society of innovative, successful and caring people, we should find a way to offer assistance and care to our elderly, disabled, children/infants, widows/widowers, and orphans.  A combination of private, charitable and public funds should be available to help our neediest neighbors.  No one should have to go hungry, go without medicine, or have to choose between eating one hot meal vs. paying for medication to survive another day.  Go out and volunteer.  Take a Saturday and deliver Meals on Wheels.  You will meet great people who will make you think twice about ending all social programs.  Too many elderly people and families with special needs children/adults having to make tough choices about eating versus paying for health care/doctor's visits/medicine.  I've met them.  These are not people looking to abuse social programs.  These are retirees who have just enough to make ends meet, but they have to forego some necessities, e.g., they don't turn on the A/C or water for fear of a high utility bill, they don't shower everyday for fear of a high utility bill, they don't eat everyday because they need $100 or $200 at the end of the month for more medication.  These issues will move you to be more compassionate and less worried about Dems v. Reps., less worried about having a few extra dollars taken from you paycheck to help provide for your community.
4. We need to find a way to ensure that systemic and/or individual abuse of social programs is stopped.  Like most people, I don't like it when I see or hear about welfare kings and queens.  But, that dislike does not move me to the extreme of ending all social programs for our most neediest brothers and sisters.  We need to be fiscally responsible.  Hardworking people will pay taxes and give to charities to help others, but there is no denying that abuse of the public programs diminishes one's willingness to pay those taxes or to freely give.  We need to find the right balance.
When I visit this forum, there is always too much extreme focus on the left vs. the right.  Start looking at what's in the middle.  Few people on the extreme left or right.  There's a whole bunch of great people in the middle.
Go Indians.  Peace.

Regardless if you are a Dem. or Rep., we should all agree on some basic principles for all of mankind (humankind):
1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
2. To those who have been given much, much will be required of you.
3. Those less fortunate (by no circumstance or choosing of their own) should be able to get help/assistance.  As one of the wealthiest and greatest nations on earth, with a society of innovative, successful and caring people, we should find a way to offer assistance and care to our elderly, disabled, children/infants, widows/widowers, and orphans.  A combination of private, charitable and public funds should be available to help our neediest neighbors.  No one should have to go hungry, go without medicine, or have to choose between eating one hot meal vs. paying for medication to survive another day.  Go out and volunteer.  Take a Saturday and deliver Meals on Wheels.  You will meet great people who will make you think twice about ending all social programs.  Too many elderly people and families with special needs children/adults having to make tough choices about eating versus paying for health care/doctor's visits/medicine.  I've met them.  These are not people looking to abuse social programs.  These are retirees who have just enough to make ends meet, but they have to forego some necessities, e.g., they don't turn on the A/C or water for fear of a high utility bill, they don't shower everyday for fear of a high utility bill, they don't eat everyday because they need $100 or $200 at the end of the month for more medication.  These issues will move you to be more compassionate and less worried about Dems v. Reps., less worried about having a few extra dollars taken from you paycheck to help provide for your community.
4. We need to find a way to ensure that systemic and/or individual abuse of social programs is stopped.  Like most people, I don't like it when I see or hear about welfare kings and queens.  But, that dislike does not move me to the extreme of ending all social programs for our most neediest brothers and sisters.  We need to be fiscally responsible.  Hardworking people will pay taxes and give to charities to help others, but there is no denying that abuse of the public programs diminishes one's willingness to pay those taxes or to freely give.  We need to find the right balance.
When I visit this forum, there is always too much extreme focus on the left vs. the right.  Start looking at what's in the middle.  Few people on the extreme left or right.  There's a whole bunch of great people in the middle.
Go Indians.  Peace.

Regardless if you are a Dem. or Rep., we should all agree on some basic principles for all of mankind (humankind):
1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
2. To those who have been given much, much will be required of you.
3. Those less fortunate (by no circumstance or choosing of their own) should be able to get help/assistance.  As one of the wealthiest and greatest nations on earth, with a society of innovative, successful and caring people, we should find a way to offer assistance and care to our elderly, disabled, children/infants, widows/widowers, and orphans.  A combination of private, charitable and public funds should be available to help our neediest neighbors.  No one should have to go hungry, go without medicine, or have to choose between eating one hot meal vs. paying for medication to survive another day.  Go out and volunteer.  Take a Saturday and deliver Meals on Wheels.  You will meet great people who will make you think twice about ending all social programs.  Too many elderly people and families with special needs children/adults having to make tough choices about eating versus paying for health care/doctor's visits/medicine.  I've met them.  These are not people looking to abuse social programs.  These are retirees who have just enough to make ends meet, but they have to forego some necessities, e.g., they don't turn on the A/C or water for fear of a high utility bill, they don't shower everyday for fear of a high utility bill, they don't eat everyday because they need $100 or $200 at the end of the month for more medication.  These issues will move you to be more compassionate and less worried about Dems v. Reps., less worried about having a few extra dollars taken from you paycheck to help provide for your community.
4. We need to find a way to ensure that systemic and/or individual abuse of social programs is stopped.  Like most people, I don't like it when I see or hear about welfare kings and queens.  But, that dislike does not move me to the extreme of ending all social programs for our most neediest brothers and sisters.  We need to be fiscally responsible.  Hardworking people will pay taxes and give to charities to help others, but there is no denying that abuse of the public programs diminishes one's willingness to pay those taxes or to freely give.  We need to find the right balance.
When I visit this forum, there is always too much extreme focus on the left vs. the right.  Start looking at what's in the middle.  Few people on the extreme left or right.  There's a whole bunch of great people in the middle.
Go Indians.  Peace.

I know it is early in the 2017 season, but the Astros could have something special.  Barring injury, and Lord forbid our early season high hopes jinx the team, but the Astros could be a strong contender for the AL crown and a legitimate threat to win the World Series.  I know, it's April.  Slow down 1989NDN.
It's early, but so far the Astros have average to above average starting pitching, a strong bullpen (middle relief and closing), and the pieces of the puzzle on offense are starting to gel.  One through nine in the batting order can get hot and swing the stick.  And, who doesn't love Jose Altuve?  He is 5'5" of dynamite.  My favorite Astros player for the past three seasons.  He is what young kids should strive to be as they grow up playing baseball.  Hey kid, you're too small, you're to slow, blah...blah...blah...you can't do it at 5' 5"...you can't do this...you can't do that....  Yet, Altuve can do it all.  Love his tenacity and grit at the plate.  He can fight off the inside heat, he can fight off the curve ball and slider, and he can wait for his pitch to hit.  Great player.
NO INJURIES in 2017.  Go Astros.  It could be a special season.
Go Astros.  Peace.

PN-G fan...I don't know what Coach Monte Barrow did or did not do on the staff at NHS, but I can tell you from past W/L results -- and not from just the PN-G game each year -- that Coach Barrow put together some good offensive game plans.  Game plans approved by Larry Neumann.  That should be good enough for Coach Barrow to get his shot under the bright lights as head coach.  As for Delbert Spell, I'm guessing each August for the past 20+ years, Coach Neumann said, "Delbert, on defense, you know the pieces of our personnel puzzle, so go put the best pieces together and let me know when you are finished."  That seemed to work well for 20+ years.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Go Indians.  Peace.

PN-G fan...I don't know what Coach Monte Barrow did or did not do on the staff at NHS, but I can tell you from past W/L results -- and not from just the PN-G game each year -- that Coach Barrow put together some good offensive game plans.  Game plans approved by Larry Neumann.  That should be good enough for Coach Barrow to get his shot under the bright lights as head coach.  As for Delbert Spell, I'm guessing each August for the past 20+ years, Coach Neumann said, "Delbert, on defense, you know the pieces of our personnel puzzle, so go put the best pieces together and let me know when you are finished."  That seemed to work well for 20+ years.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Go Indians.  Peace.

Tom Herman did the same things at Houston.  Before that, he learned his tricks of the trade from Urban Meyer, who did the same things at Utah, Florida and Ohio State.  If a unit, e.g., the defense, had a bad practice, then they ate watered down eggs and 2-day old toast.  The flip side, if a unit had a great practice, e.g., special teams did well in a given practice, then they got extra perks, i.e., got to skip running drills or got their choice on the dinner menu.  If a certain player within a unit performed poorly in a practice or game, i.e., a RB fumbled during the offensive session or a QB threw an INT during a game, then that player got called out in front of his teammates and had to take a "penalty," i.e., maybe five extra gassers or he had to run gassers with weight belts on his legs.   Tom Herman is big on eliminating mistakes -- no fumbles or INTs or stupid penalties, and he is big on accountability.  His practices are physical.  It may look like hazing to an outsider, but it's not.  It's a system of rewards vs. penalties.  If you crack a helmet or bend a face mask due to a hit, you get a reward.  If you screw up and cost the team, you get penalized.  If you can survive Coach Herman's practices, the games will seem like a walk in the park.  From Coach Herman's time at UH, I can tell Texas fans that UT teams will not be worn down.  Those kids that get tired and make mistakes in games and those that will not "out physical" their opponent, they will not play.  Those kids that sell-out and physically dominate an opponent, e.g., Ed Oliver at UH, Stephen Taylor at UH, Elandon Roberts at UH, etc., those kids will play for Tom Herman regardless of their pedigree (5-star, 2-star, walk-on) and regardless of their classification (FR, SOPH, JR, SR).  It's not hazing.  It's called creating a culture.  It worked at Utah, Florida, Ohio State, Houston...and it will work at Texas.
Peace.

Tom Herman did the same things at Houston.  Before that, he learned his tricks of the trade from Urban Meyer, who did the same things at Utah, Florida and Ohio State.  If a unit, e.g., the defense, had a bad practice, then they ate watered down eggs and 2-day old toast.  The flip side, if a unit had a great practice, e.g., special teams did well in a given practice, then they got extra perks, i.e., got to skip running drills or got their choice on the dinner menu.  If a certain player within a unit performed poorly in a practice or game, i.e., a RB fumbled during the offensive session or a QB threw an INT during a game, then that player got called out in front of his teammates and had to take a "penalty," i.e., maybe five extra gassers or he had to run gassers with weight belts on his legs.   Tom Herman is big on eliminating mistakes -- no fumbles or INTs or stupid penalties, and he is big on accountability.  His practices are physical.  It may look like hazing to an outsider, but it's not.  It's a system of rewards vs. penalties.  If you crack a helmet or bend a face mask due to a hit, you get a reward.  If you screw up and cost the team, you get penalized.  If you can survive Coach Herman's practices, the games will seem like a walk in the park.  From Coach Herman's time at UH, I can tell Texas fans that UT teams will not be worn down.  Those kids that get tired and make mistakes in games and those that will not "out physical" their opponent, they will not play.  Those kids that sell-out and physically dominate an opponent, e.g., Ed Oliver at UH, Stephen Taylor at UH, Elandon Roberts at UH, etc., those kids will play for Tom Herman regardless of their pedigree (5-star, 2-star, walk-on) and regardless of their classification (FR, SOPH, JR, SR).  It's not hazing.  It's called creating a culture.  It worked at Utah, Florida, Ohio State, Houston...and it will work at Texas.
Peace.

Tom Herman did the same things at Houston.  Before that, he learned his tricks of the trade from Urban Meyer, who did the same things at Utah, Florida and Ohio State.  If a unit, e.g., the defense, had a bad practice, then they ate watered down eggs and 2-day old toast.  The flip side, if a unit had a great practice, e.g., special teams did well in a given practice, then they got extra perks, i.e., got to skip running drills or got their choice on the dinner menu.  If a certain player within a unit performed poorly in a practice or game, i.e., a RB fumbled during the offensive session or a QB threw an INT during a game, then that player got called out in front of his teammates and had to take a "penalty," i.e., maybe five extra gassers or he had to run gassers with weight belts on his legs.   Tom Herman is big on eliminating mistakes -- no fumbles or INTs or stupid penalties, and he is big on accountability.  His practices are physical.  It may look like hazing to an outsider, but it's not.  It's a system of rewards vs. penalties.  If you crack a helmet or bend a face mask due to a hit, you get a reward.  If you screw up and cost the team, you get penalized.  If you can survive Coach Herman's practices, the games will seem like a walk in the park.  From Coach Herman's time at UH, I can tell Texas fans that UT teams will not be worn down.  Those kids that get tired and make mistakes in games and those that will not "out physical" their opponent, they will not play.  Those kids that sell-out and physically dominate an opponent, e.g., Ed Oliver at UH, Stephen Taylor at UH, Elandon Roberts at UH, etc., those kids will play for Tom Herman regardless of their pedigree (5-star, 2-star, walk-on) and regardless of their classification (FR, SOPH, JR, SR).  It's not hazing.  It's called creating a culture.  It worked at Utah, Florida, Ohio State, Houston...and it will work at Texas.
Peace.

I've said it many times. I prefer the traditional look established in the seventies and eighties.
Home: All purple uniforms or a mixture of purple and white (zig/zag trim).
Away: All white storm trooper look (purple zig/zag trim).
Most of the PN-G graduates and fans that I keep up with do not care one way or the other. There are a few vocal die-hard alums that do not want anything but purple/white.  I can understand that view.  There is nothing wrong holding on to the traditional purple/white look. That said, if today's kids want to mix things up with a purple/white/gray combo, I can live with that, too.  It's not the end of the world.  Uniforms come and go.  What stays with Indians forever...Honor, Pride and Tradition.
Go Indians.  Peace.

I've said it many times. I prefer the traditional look established in the seventies and eighties.
Home: All purple uniforms or a mixture of purple and white (zig/zag trim).
Away: All white storm trooper look (purple zig/zag trim).
Most of the PN-G graduates and fans that I keep up with do not care one way or the other. There are a few vocal die-hard alums that do not want anything but purple/white.  I can understand that view.  There is nothing wrong holding on to the traditional purple/white look. That said, if today's kids want to mix things up with a purple/white/gray combo, I can live with that, too.  It's not the end of the world.  Uniforms come and go.  What stays with Indians forever...Honor, Pride and Tradition.
Go Indians.  Peace.

Long over due.  Stop wasting time and resources on small amounts of Mary Jane.  Harris County DA Kim Ogg should have made this announcement on April 20 (420).

Federal judges are not elected.  They are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.  Some state court judges are elected, e.g., Texas.  Others are appointed by the state's governor, and others have a hybrid system for appointing/electing judges.
Too much of a knee-jerk reaction to call for impeachment of a judge because you disagree with his or her ruling or the opinion of a court.  If you disagree, then appeal.  Argue the flaws of your opponent's case and the merits of your case.  If we attacked the judiciary and impeached every judge that did not agree with the then-existing/prevailing majority, then we would still be stuck with separate-but-equal, Jim Crow laws, limited protections for free speech, limited rights of privacy, etc.  Things balance out.  The Warren Court was countered by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts...ebb and flow of life.
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Federal judges are not elected.  They are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.  Some state court judges are elected, e.g., Texas.  Others are appointed by the state's governor, and others have a hybrid system for appointing/electing judges.
Too much of a knee-jerk reaction to call for impeachment of a judge because you disagree with his or her ruling or the opinion of a court.  If you disagree, then appeal.  Argue the flaws of your opponent's case and the merits of your case.  If we attacked the judiciary and impeached every judge that did not agree with the then-existing/prevailing majority, then we would still be stuck with separate-but-equal, Jim Crow laws, limited protections for free speech, limited rights of privacy, etc.  Things balance out.  The Warren Court was countered by the Burger and Rehnquist Courts...ebb and flow of life.
Go Indians.  Peace. 
 

Bullets13...BINGO...we have winner.  And, those specialized engineers being sent home to England/Scotland, they have companies like Valero, ExxonMobil, Motiva, Chevron, and others behind them, probably sponsoring them, and yet, non-renewal...go home.
Peace.

there's a difference between coming here legally and becoming a legal citizen.  It is not difficult to come over here, or do it legally.  becoming a citizen is the part that is nearly impossible.  most of the illegal aliens that are currently in the country came here through legal channels.  And no, I'm not confusing difficult with lazy or not smart enough. 

the path to citizenship is ridiculous.  If you make it next to impossible, most people are going to do what they have to improve their lives.  I'm not excusing their actions, but I certainly understand them.

They don't let them expire.  That implies that they could renew them. They expire after a set period of time. It's my understanding there's some sort of lottery system for renewal, but only a very small percentage of people get drawn.  I have a friend who just got "deported" back to England because she couldn't get her visa renewed.  I have another who's probably about to get sent back to Scotland.  Both of them came here for their education, one got a bachelors degree, the other her masters, and both got trained to work locally in plants, but can't get renewals.  And these are SPECIALIZED workers.  A common laborer has even less of a chance.  Because it's next to impossible to become a citizen, and because you can't simply continue to renew your visa at will, foreigners go from being on a legal visa to being illegal aliens.  And again, I don't blame them.

Tell us what that pathway is?  How long does it take to get a travel visa, green card, etc.  What if there is a quota that prevents your pathway?  What if your country of origin refuses to process a visa?  If the pathway is so easy, and only lazy people fail "to get it," explain the pathway in laymen's terms and how the non-lazy undocumented people in this country can so easily come through the front door?
Peace.

Where is a cite to the research confirming 70% of undocumented people in the United States are receiving government assistance?  I know undocumented people who work, pay taxes, contribute to the economy, and they do not receive a dime of government assistance.  Of the people I know that are undocumented, you would think that I would have come across at least one who received government assistance.  Not so.  Several undocumented people actually work...they don't all show up and cry for government assistance.  Likewise, I know there are cases of citizens who abuse government programs.  Perhaps start there, since you can document them, i.e., find them, and clean up that area of abuse.
I'm guessing most on this board would be opposed to a streamlined program that would enable undocumented people to begin a path to citizenship?  Just out of principle, you would be opposed to that?  What if the undocumented person could prove he/she worked and paid taxes?  Could they have a pathway to citizenship?
Go Indians.  Peace.
 

The news story reported by KFDM (Channel 6) said nothing about free housing.  It is a news story about affordable housing for senior citizens in a part of Beaumont where they can walk to and from stores that offer goods and services.  Most senior citizens are on fixed incomes, be it from Social Security, or retirement investments, or both, and they need housing at a price point that fits within their budget.  Many of those seniors likely paid into Social Security and Medicare in the form of payroll deductions.  Are they not entitled to the Social Security benefits they are receiving?  Where is the "Do Less, Get More" mentality?  Why not use public funds to assist senior citizens?  The story reported by Channel 6 was not about Section 8 subsidized housing for welfare queens and kings.  Why bash Beaumont for being dumb?  What is dumb about using public funds to assist local senior citizens in your community?
Find common ground and work together to make American great again.  Isn't that what President Trump wants?  Conservatives push a Bible-based agenda, but they overlook the scriptures where the Lord said to care for the poor, widows, orphans, and society in general. See Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Proverbs 14:31, Jeremiah 22:16, Matthew 19:21, 25:35, and 1 John 3:17-18.
3...2...1...those in the center, or on the left are dumb, radical, too eclectic, too liberal, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, taking from the workers to give to the lazy, taking from the haves to care for the have-nots so they can push a gay agenda, etc.  Response:  No, not at all.  Let's spend tax funds wisely to take care of our armed services, seniors, vets, and rebuild infrastructure.  No one is advocating giving free money or free housing to the Jerry Springer crowd.  That was not the story reported by KFDM.
Peace.
 
 

The news story reported by KFDM (Channel 6) said nothing about free housing.  It is a news story about affordable housing for senior citizens in a part of Beaumont where they can walk to and from stores that offer goods and services.  Most senior citizens are on fixed incomes, be it from Social Security, or retirement investments, or both, and they need housing at a price point that fits within their budget.  Many of those seniors likely paid into Social Security and Medicare in the form of payroll deductions.  Are they not entitled to the Social Security benefits they are receiving?  Where is the "Do Less, Get More" mentality?  Why not use public funds to assist senior citizens?  The story reported by Channel 6 was not about Section 8 subsidized housing for welfare queens and kings.  Why bash Beaumont for being dumb?  What is dumb about using public funds to assist local senior citizens in your community?
Find common ground and work together to make American great again.  Isn't that what President Trump wants?  Conservatives push a Bible-based agenda, but they overlook the scriptures where the Lord said to care for the poor, widows, orphans, and society in general. See Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Proverbs 14:31, Jeremiah 22:16, Matthew 19:21, 25:35, and 1 John 3:17-18.
3...2...1...those in the center, or on the left are dumb, radical, too eclectic, too liberal, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, taking from the workers to give to the lazy, taking from the haves to care for the have-nots so they can push a gay agenda, etc.  Response:  No, not at all.  Let's spend tax funds wisely to take care of our armed services, seniors, vets, and rebuild infrastructure.  No one is advocating giving free money or free housing to the Jerry Springer crowd.  That was not the story reported by KFDM.
Peace.