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Can't say I disagree. I'll always be GOP. I can't see myself ever flipping. I didn't vote for him in the primary. I voted for Desantis. I am definitely happy we have him over Kamala. But, this is NOT what we voted for. The problem is his ego and he is just surrounding himself with bad...

It's all beginning to get a little old, now. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/trump-hormuz-strait-ontario-iran.html My 5-6 closest friends, like myself, are all GOP. All of them now agree, this is becoming a failure of a presidency. What's worse is who the dems are considering putting up in...

I put people into 5 camps: 1) GOP and GOP is right all the time, no matter what. 2) GOP but fully transparent in how they evaluate their leader(s). 3) Dem and Dem is right all the time, no matter what. 4) Dem but fully transparent in how they evaluate their leader(s). 5) Politically...

I don't know but I think I speak for a lot of people: I am politically "tired."

This has changed so much. Not just wit the black community. When I was a kid, in the 1980's, you started to see it a little bit. Sweatpants, baggy t shirts, etc. I remember bitching to my mother I wanted to dress like "all the other kids" and the answer was absolutely not. I wore nice, freshly...

The one thing I've also had a problem with is we make this a "black" thing. Really it occurs in all races. Here in NJ, outside of urban populations, we have the same issue with lack of opportunities. Some of the more rural towns here (yes, we have them) are a mess. Terrible school systems, lack...

One factor I'd point out is the shift to manufacturing overseas. You don't see a lot of black factory workers here in the USA. I am talking about the guy who puts in his 8-4, 7-3, whatever it is, then goes home to change and spend time with his family. But, you really don't see factory workers...

This zero-third party-risk really only occurs on a track. Even then, you could crash out into a competitor. They understand and agree to that risk though. I know of an individual, not personally, who is now sitting in prison for killing a couple while street racing his mustang. He was young, he...

Absolute huge, mega, monstrous "nope" from me on that one. In Dr. Seuss fashion: Not in day Not in night Not in the biggest Not in the smallest Not with a buddy Not alone Not in a million years, another life, etc. I had a buddy who wanted me to get into it. The answer every time was...

I came to the conclusion my son and my daughter were the reason. He wanted me here for them.

Wow, someone with similar experience. I'll share my story. I wrote this for an article years ago but it never got published. This was the draft. I can't find the finished version. I will say, pardon the language, it's NSFW, but part of the story. It was July, about 17-18 years ago, I suppose...

I should have been dead 15x over, possibly more. I have done, some retrospectively, very stupid things. - Motorcycle accident at 18 years old. Car ran a red light and t-boned me. Unconscious for several minutes. Fractured collarbone and several broken ribs. She missed my left leg by inches...

One thing I've said to my staff is: "What are you going to do if I'm not here?" And I say that in the sense of I can't be the guy that handles everything. I follow that up with "I will never get mad at you for taking the initiative, trying, and then making a mistake." It's a delicate balance...

For me, I have to. I run a very, very challenging business. It's a bit of a long story but I got thrown into the fire 8 years ago. I came out of it, but carry a lot of scars and many are still healing. I've only been present in the moment a few times the last 8-9 years. When I got married...

You never know what's down there. Years ago, a buddy was wreck fishing here in NJ for seabass. He hooked into something big and it was absolutely pummeling him on his little seabass rod. They initially thought it was possibly a world record blackfish. Then after sometime, realizing it wasn't...