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John Wasmuth said:
More than likely well deserved…….. bad form to speak ill of your commander in chief……
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Relieving her of command was exactly the right thing to do. One can assume the left will howl. I would remind that this is exactly the sort of behavior that resulted in the relief of LTC Stuart Scheller, USMC when he decided a battalion commander had the right to publicly criticize the then administration and his commander in chief about the Afghanistan withdrawal. Many on the right embraced him as a hero. Both richly deserved loss of their commands.
 
On the education topic: at the risk of splitting hairs and/or engaging in semantics…

Because of how I was raised, I’ve always seen being educated and being trained for a job as two totally different things. You can absolutely be both. I have a Chemical Engineering degree for which I worked my butt almost completely off. But my parents, both Ivy League-educated professionals with advanced degrees, made it clear: that degree made me employable, but “educated”? Not quite.

They actually said that. They didn’t consider just a Chemical Engineering degree as being truly “educated.” If you’ve ever tried having a real conversation with an engineer who can’t string together a clear sentence, you probably get where they were coming from.

In their minds, being educated meant majoring in the liberal arts — then going on to get a graduate degree in something STEM-related to be employable. Or the other way around. That’s what they both did. My dad even joked that I could major in liberal arts and skip the advanced technical degree altogether… if I married rich.

That said, my engineering degree did exactly what it was supposed to do: it enabled me to support myself, become quite successful and retire early. Along the way, I was able to take classes, study whatever I wanted, and even fund the arts. So maybe I’ve earned a bit of that “educated” label — even if I don’t have a degree hanging on the wall to prove it.
 
Wishfulthinker580 said:
Perfect fit for Austin..
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Rogan is largely hated in Austin, he's too "right wing, conservative, ect, ect"

Trust me I lived there for 10 years and ANYONE who doesn't fall in line is with the CNN/Huffington Post crowd is instantly labeled as right wing.

What people do not realize is that Dallas is much the same way.....Just look at Dallas vs. Travis County voting during the last general election.

Yet people from Austin HATE people from Dallas and see them as right wing and the Dallas leftists see Austin as their inferior half retarded cousin.
 
Brent in Az said:
When I was a junior in high school i brought my Yamaha YZ 125 to welding class to fix a broken frame. The Welding shop teacher helped me fix
Probably a no-no in the the eyes of the school principal, but the shop teacher didn't care.
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Sounds like my shop class in high school. Instructor would keep the shop open through lunch hour and most weekends and after school so students could work on their vehicles. Long before internet, but we had access to a complete and up to date set of those green colored, hard bound Motor Manuals. Could do most all machine work along with good set of tools. The welding shop was adjacent to the automotive shop and was primarily for working on ag machinery. A lot of practical learning went on there and many student’s vehicles were repaired along with building no small number suicidal “semi-street legal” hot rods :)

Good old days
 
Brent in Az said:
Head of IRS to resign, after agency inks deal to release tax info on illegal immigrants to DHS.
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Wait until the data disproves the myth!

The myth: Illegals are good, hard working people, PAYING THEIR TAXES and trying to make a better life. Heck, they're doing jobs legals won't do anyway!

The data will show: Illegals get a bogus SSN or get issued a TIN, collect money via a DBA, then dissolve it and form a new one every so often so they pay no taxes whatsoever. Imagine that, people that commit crime A to get to America commit tax evasion crime B while in America?
 
rookhawk said:
Wait until the data disproves the myth!

The myth: Illegals are good, hard working people, PAYING THEIR TAXES and trying to make a better life. Heck, they're doing jobs legals won't do anyway!

The data will show: Illegals get a bogus SSN or get issued a TIN, collect money via a DBA, then dissolve it and form a new one every so often so they pay no taxes whatsoever. Imagine that, people that commit crime A to get to America commit tax evasion crime B while in America?
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Sounds about right!
 
Brent in Az said:
With all the good news coming out of D.C lately, the proverbial icing on the cake would be Luigi getting the death penalty.
That would put the radical left into a complete tailspin.
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I'm certainly not for A.) emboldening the left, nor B.) abandoning the rule of law....however...

It would do the world some good if a jury let that murderer get off scot free. United Healthcare was and is a diabolically crooked, too big to fail organization. A message of "watch your ass" sent to the boards of the healthcare companies would be helpful to society. They can buy all the politicians, but they can't buy off homicidal lone-wolves.

There, I've used up all my anarchy and leftism in my blood for fiscal year 2025.

P.S. - UHC is in the process of F'ing me as we speak. They required numerous delays in care, redundant tests, and triplicate referrals just so I could get coverage that I pay 100% for out of pocket until deductibles are met. (and won't be, hence they just prolonged suffering without any material benefit)
 
rookhawk said:
I'm certainly not for A.) emboldening the left, nor B.) abandoning the rule of law....however...

It would do the world some good if a jury let that murderer get off scot free. United Healthcare was and is a diabolically crooked, too big to fail organization. A message of "watch your ass" sent to the boards of the healthcare companies would be helpful to society. They can buy all the politicians, but they can't buy off homicidal lone-wolves.

There, I've used up all my anarchy and leftism in my blood for fiscal year 2025.

P.S. - UHC is in the process of F'ing me as we speak. They required numerous delays in care, redundant tests, and triplicate referrals just so I could get coverage that I pay 100% for out of pocket until deductibles are met. (and won't be, hence they just prolonged suffering without any material benefit)
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The big pharma and insurance healthcare companies are no doubt greedy and crooked to the core. A huge problem for our healthcare system.
Many big corporate goons that need to be given a one way ticket off this planet.
I do, however, don't condone anyone, outside of really bad actors, being gunned down in cold blood. Its just something that I find cowardly.
 
Brent in Az said:
The big pharma and insurance healthcare companies are no doubt greedy and crooked to the core. A huge problem for our healthcare system.
Many big corporate goons that need to be given a one way ticket off this planet.
I do, however, I don't condone anyone, outside of really bad actors, being gunned down in cold blood. Its just something that I find cowardly.
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It's illegal and its cowardly. Nonetheless, society is benefiting from this travesty. The murderer will get the electric chair and the narcissistic sociopaths running the healthcare industry will curtail their misconduct out of fear of a copycat.

One of those moments where we get to sit back, drink a beer, and everyone gets what they deserve. (Unless a jury nullifies this guy which would be very bad for society but would provide momentary pleasure to me)
 
rookhawk said:
I'm certainly not for A.) emboldening the left, nor B.) abandoning the rule of law....however...

It would do the world some good if a jury let that murderer get off scot free. United Healthcare was and is a diabolically crooked, too big to fail organization. A message of "watch your ass" sent to the boards of the healthcare companies would be helpful to society. They can buy all the politicians, but they can't buy off homicidal lone-wolves.

There, I've used up all my anarchy and leftism in my blood for fiscal year 2025.

P.S. - UHC is in the process of F'ing me as we speak. They required numerous delays in care, redundant tests, and triplicate referrals just so I could get coverage that I pay 100% for out of pocket until deductibles are met. (and won't be, hence they just prolonged suffering without any material benefit)
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My 6 year old grandsons claim was just denied. 2 night hospital stay with rsv .
Dr. Said he needed to stay, UHC says it was unnecessary and he could have stayed home. 100% denied
 
BigSteve57 said:
On the education topic: at the risk of splitting hairs and/or engaging in semantics…

Because of how I was raised, I’ve always seen being educated and being trained for a job as two totally different things. You can absolutely be both. I have a Chemical Engineering degree for which I worked my butt almost completely off. But my parents, both Ivy League-educated professionals with advanced degrees, made it clear: that degree made me employable, but “educated”? Not quite.

They actually said that. They didn’t consider just a Chemical Engineering degree as being truly “educated.” If you’ve ever tried having a real conversation with an engineer who can’t string together a clear sentence, you probably get where they were coming from.

In their minds, being educated meant majoring in the liberal arts — then going on to get a graduate degree in something STEM-related to be employable. Or the other way around. That’s what they both did. My dad even joked that I could major in liberal arts and skip the advanced technical degree altogether… if I married rich.

That said, my engineering degree did exactly what it was supposed to do: it enabled me to support myself, become quite successful and retire early. Along the way, I was able to take classes, study whatever I wanted, and even fund the arts. So maybe I’ve earned a bit of that “educated” label — even if I don’t have a degree hanging on the wall to prove it.
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Being truly educated is a LIFELONG pursuit, not just a degree on the wall. I have learned 20 times what I learned in my masters degree by applying myself to lifelong learning.
 
rookhawk said:
Wait until the data disproves the myth!

The myth: Illegals are good, hard working people, PAYING THEIR TAXES and trying to make a better life. Heck, they're doing jobs legals won't do anyway!

The data will show: Illegals get a bogus SSN or get issued a TIN, collect money via a DBA, then dissolve it and form a new one every so often so they pay no taxes whatsoever. Imagine that, people that commit crime A to get to America commit tax evasion crime B while in America?
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As a native Texan who grew up doing farm and residential construction work, then went on to work at some of the largest heavy civil contractors in Texas; I can tell you the swamp of illegal tax returns is deep and DARK.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the fraud from the child tax credit alone is a billon+ dollars.

If you are employing illegals as part of your business model and providing them with fake I.D’s and SS #’s then by definition you are running a criminal enterprise.

So if a drug dealer can have his assets and property seized through the civil forfeiture act; why can’t we seize the property and assets of businesses operated by illegals or the individuals who own businesses that employ them?

If I were king for a day, companies that don’t
e-verify their employees and get caught flaunting the law would lose their LLC protections and have sole proprietorship liability both civil and criminal.
 
rookhawk said:
Wait until the data disproves the myth!

The myth: Illegals are good, hard working people, PAYING THEIR TAXES and trying to make a better life. Heck, they're doing jobs legals won't do anyway!

The data will show: Illegals get a bogus SSN or get issued a TIN, collect money via a DBA, then dissolve it and form a new one every so often so they pay no taxes whatsoever. Imagine that, people that commit crime A to get to America commit tax evasion crime B while in America?
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I already got a "dislike" for basically saying that in a past post. I don't know ANY hispanic contractor who doesn't operate cash only for income tax evasion purposes. Doesn't matter if it's roofing or cutting hair, it is a given. Then they even qualify for medicaid and other benefits. Doesn't even count the cost to society of having to build more schools, fire departments, police departments, larger water treatment facilities or service, or depressed wages. It is at least zero sum.
 
rookhawk said:
. . . The murderer will get the electric chair and the narcissistic sociopaths running the healthcare industry will curtail their misconduct out of fear of a copycat. . .
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Doubtful on both counts.
 
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