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[Rocked and Loaded]

Routh sentenced to life in prison….

Ryan Routh sentenced to life for attempting to assassinate President Trump

A jury in September found Routh guilty of trying to kill the president at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024.

www.usatoday.com

"To merely have a weapon in the presence of another is not intent," said Routh, who fired his attorneys ahead of the trial and had represented himself.

Gomez Addams said it best:

 

[Pheroze]

DA leader John Steenhuisen to step down as leader of South Africa's second largest party

The surprise move may threaten the stability of the coalition government of which the DA is a key partner.

www.bbc.com

 

[rigbymauser]

I think most Americans are too independent, and we enjoy the freedom of that independence through our cars and trucks......its in our DNA....I don't think that other than in large metro areas...mass transit will not be a sell to peasants like myself.

Freedom can also be defined of what one can live without or doesn`t need to have. Materialism can also inslave people. In US freedom is oftens defined in consuming. The more I can buy the more free I am. However creditcard dept speak their numbers that a lot of people live beyond their means or just trying to get by.

 

[mdwest]

Freedom can also be defined of what one can live without or doesn`t need to have. Materialism can also inslave people. In US freedom is oftens defined in consuming. The more I can buy the more free I am. However creditcard dept speak their numbers that a lot of people live beyond their means or just trying to get by.

I remember a Nigerian minister that was in the US raising money for some of his church ministries sitting with my father having a conversation probably 45 years ago…

He told my father that he was a slave… and went further to say that every American he had met was a slave…

When asked what he meant… we’re in the land of the free and the home of the brave after all… he went on to explain that the typical West African kid wakes up and is genuinely happy if for no other reason than he is alive… that it takes very little for truly poor people to find joy… they will find it in even the smallest blessings…

Americans are slaves to “stuff”… we can’t find joy without amassing “things”…

I’ve kept that thought with me my entire adult life…

He wasn’t entirely wrong…

 

[275r7x57]

I remember a Nigerian minister that was in the US raising money for some of his church ministries sitting with my father having a conversation probably 45 years ago…

He told my father that he was a slave… and went further to say that every American he had met was a slave…

When asked what he meant… we’re in the land of the free and the home of the brave after all… he went on to explain that the typical West African kid wakes up and is genuinely happy if for no other reason than he is alive… that it takes very little for truly poor people to find joy… they will find it in even the smallest blessings…

Americans are slaves to “stuff”… we can’t find joy without amassing “things”…

I’ve kept that thought with me my entire adult life…

He wasn’t entirely wrong…

Most people in the US are definitely slaves to materialistic things and entitlement issues.

The more you have and acquire, comes with more expense, responsibilities and headaches, not to mention their is always someone trying to take it away from you.

My daily driver at the ranch and in town is an old rusted out 1978 Ford F250 ranch truck with 400K on it. I find in a small town it is better to appear broke and be underestimated.

From traveling and missions that our church supports, I can assure you that people with less are happier and have a stronger faith than us.