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Gas is still $4.39 where I'm at

$3.11 at the Racetrack station about 1/2 mile from my house yesterday..

I traveled to Longview from DFW on Saturday.. lots of variation on the interstate (I20).. as low as $3.11 in the DFW market to about $3.59 along the route..

Im guessing we'll be barely below $3 here within a couple of weeks..
 
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Those aren’t forest guards. They’re tour guides of the Dacca Botanical Garden. It even says so on the uniforms.
They were purported to be the new uniforms of the Bangladesh Forest Department, which seems like far too obscure of a reference to be worth making up!
 
Good point but as my Mother would have said " just because someone else did something of wrong doesn't make it right when you do it too". Both were simply !ow class. I vote none of the above!

Both eerily remind me of Bread & Circuses preceding the collapse of another great empire.
 
Both eerily remind me of Bread & Circuses preceding the collapse of another great empire.
I see you're point and it's a valid one, I just offer this question........

What is a greater sign of a society in decline?

Drag queens prancing around half naked inside the whitehouse.

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Or

A national event being held on the White House lawn where 60%+ of the spectators in attendance are U.S. armed service personnel celebrating 250 years as a nation.
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I see you're point and it's a valid one, I just offer this question........

What is a greater sign of a society in decline?

Drag queens prancing around half naked inside the whitehouse.

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Or

A national event being held on the White House lawn where 60%+ of the spectators in attendance are U.S. armed service personnel celebrating 250 years as a nation.
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I think you and I agree to which group statistically has greater personal character. Nonetheless, all of the spectacle is approaching the satire in the movie Idiocracy. (if you haven't watched that brilliant comedy, it's worth a watch)
 
The U.S. healthcare system is a mess. With dozens of causes. Lawsuits, uninsured, fraud, millions of illegals collecting benefits.

One rarely discussed is the catastrophic level of physical health of the U.S. population. Obesity, diabetes, heart disease. Is VERY expensive.

Many countries are cheaper because they aren’t subsidizing 80% of the populations poor health.
Right! And I've always felt smokers should be kicked off our govt health care up here. Make them pay their own bill if they want to make themselves sick. Sure, we tax the crap out of the shit and maybe it helps pay my health bill (MAYBE) but I'd rather see my taxes go up than know I'm using another family's suffering and grief to pay for my health care.
 
I see you're point and it's a valid one, I just offer this question........

What is a greater sign of a society in decline?

Drag queens prancing around half naked inside the whitehouse.

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Or

A national event being held on the White House lawn where 60%+ of the spectators in attendance are U.S. armed service personnel celebrating 250 years as a nation.
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A fistfight or a gay parade on the White House lawn. Both are equally tasteless and cras.
 
I think a full deep understanding of any game makes it enjoyable. My fiance' never liked baseball until I started explaining that it's about winning series and how multi-game pitching strategy plays a huge role that isn't talked about enough. I'm starting to enjoy soccer now (because I understand it more), same with hockey (I was late to hockey being a transplant into Michigan in 1985).

When it's winner take all, I think I'd enjoy watching a tiddle winks game! Competition is what I enjoy.

AJ
You're getting married? Congratulations! I guess there's hope for me yet. :D
 
Right! And I've always felt smokers should be kicked off our govt health care up here. Make them pay their own bill if they want to make themselves sick. Sure, we tax the crap out of the shit and maybe it helps pay my health bill (MAYBE) but I'd rather see my taxes go up than know I'm using another family's suffering and grief to pay for my health care.

I dont disagree that tobacco users are making themselves sick, and know that they are doing it.... but..

thats a pretty pretty slipperly slope you are creating...

what about the guys that eat fast food and other shit frequently? are they any less guilty of not taking care of their health than the tobacco users?

heart disease is the #1 killer in the US.. 1 in 5 people die because they eat mountains of shit food.. and make other lifestyle choices that were preventable... should everyone that eats McDonalds or Wendys twice a week get kicked off of their health care program?

what about people that overdose? some are accidental and are from the use of prescription drugs.. most however are not.. they are people willfully and intentionally mis using prescription and non prescription drugs.. should we kick them off of health care too?

The number of people injured participating in sports known for high levels of injury is exceptionally high.. roughly 10-15% of severe injuries in sports are experienced by people participating in "extreme sports" ranging from mountain biking, paragliding, snow boarding, climbing, etc... thats between 800K-1.1M injuries that require visits to hospitals/doctors.. they're willfully participating in an activity that they know has a super high chance of seeing them injured and having to get stitched up, bones set, etc..etc.. should they get kicked off of health care?

How exactly do you select tobacco users to be kicked off, while allowing fat asses, drug abusers, and mountain bikers (and many others) to stay on?
 
I dont disagree that tobacco users are making themselves sick, and know that they are doing it.... but..

thats a pretty pretty slipperly slope you are creating...

what about the guys that eat fast food and other shit frequently? are they any less guilty of not taking care of their health than the tobacco users?

heart disease is the #1 killer in the US.. 1 in 5 people die because they eat mountains of shit food.. and make other lifestyle choices that were preventable... should everyone that eats McDonalds or Wendys twice a week get kicked off of their health care program?

what about people that overdose? some are accidental and are from the use of prescription drugs.. most however are not.. they are people willfully and intentionally mis using prescription and non prescription drugs.. should we kick them off of health care too?

The number of people injured participating in sports known for high levels of injury is exceptionally high.. roughly 10-15% of severe injuries in sports are experienced by people participating in "extreme sports" ranging from mountain biking, paragliding, snow boarding, climbing, etc... thats between 800K-1.1M injuries that require visits to hospitals/doctors.. they're willfully participating in an activity that they know has a super high chance of seeing them injured and having to get stitched up, bones set, etc..etc.. should they get kicked off of health care?

How exactly do you select tobacco users to be kicked off, while allowing fat asses, drug abusers, and mountain bikers (and many others) to stay on?
At least tobacco use is heavily taxed, which should offset the extra tax burden. But chances are that a Canadian is dying of either heart disease or some form of cancer regardless. So a non-smoker is for the most part just as much of a burden on the system when they die. So are smokers really much more of a burden?

Now a fat ass who can have five heart attacks in his life and require diabetes medication for 30 years is a whole nother can of worms.
 
Oregonians have been working on a petition to ban ALL hunting and fishing in their State.

To get on the ballot, they needed 117,000 signatures. It’s already passed 125,000 signatures and growing.

Think about that for a second, 125,000 lunatics so far and climbing in a State with a total population of only ~4m people.

Of course it will fail on final vote, but the fact it so easily got on the ballot is shocking.
Not really that shocking when you consider population size and networking ability with social media. 125k is like 2 percent of the population of an extremely far left state. Then you add the fact the the demographics of America as a whole keep changing over the last 50yrs on top of the culture being completely different and it will be more surprising if hunting stays around in the majority of states after the next 50 years.
 
Good point but as my Mother would have said " just because someone else did something of wrong doesn't make it right when you do it too". Both were simply !ow class. I vote none of the above!
just remember when Andrew Jackson won his inauguration the party was so wild at the whitehouse that his staff put washtubs of whiskey and punch out in the courtyard so the guests would be lured out and then locked the doors on them. They destroyed have the furniture in the white house… I guess what I’m saying is even in 1829 gentlemen didn’t have all the supposed sense we give them the credit for.
 
I dont disagree that tobacco users are making themselves sick, and know that they are doing it.... but..

thats a pretty pretty slipperly slope you are creating...

what about the guys that eat fast food and other shit frequently? are they any less guilty of not taking care of their health than the tobacco users?

heart disease is the #1 killer in the US.. 1 in 5 people die because they eat mountains of shit food.. and make other lifestyle choices that were preventable... should everyone that eats McDonalds or Wendys twice a week get kicked off of their health care program?

what about people that overdose? some are accidental and are from the use of prescription drugs.. most however are not.. they are people willfully and intentionally mis using prescription and non prescription drugs.. should we kick them off of health care too?

The number of people injured participating in sports known for high levels of injury is exceptionally high.. roughly 10-15% of severe injuries in sports are experienced by people participating in "extreme sports" ranging from mountain biking, paragliding, snow boarding, climbing, etc... thats between 800K-1.1M injuries that require visits to hospitals/doctors.. they're willfully participating in an activity that they know has a super high chance of seeing them injured and having to get stitched up, bones set, etc..etc.. should they get kicked off of health care?

How exactly do you select tobacco users to be kicked off, while allowing fat asses, drug abusers, and mountain bikers (and many others) to stay on?
Not so slippery. People have to eat. It's not an addiction. It's a necessity. If they eat too much it does burden our health care system. A burden we are stuck with out of necessity. The health benefits of sports FAR outweighs the detriments of potential injuries. I am happy to pay any incidental costs incurred by those who are trying to be healthy. Junkies who start on drugs for entertainment don't deserve to have the govt paying to keep them alive. Similarly, anyone who picks up a pack of cigarettes for the first time knows from the lable on it the shit is addicting and poisonous. They should also be warned on the package that if they light up, they're choosing to pay for their own healthcare. Everyone should have the freedom to choose ... as long as their choice doesn't unnecessarily affect my choices. I have better uses for my money than wasting it on people who choose to get hooked on poison.
 
Oregonians have been working on a petition to ban ALL hunting and fishing in their State.

To get on the ballot, they needed 117,000 signatures. It’s already passed 125,000 signatures and growing.

Think about that for a second, 125,000 lunatics so far and climbing in a State with a total population of only ~4m people.

Of course it will fail on final vote, but the fact it so easily got on the ballot is shocking.
I have a good friend who lives in Oregon. He says most of the local conversation (Bend OR area) is that it has almost no chance of actually going anywhere. I've heard, can't remember if it was from him or elsewhere, that the language on the petition is extremely vague/misleading to the people they collect signatures from. It's titled something along the lines of the "Peace Act" to make the title appealing, but no one takes the time to read what it actually supports.

As you say, frightening that there are so many loonies and/or incompetent people out there to sign this in the first place.
 
Not so slippery. People have to eat. It's not an addiction. It's a necessity. If they eat too much it does burden our health care system. A burden we are stuck with out of necessity. The health benefits of sports FAR outweighs the detriments of potential injuries. I am happy to pay any incidental costs incurred by those who are trying to be healthy. Junkies who start on drugs for entertainment don't deserve to have the govt paying to keep them alive. Similarly, anyone who picks up a pack of cigarettes for the first time knows from the lable on it the shit is addicting and poisonous. They should also be warned on the package that if they light up, they're choosing to pay for their own healthcare. Everyone should have the freedom to choose ... as long as their choice doesn't unnecessarily affect my choices. I have better uses for my money than wasting it on people who choose to get hooked on poison.

thats a fools argument..

people do indeed need to eat..

but they dont need to eat a sugary pastry for breakfast, a greasy hamburger for lunch, and pork bbq for dinner, followed by a cup of banana pudding for desert.. and wash all of it down every meal with a coke.. and then eat similarly 6+ days a week...

the point is simple.. smoking is a choice... eating shit is a choice.. both have consequences.. but from a numbers/statistics perspective the shit food eater is a FAR bigger burdon on the health care system..

as far as the health benefits of sports outweighing the detriments of potential injuries.. that is far too much of a generalization.. how much health benefit do you think comes with the guys that do amatuer and semi-pro bull riding vs how much injury? motocross racing? from a numbers / statistics perspective sports related injuries put a bigger burdon on the health care system than smoking does (including those sports with athletic benefit)..

there are plenty of "sports" that do not provide super high aerobic benefit, but have a HUGE propendency for injury.. should we just discriminate against 16 year olds that want to give bronc busting a try but havent gotten close to graduating to the pros and not cover them? but make sure we cover the track and field atheletes?
 

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