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Has this virus influenced anyone to buy American? We are building a house and we have actively sought items built in America. We look at it as our small part in putting Americans to work and stimulating our economy. If it says “Made in China” we simply keep looking. When you shop at any of your big box stores the appliances have big red, white and blue stickers that say “Made in the USA”. The American made items, so far, have not been any more expensive than the other brands.

I always try to buy American when I can. Just makes sense if you love your country.

Aubery tried to out maneuver the two trying vigilantes trying to apprehend him by passing by on the right side of the truck, which was in the middle of the road. But the son with the shotgun blocked him. So he came back to the left and pass by that way. That does not sound aggressive to me on the part of the jogger. He is just trying to go about his way. When he was blocked on the left side he was caught in a no win situation. He had two armed white men, who are obviously hunting him down. They are trying to apprehend him. Maybe their motives are for good. Maybe they are not. Contrary to cardinal whatever says not all southern white men are good, balanced citizens. A whole lot of murder and mayhem has been perpetrated against black people in the South. Lynchings, bombings, rapes, castrations just about every heinous act you can think of. Much of it is recorded in history. A lot of it has been covered over. So he comes around on the left side he has a decision to make. Does he surrender to these armed men? Who knows what their intentions are? They are not dressed like law enforcement because they are not law enforcement. He knows he has not done anything worthy of having guns drawn on him. For all he knows he is fighting for his life. So he decides to fight. If those two clowns had not tried to take the law into their on hands vigilante style none of that would have happened.

You can kill A black man on video and still Have the majority of Non blacks in this country take your side. He might of had a knife he might of not just been jogging he might was going to somehow put in danger the 3 armed men chasing him. You can’t make this up only in America. As a black man when i speak on race I’m the racist. If this was 3 blacks guys who shot a white teen jogging. We wouldn’t be talking bout but white on white crime is the biggest issue. This thread would be full with way different type of replies . Hell quick history lesson will tell you exactly what would have happened if the tables where turnt. It get to the point where people would rather convince themself that 3 grown men chasing then gunning down a man are somehow the victims. I know it feeds into the narrative nobody wants to believe. I wonder why so late on the charges i wonder how many people in position swron to protect and serve seen this video and did nothing. But if I say anything about this case have anything to do with the color of the one and only victim. I’m racist .

I've never bought a foreign vehicle, other than a few 4 wheelers and a jet ski. I'm kinda torn when I realize that so many Toyotas and other foreign autos are made here. I mean... Buying a 'yota made in Shreveport or wherever is better than buying one from overseas, right?

We'd talked about that yesterday. Once again, the media is twisting the narrative. The Dad (who IS a doofus, apparently) had not been taking his Continuing Education (CE) courses to maintain his peace officer's certification. That actually happened twice. There was a period of 8 years (2006-2014) in which he didn't complete his CE hours and he had his peace officer's license suspended in 2014. He requested and received a waiver and got his accreditation reinstated. He once again lost his certification in 2019 for not completing the required hours in 2018... this time he worked in a diminished capacity until his early retirement. The twisting comes in like this.... "Ex-detective charged in death of Ahmaud Arbery lost power to make arrests after skipping use-of-force training." The truth is that he didn't lose his license after skipping use-of-force training... he lost his power to make arrests after skipping ALL of his required training. But if you're pushing the narrative that this guy is a psychotic redneck vigilante, "losing power to make arrests after skipping use-of-force training" has a nice ring to it. The other fact comes that you don't HAVE to be a certified peace officer to be a criminal investigator in Georgia. You can still do your job, but you just don't have the power to arrest anybody or request warrants, etc... So the news is basically slamming him for losing a license he didn't need. Just so you know I'm not making this up... here are links. [Hidden Content] Section (c) states that you criminal investigators don't have the right to arrest, etc unless they have police officer certification [Hidden Content] And these (c) are the qualifications to be a criminal investigator in Georgia. You don't HAVE to have your peace officer's certification. I had kind of wondered about that subject. Every investigator that I can think of is a former LEO and their certifications here in Texas are sponsored by a friendly Sheriff or police chief. I had been wondering if this guy was still certified, and if so who was carrying his certification. I guess it's becoming obvious that he no longer had his peace officer's certification. It also brings into question any actual "police work" that he may have performed during the time that his license was suspended. Not behind on CEs, but suspended. If he was making arrests or requesting search warrants during the time his license was suspended, then YES... there would be real problems with those particular prosecutions.

I’m with you Chester. What I wish would happen is all American companies come home and stop using parts/materials made elsewhere.

Got to agree on the Carthage front I don't see either WO-S or Silsbee beating them but if they could get over that juggernaut I could see them in the finals

That’s the first I’ve heard about them trying to stop him numerous times. Can you point me towards a source? I hope you’re right, because that’s just more evidence that the “psycho redneck vigilantes” didn’t intend to kill Mr Arbery or they would have shot him at their first encounter. Or at least locked and loaded their weapons, right? That’s the kind of thing I’m talking about, though. The whole lie about folks being taken out into the woods and disappearing. The only documented racially based white on black murder that I can think of happening in SETX in the last 30 or so years was the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr in Jasper. Now, we all heard the same “drug off into the woods story about the young man from Jasper who died up in Sabine County (Albert something... sorry that I’ve forgotten his last name)... but that story lost all of its steam when it was revealed that he died of natural causes. The Leday young man that died in Lumberton was also thought to have been foul play by the Lumberton PD (Rev Quannel X came down and everything) but it also went quiet after it was revealed that he also died as a result of a heart attack if I remember correctly. Over and over you’re been led to believe stories about the tooth fairy, the easter bunny, “hands up, don’t shoot,” Trayvon Martin got killed for going to buy some skittles and Arizona Sweet Tea, and this guy got blasted while out jogging, etc.... I don’t blame you for feeling the way that you do... you’ve been lied to. Serious question. Who do you think is safer. A black man walking around Vidor at 2 in the morning or an overweight 47 year old white man like me walking around Carver Terrace at 2 in the morning? That’s an honest question.