CardinalBacker

If it turns out to be true, TVC pretty much nailed it a week or two ago. Personally I’m surprised, but I also think this decision could definitely stall the “red wave” that’s been predicted this November. This is an issue that could motivate otherwise apathetic liberal voters to the polls. If they ever figure out who leaked the draft, my guess is that they’ll be a liberal.

It’s out of control local spending, which they in turn blame on “unfunded state mandates” which apparently include new cars/equipment for everybody, buildings purchase to tear down, buses nobody rides, monuments, parks, concert venues, more administrative salaries, turf fields, video score boards, and on and on and on. As far as your taxes at 65, you’ll get a healthy break on your homestead AND the right to defer payment on your homestead if you wish… the balances will pile up and ultimately be due. If you’re paying $15k a year in property taxes, I can only assume that you’re using some of that property to earn income… in that case I don’t really feel sorry about your tax bill. On the other hand, if you’ve invested approximately 3 million dollars into property that ISN’T yielding any income, but still costing you $15k a year in taxes, plus whatever else you spend to maintain it, that’s just a bad business decision on your part and I don’t feel sorry for you this time either. You should have just parked that dough in a mutual fund. No property taxes and no income taxes unless you’re withdrawing funds

And I’m certain they black kids didn’t learn to hate white people from their parents, leaders, teachers, and “pastors” either.

Coming from a place of respect.... If the word doesn't bother, as evidenced by your usage of it, BUT it bothers you when a white person says it- you don't have a problem with the word, you have a problem with white people saying the word... that's textbook racial animus, my man. You have to see it for what it is... the word has been "taken" by the black community as their own for the sole purpose of bludgeoning white people with it. Personally, I don't care... but the fact that one person can be invited to the white house after making millions by slinging that word around in rap tunes (Jay-z), while at the same time another person is losing their job, marketing opportunities, etc because they admit that they did use that word back in the '80's (Paula Deen) tells you that you should re-examine every lie that you've ever been told about bias in the United States. Like I said... I think the word is repugnant and the idea that someone would laughingly joke around with it and claim that it was a term of endearment while it was probably the last hateful word heard by people like Emmitt Till is so stupid that it's hard to come up with comparisons. Do Jews laughingly throw up "Heil Hitlers" at each other as a term of endearment? Of course not.

So you don't have a problem with the word, you just have a problem with white people. It's just that simple.

That’s where you’re mistaken. It’s widely accepted by black people that whites should buy and play their music, and even go to concerts. But the white person is not allowed to sing the n-word. I’m not even kidding. [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] My point remains… if you believe that this group can but that group can’t… you’re a racist. It’s like me dropping F bombs all over the place but being violently angry if I hear a Virgin say it because they have no idea what it means to me. The argument is literally that stupid. Eff bombs are offensive… it doesn’t matter if the speaker has ever had sex. The n-word is either offensive or it’s not. The truth is that black people clearly aren’t bothered by the word… they just hate white people because that’s what they’ve been told to do… in the exact same way that racist white people taught their kids to hate others.

True story.... I was going to Lamar in the mid nineties and the OJ trial was ongoing. I was watching the news one evening and Marcia Clark was questioning that cop Mark Furman(sp) about if he'd ever used "the n-word." My dumb____ was over there like "N-word? I know the A-word, a couple of B-words, that C-word that women HATE... but I can't think of an "n-word."" I had honestly never heard it called "the n-word" before that. It just was what it was. When I grew up it was an insult as far as I was concerned. Probably worse than dummy but nowhere near an actual swear word. And before anybody starts throwing accusations around, of course I used it back then... just like everybody else. Or at least everybody else from this part of the world. Somewhere along the way I just decided that it's not acceptable for me to use... behind closed doors, in jest, or any other way. It's just not okay. I also try to spread that message and let people know how I feel. Don't say it around me, either, please... you're gonna hear about it.

For the same reason that the AP capitalizes "Black" and leaves "white" lower cased in all of their news stories. Everything has to torn down so that it can be reset. [Hidden Content] ALL of this nonsense is going to lead to bloodshed, I'm afraid. There's no other explanation for why the left is pushing it so hard.

Okay, so with which intent am I allowed to say that word? And by "allowed," I mean "for which I will not be accused of a hate crime and lose everything that I've worked for, both tangible and intangible (such as my good name and reputation)." Be specific. If you think that word doesn't have any power, start throwing it around in conversation and see what happens to your world. Unless, of course, you're black.

If a person believes that their skin color gives them the right to say a word while other people should be punished for using that same word, that person is by definition a racist. EDIT.... If someone believes that their skin color gives them the right to do something that people of other races are punished for, then they are racists. It's not even up for discussion. "My skin color gives me the right to ride in the front of the bus... if you try to ride up here, you'll be arrested." "Your skin color means you can't live in this neighborhood, but I can." "Your skin color means you can't own a home, but I can." "Your skin color means you can't say this word, but I can." All despicable racist thought processes. The fact that punishing people for using this word at an institutional level while glorifying others for using it proves that institutional racism exists at the highest levels in different forms against ALL races... not just blacks. Don't take my arguments to mean that I want permission to use it. I think the word is offensive and anyone that uses it is a racist.

Anybody who thinks it's okay to use that word is a racist... no matter the color of their skin. If you're white and think that it's okay to insult a person because of their person because of their race... you're a racist. If you're black and believe that the color of your skin gives you the right to say that word while others should be punished for saying it.... you're a racist by definition, too. Those are facts, and they're indisputable. There's no need to argue "a" vs. "er," "there are black people and then there are n-words", " it's a term of endearment among black people," or any other stupid excuses for using slurs or epithets. Anybody that believes it's okay to say it is a racist piece of crap. Period.

That guy was on a rampage.

I don't think any of it matters because if you'd rather draw SSI than work, there's a doctor and a lawyer who will help you get it. Mix in all of those basic income programs that the leftists are trying to implement across the country and there's really no reason to lie about your age. The problem is this.... if you can lay around and have everything that you want provided to you, who's going to actually make your big mac, deliver your food, wash your car, or sell you the clothes that you'll be able to buy? Why would any of THOSE people bother going to work when they realize that it's not necessary to have everything that the lazy have?

I wasn't aware.... but I can believe it.

I was focusing more on the QB position... you can't run a spread offense without a good QB and our talented kids prepare for baseball, not football. A couple of years ago there was a stud kid at Port Neches. Not Roschon, but the ace on the baseball team... they won a state championship and nobody knows who he was. There are tons of kids who dream and prepare to be qb1 for the Indians, but nobody grows up wanting to be Bridge City's qb. Our kids who could be qbs are playing select ball, LL, and taking pitching lessons, not going to football camps. That's the point that I was making.

Kinda like the Space Force and the Department of Homeland Security?

Fat boys always play the tuba.

Yeah, I'll bet they have a flag up and an apology in place by next week. They didn't announce this publicly, some malcontent in house did... The fact that they are banning these flags and not others is proof of bias and compensable with millions and millions of dollars. Watch them fold.

There were a LOT of people who kinda rolled their eyes and went along with it... or actually embraced it culturally. Not everyone, and not a majority, either, I'm certain, but if it's bragged about enough that people from all of the way down in Orange county know about it, it's not just a product of my bitter imagination. The part of me wonders if it's a timing issue. Were the high school kids who really played that thing up 5 or so years ago now moving more weight? Is it all just a coincidence? There's no way to know, but it's really not surprising, either. That's twice in the last year or so that people have left Jeffco and gotten themselves killed trying to buy drugs in Silsbee.

A large portion of the population in Silsbee takes great pride in their notoriety for the sale and use of narcotics. Hence the self-gloss “Smoketown.” That’s not something I made up, Silsbee people perpetuated that one. “It’s the Narcotics Tradin’ Capitol of Southeast Texas.” You know the jingle. Honestly, they do seem to have a little bit bigger problem over there than in comparable towns. Of course you can buy it anywhere, but I think it’s just a little easier to find in Silsbee from all appearances.

I know a couple that divorced and the final straw was an argument over a hotdog.

Oceguera is the only qb that I recognize… and he honestly wasn’t setting the world on fire under center

We don't have a "Mox." And our Billy Bobs are hoping to get all ones at the marching contest.

I dunno... You'll get the fat boys that are playing Tuba in the marching band to sign up and the kids who are JV Juniors to stay in the program... the problem is how do you get that talented kid (and his folks) that just wants to play baseball to get excited about football camps and STJFL instead of select ball with enough time to develop before the program actually turns the corner? Sophomore starting tailback in 2017 didn't play his junior or senior year... he already had interest as a pitcher. The starting qb from 2014 sat out his senior season because he was already committed to UT to play baseball. It's not just pitchers... the all district catcher from 15-17 or so never played football. It's a given that your catcher would probably make a FINE linebacker... just not in BC. I'm not hating on the baseball program, but its success comes at the expense of football in Bridge City. You can't have 26 district championships in baseball and two in football... something is just off.

After the success that we had in 2016, there was a really big turnout for 2017. That campaign ended up 1-7 or something like that (unbelievable string of injuries and a lot of talent had graduated) and by the following year turnout for the team was abysmal. The problem is that kids have a much better chance of being successful by playing baseball and participating in football (especially on a losing squad) can cause a kid to miss out on baseball season and just erases all motivation. You'll definitely get more kids to turn out if you're winning, but not necessarily the kids who have a chance to play baseball on the next level. It also comes down to kids playing LL, select, and having private coaches for baseball, but nobody is putting the effort into honing their kid's QB skills at the same age group. I don't know what the answer actually is.