CardinalBacker

I’ve always been a strong swimmer but as I’ve aged and gotten less active I actually feel a little vulnerable in open water these days. It’s not something I’ve ever been concerned about. I think at this point I’d probably wear a life jacket when underway. One thing that drives me nuts is young guys wearing waders in the boat. If you were to end up in the water wearing clothes, waders, and a jacket, what are the odds that you could shuck your jacket, unfasten your waders, get them off, and somehow manage to surface while still fully clothed, possibly in the dark? It’s just asking for a bad outcome.

You are correct... the minimum bid for the property is required to be the amount of taxes/costs due, or it's "market value".... whichever is lower. If the property sells for more than the minimum bid, the taxpayer has two years to request the excess proceeds from the sale... in Texas, anyways.

I thought the same thing. He can't do that... period.

I don’t even know what to say. The Cards had the “distinction” of being the lowest scoring team in 4AD2 for 2022, plus they’re headed back up to be one of the smallest schools in 4aD1. This is probably the worst job opportunity in the state. I think posting the job for outside candidates would have been a complete waste of time…. Time being something we don’t have, anyways. But on the other hand, how stupid do you have to be to start dipping out of work to sling snocones when you’re already doing this poorly in your job-job? Is that how they do it back wherever he came from?

I’m telling you… i was mildly bummed when Obama won, but McCain/Palin was a horrible ticket. I was really bummed when Obama got re-elected after a pretty lame first term and he had a decent opponent in Romney. It seemed to me like the Dems had finally managed to lock up the “stupid” vote… and there are a lot of them out there. Then in 2016 the Rs, went “not so fast, we’ve got our share of morons, too” and nominated Trump. Then for 2020, the Dems were like “I guess we’re just gonna have to show you that we really ARE the most ignorant” by nominating Biden/Harris. So this year the Rs are like “wanna run it back?” and the Ds were like “BET!!!” Thank you. I just curtsied.

Trump has enough die-hard followers that he'll roll right over Desantis in the primaries. I'm not sure that Biden makes it to the convention.

You know, I normally have a hard time agreeing with Reagan, but it's kinda strange to me that the last two incidents (this one and the shooting up in Allen) were INSTANTLY tagged as the work of white supremacists, when it takes them a couple of weeks to decide if Abdul Mohammed Al-Sharif was a Muslim extremist after he blows up his truck bomb. "don't jump to any conclusions." Add to it that both of those "White Supremacists" turned out to not be....... WHITE?!!!! And you have the President publicly stating that white supremacy is the biggest terroristic threat in the USA last week. It all just kinda smells funny.

Not mine, either... I just thought it was interesting that she suddenly feels a wee bit more patriotic after we got her out of the gulag.

[Hidden Content] I don't care for her, but I heard about this and then read about it.

I had a professor in college that referred to them as "The Great Unwashed."

You're not wrong, though... You can pretty much tell if a person has an American flag in their yard, they're probably a Republican. And if a "Republican" is a die hard Trump fan, they MIGHT have a high school education and are middle income at best. Probably one of their first times to register and vote, also. I'm not wealthy, but I'm doing okay... Most of my friends are conservatives, of course, but they run the gamut from blue collar day workers to multi-millionaire business owners. The wealthy ones held their nose and voted for Trump, and quite often they couldn't even get their wives to vote Trump because "he's just a pig." These are dudes whose fortune would be negatively affected by Biden winning, but their wives didn't care... they crossed over and voted Biden or just abstained. (That means that they didn't vote at all, for those of you sounding the words out). I've got a good friend the other day telling me about how bad of shape we're in because of Biden, and how much better things are/would be if Trump were the President. He literally said how things are "worse today than they were back in the day when that one guy, I can't remember his name, you know, the one between Carter and Reagan was the President. I can't remember his name." I just agreed so he didn't hurt himself. But there are a LOT of guys like him...

[Hidden Content] This guy, for instance. Once the white supremacist (who are typically Republican) say “no,” then the guys who want somebody who picks fights with everybody say “no,” this guy won’t even have a chance. Want to grab the middle? Find a guy like this. Prolly a “rino,” to y’all, though.

Were you alive in 1992? Perot was Trump before Trump was Trump. He basically split the R vote and gave Slick Willie a easy path into the White House. You can look back at Perot versus the Repulicans (Bush One)... Advantage Democrats Tea Party vs. "Rinos".... Advantage Democrats MAGA versus the Republicans.... Advantage Democrats You're not going to "convince" Democrats to jump ship for an extreme candidate. Right this minute DeSantis is fighting with Mickey Mouse. Like.... he's picking a fight with the "Happiest Place on Earth." The one that most people have either been to, or hope to one day go... and DeSantis is throwing down his gloves and asking the populace to take a side. You can bury your head in the sand and say "But Ron DeSantis is RIGHT! And that's all that matters!!!!" And he'll be right up until he gives his concession speech, either in the primaries or in the General. Being "Right" doesn't mean anything when you're not in power.

You were right on point up until this. That's the thing that you don't hear democrats doing. Bernie's peeps got right in there behind Hillary, then Biden. Rs always find a way to leave their guy hanging.

This article is saying what I’ve been saying for a year or two now. [Hidden Content] Hate the source if you want, but it’s pretty hard to deny that any of it is patently false.

Silsbee’s defense wasn’t THAT good, ever. They’ll be decent and the offense will be tough. So many of those kids have playoff experience, etc. Experience against good teams in the playoffs is a huge help. It’s what fueled so much of WOS’s success 10 years ago

No, I’m confident that “collusion” happens all of the time… whether it’s Russians meddling in ours or the US meddling in others. I haven’t forgotten “tell Vladimir I’ll have more flexibility after the election.”

Silsbee is my odds-on favorite to win the DC, with Jasper taking second. I’d see WOS in third with a pick ‘em for fourth… HF’s QB graduated is why I’ve got WOS in front of HF. The scary part is that just little further decline would put WOS in that pick ‘em fourth slot and all it would take is a dark horse year from BC, HJ or Liberty and the mustangs are in the stable for the playoffs. Silsbee is gonna be beastly this year. And I hate saying that.

No home-o.

I thought he fat-fingered BC.

Senator Cucumber? I don’t understand. Is that what some right-wing talk show host Nick named him? Or is that what your Messiah (Trump) says to call him? I’ve got to admit… Trump seems like he’s lost his touch on the nicknames as of late. I just know that “Senator Cucumber” beat the brakes off of Trump’s anointed candidate “Dr Oz.” That guy should probably go into hiding if he lost to “Senator Cucumber.” Kinda like Trump SHOULD have been too ashamed to stick his head back up after getting “turned out” as they say in prison by Biden/Harris.

Chosen? He was sent by GAWD HIMSELF!!!!

Russian Collusion was a lie... just like Whitewater, the Clinton Foundation, Hunter's Laptop, The Big Guy, Iran Contra, the Teapot Dome, Watergate, Obama was born in Africa, George Bush was a cokehead, Michelle Obama was a woman, election fraud in 2020, Voter Suppression in any federal election, and any other mud slung by one group at the other. I'm not surprised.

No offense, but I remember when LaMarque was a powerhouse. Heck, even Burkeville and BC have state championships and both are about a million miles away from being decent for the last few years. Crazy things happen. You lose the coaching, the culture, the winning, and then the athletes.... then it's over. If you ask me, WOS basically lost the first three last year. I guess the only question is whether or not it was a fluke, and whether or not kids and their parents decide to bail if the ship isn't righted this year. I'm not wishing bad luck on our neighbors, but to pretend that it can't happen because of 112% or whatever is really just ignoring what can obviously happen.

This year will tell the tale as far as the Mustangs are concerned, IMO. I’d like to see them turn things around, but this is the first time in ages that I wouldn’t consider them the front runner for a DC. 1. They could adapt to the new schemes and start having more success. 2. Or, CT’s influence on the program could be even less than last year as time has marched on, leaving a worse on-field product than we saw last year. I think a better question is…. What happens first? WOS wins a DC or WOS misses the playoffs? It really feels like either one is possible at this point.