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More straw man argument with the "passion" given by Democrats. "We feel your pain!!". With tears in her eyes Obama claims her daughters NOW believe a woman can be president. Give me a break. Nope, until the smartest woman in the country came along, no one believed a woman could even be the president. And if you believe that, I just acquired the Washington Monument and am willing to let it go cheap. Make me an offer......... Then it goes on that Hillary did not get angry or disillusioned after losing in 2008... well, not after she met with Obama and he agreed to name her Secretary of State if she would endorse him at the convention. Oh well, little details. But wait, Michelle has more. She knows that Hillary has never quit anything "in her life". How does she know that? Well, just trust Michelle, she knows.... what a speech writer told her. "I want a president who will teach our children that everyone in the country matters". That might be the biggest straw man of all but there are so many to choose from. What a bunch of fluff and gibberish. Yep, since her husband has been in office over 7 years, I thought that would already have been accomplished. To be sure, all of the speakers have someone write and/or assist in editing. There is fluff from almost everyone to some extent. Obama was no different than the rest. She had a very impassioned delivery style and had women crying ... but said practically nothing. What is unfortunate is that someone will think this really shows something and it shows nothing. Our founding fathers wanted freedom, each child wants to matter..... and other profound statements that no one would argue with. No substance is apparently great to be a "great speech". All we need is some tears and a few straw men in there and it will be legendary. And Trump doesn't offer much in the way of details either. I talk in almost every election how the Dems talk in fluff and feelings and put forth nothing and now the Republicans have someone who is doing the same.

As I mentioned above, BLM is a political movement or organization. Students on the school's time should not be involved. The police are not a political group or movement. If a school wanted to wear a green stripe to honor the the US military, I think it would be great. The Tea Party, BLM, John Birch Society, etc. are completely political and have no business in this manner. You are compared oranges and rocks.

Police officers are not another "movement". What if there was some tragic event and a few firefighters in a community were killed and the team decided to wear a red stripe for a year. Are firefighters a "movement" or is it just honoring someone? I don't think high school kids should be involved in politics while on a sports field. They shouldn't be wearing colors to support a political stance.

It shouldn't take a doctorate degree to know that saying I back up the police doesn't mean, "I back up all cops and even the racists ones". If we are doing that then we should remove any support for teachers and educators? We have recently seen in Beaumont some of those people sentenced for felonies. I have also seen some fairly crude racist remarks by educators. Should we not support them? I have also seen plenty of support for the military yet we have had some terror and racists acts by certain of them. I guess any mention of supporting the military should be called into question. Anyone that says "I support teachers/police/military/etc." isn't saying "I support all _______" no matter what. Last season the Lamar Port Arthur Seahawks basketball team did their annual poster with members of the Port Arthur Police Department. I guess that means the LSC-PA administration is all racists since they allowed the team to be photographed with those evil cops. I believe that sometimes people have to go out of their way to find controversy.

If you want to help end corruption in the US Congress, two simple law would help a lot. They won't ever pass though. One would be like many or most states and have a balanced budget amendment. You can spend money on pet projects unless the money is in hand. The other would be like TX and a bill has a single issue. It can't be like the US Congress where riders are allowed. It is like a bill that is passed to aid the people in a disaster area in Florida after a hurricane............ and a rider to study the sex habits of the Asian Tiger Mosquitos in CA. That is currently how you close votes with legal bribes. But..... Congress that loves that ability so it will not tale place.

No they did not. Where do you get this stuff or is it "what you heard"? The PD was not disbanded. The DOJ made them change this use of force policy, required more training for officers, required body cams and even required pay raises. The DOJ also required changes to the city court and they way the collect fines and issue warrants.

I will say this about the Oklahoma shooting, the officer taking the shots was mentally prepared for that incident. He had to go in and save his partner, take the guy out and it was he that got the other officer out of harms way, recovered her gun and then kept the suspect at gun point although he was already gone. I have witness police shootings up close and seen many others in videos shown internally. It is one thing to be able to shoot and an entirely different thing to be thinking when it is all going down and afterwards with the adrenaline dump. Great job by that officer.

Speaking of police shootings, this recent one from Oklahoma hopefully is not controversial but this unarmed man was shot by an officer. The suspect was crazy and like all fights with the police, the unarmed man is usually on inches away from an officer's gun. This is a wild one.

I think these throw the bums out, both sides need to be flushed and Congress has horrible ratings are meaningless. Representatives are not unpopular. The opposition is unpopular. Since Congress is divided enough to pretty much block each other, nothing gets done. That doesn't mean that San Francisco doesn't love Nancy Pelosi or that north Houston doesn't like Ted Poe. People in those districts might say, "I hate Congress" but in the next breath say, "I love my congressman". Let's run by just a few numbers in Texas in the last election in 2014 and see how unpopular Congress is with some of these Republican led districts. Ted Poe wins District 2 with almost 70% of the vote. In 1 Louie Gohmert gets almost 80% of the vote. Yep, lots of hate there. In 3 Sam Johnson gets 82%, 5 wins with 85%, 8 with Kevin Brady with right at 90% (ouch).. but wait, we have some close ones. Districts 6 and 7 get just over 60% votes for the Republicans (a 20% wins looks "close" compared to other districts). Even the Democrats had a few high number districts but not as many as the Republicans but in those districts, they appear to be satisfied with their representatives. The point is that people don't like representatives that vote differently from them. They claim to hate Congress but they like 50% of it and hate the other 50% so nothing gets done. Term limits while it seems enticing, might not do any good. When Kevin Brady wins in this region of the state by 90% and is forced out, do you think the people in his district are going to vote for a Nancy Pelosi candidate? Not in a million years. You can force every person out of Congress every term but what will change? Will the uber-ultra-about to fall of the left side of the Earth people in San Francisco going to be voting for change by picking a Ted Poe like person? Again, not in a million years. So what would we accomplish? An far left wing Democrat is replaced with a far left wing Democrat. Yep, that will shake things up.

I think it is in that category but probably A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. It is not only a great song, the meaning is pretty deep.

60's.

Ride of the Valkyries sounds like .... Victory!!

I don't know if they were justified but I have seen nothing that proves they were not.

And you have seen such a claim where? Yet another straw man argument.

Yes, likely. I did not see any video of the shooting and do not know why he fired. Do you? Please share the video with us. I know that you are very used to rendering a verdict with no evidence. Speculation is great but it is just that, speculation or an opinion. I am speculating based on 33 years as a police officer. Having been on duty when it happened and worked with people that have done the exact same thing, It is my opinion based on that experience that it is likely that he fired the weapon by mistake. If he did so, he is very much wrong for accidentally firing a round. If he fired with good cause (and I certainly didn't see any) then he was not wrong. The problem is that we can only guess. But I will stick with my opinion of, he is likely wrong without knowing any more.

Let's see, the media is talking about open carry, the NRA wants us to buy guns, cops are shooting people that created the situation, crazy people can get guns and some want in on the action. Exactly what does that jumble of thoughts mean? I might add, I went shopping last week, a friend of mine went fishing, Popeye's ended their 5 piece boneless wing deal locally and there were some car accidents in Beaumont.

Old story. Why do you think this is big news with the "Well look" comment?

The officer was likely wrong but I think looking at the situation, he accidentally fired. He should have never had his finger on the trigger (which is the way it is trained). I will bet that the guy really wasn't shot directly in the leg but he caught some ricochet off of the roadway because the officer wasn't aiming when he fired, which makes me even more believe that he accidentally fired or as it is called an accidental discharge or negligent discharge. I have a hard time believing that an officer with a rifle (I think) from a few yards missed by several feet. The rifle is capable of a head shot out to about 200 yards without even using a scope. Even with a handgun he should not have missed that far.

When a person is making an issue about a Yugoslavian born woman giving a speech written by someone else that turns out to be a Democrat, they must not have many issues to go on.

There is absolutely no evidence of that and the physical evidence tells a different story.

Yes. He was never pursuing Martin. The little fat guy can hardly pursue an 18 year old kid. Had it been a race, Martin would be crossing the 100 while Zimmerman was back at the 50. Zimmerman followed Martin to keep an eye on him. He stopped when told to by the dispatcher. That can clearly be heard on the recording. Also, the dispatcher is a civilian employee that has no legal authority to tell you anything. What a dispatcher said is meaningless however in this case, Zimmerman complied. But that is just going by what is on the recording.

I doubt even now. BG probably saw outtakes from MSNBC or CNN. I have severe reservations that any of the convention was actually watched live.

Actually you said, "They couldn't get a president elected. They are falling apart" in response to winning Congress. I never saw a time frame, however....... I only presented facts. I supposed when Reagan and G H W Bush won 3 elections back to back, for 12 years the Democrats were falling apart? Want Congress thrown in? From 1933 to 1995 only two congresses (4 years) had the Republicans controlling it completely. During that 62 year time frame, the Democrats held the entire Congress for 54 years and 4 years of shared control. During those 54 years of complete Democratic control of Congress, The Republicans won the presidency 9 times. Taking out FDR during WWII, the Democrats have won 5. Even with FDR included, they tied. Let's see, 54 years in control but wouldn't win the White House for 36 years. Yep, the Democrats were falling apart. Your rationale, like always, is nonsensical.

Your description, while almost certainly false, sounds like justification for the use of deadly force.

Apparently you didn't listen to the 911 recording.