tvc184

Go ahead. Don't be ashamed. So you like to use Clorox 2 instead of regular chlorine bleach?

I know that both sides exploit any political advantage. But let's look at the elections since Bill Clinton first ran. Clinton beat sitting president G H W Bush who was 68. Then he beat Bob Dole at 73. When young Obama ran in his first election in 2004, it was the same thing with 68 year old John McCain. In all of those elections I heard it many times, the GOP was the party of stodgy old white guys. That was not like the Democratic party with the young vibrant 46 year old Bill Clinton or the 43 year old Obama in 2004. The party of youth and the young vote was taking over. Well, here we are in 2015 and the front runner still (at the moment) is Hillary Clinton who is a relative youngster with the Democrat possibles at 67. We have what appears to be her most serious challenge with Bernie Sanders at 74 (remembering that the Dems said that Reagan was "too old" when he ran at 69). The one that many people seem to want to jump in to save the election is Biden at 73. The other real serious contender like Biden also hasn't jumped in but many far lefters want Elizabeth (well, I really thought I Native America) Warren who is almost the same age at 66. Of course there is 52 year old Martin O'Malley but I think that about 95% of the Democrat voters will say, "Martin who?". Compare that against Marco Rubio at 44, Ted Cruz at 44, Chris Christie at 53, Bobby Jindal at 44, Rand Paul at 52, Rick Santorum at 57 and Scott Walker at 47. Of course the GOP might opt for an almost youngster (compared to the Dems field) of Carly Fiorina just turned 61, or the older Ben Carson at 63 or Don Trump at 69. They have the option for a lot younger candidate if they wish and I suspect will eventually win. When the candidates start dropping (which has already started), more of the establishment vote will start pulling away from Trump, Carson or Fiorina. Even if not, two of those three are in their early 60's. I am assuming that the Dems will not bring up old out of touch candidates in this election. At least the Dems have updated a bit. They are not the party of stodgy old white guys, now they can add stodgy old women.

You mean the establishment because the voters are looking hard at Trump or Carson?

Vollies...............

It is probably not nearly as bad as portrayed however even if that is true, it won't get much traction for some people. And before the inevitable claim that it will be the same from the other side with police defenders not looking at both sides, I have gotten a white officer fired immediately (like almost on the spot) for hitting a black prisoner without justified cause and filed criminal charges with the DA. I have no problem calling a bad officer or even a good officer making a mistake when I see and have acted on that personally. I like to see both sides of the story however before I make the conclusion and once the facts are in, it is what it is. In many cases that make national or area news, some people will "CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!". (thank you Jack Nicholson) According to the news report listed (which can be completely wrong from either standpoint), he was misidentified by a witness. That means that someone likely pointed to him and said, "That's the guy!!". IF that is true, that already tends to show where the police were coming from in their use of force, even if it turns out to be justified. So.... let's wait and see what happened.

"Only" 59 but never heard of it.

A lot of people want welfare to be cut until it is their welfare being cut.

Straight ticket is stupid however as long as they list the party affiliation next to the name on the ballot, a person can still simple go through and click the party of choice. If we run four different people in the general election, we will throw the president choice to the House of Representatives. In this case, the Republicans in the House would choose the next president.

I hate to break this to you but there is no way in our current political system that a third party candidate can do anything except help guarantee one of the first two parties a victory. To make it shorter, a Democrat or Republican will be the next president and no third party candidate will change that. You can write Mickey Mouse in and stomp your feet in protest to show your feelings but it will not change any of the above. If you believe that Romney would have been the same as Obama then I have serious doubts of your reasoning ability. It didn't matter if you voted in TX because Romney beat Obama by 16% but in general, the Democrats still appreciate your support of their candidate by voting for a meaningless third party or simply skipping the polls altogether.

The whole lives matter stuff is just crap. Black, white, blue, all, etc. is stupidity. Who is claiming that some lives don't matter? It is a movement based on......... absolutely nothing.

If saying stupid things is a disqualifyer, the Dems better hope that Hillary drops out and that Biden doesn't take her place.

Every few years I notice a case like this. Usually it involves an officer that wrecks a car and makes up some kind of wild story to cover up the incident. In many cases it would likely result in a bad letter in the file or a day or two without pay. A lie will sink an officer's career faster than anything. This one might result in a prison sentence.

And the Democrats appreciate the support.

Not hardly or at least not what I call conservative issues.

The police union is being kind of a crybaby and silly about it. They don't want all officers judged by the very few bad apples yet they want Arby's nationwide to suffer a boycott because of the actions of a 19 year old. Arby's looks like they immediately addressed the issue. Why go any further? People in glass houses should not throw stones and the police are most definitely in a glass house.

I would vote for the best of the last two candidates that were left unless you are talking the primaries.

Is that a department policy or the judge's arbitrary rule?

I have a license issued by the federal government that says I can.

It is too cost prohibitive. In Port Arthur a two man mandatory patrol unit would cut the current staffing down to 4 patrol cars between Sabine Pass (part of PA), Bridge City, Port Acres, the north end/mall area, the central part of the city and downtown/west side. It is hard to cover almost 100 square miles with 4 cars. It would take approximately $5 million to hire enough officers for the same patrol coverage by adding two man units. It will not happen.

Lucky for the driver that he wasn't shot after he reached.

And exactly what windfalls would that be?

No.

I am thinking that the suspect needs one more round of drugs to cure his issues...... permanently.

That is one of the most insightful things that I have seen you post. Yes sometimes the cops are cranky. That doesn't make them evil, criminal or abusive. They deal with crap all day, hear every lie imaginable and that is likely just in the last two days. That same sometimes (not always) cranky cop is the same one that will drag a drunk driver out of a burning car to save his life at the risk of the officer's life when the criminal (DWI) almost caused his own death. I agree with all of your post but wanted to highlight that many people mistake being in a less than stellar mood as being criminal or prejudicial.

Where is the logic? I guess you missed it. Travis committed valiant acts to save Texas. For that he gave his life to defend the ideals of freedom from an oppressor. How many people have earned the Medal of Honor in US military history that may have disobeyed orders? A squad is told to stay put and wait for help but one guy charges forward at the extreme risk of his own life and saves fellow comrades. We have award medals of valor for such acts, not court martial the person. Again, we all have committed sins or other misdeeds. There is no hero around that has not done something in the past that was questionable. Martin Luther King Jr is reported by a close advisor to have had sexual affairs. Does that diminish his accomplishments? He is celebrated for what he did that was heroic, not for being a saint. All of the people mentioned have committed acts of bravery or other selfless acts that are admired without making personal shortcomings an issue. Sandra Bland did what, was lawfully arrested for a felony and killed herself? And if you can find where I ever called her a bad person, please point it out. I have made no judgments of her whatsoever other than she was lawfully arrested.