BADSANTA Posted October 14, 2020 Report Posted October 14, 2020 I didnt think city vehicles could show political support to either party. Quote
SmashMouth Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 3 hours ago, BADSANTA said: I didnt think city vehicles could show political support to either party. Well, didn’t he step down from his position? Was he a volunteer? Quote
THE DUDE Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 26 minutes ago, SmashMouth said: Well, didn’t he step down from his position? Was he a volunteer? they better be careful or the whole volunteer dept will step down. Quote
THE DUDE Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 4 hours ago, BADSANTA said: I didnt think city vehicles could show political support to either party. don't you live in the silsbee area? Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 Meeting was held last night. Everything is cool. From this point on no fire truck or city vehicle will be in any political parades except for traffic control. The fireman did resign but was asked to come back and accepted. BADSANTA and Self High 5 2 Quote
Ty Cobb Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 Fly that that TRUMP flag. I love it!!! Firefighters and Policemen should love the support they get from Republicans. RETIREDFAN1 and Chester86 2 Quote
Kountzer Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 My friend and classmate Jay Hinkie was a class guy. I'll leave it at that. Quote
baddog Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 No one would have complained about a Biden flag. Quote
stevenash Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 How about you Badsanta. Would you have posted your comment if the news had been a bout a Biden flag? Quote
SmashMouth Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 12 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said: The fireman did resign but was asked to come back and accepted. I’m glad to hear it. Quote
BS Wildcats Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Kountzer said: My friend and classmate Jay Hinkie was a class guy. I'll leave it at that. Why is it was a class guy? Quote
AggiesAreWe Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 18 minutes ago, BS Wildcats said: Why is it was a class guy? He was killed in the line of duty a couple of years ago. Was a long time volunteer fireman at Silsbee. Quote
BS Wildcats Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said: He was killed in the line of duty a couple of years ago. Was a long time volunteer fireman at Silsbee. Ok didn’t know. Thanks! I thought he was talking about the firefighter flying the flag. Quote
CardinalBacker Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 Yeah.... I'm gonna guess that 99.9% of those who don't have a problem with the Trump flag would be losing their minds over a Biden/BLM flag. Kinda like those "pro prayer" people from Kountze who wouldn't be so gung-ho about religious freedom if it involved everybody kneeling towards mecca before the games. Quote
SmashMouth Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said: Yeah.... I'm gonna guess that 99.9% of those who don't have a problem with the Trump flag would be losing their minds over a Biden/BLM flag. Kinda like those "pro prayer" people from Kountze who wouldn't be so gung-ho about religious freedom if it involved everybody kneeling towards mecca before the games. Personally, I don’t have a problem with a Trump flag, per se’. Probably shouldn’t be flying from a city-owned fire truck though. But what about the fire trucks toting Santa around while he chunks candy to the kids during the holidays celebrating a Christian holiday? I kinda like it. I wouldn’t want that same truck toting around islamist extremists chunking ied’s at passers by during Ramadan though...lol. To each his own... 5GallonBucket 1 Quote
Tigers94 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 I just don't get mixing business with politics. Not unless your actual business is selling Trump flags or something else political. Yes I realize the fire department ain't a business, but I see other places doing it. Not sure if it helps them or hurts them more. Quote
CardinalBacker Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, SmashMouth said: Personally, I don’t have a problem with a Trump flag, per se’. Probably shouldn’t be flying from a city-owned fire truck though. But what about the fire trucks toting Santa around while he chunks candy to the kids during the holidays celebrating a Christian holiday? I kinda like it. I wouldn’t want that same truck toting around islamist extremists chunking ied’s at passers by during Ramadan though...lol. To each his own... The problem isn’t the flag, it’s the fact that a publicly funded enterprise was flying it in a partisan manner. Nobody would care if that fireman had joined the parade in his own vehicle with the same flag. It reminds me of the time one of our coworkers was running his company truck through the bikini car wash at the nipple ranch when the news crews showed up. Sometimes you just need to keep your bidness to yourself. Quote
Hagar Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 I would think, due to the political atmosphere, most would know this wasn’t a great idea. Now rules are in place. No harm no foul. Saw a sticker on the back of a pickup yesterday. Something like, I love the old USA. Sure do miss it. Between PC & Hate, one has to be so careful what we say or do now. I miss it too. Ty Cobb 1 Quote
CardinalBacker Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Hagar said: I would think, due to the political atmosphere, most would know this wasn’t a great idea. Now rules are in place. No harm no foul. Saw a sticker on the back of a pickup yesterday. Something like, I love the old USA. Sure do miss it. Between PC & Hate, one has to be so careful what we say or do now. I miss it too. It’s not all bad... I’ve stopped saying things that I shouldn’t have been saying in the first place. An honestly, there have been some good points made along the way by the lefties. They’re few and far between, but they exist. Quote
Hagar Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said: It’s not all bad... I’ve stopped saying things that I shouldn’t have been saying in the first place. An honestly, there have been some good points made along the way by the lefties. They’re few and far between, but they exist. Sure, a few valid points. Problem for us older folks, habits of 60 to 70 years are not easy to break. A young lady waiting on me, I might say, Thank you babe”, in a totally innocent, polite, context. Today, I could be accused of being a sexist or some “fill in the blank” phobe. S-cks enough being old. NetCat 1 Quote
CardinalBacker Posted October 15, 2020 Report Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Hagar said: Sure, a few valid points. Problem for us older folks, habits of 60 to 70 years are not easy to break. A young lady waiting on me, I might say, Thank you babe”, in a totally innocent, polite, context. Today, I could be accused of being a sexist or some “fill in the blank” phobe. S-cks enough being old. Yeah... my poor old grandpaw was at a rehab unit recovering from shoulder surgery about ten years ago and the nurse (who was black) was moving him around and it hurt him. Now, I don’t know what he meant, but I know what he said... “Owwwww!!!! I ought to whip you!” It was horrible. Dude was born in 1925. He’d seen it all and that was no where near the most offensive thing that I eve me heard him say. So yes, we are making progress. Quote
BADSANTA Posted October 16, 2020 Author Report Posted October 16, 2020 22 hours ago, THE DUDE said: don't you live in the silsbee area? No I don't. I live in Katy,TX out in Cinco Ranch about a mile from Tomkins High School. Quote
BADSANTA Posted October 16, 2020 Author Report Posted October 16, 2020 22 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said: Meeting was held last night. Everything is cool. From this point on no fire truck or city vehicle will be in any political parades except for traffic control. The fireman did resign but was asked to come back and accepted. I dont think the man should have lost his job honestly. It could have been a time to educate. SmashMouth 1 Quote
BADSANTA Posted October 16, 2020 Author Report Posted October 16, 2020 7 hours ago, CardinalBacker said: Yeah.... I'm gonna guess that 99.9% of those who don't have a problem with the Trump flag would be losing their minds over a Biden/BLM flag. Kinda like those "pro prayer" people from Kountze who wouldn't be so gung-ho about religious freedom if it involved everybody kneeling towards mecca before the games. No flag should be on that truck. Democrats or Republicans! SmashMouth 1 Quote
Hagar Posted October 16, 2020 Report Posted October 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said: Yeah... my poor old grandpaw was at a rehab unit recovering from shoulder surgery about ten years ago and the nurse (who was black) was moving him around and it hurt him. Now, I don’t know what he meant, but I know what he said... “Owwwww!!!! I ought to whip you!” It was horrible. Dude was born in 1925. He’d seen it all and that was no where near the most offensive thing that I eve me heard him say. So yes, we are making progress. Yep, no doubt he’d said the same thing if J.J. Watt had been turning him over. 😄 SmashMouth 1 Quote
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