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How will they rule ??!

  • YES - Qualified

    Votes: 41 82.0%
  • NO - Disqualified

    Votes: 9 18.0%

  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
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Per my pardon post: After the country gets sh*t right, if there is time left, Hunter Biden should pretty much be issued an "open-ended" Congressional subpoena. BUT, and I can't stress this enough; it has to be after stuff is fixed. Think of it as dessert.
Hunter is such a screw up that once his daddy no longer has power he will wind up in jail within 2 years. Between the drugs and hookers and driving while doing both, lol, no way that dude makes it long.
 
Wake up.


Southern California is practically all desert or quasi-desert you manipulated marionette.
Anyone can cut-N-paste links for selective years.



Have the leaves fallen yet? Look out the window and let us know, K?
 
Man, they put the fear of Trump into Zuckerberg. He is suddenly red as a well boiled lobster. Just reinforces my beliefs that Facebook is nothing more than a government program.



AXIOS: Exclusive: Meta kills DEI programs
:rolleyes:
 
Hopefully good news. “The FairTax” bill has been reintroduced on Capital Hill.

In summary, The FairTax would eliminate the IRS and the Fed income tax, replacing it with a national sales tax on all final goods and services. It is not a regressive tax because it includes a monthly rebate check every household would receive covering the sales taxes a household of that size (# people) would pay if living at the top of the poverty level.

This plan was written 20 or so years ago, by economists and party members from both sides. There are lots of benefits that would result from it, too many to go into detail here about.
I believe the concept that became the FairTax was originally written in the late 90s. I still have a book written about it, but haven't read in quite some time lol. I'll have to dust it off.

National Retail Sales Tax is THE way to go.
 
didn't Ford pardon Nixon before he was charged with anything?

Yes, he did. Nixon was hesitant to accept the pardon, but public sentiment wanted criminal charges filed, and the DOJ would definitely have pursued that, so Nixon acquiesced. Ford wanted a definite statement of guilt/contrition, but gave in when Nixon refused to go that far.

Nixon DID apologize, albeit somewhat obliquely.

Congress was all set to parade him up before them (since he couldn't take the 5th), but he fell ill with phlebitis (a lot of people speculated that this illness was drummed up, but it turned out not to be, since it required surgery) and after that, the whole thing lost steam.

Historians believe that the pardon cost Ford the election against Carter, and even Ford agreed. The public and political opponents chalked it up to Nixon and Ford being chums, the good old boy network etc. but that scandal, and the pardon put a huge strain on their 30 year long friendship.

In time though, even staunch Democrats came to realize that it was the right thing to do. Ford had a lot of faults as a politician (I never cared for him) but in the end, he made a heavy personal sacrifice to do what was best for the country. IMO.

(on a personal note, I was in 2nd grade when Nixon won re-election in a landslide, and I still have my NIXON NOW! button 🤣)

Loved him then but, as I've gotten older, I've realized that Nixon, in reality, governed much more like a Democrat, AND conversely, JFK governed like a Republican. 🤣🤣) Nixon is the root cause of most of the problems we have with the Chinese now.

For a guy that prided himself on foreign policy, he pretty much sh*t the bed in that department. His corruption seems tame by today's standards but, setting that aside, by most objective measures, he was a C- POTUS.
 
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Man, they put the fear of Trump into Zuckerberg. He is suddenly red as a well boiled lobster. Just reinforces my beliefs that Facebook is nothing more than a government program.



AXIOS: Exclusive: Meta kills DEI programs

So was Microsoft, still is in a lot of ways...
 
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Why this world has not been destroyed yet by God, I have no idea.... The pure Evil that exists. (I've only used the E word three or four times in a year ) This world IS the devil's and his angels...


Of course not telling anyone what to do but if you ever get the feeling you are dealing with E, shun it and do not engage or partake of it. Fight it any way you can but do not partake.....

God Bless those willing to undertake this fight against E.
Well said.
 
Yes, he did. Nixon was hesitant to accept the pardon, but public sentiment wanted criminal charges filed, and the DOJ would definitely have pursued that, so Nixon acquiesced. Ford wanted a definite statement of guilt/contrition, but gave in when Nixon refused to go that far.

Nixon DID apologize, albeit somewhat obliquely.

Congress was all set to parade him up before them (since he couldn't take the 5th), but he fell ill with phlebitis (a lot of people speculated that this illness was drummed up, but it turned out not to be, since it required surgery) and after that, the whole thing lost steam.

Historians believe that the pardon cost Ford the election against Carter, and even Ford agreed. The public and political opponents chalked it up to Nixon and Ford being chums, the good old boy network etc. but that scandal, and the pardon put a huge strain on their 30 year long friendship.

In time though, even staunch Democrats came to realize that it was the right thing to do. Ford had a lot of faults as a politician (I never cared for him) but in the end, he made a heavy personal sacrifice to do what was best for the country. IMO.

(on a personal note, I was in 2nd grade when Nixon won re-election in a landslide, and I still have my NIXON NOW! button 🤣)

Loved him then but, as I've gotten older, I've realized that Nixon, in reality, governed much more like a Democrat, AND conversely, JFK governed like a Republican. 🤣🤣) Nixon is the root cause of most of the problems we have with the Chinese now.

For a guy that prided himself on foreign policy, he pretty much sh*t the bed in that department. His corruption seems tame by today's standards but, setting that aside, by most objective measures, he was a C- POTUS.
SNL lampooned the heck outta Ford while he served in office. Funny stuff. Years later, Gerry reflected he was none too happy about it.

 
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