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closg00 wrote:I may have been posted already, but the Austin bomber was a deplorable.A BuzzFeed report revealed that Conduit had been active in a Bible study group called Righteous Invasion of Truth (RIOT) that focused on outdoor survival skills, including how to shoot guns and use knives.
What is Trump doing to protect us from white, male domestic terrorist?
queridiculo wrote:You can tell by the choice of name for their group that these are peaceful Christians, devoted to scripture, and spreading God's words of universal love and acceptance.
- eh, 6B per day here, 6B there - pretty soon it becomes real money.
McMaster spent his White House tenure trying to save the Iran nuclear deal from Trump. Bolton delights in encouraging Trump to rip it up. In the White House meetings the two have had over the past weeks, Bolton has reiterated his position that nuclear deal is not one that can be “fixed” and that withdrawal as soon as possible is the best course of action, according to two people briefed on their conversations.Trump, who is loath to fire his subordinates, let McMaster twist in the political wind for weeks. Rumors swirled that General Vincent Brooks might soon leave his command of U.S. forces in Korea, freeing up McMaster for a fourth star and a final, face-saving assignment. Instead, McMaster has opted to retire, raising questions over whether Trump offered him a path to continued service—or if McMaster had had enough. McMaster’s generalship was famously hard-won, coming only on the personal intervention of Petraeus against Army leadership, at the height of Petraeus’ influence.
stilldropin20 wrote:CobraCommander wrote:stilldropin20 wrote:but what about when a guy uses bombs instead of guns? I'll bet some nut job can make at least 6 bombs and spread them around and kill people. if he gets those bombs in the right places might even be able to kill a lot of people.
speaking of. yeah they caught the guy in texas who made 6 such bombs and killed 3 people. turn to CNN. theres a picture of stormy taking a lie detector test. Ive seen that picture on CNN for the last 2 days at least 20 times.
I’m not a liberal but the point isnt that someone stopped the shooter...the problem is kids got shot. its idiotic that people are highlighting that it could have been worse... You focusing on the wrong issue.
i think the larger point is that mentally ill people that want to somewhat randomly kill or harm innocent people will find a way to do so. Guns, bombs, poison, driving autos into groups of people, etc.
5 days ago a kid entered a school with a gun to kill and no one dies except that the shooter who was stopped with by an armed guard with a gun. During the same week another 23 year old down in texas killed 2 and injured about 7 more with bombs while terrorizing the entire town.
stilldropin20 wrote:I think Bolton is the perfect choice right now. Bolton is full of common sense to see the trump foreign policy campaign pledges through.
cammac wrote:I find it strange that so many of the Presidents that seem so gung ho about conflict never served and avoided military service.
dckingsfan wrote:What I find strange is that we are still trying to be the world's policeman when we can't even afford or basic services at home.
Time to turnover our worldwide bases to our allies and let them fund their own defense.cammac wrote:I find it strange that so many of the Presidents that seem so gung ho about conflict never served and avoided military service.
dckingsfan wrote:Interesting read from NYTimes...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/john-bolton-national-security-adviser.html
"...a hawk among hawks, a hard-liner who thrills conservatives and chills moderates and liberals..."
dckingsfan wrote:Interesting read from NYTimes...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/john-bolton-national-security-adviser.html
"...a hawk among hawks, a hard-liner who thrills conservatives and chills moderates and liberals..."
dckingsfan wrote:What I find strange is that we are still trying to be the world's policeman when we can't even afford or basic services at home.
Time to turnover our worldwide bases to our allies and let them fund their own defense.
UcanUwill wrote:stilldropin20 wrote:CobraCommander wrote:
I’m not a liberal but the point isnt that someone stopped the shooter...the problem is kids got shot. its idiotic that people are highlighting that it could have been worse... You focusing on the wrong issue.
i think the larger point is that mentally ill people that want to somewhat randomly kill or harm innocent people will find a way to do so. Guns, bombs, poison, driving autos into groups of people, etc.
5 days ago a kid entered a school with a gun to kill and no one dies except that the shooter who was stopped with by an armed guard with a gun. During the same week another 23 year old down in texas killed 2 and injured about 7 more with bombs while terrorizing the entire town.
This is such a backwards logic. Nuts would find way to kill, so lets do nothing. Guns are the most efficient way to mass killing, and its a fact. And it shouldn't be so easily accessible, period. Look at other countries and how much safer it is, because they do have sensible gun laws. I swear some Americans are living in a bubble and cant see the obvious problem, or they just choose not to see it, because I dont know - right wing values?
Ruzious wrote:dckingsfan wrote:What I find strange is that we are still trying to be the world's policeman when we can't even afford or basic services at home.
Time to turnover our worldwide bases to our allies and let them fund their own defense.
And I think that's where George W. Bush was heading for before Dick and the other Neocon cons got to him.
stilldropin20 wrote:I know it scares the little boys and girls and makes them pee their pants. but sometimes the only way to avoid a fight with crazy it to be crazier. They gotta believe your nutz enough to follow through on your threats.
CobraCommander wrote:The divide between the right and left is so wide right now that some logical people are adopting these illogical views because their most important view is on one of the sides. For example, there are people that are anti-abortion that are pro gun just because the right has made that one of their causes. When you have people carrying banners for sides that have a million causes that promote the division—you won’t be able to win reasonable debates even when you have facts on your side. In other words... my man is lost in the echo chamber... tied to the matrix... essentially traded his reasonable mind for a party... sad
) - I was at a poker game last night (super high stakes, penny, nickel, dime) and this being Texas and being new I had to ask who they voted for and why. 
- speaking of division. montestewart wrote:stilldropin20 wrote:I know it scares the little boys and girls and makes them pee their pants. but sometimes the only way to avoid a fight with crazy it to be crazier. They gotta believe your nutz enough to follow through on your threats.
Thanks STD, a lot of insight there about Trump and, um, some other people. Takes a big man to share things like that.
