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Ojo Rojo

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  1. I was in Port O'Connor for Memorial Day Weekend and there are a couple of beaches accessible only by boat where lots of people gather. There are "Let's Go Brandon" and Trump flags flying from boats aplenty. You get the scene. I overheard one conversation where the guy said, "I think the Democrats were behind COVID. I wouldn't put it past them." He was dead serious. So we have that going for us, which is nice.
  2. This school shooting thing may have pushed me over the edge. The only thing really rooting me to Texas and the U.S. is my kids and my other family. As I've posted elsewhere on this board, my middle kid had some problems in school this year that were very hard to deal with. He's going to a different school next year, he's now on meds and receiving additional treatment. If none of that works and he still has a shit school experience then I'm selling my house and we're going to buy a sailboat and do the liveaboard thing and homeschool our kids for a year. See how it goes, reassess. My parents and brothers can come visit us in the Bahamas, Grenada, BVI, Azores, Greece, South Pacific, wherever the fuck we are.
  3. I don't know, gents, this might be the thing that breaks me. Strongly considering drastic measures to GTFO or take action. I've got three young kids. Heretofore, I have not been an activist of any kind. This issue gets to me though. I was driving on 610 near the Galleria in Houston a couple of hours ago and they were taking down the billboard for the NRA convention at GRB this weekend. I'm not sure why. Regarding law enforcement on the scene, I have a lot of questions and until more information comes out, it certainly does appear that there was cowardice, selfishness, ineptitude and deflection on full display. That said, those cops holding the parents back, I'm not so sure they were doing the wrong thing. Someone had to keep a perimeter. There were other law enforcement officers dealing directly with the evacuation of other students and confronting the shooter. It would have led to more confusion and possibly greater loss of life if frantic parents were allowed to storm the grounds en masse to find their kids before the threat was neutralized. A horrible, horrible situation for all involved, but I think we still need to try to view it as objectively as possible.
  4. Bravo to you, sir!
  5. The gun issue is maddening. The answer is so obvious. There is absolutely no real downside to taking the only action that might have an effect on the number of mass shootings. Make assault style rifles illegal. At least make them a lot more difficult to get. Age limit? Yes! Background check? Yes! Waiting period, interview, watch list, connectivity between medical professionals and law enforcement? Yes, yes, yes, fuck yes! Every argument against common sense gun restrictions is either illogical or just outright stupidity. -If you take my guns then I can't overthrow the government if necessary. Answer: You can't overthrow the government with your AR as it is. Or with your 50 cal or tank or whatever in the fuck else you have. The U.S. military has puff the magic dragon and warthogs and shit. You ain't doing shit. Accept it and affect the government in the ways that are actually possible. -I won't be able to defend my home. Answer: Bullshit. You can still own handguns and shotguns (which should also be harder to get, but not impossible). Plenty of firepower to blow away a burglar, in the unlikely event it ever happens. -My right to own firearms is protected by the Constitution. Answer: Yes, it may well be. However, we live in a different time than when the Constitution was drafted. Do you honestly think that the framers, if they could see the shit that is happening now, wouldn't add a couple of qualifiers to 2A? If you don't believe that then you are being willfully ignorant. Things change, policy and laws have to change to adapt. To believe that one single document written 200 years ago is infallible and can effectively address every single conceivable situation possible under the sun is just crazy. Yes, it's a great, historic legal document. Changing it should be very, very hard and should not be taken lightly, but when the situation calls for it, like, say, when hundreds of schoolchildren are murdered in cold blood as a direct consequence of the easy access to firearms, then that is the right situation for change. I'm not going to continue. It's maddening. It's sickening. I'm beginning to hate all politicians. Whatever. It all boils down to guns vs. lives. Choose.
  6. I mean, I had to make sure she was okay and everything.
  7. I don't think she was capable of feeling shame in that moment. When I first stopped all of her clothes were in a pile on the ground and she was facing us. Pretty decent tits, if I'm being honest. She was pacing around talking to herself. Then she attacked a sign. I think she understood that she was starting to draw attention so she gathered up her clothes. I don't know what happened after that. We drove by there later and she was gone.
  8. Rolled up to this a few months ago at the intersection of Ella and 34th in Houston. My son was in the front seat of the car with me. It gave me a good opportunity to convey to him the effect certain drugs have on people.
  9. I went to high school with that dude. We had a little morning news program in our high school that we produced and broadcast closed circuit. It was pretty cool. Gerald and Ernie Zuniga, now one of the anchors on the Fox affiliate in San Antonio, really got started there.
  10. Reading some of the posts from texags posted here, it strikes me that they all seem to suffer from, "I think it, so it must be true." My theory is that this is a defense mechanism to the truth that they just cannot bring themselves to admit, which is that they are inferior in every way. Pencil necked geeks pretending to be some kind of military group. Fat, ugly chicks who stand out only by comparison to each other. All steeped in failure, ineptitude and a complete lack of self awareness. This is why they have to stick together so much. To consort with people outside of their cult would expose them for that they truly are.
  11. It sure will be nice to get LMJ and Jake Meyers back. It would also be nice if they are still good players when they return. For y'all GM types, any chance they would call up Leon or Brown this season? Korey Lee? If Siri and McCormick stay the same is it more likely Leon gets the call up? If no starting pitchers get injured or start underperforming, would there be any reason to call up Brown? If Castro and Machete continue to suck this bad at hitting, would Lee be an option? I don't know shit about any of their service time and how that might affect these decisions.
  12. No, no, no. I was not insinuating that Carlson would fall because Fox would do the right thing and fire him. LOLOLOLOL!!! I would never insinuate that because I know that is beyond impossible. No, no. What I was suggesting is that maybe the families of the victims would sue Carlson and Fox and possibly drive him into financial ruin just like Alex Jones. But the victims here are black and not white kids, so probably wouldn't work anyway.
  13. Is there any way to look at it other than Tucker Carlson is directly responsible for the mass shooting in Buffalo? This could be his Sandy Hook/Alex Jones moment. Maybe this is the way it gets done.
  14. There is a difference between being partisan, political and ideological. Besides, scoring judges on a political ideology is a bit like looking at the 3 pointer stats of Bryce Harper. They are not supposed to be politically motivated.
  15. Kinda wish Bregman would pull his head out.
  16. Ojo Rojo

    Class Warfare

    Pretty spot on. I would add that the wealthy, left or right, mostly act in ways to increase or protect their wealth. Just as you say, the wealthy on the left are doing things that don't cost them much and don't address the bigger problem. To me, the overall problem can be summarized simply: "For too long too many have acted in their own self-interest to the detriment of what is good for all." At some point someone is going to have to pay the piper. There was equilibrium before because politicians and the people in power operated on the functional equivalent of one of my favorite axioms, "Pigs get fat; hogs get slaughtered." Basically, you can milk the system a little bit and get plenty rich as long as you do enough actual governing and good in the world to prevent open revolt of the lower classes. I think the limits have been tested and many have realized they don't actually have to do the governing and good in the world part or restrain their grift in the slightest. Trump showed them all how it's done.
  17. To me, the Supreme Court is the canary in the coal mine of democracy. It's very fragile. It's the last line of defense against tyranny. As I've said before, I do not believe the justices themselves are political actors. But the people who are responsible for putting them there certainly are. That is why Mitch McConnell dying a very painful, very public death would not bother me in the least. When Republicans started treating politics like a bloodsport, with a win at all costs attitude and the belief that it's okay to impose your will on others no matter what (hey, that's what winners do!), that is when our democracy was in serious jeopardy. We haven't reached the end or the bottom, I don't believe, but we're close. The outright theft of a seat on the Supreme Court put us close to the end. The pendulum is either going to swing back the other way or the U.S. will become a fascist state. True freedom, the way the Constitution actually means it, will no longer exist if the far right wins. There will be no justice, no due process. There will be persecution. There will be lots and lots of suffering and death.
  18. Yeah, and Yordan just drove in Bregman. 4 AB, 4H, 3R We may never lose another game. Ever.
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