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Ojo Rojo

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  1. C'mon Bregman! Pull your head out and do something! Edit: I'll take it!
  2. Ojo Rojo

    Getting old sucks

    I was out at a beach this weekend and these 4 college dudes pull up in their boat. They look around and I overheard one of them say, "I thought there were supposed to be a bunch of girls here. This is just families and shit." That would have been me 25 years ago.
  3. I heard Corey Booker on NPR this morning on my way to work. I like Booker. I was impressed with him during his presidential campaign. The first half of the interview, though, he was deflecting and not really answering the questions or saying anything substantive, just like all politicians. Then he said something along the lines of, "Congress can't really do anything because if they do they will be voted out of office. The political will of the people is driving this issue, just like every other issue, so it's the voters who have to change first, then their Congressmen will follow suit." First of all, I think he is absolutely right, as fucked up as it is. Politicians elected to Congress are not there to do what's good for the country. That's not just a cynical statement on my part, it's the reality. Because of democracy, people elected to Congress are really just whores to the voters and their campaign contributors, probably not in that order. They don't lead, they don't do anything proactively, they don't do anything to risk being re-elected, which means they try not to do anything politically unpopular. The big problem with this, of course, is that sometimes we have to do shit as a country that people don't like. Because of where we are as a country, "what people want" should not be the guiding principle, as we have seen, because what people want is sometimes bad. There isn't going to be a huge long-term grass roots movement that shows politicians that the political will of the people has changed enough that it is safe to enact meaningful gun reforms. Congress isn't going to take the lead and do the right thing because it would be political suicide for the ones who matter (namely 10 Republican senators). Long story short, ain't nothing going to change. More children will die.
  4. Mitch Cumsteen to the white courtesy phone, please.
  5. I've had a boat down there since I was a kid. All the aggresive dumbassery has me less inclined to go, and never on a Holiday weekend. My family has had a house down there since before I was born. I've owned a house there since 2005. We are selling it now. This is one of the reasons.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Bravo to you, sir!
  10. 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.
  11. I mean, I had to make sure she was okay and everything.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Kinda wish Bregman would pull his head out.
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