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RomaVicta

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  1. It's a repeating pattern. RomaVicta (before now): Surely it can't get any worse. RomaVicta everytime: Doh!
  2. Would JD Vance be up? I recall thinking Gerald Ford was not smart enough to be president. He was a more accomplished scholar (and athlete) than I would ever be. He was likely my intellectual equal or even looked down. I just thought that presidents should be smarter than me. He wasn't a bad guy. The GOP wasn't yet a bad party. Ford would be a low point for capable presidents, I thought. Nope. Reagan had little idea about what he was doing or how things work. That will be the low point for GOPs, I thought although I was becoming aware of the construction of the hate engine. Reagan meant well. I don't think even Nixon ever had a thought of undermining the republic. He just abused power. Next, the hopeful blip among the GOPs. GHW Bush. He did many things I didn't like, and he was the old school face of the new school (hate) GOP. We leave the low part of the wave where Nixon defined the depths. Certainly a smart guy was in charge who cared about the republic. That was so common, that a person never thought about naming that as a qualification. Of course there can be corruption and power/money grabs, buy no basic desire to fuck up the country. But no. W Bush is an ambulatory moron with name brand recognition. The Iraq invasion and all the lies used to justify is the worst policy decision of my adult lifetime. At least there was a publicly recognized pretense for the disaster of Viet Nam: fight communism. It was stupid, but it was something real. Iraq...don't get me started. So W will be the dumbest worst GOP president in my memory. Nope. I don't expect things to go up. I just hope they do. A Republican president has become, by definition, a disaster in the making.
  3. As we've all discussed, it may come down to them. I haven't watched these videos yet, but it is encouraging that the sat through much of it in stony silence. I saw bits from Trump's address to Alabama students, and it felt like a rally for Trump. Trump should be the antithesis of what a young thinking person visualizes for this country. Maybe the officer corps will be saviors of the republic.
  4. We sure know how to pick 'em.
  5. The dark humor can get pretty good in bad times over there. Or, when people recognize they're in bad times. Otherwise, these guys are told to grow a pair and go back to Asstin. Oh, and this:
  6. I got a hernia building Stonehenge.
  7. I thought the premise that I'm talking about American ethnic pride could be assumed. Someone in Mexico proud of their country, heritage, and polite culture is national pride. Pride in being Texan for similar reasons is state pride. They don't fall under the definition of ethnic pride. Arguably when a pale gringo like me goes to Mexico, I'm the ethnic one not the natives. I was specific even if, evidently, unclear.
  8. He doesn't care, and he doesn't need to. The sophistry is strong enough. It won't be questioned as to validity; it's valid because he said. Ipse dixit. It actually only speaks two words: Free Country. No one denies the impact of the Civil War on Black History. Move all those confederate general statues there. Tha fuck?
  9. Ethnic pride is pretty idiotic. Black pride got started because the Black population had been denigrated and oppressed for so long that many longed to be anything but Black. Black Pride was a remedy for a real problem and did lot of good. White pride or Asian pride or Irish pride (other than as whimsy) do not equate. With every good occurence, stupid occurences follow.
  10. That critic is seeing what I'm seeing. Anderson is young. He can learn. Or he can rest on his impressive laurels.
  11. I think Elko must think that the army is still conscripting soldiers. Hell, who knows, maybe the fake army is drafting on campus @Fondren & Main beat me to this, but it will likely be a replay of QBU's crown jewels (McMurray & Allen & King) going elsewhere to play well.
  12. It's particularly amusing that they think turning out tens of thousands of Aggie grads proud of being 2%ers will make the world red-ass.
  13. The shoes thing happens in Friday Night Lights. It was moving there because he returns to the quiet empty stadium to do it. It's not a performance for the masses.
  14. He was a great president. He is a good man. I wish that all goes as well as is possible, Joe Biden.
  15. Yep. That's totally different perspective than Incredulity spiking the ball. It was a devastating move. It impacted the election. Still, a large majority, according the votiing machines, shows a public embracing the vile. Or acquiescing to it. Sometimes you call a play that's a disaster. It bears analysis. What is forgotten is that there may have been no effective play to call, only options that still failed. So, in this case, you get wicked brainwashees (to change metaphors) celebrating a murderer because the cops and DA couldn't find a way to convict him or only managed to convict him for an unregistered firearm. Detachment has helped me digest this. It's a hateful pill.
  16. The nodule would make a better president than Trump or you. By the way, how did you view Reagan's clear decline while in office? I know it's not as big a deal as not recognizing a famous movie star. You must have gone bonkers! Thanks for destroying my republic. Don't walk in front of any jet engines.
  17. To be clear, Señor Obtuse, a Biden at half ability supported by a competent staff that cares about the republic is infinitely better than a fucking idiot* supported by totalitarianists dismembering the republic. How bad is it? I'd prefer you as president and it's not close. Well done, fascist. ETA: Also, to be clear, I didn't realize how far the thread had advanced prior to posting. *As described by his first secretary of state.
  18. Looks like Sark is thinking, "what the hell are the Aggies doing on here?"
  19. Yes, but that was before Arkansas swept us. Don't you get it?
  20. Yea, but we got swept by Arkansas which proves that the Aggies, when they're not pressing too hard, are better than us. Common opponent record trumps all, and you can choos which one is definitive! Advantage Aggie
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