tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2970766001613694646..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Republicans Rally to Trump's Defense - Oh!Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70778613054221815622017-08-04T05:34:49.818-04:002017-08-04T05:34:49.818-04:00GOP SLIMING
Senate blocks Trump from making reces...GOP SLIMING<br /><br /><b>Senate blocks Trump from making recess appointments over break</b><br /><br />Jordain Carney08/03/17 07:40 PM EDT<br /><br />The Senate blocked President Trump from being able to make recess appointments on Thursday as lawmakers leave Washington for their summer break. <br /><br />Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), doing wrap up for the entire Senate, locked in nine "pro-forma" sessions — brief meetings that normally last roughly a minute. <br /><br />The move, which requires the agreement of every senator, means the Senate will be in session every three business days throughout the August recess. <br /><br />The Senate left D.C. on Thursday evening with most lawmakers not expected to return to Washington until after Labor Day. <br /><br />Senators were scheduled to be in town through next week, but staffers and senators predicted they would wrap up a few remaining agenda items and leave Washington early. <br /><br />Trump isn't the first president to face the procedural roadblock from Congress. <br /><br />The Senate has used the brief sessions to block recess appointments for decades, including last year to keep President Obama from being able to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat. <br /><br />But the current deal comes after Trump repeatedly lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, sparking speculation that he would fire the former senator and try to name his successor while Congress was out of town. <br /><br />Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned last month that Democrats had "tools in our toolbox" to block a recess appointment. <br />"We're ready to use every single one of them, any time, day or night. It's so vital to the future of the republic," he said. <br /><br />A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said late last month that he didn't have any announcements on pro-forma sessions, but noted that "if the Senate doesn't adjourn, typically pro forma sessions happen every three days."<br /><br />Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) added earlier Thursday that he expected the Senate would set up the pro-forma sessions, which require a GOP senator to briefly preside over the upper chamber. <br /><br />"My understanding is that we will only recess for three days at a time. ...When we were in the majority I had to come down from Delaware and preside," he said. <br /><br />Trump also needs to name a new Department of Homeland Security secretary after John Kelly was named as his new chief of staff. <br /><br />The GOP-controlled Senate also held pro-forma sessions over the week-long July 4th recess. <br /><br />And Democrats held pro-forma sessions every three days in 2012 when Obama tried to appoint National Labor Relations Board members. The Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that he overstepped his constitutional authority. <br /><br />Asked if he was now glad the NLRB case had been litigated, Coons added on Thursday to laughter: "I think it's important that there be restraints on the recess appointments."Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72842724901012293422017-08-04T04:57:41.994-04:002017-08-04T04:57:41.994-04:00Correct definition of Doug's whine as used by ...Correct definition of Doug's <i><b>whine</b></i> as used by Quirk:<br /><br />To argue cogently, rationally and factually about some topic of discussion which causes Quirk to flee after saying "Doug is whining again."Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-22879584690376189012017-08-04T04:44:57.740-04:002017-08-04T04:44:57.740-04:00Sorry, Doug, when you start whining I usually slid...<i>Sorry, Doug, when you start whining I usually slide right on by. </i><br />Quirk<br /><br />Translation:<br /><br />When Doug makes valid points Quirk quickly leaves.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81469326911566798102017-08-04T04:17:36.725-04:002017-08-04T04:17:36.725-04:00Comey had plenty of evidence on Hillary for quite ...<br />Comey had plenty of evidence on Hillary for quite some time.<br /><br />At the time of his firing he had none on Trump:<br /><br />Your "argument" is invalid.<br /><br /><br /><br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51892939867488738722017-08-04T04:16:20.366-04:002017-08-04T04:16:20.366-04:00.
Doug continues to whine that his dicks are bett....<br /><br />Doug continues to whine that his dicks are better than the other sides dicks.<br /><br />Some argue Trump is too old and set in his ways to change. The same probably could be said of Doug. All we can do is listen to the whine and sadly smile. <br /><br />.<br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24130769126913843922017-08-04T04:15:05.274-04:002017-08-04T04:15:05.274-04:00You call those examples "whining"?
Fact...You call those examples "whining"?<br /><br />Facts are not "whines"Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58560833915658335312017-08-04T04:13:33.111-04:002017-08-04T04:13:33.111-04:00Bullshit.Bullshit.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55492188097053936862017-08-04T04:10:11.997-04:002017-08-04T04:10:11.997-04:00.
Sorry, Doug, when you start whining I usually s....<br /><br />Sorry, Doug, when you start whining I usually slide right on by. <br /><br />As for Comey, he may have given Hillary a pass but he also did the same for Trump, something Trump likes to brag about.<br /><br />As for 'the media', the Wall Street Journal has as big a circulation as the NYT and WaPo combined. Somehow I doubt they would have gone easy on Hillary. Since you don't define the MSM or what media you mean, it's a little hard for me to go any further than that.<br /><br />.<br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4443915044529966022017-08-04T03:52:26.430-04:002017-08-04T03:52:26.430-04:00Bottom line? A modern interstate makes a better w...Bottom line? A modern interstate makes a better wall: it's wildly positive instead of negative; the two countries get a new transcontinental highway instead of an embarrassing white elephant that will eventually have to be removed; Mexico pays part of the cost; both sides benefit; the wetback phenomenon recedes into history; the drug gangs on both sides of the border get brought under control; and four national guard organizations, including those in Texas and California, get the tools and practice they need to develop as quick reaction forces in the event of the more common types of larger-scale terrorist attacks. <br /><br />Since it is very much not in interest of those who run Mexico to have the United States act to rebalance the labor cost component of cross-border products, I've been expecting the NAFTA renegotiations to quietly include a Mexican government commitment to closing its border – something it would presumably have to use its army to do. However, a better option may exist.<br /><br />The land border is about 1,989 miles long, but a highway along its length would be a bit longer – about 2,100 miles. In round numbers, a 2,100-mile interstate-class highway built along the Mexican border using products and labor sourced from both sides of the border should run well under $40 billion if it has 96 exchanges (to accommodate all 48 official crossings); continuous, full coverage; and electronic monitoring. The cost includes ten entirely new state-run air national guard stations for VTOL aircraft set 50 miles or so inland.<br /><br />Again in rough numbers, maintenance and operations for all of this would come to something under twelve billion a year – including a number of new border patrol stations along the highway.<br /><br />Every inch of this highway, roughly 300 feet across and 2,100 miles long, would be under continuous surveillance. No part would be more than five minutes from a monitor drone, no part would be more than 15 minutes from a border patrol team, and no part would be more than a 30-minute flight for even something as slow as a 1960s troop carrier – the CH-47.<br /><br />The highway would bring enormous economic change to both sides of the border – and because no engineer could look at the map without wanting to put part of the highway south of the border, getting it built that way provides an unparalleled opportunity for a long-term co-operative effort addressing a wide range of social, economic, and political problems with one solution.<br /><br /><br />Bottom line? A modern interstate makes a better wall: it's wildly positive instead of negative; the two countries get a new transcontinental highway instead of an embarrassing white elephant that will eventually have to be removed; Mexico pays part of the cost; both sides benefit; the wetback phenomenon recedes into history; the drug gangs on both sides of the border get brought under control; and four national guard organizations, including those in Texas and California, get the tools and practice they need to develop as quick reaction forces in the event of the more common types of larger-scale terrorist attacks. <br /><br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/a_better_wall.html#ixzz4olqhTsq2 <br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63130285653995444422017-08-04T03:52:09.038-04:002017-08-04T03:52:09.038-04:00August 4, 2017
A better wall
By Paul Murphy
Since...August 4, 2017<br /><b>A better wall</b><br />By Paul Murphy<br /><br />Since it is very much not in interest of those who run Mexico to have the United States act to rebalance the labor cost component of cross-border products, I've been expecting the NAFTA renegotiations to quietly include a Mexican government commitment to closing its border – something it would presumably have to use its army to do. However, a better option may exist.<br /><br />The land border is about 1,989 miles long, but a highway along its length would be a bit longer – about 2,100 miles. In round numbers, a 2,100-mile interstate-class highway built along the Mexican border using products and labor sourced from both sides of the border should run well under $40 billion if it has 96 exchanges (to accommodate all 48 official crossings); continuous, full coverage; and electronic monitoring. The cost includes ten entirely new state-run air national guard stations for VTOL aircraft set 50 miles or so inland.<br /><br /><br />Again in rough numbers, maintenance and operations for all of this would come to something under twelve billion a year – including a number of new border patrol stations along the highway.<br /><br />Every inch of this highway, roughly 300 feet across and 2,100 miles long, would be under continuous surveillance. No part would be more than five minutes from a monitor drone, no part would be more than 15 minutes from a border patrol team, and no part would be more than a 30-minute flight for even something as slow as a 1960s troop carrier – the CH-47.<br /><br />The highway would bring enormous economic change to both sides of the border – and because no engineer could look at the map without wanting to put part of the highway south of the border, getting it built that way provides an unparalleled opportunity for a long-term co-operative effort addressing a wide range of social, economic, and political problems with one solution.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-11165664304976585812017-08-04T03:42:38.792-04:002017-08-04T03:42:38.792-04:00Concerns about McMaster were highlighted by Hugh F...<i>Concerns about McMaster were highlighted by Hugh Fitzgerald in February 2017, when he wrote that "one hopes that the Senators before they vote will take the opportunity to examine [McMaster's] understanding of Islamic terrorism," since McMaster emphasized that "terrorist organizations like Daesh ... cynically use a perverted interpretation of religion to incite hatred and justify horrific cruelty against innocents."<br /><br />Fitzgerald asserts that this description of the Islamic State "as 'cynically using a perverted interpretation of religion to incite hatred and justify horrific cruelty against innocents' is most peculiar," since it shows McMaster's belief "that Islam properly understood cannot possibly inculcate anything that might 'incite hatred and justify violence' against non-Muslims." Fitzgerald emphasizes that he is "not sure which would be worse: that [McMaster] may think he must pretend to believe this nonsense in order to avoid being accused of Islamophobia and to safely rise high in the Washington ranks, or that he really believes it."<br /><br />At the time, Fitzgerald exhorted senators to "find out what McMaster thinks Islam, mainstream Islam, teaches and how it differs from that 'perverse interpretation' to which he keeps referring. The exchange ought to be instructive." Consequently, "[i]t would be perfectly appropriate for the Senators to ask General McMaster what 'perverse interpretation' of Islam he thinks the Islamic State or Al-Qaeda labor under, to explain exactly where the terrorists' interpretation of Islam distorts or veers away from the basic tenets of Islam[.]"</i><br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23627432333864768102017-08-04T03:36:13.774-04:002017-08-04T03:36:13.774-04:00August 4, 2017
Time for Trump to Get Rid of McMast...August 4, 2017<br /><b>Time for Trump to Get Rid of McMaster</b><br />By Eileen F. Toplansky<br /><br /><br />http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/time_for_trump_to_get_rid_of_mcmaster.html#ixzz4olmqkioK <br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60586977187777504472017-08-04T03:30:34.841-04:002017-08-04T03:30:34.841-04:00Caroline Glick, who is best know for her work as a...<i>Caroline Glick, who is best know for her work as a Jerusalem Post columnist, published a lengthy Facebook post in which McMaster was portrayed as a virtual jihadi:<br /><br />According to senior officials aware of his behavior, he constantly refers to Israel as the occupying power and insists falsely and constantly that a country named Palestine existed where Israel is located until 1948 when it was destroyed by the Jews.<br />…<br />What hasn’t been reported is that it was McMaster who pressured Trump to agree not to let Netanyahu accompany him to the Western Wall. At the time, I and other reporters were led to believe that this was the decision of rogue anti-Israel officers at the US consulate in Jerusalem. But it wasn’t. It was McMaster.<br /><br />And even that, it works out wasn’t sufficient for McMaster. He pressured Trump to cancel his visit to the Wall and only visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial — ala the Islamists who insist that the only reason Israel exists is European guilt over the Holocaust.<br />…<br />[McMaster] fires all of Trump’s loyalists and replaces them with Trump’s opponents, like Kris Bauman, an Israel hater and Hamas supporter who McMaster hired to work on the Israel-Palestinian desk. He allows anti-Israel, pro-Muslim Brotherhood, pro-Iran Obama people like Robert Malley to walk around the NSC and tell people what to do and think. He has left Ben (reporters know nothing about foreign policy and I lied to sell them the Iran deal) Rhodes’ and Valerie Jarrett’s people in place.</i>Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33855643324972203192017-08-04T03:27:34.691-04:002017-08-04T03:27:34.691-04:00The Long Knives Are Out For H. R. McMaster
Posted ...<b>The Long Knives Are Out For H. R. McMaster</b><br />Posted at 5:00 pm on August 3, 2017 by streiff<br /><br />http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/08/03/long-knives-h.-r.-mcmaster/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68829718436350931402017-08-04T03:22:14.159-04:002017-08-04T03:22:14.159-04:00I'll do it when you own up to the fact that yo...I'll do it when you own up to the fact that you have no valid arguments to my two examples above.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17460509219660494672017-08-04T03:20:51.112-04:002017-08-04T03:20:51.112-04:00It's not called Death Valley for nothing -
De...It's not called Death Valley for nothing -<br /><br /><b>Death Valley breaks 100-year-old record for hottest month ever in July</b><br /><br />Collen Zato and a member of her support team walk to the Whitney Portal during the STYR Labs Badwater 135 on July 12 in Death Valley. July was also the hottest month in Death Valley ever. (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)<br />Joseph Serna<br /> <br /><b>There’s hot, and then there’s Death Valley hot.</b><br /><br />While Southern California and much of the West cooked in July under a pair of heat waves that killed livestock, knocked out power and encouraged wildfires, nowhere was the heat more brutally enduring than in Death Valley.<br /><br />According to the National Weather Service, Death Valley National Park broke its 100-year-old record for the hottest month ever in July, when the average temperature was 107.4 degrees, eclipsing the 1917 record of 107.2 degrees.<br /><br /> Follow<br />Death Valley NP ✔ @DeathValleyNPS<br />We broke a record this July--the hottest month ever for Death Valley! 🔥🌡️ https://twitter.com/NWSVegas/status/892771711585800192 …<br />3:17 PM - Aug 2, 2017<br /> 8 8 Replies 80 80 Retweets 135 135 likes<br /><br />Though 107 degrees doesn’t sound that bad, keep in mind the average includes nighttime temperatures.....<br /><br />.....The average overnight temperature in Death Valley last month was 95 degrees.<br /><br />The average daytime high was 119.6 degrees, said meteorologist Alex Boothe.<br /><br />“It looks like there were a couple of days below 115,” he said — a consolation of some sort.<br /><br />The hottest day of the month was July 7, when it reached 127 degrees. It also reached that temperature twice in June.<br /><br />The world record for heat was reached in Death Valley on June 10, 1913 when it reached 134 degrees.....<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-death-valley-heat-record-20170803-story.html<br /><br />Nice drive through there in he winter.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90395105253338090342017-08-04T03:11:31.850-04:002017-08-04T03:11:31.850-04:00(I recall once in Vegas when Quirk, admittedly qui...(I recall once in Vegas when Quirk, <i>admittedly quite under the weather,</i> got in the wrong car and drove himself all the way to Sands Casino before he realized what he had done)Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51298989985793746202017-08-04T03:09:04.313-04:002017-08-04T03:09:04.313-04:00The move would bump H.R. McMaster, the current nat...The move would bump H.R. McMaster, the current national security adviser. McMaster, a three-star Army general, would in turn be sent to Afghanistan to command U.S. forces in that country, the New York Times reported, citing several unnamed administration officials. The move could help McMaster earn his fourth star.<br /><br />Trump has reportedly expressed frustration with Gen. John Nicholson Jr., the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, because the U.S. and its allies are not “winning” the war there.<br /><br />The White House shuffle, if it came to pass, would be the latest in a string of staffing changes, including the exit of Reince Priebus as chief of staff. He was replaced by John Kelly, a retired general who had been serving as secretary of homeland security.<br /><br />McMaster too has overseen a National Security Council that has recently seen some people ousted.<br />In a Saturday afternoon tweet, Circa News’ Sara Carter revealed President Trump is mulling another major White House shake-up, which would see National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. <br /><br />“Investigating: Rumors swirling in Wash circles and sources saying @realDonaldTrump “considering CIA Pompeo to replace HR” wait and see?”, tweeted Carter.<br /><br /> Follow<br />Sara A. Carter ✔ @SaraCarterDC<br />Investigating: Rumors swirling in Wash circles and sources saying @realDonaldTrump "considering CIA Pompeo to replace HR" wait and see?<br />8:59 AM - Jul 29, 2017<br /> 416 416 Replies 2,080 2,080 Retweets 3,409 3,409 likes<br /><br />As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Sara Carter of Circa News said her sources told her that NatSec Advisor, H.R. McMaster has been communicating White House internal politics to Deep State Acting FBI Director Andy McCabe. Carter then implied that more White House shake-ups are perhaps on the horizon.<br /><br />As TGP previously reported, Comey’s replacement as Acting FBI Head, Andrew McCabe, has ties to the Hillary Clinton campaign. Left Wing online publication, Newsweek, is reported:<br /><br />concerns came after revelations by media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, that a political action committee affiliated with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, contributed almost $500,000 to the 2015 Virginia state Senate campaign of McCabe’s wife, Jill McCabe. (She lost the election.) She also received $207,788 from the Virginia Democratic Party, which is connected to McAuliffe, a Democrat.<br />Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe is also being investigated by the Office of U.S. Counsel violating the Hatch Act according to a new report by Circa News.<br /><br /> Follow<br />Sara A. Carter ✔ @SaraCarterDC<br />Investigating: sources say,"McMaster has been communicating WH internal politics 2 Acting FBI director Andy McCabe." More shake-ups?<br />3:28 PM - Jul 28, 2017<br /> 1,020 1,020 Replies 7,213 7,213 Retweets 9,786 9,786 likes<br /><br />The Hatch Act prohibits FBI agents from campaigning in partisan races. Photos of McCabe campaigning for his wife raised questions about McCabe’s compliance with the law.<br /><br />http://pamelageller.com/2017/08/exile-mcmaster-moved-afghanistan.html/Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13755754961388786432017-08-04T03:08:19.736-04:002017-08-04T03:08:19.736-04:00Send him to the front lines as David did to Uriah,...Send him to the front lines as David did to Uriah, but for a different reason:<br /><br /><i>King James Bible<br />And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.</i><br /><br /><br /><b>EXILE: McMaster Being Moved to Afghanistan?</b><br />By Pamela Geller - on August 3, 2017<br />PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP<br /><br />I, too, am hearing that Trump may be preparing a soft landing for H. R. McMaster.<br /><br />McMaster has been purging key Trump allies and effective counter terrorism officials.<br /><br />McMaster FIRES Another Top Counter Jihad Official at National Security Council<br /><br />For months, rumors have swirled around McMaster concerning numerous allegations of leaking. New leak allegations against McMaster have surfaced.<br /><br /> Follow<br />Sara A. Carter ✔ @SaraCarterDC<br />Investigating: sources say,"McMaster has been communicating WH internal politics 2 Acting FBI director Andy McCabe." More shake-ups?<br />3:28 PM - Jul 28, 2017<br /> 1,020 1,020 Replies 7,213 7,213 Retweets 9,786 9,786 likes<br /><br />EXILE: POTUS Considering Shipping McMaster To Afghanistan After Reportedly Caught Leaking To FBI’s McCabe<br />Joshua Caplan Aug 3rd, 2017:<br /><br />National Security Advisor H.R McMaster has been in the news a great deal this week as he continues his purge of Trump loyalists. Now there are reports McMaster might be shipped off to Afghanistan to oversee the war. The news also comes amid reports McMaster was caught leaking internal White House politics to now former Acting FBI Head Andy McCabe.<br /><br /> Follow<br />Sara A. Carter ✔ @SaraCarterDC<br />Investigating: Rumors swirling in Wash circles and sources saying @realDonaldTrump "considering CIA Pompeo to replace HR" wait and see?<br />8:59 AM - Jul 29, 2017<br /> 416 416 Replies 2,080 2,080 Retweets 3,409 3,409 likes<br /><br />Washington Examiner reports:<br /><br />President Trump is looking at shifting CIA Director Mike Pompeo to the White House as national security adviser, according to a report Wednesday evening.<br /><br />Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45562149926446057802017-08-04T02:57:37.551-04:002017-08-04T02:57:37.551-04:00They are noble animals and brighter than you might...They are noble animals and brighter than you might imagine, too.<br /><br />My daughter's horse could pick out our car from all the others.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56680448018580484572017-08-04T02:55:30.153-04:002017-08-04T02:55:30.153-04:00Do NOT slaughter the horses !!!!!
WHY DO REPUBLI...Do NOT slaughter the horses !!!!!<br /><br /><b>WHY DO REPUBLICANS WANT TO KILL HORSES?</b><br /><i>An unpalatable and indefensible initiative that cannot end well.</i><br />August 4, 2017 David Horowitz <br /><br /><br /><i>Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives recently took the politically questionable – and morally objectionable – step of voting to allow horses to once again be slaughtered on American soil for human consumption.<br /><br />It’s a massive power grab by the beef lobby, which would prefer to cull wild horses and burros so public lands can be devoted to livestock-grazing. No one else will rejoice in the heartland at the prospect of being able to chow down on a horse steak or a horse-burger. Most Americans are opposed to hippophagy, the eating of horse flesh. To many Americans in both major political parties, the issue of equine slaughter is on a par with clubbing baby harp seals to death or killing dolphins. And it should be. Horses are companion animals, just like dogs and cats. The horse is the unique symbol of the West and of Americans’ pioneering spirit. Republican celebrities like actress Bo Derek are outspoken opponents of killing horses for food. Republican lawmakers should be too.<br /><br />So why now - with the Republican agenda faltering in Congress and the Trump White House under siege - is the GOP formulating new ways to alienate voters and play to their caricature as heartless servants of big business? Why are Republicans hell-bent on resurrecting an ugly, morally reprehensible practice that would put Misty of Chincoteague and Mister Ed back on the dinner table?<br /><br />Republican members of the House Appropriations Committee recently approved reversing a de facto ban on slaughtering horses at meat-processing plants. Under current federal law, wild horses enjoy some legal protection; slaughtering healthy wild horses is forbidden. Several states outlaw the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Among them are California, Illinois, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas......<br /><br />......This politically tone-deaf move by Republicans to lift a justly popular ban on horse-killing makes them water-carriers for inhumane legislation promoted by a special interest seeking to benefit itself at the expense of a noble creature and an American heritage.<br /><br />Given horses’ long history in this country and the reverence in which they are held by Americans, Republicans should halt this destructive campaign and come up with a solution to equine overpopulation that doesn’t involve slaughtering these wonderful creatures for food.</i><br /><br />https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267470/why-do-republicans-want-kill-horses-david-horowitzCharltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70391565887686115882017-08-04T02:47:01.301-04:002017-08-04T02:47:01.301-04:00QuirkFri Aug 04, 02:22:00 AM EDT
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My sources say...QuirkFri Aug 04, 02:22:00 AM EDT<br />.<br /><br />My sources say the Ruskie was trying to help Hillary.<br /><br />Right, but then, we all know Doug doesn't know what he's talking about.<br /><br />************<br /><br />Smart ass !Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58106896546803938702017-08-04T02:26:50.768-04:002017-08-04T02:26:50.768-04:00.
Devastating Ash like reply.
Speaking of Ash, d....<br /><br /><i>Devastating Ash like reply.</i><br /><br />Speaking of Ash, did you ever provide him your definition of MSM?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74760252938622659192017-08-04T02:22:57.937-04:002017-08-04T02:22:57.937-04:00.
My sources say the Ruskie was trying to help Hi....<br /><br /><i>My sources say the Ruskie was trying to help Hillary.</i><br /><br />Right, but then, we all know Doug doesn't know what he's talking about.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59573243235409349862017-08-04T01:38:54.353-04:002017-08-04T01:38:54.353-04:00
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Same game. Different players.
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<br /><br /><br />:-)<br /><br /><br />Same game. Different players.<br /><br /><br />:-)<br /><br /><br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com