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DeWitt Bacon

To some here who expressed displeasure with Trump talking too much about himself, bragging, or 'bloviating', I think he deserved to do some of that after the Hamas and Israel peace deal, which has brought all 20 living hostages home and, so far, 4 of the dead hostages. He has acknowledged all those who helped in making this possible. Not just himself. And of course, Biden put his own deranged idea in that he made it possible. Oh well, Joe. Go sit on the beach nd watch the sane people walk by.

There have been a lot of great guitar players in our lifetime. I always admired Chet Atkins and his finger-picking style. I even learned to play some in his style. Damn artritus. I wish I could still do it.

Frank Wiley

Not only did doe-doe Joe try to take credit for laying the groundwork, Tony winkin-Blinkin-and nod tried to take credit.  None of it would have happened if Trump hadn't bombed Iran!  Biden gave Iran Billions of dollars and Trump bombed them.  

Michael Kelly

The News seems to indicate that the Peace Deal has Fallen through, and Netanyahu has ordered IDF to annihilate Hamas. That's probably practically speaking the most expedient, money saving thing to do. The Whole World has had to bear the Extra Costs of dealing with a bunch of Radical Moslims, whose big bone to pick with the World is that there are still Jews left in it and that tney have their own damned Country on top of it. My Word to iran and all their lilttle Sycophants is GET OVER IT. I know in saying this, may will be outraged that I have been so Blunt and certainly I don't give a Damn about a bunch of Moslems ruffled Feathers. 

What it boils down to is this, Way back when Abraham had a barren Wife named Sarah, God told him "Abraham" that he was going to have a boy with Sarah, she was 90 years old but back them people lived longer, because the Pharmaceutical Companiies didn't exist yet so that they could pump us all full of bad stuff to eat through the Food Companies they also owned, that's why we have Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Now, but thats another story, anyway, Sarah laughted at God because she was 90 and she knew damn well she couldn't have a Kid, but Abe was getting edgy and so she told her handmaiden Hagar, get with Abe and give him a Kid, so Hagar did and his name was name wias Ishmael. Then darn the timing, Sarah got pregnant and so the  two women got Jealous. One of the women had to go, so God said Abe, Hagar has to go, so he took Her, and Ishmael and left them under a Tree out in the middle of the Sahara Desert, lucky there were no Divorce Courts back then, anyway, God gave Hagar and her son Ishmael a Promise, and it was that there Peoples would be as numerous as the Sands of trhe Sea. Nowadays, they are also called Semites and considered as descendants of Abraham, just like the Descendants of Isaac are, who was the Son of Sarah, and considered the Promised Son of Abraham according to God. Why? Mike Did you Bring this Up???? Because all the arguments that exist nowadays between the Semitic Peoples who are not Jews, and the Semitic Peoples who are Jews, is the Right of the Jews to exist as a :People, with their own Country, and the Semitic People who are not Jews, is the Right of Jews to Exist on the Face of the Earth. 

Hamas, being Moslems, are anti=Jews and want them exterminated. Remember Yasser Arafat, and how he was presented with the promise of the Palestinians woud have their own Country IF THEY WOULD TAKE OUT OF THEIR CONSTITUTION THE PROVISIION THAT JEWS HAD NO RIGHT TO EXIST. 

THIS IS THE SAME REASON THAT HAMAS WILL NOW NOTGIVE UP THEIR WEAPONS, AND THE FIGHTING WILL CONTINUE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE JEWS AND ISRAEL AS HAVING THE RIGHT TO  EXIST. HOW DOES THE MOSLEM FAITH GET IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS. WELL, THE MOSLEMS, AT LEAST THE RADICAL ONES, STILL BELIEVE JEWS SHOULDN'T  EXKST, BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THEIR GOD DEMANDS TOTAL OBEDIENCE, INCLUDING ERADICATION OF ANY PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN A DIFFERENT GOD, WHICH GOD TO THE JEWS IS YESHUA (HOPE  I GOT THE SPELLING RIGHT)  AND THAT MOSLEM GOD CANNOT TOLERATE ANY COMPETITION.

ON THE OTHER HAND, YESHUA, STATES THAT HE IS THE ONE TRUE GOD, BUT HE DOESN'T DEMAND THAT CHRISTIANS AND JEWS GO OUT AND SYSTEMATICALLY KILL ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN A DIFFERENT GOD. So there you have it, that is my understanding about what are the moving Forces behind all the Turmoil in the Middle East. This is why I know that there will never ever be a "Two State Solution" because the Ishmaelites don't want one, and so that is that. It is also why Yasser  Arafat turned down at least two separate Agreements recognizing Israels, and the Jews having the Right to Exist, and Live in Peace in Israel. 

Im glad Trump gave it a Try, and he came closer than his predecessors who tried to appease the Ishmaelites, mostly by giving them money, which they used to buy weapons to Kill Jews with. 

I really don't have any Genetic background to cause me to know anything about all this, I am Irish, and everyone knows God invented Whiskey to keep them out of Trouble and mostly at home in the Auld Country. 

Frank Wiley

Good synopsis Mike.  I still believe that there's a chance for peace.  Almost all the Arab countries showed up in Egypt except Iran.  Iran (Hamas) now basically has no friends.  The radical Muslims which are led by the Muslim brotherhood were the ones responsible for "The Arab Spring".  Many of the Arab countries watched what happened and didn't like it.  I mentioned that my Wife and I were in Egypt last Spring and our tour guide who is Muslim explained that the Muslim brotherhood took Egypt over during the Arab Spring and ran it for about two years until the Egyptians revolted and threw them out of power.  Even now the Egyptians have very visible heavy security in many places including Hotels where Westerners stay and especially Airports.  Going into Airports (which we did 4 times while in country) there were armored vehicles with .50 caliber machine guns and soldiers in full battle gear (flak jackets and helmets) carrying AK-47's or AR-15's and the security is there to prevent problems from the Muslim brotherhood.  The way the brotherhood gained control of Egypt was through the Mosques.  Now there are Egyptian Government spys in the Mosques to monitor what's being preached.  Our guide explained that the moderate Muslims and predominantly moderate Muslim countries outnumber the Radicals at least 3-1, want peace and to co-exist with Israel.

Michael Kelly

Frank W. That is very good news, and a good update as to the shift in opinion in the Middle East as to Israel's right to exist. That is Hope that the Peaceful Resolution is able to be followed to a successful Conclusion despite the  current News rel Hamas. I appreciate your Reading what I wrote, and your follow through with your  own personal experience. 

Frank Wiley

I saw a replay of a CNN townhall with Bernie and AOC (the Odd Couple) in which the moderator asked AOC if illegals should get free healthcare (which is paid for by U.S. taxpayers so it's not free) and she answered she thinks healthcare is a human right.  

Michael Kelly

Frank W. et. al. AOC's answer automatically excludes Her. Really it was what she tihinks is a Slick WAy of avoiding the Truth. Democrat's! 

How long did the Treaty or whatever last with HAMAS, killers gotta kill, so if they can't kill Jews right now, well they can Kill Palestinians, but did you Notice, Not  a single supporter of the Palestininans are Demonstrating" peacefully on college campuses across the  USA" What the hell happened to them, they  were destroying statues, burning buildidngs, beating up Jews, using black spray paint to deface building, NOW MUMS THE WORD BECAUSE THE HAMASIANS ARE KILLING PALESTINIANS--------------DOESN'T THAT SEEM HYPOCRITICAL TO YOU? IT SIRE THE HELL DOES TO ME. SEND THEM ALL HOME SO THEY CAN KILL EACH OTHER WTIOUT DESTROYING MY COUNTRY.  The Palestinian supporters who were on here are not even condemning HAMAS. WHAT HAPPENED?????

Jim Coats

HAMAS has broken the Cease Fire exactly as I predicted.  You CANNOT negoiate with a rabid animal and HAMAS is the worst of the worst.

Do NOT forget that HAMAS strangled babies in front of their parents.  They actually put infants in microwave ovens and murdered them.  They raped women in front of their husbands and then murdered the husbands.  Need I go on?  These "people" need to be eradicated.  I pray God to forgive me, but I have no empathy for HAMAS or terrorists like them.  If I could, I would be happy to pull the trigger and I would never lose a moment's sleep.

Now, it's up to Trump.  Get on board with Israel or stop equivocating and tell us right now...The Truth.

AMERICA FIRST!!  SUPPORT ISRAEL!!

P.S.  We had a No Kings "rally" near our house on Scottsdale Rd., North of Lone Mountain Rd. and South of Carefree Hwy. with 200 - 300 (est.) "protesters."  A few cops were present and the protest did NOT block ingress and egress from the Safeway shopping center on Scottsdale Rd. where they were staged.  I wonder if the fact that the little town of Cave Creek is about 2 miles away where bikers were in large numbers accounted for the "peaceful protest."  My guess is those guys are mostly "Conservatives".  Lots of Stars and Stripes and pro-Trump material on display.

Michael Kelly

Coats, et. al.  Reading about your experience with the Hamas Supporters or weren't they Palestinian Supporters, or have they become confused about what the hell they do and don't support? I remember reading several years ago about some Protesters who were protesting about the Bikers at some celebration and they  were taking Unbrage with the Bikers wearing Leather Jackets, and Vests, etc. at the celebration. The Bikers rounded them up and slienced the protesters, one of them they duct taped to a tree, and took turns Peeing on the protester wnenever they needed to relieve themselves, another got duct taped face down to a large Dumpster Lid so that when the local Restaurant brought out the edible garbage to be dumped, the protester could be facing into the garbage in the Dumpster. I believe there was a Videotape offered for purchase but I refrained from buying one because it might give me ideas about how to handle antifa protesters

Jim Coats

Lefty.

I have NO idea who the "protesters" referenced in my last post support.  I really don't think they know either.  All I know is who/what they are against and that's Trump.  This whole "No Kings" crap is just another fetid outgrowth of Trump Derangement Syndrome. 

I saw a reporter talk to about 6 "protesters" recently (on camera) and the reporter asked all of them....."Who is the current leader of the Democrat Party?"  NOT ONE could answer that question.  I expected at least one to say Barack Hussein Obama.....but NO!  Not one had a name for the reporter.

JUST FOR GRINS, who does anyone on this site think leads the Democrat party now??  Barack Hussein Obama...Chuck Schumer...Hakeem Jeffries...Nancy Pelosi...Alexandria Ocasio Cortez...JB Pritzker...Gavin Newsom...Kamala?????  I would really like to know anyone's thought on this matter.

P.S.  You will NOTE that I NEVER call "it" the Democratic party.  It ain't.   It's the Democrat party who gave us the Ku Klux Klan.......

Frank Wiley

Happy Birthday Mr. Rihs!  Looking forward to seeing you at the Beer Summit!

Frank Wiley

Remember with this Democrat Government shutdown that the Republicans voted 13 times with the Democrats for Continuing Resolutions to keep the Government open WHEN the Democrats were in control of the House and Senate and the White House according the Kevin Hasset!

Michael Wetzel

Looks like Trump and his lover Putin, are trying to stick it to Zelensky, yet again...........

Jim Coats

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW BILL RIHS.  Since Frank jumped the gun, I thought I'd better get in there.  Have a great day Mr. Bill. 

See you at the Beer Summit on 10/30.

Lester Cox

Happy Birthday in 90 minutes Bill Rihs!

Hope it's a great day. 

Patty Meyers (Anderson)

🎂🥳     Happy Birthday Bill     🎁🎉

DeWitt Bacon

Michael W, I think your comment is a little off the mark, unless you meant it to be tongue-in-cheek. President Trump always said he "GOT ALONG" with Putin but never sided with him. Russia's war with Ukraine has shown that Putin cannot be trusted. He wants Ukraine, and nothing will stop him. He couldn't care less about Trump's embargoes and high tariffs. Trump has been sending Ukraine the weapons it needs and supporting it against Russia. I agree that I don't think much of Zelinski as their leader, but I do care about the Ukrainian people. Could you clarify what you meant by Trump and Putin trying to stick it to Zelensky again?

DeWitt Bacon

Happy birthday Bill.

Bill RIHS

Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It's still good to be on the right side of the grass👍.

Michael Wetzel

Happy Birthday Bill, I hope it was a great one, with a ton of those to follow.........

Michael Kelly

Happy Birthday Bill Rihs, better to be plucking daisys than pushing them up. Its old news to us, but the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a Federal Appellate Court, has Ruled that President Donald J. Trump has Authority to send National Guard Troops into Portland, Oregon even if they don't  want them. Hooray for the Rule of Law which is stlll the same since 1827. This is a surprise to many, since the 9th Circuit has long been considered the most Liberal of all the Federal Appellate Circuit Courts. 

Frank Wiley

Dumb Bitch AOC is railing against Trump for hiring ICE Agents.  The dumb ass doesn't realize that Trump wouldn't have to hire the agents if Biden and She hadn't let millions of illegal law breakers in to the Country in the first place!!

Jim Coats

Can someone please tell me what the "LEFT" believes in??  What are they running on besides being anti-Trump?  I haven't heard a decently worded response from any of them when asked.

I guess it's free everything and the more the merrier coming across the border.  Easy on crime is a big one.  Oh, and boys in girls sports/locker rooms/bathrooms is OK and so on, ad nauseum.

For all his bluster, bravado and exaggeration, I'm STILL for Trump because of his results.  DEEDS.....NOT WORDS!!  I guess I'll vote for him for the 4th time.

AMERICA FIRST!!

DeWitt Bacon

Jim, I think you nailed it. The left stands for anything anti-Trump, anti-law enforcement, anti-Republican, anti-constitution, and anti-freedom. They stand for Socialism, either Communist-style or Chinese-style. Even Fascist style. They don't care about anyone or anything that is not anti-American. In short, they are evil.

Michael Kelly

No matter how disgusting some of the tihings people consider about what Boy Trump does which I find rather humorous and Ribald, of course in a buffoonish way. Lets face it, Democrats are very good at taking themselves way too seriously, chanting about "NO KINGS" WHAT THEY NEED TO CHANT ABOUT IS --------- BUT THEY WILL NEVER DO SO-----------IS TWO MEN SLEEPING IN THE SAME WHITE HOUSE BED FOR FOUR WHOLE YEARS AND PRETENDING TO BE A MAN AND WOMAN-----------THATS DISGUSTING.