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Lester Cox

Hello all, back from traveling a bit. Catching up on a few posts. Goodbye Earl, I'm a bit surprised that you possibly thought you would change minds on politics on a forum, or maybe facebook or any other social media. These are places to express opinions and feelings, I doubt anyone has changed a Biden voter to a Trump supporter or visa versa. Michael, if you have not read Trumps book Art of the Deal, please do so. I've followed Trump for 50 years. He is a deal maker for sure. He has a motive pretty much for every thing he does. I think he will succeed in bringing some peace to Ukraine and stop the killing and destruction. So according to Scott Kelly, the two astronauts were not stranded, they could have come home anytime, there was an uber waiting at the space station. Such bullshit. Mark Kelly is a total embaressment to Arizona and such a hypocrite. Sold his Tesla because his feelings are hurt and brought a gas guzzler because I guess climate change is now over. Voted to get rid of the filibuster but then tried using it to stop the vote. Federal liberal judges for some reason now think they run the exective branch of government. So many of these idiots in DC have never once created a job outside of government, never produced anything other than paperwork, never made a payroll or taken a risk. And they want to run the country, which is in my opinion a major reason the country is in the shape it currently is in. Elon will make some mistakes, we'll throw a few babies out with the bathwater but I'm hoping they correct those mistakes. This is a major undertaking and they have two years to do the task. All above is my opinion only and certainly have enjoyed seeing the perspective of all of you. No ones opinion is wrong, just like everyone's definition of success is perfect for them. 

Frank Wiley

Good posts Jim and Lester.  Talking about activists judges.  One has blocked Trump's block on Transvestites in the Military.  The judge will definitely lose this one.  The Military is not a Democracy.  It is a Dictatorship and the President is the Dictator.  Or "Commander in Chief" as you may have heard.  Lester I logged in to post the same thing about Mark Kelly.  I guess he is literally and figuratively a "Space Cadet"?

Bill Randall

I will be attending Erine Apodaca Jr's Celebration of Life, this Friday (21 March), at Spokes-on-Southern, from 12:30p to3:30p.

Then another celebration of life that evening for an old friend for the past thirty years plus.

   >>These celebrations are becoming more frequent<<

Jim Coats

Bill.  I'm sure Ernie's family will appreciate your attendance.  Our condolences to the family and to you for the loss of your dear friend.  Jim & Julie

DeWitt Bacon

(opinion)

I have to admit that I have become somewhat confused about the separation of powers in our government. Our government's Administrative, legislative, and judicial branches operate separately. Perhaps our resident attorney, Michael Kelly, can shed some light on this. If the administrative branch cannot tell the legislative branch what to do and the legislative branch cannot tell the judicial branch what to do, How can a rogue district judge tell the President what he can and cannot do? How can he tell a sitting President he cannot do his constitutional duty? This far-left ideology is trying its best to bring Trump and this country down. This is more than just TDS. This is downright hatred for Trump and his efforts to keep our country the constitutional republic our founders created.

Lester Cox

It's official, I now have TDS. I'm making an appointment with the VA to see if I qualify for disability due to my TDS. You see, I am now having nightmares because of my TDS. Please understand, I am a huge supporter of Donald Trump, but him putting Elon in charge of rooting out the waste and kickbacks has been the total cause of my TDS. If Trump had not put Elon in charge, I would not have this case of TDS. You see, my TDS it Tesla Derangement Syndrome. I own a Tesla and now I'm afraid of attacks by deranged left wing idiots. (not really afraid but I'm packing my glock these days). What do you guys think? Can I qualify for some sort of government funded support from all these attacks on Tesla owners? 

DeWitt Bacon

Lester, that's a good point. If I owned a Tesla, I would have TDS as well. Isn't it strange how, under Biden, the Democrats praised and cheered on electric cars, but now that Trump is President, they set out to burn and destroy them? But it's like I posted a while back: 'Democrats do what Democrats do.' Would you expect less? It's just like the liberal Marxist judges. They let Biden get away with anything but try to derail President Trump for doing his constitutional duty. 

It's not about a political party. It's all about our country!

Michael Wetzel

Lester, I hope your Glock, is a large and fearsome caliber.........

Lester Cox

Michael, not to worry. I'll start with a non lethal Byrna shot. Should disable most people but if they are still coming, a 9mm hollow point should do the trick. I just hope I can get my TDS under control. I'm so confused, as DeWitt says, just a year ago, they loved Elon and electric cars. But good to know climate change is over since our moron Senator just bought a gas guzzler to replace his Tesla. He seems to be doing everything he can to make himself relevant and in the media. Think he has presidential aspirations? Another liberal who never created a job outside government, never had to make a payroll. 

Frank Wiley

Les of Lester, (which do you prefer?) The good news is that if you actually go to the VA to check on you dilemma, your Tesla will probably be safe now in that parking lot.  I'm hoping that the vast majority of the Independent Voters are watching these morons setting fire and shooting at Teslas, protesting for Hamas while harassing and threatening Jewish students, supporting men playing girls/womens sports and the other insanity that's going on in Our Country.  Not only has Mark Kelly never created a job, he has also always been a Government worker!

Jim Coats

Not to be outdone, I'm suffering from DDS.  NO!  I'm not an anti-Dentite (to quote Kramer on Seinfield).  I am not against dentists. I'm suffering from Democrat Derangement Syndrome.  I'm becoming an anti-Democrat generalist.  I know some democrats are good people, but they keep voting for the idiots on the left that are causing the most damage to the country and re-electing them.

The biggest mystery to me are the Jews who register and vote for democrats.  There appears to be a lot of them.  I'll never understand that.

AMERICA FIRST!!

P.S.  I drive a big, white Tahoe Z71.  Got mine 11 months ago.  Know what I had before that??  Four Tahoes over the years.

Bill RIHS

When Joey was the President I said "just when you think it can't get worse", now we know those in charge were really doing what the vast majority of democrats wanted. You just can't make this stuff up. I hope they keep their deranged words and actions going so we can destroy them at the '26 election. Jim, I am joining you in having DDS.

Michael Kelly

Yesterday on the News I saw that the Fed. Govt. had done a Study back in 2023 and they found that Liquid Natural Gas was a completely non-pollutant and had a highly effective Energy Generational Profile. Biden didn't like it, and he knew the implications it would make for our Natural Fuel Industry as far as profits were concerned, and it was during this time that Russia was making Billions off their Natural Gas Resources, So Biden did what Democrats always do, always, always, Do,. He put the Quoetus on the Study, and it never reached the Light of Day, unitl this last Week. Europe could have used this bought from us, instead of Putin, so what is the Democrats Excuse? They won't ever even discuss it. 

Frank Wiley

In this Education Department conversation there's something I haven't heard mentioned.  While I agree that the student scholastic numbers are terrible, one of the things never mentioned when comparing to other countries is simply the structure of how students are educated.  I'm not sure about China but the Scandinavian Countries have a system where they move students into different study programs based on the students strengths.  For example a student might be more inclined towards being a skilled worker rather than going to college.  I don't even know if we have Industrial Arts education any more in High Schools.  Another problem we have here in America is that we allow many non-citizens in our schools who come in not speaking English.  Swedens schools suffered for a number of years when they took in 10's of thousands of Syrians.  Teachers have an extremely difficult job already without having to try to teach bi-lingually!!

Michael Kelly

Frank Wiley

Good info Michael.  The Founders also referenced, "Balance of Power".  I would like to see a lower court judge have to go the Supreme Court before having the power to put an injunction against the Executive Branch.  I bet this Bullshit would stop because the lower court judge would know he would get slapped down!!  

Lester Cox

Frank, I go by Les or Lester, either one. I never knew DDS was a syndrome but now that Jim has pointed this out, I have suffered with this even longer than TDS. My 100% disability allowance should be a shoo in. That's about $4k a month tax free. Never been on the government tit before, I think I'll like it. lol. Over the years, I've had many Tahoes and Escalades and loved them all. But I do like not going to the gas station and having a car full of fuel every morning. Best thing about a Tesla if you live in Phoenix, is when I go out for lunch or shopping, etc in the summer, I can either start the AC 15 minutes before I plan to go to my car or just leave the AC running. It takes very little battery power to run the AC and I get into a 75 degree cooled vehicle. That plus the full self driving is a winner. But I also have 3 gas burning vehicles, one that gets 12 mpg and burns premium fuel only. That vehicle automaticlly steers into every gas station. Remember when Joe shut down the pipeline right at the beginning of his term, he told pipeline workers they can just get another job. Ok, federal workers being let go, just get another job. 

Jim Coats

Go to YouTube and find "WOKE NO MORE" and listen.  It nailed it in the first few lines.

I heard this recently and have adopted it for me:  "Once you hit a certain age you become permanently unimpressed by a lot of shit." 

And finally:  "To applaud a politician because he has built a hospital, a school, road etc. with public money is the same thing as applauding an ATM because it gives you your money."  Yep.  There you go.

Did you see the guy on TV today who was released by the Taliban?  Know what he said?  "Thank you President Trump."  Deeds NOT words.  

AMERICA FIRST!!

Jim Coats

Lester.  I'll try to call you Les (not more - hah!).  OK....seriously....I'll try to call you Les if that's what you prefer as long as you don't call me James.  My kid likes to be called James and he's not James III.  Different middle name.

I have a tendency to ascribe nicknames to friends (Mike Kelly is Lefty).  I've known Lefty over 65 years.  But I'll wait until the reunion.  I can't believe it, but we've never met.

Frank Wiley

Les, The difference between the pipeline workers and the government workers is that the pipeline workers were way more qualified.

Michael Kelly

PART  TWO  When the Founders initially set out to structure our Republic, they were well aware of the Weaknesses inherient in a Monarchy, and a Democracy because they had rebelled against the Monarchy for years, which led to the Tea being Thrown into the Harbor and they had also endured the sluggishness of a Dlemocracy of sorts, with endless making up of  Majoritys that could change over one Issue, and lead to no action and inevitable discord not eassily remedied. Meanwhile the Grindstone of /injustice would grind on and lead to losses that were unacceptable to People

So the Founders sought to create a Govenment that would be responsive to the people, yet have a permanence that would not give momentary control over a heavily one issued driving force that could vanish overnight at the engendering of a sudden change in issue. The 3 Branch System of the Govenment was intended to Balance the Power between all the Branches, as we see in dispute Now as it seems one Federal District Judge can Tie up Deportations of People who are openly and defiantly Illegally here, and Forcefully Impose their Wills contrary to Local Laws in places such as Aurora, Colorado. In Aurora, the local Sheriff of that County should be able to enforce Local Law, arrest the persons committing threats, arson, and assaulting citizenry, but the Gov of Colorado, Poltus (sic) has exercised his Executive Power as a Governor of Colo. to order the Sheriff to stand down, because some misplaced California Liberals are sympathetic with Illegal Alien Criminals, and want to see Colorado as a Sanctuary State. So they sue ICE and the  President who has Exclusive Control over Deportation of Illegal Aliens, to block their Removal, which Statutorily the President is within his Right in doing so. Remember I mentioned earlier Obama vs. Arpaio, when Sheriff Joe Arpaio attempted to Arrest and detain Illegal Aliens, and Obama stepped in and said Hey, I have the Exclusive to Deport who I want and the SCOTUS agrred with him. Democrats loved it, Linda Ronstadt protested and held up a Sign that Said Assassinate Joe Arpaio. Well, Now the Fed Dist Judge has forgotten it seems that case law, and Justice Roberts is telling Trump your Executive Power doesn't allow you to overrule a Fed. District Judge. OH HOW SOON WE ALL FORGET, BUT I DON'T.  We have gotten way out of Shape on the Separation of Powers Doctrine inherent in the US Constitution and it is because we have not paid sufficient attemtion to hte Guardrails in the Constitution. 

How So, You Ask? Part is through subconscious exercise of the Executive Branches Power to Enforce the Law, and this has to do with the Exec. Branch, and the Legis. Branch joint disregard of the SOPD due to the desire to Regulate almost everything in our Lives, i.e. the EPA, which has created a Separate area of Regulations, and a Separate set of Courts to Enforce them, all for the Sake of stopping Pollution, and misusing Water, keeping the Air Clean, all perhaps nobel pursuits, but ultimately leading to the Exec. Branch collectively leaking into functions  that the Judicial and Legislative Branches traditionally exercise Exclusiive Control over as delegated to that Branch by the Constitution. 

The Heritable Foundation has a Publication which Identifies this set of Problema, and suggests how to deal with them. Trump is partially doing that with DOGE. You can see the resistance to this building. I think Trump et. al. is doing an outstanding Job in dealing with this because the bottom line is Money.

I just wish Trump would quit trying to be a Hero and stop the War in Ukraine. The answer there is Simple, even a Caveman could do it, even ME, GET RUSSIA THE HELL OUT OF UKRAINE, NO TERRITORY, NOTHING NO CRIMEA GET THE HELL OUT AND THE WAR WOULD BE OVER. BUT I FEAR TRUMP WANTS MATERIAL TO WRITE A SEQUEL TO HIS BOOK, THE "ART OF THE DEAL" NEWS, DJT, THESE UKRAINIANS ARE PEOPLE, NOT BUILDINGS IN FACT PUTIN HAS ALREADY DESTROYED HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES, REST HOMES, CHURCHES, PEOPLES HOMES. MAKE THE LITTLE SOCIOPATH LEAVE UKRAINE AND TAKE THE OVER ONE MILLION DEAD RUSSIANS WITH HIM BACK HOME TO BURY THEM.  

Frank Wiley

50 years ago you may have seen the movie, "Network".  I just watched it again.  It would be worth your time to watch it again.  The scene when Howard Beal tells everyone to go to their windows and scream, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"  It occurred to me, that's probably why Trump got elected?  N.S.  Did you see where Joy Reid was mocking Trump about saying (tounge in cheek) Canada should be our 51st State.  She is so stupid that she actually said Trump better be careful because Canada beat us in the War of 1812.  Google it if you want to see it.

DeWitt Bacon

Michael K., Thank you for your two-part reeducation on the separation of powers and the constitution. I know we all studied this in school, but when you are not involved in studying the law as you are, we tend to forget some of the finer parts. You answered my question about the district judge's interference in the deportation of illegal criminals quite thoroughly. 

Michael Kelly

DeWitt Bacon

Thanks, Frank. Last night, Mark Levin gave a lengthy monolog on the history of the separation of powers and how it became part of the Constitution. It was quite illuminating. Judges all over the country are crawling out of the woodwork now to get a piece of Trump. I hope they all go through the appeals court and the Supreme Court. I know that a conservative court does not guarantee a victory for Trump, but he stands a good chance there. It seems to me that this is a no-brainer regarding the Constitution. I would like to see these judges sat back on their haunches and told to stop wasting the court's time.