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Voting rights are in the Constitution...adding a litmus test and 25 year age rule opens the door to doing the same with other rights. I guess you now support a test to own a gun, have free speech or invoke your rights against self-incrimination. This is a horrible and slippery slope to go down just because YOU are concerned about ignorant voters. I agree there is a problem likely related to taking civics classes out of schools but trying to legislate a test to vote is insanity as a person who swore to protect and defend the Constitution. Ahhh no...They take a test because they are NOT American's that why they take the test. Lucky or not, Americans by birth are immediately veiled in all the rights afforded by the Constitution. I see a problem as well as I have noted on numerous occasions...not the issue. The issue is he is a radical who is not calling to fix the institution, rather he wants to burn it down. You have to view radicals for what they SAY not what you think them mean.

Surprised yet not surprised at the support for Vivek, IMHO he is dangerous and radical! Have you guys actually read his policy proposals? 1. He wants to raise the voting age to 25 by AMENDING the Constitution and require a civics test to vote. As populist as that sounds cool...but Holy freaking suppression of voting rights. Have you ever noticed it is the radicals that want to amend the Constitution? 2. He wants to abolish the FBI. I am not a fan of the weaponsization of the FBI and while I support some serious retooling, but abolishing the FBI would have an astounding impact on the security of this nation. His plan is to redistribute those funds to the Secret Service and DIA...the absolute ignorance is astounding. 3. “Climate change is a hoax." Do you guys really believe that? We have dumped trillions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere and it most certainly has had an impact. That being said I think we should drill and go back to being energy independent. If I were king for a day I would place a reasonable tax on energy sources derived from govt land and by law channel it ALL into a Manhattan like project to solve fusion or other cleaner energies. 4. On the debate stage Wednesday night, Ramaswamy said the United States “pays single women more not to have a man in the house than to have a man in the house, contributing to an epidemic of fatherlessness.” I agree with this statement, especially as it relates to minorities (67% of African American children are born into fatherless household). HOWEVER, what program would he cut...support to single moms? This has been tried many times and some key programs were cut under Clinton but the problem has only worsened because it is a social cultural issue. 5. I can support cutting the Dept of Education but his suggestion to cut the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is again pure ignorance. He thinks they are the obstacle to greater use of nuclear energy, it is actually the leadership appointed by politicians. They do serve a purpose. Finally, after commenting "now that all the rehearsed lines are out of the way" he started rolling out all of his own. If you think that was just extemporaneous replies I have some swamp land in Arizona to sell you. I thought Desantis did better and policy wise he is closest to what I would to see. He does have some issues that will hurt him, the 6 week abortion law in Florida is going to kick his ass with the folks int he middle. As a Floridian he has also failed to deal with the Homeowners insurance crisis here and it is starting to drag him down locally. I did not and will not watch the Trump debate, between him and Tucker I have had enough narcissistic bloviating for a lifetime.

For the record, TWO evil ones were promoted.

Credit to Obama for following through and ordering Neptune Spear, BTW Biden advised Obama not to conduct the UBL raid.

Commander in Chief....

If General Chang ran for Congress.

We are not "making" them fight, they choose to fight because well you know the Russians INVADED their country. I guess we should have forced them to roll over and surrender rather than defend their sovereignty.

Its sad when political ideology clouds common sense, for pennies on the dollar and no American lives we have humbled the Russian military for a long time to come.

The way I read it...he saw the tranny, got a rock hard piss boner, and had a life changing experience.

Living a good life and still trying to make a difference. Over the past year I've had dinner/beers with him in Hawaii, DC and Tampa. Epic mistake when the Air Force let him get away. I hate playing results poker but I wonder how things would be if he and a few others were running things.

More and more data points indicate China is in deep shit with few options to escape the situation. The population issues have been covered above and the latest economic numbers continue seem to confirm many of the predictions. Based on July economic data it would appear they just entered deflation as consumption has not rebounded post COVID. Imports and exports have dropped by double digits as compared to this time last year. Since 2017 birth rate has dropped 40% which will only add to their long-term consumption issues. This is going to be a wild ride.

And they are all Tumbleweed. How does a Wing/CC (and Patch at that), who started as an ABMer and looks to be mostly an on-time guy (maybe 1BPZ), have only senior ABM wings at 21 years of service?

Bidenomics....nothing like it! Federal deficit hit $1.6 trillion in first 10 months of FY23, more than double last year's shortfall

Great interview

We are a bit stuck in current politics...I could care less about Trump. I do know these situations were handled much better by predecessors like George W. Bush. To this day he hosts an annual bike ride for wounded warriors. I suspect sending troops into harm' way is one of the biggest burdens of the office and I would hope all would make a genuine effort to show compassion and interest.