Definition of Opinion:  A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.

Please be respectful to others with differing opinions. 

Frank Wiley

Rotary Club on speed dial.  I like it!!l. Trump thinks he's still staring in a TV show not being President of the United States.  I agree he's done a lot of really good things but he just can't control his mouth.  I'm afraid the Republicans will lose control of the House and then we'll go through Impeachment 202.

David Rainwater

Jim - 'a pair' is a poor substitute for judgment and empathy.

Mary Powers (Evans)

Mike K:

Regarding Trump paying for McMahon's house, numerous fact checks state that is untrue.

With Swahwell out of the picture for the California Governor race, are you pleased that there's a strong possibility the next Governor will be Republican? 

Jim Coats

Dr. Rainwater.  Always the criticism which is typical of the left.  What exactly would your "Iranian" plan be?  Should we roll over and show our belly like an abused dog?  I'm curious.  What would you do?

BTW.  Are you happy that Pres. Trump has secured the border?  Yes or No.  What about his attempt to require "voters" to prove they are citizens before voting?  Do you approve of that?  Yes or No.  I could go on.....Oh, yes.  Remember when Trump was running the Warp Speed program on Covid vaccines?  Chuck and Nancy were shrieking that he was wrong....but they never had an answer.  Just that Trump was wrong.  TDS in full glory.

AMERICA FIRST!!

Michael Kelly

Mary  Thanks, I wonder who spread that insidious Rumor, That clears the path to Impeach him one more time. Wouldn't that make it a "Third times the Charm" type of thing. 

David Rainwater

Jim, you’ve asked my opinion on a number of complex issues for which you basically allow yes/no answers!  I’ll try, though I don’t really know very much about any of the issues (as you will no doubt see below).  With regard to Iran, I think we should have stayed in the JCPOA.  As for the current situation, I think our President has gotten us into a hell of a mess strategically…we’re fighting an asymmetric war that we cannot possibly win and at the same time are helping raise a whole new generation of US-haters.  With regard to border security, I actually am not as concerned about that as others on this forum are.  From my point of view undocumented individuals are human like us and, for the most part, are decent hard-working mothers and fathers and sons and daughters (like us). I do not like to see ill-trained – sometimes violent – masked agents breaking up families and shipping folks off to bizarre locations, all in the name of my government.  I am offended by some of the methods used to track them down and, in some respects, I think we’ve broken the promise of a just solution to the problem.  Finally, with regard to election integrity, I don’t think anyone with knowledge seriously believes there is an actual problem (studies show miniscule levels of fraud and no evidence of determinative fraud).  The idea that undocumented people are voting in our elections in any appreciable number is laughable (what possible value is gained from taking an hour (or more) off work – possibly unpaid – in order to add one vote to Harris’ 75,017,613 tally, all the time risking a felony charge?).  When we were in school, I seem to remember the concern was that not enough people who could were actually voting.  So, what is the point in making it more difficult to vote?  In Oklahoma, an absentee ballot has to be notarized each time and there are something like four election dates this year alone…what is the point of that?  As to your last sentence about going on…please don’t.  I’ve given you some of my thoughts but I am not able to speak for the entire left wing and do not wish to.

Michael Kelly

Rainwater, what you have said is why I voted for Ronald J. Trump. I don't need for offhand "Well who cares, and what does is matter anyway" in the long  term attitudes giving  away my Country. Of course it is easier not to fight for Freedom, and to say who cares if we have a Government that is interested in presrving Freedom, as for me to say you care for, and espouse certain Qualities that make our Country Great, but do not particularly care if Freedom is Preserved, so long as the drive back home does't take over an hour, is tantamount to saying I don't care about much of anything, and that is truly disgusting. I'm far from perfect, but Life really means something to me. When Iran can tell us for 57 years that we are the Great Satan, and kill Thousands of us over the years, tells me they reallly do mean it, and I am a Fool to not pay attention to that. 

Bill RIHS

Mr Kelly! Right on! That's the liberals attitude, who cares, what does it matter etc. Give our laws and values away, really🤮.

Frank Wiley

The JCPOA was a joke!!  Iran never abided by it!  They always restricted the IAEA inspectors from inspecting the way they wanted.  That's how they got close to weapons grade uranium.  Iran claimed they were only enriching uranium for power generation.  They had taken it to way above the enrichment needed for power generation.  Obama and Biden both gave Iran Billions to play nice.  Obama and Biden both told us Iran was only using the money for humanitarian purposes which was a giant Obama, Biden, Iran, lie!!  They funded their terrorist proxies and funded their pursuit of a Nuclear Weapon.  Their proxy in Gaza (Hamas) on October 7th invaded Israel and committed atrocities comparable to Hitler.  If you think that's hyperbole, How about putting babies in ovens and cooking them.  Hamas did that with Irans blessing.  Iran has been saying, "Death to America" for over 50 years and they've meant it.  

Lester Cox

"I was educated once-it took me years to get over it."  Mark Twain

Frank Wiley

Mike W.--I thought it was in very poor taste and poor judgment but comparing Trump to Biden is way off base.

Patty Meyers (Anderson)

I agree with Frank.  Some of his statements/posts make me cringe.

David Rainwater

Gotta share:  Wife Cathy and I are going through old papers inherited from both sides to downsize the amount of garbage we leave for the kids.  Lo and behold my dear old mother saved everything!  Below, is the cover for my grades from first grade with Mrs. Naren.  I’m too modest to show you the inside (but ‘ideal pupil’ might have come up ).

Frank Wiley

I've said this before.  I watch "Special Report"  with Brett Bayer.  He always has a Liberal on his panal.  One of the best (and maybe the most enjoyable) Real Estate Class if ever taken was one about body language.  On Brett's show it's fun to watch the Liberal lean away from the Conservatives.

DeWitt Bacon

David, not only is that a great treasure, but it's also the autograph of a great principal, Paul C. Gillespie.

David Rainwater

Thanks, DeWitt, though I think he used the 1950s equivalent of an autopen (a rubber stamp ).  I remember Barry Norton reminding me that on the last day of first grade, we walked home together and snuck a peek at our grades before giving them to our moms.  We were such rebels in those days!

Jim Coats

$5.79 for Premium at Safeway in No. Scottsdale today.

Bill RIHS

$4.49 at my independent gas station in Prescott for premium. $4.06 for regular. Go figure😡

Patty Meyers (Anderson)

We just left Gibraltar and gas is a lot more than in the US and of course it's all Trump's fault.  Now we're cruising to Barcelona.

Frank Wiley

Great trip Patty!  My Wife and I took a giant catamaran jet boat from Gibraltar to Morocco.  We went to a Bazaar in Morocco.  Now I know why they call it a bazaar.  Crazy merchants screaming at each other.  

Frank Wiley

WOW!!  Alan Dershowitz, who says he was a Democrat since he was 16 years old, says now---------He's a Republican!!  I think he's in his mid 80's.

Jim Coats

Dershowitz always spoke like a Republican as long as I've paid attention.

Michael Wetzel

I've watched Dershowiz every chance I get. Super intelligent, love the man...........

DeWitt Bacon

Alan Dershowitz was a democrat back before the Communists and the Socialists took over the party. I didn't know that he became a Republican. I thought he considered himself an independent.  I watch him regularly as well, and he sure sounds like a pure Republican. My dad and grandfather were 99.44/100% pure Democrats as well, but if they were alive today, I wonder which side they would be voting for.

Jim Coats