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. 

Michael Wetzel

Jim, your post # 15798, I'm still waiting for the living well part ! Also, your post # 15802, I agree 1000 %, we are in a world of hurt.........

Frank Wiley

I was marketing guy when I retired for the last time.  I didn't make nearly as much money but I really enjoyed it and was pretty good at it.  I recommend that instead of the moniker "ICE" (Immigration Customs Enforcement) they should make it National Immigration Custom Enforcement.  "NICE".  Who doesn't like Nice?

Bill RIHS

Frank, I love NICE👍😁

Jim Coats

I'm in with Frank & Bill.  NICE!!

Michael Kelly

Mike Wetzel  The weapon I saw pictured was a Sig P320 or 322, a SemiAuto Handgun 9 mm caliber, with a 15 round capacity and they said it had a Scope on It, but news people don't know handguns at all because they have never owned one, or even handled one, because they are all PC about guns its pathetic, so it may have been a Red Dot sighting device instead of a Scope, which in my mind does't make any Sense on a handgun. 

No matter what, it makes no damned Sense for a person to show up at what is looking like a Riot in the making, carrying a Pistolo and then on top of it get in a Fracas with Law Enforcement. That is really Stupid! 

Happy Birthday Frank Wiley Hope you do get some significant Snow up there in Colorado where you Live. Bet Pat Parelli has his horses out running around with Show Shoes and Reindeer Horns on to entertain the Clinicians, chasing big Round Red Inflatable Rubber Balls. At some places here in Kalifornia the gas prices are now down to as low as 419 a gallon.

Jim Coats

If you get a chance, You Tube (or something) the song:  Waiting at the Gate by Michael Bennet.  The song is a heart breaker, but the video doesn't seem to match up with the singers lips and how he strums his guitar.  Nevertheless, it's a good song.

Michael Kelly

Duly Noted Coats, its pretty Windy here in California, lots of sand and Dust in the Air. Bennet didn't have a Dry Eye in the Audience. 

Michael Wetzel

Michael, apparently you have never used a ' red dot '. They are great to play with. I have two, one on a 357 revolver, the other on a rifle. Once they are dialed in perfect, where ever that dot is, your bullet hits exactly at that spot. Great for pig or deer hunting. I will not use them as a personal  defense weapon for myself, In that type of emergency one does not have the time to wait the three or four seconds to turn on a red dot to defend one self. I do know of people who do leave their red dot on continuously, when ever they are out in public. It would be of benefit if left on, a perfect sight immediately, to shoot with. Instead of just pointing the gun at someone, who may be several yards, or more off. As with anything, it takes practice....I agree completely with your second paragraph........

Frank Wiley

So Kevin Warsh is Trups pick for Fed Chair.  I like the pick because many people in the know have endorsed him.  The highest compliment came from Condi Rice who I would Love to have as our first Female President!!

Jim Coats

Frank.  I don't know Kevin Warsh, but I hear he's very well respected.

I 100% agree that I could vote for Condi Rice for President.  Smart lady and a class act.

Lester Cox

I agree with Condaleeza Rice as a pick for our first female president. Classy and very smart. She leads the Hoover Institute which has some brilliant think tank members, Victor Davis Hansen among them. A guy I have worked with and for over the past 45 plus years, Michael Tennenbaum, funds a program at Hoover titled "Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy. Only strike against her is her part ownership in the Denver Broncos who beat up my Chiefs this year. That would not be enough to keep me from voting for her. 

Patty Meyers (Anderson)

I could vote for Condi Rice anytime and especially since she is part owner of the Broncos  .

Bill RIHS

I agree! Condi Rice would get my vote!

Mary Powers (Evans)

Jim and other Android Users--I recently noticed a pop-up "View Reading Mode" when using my Android phone for the Forum.  When I clicked on it, the text came up in a quite readable font size.  

Jim Coats

Mary.  Where did the pop-up occur and what window were you in?  Were you all the way in to MESSAGE FORUM?

I have pretty much given up on the @#!!?! thing healing itself and I just turn the phone to a Landscape-like view.  Works OK, but I'm still not happy.

Thanks for the heads-up.  

Michael Kelly

As for who the next President is, they better damn well not be Soft on Communism or Socialism, no "havawd educated" international genius, who will get us into a War by being in the 'How Much Money Can I Make Club" and sell out people in the process. Maybe if they Could Clone Harry Truman it would be a good think. 

DeWitt Bacon

Condoleezza Rice could be a good choice for President, but there are a few I would rather support than her. Sometimes it's hard to tell where she really stands on some issues. JD Vance will be the apparent frontrunner and will have my support, but there are others that I would consider as well. We still have a couple of years to go, so I'll wait and see how things play out.

Mary Powers (Evans)

Jim, yes, I was in the Message Forum after tapping the tiny "Message Forum" on the opening screen.  Unfortunately the pop-up for reading mode doesn't do its job of popping-up every time.  Your landscape work-around is a good alternative.  

Frank Wiley

I saw our theme picture of the day is for Groundhog Day.  What other country is as goofy as ours and celebrates GHD?                             Canada

Patty Meyers (Anderson)

Groundhog Day is rooted in an ancient European Christian celebration known as Candlemas (Feb. 2), which occurs halfway through winter and spring. It commemorates the presentation of Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem as a light to the people of Israel. Christians traditionally take their candles to church to be blessed and used for the rest of the year.

I just happened to see this earlier today...   Who would have quessed?

Bill RIHS

Thank you Patty, interesting. I had no idea where that came from.👍

Frank Wiley

Hi Patty, Now that makes a lot more sense than dressing up in formal attire, standing in freezing temperatures, and checking the shadow of a groundhog!

DeWitt Bacon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYWSmtuPBU

I came across this gem this morning, and it brought back memories of early school days. Although it may differ from our personal experiences in places, I remember what it was like back then. And wish it still was today.

Jim Coats

It's Terry Abair's Birthday!

I don't know you, but I seem to remember you joining in on the "FUN" a few years ago on the Message Forum.

Well, I found an old birthday card that I saved for, what will be, obvious and perverted reasons.  I may have tweaked it a bit.  It's not personal.  I just need to get it off my phone

You put your left leg in and your back goes out;

You're farting like a trooper and you've got a dose of gout;

You're running out of puff, but you blow your candles out;

That's what it's all about!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TERRY.  Here's to many more you old fart.

Frank Wiley

I don't have any classic poems but Happy Birthday Terry!