Politics

[ActionBob]

Highly educated, enlightened Fools. They are so inbred and arrogant they don’t realize that they are being outbred and replaced by a more aggressive strain of human.

Their kind will no longer exist in 50 years.

Completely subjective observations on my part.... @Just Gina and I got back to the USA yesterday. We'd been in Ireland the past few days after spending a couple weeks in London.

Random and probably racist observations; standing out in front of the Horsegards Hotel in London. A couple of times some cops strolled by and seemed especially interested in watching us. Granted we are typically not shy about discussing such controversial issues as hunting, guns and the really radical points of high quality sharp knives! So i did whisper to Gina to be careful what she said around the thought police. And I have probably posted enough pictures of Von Gruff knives on Facebook so as to land myself on some British watch list.

Meanwhile a few thuggish looking Middle Eastern types and one in particular seemed to be too closely obserserving us and other tourists.... yet recieved no notice by the cops who actively moved on around the corner. I actually had to stare down this one guy on a bicycle who kept circling back to ride closer to us. He may have simply wanted to bumm a cigarette but it was irritating that the cops moved on when 5 or 6 of these homeless looking types showed up in that immediate area. The Hotel Doormen stayed around and kept watch. We actually made fast friends with 3 of them and even asked the one guy if he was a secret agent by night turns out he gives dance lessons for extra cash.

The protesters seem to control traffic in central London. With florescent green wrapped cops protecting them.

I was impressed by the Londoners who stood by resolutely with their backs turned to the protestors as a sort of giving them the middle finger

They marched past making a terrible racket and using a loud speaker to interrupt our apparent non existent rights to peaceful enjoyment of life.

In fact several evenings after the dinner hour as we were trying to relax. The same woman's voice was on the loud speaker chanting was dominating the background noise.

Seems to be a lot of private security present in London. I was chatting with one guy from the Transylvania area in Romania. He talked about the explosion of the brown bear population in Romania. Especially that region. I made a comment that I was glad Gina got the Italian sales lady to wait on her rather than the "fairy" nice oriental guy. The Romanian grinned ear to ear, looked around to be sure we wer not being overheard and shook my hand and told me I would be a legend for saying something like that! I was a bit shocked by that. Apparently that type of free speech is off limits...

Other than the guy on the bicycle being an irritation, we still felt quite safe in London. Albeit a bit naked without at least a pocket pistol.....

 

[BJH65]

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Death by a thousand cuts. We left CA in 2019. Was hopeful the insanity would abate. I see it hasn’t.

 

[Altitude sickness]

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[wesheltonj]

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[1911Fan]

Regarding the passing of Francis the commie:

 

[rigbymauser]

Lexington and Concord. 250 Years ago today a nation is conceived, ultimately leading to a political forum on AH. We probably wouldn't be discussing and arguing today if not for these events.

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Have you said "thank you" to the French people for helping the New Americans in their war with the Crown?.

 

[ActionBob]

Have you said "thank you" to the French people for helping the New Americans in their war with the Crown?.

I think we did. Well beyond in fact when we liberated France from the Germans. Twice.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

Have you said "thank you" to the French people for helping the New Americans in their war with the Crown?.

The man we would thank was Louis XVI and the French people killed him.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

Mrs. Safari Dave is a last year "Boomer"

I am a 1st year "Gen X'er."

Yeah, she had to "rob the cradle," to get a "prime specimen" like me, but we been able to keep it together for nearly 34 years, so I don't expect a separation at this point...


It seems like the "Millennials" are a "lost cause" based on MANY conversations with them. (I'm sure they are some patriots, but I haven't met many)


My children's generation, (Gen Z), seem to me, surprisingly, conservative.

Even my somewhat "liberal" 24 year old daughter carries a pistol, when she has to go into "sketchy" places...

And, she knows how to use it!


"Hot Damn," I feel like the most blessed man alive.

My son is an excellent hunter/fisherman/advocate...

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My daughter-In-law, has taken a deer, and is a great shot with a pistol!

Gen Z may be smarter than I usually give them credit for.

 

[rigbymauser]

I think we did. Well beyond in fact when we liberated France from the Germans. Twice.

This "liberation" was an outcome of US involvement but the US in both war remained a neutral up until Hitler declare war on the US 7 days after Pearl Harbour in ww2. In ww1 the US had financial interest in europe and was to lose a lot of money if Germany won. A historian would not nessesary see this as because US had a good heart or a return help to the french for a favor done 160 years earlier. This is very simplified but you americans like things "simplified"...right?..:LOL

 

[ActionBob]

This "liberation" was an outcome of US involvement but the US in both war remained a neutral up until Hitler declare war on the US 7 days after Pearl Harbour in ww2. In ww1 the US had financial interest in europe and was to lose a lot of money if Germany won. A historian would not nessesary see this as because US had a good heart or a return help to the french for a favor done 160 years earlier. This is very simplified but you americans like things "simplified"...right?..:LOL

I don't believe Louis XVI was all tbat quick to come to our aid either.

BTW, How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

No one knows because it has never been done. LOL

 

[BJH65]

This "liberation" was an outcome of US involvement but the US in both war remained a neutral up until Hitler declare war on the US 7 days after Pearl Harbour in ww2. In ww1 the US had financial interest in europe and was to lose a lot of money if Germany won. A historian would not nessesary see this as because US had a good heart or a return help to the french for a favor done 160 years earlier. This is very simplified but you americans like things "simplified"...right?..:LOL

Be that as it may, the Liberation of France during WW II, particularly during D-Day and the subsequent campaign, an estimated 29,000 US servicemen were killed. This figure includes those who died in the invasion of Normandy and the campaign to liberate Paris. The total battle casualties for the U.S. during this period were around 135,000, including wounded and missing. I don’t really think in terms of “simplified” but a staggering loss of life that shouldn’t be forgotten.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

I don't believe Louis XVI was all tbat quick to come to our aid either.

BTW, How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

No one knows because it has never been done. LOL

Indeed. Louis XVI only aided American independence because it hurt Britain.

Then the relationship went sour pretty quickly after the French Revolution. Funny how a nation being taken over by a mass murdering regime does that.

 

[BSO Dave]

This "liberation" was an outcome of US involvement but the US in both war remained a neutral up until Hitler declare war on the US 7 days after Pearl Harbour in ww2. In ww1 the US had financial interest in europe and was to lose a lot of money if Germany won. A historian would not nessesary see this as because US had a good heart or a return help to the french for a favor done 160 years earlier. This is very simplified but you americans like things "simplified"...right?..:LOL

If we are being completely realistic, please enlighten me as to what war was ever fought in which allies did so out of the kindness of their hearts? EVERY war in world history that was fought with allied help was done so out of mutually beneficial, if not totally selfish reasons for each of the parties involved.... France and GB had been enemies on and off for centuries.... Great Britian was a mutual enemy of France and the U.S. Colonies during the Revolutionary War... Suffice to say, France had lots of self-serving reasons to ally and help the Colonies defeat GB...

Your condescending, arrogant, and frankly disrespectful assertion above is no surprise coming from a European... I always find it interestingly funny how you all talk shit about us until you need us... And mark my words, sooner or later you will need us again... If the Ukraine-Russian war has proved anything, it's that the EU in its entirety still cannot defend itself without American help...

 

[HookMeUpII]

What a classless thing to say.

Agreed. And in poor taste, considering the man just passed away.

 

[BSO Dave]

Not long before his death, the Pope granted Vance an audience. I hope the sight of Vance wasn't too much for the frail Pope. I wouldn't be surprised.

Congrats! Douche of the year award right here....!

 

[HWL]

I know this is of little interest to those who believe in Trump, but with today's open of 37,550, the DOW has lost $1.3 -1.7 trillion in value - across all investments the number is likely $5+ trillion.

This is of huge intetest....

HWL

 

[deewayne2003]

This "liberation" was an outcome of US involvement but the US in both war remained a neutral up until Hitler declare war on the US 7 days after Pearl Harbour in ww2. In ww1 the US had financial interest in europe and was to lose a lot of money if Germany won. A historian would not nessesary see this as because US had a good heart or a return help to the french for a favor done 160 years earlier. This is very simplified but you americans like things "simplified"...right?..:LOL

Yes we like things simple......

When France surrendered during WWII in the same rail car that Germany signed the WWI armistice in, on that day france also agreed to use the Parisian police to help round up all enemies of Germany such as Jews, homosexuals, ethnic minorities, Masons and others; they also agreed to send 100,000 skilled workers to Germany to rebuild the bombed munitions factories and thus further the German war machine.

In the words of Stalin when negotiating with FDR & Churchill....

"The Polish did more to end this war than France, why should the French have any part in the negotiations?"

 

[Wheels]

Pope Francis has passed at 88.

Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury both vacant at same time. Probably doesn't happen often.

 

[CJW]

Where are the feminists and women loving libs when american and european women have to walk through 3rd world hell holes in their own a North American and European cities?