Let's have a quick long.

Well we all know Tricky Dick made a mess of this country with the escalation of the VM war and his secret meeting to extend the war while Johnson knew he screwed up but was trying to get out. After Johnson and Nixon along with a world drought and the oil shock by the Saudis double digit inflation occurred but the GOP with all there misinformation was able to convince the American electorate that it was Carter that caused the inflation. But that's what republicans do they can't admit they screwed up they lie cheat and misinform.

Reagan was a statesman that spent more time watching movies and sleeping while his buddies were ripping this country off. 38 indicted 38 plead guilty 38 pardoned by Bush 41 in the Iran/Contra, major fraud in Military spending on a phony Star Wars that never existed but people really ignore the Billions spent and stolen by Reagan contractors buddies in the HUD scandal. They Hide from the fact that Reagan increased the Deficit by 385% and if not for him stealing our SS money he would have increased the deficit by over 500%. Then came Trickle down that cost this country trillions and continues to cost trillion and destroyed the middle class and created income in equality where all the wealth had gone to the upper 3% but somehow the GOP has been able to convince the misinformed that trickle down works.

Then came Bush 43 with his phony war and phony Intel put together by Dick Cheney and what that war had cost $3.7 trillion unpaid for, trickle down tax breaks in the Form of Bush tax cuts cost $6.6 trillions in lost funds while trying to fight two wars unpaid for. Then the worst recession since the Great Recession that created 10% unemployment but the GOP refused to inform the lost tax revenue to this country with 10% unemployment not to mention with a recession such as this cost increases for food stamps, Medicaid, Unemployment, housing costs with millions losing there homes because of a financial collapse. A recessive as severe as this one not only cost lost revenue but increased in cost of social entitlement.
But somehow someway the GOP has been able to convince people that it's all Obamas and the Clinton's fault for allnour Financial problems.

But now we have the worst of the worst and he will finally put Reagan second as the most corrupt president in the history of this country. But just to show you what this GOP had given Ben us .

Clinton was able to leave a surplus but one blow job iscwhat the GOP hangs onto.

Obama a black guy was able to takecthis country out of the worst recession since the Great Depression that was not born in this country

I started reading your 'SHIT', but after the first two paragraphs of outright lies and liberal communistic propaganda, I decided it was a waste of my time, and anyone else's, who do not want to read what you have apparently made up in your sick mind.

Anyone and everyone knows that Richard Nixon ended the Vietnam War, that's how he got elected in the first place, he said he had a secret plan to end that war, and was elected for it, even though he never told anyone what it was.

This is sort of like how the Democrats passed Obamacare, without allowing anyone in Congress to read what was in it, before they were rquired to vote on it, and every single Democrat who never read what was in it, voted for it, while every single Republican that wasn't allowed to read what was in it, voted against it, and I wonder why.

I was a Sgt in the USMC, stationed at DaNang AFB/Navy Airstation, when Nixon implemented his plan to end the war, and the first thing he did was withdraw all the Marines from Vietnam, as if the Marines were causing the war, and a month later I was state side.

Nixon also opened relations with China, who before him was nongratus in the foreign relations department. I never cared for how Nixon lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge of the Watergate breakin, while he was trying to cover it up, but it was quite apparent that he had no foreknowledge of the breakin, but didn't say it that way, and therefore lied.

But Obama has outdone Nixon ten times over when claiming he had no knowledge of his scandals, until he read or heard about them in the news, but was also covering up his scandals at the same time, and once even declared 'Executive Privilege' on DOJ material that he previously claimed he knew nothing about until he read it in the news, to keep from having to hand it over to a congressional investigative committee who had subpoenaed it, something that really needed covering up so as not to prove Eric Holder a complete liar.

Obama has lied at least ten times more, to the American people, than Nixon ever had, but by this time Democrats had gotten used to accepting lies as nothing important, since they all use them so much.

Ronald reagan was the President who won the "COLD WAR" with the USSR, seeing it financially disinigrate trying to keep up with Ronald Reagan's buildup of our armed forces, after Jimmy Carter had decimated our military during his 4 years of a recession, where the media invented the word "STAGFLATION" to define his economy, and they also invented the "Double Digit Triple Misery Index" (double digit interest rates, double digit inflation, and double digit unemployment, all at the same time during Carter's administration) to describe what was going on in Jimmy Carter's economy. Ronald Reagan also had the "Berlin Wall" knocked down, and East & West Germany reunited. Ronald Reagan's economy,because of his Democratic called "VooDoo Economics" (Supply-Side Economics), ended Jimmy Carter's 4 year recession, and averaged almost a 8% GDP during his 8 years as President, accomplishing all the aforementioned, plus a lot more.

Four years after Ronald Reagan's 8 year term as President ended, when Bill Clinton won the Presidency, the Democrats blamed Bill Clinton's first two years in a recession on Ronald Reagan's "VooDoo" economics, after 12 straight years of tremendous GDP growth, caused by Reagan's economic policies, while also rebuilding our military into the best in the world.

Bill Clinton's first 2 year recession was so bad that the Republicans, hoping they could win a majority in the Senate, had Newt Gingrich come up with a 23 point plan to end the recession, called the "Contact with America", and the American people liked it so much that the Republicans not only won a majority in the Senate, a substantial one too, but also won a majority in the House, for the first time in 44 years, which they never considered could be done, since the Democrats had held such a huge majority going into that first Clinton midterm election.

After Clinton's first midterm election, the Republican majority controlled Congress passed all 23 items in the "Contract with America", in just 30 days and less, which the media said was a historical record, because no campaign promise had ever been passed within a 30 day period, not a single one, let alone 23 of them. Bill Clinton signed them all except two, the ban on partial birth abortions, and the allowance of voluntary prayer in public schools, and then a Democratic US Senator got on national TV and said Bill Clinton should be impeached, because he should have vetoed every one of those 23 Republican bills, because the Democrats would have enough votes to sustain all his vetoes. Ironically, 4 years later, the Republicans did impeach Bill Clinton, for lying under oath to a Grand Jury, which the Democrats would not allow to go through the Senate, but when Clinton's Presidency was over, his law license was permanently revoked for life, for committing that felony of lying to a Grand Jury.

But the recession ended after the Republicans passed their "Contract with America" and the economic recovery lasted until Bill Clinton's last two quaters in office, when he and the Democrats once again had raised taxes earlier, officially starting a new recession, which Bush II inherited, and two quarters into his Presidency, turned it around and started another economic recovery by reducing taxes again, just as Ronald Reagan had done to reverse Jimmy Carter's recession.

I know all this because I lived through it, running several of my own businesses, and was always ill-affected whenever a Democrat became President, especially when they contolled any or all of the US Congress, as has been the case in Obama's first 6 years as President, and why today after 7 1/2 straight years of what Obama has claimed was an economic recovery, we have more unemployed Americans of working age (16 years to 54 years of age), than at any time in our history, even during the 'Great Depression', as the 'US Workforce' participation rate when Obama left office, was it's lowest ever in the last 40 years, all the way back to 1977, when the US population was just over a third of what the 2010 census tallied to be.

All conspiracy theories all lies and misinformation you just can't handle the facts that Nixon was a crook thrown from office by his his party.
Can't understand the Bush lies about WMD and this massive nuclear program. Hell you're buddy Trump even told you it was all lies. And you ignore the recession, you ignore the collapse of the banking industry, you ignore 10% unemployment, you ignore millions of people losing there homes, all of you just ignore every bit of. But you will believe a phony Trumped up conspiracy theories in lieu of real facts.
But the the republican way and they are very good at convincing people to vote against there own self interest

All conspiracy theories all lies and misinformation you just can't handle the facts that Nixon was a crook thrown from office by his his party.
Can't understand the Bush lies about WMD and this massive nuclear program. Hell you're buddy Trump even told you it was all lies. And you ignore the recession, you ignore the collapse of the banking industry, you ignore 10% unemployment, you ignore millions of people losing there homes, all of you just ignore every bit of. But you will believe a phony Trumped up conspiracy theories in lieu of real facts.
But the the republican way and they are very good at convincing people to vote against there own self interest

From what I've read on this post, if you're wanting an "honest discussion," you should not personally attack someone for expressing his/her views. Other than the OP, every other post has been from the conservative side. Name-calling toward the poster, calling the post "propaganda," "lies," and other derogatory comments are okay with you folks. But, let someone with an opposing opinion post on here and you jump on them, en mass, like a flock of ducks going after June Bugs.

Personally, I don't find much fault with the OP. If the OP is a bunch of lies, then counter with the truth. But, be sure that your source(s) is/are factual; not something that's easily found to be "lies" or "propaganda," itself. Give dates and places where the "truth" happened.

If you're wanting a discussion, you need to be willing to be civil, yourselves. Thus far, I've not seen that on here.

Loki, how's the back doing? I'll send you a PM regarding my last visit to my orthopedic surgeon. It wasn't what I'd hoped it would be.

AB

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I'll let this be my PM.

Yea, I caught the "donkey shine." I'll admit, too, at first, thinking you were referring to my politics. A rather good come-back on your part! I thought it was rather cute, too. LOL!

Man, oh man! Cracked your kneecap! You're a real glutton for punishment, huh?

I am envious that you have a bike to wreak. My misses won't allow me to be anywhere close to one. I thought I'd get one when I retired, back in '09. I found out real fast that that dream wasn't becoming reality. She said, "You have a Wrangler. That's as close to a motorcycle and riding with the wind in your face as you're getting with your back."

What's funny was, prior to that, she said that IF my orthopedic surgeon okayed it, that I could get a bike. Well, not only did he okay it, he wrote out an Rx for one for me! All that did was totally piss her off! Both, the doctor, and I, got an earful! She went off on us, telling the doctor that he'd be monetarily responsible should I wreak and get injured or killed. No matter, he and I still laughed until we were crying. But, I never did get my Indian, either. I even said I'd settle for one of those 3-wheeler bikes. No way, Jose! So, I suppose she won the war on that front.

Anyway, back to my story. I believe you remember I had both of my hips replaced back in '15. First, was the left one in July, then, the right one in November. Well, the right one never gave me the first lick of a problem. But, the left one continued to hurt and the pain worse. After several months of
PT and injections, the doctor said that the issue in my left hip was that the soft tissue (muscle, fat, tendons and ligaments) were ossifying, or turning into bone and pressing on a nerve. He thought the process would take about a year or two to complete and he'd go in and remove it all. He didn't want to remove it sooner as he said that it would simply grow back with a vengeance.

Well, two weeks ago, I went to see him about getting the "new" bone removed. X-rays were taken to see how much "bone" was there. He read the X-rays and immediately said that I needed to see one of his partners. That very afternoon, his partner said that the "bone" had grown so big that, should it be removed, my hip would be so unstable that It could fall out of joint, at any moment, without any warning and by doing any kind of movement; i.e., walking, sitting, standing, or even lying down or getting up. All because so much of the tissue that holds the joint in place would need to be removed to insure all of the "new bone" was removed.

I asked them, both, what they'd do if it were their hips. Both said that they'd, "... live with it as the risk was too great to remove it and be safe." So much for hoping to get off taking as much/many pain meds as i currently take.

I asked them what are the chances of someone's soft tissue ossifying after total hip replacement. They said less than 1%. They went on to say that, generally, with dual hip replacements, both hips ossify if one does. Seldom does only one hip, out of two replacements, ossify. Even more seldom does ossification occur that is of the magnitude mine is. Hence, the decision to not do surgery.

Ain't I the trend setter? Now, I can claim to be an "old fossil" and be truthful! Maybe, I need to change my handle from "Alabuck" to "Living with it."

Hope you recover quickly from your knee mishap, Loki.

Take care,

AB

Dang Alabuck! You've had a rough go of it! I hate to hear that for you man! That ain't something you can rub some dirt on either. That sucks!

About the bike thing...hmmmmm. Isn't it easier to ask for forgiveness than permission? Yeah, me neither.
I've had the same problem with my wife. I can have the meanest, roughest, fastest horse money can buy, but not a machine that can't think for itself. Go figure.

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Thanks, Archie! I appreciate your kind thoughts!

Aren't wives some of the most difficult people to figure out? First off, mine said that IF my doctor approved the bike, I could get one. Then, after he gave his okay, she renigged on her offer. What's fair about that? I'll tell you what, NOTHING! And, if I don't like it, I can lump it!

OH WELL, she makes-up for it in other areas; if you catch my drift!

Yee-Haw!! Ride'm Cowgirl !!

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I'll let this be my PM.

Yea, I caught the "donkey shine." I'll admit, too, at first, thinking you were referring to my politics. A rather good come-back on your part! I thought it was rather cute, too. LOL!

Man, oh man! Cracked your kneecap! You're a real glutton for punishment, huh?

I am envious that you have a bike to wreak. My misses won't allow me to be anywhere close to one. I thought I'd get one when I retired, back in '09. I found out real fast that that dream wasn't becoming reality. She said, "You have a Wrangler. That's as close to a motorcycle and riding with the wind in your face as you're getting with your back."

What's funny was, prior to that, she said that IF my orthopedic surgeon okayed it, that I could get a bike. Well, not only did he okay it, he wrote out an Rx for one for me! All that did was totally piss her off! Both, the doctor, and I, got an earful! She went off on us, telling the doctor that he'd be monetarily responsible should I wreak and get injured or killed. No matter, he and I still laughed until we were crying. But, I never did get my Indian, either. I even said I'd settle for one of those 3-wheeler bikes. No way, Jose! So, I suppose she won the war on that front.

Anyway, back to my story. I believe you remember I had both of my hips replaced back in '15. First, was the left one in July, then, the right one in November. Well, the right one never gave me the first lick of a problem. But, the left one continued to hurt and the pain worse. After several months of
PT and injections, the doctor said that the issue in my left hip was that the soft tissue (muscle, fat, tendons and ligaments) were ossifying, or turning into bone and pressing on a nerve. He thought the process would take about a year or two to complete and he'd go in and remove it all. He didn't want to remove it sooner as he said that it would simply grow back with a vengeance.

Well, two weeks ago, I went to see him about getting the "new" bone removed. X-rays were taken to see how much "bone" was there. He read the X-rays and immediately said that I needed to see one of his partners. That very afternoon, his partner said that the "bone" had grown so big that, should it be removed, my hip would be so unstable that It could fall out of joint, at any moment, without any warning and by doing any kind of movement; i.e., walking, sitting, standing, or even lying down or getting up. All because so much of the tissue that holds the joint in place would need to be removed to insure all of the "new bone" was removed.

I asked them, both, what they'd do if it were their hips. Both said that they'd, "... live with it as the risk was too great to remove it and be safe." So much for hoping to get off taking as much/many pain meds as i currently take.

I asked them what are the chances of someone's soft tissue ossifying after total hip replacement. They said less than 1%. They went on to say that, generally, with dual hip replacements, both hips ossify if one does. Seldom does only one hip, out of two replacements, ossify. Even more seldom does ossification occur that is of the magnitude mine is. Hence, the decision to not do surgery.

Ain't I the trend setter? Now, I can claim to be an "old fossil" and be truthful! Maybe, I need to change my handle from "Alabuck" to "Living with it."

Hope you recover quickly from your knee mishap, Loki.

Take care,

AB