Fit2BTied Loc: Texas

Not exactly sure about your politics other than that you aren't a fan of Donald Trump and what he's done since he was elected. You paint with a wide brush when you say what you did. I think you left out a word. You should have said "coming from the group that cannot accept OUR facts...". There, I fixed it.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

It's ALL about Trump h**e/ politics.

Bcon

Too much logic for libs to understand.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Great point!!

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

I DO mean is that we can teach that Columbus never set foot on the North American continent, but he DID have an idea about the earth being round and this half of the world in named after his friend. Teach the little ones what I just said, which is not dishonest. When they are old enough, then give them the rest. No one can tell me that all the gore kids see nowadays doesn't affect their mental development. I learned in grade school that Columbus didn't discover America, but only later did I learn how cruel he was to the natives, but I was better mentally equipped to learn that at a later age.

moldyoldy

We do not have a lot of disagreement, but we must look at what is practical and what is possible. We have mountains ad rivers and ranches where a wall is not practical. We should be talking about what can be done. Let the Army Corp of Engineers evaluate and propose a plan.

Mikeyavelli

In 1492 no one cared about the treatment of indigenous people in the newly discovered lands. And the indigenous people didn’t care how cruel they were to the arrivals from the sea.
Only today, as a weapon to discredit the founding of America is it a one way concern, that Christopher Columbus was a r****t k**ler of innocent people.
Bullmueller. He discovered America.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

You know, Morgan, I'm a late convert. I really liked Bill Clinton. After his presidency, I figured that Hillary being a strong woman, was set for the office at a later date. I DID NOT like either Bush. When Obama won, I was cheerful and hopeful. I thought we really had someone now who could shake up DC.
Then things started happening. When he went on his world apology tour, I thought to myself, "Huh???? He did WHAT???" Then he said that the constitution was just a piece of paper that kept him from doing what he wanted to. I was like, "Whooooaaaaa!!!!!!!Ont-uhhhh!!!" Then when the shootings came to the forefront, ( by way of the liberal biased media)he was always for the black guy before he even knew what the circumstances were. His black buddy and the cop he had to the White House for a beer, was whitewash. The old buddy was breaking into his own home and someone called the police. When they got there, he refused to provide ID. The cops arrested him. There was NO r****m to it. The old buddy was acting like a jerk because he felt empowered by Obama. Then him and Holder put Fast and Furious into action, leading to the deaths of hundreds. He pardoned Holder and locked his own papers away by executive order. Then, THEN!!! He tried to pounce on my second amendment rights to gun ownership and freedom of religion. I couldn't stand Trump until he announced he was running and started to make campaign promises. I was amazed, he was for everything I was for, while Hillary was looking like a career criminal. I watched her lie on TV. At one rally, she said "oh, yes, Were going to shut those coal mines down" Then at another rally in coal country, she said,"We're not going to shut your mines down" I know that salesmen exaggerate and so do politicians, but this was an outright lie. I couldn't v**e for her, or Bernie, he was a socialist. I couldn't v**e for anyone on the right side except Trump. I'll be honest...my v**e went to who would protect, in order, religious freedom for Christians, my 2nd amendment rights, and clean up our southern border. You have a right to your opinion, but if you say that Trump said something that he just did not say, or that he did something that he just didn't do, when the media puts out a photo of kids in a cage taken under Obama's term and saying, "Look what Trump is doing", when the main stream media can't give us the news for bashing Trump, when a reporter makes a false report that makes the stock market drop 300 point in one day, when the democrats pay a Russian spy for a dossier to bring collusion charges against Trump, when they sell weapons grade uranium to the Russians, when Obama is recorded saying he would be more flexible with the Russians after he was elected, and they are not even noticed for Russian collusion while Trump has hell hounds on his tail, and people he knows are arrested for things done years ago that have NOTHING to do with Russian collusion, when Trump tries hard several times to reach a deal on the border wall issue, and Pelosi/Shumer refuse to even negotiate with him, then I HAVE to stand with the man who has nothing but false accusations thrown in his face. The office of the president used to be a position of respect, but the way Trump is being treated, now it's a joke. There will never be another respected president elected ever again. If a dem is elected, the republicans will chew him/her to bits, and if a rep is elected, we already know what the democrats will do. I don't believe I've told any lies or embellished anything.

Mikeyavelli

I don't believe that you trusted obama, ever. However, it's a good contrasting point for your magnificent ending.
And I hope that you are correct in that if ever a Kommiecrat slithers into the Whitehouse, the people of America will chew at his or her schumer until it falls off. No more nice guy.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Moldy, if we can keep the Mississippi river from diverting to Texas when she WANTS to go to Texas, we can get water under the wall. Rivers out there are just a ditch compared to where I live anyway. Do you like zooming across country on the interstate? Those roadways were built using imminent domain If the wall runs with the river, ranchers won't lose too much land.

moldyoldy

If it was so simple it would have

Morgan

No that would be your group of alternative facts. What he's done since he's been elected is that I have a problem with.

Morgan

I understand your concerns for the country, I have some real concerns also. You've brought up too many issues to discuss. Right now we are being manipulated to divide us, and I see that as bigger threat than any other attack. I use to remind people, that divided we fall but the h**e and contrasting ideologies have gotten so far, that I am now more inclined division would be better, so maybe they have won after all.

As I can see with the h**eful and constant name calling here on opp from the right, from Demoncrat, Kommiecrat, or Demoncrat, they perpetuate h**e, you don't see it from the left.

If they want to build a wall maybe it should go north to south. If the atmosphere of OPP is what we will see reflected in American society, then let us divide, because this atmosphere on OPP I would never want to live in. I am all for us living within our own principles. Don't forget walls can keep people locked in also, don't think it can never happen to us.

Morgan

You might find this interesting...The states of Florida, Hawaii, Alaska, Vermont, and South Dakota, do not recognize it(Columbus Day) and have each replaced it with celebrations of Indigenous People's Day (in Hawaii, Discoverers' Day, in South Dakota, Native American Day). In the state of Oregon, Columbus Day is not an official holiday.

maximus Loc: Chattanooga, Tennessee

We all have clouded judgement due to our beliefs of the way thing should be. Perspective seems to be at play here too, cause I see the left constantly putting the right down. Both of us say the other is blind. However, there is NO other place than OPP for me to be able to say what I think about the state of the union. Even my own sister in law will loudly overspeak me and not let me get a word in, where as if I did that she would be furious. It all depends on our perspective, seems like.
But you're absolutely right about one thing, anyway, and that is that we ARE divided.When the opposite party has a person elected, we don't like it.
I agree with you that if we swallow some p***e and compromise in order to run the country, but keep our perspective on the main topics, and just let the other things slide, we wouild be better off.