Folks, I've given some thought as to what I can really do for any real and true change in our Government! Granted, this is suppose to be a non-political general chit-chat, but I'll make my point clear in the following.

I found an article that set forth an acknowledgement of public awareness to all the lies, disinformation, covert and dishonorable deeds that our Federal Government has been guilty of over the last 100 years. I believe the term is "Woke" or a simple realization of events of our American history! I intended to share this article with the President and everyone in Congress . . . but, then a thought entered my mind, "What am I doing? I'm stealing time from the Lord!" You see, being a blood bought, born again, Bible believing Christian . . . my time really isn't my time at all. What I would consider as my time belongs to Jesus, not me! In t***h, the time spent on sending that article to Congress and the President is pure egotistical self gratification . . . proving just how "Woke" I am and pushing that into the face of Congress!

So, as a Christian, I have been impressed with a simple reality . . . for me to live is Christ, and to die is gain! In other words, my time is not my own . . . it belongs to Christ! To pray for all of Congress may just lend itself to a true change in the hearts of those in Congress.

I am bewildered a bit though. My concern for the condition of our country has not gone away. My desire to be more of an influence in some way has not lessened. But, until I get a sense of peace in sending that article to Congress . . . in that I would be following a coarse of actions that is within a kind of blessed thing to do, I will place my attentions on what I know is within Christs will for me. And that is to pray for those in authority over us!

Thank you for your time!

I was only going the post the line about useless men, but then I figgured what the heck, do it all or do not do it at all...

Jay is a long time buddy of mine..

With reference to MAGA, when was America great to begin with?
Jay Bazzinotti
Jay Bazzinotti, one useless man is a damn shame; two is a law firm; 3 or more is a Congress.


Updated 6h ago · Upv**ed by Tom Martin, lives in The United States of America (1969-present)
In terms of MAGA it was when w****s could openly call Black shoe-shine boys “n****rs who knew their place” and when they could beat and rape their wives with impunity because they “owned their ass” and when they could run over and k**l a child with their car, but they weren’t responsible because they were drunk.

America was great when the rivers caught on fire because companies were allowed to dump anything they wanted in them with impunity.

America was great when raping your girlfriend was great fun and always her fault and there was no such thing as marital rape - no matter how many times you had to punch the b***h to get her to put out.

America was great when you could drive down the street in a car that got 10 miles to the gallon and laugh at the spics sweating in the garden.

America was great when you could beat the s**t out of a homosexual coming out of a gay movie theater and it was great fun.

America was great when you could proudly and openly wear your white hood and burn a cross on Martin Luther King’s lawn.

America was great when you could tell n****r jokes and everyone laughed.

Yup, the good old days when America was great.

America was great when the same priest that was boning your son was telling you how to v**e - and you did exactly what he said.

That’s what MAGA is all about. Going back to those days again.

I'm serious, dude.

Most of the guys I grew up with, and all these decades later am still in touch with, either are still or have retired from the trades and are family men -- carpenters, roofers, etc... and we all grew up and entered adulthood as Democrats... began realizing that the Democrats were no longer friends of the working man years ago, and to a fault are now conservatives.

Maybe it's your Oregon environs, who knows? It's just a surprise, that's all.

I've been to your neck of the woods, Charleston, anyway, briefly when I was a Coastie, but never really concerned myself with politics back then (early - mid 70s), but from what I read, your state is now about as far left as California.

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I'm not that old yet!!

What I do know is that Trump's been doing good things for the economy and has proven himself to be a lot smarter than any of the Democrats and most Republicans in Congress, his accomplishments speaking for themselves and as for Obama, Hillary and their cadres, well... They represented only a small portion of our population, that being the very wealthy "progressive" elitists whose actual concerns regarding the average American are dubious, at best.

The very fact that you yourself, being a self-described self-employed tradesman who seems at least fairly intelligent actually drink the Kool-Aid® emanating from the Democrats does not exactly serve as a sterling reference to the state of your common sense, I'm sorry to say.

It seems you say we are doing more than our share now. Maybe you don't remember the 60's, Smog, acid rain and half our water ways unfit to swim and fish. We have come a long way since then. It was also estimated by Algore we should have all drown or grown gills by now. The t***h is until the last drop of oil is sucked from the ground we will stay oil dependent. That's how I realized George Bush was just another crook when he gave billions to the oil industry to experiment in hydrogen fuel stations when all it takes is a few volts and water to produce hydrogen. If you want to save the world try making your own fuel cell and run 3/4 of your car by hydrogen. It's not rocket science, it is easy and don't take an arm and leg to make.

Hydrogen has an octane rating of 200. The only thing coming out the exhaust is water. It can be produced as you drive and can be used along with gas. There was a guy named Myers who had a dune buggy that ran on 100% hydrogen but he was poisoned and his dune buggy dispirited. His twin brother put all that the rip offs left of his work on line. I have made a few of these fuel cells and used them on my truck. It will save you money and like I said it ain't rocket science.

Hi all... Airforceone actually posted a pretty good topic for discussion... Except it was full of derogatory remarks that would not promote discussion... So I cleaned it up in the hopes of seeing some civil discussion...
I give full credit to Airforceone for the research and ideas presented... And hope that he will join us in civil discourse on an excellent topic..


So let’s actually debate renewables on its own and leave c*****e c****e out of the subject and take a look at renewables from a health issue and what it would do for our economy.

Solar and wind power are creating jobs at a rate 12 times faster than that of the rest of the US economy.

The renewable energy sector has seen rapid rapid growth over recent years, driven by reduction in manufacturing and installation costs. Jobs are growing at a rate of 20% per year. There are 4.5 million jobs in renewables which is up from 3.4 million in 2011.

Now compared to f****l f**l technologies which are typically mechanized and capital intensive, the renewable energy industry is more labor intensive. More jobs are created for each unit of electricity generated from renewable sources than from f****l f**ls.

(IMPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH)
Air and water pollution emitted by coal, natural gas, fuel, is linked with breathing problems, neurological damage, heart attacks, cancer and a host of other serious problems. Estimated cost to the public health $74.6 billion a year.

(INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY)
We will not run out of strong winds, sunny skies and fast moving water.

(STABLE ENERGY PRICES)
Renewable energy is providing affordable electricity across the country right now and can help stabilize energy prices.

Although renewable facilities require an up front investment to build they operate at a low cost because the fuel is free.

Renewable energy technology cost have declined steadily. Example the average cost to install solar dropped more than 70% between 2010 and 2017, wind dropped 66%. Cost are expected to drop even further.

F****l f**l prices vary dramatically and are prone to substantial price swings. No price swings with renewables; the fuel is free.

The US now has 500 wind power manufacting facilities that support 50,000 jobs just in manufacturing and over 600,000 jobs total. Solar has a total of 347,000 jobs now and that has doubled in number since 2012 and now has over 10,000 companies that generate $17 billion to our economy.

As the industry continues its rapid growth the demand will accelerate for massive job creation.

According to a 2008 analysis by the Renewable Energy laboratory to power the US with solar is about 0.6% of the US land mass.

The Jobs analysis provided by AltEnergy stocks which found 5.3 jobs per $1 million for f****l f**l investments versus renewables 16.7 jobs per $1 million. If Americans would drop their love for f****l f**l and were all in on utilizing free fuel to generate electricity it would create an economic boom in this country like non other in our history.

Solar workforce in 2017 increased by 25% wind increased by 32%. How many jobs created in the coal industry versus renewables.

Just think about the health risk from breathing in this garbage and the water we drink, polluting our oceans, and forget about c*****e c****e.

It’s estimated that by 2050 most of the world will be powered by renewables.


Hope everyone can enjoy this topic and remain civil...