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  • President George H.W. Bush dead at 94

    Probably the best, most gracious man to hold the office in my life time.

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pres...ry?id=44866630
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    That’s sad. He once visited us at a deployed location I was at in 2006 and made sure he shook hands with everyone deployed there. He didn’t have to, but took the time to visit us anyway. Best of luck to his family.
    "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
    GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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    • #3
      Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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      • #4
        A true man of class.
        That's what
        - She

        Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
        - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

        I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
        - Stephen R. Donaldson

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        • #5
          Originally posted by seer View Post
          Probably the best, most gracious man to hold the office in my life time.

          https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pres...ry?id=44866630
          Humble, gracious, and politically ineffective. Proof that nice guys can't do politics.
          Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
          But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
          Than a fool in the eyes of God


          From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
            Humble, gracious, and politically ineffective. Proof that nice guys can't do politics.
            On the international scene is was incredibly effective.

            I'm always still in trouble again

            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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            • #7
              Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
              On the international scene is was incredibly effective.
              He was destroyed by the Democrats when they forced him to raise taxes.
              Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
              But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
              Than a fool in the eyes of God


              From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                He was destroyed by the Democrats when they forced him to raise taxes.
                IIRC he wasn't forced but rather made the mistake of believing the Democrats when they promised to reduce spending if he agreed to a tax increase.

                I'm always still in trouble again

                "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  IIRC he wasn't forced but rather made the mistake of believing the Democrats when they promised to reduce spending if he agreed to a tax increase.
                  Right they snookered Reagan too...
                  Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                    IIRC he wasn't forced but rather made the mistake of believing the Democrats when they promised to reduce spending if he agreed to a tax increase.
                    Like I said, nice guys and politics tend to be like oil and water.
                    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                    Than a fool in the eyes of God


                    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by seer View Post
                      Right they snookered Reagan too...
                      I guess that in a way Trump is a result of the Democrats making deals they never had any intention of keeping.

                      If you support raising taxes we'll support reducing spending ... suckers!

                      If you support amnesty we'll support tougher border security ... suckers!

                      I'm always still in trouble again

                      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by lilpixieofterror View Post
                        That’s sad. He once visited us at a deployed location I was at in 2006 and made sure he shook hands with everyone deployed there. He didn’t have to, but took the time to visit us anyway. Best of luck to his family.
                        Certainly does put your hero, Trump, who has yet to even visit the troops, to shame.
                        Last edited by JimL; 12-01-2018, 08:56 PM.

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                        • #13
                          Bush being a really good sport with Dana Carvey "doing Bush".

                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by JimL View Post
                            Certainly does put your hero, Trump, who has yet to even visit the troops, to shame.
                            1. Trump isn’t ‘my hero’ Jimmy.
                            2. It’s pretty rare to meet a sitting or ex president to begin with unless you happen to work in a presidential detail. I have yet to meet Clinton, Bush 2, or Obama either.
                            3. Why do you got to turn a post honoring a dead president into another rant to express your hatred for Trump?
                            "The man from the yacht thought he was the first to find England; I thought I was the first to find Europe. I did try to found a heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy."
                            GK Chesterton; Orthodoxy

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                            • #15
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                              Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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