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PrezCock

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Where in Florida brother?

Trump
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RLTW

Interesting. Petraeus got his CAB by IDF and never really saw action. Somehow he received a BSM-V as a 2 star. He was ridiculed for it years ago.

Any Marines out there know how Mattis got a BSM-V? Seems very fishy when you look into it. Not doubting it, but can't find anything on it.

come out of the basement after the protests / riots end? Seems like he'll have to start campaigning... in public

You guessed it!

Find someone who knows how to operate firearms ASAP and have them teach you how to employ whatever weapon you buy. A lot of people advocate for a shotgun for home defense. It has it's benefits, but I'd prefer an AR platform.

METTTC dependent is a cop out answer, but it fits here.

Not sure how the blue state tyrants will be able to shame law abiding citizens into staying in their homes after all this... But they will.

Gary Johnson voters will be voting in 2020. If you split the Johnson vote from 2016 between Trump and Biden, here's the percentage needed to flip the following states.

New Hampshire - 54.45%

Minnesota - 69.73%

Maine - 79.06%

Nevada - 86.38%

New Mexico - 93.98%

Colorado - 97.32%

This obviously doesn't account for enthusiasm of the base, new voter turnout, and flipping voters from the opposite party. The Johnson vote will be a huge factor in these light blue states. How many of these states, if any, do you see turning red?

For me it's NH, MN, and ME. Thoughts?

I used to post on this board back in 2007-09. I considered myself a progressive. I was 19-20 years old and big Obama supporter. I knew that my opinions on political matters were correct. Over the last ~12 years I have matured into a conservative. Below is a timeline that describes my ‘awakening’:


2007-2012 – Five years at LSU (victory lap) showed me that conservatives weren’t bad people, they just had different opinions than me. Nearly all my friends at LSU were republicans. After spending 5 years in Louisiana, I could see that government wasn’t that effective at solving issues related to poverty. I grew up in a Pleasantville bubble in suburbia and hadn’t experienced any real diversity or poverty in my first 18 years. I pulled the lever twice for Obama, but I was much less enthusiastic about the second vote.

2012-2013 – I worked as a substitute teacher in the inner cities. This was a big turning point for me. The schools were an absolute disgrace. I could go on for hours, but in short, I saw tremendous apathy amongst 50% of the public school staff. The best way to describe it is a ‘go along to get along’ attitude. Students couldn’t be punished for what where I come from would have been suspension or expulsion type event. The root of the problem with the schools was the lack of accountability of the students’ families. I felt terrible for the minority of parents who actually cared, but were stuck with a failing school because of the neighborhood they lived in. I saw the impact that the breakdown of the American family has had on our society.

2014- By this time, I considered myself a middle of the road independent. I joined the military and took to it like a fish to water. On day one I was told you get out what you put in, which I found to be 100% true in any endeavor. Mindset is everything. In the middle of my pipeline, a cadre member rounded up all us wannabees and berated us because of our classes unusually high attrition rate. “When I set out to do something, I don’t f*cking fail!” I adopted that attitude for the rest of my time in service. Over the years I learned that life isn’t fair, and no one can make it so. Hope is not a good plan. Someone on this planet has it worse than you, so don’t complain. Finally, opportunity exists for everyone in this country. Everyone has a choice to take a risk and make something of themselves.

2016- I was a secret conservative at this point. Although I didn’t vote in the 2016 election, I was silently rooting for Donald Trump. I was sleeping out at the range on election day. I remember staying up, refreshing my phone every few minutes watching the results come in.
2018- I made a vow in the fall of 2018 that I would never vote for a democrat again. The disgusting tactics used to try and railroad Justice Kavanaugh enraged me. I immediately registered to vote. When I got my absentee ballot, I voted for every name with an R next to it without hesitation. I was pissed and finally came out as a conservative. Relatives were shocked and disturbed, but I didn’t care.

2020- There is a way to get free college. Taking a break in service to attend grad school, I stroll into the university veterans affairs office. I had no idea how much the GI bill was going to pay for, I didn’t sign up for free college. It turns out if you are within 3 years of separation from service, any public school university is 100% free. I will be voting in my first presidential election since 2012. I think there are a significant number of Americans like me who will be showing up to the polls in November.