I had a similar conversation with the spouse this afternoon. You and I (and a few others here) are around the same age. We grew up in an era where many of our parents made a decent wage in retail. That's gone. Same with factory work (my very young day were in Western Pa. remember the steel mills before they moved to places like Indiana, (where are they now)?
My son is a civil engineer, most of his career he's worked with the variations of CAD. With AI what does his career look like?
What are the new careers in the next 10 years or so?
Seriously Dude, Thank you for your service. Yet you voted for and are defending a guy who doesn't give a damn about you or your friend. In fact his father bought him a false doctors certificate to get out of the draft.
He's mocked guys like your friend for being stupid for enlisting.
But Biden
Capitol Police Officers who were assaulted don't mean **** to a couple of people here. Destroying property mean nothing to these guys.
God Bless Trumperica, Land of the Rich
Prosperity Gospel....
They tend to forget a few key verses: Isiah 41:17, Matthew 5:3 Mark 20:21 (a very key one) Luke 6:20, 1 Timothy 6:8....
I'm sure our resident Trumpers have these memorized
I didn’t watch the ceremony. Spent my time productively buying a new suit.
Tell me this didn’t happen
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/trump-did-not-place-hand-on-bible-for-oath-of-office/
I just wish they'd get my order right once in a while. We do stop on when my wife needs a caffeine fix, she a tea drinker and the locally owned coffee shop near us doesn't do that well
Article II Section 2 of the Constitution permits this and its been upheld by the Supreme Court (Ex parte Garland, 1866.
Ford used it to Pardon Nixon.
I guess it depends on your political bent
I have several veterans in my family, lost a cousin in Viet Nam (thanks to a guy too drunk to do his job one morning)
None of them ever wore their service on their sleeve. I respect that