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Okay, was I shocked that Mitt Romney came out with his January 1st OPED in the Washington Post bashing the President? No…I just thought it would have been a few weeks before he went all Jeff Flake 2.0 against the President. Geez Mitt, we don’t need any more surrender monkeys! So Mitt, how do you want us to remember you, Mitt “Benedict Arnold” Romney or Mitt “Neville Chamberlain” Romney…Because right now, most real Americans that watched you run and fail for president don’t see this as your brightest moment, they see this as your bitter sour grapes moment, face...

Most everyone watching the live coverage of yesterday’s George H. W. Bush’s memorial service was touched by the comments made about the man. However, interesting enough, I overhead two 50 something (assumed to be liberal) women talking about former Congressman Alan Simpsons comments about the former President and it struck me as to how different we think, men vs. women / conservative vs. liberal. What Alan Simpson said was, “George H. W. Bush hated no one.” He went on to say, “hatred corrodes the container it’s in.” That was an amazing statement about a man that the media had put...

If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath—a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? Then you are a sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s path.

I raise this as a serious question -- Was that it? The fake bombs sent to democrats that weren't at their address and the bombs didn't explode -- Seriously, was that the democrats October surprise, did the left put all of its eggs into that basket. Is there a sane, rational, intelligent person that believes that that wasn’t a set up? Is there another “snake in the woodpile” so to speak that they are preparing to unleash? Sex? A video? Another 9th circuit ruling? Another mob? What is next? What does the left have in it's pathetic bag of tricks?...

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Dear NFL, I have been a lifelong fan since the age of 10 – That’s more than 50 years…. I have followed many players, and only two teams in my life. The players I have followed have always been the “stand up for the flag” kind of players, I mean it just figures because I was drawn to serve my country – Not because I had to, or because it was my only option. I chose to serve out of nothing more than the pure love of my country. After serving onboard ships for nine years and three years with...

It is time for you to step down with dignity and grace and allow the Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to appoint your replacement. You are 82 years old, you have spent 36 years in Washington DC and 23 years in the Navy (27 if you include the four years at the Naval Academy) -- You have earned to the right go out on your terms, certainly, but the party and your country needs your selfless commitment and devotion one last time. We are all aware that the seat you are vacating was once filled by another giant of the Republican...

No, you don't remember because Obama didn't win the 2016 Presidential Election and therefore his thoughts/ opinions on the subject are irrelevant. However, for the record, he said "Indeed, at a time when we are all rooting for diplomacy with North Korea to succeed, walking away from the JCPOA risks losing a deal that accomplishes -- with Iran -- the very outcome that we are pursuing with the North Koreans," Obama said in a statement. "That is why today's announcement is so misguided." Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Iran deal, this was...

How many of you recall back in the summer of 2015, starting on July 15 and ending on September 15 the Obama Administration authorizing the conduct of operation Jade Helm 15 -- For many of us, this was a time when we really questioned the administration and their intentions for conducting such an exercise -- In light of all the abuses of power that we are discovering about the Obama Administration, our concerns appear to be valid. Just how far would Obama have directed the U.S. Military to go? What if hitlery had won, what was obama and hitlery willing...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated in 2015 ‘Death to America’ does not mean death to Americans. Khamenei says the “aim of the slogan is not death to American people. The slogan means death to US policies and arrogance.” The slogan has “strong support” In Iran, he said.

A formidable union of progressive leftists and the media would be far more concerning to President Dwight Eisenhower today than his concern about the military back on January 17th, 1961, today his speech would go more something like this; "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the media-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist." We must take great care to preserve and protect the magnificent government that was handed over to us generation by generation since it was fought so...

Many of the National Football League players who participated in the protests against the national anthem and American flag on Sunday have had past run-ins with the law themselves.

So, here we are, 2017. America finds itself bumping along with two distinct camps lined up vehemently opposed to one another, those that love the America of their grandparents era (1940s and 50s) and those that hate everything about that era. The left has long been at war with "the best ideals" of America and American culture. Why? Why does the left hate Mom, baseball, apple pie, Norman Rockwell, and Chevrolet? And love abortion, transgenderism, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, anti-Patriotism, anti-Americanism, and anti-Capitalism? Because the left could never measure up to the lofty goals that come with being that kind of...

So, essentially seven short months ago, Mr. Trump became the 45th President of the United States of America. CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, HLN, and to some extent now Fox are all trying to take President Trump down. This peculiar phenomenon that appears to be occurring however, is that with each and every attack by the media, hollywood, and leftists the President only appears to get stronger!?! President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by winning 30 states including states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states that went for obama in 2012 but went for President Trump in 2016 and...

Question: Can a college football player (Division I FCS/FBS) that is on the practice squad and say a walk-on and not on scholarship still play if the other players at his position get injured -- Can that player play even though that player is not under scholarship? Or, does the college/university have to make that player a scholarship player before he can play? That is my question.

Defense bonds or War Bonds as they have become known after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor -- These bonds, or debt securities were used for the purpose of financing military operations during war time, the bonds yielded a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10-year maturity -- These bonds are not going to fund a retirement, but they will help fund operations current and future engagements. I think this is a great way for President Trump to continue to use the media to get the message out, perfect opportunities would be Memorial Day rally's, 4th of July, and Veterans...

Since 12:01 pm January 20th, 2017 I and many like me are no longer an enemy of the state! I will explain, if you recall, on 7 April 2009 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a nine-page document published by the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), titled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” which the main tenant of the document was to target American Veterans -- Let that sink in, American Veterans were considered to be the "gravest concern" of the obama administration. Veterans?!? The document, the first of its...

Okay Commissioner, you have decided to go with Lady Gaga as this year's Super Bowl entertainer instead of a Patriotic American...got it, clearly that is your prerogative. But we the fans that watch football want you to be on notice, that we have tolerated the BS kneeling of Colin Kaepernick during OUR nations National Anthem, we didn't agree with your decision to allow one of your employees to do that, but that was again, your prerogative. Why did we tolerate this blatant disrespect to our nation and continue to watch NFL football you may ask, well, we are a very...

Whoever President Trump picks as his Secretary of State -- On January 21st, 2017 an official envoy of the United States of the America should touch down in Tehran, Iran scheduled to meet with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani who earlier this week said "Do you think that he [President Trump] can rip up the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal)? Do you think we and our nation will let him do that?" Once this envoy is escorted to meet President Rouhani, the envoy should walk into that meeting with two envelopes, the first one will be the JCPOA...