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I say Highly Unlikely Putz

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If you want to know what's wrong with this country, the next time you walk through a parking lot look at the number of big trucks and luxury vehicles running around on bald tires.

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"Las Vegas Strip Casino Accused of Hosting Criminals"

In other news, dog bites man.

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The World Health Organization has declared MPOX a global health emergency...

Hmmm, a subset of men choose to engage in risky behavior, behavior, that like smoking, cannot be exercised safely. It's not so much a global health emergency as the admission by the left that their policies and the behavior they both accept and advocate is destructive.

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Stolen Valor? Yes. Msgt Walz NG(ret) is guilty. Command SgtMajor in the army or guard is analagous to Command Master Chief Petty Officer in the Navy. As a former Unit C.O. in the Navy, i've worked closely with MCPOs and my Dad held an equivalent rank in the USCG in WWII. None of them would have failed to complete the requirements of their rank and none would ever allow their service to be inflated for personal benefit. All i need to know to have an opinion about Msgt Walz is that his former C.O. and the Command SgtMajor of his unit have both gone on record to accuse him of 'misrepresenting' his service for his political benefit. He served honorably and has earned credit for that. He never completed requirements to make his temporary promotion to Sgt Major permanent and he never served in combat...but he has clearly & intentionally given the impression that he has. And that is a 'big f/deal' to those who have served honorably without misrepresenting their valor. He has earned the disdain of his fellow guardsmen and veterans of other services.

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The only people who can cry "stolen valor" are those who had enough themselves to actually put on the uniform. Vance may have earned the right, but Donald "Bone Spurs" Trump sure hasn't.

And whether or not he completed the requirements to make the rank permanent, anyone promoted to Command Sergeant Major was one hell of a soldier.

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Trump did not serve in the Military nor did Joe Biden .

Trump had bone spurs and Biden had Asthma. Neither one of us were specialists in these medical fields. I served 7 years.

Re-enlisted after 3 years for 4 more years.

Biden’s term will cost us all money than Trump.

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With respect to your 6 years of service, i disagree. As your law degree must no doubt affirm, he was conditionally appointed ('frocked'/conditionally appointed) to Sgt Major which is an honor...but he lost the creds to be called 'one hell of a soldier' when he failed to complete the requirements and when he failed to lead his unit when called--no matter the 'excuse' on timing. DJT has nothing to do with my assessment of MSgt Walz. To me he will be--at best--a mediocre soldier.

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With you having served, I am rather surprised by your attitude. By way of illustration, I served only six years, all during peacetime. Were your circumstances the same as former CSM Walz, your failure to complete some course requirements (mere course requirement, J.R.) would never negate the respect I have for your having actually served during a time when you either were or could have been shot at, when I did not. Walz put in 24 years! Me? Only six. I respect that. Everyone who did not put in 24 years should respect it.

Would you at least acknowledge that up until the day he was promoted to command sergeant major, Walz service would have to have been exemplary up to that point in order to have earned the promotion?

With regard to your other point, I'm assuming that you served in a commissioned capacity. If so, you must be aware that you continue to hold the commission even after separation; meaning that anytime the U.S. faced military hostilities after you left the service, you would have been welcomed back with open arms. Having already put in his retirement papers by the time his unit was activated, Walz no more "failed to lead his unit when called" than did you if failed to return to service.

Finally, I just have to ask: How do you feel about Donald Trump sitting at home, hanging out at Studio 54 and generally living it up while you went off to fight in Vietnam? (Here, let me just remind you that he wasn't turned away by his recruitment office. Rather, he - actually, his daddy - had a private doctor certify Trump's ineligibility with a diagnosis of bone spurs.) And how do you feel about not a single person carrying the Trump name having EVER served in the military.?

Not one. Ever.

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For the record, i am the son of an enlisted "chief of the boat" WWII USCG Boatswain's Mate, and i served in the Naval Reserves (roughly analagous to the Nat'l Guard 'weekend warriors') for four years before i was commissioned. And yes my O-5 commission is 'permanent,' and i would even today at age 78 respond with a 'cheery aye aye' if called back to serve in any capacity. In various leadership positions from Division Officer to C.O., i wrote many performance evaluations for enlisted E3s through E9s. i agree with you that Msgt Walz's performance must have been excellent for him to have been temporarily promoted to SgtMajor. That he did not complete the requirements for that position before retiring detracts from my evaluation of his performance. "Failing to complete course requirements" for SgtMajor is at best poor leadership by example. Thus my assessment that at the end of his otherwise excellent career, he ended it as a mediocre, though honorable soldier. My problem with him is that he has, either intentionally or by failing to clear the record, conveyed the impression that he retired as a Command SgtMajor and served 'in combat.' Validation of that assessment came from his peer enlisted personnel and his commanding officer. In short his otherwise honorable record is--in my view and in the view of others who have served, (with exceptions like yours, of course), is marred by the tint of valor that he claimed but did not merit. And regarding your comment about DJT's avoidance of military service. He and i are the same age. Many repeat many who were of military age in the early 70s avoided by whatever means they could to participate in the Vietnam 'conflict.' i didn't because of my family history and perhaps my niavete. My 20 years of commissioned active duty preceded by 4 years of enlisted reserves is a period with more ups than downs, but i wouldn't trade for it now, even if i could. While Trump didn't serve, except as i understand it for military school, i haven't ever heard him claim that he did. To his credit, however, is his support of the military while president and his successful efforts to prevent military conflict with Iran et.al. and to engineer peace efforts in the Mideast. For that he has earned my respect...and my vote(s). Thanks for taking the time to explain why you respectfully disagree with me. We need more of that kind of dialogue, eh?

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I have more regard for your assessment of Walz's service, (which is not entirely unfair,) than for your view of Trump's lack thereof. While it is true that Trump only did what a lot of young men did at the time, to be kind, he did not exactly manifest a burning desire to serve country. Not being so kind, he dodged the draft.

I think it a bit inconsistent to condemn a guy for not giving it a 25th year while giving a pass to someone else who willfully avoided serving even one day.

In any event, speaking as one who did serve, what I did pales in comparison to what both you and Walz did. Thank you for what you gave to our country.

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Apples & Oranges. You apparently miss the (my) key point. Trump never claimed military honor, Walz did. That said, there are definitey things about DJTs behavior that i don't like...esp. his ad-hominem attacks and hyperbolic rhetoric. That he had family help in avoiding participation in a poorly run and costly war is worthy of criticism, but his record of support for the military and his leadership in effective foreign policy accomplishments is worthy of praise. By comparison, in my view, Walz's political accomplishments appear to be weighted toward so-called 'woke' activities, trans & abortion policies, etc. Bottom line, my disdainful view of Walz's stolen valor stands...and, in my opinion, there have been other serious flaws in his judgment.

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I have yet to hear Walz "brag" about anything except that state championship that he won as a football coach.

Whether or not your husband bragged about his military service, I'll bet it's on his resume.

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I'm a veteran and having put in only six years compared to his 24, I'm not insulted.

Most people don't realize that one can retire from the military at half pay after just 20 years. Walz put in four more for little more than love of country.

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Walz couldn’t have retired from the Army Guard at anything like “half pay” after 20. He could have locked in a pension to be paid starting at age 60 based on his points from drill weekends and active duty, such as his deployment to Italy. My retired Guard pay after 31 years is considerably less than “half pay” of an E7.

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I stand corrected. Retirement at half pay is earned (or at least it used to be) after twenty years on active duty.

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Yes sir, in response to your speech on your radio show, on how exhausted you are, I AGREE, I too am tired of this badgering for votes. Exhausted is exactly what I am.

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One hopes (expects) that Trump has hired private security for his remaining campaign events this year.

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I guess they figured out it was too easy to protect him indoors, so now it's OK to go back outside. Agents have been informed nursing your baby is verboten on duty.

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Good luck on moving Evelyn into Mercer! I am a double bear. Prayers for her and I hope she loves it. Get some rest.

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Remember when Biden set up $7500 EV tax credit? All vehicles went up $7500. Housing market will repeat.

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Yes and no. I actually think instead of a 7500 tax credit just give the companies a subsidy to build which would drop the prices a bit. Bottom line is EV has a place on the automobile market but government needs to get the heck out of the way and let the market decide.

Case an point. The Nissan Ariya which retailed for 40k+. They couldn't sell them at that so they instituted a lease program. Those leases are now expired and the used market is flooded with them. You can now get an Ariya for 20-23k with only about 7k miles on it.

So there's no incentive for the customer to buy a new EV. Better to just wait and get a used one. The market always wins.

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Before buying any used EV, research battery life and replacement cost. Some models have only a ten-year life (200k miles for the average driver) and a $20k replacement cost.

One could drop a rebuilt diesel motor in a hi-mileage Ford F250 for 1/2 of that cost, and drive another 200k miles.

Just sayin'.

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The Walz stolen valor thing is simply too deep in the weeds.

If you make rank X but retire at rank Y...you were a Y.

Focus on his & her record.

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Monkeypox, just in time for our election.

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We have a person who acts like a monkey running for president.

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Hit send too soon. Government took on student loans and college prices skyrocketed. And the loan forgiveness was unconstitutional. How is this housing thing different?

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You just print more money and everything is free, right?

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The forgiveness part is not the issue. Its the Implication and not further limiting more loans from being written. The forgiveness does no good if you continue to keep lending because those people will eventually need forgiveness and the problem keeps escalating. Shut it all off and then maybe we can work on the forgiveness issues later.

OR just make School loans easier to discharge in Bankruptcy it is currently almost impossible to do so.

Bottom line is something has to be done or your just going to get everyone default on their school loans and that's an issue of its own.

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Designed to entice gullible, low-information, non-critical thinking voters.

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How does the $25k government handout for housing compare to the government student loans? Both in raising costs and d

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doh!

finished it for you.

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