Before taking office, President Trump said he would not take any money for the job, and would instead donate his salary.
In the first quarter of 2017, the first donation was made to the National Park Service. The superintendent at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland said her park was given the money and will use it to repair a historic house and fences.
The next quarter, the White House announced that Trump had donated his $100,000 paycheck to the Education Department. “The funds will be used to host a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-focused camp for students,” a news release said at the time.
In the fall, the White House announced that the president’s third-quarter donation would go to the Department of Health and Human Services. An official at that department said the donation would be for “a large-scale public-awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction.”
In the last quarter, President Trump donated his $100,000 presidential salary to the Department of Transportation, to help fund a new grant program for repairing or building infrastructure. In this case, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Tuesday’s gift would go to a new grant program called Infrastructure for Building America. The program is intended to give high priority to state and local governments that have raised their own funds before asking for federal help.
Have tgese donations been proven or are they just the word of someobe from the white house or Sarah Sanders
Reading comprehension, along with spelling are the cornerstones of education.
Now, having said that, Cheri Clark chericlark, please re-read the article and note that the MANAGERS of the receiving agencies specifically note where the donation went.
You must still be enthralled by the charity of the Clintons, who took a $3 per pair deduction on USED UNDERWEAR.
BTW, multiple schools and polling firms have proven that R’s are FAR more charitable than you lefties.
By orders of magnitude.
Nwo, oyu ahve a gude daiy, comradina.
Man, you sure seem angry today.
Have you been to Nuthern Virginia recently?
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Off topic a touch, Mike, but let me tell you, since you brought up capitalism, that with your medical history, you have been a one-man boom to the U.S. GDP!
Capitalism not only likes people like yourself, Mike, but actually needs them in the day and age of medicine for profit, where it is imperative to give the shareholders in the hospitals that service your needs, Mike, return on investment, which you have provided to them in spades!
Think how many BMW or Mercedes-Benz payments have been made, thanks to you, with maybe a Cadillac or Buick in the mix, which would be good for the American automobile industry, as well.
Without your medical history, Mike, the world would truly be a much poorer place!
Paul,
I’d rather be treated by a doctor in a Mercedes than one who cold only afford a Buick.
Edit: Could.
I rather think it is a thing of being less ostentatious, Mike, you know, more conservative.
The dude with the Buick could be a multi-millionaire on BIG PHARM stock, while the dude with the Mercedes could be living hand-to-mouth, just scraping by from payment to payment, hoping and praying that somebody like you is living in the neighborhood.
I lived out west for a bit, Mike, and out there, there was a saying about judging a man by the horse he rode, while always keeping in mind that the best horses are likely to be ridden by the best horse thieves.
How many of those doctors we hear about cutting off somebody’s leg when all they had was a hang-nail drive Mercedes, Mike?
Something to think about, anyway.
It would grieve me to think of some hard-up dude with a big car payment hanging over his head whittling some pieces off of you to pad the bill when those pieces he whittled off didn’t need to come off.
Mike, you left the Shore long ago, but continue to grace us with your unhinged troll persona. Along with other tag along trolls, the dominant voice in what could be a decent Shore paper is one of ignorant whites whining, degrading dialogue into partisan vitriol. Try spewing your venom on Jersey instead.
There ya’ go Mike.
Got the angry, white, male pejorative right between the eyes.
Gotta say, if nothing else, they’re predictable.
And a glorious good morning to you, Virna Lisi!
So very nice to hear from you this grand morning!
And if you were to post more often, like every day, on every subject, it surely would give the Cape Charles Mirror a high, sophisticated, cosmopolitan tone it lacks when your voice is absent, and at the same time, prevent the venerable Cape Charles Mirror, a very egalitarian publication that allows all views to be heard, including those of Mike Kuzma, it would prevent the dominant voice in what could be a decent Shore paper from becoming one of ignorant whites whining, degrading dialogue into partisan vitriol.
As to “partisan vitriol,” Virna Lisi, it has existed in this nation since before it was a nation, because as it works out, people have different thoughts and opinions about things.
Were you aware of that?
That is why Alexander Hamilton and Virginia’s Jemmy Madison had to write some 84 separate Federalist Papers back when, because people do not all think the same way, which is a reality that seems to unsettle you, as I read your words above, anyway.
As to trolls and what you call Mike’s “venom,” defined as “extreme malice and bitterness shown in someone’s attitudes, speech, or actions,” which certainly is in the eye of the beholder, consider Johannes Brahms, a German Composer (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897), who said as follows:
“Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.”
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Might there be something in there for you to consider, Virna Lisi, as you denigrate as being the dominant voice in what could be a decent Shore paper one of ignorant whites whining?
Do you consider all people with white skin to be ignorant, or just those you don’t like?
And “whine” is defined as “complain in a feeble or petulant way.”
Do you honestly think Mike Kuzma whines, according to that definition?
As to Mike being a troll, where “trolling,” as it relates to internet, is the deliberate act of making random unsolicited and/or controversial comments on various internet forums with the intent to provoke an emotional knee jerk reaction from unsuspecting readers to engage in a fight or argument, which definition seems wide of the mark when applied to Mike Kuzma, as I can see nothing random about what he posts, again consider Johannes Brahms, to wit:
“If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.”
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Might there again be something in there for you, Virna Lisi, as you insult the commentators to the Cape Charles Mirror whose voices you so obviously do not want being heard by the people of Cape Charles?
As to the Cape Charles Mirror, Virna Lisi, I wonder if it has yet dawned on you the fact that the Cape Charles Mirror is a global publication?
Do you realize that people all over the globe are able to read the Cape Charles Mirror on-line?
And since people all over the globe are able to read the Cape Charles Mirror on-line, they are also able to post comments on-line, as you yourself did above, especially when the topics have to do with the nation or the world, as opposed to just Cape Charles itself.
So what rational explanation could you come up with then for excluding the people of New Jersey, or those without a valid Cape Charles mailing address?
” of ignorant whites ”
What a racist.
And not to be overly pedantic with you here, and certainly not to call you out, Virna Lisi, but you are making a common error with respect to calling Mike a troll, as if he was a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance, who for some reason unfathomable to me lives under bridges, probably so it can reach up and grab the legs of whatever is crossing the bridge so as to be able to pull them under the bridge to be eaten by the trolls, because I do remember them being carnivorous, and that is so not Mike Kuzma, it isn’t funny.
Now, I realize from the venom towards Mike in the post above, where you seem to have some serious issues with his gender and skin color based on some real or perceived incident from a prior lifetime apparently involving Mike in some way has left you feeling quite bitter towards Mike, I am compassionate and can understand how that might color your perception of Mike in here, but it makes you look out of touch with reality, accusing him of being a troll because Mike went out of his way when he clearly did not have to, as a concerned fellow American citizen and compassionate human being, to help educate Cheri Clark chericlark @ November 2, 2018 at 2:00 am, where she says “Have tgese donations been proven or are they just the word of someobe from the white house or Sarah Sanders” on the fact, that like it or not, and let’s face it, Virna Lisi, we’re adults, so we don’t have to dance around these hard truths, fearful of making somebody feel bad about themselves instead of all warm and squishy inside, as Mike Kuzma says, “reading comprehension, along with spelling are the cornerstones of education.”
I think there is a message there for all of us here in America, because no matter how perfect we think we are, as Mike says, we can always do better, and should always strive to do so, and I don’t know about you, Virna Lisi, who seems to have some issues with Mike, but I think we all should be quite thankful that Mike thinks enough about us to share that kind of wisdom with us, free of charge, which is something you really don’t find much of in America, anymore.
As to trolling on the internet, and this is a critical point to understand if you don’t want someone to know you don’t know anything about the internet, and they are out there, waiting to jump in and call you out on the tiniest thing, trolling on-line forums, which you are mistakenly accusing Mike of doing, is actually analogous to the fishing technique of “trolling”, where colorful baits and lures are pulled behind a slow moving boat, often with multiple fishing lines, covering a large bodies of water, such as a large lake or the ocean.
The trolling lures attract unsuspecting fish, intriguing them with the way they move through the water, thus enticing these foolish fish to “take the bait”.
Not unlike unsuspecting internet victims, once hooked, the fish are reeled in for the catch before they realize they have been duped by the Troll/Fisherman.
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If you study up on that, Virna Lisi, and then go back and study the interaction between Mike and Cheri Clark chericlark @ November 2, 2018 at 2:00 am, where she says “Have tgese donations been proven or are they just the word of someobe from the white house or Sarah Sanders” and Mike responds, “reading comprehension, along with spelling are the cornerstones of education,” you’ll clearly see that it is not a case of trolling, at all.
And Virna Lisi, a grateful nation thanks you for your patriotism and your citizenship.
Virna Lisi……that sure doesn’t sound very ‘Eastern Shore’.
It became clear to me this morning, now that the mid-terms are over, and that noise is out of my head, why it is that Virna Lisi thinks that Mike Kuzma is a troll, i.e., a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance, who for some reason unfathomable to me lives under bridges, probably so it can reach up and grab the legs of whatever is crossing the bridge so as to be able to pull them under the bridge to be eaten by the trolls, because I do remember them being carnivorous, which is so not Mike Kuzma, it isn’t funny.
It came to me that it is because Mike made a post in another thread about eating goat, perhaps in a brandy sauce, or demi-glaze, and seeing that, and already having some issues with Mike from another lifetime when Mike actually lived in Cape Charles, and on hearing Mike say he ate goat, Virna Lisi conflated that with eating a goat, as if Mike had the whole goat on the table in front of him and he was eating it raw, and then Virna Lisi further conflated that with the childhood story of the trolls living under the bridge and eating any goat that tried to pass over the bridge, regardless of their reason for doing so.
With all the emotion in the air in the last few weeks concerning the mid-term elections, it is only natural that some of that emotional turmoil would affect Virna Lisi, and having her lash out at Mike Kuzma for the simple reason that he was there, and thus, made for an easy target.
Virna Lisi, we’re here for you!
We understand!
Just wanted you to know there are people out here who do understand.
Everybody in the world is not a cruel, heartless monster, afterall.
Buddy, I’m starting to feel like everyone’s target.
Be well everyone, have a good weekend.
When you’re over the target is when you get the most flak.
Don’t worry, Mike, because you certainly aren’t ours, the veteran’s bloc I would be said to belong to, if there was such a thing as membership, which there is not.
That doesn’t preclude us, however, from taking a collective position to not have you as any kind of target of ours, were we into having targets, which we are not.
Anyway, have a good weekend, Mike, and if you are going to eat some more goat, maybe this time you could keep it to yourself, as much as we all would like to hear about it, lest Virna Lisi overhear you talking about it, which would get her all flipped out again about you being a troll because you eat goats, and going into winter, Mike, in all truth, who needs that?
As to a real good example of a “venom spew,” Virna Lisi, consider this by George Bernard Shaw, yo wit:
“The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged and intolerable noise.”
I dunno about the venom spew on that one, Paul.
I think GBS was more right than wrong with his Brahmsian description.
But, as they say, different strokes for different folks……………………….except in Liberal ideology, where we’re all equally miserable.
Which goes to prove and essential and vital point in here, Ray Otton, that Virna Lisi, in her haste to denigrate Mike Kuzma and write him off as nothing more than a washed-up Palooka and all-around epitome of an “ignorant white man” totally misses, which is that venom spews are very much in the eye of the beholder, so that Virna Lisi saying that Mike is “spewing venom” does not make it so, especially in this above case where Mike seems to be going way out of his way as a concerned fellow American citizen and compassionate human being to help educate Cheri Clark chericlark @ November 2, 2018 at 2:00 am, where she says “Have tgese donations been proven or are they just the word of someobe from the white house or Sarah Sanders” on the fact, like it or not, that “reading comprehension, along with spelling are the cornerstones of education.”
I think there is a message there for all of us here in America, because no matter how perfect we think we are, as Mike says, we can always do better, and should always strive to do so, and I don’t know about Virna Lisi, who seems to have some issues with Mike, but I think we all should be quite thankful that Mike thinks enough about us to share that kind of wisdom with us, free of charge, which is something you really don’t find much of in America, anymore.
As to George Bernard Shaw, some people thought the dude was being a bit catty there, especially as he was little more than a second-rate scribe himself, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, who fancied himself as an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist, who by the mid-1880s had become a theatre and music critic, so of course he had to be critical of Brahms, whose Hungarian Dance No. 5 by the Vida Guitar Quartet is one of my favorites, along with his Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83, and who can forget his Hungarian Dances.
So thanks from a grateful nation, Ray Otton, for clarifying that essential and vital point that just because Virna Lisi thinks Mike Kuzma is an ignorant white man doesn’t make him one, outside of her mind, anyway.
Ray, Darling, read a little about liberal ideology. You might like it. Be brave and cross boundaries to reach for knowledge outside of bullsh*t right-wing propaganda venues.
Good morning, Monica Vitti, and let me first say that I hope you have a grand and glorious day out ahead of you.
As to reading a little about liberal ideology, I personally have been attempting to do that now since 2004, and you know what?
In all that time, I have found essentially nothing of substance on the topic outside of it meaning “liberated from traditional sources of authority and “tentatively” committed to the common good,” which sounds very much like anarchy to me, anyway, and let me state here that I self-identify as a human being who is an American citizen with American values as spelled out in the Federalist Papers series, so I don’t believe bullsh*t right-wing propaganda anymore than I believe bullsh*t left-wing propaganda.
And as an aside, Monica Vitti, to reach for knowledge is to look beyond propaganda, n’est-ce-pas?
Propaganda is for those unwilling or unable to think for themselves, which is approximately 60% of the voting age people in America.
So perhaps instead of sending Ray Otton and the rest of us who truly do reach for knowledge instead of bullsh*t left-wing propaganda and bullsh*t right-wing propaganda off on a wild goose chase looking for something meaningful on what liberal ideology might mean beyond “liberated from traditional sources of authority and “tentatively” committed to the common good,” perhaps you could deign to do us all a favor and perhaps submit a paper on the subject to the Cape Charles Mirror.
I am sure that if you did so, it would be widely read.
And thank you from a grateful nation, Monica Vitti, for your patriotism and for taking the time to stand up in here and express your feelings on that important topic.
I was thinking; If Liberals don’t believe in biological gender then why did they march for women’s rights?
I was thinking; If women do the same job for less money, why do companies hire men to do the same job for more money?
I was thinking; Since only 11 million people have Obama-Care, how will 24 million people die if it is repealed? Will an additional 13 million people be randomly shot?
I was thinking; We should stop calling them all ‘Entitlements’. Welfare, Food Stamps, WIC, ad nausea are not Entitlements. They are taxpayer-funded handouts and shouldn’t be called Entitlements at all. But, Social Security and Veterans Benefits are Entitlements because the people receiving them are entitled to them. They were earned and paid for by the recipients.
I was thinking; If you rob a bank in a Sanctuary City, is it illegal or is it just an Undocumented Withdrawal?
I was thinking; After the London ‘Lone Wolf’ terrorist attack, government officials arrested at least eight other ‘Lone Wolves’ who had conspired with the original ‘Lone Wolf’ in planning the ‘Lone Wolf’ attack. Why do they tell us even though all involved are Muslims, you can be assured that the ‘Lone Wolf’ attack has nothing at all to do with Islam, just like the other 1,000-plus ‘Lone Wolf’ attacks by Muslims, are completely unassociated with Islam?
I was thinking; Why is each ISIS attack now a reaction to Trump policies, but all ISIS attacks during Obama’s term were due to Climate Change and a plea for jobs?
I was thinking; If Muslims want to run away from a Muslim country, does that mean they are Islamophobic?
I was thinking; If Democrats don’t want foreigners involved in our elections, why do they think it’s all right for illegals to vote?
I was thinking; Is the DNC is mad at Russia because it ‘thinks’ they are trying to manipulate our elections, or because Russia is exposing that the DNC is manipulating our elections?
I was thinking; How did the Russians get Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC to steal the Primary from Bernie Sanders? How did Russia get Donna Brazile to leak debate questions to Hillary Clinton in advance of the debates?
I was thinking; Why is it that Democrats think Super delegates are fine, but they have a problem with the Electoral College?
I was thinking; If Donald Trump deleted all of his emails, wiped his server with Bleachbit and destroyed all of his phones with a hammer, would the Mainstream Media suddenly lose all interest in the story and declare him innocent?
I was thinking; If Hillary’s speeches cost $250,000 an hour, how come no one shows up to her free speeches?
I was thinking; If you don’t want the FBI involved in elections, don’t nominate someone who’s being investigated by the FBI.
Oh honey, you sound a bit…………………………………………………….angry.
FWIW, I’m well read on Liberal ideology and I reject it outright for the emotionally driven drivel that it is.
As way of an example, if you are offended by me calling you “honey” when you addressed me as “darling”, because I’m an old white male and thus part of the patriarchy, then YOU are part of the problem.
What problem you ask?
The problem of intolerance in the name of tolerance.
You can’t see it since the bubble is opaque but that doesn’t make it any less real.
And thanks for being today’s Liberal Intolerance Exhibit #1. Maybe it will help some undecided voters to choose wisely.
That being said as today, we see in the Washington Examiner an article entitled “Hillary Clinton on Election Day 2018: ‘Today, we say enough’” by Caitlin Yilek on 6 November 2018 wherein the Nation’s Scold, the Queen Mum herself, Miss Perfect In All The Ways It Is Possible To Be Perfect, Hillary Rodham Clinton getting all puffed up and high and mighty in her power and glory, as she takes on the mantle of being the SAVIOR OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, as follows:
Hillary Clinton tweeted that it will “take all of us” to save democracy.
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Ah, okay, Hillary – so, when are you going to start being democratic then?
When are you going to climb down from that high horse you have yourself mounted on to start actually being democratic?
Getting back to the Washington Examiner and the arrogant and quite supercilious Hillary Clinton (supercilious being defined as “behaving as though one thinks one is superior to others, with such synonyms as arrogant, haughty, conceited, overbearing, pompous, condescending, superior, patronizing, imperious, snobbish, snobby, smug, scornful, and sneering), we have:
Clinton painted the 2018 midterms as a vote to save the country, as well as against “radicalism, bigotry, and corruption.”
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Dear Hillary, EVERY election in America, no matter how trivial it might seem to you, is a vote against “radicalism, bigotry, and corruption,” and dear Hillary, that is why you are not in the White House.
As bad as Trump might be, and I certainly am not a cheering fan of his, when it came to a vote in the 2016 presidential election to save the country, as well as against “radicalism, bigotry, and corruption,” people chose Trump over you, Hillary, because you were a known quantity and he wasn’t.
And then our dear Hillary says this:
“For the past two years, we’ve watched this administration attack and undermine our democratic institutions and values.”
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Oh, really, Hillary, and what about the eight years we watched the Barack Obama administration attack and undermine our democratic institutions and values?
And what about the eight years we watched you attack and undermine our democratic institutions and values as United States Senator from New York between 2001 and 2009?
The fact of the matter is that Barack Obama set the template for what an American president can do and can be, regardless of any prior constitutional limitations, and now Hillary is whining because Trump is merely copying Obama, who was using the Oval Office to divide us into those who were his toadies (“a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important,” synonyms: sycophant, brown-noser, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, trained seal, doormat, stooge, cringer), and those of us who were not, with those of us who were not one of his toadies being quite a bit less equal in America than those who were.
(For a 567-page file of news stories concerning Obama https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_livyjr_files/barack-hussein-king-billy-obama-t52.html )
The truth is that Donald Trump is a creation of Barack Obama as president and Hillary Clinton as his bungling secretary of state.
Without Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, there would not be a Donald Trump in the White House today.
Trump is the backlash from 8 years of Obama.
So, Memo to Hillary: if you’re going to put yourself out there, Hillary, as being perfect in every way, then you had better be a whole lot closer to it than you are.
(138-page file on Hillary Clinton https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_livyjr_files/our-most-precious-special-hillary-t53.html )
That guy that won the presidential election a few years ago donates his salary every time he gets a check. The press doesn’t write many positive thngs about him because he does not feed at the same trough as they. They all too often paint an unbalanced, innapropriate, and negative view of him in order to make, rather than report, news . So much so that folks refuse to even believe when he makes a donation to charity. I have no idea why anyone would want to revel in such a negative emotional environment, but that appears to be their chosen path. Then they wonder why fewer people listen these days ? Hmmmm…..
The man commits a beautiful act of kindness, and rather than discover and enjoy the beauty of it, we mock and disbelieve the press release ? Hmmmm……
I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what color you are, how or if you make a bountiful living, or what church you go to, that is simply bass ackwards. Negativity is a waste of time. How much time you got ? Sarcasm can sure be fun, but seriously ? And on serious issues ? REALLY ? And this helps who and what ?
Personally, I enjoy the silence of the charitable act, and ignore the negativity. It may have to do with something my folks taught me many moons ago about empty barrels……
Note: well said.
They are very sick people, liberal democrats. They have been sold a bill of goods that just does not exist. They bought it hook, line and sinker. They are living proof that liberal indoctrination in our public schools and colleges works 50% of the time. It has been and will continue to be, the greatest threat to our nation, it’s constitution, and it’s legal citizens that exist today. If they could they would turn this country into another failed socialist society. It is why they want our guns and bibles….
Vote people…and do so wisely.
Red ticket… Borders and Sovereignty Matters.
Blue ticket… Illegal aliens matter more to them
Red ticket…US Jobs, industrial independence matters
Blue ticket… Sending them to China matters more
Red ticket… Our Military and Vets matter
Blue ticket… Transgender bathrooms matter more
Red ticket… Law and order, Justice, Constitution matters
Blue ticket… Cops bad & disarming the law abiding matters
Red ticket… Lower taxes matter, its your money.
Blue ticket… Higher taxes matter, we want it.
‘Personally, I enjoy the silence of the charitable act’ you say.
Nothing silent today about modern charity.
Modern Americans give to charity out of one hand and reach for a tax deduction with the other. You do not give out of one hand and take with the other…that is not charity.
Yes, you are fully indoctrinated. Re: Stuart’s “I was thinking…” no you weren’t. If you were indeed thinking you wouldn’t vote against your and your children’s interests.
Ray, you can call me “Darling” anytime. But I may be an old white male.
I no longer view your type as my fellow countrymen. No matter if you are radical or a quiet democrat. You all vote for the same end. You have shown your true colors over the last 10 years. You are trying to hurt the nation We The People Love. Same your breathe to cool your soup….your words fall on deaf ears at this point.
I would not urinate on a liberal democrat if they were on fire.
That’s fine Monica, conservatives are a lot more tolerant than you imagine. We don’t care what’s in your pants, we care about what’s in your head.
As to “The children’s interests”, please, don’t make us laugh.
The ideology that is responsible for over 30 million abortions has absolutely no right to use that phrase.
I welcome you to take each one of those ‘thinking’ talking point and address it. I am betting you will not, or can not.
Well, Blue Hoss, you decided to prove my point I guess. How sad for you. You think the only reason any of us are charitable is to get a tax deduction ? As per Merriam Webster…….”generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering”. It appars as though you have rather strong opinions, but it appears as though the history of Merriam Webster, and their track record, shows you are mistaken about charity. Your sarcastic addition to the definition, that we only do it for a tax deduction, apparently holds no water. I submit to you Blue Hoss, that your lack of tolerance with those you disagree with, does not make them fail the test for being a fellow countryman, but rather your intolerance has you more on the outside looking in. Finally, please control your need to urinate in political conversations, and perhaps fill your empty barrel with it. Your anger, sarcasm and urine are not uplifting this conversation.
Any time you would like to discuss ‘me’ please leave a number so that we may do so outside a moderated forum. Until then, I will do as I please, when and how it pleases me.