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From: john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Trump's Cabinet Picks
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:16 -0800
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:36:52 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:26:56 -0800, john larkin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:40:52 -0500, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:
>> 
>>>On 11/18/2024 7:38 PM, john larkin wrote:
>>>
>>>>> It's not any secret the kind of Federal government the modern right
>>>>> wants, it's the "night watchman" state. Nobody left in government but
>>>>> jackbooted tough guys stomping around shouting at people and
>>>>> demanding everyone's papers.
>>>> 
>>>> The Left lost big on the election because they make no sense.
>>>> 
>>>> Hint hint.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>A Democrat named Kamala Harris who was a former prosecutor and said
>>>she'd do "nothing different" lost, are you calling me a Democrat? that's
>>>not very nice!
>> 
>> Are you afraid of the jackbooted tough guys, or do you want to be one?
>> 
>> What's a jack boot anyhow? Something like an Ugg?
>
>I assume this is the kind of fear he's got his knickers in a twist about:-
>
>"O what is that sound which so thrills the ear
>Down in the valley drumming, drumming?
>Only the scarlet soldiers, dear,
>The soldiers coming.
>
>O what is that light I see flashing so clear
>Over the distance brightly, brightly?
>Only the sun on their weapons, dear,
>As they step lightly.
>
>O what are they doing with all that gear,
>What are they doing this morning, morning?
>Only their usual manoeuvres, dear,
>Or perhaps a warning.
>
>O why have they left the road down there,
>Why are they suddenly wheeling, wheeling?
>Perhaps a change in their orders, dear,
>Why are you kneeling?
>
>O haven't they stopped for the doctor's care,
>Haven't they reined their horses, horses?
>Why, they are none of them wounded, dear,
>None of these forces.
>
>O is it the parson they want, with white hair,
>Is it the parson, is it, is it?
>No, they are passing his gateway, dear,
>Without a visit.
>
>O it must be the farmer that lives so near.
>It must be the farmer so cunning, so cunning?
>They have passed the farmyard already, dear,
>And now they are running.
>
>O where are you going? Stay with me here!
>Were the vows you swore deceiving, deceiving?
>No, I promised to love you, dear,
>But I must be leaving.
>
>O it's broken the lock and splintered the door,
>O it's the gate where they're turning, turning;
>Their boots are heavy on the floor
>And their eyes are burning."
>
>- WH Auden

We have a jet fighter pilot in the family, about to retire. He's flown
everything from F15s to warthogs. A super nice guy, good skiier.

He says he's never killed anything except maybe some rabbits.