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Subject: Re: OT: Trump's Cabinet Picks
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:20:45 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:00:16 -0800, john larkin wrote:

> 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.

Sounds like a missed opportunity. So many Commies he could have taken-out, 
given the right orders. ;-)