minervadoe Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Rand Paul Makes Interesting Observation About the Monuments Pelosi Wants to Remove By Cortney O'Brien: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/06/30/rand-paul-makes-interesting-observation-about-the-monuments-pelosi-wants-to-remove-n2571561 Earlier this month House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined the chorus of people who, in the wake of the tragic police killing of George Floyd and the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement, want to remove any evidence that there ever was the evil of slavery in the U.S. Which means statues of Confederate soldiers, a few former presidents, and other famous figures have been vandalized (and in some cases decapitated) all over the country. Last week Pelosi revealed her campaign to remove the Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. "Monuments to men who advocated cruelty and barbarism to achieve such a plainly racist end are a grotesque affront to these ideals," she wrote in a letter to the Joint Committee on the Library Chair Roy Blunt and Vice-Chair Zoe Lofgren. "Their statues pay homage to hate, not heritage. They must be removed." But Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wanted to share an observation with the speaker. Nearly all of the men she wants to remove from the Capitol were Democrats. The statues that Pelosi wants to be removed from her sight, as compiled by JusttheNews.com, are as follows: Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America and former Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi James Zachariah George, former Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi and member of the Confederacy as well as the Mississippi Secession Convention Wade Hampton, lieutenant general for the Confederacy and former Democratic governor of South Carolina John E. Kenna, member of the Confederate States Army, former Democratic congressman and U.S. senator from West Virginia Uriah Milton Rose, chairman of the Resolutions Committee of the Arkansas Democratic Party Edmund Kirby Smith, general for the Confederate States Army with no recorded political party affiliation Alexander Hamilton Stephens, vice president of the Confederate States who served as a Democratic congressman from Georgia and governor of Georgia Zebulon Baird Vance, member of the Confederate Army and former Democratic governor of North Carolina Joseph Wheeler, commander in the Confederate Army and former Democratic congressman from Alabama Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army Edward Douglass White, member of Confederate Army, former Louisiana Democratic senator and associate justice of the Supreme Court One woman recently confronted a protester and explained to her that it was the Democratic Party, not the GOP, that was the party of slavery. Most importantly, it was a Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, who signed the slavery-ending Emancipation Proclamation. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/06/30/rand-paul-makes-interesting-observation-about-the-monuments-pelosi-wants-to-remove-n2571561 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 My father would say, "Think before you speak!". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPQer Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 So Rand Paul reads this board. Interesting. We've been saying it all along. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Well Done Rand........ you got one.. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowasher Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 One of the statutes pulled down in Baltimore was placed and dedicated by Pelosi's father 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, windowasher said: One of the statutes pulled down in Baltimore was placed and dedicated by Pelosi's father Will Pelosi be for or against the people doing this............... Stupid has consequences. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowasher Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 7:56 PM, janice6 said: Will Pelosi be for or against the people doing this............... Stupid has consequences. Pelosi says she doesn't care https://www.westernjournal.com/pelosi-admits-doesnt-care-statues-excuses-mobs-people-will/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, windowasher said: Pelosi says she doesn't care https://www.westernjournal.com/pelosi-admits-doesnt-care-statues-excuses-mobs-people-will/ She can't, she's between a rock and a hard place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I look forward to her retirement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, Historian said: I look forward to her retirement. Every time she speaks, I expect one or the other of her eyeballs to pop out of its socket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, minervadoe said: Every time she speaks, I expect one or the other of her eyeballs to pop out of its socket. I'm always concerned her dentures will fly out. She speaks like Mr. Ed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, Historian said: I'm always concerned her dentures will fly out. She speaks like Mr. Ed. But, ironically, Mr. Ed is so much more intelligent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Historian said: I look forward to her retirement. You're such a nice guy History. I wouldn't have put it quite like that...but I get your drift... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 20 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said: You're such a nice guy History. I wouldn't have put it quite like that...but I get your drift... Well. What's the point of being mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 44 minutes ago, minervadoe said: But, ironically, Mr. Ed is so much more intelligent. Apparently, they rubbed peanut butter on his gums to make him move his lips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 51 minutes ago, Historian said: Apparently, they rubbed peanut butter on his gums to make him move his lips. We used to use peanut butter on the roof of my collies mouth to keep her from spitting out medicated pills. Almost as entertaining as giving her pop rocks. I heard Pelosi try and explain the parameters of the new law that she is proposing that would eliminate something like Trump commuting Stone's sentence from happening again. In this case, her mish mosh of words would suggest that the peanut butter was between the ears. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, minervadoe said: I heard Pelosi try and explain the parameters of the new law that she is proposing that would eliminate something like Trump commuting Stone's sentence from happening again. In this case, her mish mosh of words would suggest that the peanut butter was between the ears. This will be much regretted by the next Democrat to hold that office. Change the rules because you don't like them may leave you living by rules you don't care for. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 36 minutes ago, Historian said: This will be much regretted by the next Democrat to hold that office. Change the rules because you don't like them may leave you living by rules you don't care for. True. With the collusion clause she is trying to implement, I wonder if Bill Clinton would have been able to pardon anybody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, minervadoe said: True. With the collusion clause she is trying to implement, I wonder if Bill Clinton would have been able to pardon anybody. I had the same thought. Trump however commuted Stone's sentence. In other words. Stone still has a record but his "time" has been served before it started. A pardon would have erased it. Either way. Nancy may not like what happens. They have been trying to change rules since Trump was elected. Just wait. When you're guy is in there maybe he'll get hoisted by your petard (or his own). A petard for the record: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Historian said: A petard for the record: Quote A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing 2–3 kg of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse. Augh yes. They've already been hoisted on their petard for a rule they changed under Obama. How Democrats Paved the Way for the Confirmation of Trump's Cabinet As the president’s picks run into trouble, Democrats find themselves stymied by a Senate rules change they engineered. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/democrats-trump-cabinet-senate/513782/ Quote At the urging of Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrats had just voted along strict party lines to change the rules of the Senate, deploying what had become known in Washington as “the nuclear option.” McConnell and his Republican colleagues were furious. Under the new rules, presidential nominees for all executive-branch position—including the Cabinet—and judicial vacancies below the Supreme Court could advance with a simple majority of 51 votes. Quote Trump may win Senate confirmation of his entire Cabinet, and while Democrats will oppose many of his nominees, it was their vote in November 2013 that helped pave the way for their success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 I really do appreciate the image of being hoisted by one's own petard. It means to blow one's self up by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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