| Favorite team: | Texas A&M  |
| Location: | Dixon, MO |
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| Occupation: | Cartographer with the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Number of Posts: | 1949 |
| Registered on: | 8/31/2011 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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re: Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill effort to rebuke Trump’s trade policy
Posted by AgSGT on 4/30/25 at 8:21 pm
The bill literally ensures there isn’t an increase in taxes on the middle class
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re: DNC is trying to oust new DNC Vice chair David Hogg for being straight and white
Posted by AgSGT on 4/29/25 at 5:49 pm
He’s straight? :rotflmao:
re: Watched Lone Survivor again last night
Posted by AgSGT on 4/29/25 at 2:37 pm
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Maybe, what would be the point? To occasionally go out and kill some bad guys? The frequency with which that would’ve happened probably can’t justify the expense.
BAF's proximity to China is one big plus for keeping it under our control with just a couple thousand boots on the ground to control it
re: Watched Lone Survivor again last night
Posted by AgSGT on 4/29/25 at 2:30 pm
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It’s surrounded by high ground on all sides
That high ground is miles away, its not like from the high ground you are looking down into airfield.
re: Watched Lone Survivor again last night
Posted by AgSGT on 4/29/25 at 2:18 pm
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The execution was just awful.
Trump chose the dates he did because they would have made for a safer withdrawal from the country. His proposed timeline would have had the US withdrawing during the non-fighting season when the snow was still on the ground and mobility was highly limited. Biden stupidly pushed the withdrawal date to the middle of the summer during the height of the fighting season. For the life of me that is what I will never understand about Biden's timeline.
re: Watched Lone Survivor again last night
Posted by AgSGT on 4/29/25 at 2:14 pm
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And what would you prefer? To still be there so more young men can die for a country that doesn’t matter?
As somebody that served there, I don't think we should have given up Bagram Airfield. I'm not saying we should have service members still conducting patrols, but I do think we should have left a presence there. Because of its size and location, it is a fairly safe and defensible and its located in a highly strategic location.
re: The Number of People Over 40 Giving Birth Surpasses Teens for the First Time
Posted by AgSGT on 4/28/25 at 2:17 pm
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I'm almost 40. I can't imagine having a newborn right now. I'm too damn tired to clean the fricking kitchen after dinner and get the kids to bed already. No way could I handle household duties, work, raising two growing kids, AND a newborn right now.
Shoot, I'm quickly coming up on 50 and have three foster kids, 2,4 & 7. This was not on my bingo card when I was younger. At least with the exhaustion, we sleep somewhat well.
re: MSNBC is trying to protect the privacy of criminal aliens who VICTIMIZED American citizens
Posted by AgSGT on 4/28/25 at 11:57 am
that's what I'm not getting, when people are booked, and before due process, their mugshots are available to the public
re: MSNBC is trying to protect the privacy of criminal aliens who VICTIMIZED American citizens
Posted by AgSGT on 4/28/25 at 11:54 am
People's mug shots are available online, so what privacy rule is this breaking that doesn't already exist
re: Aggies are going to be the first campus to reach 100k students
Posted by AgSGT on 4/25/25 at 3:53 pm
Pretty sure I read a couple of months back that they are not going to increase the size of student population going forward
re: Your thoughts on the belief that Christians today would reject the teachings of Jesus?
Posted by AgSGT on 4/23/25 at 10:47 pm
Christians today read his teachings in the Bible and don’t feel that way about him
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 10:24 pm
Thank you, it’s not the easiest life, but helping others makes it worth it
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:51 pm
Will do, it’s our second stint with these kids along with their newborn sister. We had two of them for 11 months a couple of years back. They then went back to their methed out parents. Last June we got a call and we enthusiastically said yes to taking them in along with their sister. We will be legally fighting them in June to ensure that we can adopt
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:43 pm
Adoption is definitely the plan but won’t know more until June
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:36 pm
No, a foster kid gets priority. I’d like nothing more than to be able to either enroll our children in private school or do homeschooling but while a foster child that isn’t allowed
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:34 pm
I’d like nothing more than to place our children in a faith based school but we can’t until we adopt. Until then, they are property of the state and have to attend state based schools
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:31 pm
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Ah so you could make 2-300k and foster a child. That kid jumps everyone else?
Yes, it’s one of the benefits of being a foster parent
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:27 pm
quote:. Yes, they have a natural born parent
So poor and single parent is still behind a foster situation?
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:25 pm
I would assume it’s because they have been dealt the worst cards when it comes to success. I’m amazed every day how well our current kids do when you consider they have been removed from their parent’s care
re: White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
Posted by AgSGT on 4/22/25 at 9:23 pm
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The costs are not worth it. By 3rd grade any academic lead has been lost.
Children from head start tend to have more developmental issues, learning disabilities, and disciplinary issues. They are also more likely to be unemployed following high school dropout or graduation.
Children in Head Start tend to come from broken families which would in part account for their success and failures
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