• Wake Up

    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to All on Mon Oct 6 19:53:12 2025
    Leftists:

    Look at what your senate Democrats are doing. They are refusing to let the military receive their hard-earned paychecks. It's because they want more money for foreign causes.

    Do me a favor: Volunteer to get blown up by IEDs while I sit here at home and watch too much TV and complain about not having enough money for homosexual comic books or for medicaid for illegal immigrants.

    Do that for me, because that's what our military is doing for you right now, without even being paid.

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  • From Dr. What@1:342/201 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 7 04:30:20 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    Do that for me, because that's what our military is doing for you right now, without even being paid.

    Remember, you are addressing people who are completely useless. That's why they love the idea of socialism.

    They would never serve. Because serving requires that they be competent. And they can never reach that bar because it's too high.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Dr. What on Tue Oct 7 05:05:16 2025
    now, without even being paid.

    Remember, you are addressing people who are completely useless. That's why they love the idea of socialism.

    They would never serve. Because serving requires that they be
    competent. And they can never reach that bar because it's too high.

    I also forgot that they take everything for granted and that they just hide from the truth when the truth is uncomfortable for them.

    The point I was trying to make though is that the stuff that Schumer and Dollar Tree Obama have shut the government down for are things that don't even benefit them.

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 7 12:32:49 2025
    Look at what your senate Democrats are doing. They are refusing to let
    the military receive their hard-earned paychecks. It's because they want more money for foreign causes.

    I remember someone saying "I don't get it, what's in it for them?" Or was it calling them "Losers and Suckers"?

    Since they knew what they signed up for, I'm more concerned about the thousands of federal employees who aren't going to have a job to go back to after this. All for the dick points of saying "Look how much spending I cut!"

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Uber-Geek on Tue Oct 7 12:29:00 2025
    On 07 Oct 2025, Uber-Geek said the following...


    Since they knew what they signed up for, I'm more concerned about the thousands of federal employees who aren't going to have a job to go back to after this. All for the dick points of saying "Look how much spending
    I cut!"


    Just because you work for the Government doesn't mean that your job is guaranteed.

    If there is a way to cut costs to save the Taxpayers money it should be done.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Uber-Geek on Tue Oct 7 14:01:24 2025
    Look at what your senate Democrats are doing. They are refusing to le the military receive their hard-earned paychecks. It's because they w more money for foreign causes.

    I remember someone saying "I don't get it, what's in it for them?" Or
    was it calling them "Losers and Suckers"?

    I don't remember hearing anyone say "Losers and Suckers." Is there a video of someone saying that?

    Since they knew what they signed up for, I'm more concerned about the thousands of federal employees who aren't going to have a job to go back to after this. All for the dick points of saying "Look how much spending
    I cut!"

    Do they warn the military guys that "You might not get paid if someone tries to cut Medicaid to illegal immigrants?"

    Businesses don't keep employees on the payroll when they no longer need them. You and I own the US government. Should we pay employees who we no longer need?

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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30.1 to Aaron Thomas on Tue Oct 7 19:24:26 2025

    Leftists:

    Look at what your senate Democrats are doing. They are refusing to let the military receive their hard-earned paychecks. It's because they want more money for foreign causes.

    Do me a favor: Volunteer to get blown up by IEDs while I sit here at home and watch too much TV and complain about not having enough money for homosexual comic books or for medicaid for illegal immigrants.

    Do that for me, because that's what our military is doing for you right now, without even being paid.

    Republicans control the house, the Senate, and the White House.

    How is this the Democrats fault, again?

    This is what you voted for.

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to IB Joe on Tue Oct 7 18:44:54 2025
    Just because you work for the Government doesn't mean that your job is guaranteed.

    True, but with employess who are furloghed, there is somewhat of an expectation of being brought back and paid as is the law as of 2019.

    Today it looks like dear leader is looking to go against that law and not pay people when the government opens again. (Axios)

    750,000 not being paid, including military. I shutter to think of how things would turn out should they come to DC for their back pay. I have a feeling it would make January 6th look like a elementary school's tour of the capital.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Mike Miller on Tue Oct 7 18:13:20 2025
    On 07 Oct 2025, Mike Miller said the following...


    Republicans control the house, the Senate, and the White House.

    How is this the Democrats fault, again?


    Senate needs 60 votes and there are only 53 Republicans, they need 7 Democrats to pass the budget.

    The Republicans used the same CR that the Democrats voted for ~19 other times... Republicans voted during Biden's Admin for this same CR...

    I think the Democrats are damaging their party with this "Orange Man Bad" derangement that they have.

    Take the Republicans up on what they said... Do the CR and talk about health care when the Government is Open.


    This is what you voted for.


    Yes... America 1st rules!!!!

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Uber-Geek on Tue Oct 7 18:36:10 2025
    On 07 Oct 2025, Uber-Geek said the following...


    True, but with employess who are furloghed, there is somewhat of an expectation of being brought back and paid as is the law as of 2019.

    Today it looks like dear leader is looking to go against that law and
    not pay people when the government opens again. (Axios)

    750,000 not being paid, including military. I shutter to think of how things would turn out should they come to DC for their back pay. I have
    a feeling it would make January 6th look like a elementary school's tour of the capital.


    This is a Canadian perspective on this... When I was a pup I recall the wage for a Government worker was lower than the public sector. It was argued that the lower pay, and benefits, was more secure then that of the private sector.

    Fast forward to todays time and the Government workers make more than the private sector, way more, and they think they are in a protected class...

    Now a US perspective... The Government passes Obamacare and in doing so exempts themselves from having to use that program.

    Government employees stayed home, some didn't even work for their pay checks ... Teachers went to resorts, still got paid... and bla bla bla.

    I think they should run the Government like a business and always look at the way things are done... Is there a way to be more efficient and or a better way to do it to save the tax payers money.

    DOGE, showed a good reason why there was soooooooooo much Social Security fraud. Most of the applications where paper filed and there was no computers checking and rechecking applications.

    They started to move the documents do digital format in hopes to solve the problem.

    Government needs to be a lean mean serving machine. I would argue even further that it needs to be decentralized out of DC and put the jobs in American's hands.

    I could say more... But I'll leave it at this.

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  • From Mike Miller@1:154/30.1 to IB Joe on Tue Oct 7 21:12:15 2025

    On 07 Oct 2025, Mike Miller said the following...


    Republicans control the house, the Senate, and the White House.

    How is this the Democrats fault, again?


    Senate needs 60 votes and there are only 53 Republicans, they need 7 Democrats to pass the budget.

    The Republicans used the same CR that the Democrats voted for ~19 other times... Republicans voted during Biden's Admin for this same CR...

    I think the Democrats are damaging their party with this "Orange Man Bad" derangement that they have.

    Take the Republicans up on what they said... Do the CR and talk about health care when the Government is Open.

    No, no, no. The Republicans have "a 100% mandate", remember? That's what they keep saying.

    They had ample opportunity to figure this out over the last 9 months.

    Unless you're suggesting they.. lied?




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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Mike Miller on Tue Oct 7 20:15:44 2025
    Do that for me, because that's what our military is doing for you rig now, without even being paid.

    Republicans control the house, the Senate, and the White House.

    How is this the Democrats fault, again?

    The US Senate has a filibuster rule requiring 60 votes in order to pass anything. There are only 53 Republican senators.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Wed Oct 8 07:26:41 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    I also forgot that they take everything for granted and that they just hide from the truth when the truth is uncomfortable for them.

    You got that right.

    The point I was trying to make though is that the stuff that Schumer
    and Dollar Tree Obama have shut the government down for are things that don't even benefit them.

    But they can't see that. Even if they did, they can't acknowledge it.

    The TV told them what to think and that's what Reality is to them.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Wed Oct 8 07:26:41 2025
    IB Joe wrote to Uber-Geek <=-

    Just because you work for the Government doesn't mean that your job is guaranteed.

    If there is a way to cut costs to save the Taxpayers money it should be done.

    Shall we point out the fact that if his job is "non-essencial", then why does the job exist in the first place?


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Uber-Geek on Wed Oct 8 07:26:41 2025
    Uber-Geek wrote to IB Joe <=-

    True, but with employess who are furloghed, there is somewhat of an expectation of being brought back and paid as is the law as of 2019.

    You seem to be conflating "furloughed" and "fired".

    I know this will come as a shock to you, but words have meanings.

    things would turn out should they come to DC for their back pay. I have
    a feeling it would make January 6th look like a elementary school's
    tour of the capital.

    And we have confirmation of TDS!

    Yet another bot pushing the Jan 6 false Narrative.

    *Plonk*


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Wed Oct 8 07:26:54 2025
    and Dollar Tree Obama have shut the government down for are things th don't even benefit them.

    But they can't see that. Even if they did, they can't acknowledge it.

    The TV told them what to think and that's what Reality is to them.

    I wish the surgeon general would put a label on TVs.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Mike Miller on Wed Oct 8 09:51:06 2025
    On 07 Oct 2025, Mike Miller said the following...


    Take the Republicans up on what they said... Do the CR and talk about health care when the Government is Open.

    No, no, no. The Republicans have "a 100% mandate", remember? That's
    what they keep saying.

    They had ample opportunity to figure this out over the last 9 months.

    Unless you're suggesting they.. lied?


    We are talking about the CR correct?? Well, the current CR pushes Joe Bidens spending. It didn't add anything or did it take away.

    The current CR is the Biden Administration's spending. I do think they adjusted for inflation. Schumer et al. Voted on the same CR earlier this year and it's the same CR that the Republicans voted for during Biden's term... This is the same CR that both parties have voted for for the past 18 or 19 votes.

    The current admin wants to do a budget in regular order... They break the budget into several parts and they debate and vote on them... In regular order... Instead of the way they have been doing it where they try to cram it though in one bill, an Omnibus Bill, late at night where no one reads it and it's passed 3 or 4 minutes before its too late...

    Yes, the current Administration has an agenda... They ran on The Border, closing it, and deporting all the illegals that are in the country starting with the Bad hombres first and working down the list from there. Currently they are at 70% Bad Hombres to 30% Just Illegal... If you happen to be with a Bad Hombre when they are arrested you'll get deported as well.

    Trump said he wanted Cut wasteful spending, this included Fraud as well. He said he wanted to bring back Manufacturing and have jobs for the CITIZENS of the US.

    When I said the current Trump Admin didn't have an agenda I simply meant that they didn't add anything to the CR... NOTHING added. Giving the Democrats the ability to get 7 or so Senators to vote on the same CR that they voted on before so that they can debate and Vote of a Budget in Regular Order...

    In walks Schumer where he wants to add 1.5 Trillion in wasteful spending and in doing so will give Illegals free Health care...

    I'm not getting tired of winning...

    It would be better if the Democrats loved America more than they hate Trump.

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to Ron L. on Wed Oct 8 15:11:55 2025
    You seem to be conflating "furloughed" and "fired".
    I know this will come as a shock to you, but words have meanings.
    I know that was a big word that you probably had to copy/paste to spell correctly, but there is no plan to fire the entire government. There is however talk about not giving the ones who remain the back pay they are LEGALLY entitled to. And all of this by the same guy who enacted the very law during his first Presidental term. Can't even keep a promise to himself it seems. Sad..

    Yet another bot pushing the Jan 6 false Narrative.
    Apparently all of the photos, videos, tweets, T-shirts, eyewitness reports and legal testamony mean nothing compared the overwhelming effects of the Orange Tang!

    And we have confirmation of TDS!

    The only TDS I see are on the ones who voted for him thinking the second time around would be better.
    - As if 450,000 deaths weren't enough the first time.

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to IB Joe on Wed Oct 8 14:57:04 2025
    DOGE, showed a good reason why there was soooooooooo much Social Security fraud. Most of the applications where paper filed and there was no

    Tell me, how many of those young "kids" that DOGE hired could read COBOL?
    I'll tell you, none. If they could, then they would know that there weren't 150 year olds collecting social security.

    Government needs to be a lean mean serving machine. I would argue even further that it needs to be decentralized out of DC and put the jobs in American's hands.

    You mean Republican hands, because otherwise you wouldn't trust that what they were doing was correct.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Uber-Geek on Wed Oct 8 16:02:46 2025
    On 08 Oct 2025, Uber-Geek said the following...


    Tell me, how many of those young "kids" that DOGE hired could read COBOL? I'll tell you, none. If they could, then they would know that there weren't 150 year olds collecting social security.


    I'm not sure if there is anyone who can read cobol... And WTF does that have to do with dead people on Social Security.

    If there is a problem fix it. If there is a potential vulnerability fix it.

    The system was antiquated. It was reported that ~40% of the calls going into Social Security were people trying to scam the system.

    Every time you turn around you hear about scams against the Government.... If its not COVID Relief whatever and any other time the Government is handing out money.

    Get rid of dead people off the roles... and if there are people over 100 or even 200 years old on the system do a check to see how they are managing and see if there is anything else we can do for them.


    You mean Republican hands, because otherwise you wouldn't trust that
    what they were doing was correct.


    No I didn't mean that at all. I meant get it out of Washington and move it to Colorado and other places... Moreover, I think the FBI needs to be not centralized.

    I think that some of the stuff we're going through right now is because of the FBI being in DC. Each State has their local office and that local office investigates crimes in their jurisdiction.

    I did not in anyway say that it had to be in the Republican hands.

    Our Government should be there to protect their citizens... Reduce crime... make the place as livable as possible.

    I didn't commit emotional suicide when Clinton was in... Or Barry for that matter. I just think Presidents should do what's best for the Citizens of the country.

    Leaving the border open and letting anyone who dared walk in walk in. was wrong.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Uber-Geek on Wed Oct 8 16:19:58 2025
    On 08 Oct 2025, Uber-Geek said the following...

    I know that was a big word that you probably had to copy/paste to spell correctly, but there is no plan to fire the entire government. There is

    To be honest the cuts may be deep.

    This is too funny... The Democrats ran on Trump wanting to do what was written in the book Project 2025... And Trump had no clue what they were talking about.

    I don't know, or care about that book, but what I have I have learned recently is too funny... and you can't even make this up it soooooooo funny.

    Apparently... in the book... They say that Trump should take the opportunity of a Government closure and make radical changes during that time.

    When congress acts, or doesn't act, in a manner that shuts the Government down they abdicate their control over the OMB, the budgeting office.

    Trump has that authority today, as did an other President during Government closures.

    Trump, as we speak, can layoff the million employees its argued we have too many of. Congress cannot do anything about.

    With the power of the OMB Trump can end programs ... like the Green New Deal or whatever... Just cut it... End it. and Congress can't do anything/much about it.

    The other day, just a few days ago, Trump asked the Author of Project 2025 to come to the White House... and he did... to give him ideas as to what projects he should consider ending.

    Trump was asked today what programs he's ending with his new power... he said people will know in the coming days.

    Thank you Chuck for giving Trump this ability to cut the budget and size of the Federal Government... BECAUSE he could not have done so without you wanting to give health care to illegals.

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  • From Anthony Bonante@1:129/42 to IB Joe on Wed Oct 8 21:01:59 2025
    I'm not sure if there is anyone who can read cobol... And WTF does that have to do with dead people on Social Security.

    I happen to know at least five people who still work with COBOL as their job, sadly for them.

    The Social Security system uses it. Dates that are blank are
    stored as May 20, 1875 (zero point), thus making some records show people being 150 years old. It has to due with ISO:8601 standards.

    If there is a problem fix it. If there is a potential vulnerability fix it.

    Congress needs to vote on a budget to fix it first.

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  • From Anthony Bonante@1:129/42 to IB Joe on Wed Oct 8 21:20:15 2025
    This is too funny... The Democrats ran on Trump wanting to do what was written in the book Project 2025... And Trump had no clue what they
    were talking about.

    First said he had no knowledge, yet Stephen Miller and Karoline Leavitt have direct ties to Project 2025.
    - Karoline was the instructor for Project 2025's training program for new conservative government employees.
    - JD Vance wrote the forward for it
    - John Ratcliffe, CIA Director, contributed to it, as did "border czar" Tom Homan

    The list goes on. 140 people who served in the Trump Administrative worked on Project 20205.

    These are people who work/ed for him, and have for a while, you think not one of them mentioned it at all?

    Then he started referring to people directly:

    - "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame"
    Russ is a key architect of Project 2025

    as posted on truth social October 2nd.

    TLDR; He totally knew the entire time, years before the democrats did.

    So far we are nearly spot on with what's in the 900-page document. If you haven't, read it, it's a real page-turner.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Oct 9 07:30:18 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    The TV told them what to think and that's what Reality is to them.

    I wish the surgeon general would put a label on TVs.

    People don't read those labels. They are just there to indemnify the manufacurers.

    Besides, the people who NEED to see those labels can't read anyway.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Thu Oct 9 07:30:18 2025
    IB Joe wrote to Uber-Geek <=-

    I'm not sure if there is anyone who can read cobol... And WTF does that have to do with dead people on Social Security.

    It's the Left's lame excuse as to why they resist fixing Social Security.
    And you are correct, it has nothing to do with dead people on Social Security.

    If there is a problem fix it. If there is a potential vulnerability fix it.

    There are plenty of people out there who know COBOL and it's not hard to learn.
    But Sub-Geek here isn't as "uber" as he thinks if he doesn't know that.

    I think that some of the stuff we're going through right now is because
    of the FBI being in DC. Each State has their local office and that
    local office investigates crimes in their jurisdiction.

    But the FBI's purview is FEDERAL crimes. So local law enforcement handles crimes in their state/county/city. If the criminal does something (like drive too much beer across state lines with a Trans-Am blocker), and it becomes a Federal crime, then the FBI gets involved and usually works with the local law enforcement to handle things.

    But that's beyond the question of why they should have their headquarters in DC. You would think, though, you would want your largest amount of resources where there is the most crime.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Thu Oct 9 07:30:18 2025
    IB Joe wrote to Uber-Geek <=-

    This is too funny... The Democrats ran on Trump wanting to do what was written in the book Project 2025... And Trump had no clue what they
    were talking about.

    Well, George Orwell didn't intend his book "1984" to be a manual, but here we are.

    The other day, just a few days ago, Trump asked the Author of Project 2025 to come to the White House... and he did... to give him ideas as
    to what projects he should consider ending.

    Trump should have said "I never heard of it until recently, but it has some good ideas", which should have some Leftie heads exploding.

    Thank you Chuck for giving Trump this ability to cut the budget and
    size of the Federal Government... BECAUSE he could not have done so without you wanting to give health care to illegals.

    Ever notice how all this Leftie posturing backfires with Trump in office?


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Thu Oct 9 06:01:10 2025
    The TV told them what to think and that's what Reality is to them.

    I wish the surgeon general would put a label on TVs.

    People don't read those labels. They are just there to indemnify the manufacurers.

    But something needs to be done to warn people that the TV is just for entertainment purposes only and that it's not to be taken to heart.

    We figured that out when we watched Smurfs, but many other people are still struggling with it.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Anthony Bonante on Thu Oct 9 11:51:38 2025
    On 08 Oct 2025, Anthony Bonante said the following...


    I happen to know at least five people who still work with COBOL as their job, sadly for them.

    The Social Security system uses it. Dates that are blank are
    stored as May 20, 1875 (zero point), thus making some records show
    people being 150 years old. It has to due with ISO:8601 standards.


    Problem is simple... and I have No Clue how to read Cobol... If there are people older than the country itself... Check up on them... A reasonable step to assuring the proper use of a benefit.

    There was waste, fraud and abuse to the Social Security System... No one needed to know how to read Cobol... The problem was solved by removing offenders from the System and modernizing the System from Cobol to something more modern.

    PolitiFact says....


    An April 2024 government report said that there could be $233 billion to $521 billion in fraud annually across the federal government, not just mandatory programs including Social Security.

    Government reports have suggested ways for the Social Security Administration to reduce fraud, and many have not been implemented.

    The leading threat to Social Security's long-term viability is a shortage of workers feeding their tax dollars into the system, alongside a growing number of retirement-age Americans qualifying to receive benefits.


    SS should be for the people its intended for and not those who scam it... and it could be argued that the Government needs to do whatever it can to prevent that system from fraud because they need to act accordingly wit the Taxpayers money.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Anthony Bonante on Thu Oct 9 11:55:06 2025
    On 08 Oct 2025, Anthony Bonante said the following...

    So far we are nearly spot on with what's in the 900-page document. If you haven't, read it, it's a real page-turner.


    So far you're not... Schumer handed Trump the Keys to Project 2025.

    If Trump can undue what the Democrats have done over the past 100++ years I'm okay with it.

    We need a small Government and they need to keep their nose out of the people's lives.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Thu Oct 9 12:44:50 2025
    On 09 Oct 2025, Ron L. said the following...


    But the FBI's purview is FEDERAL crimes. So local law enforcement
    handles crimes in their state/county/city. If the criminal does
    something (like drive too much beer across state lines with a Trans-Am blocker), and it becomes a Federal crime, then the FBI gets involved and usually works with the local law enforcement to handle things.

    But that's beyond the question of why they should have their
    headquarters in DC. You would think, though, you would want your
    largest amount of resources where there is the most crime.


    In recent times I was listening to what could be done to fix the FBI and they talked about decentralizing it.

    Apparently back in the day there were 2 separate field offices looking into the corruption at the Clinton Foundation.... Comey told them to stop... They should have not been told that and they should have been left alone to explore any criminality to that Foundation.

    Congress needs to add to the book of laws that Civil Servants get double or triple the jail time for illegal things that are political...

    They also need to move the 5 year term limit to 10 or 20 years.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Fri Oct 10 07:30:02 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    But something needs to be done to warn people that the TV is just for entertainment purposes only and that it's not to be taken to heart.

    We figured that out when we watched Smurfs, but many other people are still struggling with it.

    You can lead a Leftie to information, but you can't make him read/accept it.

    Nothing can be done - short of gov't enforcing something that I'm sure would violate the Constitution.

    That's the difference between us and the Lefties: The Lefties want the gov't to FORCE everyone to do "the right thing". While we only seek to control what WE do, and put blocks in place to prevent the Lefties from pushing their Narrative on us.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Fri Oct 10 07:30:02 2025
    IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

    Apparently back in the day there were 2 separate field offices looking into the corruption at the Clinton Foundation.... Comey told them to stop... They should have not been told that and they should have been
    left alone to explore any criminality to that Foundation.

    That would not surprise me. But that does show that decentralization does not fix the problem.

    Congress needs to add to the book of laws that Civil Servants get
    double or triple the jail time for illegal things that are political...

    I think that's covered under "treason".


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Fri Oct 10 05:01:18 2025
    You can lead a Leftie to information, but you can't make him read/accept it.

    Nothing can be done - short of gov't enforcing something that I'm sure would violate the Constitution.

    That's the difference between us and the Lefties: The Lefties want the gov't to FORCE everyone to do "the right thing". While we only seek to control what WE do, and put blocks in place to prevent the Lefties from pushing their Narrative on us.

    This has been my protocol all along, but ever since the Biden regime neglected us so badly, I feel like we need to do more than normal to win the battle against ignorance.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Fri Oct 10 10:41:34 2025
    On 10 Oct 2025, Ron L. said the following...


    That would not surprise me. But that does show that decentralization
    does not fix the problem.


    Field offices should be left to investigate whatever... As long as that investigation meets all the requirements...

    They are starting this process of decentralizing this agency... I think Kash turned down the offer to re-establis the new HO in DC

    You're right in that if they don't change the policies that got us here nothing will work.


    Congress needs to add to the book of laws that Civil Servants get double or triple the jail time for illegal things that are political.

    I think that's covered under "treason".


    I want to see some asses getting stretched in prison before I'm happy about "Treason" whatever.

    The crap they uncover and the crap that goes unchallenged.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sat Oct 11 08:40:31 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    This has been my protocol all along, but ever since the Biden regime neglected us so badly, I feel like we need to do more than normal to
    win the battle against ignorance.

    But there's "ignorance" and "willful ignorance". Most of these people started off as just ignorant. If you had gotten to them at that stage, educating them would be easy and effective.

    But now they are willfully ignorant. They don't WANT to know the truth. Because it would prove them wrong and they can't handle that. So they will strongly resist you if you try to cure their ignorance. Just look at what happened to Charlie Kirk.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to IB Joe on Sat Oct 11 08:40:31 2025
    IB Joe wrote to Dr. What <=-

    You're right in that if they don't change the policies that got us here nothing will work.

    I think this will get us the most bang-for-the-buck. The decentralization
    will happen after that.

    But I did see that Kash fired all the people involved with the illegal FBI spying on sitting members of Congress.

    Draining the swamp a little at a time.

    The crap they uncover and the crap that goes unchallenged.

    That's what I'm frustrated about.

    I keep seeing "we found evidence of..." but nothing happens.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Sat Oct 11 17:01:24 2025
    But there's "ignorance" and "willful ignorance". Most of these people started off as just ignorant. If you had gotten to them at that stage, educating them would be easy and effective.

    The nipple is surgically attached to the face.

    started off as just ignorant. If you had gotten to them at that stage, educating them would be easy and effective.

    But now they are willfully ignorant. They don't WANT to know the truth. Because it would prove them wrong and they can't handle that. So they will strongly resist you if you try to cure their ignorance. Just look
    at what happened to Charlie Kirk.

    There are lazy ignorant people who are comfortable with things the way they are, no matter how dysfunctional, and they're afraid of the challenge of change, but it's not as hard as they think, and it's always for the better.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Oct 12 10:51:43 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    There are lazy ignorant people who are comfortable with things the way they are, no matter how dysfunctional, and they're afraid of the
    challenge of change, but it's not as hard as they think, and it's
    always for the better.

    It's never as hard as they think.

    But first they have to overcome the fear of leaving their Comfort Zone - which is hard for pretty much everyone.

    But it's worse for these willfull ignorants because they have been told for decades how smart and intelligent that they are. To face the idea that they might not be as smart and intelligent as they believe is painful for them.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to Ron L. on Sun Oct 12 10:05:42 2025
    But it's worse for these willfull ignorants because they have been told for decades how smart and intelligent that they are. To face the idea that they might not be as smart and intelligent as they believe is
    painful for them.

    Ha! That's why I like to rub their noses in it every chance I get.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Sun Oct 12 17:16:36 2025
    Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

    But it's worse for these willfull ignorants because they have been told for decades how smart and intelligent that they are. To face the idea that they might not be as smart and intelligent as they believe is
    painful for them.

    Ha! That's why I like to rub their noses in it every chance I get.

    I do that too - mostly on Facebook with a few Elitists who are annoying everyone.

    But my point is: It won't fix them. They will hold on to their false Narrative until they die.


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