Is mayor Pete on the hot seat?

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Jxn Vol said:
Correct. Sorry if I got it wrong. You may have pink hair, a bit overweight, wear a BLM shirt, and ride a scooter. If I got it wrong I apologize.
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Can't say I fit any of these molds but I can give you material if you'd like.

I drive a mom SUV, I have a collection of 35 bolo ties and wear one every day, and I went Dutch on a date last week to see how it felt.
 
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hog88 said:
No but the probability that you are a pompous azzhole is really high.

Not directed at you, bicyclists in general.
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I'm fine with city commuters, trail riders, and anyone who stays in a bike lane.

It's the ****ers on Broadway-esque roads and groups of ten on highways that piss me off.

I stopped riding after I left Texas. Made sense to drive again.
 
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norrislakevol said:
Especially the ones (crazy azzes) that ride them out on busy streets and hold up traffic. "It's our road too!"
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I think we have different definitions of a "busy" street but you're right.

Like, if it's bumper to bumper on Guadelupe in Austin, that's when I was riding a bike and cutting my commute to a third of what it was driving.

But if it's like Broadway here in Knox and it's loaded but moving at 20-30mph but some smoothbrained chode is on his Huffy going 15 and taking up a whole lane... **** that dude.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Can't say I fit any of these molds but I can give you material if you'd like.

I drive a mom SUV, I have a collection of 35 bolo ties and wear one every day, and I went Dutch on a date last week to see how it felt.
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Did your date wear a bolo tie. What was his name?
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Can't say I fit any of these molds but I can give you material if you'd like.

I drive a mom SUV, I have a collection of 35 bolo ties and wear one every day, and I went Dutch on a date last week to see how it felt.
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Everyday? Lol that's crazy. I'm just picturing a guy at the gym in his shorts and t-shirt with his sporty bolo tie on.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
I think we have different definitions of a "busy" street but you're right.

Like, if it's bumper to bumper on Guadelupe in Austin, that's when I was riding a bike and cutting my commute to a third of what it was driving.

But if it's like Broadway here in Knox and it's loaded but moving at 20-30mph but some smoothbrained chode is on his Huffy going 15 and taking up a whole lane... **** that dude.
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Not to interrupt your private argument, I too have an issue with "cyclist" who take up a lane in a 45 MPH speed zone, Northshore is no place for a bicyclist at 5 in the afternoon.
 
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IluvdoubleD's said:
I have some very good advice my father gave me long ago. You should learn from your elders. "some people can't handle reality. They lose their minds."
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News flash: getting older doesn't make Pete or Biden or any of the rest of these clowns look a bit better. If you haven't learned to question people like Biden and Pete by the time you are out on your own making a living - or certainly by retirement age, then you haven't learned much at all while growing old.
 
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Sgt_Nick_Fury said:
The Pomeranian Prince Buttigeig - Granite Grok

I and many other's will criticize him, he never even went to OCS. He was a direct commissioned officer (who went to reserve after deciding he wanted a career in politics) who apparently failed his drug test to boot. I love the pic of him holding the rifle. The rifle he never even bothered to train to use. Read the above if you doubt it. His military career can be summed up as an appointed "photo op. " He was a "Push Button" commission.





Marine veterans criticise Buttigieg for overstating his military experience
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I'll have to disagree with the Marine's comments - at least some of them. My wife went through the direct commissioning program to become a Navy nurse; by the time she entered the Navy she had been an RN for more than 10 years. I don't know what the training entailed - we never really discussed it at length, but she was never intended to be a line officer. Her acceptance into the program had everything to do with education, work experience, physical and mental qualification, and the Navy's need for medical staff - and absolutely nothing to do with political connections. I do know that she qualified with the Beretta pistol - not sure about a rifle, but I can tell you she's pretty accurate with a pistol. Direct commissioning is used for many needs like medical, legal, engineering; it's a way of getting professionals into places the military needs them. I will agree that Pete's credentials are less than impressive - maybe for some political connections do matter, but it's far from a blanket statement.
 
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AM64 said:
I'll have to disagree with the Marine's comments - at least some of them. My wife went through the direct commissioning program to become a Navy nurse; by the time she entered the Navy she had been an RN for more than 10 years. I don't know what the training entailed - we never really discussed it at length, but she was never intended to be a line officer. Her acceptance into the program had everything to do with education, work experience, physical and mental qualification, and the Navy's need for medical staff - and absolutely nothing to do with political connections. I do know that she qualified with the Beretta pistol - not sure about a rifle, but I can tell you she's pretty accurate with a pistol. Direct commissioning is used for many needs like medical, legal, engineering; it's a way of getting professionals into places the military needs them. I will agree that Pete's credentials are less than impressive - maybe for some political connections do matter, but it's far from a blanket statement.
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Thanks to your better half for her service!
 
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AM64 said:
I'll have to disagree with the Marine's comments - at least some of them. My wife went through the direct commissioning program to become a Navy nurse; by the time she entered the Navy she had been an RN for more than 10 years. I don't know what the training entailed - we never really discussed it at length, but she was never intended to be a line officer. Her acceptance into the program had everything to do with education, work experience, physical and mental qualification, and the Navy's need for medical staff - and absolutely nothing to do with political connections. I do know that she qualified with the Beretta pistol - not sure about a rifle, but I can tell you she's pretty accurate with a pistol. Direct commissioning is used for many needs like medical, legal, engineering; it's a way of getting professionals into places the military needs them. I will agree that Pete's credentials are less than impressive - maybe for some political connections do matter, but it's far from a blanket statement.
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So she'd been a nurse for 10 years, exactly what skill set did Pete bring into the mix besides political connections? pretty sure nursing school wasn't there either. My Father Was a mechanical Engineer, he still went to OCS, Most technical graduates who go in do, he still went through normal training, he could not have done his job without that training. Sure medical might be different in that she was basically doing what she had already done in civilian job. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess she didn't take pics with weapons, and try and sell an image of herself as a combat veteran. This is what Pete has done repeatedly.
 
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AM64 said:
I'll have to disagree with the Marine's comments - at least some of them. My wife went through the direct commissioning program to become a Navy nurse; by the time she entered the Navy she had been an RN for more than 10 years. I don't know what the training entailed - we never really discussed it at length, but she was never intended to be a line officer. Her acceptance into the program had everything to do with education, work experience, physical and mental qualification, and the Navy's need for medical staff - and absolutely nothing to do with political connections. I do know that she qualified with the Beretta pistol - not sure about a rifle, but I can tell you she's pretty accurate with a pistol. Direct commissioning is used for many needs like medical, legal, engineering; it's a way of getting professionals into places the military needs them. I will agree that Pete's credentials are less than impressive - maybe for some political connections do matter, but it's far from a blanket statement.
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I understand why professionals such as Drs, Nurses and Lawyers get direct commissioned, what's the use of putting them through OCS?
 
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