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BillMasen

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For DECADES political parties of all flavours, the establishment, greens , lefties and many others have harangued, badgered, bullied and pushed ever harder for Britons to give up their evil polluting cars and embrace the joys of public transport ( filthy, unreliable, expensive, crime infested, strike prone, irregular etc) then WALLOP almost overnight the NEW government, NHS, WHO and everyone else is now saying DO NOT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, Go to work by any means you can but dont use public transport its not safe or hygienic.

Where as many preppers have said for decades that public transport is equal to playing Russian roulette.
 
I remember a conversation with a kid from Denmark once. (We were taking a Spanish class together in Peru.) The topic of cars in America came up and he couldn't understand why so many Americans owned cars. I started explaining that there are actually places that don't have public transportation and he couldn't seem to understand this concept. So I explained population density and he couldn't understand why everyone doesn't just live in the city. I reminded him of farmers and that's where our food comes from. . . I don't think it was so much a reminder for him as that he learned something new. He still wasn't convinced.
 
The concept of food growing out in the country just doesn't penetrate their brains. Many of these urbanites believe that all their food is manufactured in factories.

I had a friend in college that swore that rice was manufactured in factories. In order to convince him that rice was grown on plants I had to take him to a rice field in the Mississippi Delta, pull up a rice plant and show him the rice growing on the plant.
 
I have never lived where there was public transportation ,,,,I would not have used it anyways I don't trust anyone to drive but me,,,,it's why I don't take planes,,,,,no way in hell am I trusting someone else when we are 35000 ft in the air,,,,
 
Yep damn right, long long long ago I had a short stint of working in the city, catching public transport. Within a week I got strep throat! Hated everything about it and didn't care that the pay was more, I was outta there quick smart and never had a job anywhere near any city or shopping mall for that matter.

We like where we live now, but within 10 years we feel it's going to be too crowded so we moving further out. The further the better I say. As a kid growing up the nearest anything was a one hour drive, the good ol days.

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BillMasen said:
For DECADES political parties of all flavours, the establishment, greens , lefties and many others have harangued, badgered, bullied and pushed ever harder for Britons to give up their evil polluting cars and embrace the joys of public transport ( filthy, unreliable, expensive, crime infested, strike prone, irregular etc) then WALLOP almost overnight the NEW government, NHS, WHO and everyone else is now saying DO NOT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT, Go to work by any means you can but dont use public transport its not safe or hygienic.

Where as many preppers have said for decades that public transport is equal to playing Russian roulette.
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kind of hard to relate political turmoil from different countries. Where are you from again?
 
robinjopo said:
I think he has changed his mind. Lol
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this is actually great news. as a matter of fact, Apple should leave CA and other tech companies.

But for sure, once Large corporation leaves CA, liberals will always follow. There will be a day when CA will be Taxed out and the libtards will move outside CA and the Republicans will swing back into the state just like a seesaw.
 
Brittany said:
this is actually great news. as a matter of fact, Apple should leave CA and other tech companies.

But for sure, once Large corporation leaves CA, liberals will always follow. There will be a day when CA will be Taxed out and the libtards will move outside CA and the Republicans will swing back into the state just like a seesaw.
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Honestly, it wouldn't break my heart if someone burned all the high tech companies down on the left coast.

Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenegger NO THANKS. You may have a few good Republicans in Cali but with over half Rhino's, Cali would marginally do better. California migrants have ruined an awful lot of good States, I know first hand of the damage practically destroying everything I have built for us and the kids, we call the Western half of Oregon and Washington 'California North'

It would be better if Cali would split, East of I-5 would be the new State that's controlled by conservatives! Torch Sacramento and turn it back to pasture land and move the house and Governor to San Francisco so it can keep it's little bay of pigs.

Nope, I'm not angry at all :rolleyes:
 
Maverick said:
Honestly, it wouldn't break my heart if someone burned all the high tech companies down on the left coast.

Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenegger NO THANKS. You may have a few good Republicans in Cali but with over half Rhino's, Cali would marginally do better. California migrants have ruined an awful lot of good States, I know first hand of the damage practically destroying everything I have built for us and the kids, we call the Western half of Oregon and Washington 'California North'

It would be better if Cali would split, East of I-5 would be the new State that's controlled by conservatives! Torch Sacramento and turn it back to pasture land and move the house and Governor to San Francisco so it can keep it's little bay of pigs.

Nope, I'm not angry at all :rolleyes:
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Honestly I don’t know how it got all fucked up.i have families that lived here during the 50s and never had a problem like we are facing now. My theory are those illegal immigrants feeding of tax payers, being fed by politicians or the lack of basic education? Or the gays? I don’t know!? All I know is that there are a lot of republicans that are stuck here.
 
Brittany said:
how come some UK cops carry a gun and some can't? still baffles me how they do not conceal weapons with growing terrorism.
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Cos they dont need them basically, outside of the bigger cities gun crime is very rare, Most UK cops dont want to carry guns, they are happy with sprays and tazors and telescopic batons, They do ALL need and wear knife proof vests.
 
BillMasen said:
Cos they dont need them basically, outside of the bigger cities gun crime is very rare, Most UK cops dont want to carry guns, they are happy with sprays and tazors and telescopic batons, They do ALL need and wear knife proof vests.
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It’s hard for me to imagine being a cop without carrying a gun. These are the people running towards trouble. I guess it’s the prepper in me to want to be ready for any possibilities. I do not want to ever shoot anyone and think the measures listed above are all good to use first. I would still carry though just in case they didn’t.
 
Ya wanna know what is really stupid? In Germany, if the cops ever even get a well trained and mean K-9, the poor dog has to live with a muzzle. The people just laugh at the cop when he walks around with the dog. One of the dogs got grabbed by the collar and a back leg and slammed against a pole, broke his back and it had to be put to sleep.
Try to do that **** in the US and get you ass eaten by a real nice little K9 critter. Germany is so slushy, I would never understand what drives someone to be a cop here, except the permanent supply of WORK.....
 
Brent S said:
It’s hard for me to imagine being a cop without carrying a gun. These are the people running towards trouble. I guess it’s the prepper in me to want to be ready for any possibilities. I do not want to ever shoot anyone and think the measures listed above are all good to use first. I would still carry though just in case they didn’t.
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Off topic, but Brent, we've been worried about you. Are you okay?
 
Perhaps examples like this explain why we over here dont want every cop armed.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/family-of-emt-shot-by-police-files-lawsuit

The family of an EMT worker who was asleep in her Kentucky apartment when police busted in to execute a search warrant at the wrong address has filed a lawsuit accusing three officers of "blindly firing" more than 20 shots into Breonna Taylor's home.

The 26-year-old aspiring nurse was killed on March 13 after being shot eight times by Louisville police officers.

Her mother, Tamika Palmer, said she filed the lawsuit to get justice for her daughter.

"I want them to say her name," she told The Washington Post. "There's no reason Breonna should be dead at all."

The lawsuit, filed late last month, accuses the officers of wrongful death, excessive force, and gross negligence.

According to court documents, the officers executed a drug warrant at Taylor's home, searching for a male suspect who didn't live in her apartment complex and had already been detained by authorities when the police officers stormed in.
 
robinjopo said:
Off topic, but Brent, we've been worried about you. Are you okay?
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Yes, thanks. Just got tired of all the political stuff so took a little break. Have been absorbed with all the projects here too. I’ve always known it was wise to prep but now it seems to have even more meaning and urgency to me.
 
Brent S said:
Yes, thanks. Just got tired of all the political stuff so took a little break. Have been absorbed with all the projects here too. I’ve always known it was wise to prep but now it seems to have even more meaning and urgency to me.
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had a feeling that's what it was. . Glad you are back though. Do like I try to do, stay away from the political discussion. I am very set in my ways and so are you. No amount of discussion is going to change my mind either way. I know who I like and know who I dont.
 
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