@Smokin Joe
Get over yourself. Just because some distant ancestor of yours signed a paper,that doesn't give YOU an nobility,any more than it gives your neighbors a right to hang you because another distant relative was a horse thief.
Actually, they gave up title to start this country. No more Manor Lord. That;s how much they believed in those principles.
So, no, it doesn't give me any nobility at all, but it did establish something in our family--a standard to live up to.
He could have lost it ALL, because his name was on that document, (like about half of the guys who signed it), all knowing full well what was at stake. Losing title under English law was guaranteed.
HERE is some reality for you, Bubba. Trump is the closest thing to an actual conservative we have had in the WH since Reagan.
Why is that, pete? Because people stuck to their guns and principles or because they caved?
Or is it just because they got shouted down (again) by the "be practical" 'He's electable' crowd? (like with Romney or McCain, or even Bob Dole)
I guess the only thing we really learn from history is that damned few 'get it', so they lather, rinse, and repeat the mistakes of the past. We were lucky to have Reagan. Now we're getting back to "Read my lips". The tarrifs are hurting the industrial heartland (what's left of it), and that won't go away with more bad policy, but the Unions will d@mnsure play that up. Read the writing on that wall if you want your boy back in next go-round. The Dems have two sets of voters--the ones who never had a job and don't want one, and the ones sitting around the union hall. Some of the latter group likely crossed over for Trump last time, sick of being obamma'ed out of work. If they think they are being Trumped out of work, that won't play well.
WAAAAH! WAAAAH! WAAAAH! I can't get everything I want,so I am going to take my ball and go home! The ancestor you have that you brag about would be ashamed of you for being a quitter.
Quit sniveling, pete. It's okay....I'm still here, aren't I? But continue to ignore what's going to cost those electoral votes in the next go-round, and I won't hesitate to rub noses in the mess on the floor when this is all done.
When the whinging starts in December 2020 I will personally deliver a swift kick in the ass to any Republican who whines about it.
But....but....but,you ain't even religious according to you,so how is that possible?
I don't have to go to church to pray. If we did, there'd be lines out the door and around the block, or a lot less praying going on. A lot of folks who pray wait until they are the one in deep sh*t, and there might not be time to rush off to church to get a word in...You think The Almighty doesn't hear them because they aren't in the 'right building'?
After all, we were assured that He is everywhere, which can be really handy in a pinch.
In this case, I can piss you off any time, any where
, even though I genuinely give a sh*t.