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Jim Bedwell

Tommy,

"The Daily Show"? Of course you see what you see in that video you just posted.

Who on the right EVER said that there weren't SOME who deserved jail or at least court for any vandalism, assault on police, etc.? It wasn't TOTALLY peaceful & non-violent, just MOSTLY peaceful & non-violent, unlike the hundreds of events from last year by the latter-day Nazis of your side. What is NOT right is the cruel & unusual punishment inflicted on whatever people were truly deserving of censure PLUS even worse, a similar level of abuse also inflicted on the ones NOT deserving.

Eventually it will all come out like everything else, like the Clinton Foundation, Biden family syndicate selling out our country etc. The Steele dossier....., you know, the REAL news the corrupt media are almost always successful in concealing from people like you.

And how BOUT DAT FAKE MULTI-YEAR RUSSIAN HOAX? You'd have as much success defending that as you would answering my question about why Ron is not your personal expression of contempt for all people and all things that don't agree with your viewpoint. Still waiting on that answer, of course.........

David Cordell

Tommy, 

Do you think Trump will ever stop having this strange power over you?

By the way, I have seen the video, too. It shows a different entrance and people are just streaming in like it was entrance time. Nothing violent about it. That's not to say there wasn't violence elsewhere, but no fiearms were shot on January 6, except by the policeman, who killed an unarmed woman veteran. Somehow, her life, and her death, were not nearly as important as life-long lowlife George Floyd's.

Steve Keene

Tommy and Sandra,

Inspired by the desire to compromise with your side, I am giving out vaccine appointments to the kids instead of candy this year.  What a treat for the kids!  I know they will appreciate it like field trips to gay bars,  the unreported by schoolboards, rapes of girls by male students dressed as girls in women's bathrooms and their parents being investigated by the FBI for wanting to be involved in choosing what is taught to them.

Steve Keene

David,

"Whatever happened to us Martha?  We used to be so wild."

David Cordell

Tommy,

As I recall, the video I saw -- more than once -- seemed to show Capitol guards holding the doors open. I don't recall anything that showed identifiable FBI agents, but I wasn't looking for them.

You have insulted all of us by implying that we are lying, and you now insist that we provide proof of our contentions or admit that we are liars.

Who in the hell do you think you are?

Remember litotes in literature? Let's just say that proving myself to you is not very high on my priority list. Let me say it another way, in words that I pondered with great deliberation and reflection: Go fuck yourself.

Feel free to reproduce this on your site, since that would be your typical MO. Oh, and be sure to portray yourself as a victim -- nice guy insulted by bad conservatives. "All I wanted to do is have an honest conversation, and, look! He hurt my feelings."

Poor Tommy!!

Excuse me while I puke.

Wayne Gary

Yesterday I heard on the radio that a member of congress said there were 2 things wrong with the Build Back Better proposal

1: He does not know what is in it

2: He does not know how it will be paid for.

I remember Biden saying the BBB will not cost anything. The big question is now do you spend money and it not cost anything?

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

Here  is the video.  Warning::  FOUL LANGUAGE! 

My comment:  These folks don't look like your average tourist out for the day of wonder looking at all of the history and artifacts at the Capitol.  They sound very angry, and to me are looking for trouble, or lawmakers they can rough up. 

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

Lance,

I think you asked me in a post a day or so ago about how I feel about my mother's health care etc.  She is on an Advantage plan.  This plan has low premiums, and her copay is very low also.  She can see her regular doctor and can go to the local hospital or Medical City in Fort Worth.  The problem comes when and if she needs to go to Rehab or a Skilled Nursing facility.  Her policy will only cover three of those facilities in this area.  One refuses to take her back.  That was the one that gave her Covid.  They don't like us or our insurance company and have flatly told me and her we are no longer welcome there.  The others are substandard facility with short staff.  The last one took 24 hours to change her diaper.  After I raised hell it got better, but I had to raise hell, and watch them very closely, daily.  Her meals on weekends were mostly peanut butter sandwiches, or cold food.  It is my understanding that regular Medicare (not Advantage) you can go to any nursing facility and it is covered, in other words they can't refuse a Medicare paitent. 

Jim Bedwell

David C,

Thank you for your post to Tommy. Especially the part that said, 'Go f___ yourelf". Well deserved.

Steve,

GREAT humor as always - LOVED IT!!

Marxists,

For my attitude toward you, go see David C's post to Tommy - that's how I feel with what you're supporting as you enable the destruction of our beloved country. And Sandra's video? Looks like mall walkers to me, not antifa.

Sandra,

No apology to me for your ignorant (hence my term the GREAT IGNORATI, which you are certainly part of), unjustifiable nastiness toward me? WHAT A SHOCK.

Janalu Jeanes (Parchman)

Yes Tommy,

I also have seen the film footage of the kinder, gentler Jan. 6th "horrible" Republicans entering the Capitol.  As was shown on that short snippet that Sandra provided, there were many people who entered the building as Capitol police stood by and watched, not trying to stop them and not being hassled by the crowd.  Many in that crowd outside the building, just entered to see what was going on, and did nothing more than 'mill around' for a while, then left.  Those rebel-rousers who were hassling and wrestling with the police outside the building, were the ones who broke windows and some doors, and who were wrestling inside as well.  Those fools were the actual guys who meant to yell toward and provoke Congress members, although the Congress members were ushered out beforehand.  All that they actually did, was steal a laptop that belonged to Pelosi, and then also some of them took pictures of themselves in the Senate chambers.  It was pretty sophomoric.  One guy even began to climb down a rope from the visitor's gallery, I think, with repelling ropes he had in his backpack.  Some Capitol police even posed in the pictures along with the fools, but that type of picture is not shown on mainstream media; the Democrat owned media shows only what they pick and choose to show, i.e., the footage from Capitol cameras which reinforces their narrative, of course.  Most of the footage probably shows the greatest numbers of people just wandering around trying to see "the big raucous crowd and confrontation reported," and they were soon departed the building, seeing that there was little going on inside.....just janitors sweeping up some broken glass, and Capitol police showing them to the exit doors.

There was reported to be 14,000 hours of documented film recorded that day, and when conservatives were asking to have the footage available for review, Pelosi and others refused to release any of it.  It was obvious that the Dems wanted to hold it all so that they could pick out the most graphic parts, especially the footage at the beginning of the 'breaking through windows and doors, as well as the arm-wrestling and shoving that the police put up toward the fools," so that they could 'milk it for all it was worth,' and eliminate the other footage that showed a lot of folks walking around aimlessly.  Afterall, we now see what the Dems are concocting with their investigative 'trial of sorts.'  They want to try to say that the whole episode was an attempt to "take over the government and even cause death to Congress members(!)" while actually, there were no weapons found at all, and the flunkies who began the whole thing had no idea how to actually take over a government!  All they knew how to do was cause fisticuff slugs & high school nonsense, and disrupt order, which is probably the whole history of their lives witnessed by all who will stand by and watch them.

If the whole footage will ever be shown to the public, and it certainly should be available to all, it will most likely show that there was no insurrection taking place, and there was mainly a group of idiots who broke in and scared the Capitol guys literally 'to death,' as we soon learned afterward. Unfortunately, several policemen died of heart attacks or stress-related heart ailments.

Bob Davidson

It sort of breaks my heart that everyone who watches Fox, including me, has seen the video Jim is referencing, and the ones who get their opinions from the leftist propaganda media haven't seen it and believe that we are all delusional or liars.  Tucker Carlson has a documentary about the January 6 incident coming up.  Liz Cheney has already karened his bosses to get it shut down.

Jim Bedwell

Thanks, Janalu, as always.

For the fools that keep saying "insurrection", NOT ONE person that I'm aware of has been charged with that. And they wonder why we think they're ALL stupid?!?!?!? Truth seeking to them is getting correct the verbatim talking points they're repeating from whatever baloney-repeating corrupt media they're relying on.

And I don't know if that similarly dressed team of people were rogue woke FBI agents, but it looks like that. And people on the right are calling for ALL the videos to be exposed/released, and I guess they have? The video in question here was only one RELEVANT clip of thousands of hours. Plus we need to have examined the FBI/other woke depts records of employees, etc., the thing rational adults do. Of course the Dems are trying to suppress all info in their now weaponized Justice Department, so with their track record of honesty, especially with the more time that passes as we witness the absolute horror of the Biden administration, what would ANY non-cretin surmise from that?

So what is the EVIL Pelosi doing? She's assembled a rogue's gallery of a kangaroo Jan. 6 commission of no credibility, since Republicans who would have confronted that monolith were removed, ONE AT GUNPOINT BY THE SAME BAD COP, MICHAEL BYRD, WHO MURDERED ASHLI BABBITT ON JANUARY 6. I saw the photo of that removal on FNC, no video, sorry, Tommy. Anyway I bet THAT didn't get reported on the corrupt media either. That cop needs to go to trial at least - he's got a bad record like Minneapolis bad cop Chauvin had. But since he's doing the Dem's evil, I bet he skates like the rest of the swamp slime.

Jim Bedwell

Bob D,

Yes, Liz Cheney's dad accidentally shot a friend. Liz Cheney is purposefully shooting at America. What an idiot she has become with her Trump Derangement Syndrome. And then we have Tommy here with his version of same, as David C pointed out AGAIN (just like the old days)..

David Wier

And now for something completely different:

This is a serious project/product proposal for anyone who is interested. 

I need to partner with either:
1. An electronics engineer who can also, working with me, can get a patent for the product
or 
2. I need someone who is very familiar with the way to get a patent and procure said patent. 

Plus either way, I will also need a lawyer to write us up an iron-clad NDA for the project we'll be doing together. 

We'll need a name for the branding of the product that will stick in everyone's mind such as 'Coke' or 'Kleenex'

Does anyone know anyone who is trustworthy enough to work with me honestly with this project and can refer them to me, if it's not one of you guys (our hopefully trusted classmates)?

Jim Bedwell

David W,

The name Hunter Biden springs immediately to mind! Sorry, couldn't resist........maybe because you also mentioned " 'Coke' "!

However I did LOVE your "hopefully trusted classmates" - good one!

Seriously best wishes with that! I need a new celebrity stalkee; Cody died. You'll do.

David Cordell

Sandra,

It breaks my heart that elderly people could be treated so poorly in so-called "care" facilities. Some of those places smell like the boys restroom at a very old elementary school. Martha's mother's engagement ring was stolen at a "don't care" facility when she was 95. There is a special place in hell for these thieves. 

Thanks for posting the video. I'm sure you saw the clearly identifiable police officers who stood aside as the "insurgents" sauntered in. No doubt that there were bad actors on January 6, but it is paramount that the whole story be told.

David Cordell

Bob, that's a good point about Fox News. Same thing about the Hunter Biden mess. Similar issue with Russia, Russia, Russia. The left consistently condemns Fox News when the left-leaning and leftist outlets are the real offenders. They can't stand that Fox News even exists and they denigrate it at every opportunity.

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

David,

Yes, I watched the video.  I saw how the Capitol police opened the doors and let the "insurrgents" in. 

Exactly two years ago today, I was touring the Capitol with Danny.  This is what it looked like that day:

You could only legally enter the building through designated entrances.  We came in through the Tunnel.  After we arrived we were escorted by guides and told to stay in specific pathways and with our group.  At no time did I hear anyone say a four letter word.  No one was carrying any flags, nor were was anyone sporting political garb.  It was quiet, respectful and a bit reverent.  I can't imagine feces spread on the walls, or windows broken nor threats shouted.  It sickens me to even think about it.    Did "innocent" people enter carrying flags and "protesting".  I guess so. 

If a mob ransacked a bank, or City Hall, and a few others banged on the back door demanding entrance to join them, would you be a part of that?  Not me.  That kind of company, I can do without.

Lowell Tuttle

This month's Four Hours at the Capitol is basically told by the guards.   Most of it comes from the defense of the tunnel...

Quite an insurrection/revolution/riot/criminal invasion there if you ask me.   (which you won't.)

I am not quite sure, but I think since 9 11 you have to have a pass to get into the Capitol.   So, like our lllegals, all those citizens inside were committing a crime.

Jim Bedwell

Lowell,

Yes, I plan on exploding a nuclear bomb soon. Forget the 450K Biden wants to give the illegals - I expect a few billion for breaking that law. I'm currently lobbying to get that snuck into the bill the Dems are trying to hoodwink people with. And I think anybody convicted of a crime stemming from Jan. 6 at least deserves more than the illegals are getting, don't you?

As we adults on the right will say, yet again, anybody properly convicted of any Jan. 6 crime should be (but not unduly) punished, and that includes any possible government or otherwise troublemakers so WE NEED A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF EVERYTHING, not a Pelosi kangaroo court. Let the chips fall where they may. With the Dems in charge, what are the chances of that's happening? End of story.

Jim Bedwell

Tucker in his opening mentioned how NOT ONE CNN show had more than 800K viewers recently; didn't catch the time frame, had to have been over a day, maybe over a week's span? I wouldn't know, but he said 800K is just awful.

He also mentioned how the corrupt media don't have Trump anymore so what do they have to offer about anything their fans would want to watch?  And then Tucker showed clip after clip of their constantly bashing Trump and all those clips were filmed WITHIN THE LAST WEEK! You couldn't tell the difference from his administration's time. So the Derangement Syndrome is still alive and well, but perhaps less so? Gee, somebody was mentioning that syndrome recently...........at least you know the independents are NOT loving what's going on currently - I bet we see that next week in now-blue-state Virginia, especially with the Dem's latest fiasco, the Loudoun County school board.

You never know what you'll get every night with Tucker but it's almost always GREAT.

Jim Bedwell

Now we have an ISIS TERROR ALERT WATCH IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA FOR SHOPPING MALLS!!!! Probably nothing to do with the border OR Afghanistan, right? I guess it's going to take something like that to do something about Biden. BUT WHAT? And then we get Kamala? Pelosi?

Jim Bedwell

Was it just me or in Sandra's Capitol foto, did anybody else want those paintings in the background, with all the white racists portrayed there, removed permanently?

Janalu Jeanes (Parchman)

David Weir,

My Dad considered getting a patent on the first chemical solution he concocted.  Texas Instruments liked his product quite a bit and began ordering large barrels full of the liquid, so he thought, "Well, maybe I should look into patenting the product to give it more legitimacy as a decent, sellable item, and also, to protect myself from people who might want to copy it for their own profit."

After exploring all the facts, he decided against the idea.

He found out that since all of the ingredients have to be listed on the patent, and since after one year, the patent is no longer relevant at all, because anyone at that point, wiould be allowed to copy the product for themselves.  A person could slip into the formulation an innocuous ingredient or two and then claim that the product was A DIFFERENT product and could sell it under a different name, having access to the profits.

My Dad had purposely given his product some "mysterious agents" that no one was able to figure out, so he felt sure that no one could copy his product unless they got the exact formulation or 'recipe,' from him.  He  stashed away his secret in his vault.  It was still there on the day he died, untouched.  No one was able to get the formulation until we sold the company after his death, yet there were quite a few chemists who tried mightily to figure it out.  HA!

He knew that if he had acquired a patent, he would only have been able to receive profits for one year, then, the formulation would have been released to the public, and the people interested in it would have cashed in on his invention.  As it turned out, his product was sold as a popular product to TI, IBM, KODAK CO., 3M, Tracor and others, plus some German companies, Japanese companies, and some Silicon Valley companies for many years.

It was a product used in the production of computer chips.  I used to have to help out at my Dad's company in the summertime, labeling pallets of bottles with my brothers, as we listened to KLIF on the radio we had next to us.  Those were long and tedious summer days, but we often could talk our way out of the warehouse monotony in the afternoons, if we worked diligently to get our requirement done in the early hours.  We could slap on labels with the beat of each song and we rarely goofed up!

Jim Bedwell

Different Chicago group, Devil in a Woodpile, with excellent guitarist Joel Paterson