ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD: Just in case some of you young ones (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS. Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed. Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets. 1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary], 2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed], 3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible], 4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent], and 5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed]. Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following: Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it? A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate. Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? A: The Democratic Party. Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities? A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US AND MY FAVORITE: Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants? A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it! Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away! And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so — but it’s worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

RT @JustJenRX: The Babylon Bee 🐝 deserves an OSCAR for this depiction of who the LEFT is today!

Guilty is guilty, period. The punishment should be shaped from the circumstances. Declaring someone innocent when the defense even admits guilt is insanity.

No. Rascal did not meet the man. However, Rascal thought he was tops. One of the few truly good ones, if you will. I told him it might be in poor taste. Rascal said, he loved the man and everyone else could just get over it. 🤷‍♂️ So this week's giveaway is very much a celebration of and an homage to that good and beloved actor, passionate farmer, and kindly nature loving soul, Sam Neill. Rascal knows the SPAS12 is more in line but, alas, we do not have one. So, even though it is more @prattprattpratt than Sam we will be giving away a Marlin SBL 45-70 govt! To Enter: FOLLOW us as well as our long time sponsor @SummRidge , repost or quote post this post (I know y'all have some good gifs ready), and be sure to ALSO REPLY to this post. Good luck all and thank you for participating with us and helping spread the word! In honor of Sam, get outside this weekend and enjoy the beauty that is all around you, waiting for you. Good luck & Godspeed Mr. Neill.

Who else?

What a hike!

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Rawr!

Yarrrrrrr, my dog is vicious.

Everyone should unequivocally condemn the government-imposed racial discrimination Obama is pushing! Obama makes three errors in one post, all of them philosophical. First, the United States is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. The purpose of the Constitution is to protect individual rights from the majority, not to ensure "equal participation in our democracy." The Founders designed the system specifically to prevent what Obama is demanding: unlimited majority rule. Second, "protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach" sounds correct until you examine the premise. Rights belong to individuals, not groups. The moment you define rights by racial group membership, you have adopted the same collectivist framework that produced the discrimination you claim to oppose. Jim Crow categorized people by race and assigned rights accordingly. Modern voting rights activism does the same thing with different beneficiaries. Both are collectivism. Third, gerrymandering is a problem created entirely by the system Obama wants to preserve: a political structure where the drawing of district lines determines outcomes. His solution is not to fix the structure. It is to ensure his side draws the lines. The government must treat every citizen equally before the law. Everyone should reject Obama's framing entirely. He is not defending individual rights. He is defending group power, while using the language of rights to make collectivism sound like liberty.

California's $2.2 billion solar plant is shutting down. Once hailed as a breakthrough, the Ivanpah Solar Facility in the Mojave Desert is now a case study in failed technology and environmental risk. Built with $1.6 billion in federal loans in 2014, the plant was hailed as a symbol of America's clean energy future. It used 173,000 mirrors to focus sunlight onto three massive towers heating fluid to drive steam turbines. Complicated. Expensive. And it never delivered on its promise. After just 11 years, the technology is now obsolete. On top of that, the facility became notorious for its environmental toll, with estimates of at least 6,000 birds incinerated each year by the concentrated beams. The promise was affordable, reliable, green power. The reality was high costs, technical failures and ecological damage.

Serious question, what is the target audience you are trying to reach with this post? Do you honestly think that there exists anyone who will see this post, who hasn't seen your Disney bubble wand picture? Or, even worse, do you think we'll just forget you skipped town during a DHS shutdown for Disneyworld, and clap like seals because you're shooting skeet? How stupid are you, and how much more stupid do you think we are?

Actual was 24.3 mpg on this 6 cylinder Tacoma. Wonder how much better it would be with a bed topper?

Not bad for a V6 and manual transmission on a Toyota Tacoma!

Do you think this is Ai ? It’s hard to tell anymore! 😂🤣😂☠️

WooHoo!

I'm sick of it, too. I'm about to start blocking all the big accounts that spend too much time bashing other conservative accounts and any other account that continues to give them clicks.

If you read just one thing today....

36 million views in 6 hours!

I paid $3.65 for a tank of gas last week in NM. The Iran situation has increased it to $3.06 as of today.