Bowing out of this post after the wise advice from my wife. Love this site and all of the inmates too much to let some disagreements over things we have almost no control over to cause any riff between any of us.

Let's have a smoke. :-)

THIS IS MY THREAD

I'm the OP and if you want to discus politics start your own dam thread.

:-) Thanks again for the original post Fred. Really puts things in perspective. :-)

:-) you don't own this thread :-)

To be fair, your initial post was political, so you can't complain if it sparks political discussion.

What the hell does "fair" have to do with anything?? I'm a benevolent dictator!! :-) :-) :-)

lol

which will be promptly removed.

HOORAH, Fred!

:-)

as it should be... :-)

(Just tossing a bone hoping it would keep this thread from being removed.) :-)



I'm not knowledgeable about politics and frankly would not "debate" political issues here or anywhere else. I posted this because when I read it, it made me feel good. I didn't think it would ultimately lead to what's happened. I'm naive as hell I guess.

Let's lock this and in the future I will read more and post less. :-)

You got it, my friend.