Originally Posted by
cxt
Well it says "tall tale" right in the title so one really can't claim that much veracity about it.
I've got a pretty good story about after our online sparring, Elder and I actually got on the mat together.
A surprisingly short story as it turns out. Well short for Elder anyway. (there should be a wink here but its not supported)
And it really, really, really, happened. Trust me. I mean I have no proof and there is no way to track down any witnesses, but it happened. (I'd put a wink right here but its not supported.)
Leftist believe that the personal is political. That each and every sphere of human existence is merely an extension of their politics. So politics need to be expressed everywhere. Kids games, football, cartoons, etc. etc, everywhere and in everything.
And now martial arts.
One of the reasons I train is to find a place where things like politics don't intrude.
There were no politics in my story, Chris-and it is a work of fiction..."the Donald" character in my story is charming, articulate, soft-spoken and intelligent enough to perform some trigonometry in his head.
None of these are ways that I-or anyone else!-would describe a particular political figure you might be thinking of, and any resemblance between the two is purely coincidental.
That's my story,anyway, and I'm sticking to it....for self-preservation, more than anything else. I wouldn't be the first retiree to have his security clearance yanked for no reason other than perceived politics.It is, in fact, exactly what I told Anderson Cooper's research assistant....
However:
"Anyway, I said that you’d know something about the Donald that you didn’t know before, and now you do. Not that he’s a racist, misogynist, sexist, hyperbolist. Not that he’s a sore loser, or a loudmouthed braggart, and serial groper, and the son of a Klansman and German-American Bund member.
You knew all that, and, yet, here we are.
In the months and years to come we’re probably gonna learn lots about the Donald that he never wanted us to know, and we never wanted to know, like about money Russian oligarchs (read, Russian mob) have invested in his businesses, or his friendships with even less savory characters. Maybe we’ll get to hear tapes or see video of him saying vile, sexist, and racist things, and maybe we’ll even get to see his tax returns.
Eventually, though, someone will uncover what you know now, that you probably didn’t before: that the Donald has—or once had—what some people would think of as an edgy hobby, and he was pretty good at it: good enough to score within a hair of an Olympian and one of the “twenty best shots in the world.” Some enterprising reporter will dig it up, or someone he’s told about it will mention it, if they haven’t already. The Donald likes to brag; maybe he’ll reveal it himself. I can just hear him: “I’m the best shot—the best. My bullseyes are the bullsyest ever!” or “I know more about sniper craft than the snipers, okay?” You’ll hear he is or was a helluva shooter, and you’ll remember you heard it here first, and if that’s true, then what else is?"
Last edited by elder999; 22nd December 2018 at 17:46.
Aaron J. Cuffee
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
- H.L. Mencken