Border security is common sense but liberalism is a mental disorder.

Zooey wrote:

— X — wrote:

I don’t care if he has a 3rd grade reading level if he hires the right collection of geniuses to attack and solve the Nation’s problems. Another 4 years of watching this Country deteriorate into a politically correct safe haven for litigious self-appointed ‘Champions of the Cause’ who are offended by virtually everything? Yeah, no thank you very much.

I want him to win for no other reason than to keep ‘her’ from appointing those kinds of judges to the Supreme Court.

I think I may not understand the “anti-PC” crowd. I cannot put that sentiment into a favorable light in my head. Seriously, all I hear when people complain about “PC” is something like, “Yeah, it takes too much energy and effort to be considerate of people who don’t think the way I do, so they should just toughen up and get over it. Since their concerns are not my concerns, they aren’t worthy of my respect.” That’s what I hear.

When I see your argument I wonder why only the PC crowd is allowed a voice? The same BS that claims racism at the drop of a hat. To simply disagree is to be branded a racist. People of conscience are fed up with that BS and support Trump’s straight talk about issues that matter to the ignored and “deplorable” masses.

wv wrote:

Anybody ever talk to a car mechanic? I talk to em all the time
cause i drive old beat-up cars. Anyway, everytime i talk to an old grizzled
veteran car-guy, they always make a speech about how the parts they are forced
to use are ‘shit’ nowadays. They remember times when this or that company made good parts. But now they are all made cheaply and they are not good quality no matter what the brand is.

So my question is..is that true? Or just old people grousing about the good ole days.
Are there any good companies left that make quality stuff — or have all the big corporations
just decided to cut corners and sell junk for profit?

Thoughts?

w

I have always bought used cars and I work on them whenever I can rather than taking to the shop. Well if it’s something I can’t figure out or if that and there is an on board computer then I will take it to the shop for diagnostics only, then decide if the work is something I can do. That said the quality depends upon how old the car is and where the part is made, whether new, used or NOS.

Depending upon the part and the reliability necessary I usually start at NOS first and base pricing for new and used off that. I’ve noticed that electrical switches were made far more reliable 30+ years ago. Those used parts are rarely if ever worn out. Modern day switches from all the major manufacturers are designed to fail and are another profit center of dealerships. These days almost every part that is routinely used is not of sufficient quality to be used every day past 5 years thus just outside of warranty coverage.

Only certain shops still turn rotors these days so those parts are meant to be bought new now and the hope is the life expectancy is as good or better than original.

Another terrible scam is the pollution control system on the newer cars. If your car is over 10 years old or has been routinely filled to overflowing then your evap canister is going to need to be replaced. Many times this is located where it is so labor intensive to get to that the labor charge is extremely expensive. I’m working on this now in which the labor charge is $600 and the parts are another $600. I got the parts used from the junk yard at a you can pull it place for $20. The shop quoted me the $1200 based upon replacing the entire system since the diagnostic cost on each part would have run into much more than some of the parts can be bought new. The most expensive part is the charcoal canister which is $500 alone new. I have a used one I can try and if bad I can open it up and replace the activated charcoal for $5 and the fiber filter sheet for another $5 and have enough to rebuild both canisters.

Drive components seem to be good quality if bought from the dealer or same part from same manufacturer through a large chain auto part store.

These days the best way to go if you have the time is to buy over the Internet from suppliers or clubs devoted to a particular car. I have two cars that have $13 oil filters everywhere from different manufacturers. I was able to get the OE oil filter for $2 and similar savings for the fuel, cabin, and air filters too. Stocked up on at least a 100K supply for each car and that is with replacing the oil filter at half the recommended mileage interval. One your car has been updated twice the dealers and manufacturers begin to heavily discount all parts to free up space in the warehouse for more profitable parts so you can get great deals even on wear items after 10 or 15 years. If the car wasn’t a popular model then you will have to work at it but these days that is what the Internet does anyway though shipping costs are involved.

Auto parts stores can have questionable quality but usually great warranty.
NOS is the right part by the right manufacturer at the OE quality.
Used parts are a gamble with or without warranty but if from a you pull it yard you get to practice on their vehicle before yours!

Good luck.

So thats why he speaks to the people rather than drone on and on like Hildabeast reading off the teleprompter faking a laugh, giving a sly smile and pause on cue, while boring the 10 people forced to attend her rally.

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Thats nothing compared to Dh. $tankenstein!

nittany ram wrote:

Zooey wrote:

See that Donna Brazile fed Clinton a debate question prior to a March debate with Bernie?

Later she becomes DNC chair to replace Wasserman Schultz. What a shock. So the DNC chair is nakedly favoring Clinton, so she gets replaced…with a nakedly pro-Clinton person. That’s how that problem was corrected.

I dunno. On Facepalm right now, I see lots of former Bernie supporters brainwashing themselves into Clinton supporters, and it makes me sad. Let’s not forget who and what she is, people.

Voting for Clinton doesn’t make you a supporter. It could mean you’re just more afraid of the alternative. I plan to vote for Clinton and I know exactly who she is. I think a lot of other people voting for her do too. I know a lot of people who are voting for Clinton but only a few of them like her. It’s just that the alternative is worse. Heck, protecting reproductive rights for women alone makes her a better choice.

Then vote for that duplicitous, corrupt, lying, treasonous WARMONGERING Hildabeast!

nittany ram wrote:

bnw wrote:

I know barn swallows well. They do like nesting under bridges but only where there is water and a large open area. They fly throughout the 100 feet above the ground and also fly extremely low within a few inches of the ground and fly into each other which I doubt the study takes into account. They also sometimes sit in the road. Amazing aerial maneuvers they perform throughout their ceiling.

When I was but a wee lad we had barn swallows nesting under our rain gutters (or spouting as we used to say in central PA) for a few years. The nesting pair would mercilessly dive bomb our cat. She was a beautiful calico named Mitty who was under constant attack from the moment she stepped outside until she got about 50 – 75 feet from the house. They didn’t attack people so much but our cat was always a target.

They can be very aggressive at times. They frequently fly directly at me then turn within a few feet of me. The wind off their wings when they make their turn is a bit unsettling. When they are in a large swarm (easily 100 or more birds) they can come at you from any direction too. To think of all the energy expended eating very small insects it doesn’t seem to be enough food given the exertion. Beautiful birds though.

Zooey wrote:

And the dupes believe that paying carbon taxes will fix the fraud rather than expand the fraud.

“climate science”

Is that what they’re calling it now?
Let’s see, from
global warming to
man made global warming to
climate change to
climate science.

Won’t they ever learn the more the unadulterated (not fraudulent) data disproves their claims renaming the nonexistent problem again and again doesn’t fool anyone. People in Appalachia and throughout this nation are smarter than given credit for by the inquisitive carpetbagger film maker or so called journalist making their every couple decades or so excursion into flyover land.

I watched the 2nd half of the Saints win against the Seahawks. It was worth it.

Winnbrad wrote:

Our offense got better and we lost all three games.

I want the offense to suck, again.

Flawless logic.

The desperation is gratifying. After decades of having it their way their hubris has shackled them to a most corrupt hyper Nixonian and truly nasty untrustworthy candidate in Hildabeast the WARMONGER. Whether the democrats steal the election or certainly not from their lack of trying, time to drain that swamp! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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It is sad the actions of so many paid agitators before him was used against him. At least he was able to deliver his message to the campaign that read in part-

The note Cary wanted to deliver was an eight-page document that emphasized that he was against both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and President Obama: “I have to get ready to come to Kinston,” it read in part. “Donald I am not including everything. But you must defeat lying Hillary and lying Obama. These characters are bad really bad.”