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Guerrilla warfare
Hillbilly wisdom: you can declare war and send massive troops, bomb the enemy and have overwhelming forces but you cannot force the enemy onto the battlefield. An escalation will only cause more ambushes, more sabotage, and more hit and run tactics. Better to let those persons assigned to the job… Read more.
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Historical lessons
Hillbilly version: Who really wants to know history. Do we learn from history or our mistakes? Think about that. History is old shit. It is a bunch of dead people which are by and large irrelevant to today. Do you think for example that the leaders from the past really… Read more.
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Hope springs eternal
Hillbilly version: “What do we know, hope, hope to know, or know to hope? The world appears confused. Lots of things are not as they were. This is not an attempt to explain the accuracy of such a subjective statement. The purpose of this endeavor is too question the trend… Read more.
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Hegseth has learned What?
Hillbilly version: thus far Sec. of War shows signs of learning. But there is room for improvement. On the positive side, he did not put his rebuke of the readiness of the armed services on the internet. He chose, instead, to bring a very large contingency from great distances to… Read more.
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Fishing lessons
Hillbilly version: Sometimes the lesson you learn is not the lesson being taught. Don’t fish. Let me explain. Everybody has a fishing story. Another true story. With added digressions that have little to do with the point but add to the story like seasoning in cooking. While Walmart shopping I… Read more.
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Children of Arkansas
Public school serving the children of Arkansas Hillbilly version: occasionally others say it better. I would defer to the words of Rich Shumate “Sanders pet project has become a voracious consumer of taxpayer dollars with more than 374 million spent in the first three years on a program that hasn’t,… Read more.
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No Tax on Home Sales Act H.R.4327
Hillbilly wisdom: every law favors someone and M. Greenes’ proposed HR4327 is no exception. Profit on home sales under the Clinton administration was untaxed subject to limits if the home owner held the property an extended time. At the time this IRS rule changed drove the housing market. Prices on… Read more.
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Dog sled politics
Hillbilly version: This is where I would site the person who told me this story if only I could remember who it was. Who can think this early in the morning. It’s barely 11:42 am. There are no deadlines in retirement. Even vacations have deadlines. It is the Agenda. You… Read more.
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Upon what do you Focus
Hillbilly wisdom: So! Why do I seem so angry. The snide remarks. The can’t just be happy. What the f**k is wrong? Look around. Nice toys. Climate control. Global warming and we are increasing our need for power. Always more. Plenty to eat, yes plenty. See that’s what I’m talking… Read more.
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Who I am
Hillbilly version: the transposition of two words (am and I) and the implied and subsequent meaning is drastic. Do you know Who I am implies first that you should know that I am important, I have achieved a level of accomplishment that is recognizable and an awareness that you might… Read more.
Open to Anything 