This is an interesting article for your information and perusal. Just to clear the air: I’m a MAGA conservative, but that DOES NOT mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let’s break it down, because I’m tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler: not every conservative is the same, but most friends I know share these same principles. I believe in common sense. 1. I believe America should never depend on another country for energy, protection, or basic supply and demand. 2. I believe America must put itself first. 3. I believe America should stay out of endless foreign conflicts. 4. I believe no foreign aid should be given until every veteran at home is taken care of. 5. I believe immigrants make America stronger — only when they come legally to the United States. 6. You can marry who you want. 7. I believe men are men and women are women. 8. I believe schools are for education, not indoctrination. 9. I believe America is in a mental health crisis. 10. I believe guns aren’t the problem - people are. Gun control only infringes on constitutional rights. I’m a conservative because I believe in faith, family, freedom, and personal responsibility. I don’t want a government that controls every aspect of our lives - I want a government that protects our rights, secures our borders, defends our freedoms, and then gets out of the way. We are strongest when Americans take care of America first, when families are supported, when our veterans are honored, and when our children are given truth, not propaganda. I love this country, and I believe it’s worth fighting for. GOD BLESS the USA!!!!!!!!

From my experience, I believe men love woman differently than woman love men. Men require less emotional elements than a woman and, therefore, have a more straight forward and factual definition of love. Men show their love differently than woman. Many times woman don't feel loved when, in fact, they are loved very much. This is due to the way men love woman. Because of these differences, marriage can be difficult and require a lot of work to make it a successful marriage. Please let me know your thoughts and opinions on this difficult subject.

From my experience, all cell phone carriers are bad, a SCAM and charge unbelievable prices for their products and services. I was unhappy with Verizon because of their coverage and costs. Therefore, after some research, I switched to T-Mobile. The agent at T-Mobile had no idea how to transfer from Verizon to T-Mobile (Don't they do this all the time?). He had to call T-Mobile to get instructions on how to switch carriers. The cost for the same service I was getting from Verizon was about $20 less so that was good. Hopefully the coverage will be good nationwide. We shall see. Are other members satisfied with their cell phone carriers? Please provide comments. Thank you.

Alberta, Canada. Once the new premier passes Bill 1, a pipeline will bring Oil to the U.S. Alberta will be the next American territory. I won't be around to enjoy the outcome, but many of you will. Do your research, think about it and do what you will. Thanks

If one wishes to speak honestly of war—gentleman to gentleman—one must first relinquish sentimentality. The American Civil War was not pageantry. It was not noble spectacle. It was a national catastrophe of such magnitude that its scale still resists moral comprehension. Between 620,000 and 750,000 Americans perished. (US Civil War historians are now moving the number higher.) That is not a statistic—it is a demographic rupture. Roughly one in every forty Americans alive at the time died. Transposed onto the present day, this would mean eight million dead. No other American conflict approaches it. Not remotely. In fact, you can combine all other American war dead, and it still would not even approach the lives lost between 1861-1865. Two-thirds of these men did not fall heroically beneath musket fire. They rotted from disease—dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia—often in camps more lethal than the battlefield. They died alone vomiting or defecating upon themselves…unlike the glamour of Hollywood films. Many were scarcely more than boys. The average soldier was barely past adolescence, some as young as fifteen. Youth marched in with ideals and returned—if they returned at all—maimed, haunted, or hollowed beyond recognition. Over 60,000 amputations were performed! No antibiotics. Crude anesthesia – if any. A saw, speed, and prayer. Survival often depended not on courage, but on whether infection set in before nightfall. Men screamed until their voices gave out. Others bit leather or passed into shock. A gentleman’s bravery was not found in victory, but in endurance. On September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 23,000 men fell in a single day—the bloodiest day in American history. Regiments were erased. Cornfields ran red. Bodies lay in lines so dense one could cross a field without touching earth. The Battle of Gettysburg, of which is often hailed with one of the greatest speeches given in the English language, incurred 51,000 causalities. And yet—here is where restraint is required—this is not where the story ends.