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The Wizard

(12,482 posts)
53. The man is a decorated combat vet
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:11 AM
Oct 2020

Those credentials carry extra weight that can't be had any other way. He never claimed to have extra rights, but said he did something most haven't that required extraordinary sacrifice and thus deserves the protection of the government that put him in harm's way defending our First Amendment right to free expression. We defended that right to apply to all. We're not suckers and losers as Donald Trump is wont to say. We're Democrats who believe we defended Constitutional guarantees for all people.

Puts me in mind of a guy I once knew who got tired of people running over his mailbox. Girard442 Oct 2020 #1
Yup. I was thinking of those tank-tread spikes - big four-spoked jacks guaranteed to stop erronis Oct 2020 #7
Ooooo! A jumbo caltrop! soldierant Oct 2020 #16
Where do you get some of those?? lastlib Oct 2020 #23
I was thinking about that, but would you want that guy stuck in your front yard? Towlie Oct 2020 #54
I did almost the exact same thing Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #14
Lived on a county road and kept losing mailboxes. ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #15
Our neighbor in a small town did that will a railroad track section csziggy Oct 2020 #25
Yep. warmfeet Oct 2020 #41
I'm more astonished SoCalNative Oct 2020 #2
Some people seem to have almost infinite patience. nt. Mariana Oct 2020 #5
Different source said Poull put the camera up after the 3rd time irisblue Oct 2020 #11
Message deleted by the DU Administrators orleans Oct 2020 #49
Build Back Better!! aeromanKC Oct 2020 #3
Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #18
I'm glad Mr. Poull was able to find out who was vandalizing his property. Mariana Oct 2020 #4
I think he may know what his rights are UpInArms Oct 2020 #6
All people have rights... Hulk Oct 2020 #9
Amen, Brother (or Sister) Vet COL Mustard Oct 2020 #22
It's a common expression lunatica Oct 2020 #12
You are right. nt reACTIONary Oct 2020 #20
The written words are often so lacking in clarity.... Hulk Oct 2020 #46
The man is a decorated combat vet The Wizard Oct 2020 #53
Correctly, I don't have any rights anyone else does not also have. I do have the private knowledge marble falls Oct 2020 #59
The Punisher vercetti2021 Oct 2020 #8
Two bronze stars and combat V greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #10
This. lastlib Oct 2020 #26
I think the police cited the wrong violations. TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #13
it begs to ask, onethatcares Oct 2020 #17
In my experience from red state world Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #29
in a nutshell onethatcares Oct 2020 #34
Snowman built on tree stump keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #19
Hahahahahahahah !!!! alittlelark Oct 2020 #45
The Hardest Thing To Wrap My Head Around modrepub Oct 2020 #21
yeah, I'm almost 63 and was too young to serve..... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #28
My Father "Volunteered" modrepub Oct 2020 #35
The kind that were drafted Traildogbob Oct 2020 #37
I doubt many zoomer's knows that .... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #44
Spot on post. Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #38
My dad was in country 1968-9. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2020 #51
I'm 72, and sometimes I can't believe how old I am Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2020 #52
Republicans hate our vets Tom Rivers Oct 2020 #24
And how much you want to bet... WinstonSmith4740 Oct 2020 #27
Seyfert will be the guy claiming louis-t Oct 2020 #30
I immediately thought of this clip from "Apocalypse Now": Moostache Oct 2020 #31
And I hope Mr. Poull is actually awarded prevailing wages for all the damage repairs from the... WyattKansas Oct 2020 #32
True hero liberalgunwilltravel Oct 2020 #33
Wow.. I love successful stories like this.. Cha Oct 2020 #36
Tire shredders work too FakeNoose Oct 2020 #39
Ted Poull: Salute. You are the patriot, to all in this thread. Seyfart is a cowardly vandal. Done Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #40
Shouldn't mess with a Vet. Joinfortmill Oct 2020 #42
Honestly? If someone put up a huge trump sign next door to me... ailsagirl Oct 2020 #43
and you want everyone to know your neighbor is a Trumper DBoon Oct 2020 #47
heh heh ailsagirl Oct 2020 #50
K&R MustLoveBeagles Oct 2020 #48
This is the enemy, folks. mwb970 Oct 2020 #55
per last line of this OP llashram Oct 2020 #56
Who indeed??? BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #57
"If I haven't earned the right to voice an opinion, then who in the hell has?" marble falls Oct 2020 #58
Throw the book at him! Walleye Oct 2020 #60
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