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   Mike LaRoche

   @MikeLaRoche

   2:17 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   He’s a fellow native of South Texas. How about that?

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   AchillesLastand

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   2:43 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   Wow. Just wow.

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   Jim Beck

   @JimBeck

   4:31 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   Thanks Melissa.

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   Mike LaRoche

   @MikeLaRoche

   4:35 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   I’m guessing he’s from the Rio Grande Valley.  I’m originally from Laredo, which is upriver from the RGV.

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   JcTPatriot

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   4:45 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   Thank you, Stupendous Melissa. Actually, as far as accepting people, I think Texas is one up on California. And we don’t tax our people into the poor house. Excessive taxation is racism, and every other kind of -ism.

   If you want to know what Ricochet would be like without Mods, read the comments at the end. I’d rather you didn’t read them, but if you want to know, do it.

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   Steve C.

   @user_531302

   7:43 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   So, now it can be decoded…

   He is a Marine ?

   He is a tanker ?

   Hence, the nom de guerre

   

   ? cease fire

    

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   Kay of MT

   @KayofMT

   7:46 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 19, 2017

   JcTPatriot (View Comment):
   Thank you, Stupendous Melissa. Actually, as far as accepting people, I think Texas is one up on California. And we don’t tax our people into the poor house. Excessive taxation is racism, and every other kind of -ism.

   If you want to know what Ricochet would be like without Mods, read the comments at the end. I’d rather you didn’t read them, but if you want to know, do it.

   I read the first 3 comments and they were good, so quit reading them while I was ahead. Excellent article Melissa, and Sabo, love his art BTW.

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   Columbo

   @Columbo

   4:18 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 20, 2017

   3am I find myself working on posters in town, I step over a young black man. He looks fit as [redacted], like he was born in the gym. Then he looks at me with these blood red eyes, a rat’s nest for hair, he’s not there, no ones home, his body crumpled in a dirty corner. My blood boils, I seeth inside. The democrats did this, hip hop did this, the drug culture did this, all the sh*t that’s been poured into this poor kids head from Hollywood did this. I seeth. No matter what anyone thinks about me I know there is a huge spot in my heart for the black community. I want to see it get better, but that wont happen until first it divorces itself from a political party who’s hell bent on creating people who are dependent on them.

   That’s righteous. That’s real. That’s passion. That is truth.

   I would love to see Sabo on a Presidential Commission to truly make the ‘black community’ better. One that has more folks like the black man on the tractor of Sabo’s youth, than the young man crumpled up in a dirty corner of Sabo’s adulthood.

   Somehow, I think Sabo and our President see exactly eye to eye on this issue.

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   Dave Sussman

   @DaveSussman

   3:31 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 20, 2017

   Sabo is brilliant. One of the smartest guys in the room.

    

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    Phil Turmel

    @PhilTurmel

    6:32 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 20, 2017

    Wow!  Love his art. Love this essay.  Truths that need saying.

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    drlorentz

    @drlorentz

    

    11:17 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 21, 2017

    Melissa Praemonitus: This piece cannot be reprinted here, because it contains Forbidden Language

    Yes, I noticed that Sabo made frequent use of the word ‘never.’  Shocking.

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    Cato Rand

    @CatoRand

    11:25 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 21, 2017

    All I can say is “Chris Rock for Senate.”

     

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    Boss Mongo

    @BossMongo

    12:12 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 21, 2017

    Outstanding.  Thank you.

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    Steven Seward

    @StevenSeward

    2:02 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 22, 2017

    And I thought all artists were sensitive effeminate people with a leftist ideology and pretentious linguistic skills!