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06/21/18 11:31 AM #272    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

   

 

 

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Melania traveled to McAllen,TX, visited Lutheran Social Services which houses fifty-five 12 -17 year old boys, then boarded plane to return to D.C.

Melania's husband continues to exploit culture wars and to traffic in conspiracy theories.

An act of Trump created a catastrophic mess-- with no plan to reunite children with their parents. 

Donald Trump has done irreparable damage to the lives of 2300 children and their families.

 

 

 

 


06/21/18 11:01 PM #273    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

The politics of unempathy.                                              

          I

    REALLY

     DON'T

     CARE.

      DO U?

 

So many unanswered questions... like how easily are Border Patrol agents distracted from their work?

 

 

 

 


06/23/18 02:36 PM #274    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is facing backlash from her Tampa, FL high school classmates--

Hundreds of alumni sent an open letter and petition to Berkeley Preparatory School Headmaster Joseph Seivold:

The letter cites the school’s core values and creed: “Berkeley puts people in the world who make a positive difference, and use (their) privilege for good.”

“Given the facts at hand, we do not have faith in Secretary Nielsen to live the values of our alma mater or to make any decisions concerning outcomes for children at the border.”  

The alumni group says DHS Sec’y Nielsen has the power to halt the practice of separating children from their parents at the border but shifted the blame to Congress.  Recognizing it would be easy for the school to dismiss their request as disadvantageous to Berkeley, the letter states that “morality transcends respectability ... children are being removed from the protection of their parents ... by a graduate of our institution.”

“Today, we respectfully request that you condemn the policies causing the separation of children from their families at the US-Mexico border, implemented and enforced by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Class of 1990.”

Berkeley Prep publicly congratulated Nielsen when she was confirmed as DHS Sec’y, but has declined “to take a position on non-education-related governmental policy or action.”

 

 


06/24/18 12:16 AM #275    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

They told me I was gullible...  and I believed them.  

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.  

Two can live as cheaply as one...  for half as long.  

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.  

One nice thing about egotists: They don’t talk about other people.  

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.  

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.  

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?  

I used to be indecisive... Now I’m not sure.  

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?  

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I’ll show you a man who can’t get his pants off.  

 


06/24/18 11:30 AM #276    

 

Beverlee Ann Arpan (Marshall)

My password is the last 8 digits of pi.

Hyphenated. Non-hyphenated.  That's irony.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it will always be stationery.

You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

The batteries were given out free of charge.

A dentist and a manicurist married.  They fought tooth and nail.

Alice Algae and Freddie Fungus took a lichen to each other.  They got married, but he took her for granite and now their relationship is on the rocks.

A will is a dead giveaway.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

Police were summoned to a daycare center where a 3 year old was resisting a rest.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it's just two tired.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

He had a photographic memory, which was never developed.

When she saw her first strands of grey hair she thought she'd dye.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.  That's the point of it.

A guy tells his psychiatrist, " I'm a teepee; I'm a wigwam." The psychiatrist says, " you're too tense."

Who's guilty here?  A wife is dreaming in bed.  She suddenly wakes up and shouts, "quick, my husband is home!"  Her husband wakes up and jumps out of the window!

To find a person's true character, play golf with them.

 

Laugh when you can.  It's cheap medicine and is more effective than anything you can buy. 

 


06/24/18 09:43 PM #277    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

It’s well worth repeating: “If you want to know a person’s true character, play golf with them.”  

Congratulations, DK.

(I’m not even sure where I first saw your news.  Please post it here too.)

 


06/24/18 11:07 PM #278    

 

Donald Henry Kuehn

Okay.

I played in the Kansas Stroke Play Championship (aka. The Railer) this weekend. In the Senior Division (over 50) I had rounds of 66, 69 and 71 = 206 or ten under par. I won the division by a whopping 14 shots! And by-the-way, that means I shot my age or better each day. This makes me the oldest champion, by the widest margin of victory and with the lowest score relative to par in this event’s history. Add this to my 3 Kansas Senior Amateur titles, 2 Senior Match play championships, 2 Senior 4-ball titles and 3 Senior Player of the Year awards.

Newton, KS is one of the largest remaining rail hubs in the country. That’s why the trophy has the locomotive theme and why the event is called “The Railer”.

Now, back to our regular program...

DK


06/25/18 05:47 AM #279    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Wow! Congratulations again, DK.

You are our class champ!

a great time to talk g o l f.

 


06/25/18 08:14 AM #280    

 

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

Wow! A real champion! Congratulations, Don.

06/25/18 02:16 PM #281    

 

Paul Richard Hain

Nice work, Don.  It's great when one of us "geezers" one-up the whipper-snappers.  yesyes

Bev, humor is a great healer.  I'm struggling with the last six letters in pi?  I can only find two!

Both of you have added refreshing posts today.  Thanks!

 


06/25/18 02:46 PM #282    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

U.S. Presidents play an outsize cultural role.  

Trump chooses to be bully-in-chief...

not someone to play golf with.  

Wish I could write an “Ode to DK”--

There once was a golfer, DK

Who really was able to play,

He took the prize

for all the “old guys”

What more is there to say?  

 


06/25/18 03:57 PM #283    

 

Beverlee Ann Arpan (Marshall)

WOW Don!  Such a talent! Golf is a passion for many of us, but you’ve taken it to new heights.  You’ve got many new Niles West 64 fans, of which I am one.  We’re so proud of you!  Keep it up, and let us know if any of the tournaments you’re in are televised.

Paul,   Make that the last 6 digits of pi.

 


06/25/18 04:46 PM #284    

 

Ronald I. Zager

Nice going, Don.  Like a fine wine you just get better with age (and lots of practice?).  Keep swinging and avoid injury--the bane of all us geezers who still participate in sports.

3.14159265358979...my Social security number is in there somewhere, as is all of yours, but NOT the last nine digits.

Happy summer,

Ron


06/26/18 08:10 AM #285    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

“We don’t come back from that,” says Donald Trump.  

It’s going to be a long time coming back from Trumpism-- Trump is both a symptom and a product of deep problems in the U.S.  

The U.S. is a diminished nation under Trump.

Elections alone lead to majoritarianism...

Democracy is dependent on the Rule of Law.

Trump may thrive on chaos, the world as a whole doesn’t seem to.

 


06/26/18 12:38 PM #286    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

DK, I am so grateful you shared your photo and achievement on the Forum.  Your steadfastness manifests itself on the Forum as well as in your golf game.  Seeing the green of the fairway and the swing of your iron are always a welcome sight.  

 


06/26/18 02:48 PM #287    

 

Roger C. Kaage

Don, well done!  Those of us who have moved up to the forward tees salute you.

How about an old memory:  you singing "Duke of Earl" in gym class. "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl...."


06/27/18 02:51 AM #288    

 

Jacqueline Brandt (Duclos)

Steve, thinking of you in regards the Thai football team that are missing in the caves.

Chaing rai isn’t too far from you no ? My thoughts with their families


06/27/18 12:30 PM #289    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Why does Trump continue to embrace Putin?  

Robert Mueller knows.  

 


06/28/18 10:56 AM #290    

 

Paul Richard Hain

Janis,

Just a guess, but maybe Trump sees a national value in a relationship with Putin like Barack Obama did when he was overheard on an open microphone telling Russian President Medveded that after the election,he would have more flexibility to deal with Putin?  It's hard to judge either president's motivation.  


06/28/18 11:36 AM #291    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Paul,

If Obama made a mistake it was hoping the Russians could be trusted.  Obama valued our relationship with our allies and reached out to broaden the circle (there was his motive)(and he was greatly criticised for reaching out to our adversaries).

Trump is unfaithful to our allies-- he apparently has personal objectives with Russia.

Wish I could understand why nothing shakes your confidence in Trump... we are growing an anti-democratic authoritarian state where checks and balances are eroding*--

Our legislature is completely subservient to Trump, and he is packing the judicial system.

Trump's populist movement is phony... lots of promises to gain the adoration of people he's giving the short shrift.

We pride ourselves in being a government of, by, and for the people; yet we watch our president transforming our government to be of, by, and for big corporations.

*Fascism doesn’t spring fully formed-- it sort of grows upon a society.

 

 


07/01/18 05:08 PM #292    

 

Paul Richard Hain

Janis,

Trump won in 2016.  Hillary lost.  Why can't the losers accept that?  I believe it was you who wrote on the forum several years ago that when your father's presidential candidate lost, he vowed to support the new president.  

The name-calling, hateful comments (not your's), "collusion" investigation, attempts to stop free speech on campuses and Maxine Waters inciting street mobs to surround and shout at cabinet members need to stop.  What kind of people have we become, if we condone this kind of behavior?  These are far more egregious than Trump's words, tweets and behavior, which aren't always the best, I will admit.  But, he is the president and Progressives should follow your father's advice, respect the office and the man who is in it and vote against him when you get the next chance.  That's what a civil society is all about.  Why can't the Democrat Party behave with civility without the vile name-calling?


07/01/18 07:42 PM #293    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Paul,

I cannot speak for my father, but I believe he too would have abhorred Trump’s anti-democratic authoritarianism.  My dad believed in checks and balances, and in our western alliances; he believed in democratic principles.  It would have been difficult for my dad but I believe he would have denounced Trump and left the Republican Party.  Never in his imagination could America have elected Donald Trump U.S. President; the Republican Party has become a clear and present danger to the country.  No longer is it the Party of Lincoln.

What kind of people have we become?  

Trump was the catalyst for the lack of civility we endure.  Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan will go down in infamy for their lack of character and their lack of commitment to the U.S. Constitution and the United States of America.  McConnell for sure lacks civility in his role as majority leader.  

Kaiser confirms were it not for Trump/GOP sabotage, ACA rates would be flat or dropping next year.  

Read back over my multitude of posts to know why I oppose Trump.  I accept there are political differences that divide you and me.  So be it.

The legendary Hank Aaron, responding specifically about championship teams deciding not to visit the White House when invited by the president said, “There’s nobody there I want to see.  I can understand where the players are coming from.”  

We are living in dark (Trumpian) times.  

It’s a long road ahead, but we will get through it.

We need to get out the vote.  Ironically conservative voices say: “Voting for Democrats is the best option at this time.”

 

  


07/02/18 11:10 AM #294    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

MIRACLE  IN  THAILAND

Twelve boys and their soccer coach, trapped in the dark tunnels of the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system by a sudden and continuous downpour, have been found alive by an international rescue operation.  

The boys and their coach entered the cave June 23rd for a team outing. 

 


07/02/18 12:19 PM #295    

 

Nancy Doyle (Sudlow)

Such wonderful news from Thailand!

07/02/18 02:29 PM #296    

 

Janis Kliphardt (Emery)

Mission in Thailand is not yet accomplished.  

Crews worked above ground pumping flood water out of the cave to give rescuers better access to search passageways; pumping flood water continues until rescuers can evacuate the soccer team out of the cave-- worst case scenario: rescuers may have to dive the team - one by one - out of the cave to safety.

Time is critical: more torrential rain is expected.  

Time and planning is necessary to send medical staff who can dive inside the flooded cave system to check the health and movement and then stabilize team members before trying to bring them out.  

 


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