In the 1990s, Trump made headlines for lobbying the New York State legislature to ban disabled veterans from working as street vendors around Trump Tower. “Do we allow Fifth Avenue, one of the world’s finest and most luxurious shopping districts, to be turned into an outdoor flea market, clogging and seriously downgrading the area?” he wrote to a state assemblyman. Thirteen years later, he appealed again to then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “Whether they are veterans or not,” he wrote, “[the vendors] should not be allowed to sell on this most important and prestigious shopping street.”
On behalf of my father and grandfather (both of whom served):
I got a DD from the Civil Air Patrol. Really. I got busted for possession, and they considered that to be outside the boundaries of polite Cadet society. About the same time, our Colonel's son got busted for not only possession, but possession for sale. He got promoted to Master Sergeant. I learned a valuable life lesson.
|I dunno, these kids today…..|
[What's the matter with 'em?]
I think they fucked-up weejee's pic below.
Yeah, I can't see it either.
In other news…<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DOXd9EkWsAA-sBq.jpg"/>
Why, yes, I did miss Wonkville until tonight because I phone banked for Doug Jones–thanks for asking.
#FFS
On behalf of my father and grandfather (both of whom served):
OH, FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
Not I. I had
bone spursa demolished knee.Won't that depress him more?
Yes
This one's pretty good too, particularly since its author died in the Great War.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulc…
Here I am getting my commission after Officer Training School in San Antonio: <img src="http://i68.tinypic.com/23kp1uh.jpg">
I got a DD from the Civil Air Patrol. Really. I got busted for possession, and they considered that to be outside the boundaries of polite Cadet society. About the same time, our Colonel's son got busted for not only possession, but possession for sale. He got promoted to Master Sergeant. I learned a valuable life lesson.
They act as ailerons.
Don't wanna get clamidia.
OUCH…sending an internet hug your way.