mirkwood

I had a Nolan Ryan rookie card as a kid. I threw it (and a lot of others) away before I knew about collectibles.

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” “And what I mean by that is, it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” ~ Rahm Emanuel, 2008

I'm going to cut you a great deal of slack for your comment because my post was not even intended for this forum, I was discussing a different thread in a different place and accidentally posted in this thread. As for this part, my comment has zero to do with feelings.

We have the same issue with getting people to accept callings.

We get to speak a lot more often these days. We have about 100-120 actively attending Sacrament Meeting. About half refuse to give talks or say prayers.

I have documented gang members. There is a specific set of criteria we use to do so and from what I have seen online/in the news, he meets the criteria to be a documented gang member.

You might consider the youtube channel: Women & Priesthood hosted by Rachael (can't remember her last name.) She is an active faithful LDS woman who has some interesting videos on these topics. I have not watched them all but the ones I have watched ring true/positive.

lol...still not outnumbered.

I've heard the rumors too. Always a friend of a friend (of a friend...)

Houston vs. Florida. Go Big XII

I have to shake my head and laugh at some of the things you say... The total number of gang members do not outnumber the total number of the US military or law enforcement. There are approximately 700,000 gang members in the US. There are approximately 1.2 million police officers in the US. There are approximately 2 million members of the military in the US. Now add in the retired members of both the military and law enforcement who are still capable of operating. Yeah, gangs would die in droves. The violent left would die in droves. VERY few of those gang members have any sort of firearms or tactical skills. Most of them hate each other so most of them will not work together...for any reason. Next point, see @NeuroTypical's comment above about AOC and Pelosi and gangs.

@JohnsonJones the violent political left is quite small. Very few of them have any training or skill. The violent left kicks something significant off and they will die in droves. If you think otherwise you are quite naive.

That crowd would die off extremely quickly.

Purdue is out. Go Houston.

I'll let him speak for himself on what he meant. I think he meant that there are negative things in this world. I did not see a denial of good things on his part, which you seem to be implying. Go to the third world and you will find plenty of what he was describing, leading me to reject your rejection.