Bill Kesatie

Follower of Christ, lover of discussion (not argument), reasoned conservativism, #Desantis2028

[Bill Kesatie @Beowulfs_Kin]

@NosAngie 96

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@StevenErtelt High inflation and dividing America.

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@DerrickEvans4WV Daylight Savings Time is great. I love changing the clock twice a year. Don't change that.

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@GovPressOffice That may be the stupidest post I read all month, and it's only the fourth. That's quite an accomplishment, even for the Newsome press office.

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If I could vote in Minnesota, I would vote for Michele Tafoya.

Actually, given that the Democrats favor non-citizen voting, I wonder if I can vote there... 😏

[Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya]

People never expected this race to be close.

Now we’re surging—just one month before Election Day.

Minnesotans are seeing through the excuses. Peggy Flanagan is part of the problem, not the solution—and she can’t run from the record.

31 days. Every vote matters. Get registered. Make a plan. Vote.

Let’s make history in Minnesota.

[Bill Kesatie @Beowulfs_Kin]

@GeorgeEWade @funder No, they will appoint a younger version of Thomas who will be on the court for 40 more years ...

Yeah, that's actually a great idea! I'm on board. Impeach Thomas!!!

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@EaracheEye @funder Ah, yes, then the Republicans can pack the court, then the Democrats....

In a few years we'll have 45 justices.

Not a great plan.

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@TomTayon @NHAunleashed Done nothing? Wow, so all those liberals screaming about what Trump has done are screaming about nothing?

Someone should tell them.

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@rageinggranny @fors22425 @asmartbrunette1 Wow, that's about as arrogant as anything I've read recently. And it also fails to counter what Justin wrote. He was right, but you don't want to listen. That says way more about you than you imagine.

[Lori @lori_usaforever]

SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!

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@NosAngie -69

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@MarktMatts Yes, yes, yes. If we determine foreign policy by the level of temporary discomfort we endure, we will be the doormat for every tin pot dictator who can control his population long enough to outlast our pain.

[Ryan @Ryan_Parkerrr]

So $4.50 gas has made you angry? Fine. Answer these first.

Who drained the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

Who forced California’s two largest oil refineries to shut down?

Who canceled the Keystone XL pipeline on day one?

Why do blue states charge the highest gas taxes in the country?

Who spent years trying to kill Line 5 in Michigan?

That was the Democratic Party, and they said it was for climate change. The United States was energy-dominant at home until they piled on restrictions and rules. Don’t tell me a five-month war is the whole story.

[Hillbilly @JamesHu27192912]

I keep hearing people complain that gasoline is over $4.00 a gallon.

And yes, I'd love to see it at $2.00 again. But before we declare gasoline the most outrageously expensive liquid on Earth, let's put things in perspective.

For $4.00, I get a GALLON of gasoline. I pour it into a 4,000-pound machine, turn a key, and that gallon will haul me, my wife, the groceries, the golf clubs and half the junk in my trunk almost 30 miles down the highway.

That's actually a pretty impressive day's work for $4.00.

Now let's compare.

A restaurant sells me a 5-ounce glass of wine for $9. That's about $230 a gallon. And how far does it transport me?

Usually from the dinner table to the men's room.

A fancy coffee shop can charge $6 for a 16-ounce latte. That's $48 a gallon. It doesn't transport me 30 miles. It transports me from "Leave me alone" to "Okay, now you may speak."

Bottled water at a convenience store might be $2.50 for 20 ounces. That's $16 a gallon, for something that occasionally falls out of the sky FOR FREE.

A 12-ounce energy drink at $3.50 works out to more than $37 a gallon. Apparently caffeine becomes a precious mineral once you put lightning bolts on the can.

Buy one of those little 2-ounce bottles of "energy shot" for $3. That's $192 a gallon. At that price, it shouldn't give me energy. It should mow my lawn.

Maple syrup at $8 for a 12-ounce bottle? About $85 a gallon. And its principal technological achievement is making pancakes sticky.

Vanilla extract at $6 for two ounces? That's $384 a gallon. For $384, I expect the vanilla bean to come to my house and bake the cookies.

Printer ink can cost thousands of dollars per gallon. And unlike gasoline, it sometimes refuses to come out because the printer has decided cyan is low.

Even that $9 glass of wine deserves another look. At roughly $230 a gallon, filling a typical 15-gallon gas tank with restaurant wine would cost about $3,450.

Of course, after drinking 15 gallons of wine, transportation would no longer be your biggest concern.

So yes, $4.00 gasoline is expensive.

But it's also a remarkable bargain when you think about what you're buying. You're purchasing enough concentrated energy to push several thousand pounds of steel, glass, groceries and humanity nearly 30 miles.

Meanwhile, we'll cheerfully pay $6 for coffee, $9 for wine and $3 for water, then stand at the gas pump staring at the numbers like we're watching the national debt clock.

Maybe gasoline doesn't need better pricing.

Maybe it just needs a fancier name.

"Handcrafted Premium Petroleum, locally pumped, small-batch refined, with subtle notes of octane and dinosaur."

Put it in a 12-ounce artisan bottle and charge $14.

We'll line up around the block.

[Bill Kesatie @Beowulfs_Kin]

@FoxNews She's just speaking her level of understanding. The problem is that she has a 2nd grade level of understanding of most issues.

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@LoneStar_PAC I don't want to be treated like a kindergartener. I would rather you be treated like another failed politician.

[PastWatchfulDragons @JKohmJr]

Peak masculinity…

[Mark Davis @MarkDavis]

Thinking of everyone tonight who kissed a loved one for the last time 25 years ago. Cherish every day, and pray for our great nation.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

After arguing for years there were six genders, James Talarico now says men shouldn’t be able to play women’s sports. He’s a total fraud, Texans. Don’t be fooled by him disavowing everything he said on this issue in the past.

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@jamestalarico Thanks for the list. Now I have a list of Republicans who have incredibly poor judgment. 👍