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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn Lake Travis, I wonder if, when asked if maybe he should slow down since small craft were being
swamped, the driver of one of th 40 footers sneered "Let them eat wake!"
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On Lake Travis, I wonder if, when asked if maybe he should slow down since small craft were being (Original Post)
Atticus
Sep 2020
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Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)1. Then again, the little tRumpers were in a No Woke zone
n/t
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. It's possible
These nitwits are a near perfect microcosm of Republican philosophy where the bigger boats swamp the smaller ones in a show of force, power, and cruelty. Far be it from me to interrupt them while they're making a mistake, but wouldn't their flotilla be more impressive with a stately procession of their watercraft rather than a noisy, dangerous, exhibition of their shortcomings?
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)3. Nah, that would be WAY BEYOND their level of irony or knowledge of history.
More like GIIMME ANOTHER JACK DANIELS AND COKE!
Atticus
(15,124 posts)4. I think most of those guys are "Jack and Squirt" types.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)5. That explains all the white foam on the tragic Lake Travis waves
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)6. Sorry fellas, McConnell says no more bailouts.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)7. I have a 40 ft Silverton and I know not to push it around small craft.
...and if I passed a smaller craft with a Trump flag, as tempted as I might be, I'd walk it by them - flipping them the bird.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)9. There is no hand signal so eloquent as the "universal gesture of disdain." nt
Chainfire
(17,536 posts)8. Standard Republican mindset:
Fuck the guys smaller than me.