Kevin Meyer

724 posts

Kevin Meyer

Kevin Meyer

@KevRMeyer

Trying to get by without shoving

Wyoming, USA Katılım Kasım 2017
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Miles Commodore
Miles Commodore@miles_commodore·
Every once in a while I walk into a room and say “Hey, where the white women at” and there’s always someone who doesn’t get it.
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Eric Alper 🎧
Eric Alper 🎧@ThatEricAlper·
Without naming the city where you were born, what is that city famous for?
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Dan Patrick Show
Dan Patrick Show@dpshow·
After 6,766 shows, Friday will be Seton's final day on the radio show. "I'm not walking out the door... I'm, sort of, building a new room on this house." – @HiMyNameIsSeton
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Ron wright
Ron wright@ronsterd89·
Best cowboy movie of all time, but it can't be Young guns....
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Casey Kimbrell
Casey Kimbrell@CBKimbrell·
How worn out do you let your boots get before you're too embarrassed to wear them?
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Mila Joy
Mila Joy@Milajoy·
When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s no one saw color. We were all just Americans. Why did that change?
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Bjesse1
Bjesse1@sceptic100·
I'd get rid of my neighbor.
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LadyValor
LadyValor@lady_valor_07·
First thought when you see this?
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Clay scott
Clay scott@scottwestacre·
Headed out to pasture. Lost a calf this morning so will try to graft this gal onto a new mom. - haven’t had lots of success but it’s better than 50/50
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Dirt Turner
Dirt Turner@DirtTurner·
A guy told me that if you rub BBQ sauce on a cow's nose and all over a foster calf, you can get her to take it easily. I'll try anything once.
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Robbie Walker
Robbie Walker@robbie71w·
My uncle in Nevada is trying to sell me his small shorthorn herd at a deep, deep discount. It’s my grandfather’s genetics, he was on the Shorthorn Association board. I just have NO FEED or pasture available to me. I’m kinda sad I can’t keep these fine boned things
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Thrilla the Gorilla
Thrilla the Gorilla@ThrillaRilla369·
Do all 50-year-olds wake up at 5 a.m.?
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Three Year Letterman
Three Year Letterman@3YearLetterman·
I just had a very disturbing Good Friday encounter with an ICE agent at the airport As I was going through security, an ICE agent asked me for my ID. I told him this isn’t Soviet Russia and that the only citizenship papers I planned to show him were the Declaration of Independence “Sir, I’m just asking for ID, not proof of citizenship,” he said. “Today is the anniversary of Jesus’s resurrection,” I replied. “He was an American. Would you have asked to see his papers too? Would the scars on his hands not have been enough for you?” He was stunned silent. I strode past him without showing my ID and went through the metal detector I received a standing ovation
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The Real Mike Rowe
The Real Mike Rowe@mikeroweworks·
I want to apologize for not responding to any of the 22 thousand comments my last post inspired. I’ve been filming all week and just noticed my observations about Jimmy Kimmel and a former plumber named Markwayne Mullin have gone viral. I've also noticed that many of the comments are from people who genuinely seem to believe that Jimmy wasn’t belittling plumbers at all, but was instead, simply trying to point out that Mullin is not qualified to lead the DHS. Here's a small smattering... Roger Bicknell... Mikey stop. Kimmel wasn't making fun of plumbers he was making fun of Mullin. Rebecca Piatt Gonzalez... Dearest Mike, it's not anything to do with his being a plumber. It's him NOT being skilled in Homeland Security. Patrick Wise... Being a plumber qualifies you to be a plumber. Period. The issue Jimmy and the rest of us at the adult table recognize is that jobs require certain training and experience and being a plumber does not qualify you to be Sec of DHS. Had Roger, Rebecca, Patrick and all the others who rushed to Jimmy’s Kimmel’s defense actually read what I had written, they would see that I did not suggest - even remotely - that a plumber was inherently qualified to hold a cabinet position. What I said was that being a plumber should not disqualify a person from holding such a position. Big difference. Doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, fireman, and university professors are no more or less qualified to run the DHS than plumbers, electricians, or carpenters – but should they all be dismissed as “unqualified” simply because they made a living in some other vocation? As I wrote in my original post, credentials and diplomas are great ways to bolster a person’s credibility, especially if we’re talking about mastering a specific skill. I think we can all agree that plumbers, accountants, mechanics, and surgeons should all have to prove themselves competent before hanging out a shingle. But what do their credentials and diplomas have to do with their actual competency? Are we not already surrounded by a legion of perfectly qualified experts who don't know what the hell they're doing? Moreover, what do credentials and experience have to do with wisdom, honesty, common sense, integrity, courage, the ability to lead, or any other virtue we’d like to have in our elected officials? There are plenty of legitimate reasons to question Mullin’s suitability for this role. But there’s no legitimate reason to disqualify him simply because he used to be a plumber. Just as there was no legitimate reason to dismiss AOC because she used to tend bar. As for the joke itself, here’s an honest question. If Senator Mullin was a retired doctor instead of a retired plumber, do you believe he would have would made the same joke? Roger, Rebecca, Patrick...be honest. Do you really think Jimmy would have said to his audience, "So, now we have a DOCTOR in charge of protecting us from terrorism? Hey – it worked for Dr. Suess – maybe it’ll work for Markwayne!" Personally, I don't. Not in a million years. Why? Because no one would have found it funny, that’s why. Even though doctors are no more “qualified” to protect us from terrorists than plumbers are, Jimmy knows that doctors are widely respected in society, and that plumbers are not. He knows that medical degrees and doctorates are aspirational credentials, whereas plumbing certificates are not. The entire premise of his joke was based on a personal bias that he knew his audience shared – a bias that presupposes plumbers are uneducated, one-dimensional workers who never made it to college, and are therefore "unqualified" to do anything but plumb. Jimmy is entitled to his opinion, along with anyone else who believes that Mullin is unqualified to lead the DHS. The Constitution, however, says otherwise, and so does the Senate. Likewise, reasonable people can disagree as to what is funny and what isn’t. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. What I do care about, is the extraordinary shortage of plumbers and electricians our country is facing, and the longstanding stigmas and stereotypes that continue to discourage people from considering a lucrative career in the skilled trades. Jimmy’s joke – and his audience’s reaction to it – is proof positive that those stigmas and stereotypes are alive and well. PS. We have a lot of money set aside to help train the next generation of plumbers. Apply for a scholarship at mikeroweworks.org Who knows? Could be the first step on your road to President..
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Miles Commodore
Miles Commodore@miles_commodore·
I really don’t want to have to block anyone, but if this picture is unfamiliar to you we have a real problem.
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