What you are missing is it's not about you. There are a lot of people right on this forum who would give their left nut to be in your position and all you do is whine.
Russia and Ukraine
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Actually I am doing just fine. I'm not whining. In fact my glass has never been half empty, it is always half full.
All I am trying to tell you is that most of us did even better a year and a half ago, especially at the gas pump.
Some of us are willing to praise the new administration for that as an achievement and some of us think that could have been handled a lot better.
You love the new administration, you think that the inflation is part of a bigger scheme to make things green and better and you are happy with that.
Good for you.
You keep missing the point. But I am done discussing this.
Zerks
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Some of the life sustaining systems are breaking down. The continuing growth of the world population creates its own unique set of issues and problems. Then, add to that mix the kind of people that are focused of gaining real estate and resources that don't belong to them and war breaks out. And that creates a whole other level of chaos and suffering that sets us even farther back to a time of
brutality between nations.
Yes me too.
Two types of people.
Those who have an opinion, are mature enough to debate it and are willing to change their opinion when they are presented with new information.
Then there are those who’s ego is more important than the truth. For them it is more important to be right, rather than what is right. There is no point in attempting a mature debate with these kind of folks.
President Biden’s approval rating drops to new low
Biden’s approval ratings mark a 3-point drop from the week before.
Most Americans don't like Biden's Ukraine response and worry about inflation
A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans give President Biden low marks for his handling of the war in Ukraine, and concerns about inflation are overshadowing positive news about the economy.
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The Memo: Biden in a bind as Ukraine crisis fails to pump up polls
President Biden is astride the world stage, charting a steady course on the Ukraine crisis — but it’s not doing him much good at home.Biden has largely done what he said he would regarding Ukraine,…
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TallTom
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If Trump would have made that statement, we'd have the likes of CNN & MSNBC discussing the sanity of a president suggesting we overthrow a foreign govt., for weeks about 15 hours a day.
Instead they quietly support a walk back. Man what a difference!
It's almost like Biden is goading Putin.
Yes me too.
Two types of people.
Those who have an opinion, are mature enough to debate it and are willing to change their opinion when they are presented with new information.
Then there are those who’s ego is more important than the truth. For them it is more important to be right, rather than what is right. There is no point in attempting a mature debate with these kind of folks.
President Biden’s approval rating drops to new low
Biden’s approval ratings mark a 3-point drop from the week before.www.al.com
Most Americans don't like Biden's Ukraine response and worry about inflation
A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans give President Biden low marks for his handling of the war in Ukraine, and concerns about inflation are overshadowing positive news about the economy.
The Memo: Biden in a bind as Ukraine crisis fails to pump up polls
President Biden is astride the world stage, charting a steady course on the Ukraine crisis — but it’s not doing him much good at home.Biden has largely done what he said he would regarding Ukraine,…
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Only the weak live by poll numbers and. Smart people are informed by polls not driven by them. And, I the futility of worrying about being popular in high school. Heck, I've been in many places where people resented me just being there at all because I was Black. That's how I came to the conclusion "I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not". See there, I quoted myself, not some arbitrary internet meme.
Anyway, the data clearly shows that Democratic presidents perform better as a group than republicans. The one thing republicans do well is run up the debt trying to increase the wealth gap and maintain feudal capitalism. It doesn't matter how many people realize that, those are the facts. Besides, Trump isn't a republican. He does not represent republican values (when they actually had values). If you were a true republican, believing in conservative values you would be supporting Liz Chenny. She is far-right leaning, very conservative, and has proven her commitment to her country and its constitution. She has the courage to realize sometimes everyone is wrong.
So I say again, man up.
This was our response to Putin throwing out the nuke threat (which was diplomatically way out of line). It is what Putin fears more even than a Nuke response. Putin is on eggshells right now at home and struggling to maintain control. Rhetorically, Biden pushing on the regime change button hits Putin where it stings. It also puts him in the category with Saddam, Khadafi, and Ayatollah Khomeini.
We will act like this was a mistake but I don't think it was. We were looking like we are scared of Putin, especially with Zelenskyy basically calling us pussies for not confronting Russia directly on the battlefield. Calling for Putin's removal is about as bold and in your face as it gets in terms of staring Putin down. After that statement by Biden, you can say a lot but us being afraid of Putin is not one of them.
So maybe this was a mistake but I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. Biden has always been direct about Putin, calling him a "killer", a "war criminal" and various things. We'll see if he has gone too far. This was no doubt a seriously bold move. Hopefully, we have intelligence of a credible threat to Putin's rule. I suspect we know Putin is planning to keep assembling the USSR beyond Ukraine.
I think we will know pretty soon if this was a brilliant move or Biden's first major mistake in this conflict. It could push an unstable Putin over the edge. Either way, that was one for the history books. I also hope we know who is likely to succeed Putin should he actually fall.
The sad thing is Putin seems to be much more popular in Russia than Biden is in the USA.
I know data is suspect and the Russians get fed controlled media. And numbers may not be realistic. But in a sense we see mainly what we see through Fox and CNN.
Look at all the available research on Putin’s popularity and you decide whether we really have an accurate perception of reality.
I saw the president of Ukraine demanding more arms and asking the west if they were scared of Moscow.....
After receiving millions upon millions of dollars of arms and equipment and NATO countries allowing citizens to join his "international brigade" one would think he'd be a little more grateful...
....and I guess the fact eludes him that NATO incursion directly engaging Russian troops in Ukraine would initiate WW3 where millions would definitely die...
After receiving millions upon millions of dollars of arms and equipment and NATO countries allowing citizens to join his "international brigade" one would think he'd be a little more grateful...
....and I guess the fact eludes him that NATO incursion directly engaging Russian troops in Ukraine would initiate WW3 where millions would definitely die...
You are correct. It's anybody's guess what's going on. But remember when the USSR fell NATO intelligence was caught completely by surprise. They had no clue it was coming.
Interesting perspective: We currently are about $14 billion into supporting Ukraine. Just to put that in perspective, in 2017 the most expensive storm in the US was $200+ billion. I don't know what that means, just thought it was interesting.
TallTom
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Zelinski is a better politician than Biden. With a fraction of the resources and a country being bombed to hell, he is doing a pretty good job at leading and being popular.
His military is doing amazing. Too bad the U. S. can't manage better in conflicts.
He is doing so largely due to Biden pulling NATO together and the US (and allies) sending military aid and he's still begging for more (I don't blame him for that BTW). Zelenskyy is a great leader no doubt but he would be a Russian without our support.
Biden made the political mistake of speaking the truth when he said that Putin "cannot remain in power". It's another slip up to add to his others, but this time it wasn't a senior moment; he was speaking from the heart and said something that almost the whole world agrees with.
TallTom
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I don't normally care a rats ass about the Oscars. But I do hope Sean Penn puts his Oscars up for smelting.
Too many people in Hollywood think they belong in Politics.
And think they should lead people by what they think, simply because they are Hollywood.
I did respect Sean Penn. But per usual they take things too far.
Smelt them dude.
Too many people in Hollywood think they belong in Politics.
And think they should lead people by what they think, simply because they are Hollywood.
I did respect Sean Penn. But per usual they take things too far.
Smelt them dude.
TallTom
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Some people are bright enough to not try and pick every word a person says and make a literal mission to tell us what they said.
I know Biden didn't say overthrow a government. I merely point out how the media won't spend days trying to say he did mean that. If Cheeto head would have said the exact same thing, he would be skewered for saying "overthrow" Putin.
He is a bit of an autocrat as well, it simply is in their heritage.
Long before the invasion, he banned a number of news agencies and TV stations, as he did not like their reporting.
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