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Originally Posted By xd341: they totally won't corrupt the system immediately so they can never lose an election again...no....never. That is a very serious point, that those even thinking about voting D, (or should I say DSA?) need to understand. If throwing a childish tantrum and deciding to "punish the R's" by voting in those imbeciles, is more important to you than the stability of our Country - the results will be catastrophic. The old saying -You can vote in Socialism, but you are not getting out of it, without a Gun - are appropriate here. Even if you only look at a single issue, "Open Borders" have been an absolute disaster for this Country. Seeing as how these are low fruit, entitlement "D" votes/voters, you can bet that the door/border will be flung wide open again as soon as the D/DSA come to power. That debacle has been one of the worst things to happen in/to our Country - in my lifetime. That alone, would be disastrous for the United States of America. Do you really want your children growing up, or being in, a 3rd World shit-hole? Really? Unfortunately, we are reaching the tipping point, where there are more "Entitlement Voter's," than those who have morals, ethics, pride, choose to work and improve not only their own situation, but that of our Country. It is a sad state of affairs. |
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Originally Posted By Lexington: If people didn't believe that Iran would nuke us or anyone else, you can bet they will nuke us the very first chance they get because of what we are doing to them now. That missile WILL fly if they ever make it. Which is why they can't make it. I've said this before, but I believe it bears repeating - I do not believe thing's will start (in the Nuclear sense) by a "missile flying." I believe that the far more likely scenario, is one similiar to "The Sum of All Fears," plotline. (If you have for some reason, not seen this film, you need to) It will be a low yield device - that will be smuggled into our Country via one of all the massive incoming Trans-World shipments that we receive daily. Yes, we have safeguards in place. Are they infallible? No - I do not believe that they are. We have to be right 100% of the time, every single time, every single day. "They" only have to get lucky - One Single Time. This "low tech" approach, to getting a weapon into this Country and subsequently detonating it, scares me far more than any incoming missile threat. Your View May Differ. |
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Originally Posted By Master_Blaster: Okay, they're insane. But if they vote the legislatures back to D control come the midterms, then what? Is name slinging going to fix anything? Managing things well enough to motivate voters to stay the course should've been in the calculus. I was all for finishing off the IRGC, but we paused a month into it & gave them enough room to survive. Why? It would appear that the administration's wasn't willing to do the needful. Why not continue to pound them until they surrender unconditionally? The people were all for it. It's looking like Vance, Gabbard, & Rubio were right to advise against getting into this. If nothing else, there's no stomach for it. Not really, anyway. No sane person sees a choice at all. I'm not telling you not to wish for better, or to demand more from our government. I'm saying being mad about broken promises is sane, voting for the current incarnation of democrats as some form of punishment or retribution because your mad, isn't a rational choice. You don't like that things aren't better, so you're voting to make them dramatically, catastrophically worse. Dems are all about lying this time around. I know that seems a little on the nose, but they are so radical now that even they recognize that the American voter won't go for it. So they are hiding the real goals from voters completely. They will run as moderates, and immediately change course after the election. And the goal is to never have to work for an election again, this whole republic thing is a giant PITA. Open borders, non citizen voting, mail in ballots, extended time lines and generous rules. All designed to stack the deck so hard that they can't lose, and therefor don't have any accountability....ever. A big part of that is taking the guns, because we aren't going to like what they have in mind. It's Ok to be angry at republicans, it's OK for people like us to disagree on things. But I don't want you dead because you disagree. One ideology wants to be left alone, one wants complete cultural and political domination. Only one of those is compatible with freedom and liberty. |
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Originally Posted By Primetime_1: We all dogpiled the Democrats for defending Biden when he was obviously asleep at the wheel. We have to get rid of Trump. For the Republican party to survive...this guy has to go. I say this as a self-professed non MAGA cult conservative. I actually am under 45 and have young kids. I don't care about Iran, "sorry your girl lost" or any of the other bullshit. This guy is going to run our country aground. We need to let everyone know that he doesn't represent most republicans *ETA- I AM a 3 time Trump voter....FDJT...I DIDN'T vote for this Can you link your threads from when xiden was asleep at the wheel? TIA |
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Originally Posted By SamuelAdams1776: Who? Christie, Pence? Maybe we can still get Romney or Jeb? I wish that we had better candidates. We don't. I think we have a better choice of potential candidates this time around, with Rubio, Vance, DeSantis, et al. (I also think that DeSantis with his proven track record in Florida, is a stronger candidate, this time around, not much was known about him at the time) I think the process, is going to be far more competitive this time, resulting in a better over-all candidate in the General Election. The three names I mentioned above - have far more of a track-record and experience to offer, than last time. That experience is a good thing, it is good for the Party and subsequently, us. I also believe that people are going to be paying more attention to, and involved in those very same Primaries - because they realize the importance of getting a strong candidate in the General Election. Competition is a good thing. I think it would be a disaster of epic proportions, for the DSA's (seemingly the majority of D's now) agenda to come to power in our Country. We can not survive another 4-8 years of "Open Borders" alone, much less the other priorities they will bring to the forefront. May God be with us. |
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Originally Posted By SimonPhoto: While I'm far from ecstatic about the Iran war handling, I do agree that it needed to be done. I'd rather it have been done *after* midterms, but I strongly suspect that there is good intel that they were close to assembling a nuclear weapon and we were rushed as a result. Everything else? Trump is Trump. I take him seriously but almost never literally, and start with the assumption that if it pisses off the left it has a good chance of being a distraction/feint anyhow. In my opinion, Trump's legacy isn't really knowable until Iran is resolved. I think he's going to end up coming out of this smelling like a rose overall, it's just going to take more time and economic pain than expected. Gun rights are going great. Ukraine is looking up. Our hemisphere is all but wrapped up with a bow on it. China is flirting with serious economic issues, and aren't in a strong position to handle it. The world is changing, and so is our role in it. Trump is doing an excellent job in positioning us to have a chokehold on the energy economy, and forcing Europe to take ownership of their own defense. Hell, we're making the Saudis handle their house, too. In short, a lot of things aren't where I wish they were, but we're on the right track for the first time in my adult life. Importantly, even if I disagreed with his aims, in the middle of it is not the time to change course. We must see this through, regardless of whatever rise happens. The last thing we want is an emboldened Iran that's seen as the regional power. It's worth a lot of expensive gas to prevent that. - Excellent post - |
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Originally Posted By urbanredneck: I voted for it. I voted for someone to deal with Iran. Unfortunately his timing was wrong and it is probably going to hurt bad in the midterms. Better trade deals. Energy independence. Illegals flows stopped and people being sent home. Voted for all of this. Voted for Trump at every opportunity except the 2016 primary (Cruz voter). He has seriously fucked things up with in terms of energy independence/stability and foreign affairs. He needs to make nice-nice with Rex Tillerson (which he won't because ego) and get him back on the train to straighten out the oil exploration, production and supply issues we have. We're just a few months away from losing the ability to do anything legislatively. Yes, credit goes to Trump for his aggressive posture on illegal immigration, border enforcement, for *some ATF reform, and appointing some *overall good Supreme Court justices. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: I'm not saying you shouldn't have critiques or criticisms or that you have to vote for anyone in particular next time. I'm saying it is more clear than ever in my lifetime that one side is imperfect and the other side wants you dead, they want your loved ones dead, they want you gone and forgotten because you wouldn't submit. No sane person sees a choice at all. I'm not telling you not to wish for better, or to demand more from our government. I'm saying being mad about broken promises is sane, voting for the current incarnation of democrats as some form of punishment or retribution because your mad, isn't a rational choice. You don't like that things aren't better, so you're voting to make them dramatically, catastrophically worse. Dems are all about lying this time around. I know that seems a little on the nose, but they are so radical now that even they recognize that the American voter won't go for it. So they are hiding the real goals from voters completely. They will run as moderates, and immediately change course after the election. And the goal is to never have to work for an election again, this whole republic thing is a giant PITA. Open borders, non citizen voting, mail in ballots, extended time lines and generous rules. All designed to stack the deck so hard that they can't lose, and therefor don't have any accountability....ever. A big part of that is taking the guns, because we aren't going to like what they have in mind. It's Ok to be angry at republicans, it's OK for people like us to disagree on things. But I don't want you dead because you disagree. One ideology wants to be left alone, one wants complete cultural and political domination. Only one of those is compatible with freedom and liberty. I understand that. What I'm simply getting at here is that you don't want the "swing voters" to decide to give the reigns of power to the suicide cult, & you can't screw up a campaign that requires real commitment. We've already spent ourselves in the ME, & the public doesn't have a stomach for another drawn out campaign. This needed to be over & done with PDQ, & after getting hosed by the Biden regime, the public was looking for relief. The issue of affordability is made worse by oil supply restrictions, & everyone knows Urgent Fury is the reason for the spike in fuel costs. Call them "weak" for not wanting to tolerate it, but most people probably never wanted the administration to get bogged in another war, & in fact, Trump campaigned against doing so. Oh well. But if you're going turn around & do it, you can maybe be quick about it so it doesn't break the national patience. If it's possible, which it doesn't seem to the case here with Iran. Or else, you get shellacked in the mids & the gender confused take the wheel. This was the risk with this decision. Some decisions, you can't get wrong. You just can't. And so the administration, & by association, the party, has to own this one. If government goes too far off into the weeds, it's not going to find the road again. This next time around, it's going to be for all the marbles. And no one is coming to save you. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: I think like a lot of things in the political space in this country, that's a narrative being pushed and younger people (i'm in my 40s) are way more exposed to it because of social media use. Israel is not our enemy, but they aren't loyal friends above all else either. They will look out for themselves first. America has no friends, that's part of the package of being the global hegemon. Everyone looks to get the most they can from a relationship with the US. That's not new. Europe, Canada, China, India...the ME...they are all relationships based on what we can get from each other. That's how it works. The notion that the US was lead into a war by Israel is horseshit. Trump told Bibi to sit down and shut the fuck up multiple times....in diplomatic speak, in public. Bibi isn't running anything. He does what Trump tells him to do where it effects the US. Israel will also do what it feels it must to protect itself, and they won't apologize for that. The Israel hate is a strong leftist agenda that is being pushed harder than anything I've seen since Russia gate. The JE stuff feeds into that as well. You can't convince people they are being mislead. It's impossible. Israel is an ally of convenience, they aren't loyal, they aren't friends, they are friendly until it doesn't serve their purpose, welcome to the big world. Every nation is like that. -Solid Post - |
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Originally Posted By xd341: Conservatives are secretly the biggest bitches in this country. The notion that anyone with a functioning brain can live through what we lived through under biden, saw the trajectory and is willing to vote those unamerican pieces of shit back into office is fucking insane. The threat is clear and present, but you're butt hurt over something that isn't existential..... so we'll show them by fucking ourselves over as hard as possible and ruining this country for generations. I wouldn't care if we were charting some unknown path, trying some ideas that no one has tried, but that's not the case. The world is full of the ideas progressives love and it's destroying every place where it's being tried. All we have to do is look. You are willing to destroy everything good we have, because you don't like a few relatively minor aspects. That's emotional voting, not logical voting. - Another Solid Post - |
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Originally Posted By NobodyHere: That is a very serious point, that those even thinking about voting D, (or should I say DSA?) need to understand. If throwing a childish tantrum and deciding to "punish the R's" by voting in those imbeciles, is more important to you than the stability of our Country - the results will be catastrophic. The old saying -You can vote in Socialism, but you are not getting out of it, without a Gun - are appropriate here. Even if you only look at a single issue, "Open Borders" have been an absolute disaster for this Country. Seeing as how these are low fruit, entitlement "D" votes/voters, you can bet that the door/border will be flung wide open again as soon as the D/DSA come to power. That debacle has been one of the worst things to happen in/to our Country - in my lifetime. That alone, would be disastrous for the United States of America. Do you really want your children growing up, or being in, a 3rd World shit-hole? Really? Unfortunately, we are reaching the tipping point, where there are more "Entitlement Voter's," than those who have morals, ethics, pride, choose to work and improve not only their own situation, but that of our Country. It is a sad state of affairs. Oh please, Greg Abott, the supposedly “conservative” governor brought 3rd worlders in by the truckload. You’re going to get the same 3rd worlders shithole regardless of whether you vote R or D |
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Originally Posted By mooreshawnm: The word that comes to mind when I read these posts is 'selfishness.' Absolutely no concern with the bigger picture if it effects them negatively financially. Right, we all need to make sacrifices for the “greater good.” We’re not allowed to question that “greater good” we just have to trust that the government knows best. You guys are just liberals in MAGA hats at this point. |
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Originally Posted By rob78: There's that low-brow hot take arfcom's cultists love to trot out. Don't like what Trump's doing? Must be a communist. You guys should go play in traffic with the DU crowd. Same play book, different side. Same deep thinkers that are supporting Ramaswampy in the other thread. That piece of shit is quoted as saying Americans are too dumb and lazy to the jobs H1Bs are doing. Not to mention he's a known con-artist. Fuck that guy and if thats who a certain group wants to carry water for...fuck them too. Originally Posted By rob78: Originally Posted By thesquidliest: Originally Posted By C10: OP is right. Instead of this shitty Trump disappointment, we could have kept it going and had 20 straight "Biden" years but we let it slip through our fingers. Biden, Harris, Walz (did you forget about him?) We could have had it all - Year-round pride festivals funded by your federal taxes, 58% unrealized capital gains tax, an exciting new pandemic every year, permanent open borders to welcome all cultures (not yours), finally get all the guns off the streets (not theirs), free housing and healthcare for everyone (but not you), and of course, joy, whatever that meant. Yep. I regret my vote every single day. And all this shit plus a layer of outright communist policymaking is coming as soon as January. So I'll be looking for OP's happy posts about that when it happens. There's that low-brow hot take arfcom's cultists love to trot out. Don't like what Trump's doing? Must be a communist. You guys should go play in traffic with the DU crowd. Same play book, different side. Same deep thinkers that are supporting Ramaswampy in the other thread. That piece of shit is quoted as saying Americans are too dumb and lazy to the jobs H1Bs are doing. Not to mention he's a known con-artist. Fuck that guy and if thats who a certain group wants to carry water for...fuck them too. Fuck me, huh? Yeah, yeah, ad hominems. Not that I need to prove shit to you, but I've called Trump a narcissistic blowhard more than once around here. So there goes the "water carrier" canard, too. I vote for policies, not the person. The post I quoted is all of the DSAdemocrat platform which will be supercharged when they get power again. They've been quite open about that, and packing SCOTUS, 4 new democrat senators, etc., etc. So take some Midol and quit being emotional. When the TDS attack subsides, you can leave the JV room and speak to the adults again. |
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Originally Posted By urbanredneck: I voted for it. I voted for someone to deal with Iran. Unfortunately his timing was wrong and it is probably going to hurt bad in the midterms. Better trade deals. Energy independence. Illegals flows stopped and people being sent home. Voted for all of this. If we had energy independence gas prices wouldn't be spiking. |
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Originally Posted By tc556guy: If we had energy independence gas prices wouldn't be spiking. we are now supplying the world with refined product, which is why prices are so high. The only way to be independent of global commodity prices would be to.isolate ourself from the world for the long term. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: i believe it was declared a nation security threat yesterday. So...better than any president in modern history? Originally Posted By xd341: Originally Posted By SirReginaldHonkleton: Uh huh, how's shutting down H1b fraud coming along? So...better than any president in modern history? |
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Originally Posted By JQ66: OP comes across as a weak man incapable of taking care of his own situation Just pathetic So, all the posters who were complaining about Biden are weak and pathetic? Gosh GD is a just a bunch of flaming liberals masquerading as patriots. |
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| What do you propose? Overthrowing the government, assassination, another two year impeachment circus???? Trump has absolutely turned out to be an awful president in his second term but we voted for it, so now we live with it. Best case scenario is we some how hold the Senate and he can appoint a couple supreme court Justices on his way out. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: thats not how that works. we are now supplying the world with refined product, which is why prices are so high. The only way to be independent of global commodity prices would be to.isolate ourself from the world for the long term. I mean if we weren’t restricted so much in drilling, Greenfield refining projects, etc i might agree but the uptick I posted the exact yoy numbers and it’s more capacity restraint from rusting infrastructure. Not to mention a lot of other decent refineries collapsed with VZ and the like and oh so many Cali refineries have peaced out, our ability to deal with refined product demand spikes is in fact a capacity problem. |
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Originally Posted By t3ddt3ch: If you think we are energy independent, I've got a bridge to sell ya... |
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Originally Posted By Wyominer: Fuel prices control all prices. I spend all day when not in school around actual Americans who have to spend money to buy fuel and groceries and they are not happy. I hear much “these prices are bullshit” “I’ll never vote for a Republican again” “I’ll never vote again” “fuck Trump”….. etc etc…. The people who are going to make the difference in November are being pounded and the Boomers in GD and Trump Delusional Sycophants don’t care because they sit high and mighty. Problem is their arrogance is fucking their kids and grandkids. They’ll be dead in a few years and everyone else will have to deal with it. |
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Originally Posted By Wyominer: Fuel prices control all prices. Originally Posted By Wyominer: Originally Posted By Techsan02: Fuel prices go up and half of arfcom is ready for AOC and Gavin Newsome as king and queen. Imagine if a true crisis actually hit this country. Fuel prices control all prices. Glad we’ll have cheap stuff with king newsome and queen AOC |
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Originally Posted By futurerancher: What do you propose? Overthrowing the government, assassination, another two year impeachment circus???? Trump has absolutely turned out to be an awful president in his second term but we voted for it, so now we live with it. Best case scenario is we some how hold the Senate and he can appoint a couple supreme court Justices on his way out. Trump should have already replaced Thomas & Alito while he had the opportunity - they are both outstanding die hard conservative justices. But they are also both the oldest two justices & if one (or both) should leave the Court (voluntary or by death), it will be impossible to replace them with Conservative Justices if the Democrats take the Senate. Trump may have "RBG'ed" two SCOTUS Appointments to the Democrats. Bigger_Hammer 
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Originally Posted By xd341: We always vote for the lesser of two evils. Want to know why? Because we can't agree on what our perfect politician looks like. If we ever had the chance to vote for one that we all agreed on, I would take it as a sign of the apocalypse. I frequently post the same: Trump is not perfect, therefore 87% of us hate him regardless of any/all good he has done. Let me know when your perfect candidate runs…and I’ll vote for them. |
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Originally Posted By 1bamashooter: These oil and fuel prices are political nothing more  You thing the midterm elections are not political? Urgent Fury should've been a coup de gras, not a squib. Execution matters. The regime is still in power, & if the legislature gets turned in November, then watch for Iran & China to up their timetables. Not how it should've been.
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Originally Posted By xd341: i believe it was declared a nation security threat yesterday. So...better than any president in modern history? Originally Posted By xd341: Originally Posted By SirReginaldHonkleton: Uh huh, how's shutting down H1b fraud coming along? So...better than any president in modern history? Nothing about that presidential proclaimation has anything to do with stemming the inflows from H1b mills in foreign countries. It is a feel good measure at best |
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Originally Posted By Techsan02: Glad we’ll have cheap stuff with king newsome and queen AOC Originally Posted By Techsan02: Originally Posted By Wyominer: Originally Posted By Techsan02: Fuel prices go up and half of arfcom is ready for AOC and Gavin Newsome as king and queen. Imagine if a true crisis actually hit this country. Fuel prices control all prices. Glad we’ll have cheap stuff with king newsome and queen AOC |