$6 or $7 per gallon is a small price to pay to defend democracy....

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  1. Vote4Future

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    We have a weak economy, inflation is through the roof, gas prices are through the roof, and we are at the door of WW3. And the Democrats who are supposed to be leading this country are doing nearly nothing. Every single year under Trump was a 1,000 times better than today in the United States!
     
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    Isn't Biden going to make up the oil he's not buying in Russia by buying it from Venezuela?

    So you leave one dictatorship that oppresses people for another dictatorship that oppresses people.

    Why don't we just go back to producing our own?

    People aren't going to adopt electric cars they suck they suck since 1900 nobody wants one if they wanted one they have one they've been available for decades.
     
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    Polydectes Well-Known Member

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    Democrats want war they like war.
     
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Didn't say that .. you need to stop making up nonsense and attributing it to others.
     
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    Giftedone Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You opined "A small price to pay To Defend Democracy" talking about gas prices .. completely oblivious to the other costs and risks involved in the war.

    Pretending that this is only about Gas prices .. is not my dishonesty .. best be taking that massive log out of own eye.

    Then when I discuss only Gas prices .. you still run and hide .. not able to defend even this position .. not surprising because it is complete nonsense .. so you run from the playground name-calling .. and accusing others of your failure.
     
  6. Golem

    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    Elementary School.
     
  7. yabberefugee

    yabberefugee Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    As long as they're flying over Ukraine, it is defensive. I believe that is their only interest unlike Putin who is tresspassing!
     
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    A wide majority of Americans, 79%, said they favored a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increased energy prices in the U.S., according to data from a new Wall Street Journal poll. Just 13% said they opposed it.

    The new Journal poll showed broad support for the energy ban across political breakdowns. The ban had support from 77% of Republicans and 72% of voters who said they would support former President Trump if he ran again in 2024. Among Democrats, 88% said they favored the moratorium on Russian oil imports, including 94% of Democratic men.

    https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/ru...en-if-energy-prices-rise-niT9f6YRH5wRWe4pbhNv
     
  9. gfm7175

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    A republic is a form of government that operates under a constitution. This goes back to ancient Rome.

    A democracy is a form of government that operates under majority rule ("mob rule"). This goes back to ancient Athens (Greece).
     
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    gfm7175 Well-Known Member

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    It can't be both. They are completely different forms of government.

    A republic is a government ruled by a constitution. This goes back to ancient Rome.

    A democracy is a government ruled by the majority of people ("mob rule"). This goes back to ancient Athens (Greece).
     
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    I absolutely agree on both points:

    1. Ukrainian air space is Ukrainian air space and only a criminal trespasser would shoot at Ukrainian aircraft in Ukrainian air space.

    2. Yes, Putin's army is trespassing and much worse.

    Whoever controls the skies has an enormous military advantage.
     
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    The United States is a representative democracy (not direct) where "We The People" elect our representatives, and its also constitutional federal republic. Both terms are correct.

    Anyone who argues that one term is 100% right and the other is 100% wrong, is either lying, ignorant or playing word games.

    Ancient Greece was a direct democracy, while US is representative democracy also known as a republic.
     
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  13. Golem

    Golem Well-Known Member Donor

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    You have two options. You either educate yourself and don't make this dumb comment again, or you don't and you will keep repeating an absurd line that originates in uneducated folks at Fox.

    Your pick. I'm not wasting any more of my time.
     
  14. gfm7175

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    The United States does not exist anymore, and when it DID exist, it was never a democracy.

    The USA, when it existed, was a federated republic. It was governed by a constitution, not by oligarchs or by mob majority.

    Now, there are currently 48 individual republics at the state level, 2 oligarchies at the state level (California & New York), and the Washington DC oligarchy where the Biden Regime resides.

    That means that the citizens of the USA democratically elected their representatives within the federated republic. That does not mean that the USA was ever a democracy.

    Redundant... The USA was a federated republic. A republic is a government ruled by a constitution.

    No, they aren't. They are differing forms of government. Two differing forms of government are not the same.

    One term is 100% right. The other term is 100% wrong. It is called 'speaking English', a language in which words have specific meanings and those meanings do not change on a whim.

    Correct, but redundant. It was a democracy. It was ruled by mob majority. No democracies exist today, and all democracies eventually dissolve into either an oligarchy or a dictatorship.

    Nope. The USA was a federated republic; it was never a democracy. They are two completely different forms of government.

    Democratically electing representatives does not make a republic into a democracy.
     
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    You should take your own advice, because the etymology of these words goes back to ancient Rome and Athens.
     
  16. Tahuyaman

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    The war in Europe is not why gasoline snd fuel prices are skyrocketing. The fact that we are no longer energy independent is the culprit.
     
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    But it’s happening now and has been for the last year+
     
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    Yup, and it is the Biden Regime who is to blame for that, as they wish to ideologically push their "green new deal" "6uild 6ack 6etter" garbage instead...
     
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    It means its a representative democracy. Play your word games with someone else.
     
  20. Golem

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    So your solution is to travel back in time to the 1930s. Genius!
     
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    No, it doesn't. Holding democratic elections does not somehow make a republic into a democracy... Words mean things in English.
     
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    Whatever makes you happy.

    Have a nice day.
     
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    Like Biden and the Dems who deliberately attacked our Energy Sector and forced masked children give a damn about Democracy.

    Biden’s Plan To Outsource The U.S. Oil And Gas Industry.
    But Putin!

    As soon as the GOP resumes power they need to start stripping the Executive grants of authority that Congress has given the President in these areas.
     
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    No, back to 2017 / 18 / 19.
     
  25. gfm7175

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    The English language makes me happy.

    You have a nice day as well.
     

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