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Posts Made By: Mel Maki

February 25, 2022 01:44 AM Forum: Politics

February 25, 2022 04:24 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

Some do not think a president's ability to wrestle with other leaders should be at the top of the list of qualifications.
Biden is not good at this and other leaders are taking their measure of him. Iran is watching his every move. Are there still Dems that deny China believes they will have an easier time getting Taiwan back if Biden is president? Biden has had less ability to keep the US number one and has not showed the desire needed to battle China and Russia for the number one spot. Too many voters would rather talk about Trump being orange or taking an extra scoop of ice cream! And yes, sending vicious tweets! These are the same voters that deny the importance of being energy independent. They might ask why can't we just buy it from Russia? Pathetic!

February 25, 2022 04:44 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

As usual, you don't have a clue. Biden has a united front of the leadership of multiple countries behind him in his efforts to sanction Putin. A number of these same countries, primarily in Europe, were the same ones Trump alienated during his presidency...
Yeah, I saw beads of sweat on Putin's face when Sec. Kerry told him his action was taking away from global warming! I smacked my forehead, damn, forgot about that!
Dems are a f'n joke for pretending "Biden has this!!"

February 25, 2022 04:56 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

Oh, oh, Helsinki! Your Russia routine is more evidence you limit yourself to a small slice of the news. Putin's stooge, sure thing!
Every president needs to rip on Europe for not doing more. I wouldn't be a huge liar to say Germany barely has an army.

February 25, 2022 05:07 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Helsinki! Your Russia routine is more evidence you limit yourself to a small slice of the news."
Hey clueless, the world was laughing at Trump over Helsinki...
I'm talking about him being Putin's stooge. Did you only make reference to that 50 times?

February 25, 2022 05:49 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

What politicians do is more important than what they say.
From, "1,000 Common Sense Ideas That Will Surprise Democrats"

February 25, 2022 06:33 AM Forum: Politics

Trump Supports Putin on Ukraine, Calls Him A Genius!

Posted By Mel Maki

Your trifling complaints are almost silly. True, some inconvenience, but Biden will build us back, bigger, better.
Russia and China are working closer together but Biden had planned for this. None of that, however, is helping us right now.
Oil is so high that Putin is making a damn fortune. It is too bad oil is offsetting a lot of the cost of his military adventure.

February 25, 2022 11:36 AM Forum: Politics

Biden, Oil, Sanctions

Posted By Mel Maki

The W/H says sanctions will not cause any disruption of the flow of energy from Russia to the rest of the world. We would not want to slow down the enrichment of Putin.
We have been buying 595,000 barrels of oil every day from Russia. (IEA, as of 11/2021)
If Keystone XL was operational it could do 830,000 a day. Sure a good thing it is not operational!
Last March we even imported some oil from Iran. First since 1991.

John Kerry is upset attention is diverted from global  warning and I heard him say he hopes Putin will help us stay on track.

February 26, 2022 12:24 AM Forum: Politics

Biden, Oil, Sanctions

Posted By Mel Maki

What is worse? A politician that lies to them, pretends he shares some of their woke views, and takes their money but does little or nothing for them?  Or a politician they doubt will help but might be helpful in the future? 

February 26, 2022 01:11 AM Forum: Politics

Looks like a good choice

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by James Brown
Ketanji Brown Jackson.  I read through this article which details much of her resume.  KBJ looks like she has blue-chip credentials that can be matched with any candidate or sitting justice.  No doubt she is liberal, if Biden's team did their homework, but she is obviously qualified to be on the Supreme Court.  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ketanji-brown-jackson-biden-supreme-court-pick/

I would love to see the R's acknowledge her qualifications and vote for confirmation 100-0.  That is more or less the way it was done in the old days.  In my opinion a vote against a qualified candidate based upon ideological differences, when the opposing party has the Presidency and the Senate just makes the "no" vote look petty.  Especially since the filibuster for Court nominees has been eliminated.  Obviously this is just a fantasy of mine, but it is rooted in respect for the Constitution.  

Jim
But the make up of the Court is anything but petty. I think most voters would include it in their top ten concerns.