Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Oh this is good, Republicans Dan Crenshaw and Marjorie Taylor Greene went at it over the Ukraine bill today on twitter where Marge spends most of her time.
"When responding to criticism of his vote in favor of the bill on Twitter, Crenshaw said the bill was a “good idea.”
“Yeah, because investing in the destruction of our adversary’s military, without losing a single American troop, strikes me as a good idea. You should feel the same,” Crenshaw wrote."
"Greene chimed into the conversation, saying Crenshaw is funneling a “proxy war with Russia.”
“So you think we are funding a proxy war with Russia? You speak as if Ukrainian lives should be thrown away, as if they have no value. Just used and thrown away,” Greene wrote. “For your proxy war? How does that help Americans? How does any of this help?”
"Still going after that slot on Russia Today huh?” Crenshaw fired back."
"As one of the main voices in the group, Greene has voted against a lend-lease program that makes it easier for the U.S. to send Ukraine military aid and a Russian oil ban."
https://thehill.com/news/house/3485250-crenshaw-greene-clash-on-twitter-still-going-after-that-slot-on-russia-today/

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

He's the guy who's ultimately responsible for telling the president and the nation that inflation was only going to be temporary because it was due to "supply-line" issues. He obviously got that one wrong!  It seems to me the man has got to be doing more to stabilize the economy and the markets. Maybe calling out corporate greed, particularly in the oil industry, might be one way of putting pressure on corporate America to help rein in pricing or supporting a windfall tax on their profit margin if they don't. Or, heaven forbid, actually taxing the upper 1% of the top earners in the country! Maybe you think he's doing a bang-up job but I don't...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/business/jerome-powell-confirmation-second-term/index.html

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Actually, the deficit is down, way down, under the Biden administration and we're also paying down the national debt as well:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-deficit-national-debt-reduction/

Originally Posted by Mel Maki

Without seeing what you found, are not they STILL very high?

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Alito’s draft heavily references English legal precedent, including that of famed jurist Sir Matthew Hale who, it should be noted, had at least two women executed for witchcraft and wrote a treatise supporting marital rape"
"He quotes a wide range of anti-abortion activists, scholars, and judges who view abortion as immoral and barbaric; there’s even a footnote that approvingly cites Justice Clarence Thomas’s debunked theory that abortion is a tool of eugenics against Black Americans.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/samuel-alito-roe-v-wade-abortion-draft

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Trump is a demagogue in every sense of the word. We avoided the continuing erosion of our democratic institutions and the norms and expectations for behavior for our elected officials. It's genuinely shocking how much Trump got away with, and we should all pray that the day that a smart incendiary fire-brand captures power never happens. The guard rails of Democracy survived Trump, but I'm not sure they would if an intelligent inflamer were to capture high office.