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Ukraine is screwed .. it's not the fault of Zelensky .. USA had the opportunity to stop it .. USA had the opportunity not to look incompetent when leaving Afghanistan ..

Singling out and Calling Zelensky a scammer is an affront to the situation, when the truth of the matter is that much of that money is going to USA companies which make weapons.

Trump, Biden, Pelosi, .. all the US representatives ( from both the left and right ) and many USA business leaders are scamming Americans .. each and every day.

Putin and his team .. also are all scamming .. Americans and others ..

Putting Zelensky at the top of any such list, and excluding the others as we watch many in Europe ( some of them our friends, family, and coworkers ) who have been made homeless, homes and cities destroyed, loved oned killed by the war which Putin pushed and the USA Biden administration failed to prevent.

Let's be honest, Zelensky - like Churchill and Benjamin Franklin ( while in France on behave of what will become the United States of America ) are forced to ask others to assist in their cause to fight for their nations liberty.

The United States of America can thank the French for providing the assistance needed to liberate the colonies from the British King,
and
The UK can thank the USA for providing needed help to survive and win vs Nazi Germany.

Likewise, Zelensky has no choice but to ask for assistance.

If the USA did not wish to be involved in such matters, they really should not have demanded Ukraine give up their Nukes in exchange for security guarantees .. this is the price the USA now must pay.

Also, if you look closer .. and look at the way real politics works .. the USA has no option if it wants to contain this situation, than support Ukraine to soundly defeat Russia as quickly as possible.

Russia is an expansionist power, it will keep going until it is stopped.

While I do not like the leadership in the USA currently, as the are super corrupt, I can not blame the Ukraine for seeking help .. nor can I ignore what will happen if Russia achieves a "win" ...
 
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Ukraine is screwed .. it's not the fault of Zelensky .. USA had the opportunity to stop it .. USA had the opportunity not to look incompetent when leaving Afghanistan ..

Singling out and Calling Zelensky a scammer is an affront to the situation, when the truth of the matter is that much of that money is going to USA companies which make weapons.

Trump, Biden, Pelosi, .. all the US representatives ( from both the left and right ) and many USA business leaders are scamming Americans .. each and every day.

Putin and his team .. also are all scamming .. Americans and others ..

Putting Zelensky at the top of any such list, and excluding the others as we watch many in Europe ( some of them our friends, family, and coworkers ) who have been made homeless, homes and cities destroyed, loved oned killed by the war which Putin pushed and the USA Biden administration failed to prevent.

Let's be honest, Zelensky - like Churchill and Benjamin Franklin ( while in France on behave of what will become the United States of America ) are forced to ask others to assist in their cause to fight for their nations liberty.

The United States of America can thank the French for providing the assistance needed to liberate the colonies from the British King,
and
The UK can thank the USA for providing needed help to survive and win vs Nazi Germany.

Likewise, Zelensky has no choice but to ask for assistance.

If the USA did not wish to be involved in such matters, they really should not have demanded Ukraine give up their Nukes in exchange for security guarantees .. this is the price the USA now much pay.

Also, if you look closer .. and look at the way real politics works .. the USA has no option if it wants to contain this situation, than support Ukraine to soundly defeat Russia as quickly as possible.

Russia is an expansionist power, it will keep going until it is stopped.

While I do not like the leadership in the USA currently, as the are super corrupt, I can not blame the Ukraine for seeking help .. nor can I ignore what will happen if Russia achieves a "win" ...
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Agreed, If Russia stops NATO in Ukraine, they won, Russia has done extreme damage in Ukraine, Russia is winning, hands down...
 
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mat200 said:
Ukraine is screwed .. it's not the fault of Zelensky .. USA had the opportunity to stop it .. USA had the opportunity not to look incompetent when leaving Afghanistan ..

Singling out and Calling Zelensky a scammer is an affront to the situation, when the truth of the matter is that much of that money is going to USA companies which make weapons.

Trump, Biden, Pelosi, .. all the US representatives ( from both the left and right ) and many USA business leaders are scamming Americans .. each and every day.

Putin and his team .. also are all scamming .. Americans and others ..

Putting Zelensky at the top of any such list, and excluding the others as we watch many in Europe ( some of them our friends, family, and coworkers ) who have been made homeless, homes and cities destroyed, loved oned killed by the war which Putin pushed and the USA Biden administration failed to prevent.

Let's be honest, Zelensky - like Churchill and Benjamin Franklin ( while in France on behave of what will become the United States of America ) are forced to ask others to assist in their cause to fight for their nations liberty.

The United States of America can thank the French for providing the assistance needed to liberate the colonies from the British King,
and
The UK can thank the USA for providing needed help to survive and win vs Nazi Germany.

Likewise, Zelensky has no choice but to ask for assistance.

If the USA did not wish to be involved in such matters, they really should not have demanded Ukraine give up their Nukes in exchange for security guarantees .. this is the price the USA now much pay.

Also, if you look closer .. and look at the way real politics works .. the USA has no option if it wants to contain this situation, than support Ukraine to soundly defeat Russia as quickly as possible.

Russia is an expansionist power, it will keep going until it is stopped.

While I do not like the leadership in the USA currently, as the are super corrupt, I can not blame the Ukraine for seeking help .. nor can I ignore what will happen if Russia achieves a "win" ...
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Why aren't other NATO members contributing in like manner as the US? Why is the US the source of endless support at the expense (as always) of the taxpayer? Thirty-one trillion in debt... I guess that doesn't mean anything anymore until the IRS rapes the public next year. Then folks are going to feel the Ukraine's pain.

The shame of it is that potato dumbass enabled the invasion by approval of Nord Stream 2 and destroying the US fossil fuel industry. Putin's invasion has been paid for by Russian energy sales.
 
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So we fund this war with funds borrowed from China.
So what stops Janet (bless her little sawed off heart)( if you do not understand Texas for "Bless their hearts" it means F___ Them) Yellen
from making "new dollars" or the new Digital Dollar?

For as long as I can remember, (I was a SAC Air Force Brat} it has been the Bomber Gap, Missile Gap, hell even the gap between their teeth too.
Come to find out it has all been bullship at it's finest.

So for a hole bunch of Chinese dollars we have pushed Putin into corner that everyone will not like.

Oh BTW it's not Putin but his 2nd. in command to watch for...
 
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You forgot Biden and every democratic lawmaker

Noticed a slight decrease in gas prices yesterday and then realized we are being emotionally exploited. Gas prices go back up after the holidays. Go figure.

Lawmakers want their salaries increased on what basis? God only knows. In God We Trust.

Hochul casts doubt on return of gas tax holiday in 2023
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By Kate Lisa New York State
PUBLISHED 7:30 PM ET Dec. 23, 2022

The state isn't expected to extend its partial gas tax holiday that expires New Year's Eve, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday.
Lawmakers included a six-month suspension of about 16 cents per gallon in state excise and sales taxes, meaning New Yorkers will see their gas prices increase in the New Year.
The average gallon of gas in New York costs about $3.44 per gallon, according to AAA — a decrease of more than a dollar since the spring.
That's why Gov. Kathy Hochul says the gas tax suspension likely won't be extended next year.
"They have been on a steady decline, and so at this point, we are saying those are revenues that we need to maintain our roads to make sure that we don't have potholes in the wintertime," Hochul said at an unrelated briefing in Albany County. "It needs to go back toward being dedicated toward transportation."
Extending the gas tax holiday wasn't something lawmakers seriously considered when they returned to Albany for a special session this week and voted to increase their salaries to $142,000 — a 30% pay raise — and limit their outside income.
The suspension and other proposals to give New Yorkers relief amid continuing high inflation and double-digit increases in utility expenses didn't make the Legislature's list of priorities before the holiday.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says legislative leaders will address affordability and related assistance for New Yorkers in upcoming budget negotiations.
"It's not that we are unconscious about what people are experiencing," the Democrat from Yonkers said. "We will continue to focus on it and we have."
She noted an early middle-class tax cut helped give people in the state relief.
Republicans blasted Democrats, who hold a legislative supermajority, for acting to help themselves and nothing for constituents struggling to make ends meet.
Stewart-Cousins on Thursday also said legislative leaders never want to conflate altering their compensation with other policy changes.
Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, a Republican from North Tonawanda, replied that claim is "laughable," and wasn't informed of that rule.
"So are we telling the constituents that our brains are only so big that we can only handle compensation today? ...[that] 'I couldn't possibly do other things, but yet, I deserve this pay raise?'" Ortt said after the Senate's special session concluded. "So you know, it's almost an argument against the pay raise itself that we can't walk and chew gum at the same time."
Ashley Ranslow, director of the state chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, said the 16-cent relief made a difference for small businesses.
"Even if it's just 16 cents per gallon, that adds up," she said. "These are savings that small businesses really desperately needed at a time where they were facing 40-year high inflation, supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, which were driving wages higher."
The NFIB will push for the suspension to be reinstated as businesses work to recover from economic fallout, tax cuts for small businesses and unemployment insurance relief.
Ortt supports extending the partial gas tax suspension at least another year, if not two.
He said he'll urge Hochul to include it as part of relief for New Yorkers in the next budget when he meets with the governor and Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay in early January to discuss their priorities for next session.
"We still have one of the highest gas prices anywhere in the country largely because of the taxers that are assessed on it," Ortt said.
New Yorkers pay between 47 and 48 cents total in taxes per gallon of fuel.
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Merry Christmas All

Today and Tomorrow I am taking my mind off this fallen world and focusing on my Lord...
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You forgot Biden and every democratic lawmaker

Noticed a slight decrease in gas prices yesterday and then realized we are being emotionally exploited. Gas prices go back up after the holidays. Go figure.

Lawmakers want their salaries increased on what basis? God only knows. In God We Trust.
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Ours just went up about 15 cents...
 
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