ccrunner609;1586997 wrote:Boy Russia is really paying attention to the pressure Obama is putting on them

That's because they need to invade the Ukraine first to see what's in it.

That's because they need to invade the Ukraine first to see what's in it

That is hugely funny....made my day!

ptown_trojans_1;1585927 wrote:It's easy to point fingers and say, "the administration is getting beat up by Putin and Russia"
But, honestly, how is this different than 2008 with Georgia?
How would W handle this? The same way pretty much.
So, what is the solution then complainers?

Are we willing to use force for Ukraine, or "sanctions" or NATO?

A lot of complaining for people that offer no solutions.

Why not ask this of the president? If fact, why not demand it.

Ah yes, this is the president who thinks Putin is a partner, not an adversary.

When you have this much intellectual incapacity at the highest level of government, what can one expect.

ccrunner609;1586997 wrote:Boy Russia is really paying attention to the pressure Obama is putting on them

Putin doesn't care who the presiden too the US is. He's done his same game under a republican and a democrat. he doesn't care because short of invading, the US has little beyond economic consequences it can impose.

BoatShoes;1586766 wrote:The only people who look like idiots are the Conservatives circle-jerking over an ex-KGB communist to the point of almost rooting for the guy because they hate Barack Obama so much claiming he's sooooo0ooooooo weeeeeaaakkkkkk and comparing him to Neville Chamberlain when they said nothing of the sort when that same KGB communist invaded Georgia when the "real men" were in charge.

You seem to forget how much of this portrait the Obama administration painted itself. Bush's cowboy mentality and cold war thinking had to be reversed or "reset". Boxing in the Russians with NATO and putting up missile defense systems in Eastern Europe would only piss them off and they may act aggressively. As proved in Georgia. So once Obama took power he scrapped Bush's missile defense plan in Poland and allowed Hillary to bring that embarrassing romper room prop of a "reset" button for a photo op with the Russians. I mean WTF? I can only imagine how hard the Russians laughed after that and so did the rest of the world.

The only thing worse is if the US Secretary of State would have gotten down on all fours and licked the Russian foreign ministers shoes.

We may not like it but it is what it is. The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Economically and militarily.

[/QUOTE]We may not like it but it is what it is. The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Economically and militarily.[/QUOTE]

and so it always will be. ....sad truth.

majorspark;1587072 wrote:We may not like it but it is what it is. The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Economically and militarily.

This proposition, like most of Rush's "Undeniable Truths of Life" sounds pretty good but it is false. The world is governed by self-interest, not the aggressive use of force. In economics, politics and international relations, contracts can properly encapsulate self-interest and preclude the aggressive use of force. Indeed, liberal democracies have dramatically reduced the initiation of force in world affairs and employed strong and competent legal systems in their own countries that have greatly reduced the aggressive use of force domestically as well.

And when one self interest conflicts with another's self interest some form force will be used to push one on the other. Its not always bloodshed. Even the US which looks like a benevolent empire by history's standards uses a lot of force to promote its self interest.

majorspark;1587123 wrote:And when one self interest conflicts with another's self interest some form force will be used to push one on the other. Its not always bloodshed. Even the US which looks like a benevolent empire by history's standards uses a lot of force to promote its self interest.

I don't disagree with what you say here. Point is, it seems to me that the world has made slow progress over the years in harnessing the passions of self interest to reduce the aggressive use of force.

majorspark;1587072 wrote:We may not like it but it is what it is. The world is governed by the aggressive use of force. Economically and militarily.

Always has been. Rameses the 2nd, Phillip the 2nd, The First Triumvirate of Rome, Imperial England and the United States now are all great examples of this

BoatShoes;1587113 wrote:This proposition, like most of Rush's "Undeniable Truths of Life" sounds pretty good but it is false. The world is governed by self-interest, not the aggressive use of force. In economics, politics and international relations, contracts can properly encapsulate self-interest and preclude the aggressive use of force. Indeed, liberal democracies have dramatically reduced the initiation of force in world affairs and employed strong and competent legal systems in their own countries that have greatly reduced the aggressive use of force domestically as well.

Democracy only reigns supreme because it's greatest enforcer is the big dog in the world. Just like in ancient Greece the main reason democracy ran supreme in the Delian League was because Athens pretty much kicked and sanctioned the fuck out of any non republic

Cummings is a moron.....

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believer;1587453 wrote:Cummings is a moron.....

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How does someone like that get elected?

Manhattan Buckeye;1587457 wrote:How does someone like that get elected?

The same way Maxine Waters does.

Manhattan Buckeye;1587457 wrote:How does someone like that get elected?

You're talking about the car thief that has turned the House Oversight Committee into a Political Circus yes?

BoatShoes;1587562 wrote:You're talking about the car thief that has turned the House Oversight Committee into a Political Circus yes?

Alleged car thief.

It looks like Cummings is the one acting all mouth-frothing and "circusy" here. Just sayin.

I will just say that a govt employee that takes the 5th should void their pension & benefits.

And I have to agree when Obama says "not a smidgeon of corruption" here, then there's no logical reason why Lerner should have to plea the 5th. Just appoint an independent special prosecutor and be done with it already.

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/sean-long/cold-shoulder-abc-cbs-exclude-scientists-critical-global-warming-more-1300-days


Ahh ........... but there is no media bias.

gut;1587626 wrote:I will just say that a govt employee that takes the 5th should void their pension & benefits.

And I have to agree when Obama says "not a smidgeon of corruption" here, then there's no logical reason why Lerner should have to plea the 5th. Just appoint an independent special prosecutor and be done with it already.

Looking forward to the treasonous bitch ending up in jail, along with ALL her superiors. The IRS commissioner did not go the White House over 150 times for no reason. The abuse of power is tyrannical.

QuakerOats;1587693 wrote: The IRS commissioner did not go the White House over 150 times for no reason.

Well, it DOES make sense with the implementation of Obamakare and the IRS role in that. However, that makes it even more difficult to accept Obama's claim that he was "unaware" of the various hiccups. Obama's audacity of lies is nothing short of spectacular.

But it certainly wouldn't have taken dozens of visits to nail down how they would target conservative groups. In the private sector that's like 3 meetings...in Washington maybe 15-20.

I'd also add that an administration that openly and aggressively attacks/singles out Fox News and other conservative voices isn't exactly credible when they feign outrage over the IRS scandal.

QuakerOats;1587692 wrote:http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/sean-long/cold-shoulder-abc-cbs-exclude-scientists-critical-global-warming-more-1300-days

Well, after getting burned on "global cooling" and then missing the mark on "global warming", they've finally settled on the perfectly defensible "climate change" mantra which they can always support by cherry-picking weather events.

BoatShoes;1587238 wrote:I don't disagree with what you say here. Point is, it seems to me that the world has made slow progress over the years in harnessing the passions of self interest to reduce the aggressive use of force.

Your point is as I understand it you seem to think the world has evolved into being governed by some sort of quasi set of moral/ethical standards. In the world peace is the result of force. Loving your neighbor as yourself is not natural. Since WWII what has kept the major powers on the worlds stage from directly using military force on each other to promote there own self interest? That's right the aggressive use of force via mutually assured destruction. Why do you think the Russians go ape shit over US missile defense? Because it neutralizes the amount of force they levy against us.

I like how paid public servants have become celebrities.

Most of the posters on here will like this, Nate Silver of Fivethirtyeight has the R's as a slight favorite to retake the Senate.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fivethirtyeight-senate-forecast/

As always, we encourage you to read this analysis with some caution. Republicans have great opportunities in a number of states, but only in West Virginia, South Dakota, Montana and Arkansas do we rate the races as clearly leaning their way. Republicans will also have to win at least two toss-up races, perhaps in Alaska, North Carolina or Michigan, or to convert states such as New Hampshire into that category. And they’ll have to avoid taking losses of their own in Georgia and Kentucky, where the fundamentals favor them but recent polls show extremely competitive races.