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#21
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01-25-2015, 06:40 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
It's so pathetic Obama always the scapegoat for the brainwashed.. Yes it's Obama's fault Putin invaded. Because he controls everything that happens in the world. Obama is god? |
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#22
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01-25-2015, 06:43 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
Your unemployment rate is around 5%? Inflation is very low. Growth is 5%. Gas is how cheap? When America gets done with Obama, send him up here........ We could use him. Stick to being a pretend soldier and leave the political threads for the grown ups. |
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#24
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01-25-2015, 06:53 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
Just like every country has mercenaries.. I've said that about Russia before Rob. The reason they don't is because it makes it an obvious territory grab. Putin is trying to keep it under the radar if he can, although he already fucked himself over.
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#25
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01-25-2015, 06:55 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
People always need a scapegoat when they are disconnected from reality. In the history books Obama will be remembered for reversing the worst depression since the great depression. All due to economic savvy, but everything is big bad Obama's fault. |
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#26
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01-25-2015, 07:00 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
Things were bad when he took office...... Scary, scary bad......... Everything is pretty much 180 from that, and he still gets shit on No major terror attacks, cheap gas, huge job creation....... He's made some mistakes, but all in all the numbers he's put up are huge. He's leaving a much better situation than he inherited. |
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#27
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01-25-2015, 07:03 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
There's also a treaty that was negotiated for Ukraine's independence that allowed thousands of Russian troops in Ukraine. No doubt there were stipulations to that to prevent then from fighting Ukraine, but Russia does have that right. It's an extremely complicated situation. |
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#28
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01-25-2015, 10:24 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
All this cheap oil is not good for many countries that are on the edge of losing control and are currently governed by dictators, religious fundamentalists or demagogues. Once the food and services stop due to no hard cash because of the oil prices, watch out. Venezuela : needs oil at $200 a barrel to balance its budget, it's inflation rate is currently 50% Iran: needs $ 100/ barrel to balance the budget Nigeria: 75 % of its income is from oil, it needs prices at twice they are now to be able to function even as dysfunctionaly as they normally do. Russia: Its oil and other energy exports total approximately $300 billion annually and 68% of Russia's foreign currency earnings come from the oil-export business, and around 50% of its annual budget is underwritten by the industry. |
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#29
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01-25-2015, 10:55 PM
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Re: Ukraine Crisis, Arty Barrage Mariupol Downtown Middle of the Day..surreal
Well said. This could push a lot of places to the brink. We are taking a huge hit up here too, its costing our Government billions in lost royalties and investments are going way, way down...... Our Government decided to make us a resource based economy, which is great when the resource is worth something. |