Here we go. Who are our "leaders"? CEOs and Politicians. Two members of the Terrible Trifecta that is infecting America. They both want to get rich off our backs.

You expect too much from "leaders". Most of them are fakes who get up there through connections, scamming, pulling someone else down, and not through sheer merit. The real good leaders may just be around 1%.



So when a large % of leaders are crap, then how can you expect good behavior, logic, morals from them? You cannot.

President Roosevelt started the "fireside chat" model and Reagan revived it during his presidency. It was continued until Trump stopped doing it in his first term. Biden chose not to revive it.

It would (I think) do a lot of good for someone once a week, or biweekly at minimum, to release a radio address/podcast explaining things like "here's what we are doing, here's why, here's our logic..." and IMO it would go a long way.

Take the healthcare debate. Imagine Vance or someone high up in the admin releasing a 15 minute podcast explaining why the supplements need to expire. Have them explain they were passed specifically for Covid, that the money is going straight to health insurers who have jacked up rates every year, that Obamacare has failed in XYZ ways, etc. Have a policy discussion.

Instead, they put out a few tweets and let the Dems control all the narratives.

rocky the dog said:

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What is the actual reason we might be going to war with Venezuela?

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Nailed it.

Sadly, this meme could've been used when we invaded any place in the ME.

Our politicians are nothing if consistent.

Are we really doing Venezuela for oil? I'm not an oil guy but everything I've heard from the oil guys on here would lead me to believe

1) Venezuela oil is ****
2) Oil is currently cheap

I don't believe we're doing it because drug narcos, it's pretty far down the list of countries that matter in our new war on drugs.

What's the real reason.

Concerned Moderate Ag said:

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Are we really doing Venezuela for oil? I'm not an oil guy but everything I've heard from the oil guys on here would lead me to believe

1) Venezuela oil is ****
2) Oil is currently cheap

I don't believe we're doing it because drug narcos, it's pretty far down the list of countries that matter in our new war on drugs.

What's the real reason.

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Y'all are killing me. Look up at my post. There is your reason.

They've already told us the reason.

Sorry, I ignored yours and focused on the memes. Shiny objects. Your response is definitely more sound.

YouBet said:

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Concerned Moderate Ag said:

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Are we really doing Venezuela for oil? I'm not an oil guy but everything I've heard from the oil guys on here would lead me to believe

1) Venezuela oil is ****
2) Oil is currently cheap

I don't believe we're doing it because drug narcos, it's pretty far down the list of countries that matter in our new war on drugs.

What's the real reason.

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Y'all are killing me. Look up at my post. There is your reason.

They've already told us the reason.

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Venezuela made themselves an easy target by shipping oil to our enemies. No way was Trump going to let that continue.

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Love him, or hate him, I'm hopeful for an actual utterance of "**** around, and find out!" from President Trump, in a press conference or in front of the mics while getting on Marine One, etc. before he rides off into the sunset.

Not Presidential? Maybe.

Funny as hell? Absolutely!

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Agree with the OP and I like the idea of fireside chats via podcast. I would listen to those.

On one of the topics though (Venezuela), they've told us why they are doing it. It's not a secret. It's Monroe Doctrine 2.0. They want Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence out of the Western Hemisphere. The administration has stated as such and it's in the newly revised Five-Year Defensive Strategy document put out by the DOW.

I'm not sure why everyone continues to ignore this. Whether someone chooses to believe that is the real reason is their own prerogative, but I have no reason to believe otherwise since we don't need VZ's oil.

Also note the Cuba Is Collapsing thread. Taking out VZ simultaneously takes out Cuba which are the two biggest bad actor communist states in the Western Hemisphere. It's a two for one Monroe Special.

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also helps to take out the IRANIANS

who have been propping up Maduro for years

Mainly because this country is by and for oligarchs and they really do not want to explain a GD thing to you.

I'd rather we have less statements like Biden's silly "Don't" and more videos of narco boats getting blown up and contraband oil cargos confiscated.

You won't find a better explanation than this one. Sadly I'm not joking

Th main problem is the elected reps are NOT leaders at all. The vast majority are imbeciles that have no business having the job at all.

Maybe instead of worrying about China's influence in other countries, they should look at the USA with all their land holdings, business that they have a interest in and the number of students they send here to get educated.

I was always told not to put Venezuelan gasoline meaning Valero, and my two-stroke Mercury outboard. No idea if that's even remotely true

Burpelson said:

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Mainly because this country is by and for oligarchs and they really do not want to explain a GD thing to you.

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Good morning Bernie, good to see you logging in.

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I was always told not to put Venezuelan gasoline meaning Valero, and my two-stroke Mercury outboard. No idea if that's even remotely true

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I wouldn't use CITGO (which is majority owned by PDVSA), but why Valero?

It's all rigged. One big puppet show.

AtticusMatlock said:

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President Roosevelt started the "fireside chat" model and Reagan revived it during his presidency. It was continued until Trump stopped doing it in his first term. Biden chose not to revive it.

It would (I think) do a lot of good for someone once a week, or biweekly at minimum, to release a radio address/podcast explaining things like "here's what we are doing, here's why, here's our logic..." and IMO it would go a long way.

Take the healthcare debate. Imagine Vance or someone high up in the admin releasing a 15 minute podcast explaining why the supplements need to expire. Have them explain they were passed specifically for Covid, that the money is going straight to health insurers who have jacked up rates every year, that Obamacare has failed in XYZ ways, etc. Have a policy discussion.

Instead, they put out a few tweets and let the Dems control all the narratives.

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Absolutely this!
Social media is ok but fails to reach a lot of folks. Plus it's quickly countered by opposition. Do a weekly nationally televised talk with updates on major issues. Bring in your cabinet and experts, look the American people in the eyes and tell them what's going on. Be very specific. Don't disparage people directly. Just state the facts. Trump should be present at all of these but let his people do the talking.

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mncag said:

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I was always told not to put Venezuelan gasoline meaning Valero, and my two-stroke Mercury outboard. No idea if that's even remotely true

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I wouldn't use CITGO (which is majority owned by PDVSA), but why Valero?

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Is CITGO still around though? 7-11 was using them and then dropped them because it got too politically hot.