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RIP, Colin Powell

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  • R Renauda
    20 Oct 2021, 15:08

    @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

    Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

    Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

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    Jolly
    wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 16:39 last edited by
    #73

    @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

    @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

    Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

    Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

    Yeah, but production does.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

    R 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 19:15
    • B bachophile
      20 Oct 2021, 15:15

      @jon-nyc all true but even with all the nutjobs, a la MTG, Boebert, et al. floating around, ...i dont think the GOP can field a candidate (eg... Im thinking Desantis, Cruz, or even Pompeo, ) who could try to be a trump clone. simply because no one will be as good as the original in terms of sheer narcissism, so any MAGA-like candidate will be a poor substitute for the original and will be unable to gather the momentum and enough clout to bring the party together.

      DJT not only lost the election but destroyed the republican party.

      a shame. it wasnt such a bad party, at least in theory.

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      Jolly
      wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 16:51 last edited by Jolly
      #74

      @bachophile said in RIP, Colin Powell:

      @jon-nyc all true but even with all the nutjobs, a la MTG, Boebert, et al. floating around, ...i dont think the GOP can field a candidate (eg... Im thinking Desantis, Cruz, or even Pompeo, ) who could try to be a trump clone. simply because no one will be as good as the original in terms of sheer narcissism, so any MAGA-like candidate will be a poor substitute for the original and will be unable to gather the momentum and enough clout to bring the party together.

      DJT not only lost the election but destroyed the republican party.

      a shame. it wasnt such a bad party, at least in theory.

      I don't think you could be any more wrong, if you stayed up all night and prepped for the question. IMNSHO, of course.😛

      The GOP had been losing the Reagan blue collar workers in a steady trickle, ever since Bush the Elder. Trump brought a lot of those people back to the party. He made in-roads not seen in decades in both the black and latino vote. Because of Trump and his policies, the GOP is nearing the 40% mark in some Texas counties.

      If the GOP is smart - and they usually aren't - they'd flip the script on the Dems and go after the blue and pink collar workers, while retaining most of their white middle class base. Dems could probably hang onto the cities but the GOP could garner the most states in the Electoral College, along with a majority in the Senate.

      For the next 12-16 years.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

      X 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 18:05
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        Doctor Phibes
        wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 17:08 last edited by Doctor Phibes
        #75

        I can't see the GOP going anywhere. At least one person here claimed the Democrats were completely finished as a political force in 2016, and look how that worked out.

        I'm a firm believer in the future being much the same as the past. There'll be Democrat Presidents and Republican Presidents.

        I was only joking

        K 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 17:52
        • D Doctor Phibes
          20 Oct 2021, 17:08

          I can't see the GOP going anywhere. At least one person here claimed the Democrats were completely finished as a political force in 2016, and look how that worked out.

          I'm a firm believer in the future being much the same as the past. There'll be Democrat Presidents and Republican Presidents.

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          Klaus
          wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 17:52 last edited by
          #76

          @doctor-phibes said in RIP, Colin Powell:

          I'm a firm believer in the future being much the same as the past. There'll be Democrat Presidents and Republican Presidents.

          Well, if you make that kind of argument: Every country and political system has a beginning and an end, too. It does matter in which direction a country goes. There is no natural law or anything that everything will just swing back and forth. It can also go south indefinitely.

          D 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 18:28
          • J Jolly
            20 Oct 2021, 16:51

            @bachophile said in RIP, Colin Powell:

            @jon-nyc all true but even with all the nutjobs, a la MTG, Boebert, et al. floating around, ...i dont think the GOP can field a candidate (eg... Im thinking Desantis, Cruz, or even Pompeo, ) who could try to be a trump clone. simply because no one will be as good as the original in terms of sheer narcissism, so any MAGA-like candidate will be a poor substitute for the original and will be unable to gather the momentum and enough clout to bring the party together.

            DJT not only lost the election but destroyed the republican party.

            a shame. it wasnt such a bad party, at least in theory.

            I don't think you could be any more wrong, if you stayed up all night and prepped for the question. IMNSHO, of course.😛

            The GOP had been losing the Reagan blue collar workers in a steady trickle, ever since Bush the Elder. Trump brought a lot of those people back to the party. He made in-roads not seen in decades in both the black and latino vote. Because of Trump and his policies, the GOP is nearing the 40% mark in some Texas counties.

            If the GOP is smart - and they usually aren't - they'd flip the script on the Dems and go after the blue and pink collar workers, while retaining most of their white middle class base. Dems could probably hang onto the cities but the GOP could garner the most states in the Electoral College, along with a majority in the Senate.

            For the next 12-16 years.

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            xenon
            wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 18:05 last edited by
            #77

            @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

            @bachophile said in RIP, Colin Powell:

            @jon-nyc all true but even with all the nutjobs, a la MTG, Boebert, et al. floating around, ...i dont think the GOP can field a candidate (eg... Im thinking Desantis, Cruz, or even Pompeo, ) who could try to be a trump clone. simply because no one will be as good as the original in terms of sheer narcissism, so any MAGA-like candidate will be a poor substitute for the original and will be unable to gather the momentum and enough clout to bring the party together.

            DJT not only lost the election but destroyed the republican party.

            a shame. it wasnt such a bad party, at least in theory.

            I don't think you could be any more wrong, if you stayed up all night and prepped for the question. IMNSHO, of course.😛

            The GOP had been losing the Reagan blue collar workers in a steady trickle, ever since Bush the Elder. Trump brought a lot of those people back to the party. He made in-roads not seen in decades in both the black and latino vote. Because of Trump and his policies, the GOP is nearing the 40% mark in some Texas counties.

            If the GOP is smart - and they usually aren't - they'd flip the script on the Dems and go after the blue and pink collar workers, while retaining most of their white middle class base. Dems could probably hang onto the cities but the GOP could garner the most states in the Electoral College, along with a majority in the Senate.

            For the next 12-16 years.

            Yeah - it's interesting. Trump's politics were a mix of Bernie Sanders + nationalism.

            Seems like an unstable brew.

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            • K Klaus
              20 Oct 2021, 17:52

              @doctor-phibes said in RIP, Colin Powell:

              I'm a firm believer in the future being much the same as the past. There'll be Democrat Presidents and Republican Presidents.

              Well, if you make that kind of argument: Every country and political system has a beginning and an end, too. It does matter in which direction a country goes. There is no natural law or anything that everything will just swing back and forth. It can also go south indefinitely.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 18:28 last edited by Doctor Phibes
              #78

              @klaus said in RIP, Colin Powell:

              @doctor-phibes said in RIP, Colin Powell:

              I'm a firm believer in the future being much the same as the past. There'll be Democrat Presidents and Republican Presidents.

              Well, if you make that kind of argument: Every country and political system has a beginning and an end, too. It does matter in which direction a country goes. There is no natural law or anything that everything will just swing back and forth. It can also go south indefinitely.

              Obviously, it can. Maybe I'm a bit too blasé about this as I grew up in England, which has a much longer history of stability than either the US or Germany. We haven't had a proper civil war in nearly 400 years, and have done a pretty good job of ensuring that major conflicts occurred primarily where there was a surfeit of foreigners. That being said, I think there's a real chance of the UK splitting up into its constituent parts in the medium term.

              Still, we do seem to be constantly teetering on the brink of catastrophe if you listen to all the doom-mongers. I'm also left with the distinct impression that they're enjoying all the doom-mongering.

              I was only joking

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              • J Jolly
                20 Oct 2021, 16:39

                @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

                Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

                Yeah, but production does.

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                Renauda
                wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 19:15 last edited by Renauda
                #79

                @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

                Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

                Yeah, but production does.

                You don't say.

                And production is based on

                ....demand.

                Without demand you can't make any money at the wellhead to operate those drilling rigs.

                Elbows up!

                J 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 19:26
                • R Renauda
                  20 Oct 2021, 19:15

                  @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

                  Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

                  Yeah, but production does.

                  You don't say.

                  And production is based on

                  ....demand.

                  Without demand you can't make any money at the wellhead to operate those drilling rigs.

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                  Jolly
                  wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 19:26 last edited by
                  #80

                  @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                  Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

                  Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

                  Yeah, but production does.

                  You don't say.

                  And production is based on

                  ....demand.

                  Without demand you can't make any money at the wellhead to operate those drilling rigs.

                  Demand is one thing. Availability is another.

                  We have demand.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

                  R 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 19:54
                  • J Jolly
                    20 Oct 2021, 19:26

                    @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                    @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                    @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                    @lufins-dad said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                    Gas prices would definitely be better as we would be drilling a lot more of our own.

                    Drilling has little to do with gas prices at the pump.

                    Yeah, but production does.

                    You don't say.

                    And production is based on

                    ....demand.

                    Without demand you can't make any money at the wellhead to operate those drilling rigs.

                    Demand is one thing. Availability is another.

                    We have demand.

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                    Renauda
                    wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 19:54 last edited by Renauda
                    #81

                    @Jolly

                    Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                    Spring 2021

                    https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                    October 2021

                    https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

                    Elbows up!

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                    • R Renauda
                      20 Oct 2021, 19:54

                      @Jolly

                      Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                      Spring 2021

                      https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                      October 2021

                      https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 20:09 last edited by
                      #82

                      @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                      but the rise in price is not about the USA

                      Yeah, there's a distinct tinge of dishonesty in this harping on about oil prices, as well as the problems with supply chains. These are clearly global problems that even The Great Orange Magnificence, (Sallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa- ala ālihi wa’ sallam) couldn't have solved.

                      I was only joking

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                      • R Renauda
                        20 Oct 2021, 19:54

                        @Jolly

                        Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                        Spring 2021

                        https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                        October 2021

                        https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 20:32 last edited by
                        #83

                        @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                        @Jolly

                        Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                        Spring 2021

                        https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                        October 2021

                        https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

                        Withdrawing oil leases on Federal lands and a ban on fracking in the U.S. has nothing to do with oil prces?

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • J Jolly
                          20 Oct 2021, 20:32

                          @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                          @Jolly

                          Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                          Spring 2021

                          https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                          October 2021

                          https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

                          Withdrawing oil leases on Federal lands and a ban on fracking in the U.S. has nothing to do with oil prces?

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                          xenon
                          wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 21:05 last edited by
                          #84

                          @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                          @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                          @Jolly

                          Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                          Spring 2021

                          https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                          October 2021

                          https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

                          Withdrawing oil leases on Federal lands and a ban on fracking in the U.S. has nothing to do with oil prces?

                          Someday maybe, but not today. It takes a while for fewer lease grants to turn into something that affects market price.

                          R 1 Reply Last reply 20 Oct 2021, 21:30
                          • X xenon
                            20 Oct 2021, 21:05

                            @jolly said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                            @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                            @Jolly

                            Of course you have demand as does every other industrialized country. But the rise in price is not about the USA or who or what is in the White House, it’s about the the global market and depletion of the amassed surplus:

                            Spring 2021

                            https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/4/16/historic-oil-glut-amassed-during-the-pandemic-is-almost-gone

                            October 2021

                            https://www.worldoil.com/news/2021/10/18/opec-misses-crude-output-targets-straining-global-oil-supply

                            Withdrawing oil leases on Federal lands and a ban on fracking in the U.S. has nothing to do with oil prces?

                            Someday maybe, but not today. It takes a while for fewer lease grants to turn into something that affects market price.

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                            Renauda
                            wrote on 20 Oct 2021, 21:30 last edited by
                            #85

                            @xenon

                            Well put.

                            Elbows up!

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                              Horace
                              wrote on 21 Oct 2021, 01:36 last edited by
                              #86

                              that was a garbage statement from Trump.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • R Renauda
                                20 Oct 2021, 21:30

                                @xenon

                                Well put.

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                                taiwan_girl
                                wrote on 25 Oct 2021, 03:02 last edited by
                                #87

                                @renauda said in RIP, Colin Powell:

                                @xenon

                                Well put.

                                Agree. Having deal with companies like PTT ("national" oil company of Thailand), etc., the people of Thailand are certainly not blaming the increase in gas prices on President Biden.

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