patriotic thread

[Aaron]

I stopped watching it years ago. I get infuriated by some of the reactions.

I've let politics stress me out in recent years. I was happier when I was oblivious to what was going on...

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I always watch the SOTU. I don't care if it's a President I support or not giving it, I like making a point to watch it. I mean, I support the country either way and like to hear what the current leader has to say.

With this one I can't help but think they should have an NFL crew producing it. Those guys are really good and getting stats up on the screen real quick. I'm watching it on ABC and they keep cutting to various senators and reps and half the time they don't get their name on the screen before they cut away. I mean I know all the big players but the randos they cut to I could use the little title card identifying them.

Poor direction. The director should be knowing which camera he/she is going to cut to and he/she should have the name forwarded to the name on screen guy/gal. If they are missing that, then it is poor direction.

 

[scotchandcigar]

There's nothing like a war to bring people together.

 

[JHDK]

I stopped watching it years ago. I get infuriated by some of the reactions.

I hear ya. And I do like how the SCOTUS and military generals try to stay neutral and don't do the whole cheering or not cheering thing. But I think congress being kinda rowdy isn't anything new. The freaking continental congress got heated in that room.

I've let politics stress me out in recent years. I was happier when I was oblivious to what was going on...

Politics being stressful is enjoyable to me.

Overall I think President Biden did well. The thing about an international tax rate was really scary to me, but I liked his comments on Ukraine. He totally said FU to defund the police so I like that. And I think he had a pretty powerful closing.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Lots of radical ideas: support veterans and cure cancer. Not sure if I can get behind that.

 

[JHDK]

While I make a point to watch the SOTU no matter the party in power of the executive, I also make a point to not watch the opposite party's response.

I quickly went back to random Youtube videos when it started.

 

[HecticArt]

They really did need to do a better job of getting the names of the randos up on the screen.

There's nothing like a war to bring people together.

Judging from the crowd shots, that's pretty accurate. There were a lot more schmucks on either side of the aisle standing at the same time. Usually, for the last 12 years or so, it be either party or the other standing to applaud. This time there was a lot more bipartisan clapping. They were even doing it more for non Ukraine stuff than usual.

 

[HecticArt]

While I make a point to watch the SOTU no matter the party in power of the executive, I also make a point to not watch the opposite party's response.

I quickly went back to random Youtube videos when it started.

We switched over to Billions. S6E2.

 

[sadchild]

SOTU? Great song. My band used to cover it.

 

[HecticArt]

I’m a patriot of the universe, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard that song before.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I stopped watching it years ago. I get infuriated by some of the reactions.

I've let politics stress me out in recent years. I was happier when I was oblivious to what was going on...

Same here. I also stopped watching, even when I liked the President, because I didn't like the half-standing/half-sitting thing, or congressmen shouting things like "You Lie". There used to be some degree of civility. That, and the speech is typically a series of pie-in-the-sky platitudes, which elicits applause from some segment of the crowd every 12 seconds.

But last night, after an hour of "Real Housewives", the Mrs. wanted to watch the SOTU, rather than another hour of RH. So she put it on. I just want to know what Kevin McCarthy mouthed under his breath when the camera jumped to him.

 

[Wolf]

Since this is the Patriotic thread and it needs this video.

 

[JHDK]

Is Ukraine even a democracy?

apparently they had some sort of rising in 2014?

so Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he may not be a real Washington. he is cool tho...fighting w his people.

straight up he gotta be better than Putin right?

 

[scotchandcigar]

I just learned that he's Jewish too. So there's that.

 

[JHDK]

So here's my very basic take.

Tell me how I'm wrong.

President Biden got gas up to $3.50 average cause he shut down that American Indian/Canadian pipeline.

Now gas shot up to $4+ cause fuckin Putin with his assholness shut down that Germany to Russia pipeline.

Am I anywhere close here? You all seem to be smarter than I but I don't really think you are, I think you just can in some respects slightly post better than I.

Also, overall I think my posts are kinda smart while also being dumb and silly.

You all know I'm a dick right?

 

[Channel98]

The national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.04 today. In California, which has the highest gas prices in the nation, a gallon of gas averages $5.34. Yikes!

10 states with the highest gas prices in the country

The national average for a gallon of gas rose above $4.00 on Monday morning – but in these states, average prices climbed much higher.

www.wric.com

 

[HecticArt]

So here's my very basic take.

Tell me how I'm wrong.

President Biden got gas up to $3.50 average cause he shut down that American Indian/Canadian pipeline.

Now gas shot up to $4+ cause fuckin Putin with his assholness shut down that Germany to Russia pipeline.

Am I anywhere close here? You all seem to be smarter than I but I don't really think you are, I think you just can in some respects slightly post better than I.

Also, overall I think my posts are kinda smart while also being dumb and silly.

You all know I'm a dick right?

You’re wrong.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

So here's my very basic take.

Tell me how I'm wrong.

President Biden got gas up to $3.50 average cause he shut down that American Indian/Canadian pipeline.

Now gas shot up to $4+ cause fuckin Putin with his assholness shut down that Germany to Russia pipeline.

Am I anywhere close here? You all seem to be smarter than I but I don't really think you are, I think you just can in some respects slightly post better than I.

Also, overall I think my posts are kinda smart while also being dumb and silly.

You all know I'm a dick right?

Most governments are boycotting Russian oil. Which means they are getting their supply from elsewhere. This means demand is higher than supply causing prices to rise globally. Even if you guys supplied all your own oil you would still pay the world price. If you had a well in Texas and you could sell for $100 overseas or $40 locally what would you do? So the price is the same.

In Canada (3rd largest oil reserve in the world) gas is $1.82 / litre C$. This translates roughly to $5.36 / gallon US$. So stop your wining about $4 / gallon gas.

 

[sadchild]

Someone told me yesterday that he knows someone who lives in Germany and they are currently not heating their house. It has to do with this....?

Germany halts Nord Stream 2 and Russia responds with a stark warning | CNN Business

The West showed Tuesday it was ready to target Russia's huge energy industry — even at the risk of hurting itself — after Moscow ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine.

www.cnn.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

So here's my very basic take.

Tell me how I'm wrong.

President Biden got gas up to $3.50 average cause he shut down that American Indian/Canadian pipeline.

Now gas shot up to $4+ cause fuckin Putin with his assholness shut down that Germany to Russia pipeline.

Am I anywhere close here? You all seem to be smarter than I but I don't really think you are, I think you just can in some respects slightly post better than I.

Also, overall I think my posts are kinda smart while also being dumb and silly.

You all know I'm a dick right?

Um yeah, wrong. I've never actually heard anyone else mention the pipeline, because it doesn't exist yet, and whenever it got going (in 20 years), it'll be insignificant.

But maybe you've heard there was a pandemic recently? The same reason food at the supermarket has shot up in price, is why gas has shot up in price. Increasing demand met by a crippled supply chain and worker shortage. Remember seeing this?



Even domestically produced oil has to be transported to refineries, then distributed to wherever it's being sold. It has zero to do with Biden, Trump, Hillary, or Obama.