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04-01-2020, 02:20 PM | #14838 | |
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I think most know that we don't have to bring it all back to America. The rights to those materials and companies have to be American owned though. That was the reason behind bailing out the auto manufacturers. That way if the need or time arose America could still produce items that are vital to our survival. |
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04-01-2020, 02:21 PM | #14839 |
Would an idiot do that?
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04-01-2020, 02:22 PM | #14840 | |
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I wonder why the predictions have gone down. Maybe, just maybe....I'm spit balling here but maybe it's because of the steps the country has taken in order to slow the spread of CV19. |
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04-01-2020, 02:22 PM | #14841 | |
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We got ourselves in this mess, we can struggle through..question is..do we care enough now? |
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04-01-2020, 02:22 PM | #14842 | |
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04-01-2020, 02:22 PM | #14843 |
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Went to the doc today....Sinusitis and bronchitis. Whew. I knew all along since it's a yearly thing for me but the wife has been terrified.
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04-01-2020, 02:24 PM | #14844 | |
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Getting way too political w these posts though.. I'm done talking on this topic. |
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04-01-2020, 02:25 PM | #14845 |
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Funny thing is that the nation that would've REALLY been hit by a swift German victory is the United States.
The transfer of wealth from traditional European powers to the US because of WWI was staggering. It fast forwarded our ascent to superpower status by probably 50 years. And it fundamentally altered our national consciousness from 125+ years of relative isolationism to our present status as de facto world police. I get bored by studying WWII because it's a black and white conflict. It's democracy vs. authoritarianism and good vs. evil. There are clear white/black hats there and catastrophic outcomes of the bad guys had prevailed. But man, WWI is so fascinating in so many ways because so many of the evils that impact us to this day would've been diminished or avoided outright had things gone differently. Had all the authoritarian regimes that cropped up as a result of WWI been snuffed out in the womb, imagine how much human suffering would've been avoided. And the most likely avenue to that would've been a swift, relatively bloodless german victory that would've given them the 'credit' they were so desperate for on the world stage. It would've just calmed them the !@#$ down and gotten that chip off their shoulder. |
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04-01-2020, 02:28 PM | #14847 | |
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They have 1.4 billion people - they'd be insane not to keep those drugs for themselves. Or...I mean...we can do nothing and the next time something like this comes around we can blame the government for not being ready for it. It's imperative that a lesson is learned from all this. |
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04-01-2020, 02:29 PM | #14848 | |
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That's not what he suggested. |
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04-01-2020, 02:30 PM | #14849 |
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04-01-2020, 02:31 PM | #14850 | |
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