Tree of Knowledge 2,286 Posted Saturday at 12:38 PM 7 minutes ago, TimHauck said: Imagine if Biden did ANYTHING successful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 12:39 PM Doing my research on the history of Venezuela and what happened to this country, reads a lot like what trump is doing or plans to do to the US... Chávez rewrote the constitution in 1999 to increase presidential power. He packed the Supreme Court with loyalists and gradually dismantled the "checks and balances" that keep a leader in line. In 2003, he fired 18,000 experienced employees from the state oil company (PDVSA) and replaced them with political loyalists. In 2018, Nicolás Maduro launched the Petro (PTR), claiming it was the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency, supposedly pegged to the value of a barrel of Venezuelan oil. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 4,596 Posted Saturday at 12:50 PM 10 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Doing my research on the history of Venezuela and what happened to this country, reads a lot like what trump is doing or plans to do to the US... Chávez rewrote the constitution in 1999 to increase presidential power. He packed the Supreme Court with loyalists and gradually dismantled the "checks and balances" that keep a leader in line. In 2003, he fired 18,000 experienced employees from the state oil company (PDVSA) and replaced them with political loyalists. In 2018, Nicolás Maduro launched the Petro (PTR), claiming it was the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency, supposedly pegged to the value of a barrel of Venezuelan oil. You think Trump is a communist 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lickin_starfish 2,052 Posted Saturday at 12:57 PM https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2007380363018993769 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 01:10 PM Just to cut off some of the narratives. Yes Maduro was a disaster for Venezuela, but we're not good at nation building and it shouldn't be our goal. We don't know who replaces him and if it will be better. This looks pretty much like pure oil theft to benefit trump and his people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tree of Knowledge 2,286 Posted Saturday at 01:13 PM 2 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Just to cut off some of the narratives. Yes Maduro was a disaster for Venezuela, but we're not good at nation building and it shouldn't be our goal. We don't know who replaces him and if it will be better. This looks pretty much like pure oil theft to benefit trump and his people. How many military aged men from Venezuela invaded our country during the illegitimate Biden Regime? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,974 Posted Saturday at 01:15 PM The Venezuelan people of Miami gathering, dancing, cheering this news at 6 in the morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHauck 3,504 Posted Saturday at 01:16 PM 19 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said: https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2007380363018993769 Hmm, maybe it wasn’t for oil, it was for Israel? Venezuela is Hamas! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 01:19 PM Narco terrorism conspiracy? Is that even a charge? It funny though because we just pardoned the former president of Honduras on similar charges. Makes sense. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
listen2me 23 1,974 Posted Saturday at 01:28 PM Venezuelans all over are happy as hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,536 Posted Saturday at 01:28 PM This is a great day for Venezuela and its people. Lets hope they can put they can out together a functional government there peacefully. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:29 PM 50 minutes ago, Tree of Knowledge said: Imagine if Biden did ANYTHING successful. Exactly. These people can never look at the bright side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:34 PM 22 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Just to cut off some of the narratives. Yes Maduro was a disaster for Venezuela, but we're not good at nation building and it shouldn't be our goal. We don't know who replaces him and if it will be better. This looks pretty much like pure oil theft to benefit trump and his people. It's not. It's much wider and goes much deeper than oil. We have plenty. Now letting illegal Venesuelans into the country, purposely, is cut and dry. It was about votes and control. Let that sink in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:37 PM 15 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Narco terrorism conspiracy? Is that even a charge? It funny though because we just pardoned the former president of Honduras on similar charges. Makes sense. Whatever you think is going on for whatever reasons you think, it's not. Just sit with that reality a bit and see if you change your tune. I told you liberals you're going to give yourselves a mental breakdown if you try to apply liberal logic to what Trump does. Part of his strategy is to break your little liberal brains. Fight it if you want, but it is not going to be an easy ride for you. It's also for your benefit, but I don't expect you to realize this for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHauck 3,504 Posted Saturday at 01:41 PM 6 minutes ago, Frozenbeernuts said: It's not. It's much wider and goes much deeper than oil. We have plenty. Now letting illegal Venesuelans into the country, purposely, is cut and dry. It was about votes and control. Let that sink in. Well we do know it has pretty much zero to do with drugs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:42 PM Just now, TimHauck said: Well we do know it has pretty much zero to do with drugs He was striking drug boats. It has to do with drugs. That's not all of it, but it's part of the equation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHauck 3,504 Posted Saturday at 01:42 PM Just now, Frozenbeernuts said: He was striking drug boats. It has to do with drugs. That's not all of it, but it's part of the equation. Sheep alert! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:45 PM 1 minute ago, TimHauck said: Sheep alert! Weird how when a drug boat is blown up you can't figure out that drugs are part of the reason it was struck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Hunt 320 Posted Saturday at 01:47 PM 18 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said: Venezuelans all over are happy as hell Cubans are waiting to be liberated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 01:48 PM What a statt to the new year. Thank you Trump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Honcho 5,560 Posted Saturday at 02:03 PM 43 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Narco terrorism conspiracy? Is that even a charge? It funny though because we just pardoned the former president of Honduras on similar charges. Makes sense. As soon as I saw the story this morning and the statement, I thought the same thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogcows 1,357 Posted Saturday at 02:06 PM Interfering in South American governments has always gone so well for the U.S. - I’m sure this will be just as amazing as every other time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 4,596 Posted Saturday at 02:16 PM 9 minutes ago, dogcows said: Interfering in South American governments has always gone so well for the U.S. - I’m sure this will be just as amazing as every other time. Venezuela was amazing before socialism took over. Yet you want that destruction here. So yah spare us 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogcows 1,357 Posted Saturday at 02:20 PM Just now, RaiderHaters Revenge said: Venezuela was amazing before socialism took over. What years were the “amazing” period in their history? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:27 PM Trump on foxnews is saying this is payback for Maduro emptying his prisons and asylums into the US, which is a complete lie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avoiding injuries 1,674 Posted Saturday at 02:32 PM If Trump had been in office when the US killed osama bin Laden liberals would have been outraged. What a miserable bunch. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:34 PM 1 minute ago, avoiding injuries said: If Trump had been in office when the US killed osama bin Laden liberals would have been outraged. What a miserable bunch. Stop it. Madura never attacked America. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:35 PM Trump still lying, saying this is about drugs, 300k people die per year, total BS. Compares Maduro to Biden for rigging elections. What a POS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 02:36 PM 8 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said: Trump on foxnews is saying this is payback for Maduro emptying his prisons and asylums into the US, which is a complete lie. Maybe Maduro shouldn't have done that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 16,138 Posted Saturday at 02:36 PM 30 minutes ago, dogcows said: Interfering in South American governments has always gone so well for the U.S. - I’m sure this will be just as amazing as every other time. It’s worked out ok for Panama. Oh I forgot, you guys like the Bush clan now. Don’t bring it up that he did the same exact thing. Trump! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:37 PM Just now, Frozenbeernuts said: Maybe Maduro shouldn't have done that. Maduro didn't do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozenbeernuts 2,494 Posted Saturday at 02:38 PM Just now, Ron_Artest said: Maduro didn't do that. You keep believing that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:40 PM Just now, Frozenbeernuts said: You keep believing that I believe in evidence. There is no evidence at all that Maduro did this. None. You believe in a man that has a proven record of lying about everything. You're a cult member. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 8,173 Posted Saturday at 02:42 PM I’m sure regime change will go swimmingly this time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,073 Posted Saturday at 02:42 PM This guy was indicted in 2020. Unbelievable that the libs are trying to defend a terrorist, drug cartel dictator who has been indicted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horseman 2,799 Posted Saturday at 02:48 PM 2 hours ago, Ron_Artest said: Doing my research on the history of Venezuela........... Lolololol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbivore 1,222 Posted Saturday at 02:48 PM pretty amazing that we went in there and just grabbed him. love to hear the details. what happens next? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Artest 2,611 Posted Saturday at 02:48 PM 5 minutes ago, Strike said: This guy was indicted in 2020. Unbelievable that the libs are trying to defend a terrorist, drug cartel dictator who has been indicted. Just as crazy as maga defending a terrorist, drug cartel dictator who was pardoned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 6,073 Posted Saturday at 02:49 PM Just now, Herbivore said: pretty amazing that we went in there and just grabbed him. love to hear the details. what happens next? He gets put on trial, hopefully convicted, and spends the rest of his life in prison? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites