Quote from: lecarrjan on July 05, 2019, 04:13:36 AM
Thanks for the replies and comments. I still wonder how some conservatives feel about Russia, a country and system of government so alien to our own?  As a messenger one must accept being criticized. 

A fascinating read on Russia is 'The Man without a Face, The unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin' by Masha Gessen, a journalist who lived in Russia during the transition from Soviet regime to whatever they call themselves now.

"No one is easier to manipulate than a man who exaggerates his own influence."  Masha Gessen, The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

"The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been taken from them, and how."  Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

If you don't like Russia and their communist history, why do you want our country to adopt the same system?

Quote from: lecarrjan on July 05, 2019, 04:13:36 AM
Thanks for the replies and comments. I still wonder how some conservatives feel about Russia, a country and system of government so alien to our own?  As a messenger one must accept being criticized. 

A fascinating read on Russia is 'The Man without a Face, The unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin' by Masha Gessen, a journalist who lived in Russia during the transition from Soviet regime to whatever they call themselves now.

"No one is easier to manipulate than a man who exaggerates his own influence."  Masha Gessen, The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

"The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been taken from them, and how."  Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

That's it, thanks? I don't' think so, I gave you a full on reply and this is the light weight shit you come back with, a quote from someone no one gives a fuck about.
No damn wonder you're so damned ignorant, you develop your opinions from books. You have no core set of values, so you have nothing from which to measure, so, like the typical blank slate lib, you are easy to impress an opinion on if it aligns with your anti American views.

Conservatives have a built in understanding of right and wrong, these are known as "Core Values", we are born that way, some are raised that way, so when we look at any given issue, we can in an instant, explain both sides of an issue.
Libs on the other hand in  most cases today have been confused on purpose, you go off to school with one set of beliefs, only to have those muddies via PC, as time proceeds even Right and Wrong are muddied, now we have kids at the point of being confused over gender.
That's where libs and Cons differ, our values were never muddied, we refused to buy into the leftist bullshit of destroying the very fabric of what make America so great in a world full of oppression.

So debate me son, prove to me I'm wrong, prove to me you still have a set of values that don't oppose that of the US.
Spetchal Rights for the sexually perverted, Hate Speech, Internet Censorship of the Conservative voice,, BLM, OWS, ANTIFA just to name a few, do you hold these Marxist values?

Quote from: taxed on July 05, 2019, 05:42:41 AM
If you don't like Russia and their communist history, why do you want our country to adopt the same system?

He has no clue what he wants, he only knows what he's been taught, that somehow Individual Freedom and Liberty, not granted by big brother, who could yank it at anytime, is somehow wrong.
He thinks govt should be in control of rights, not the people of the country. Somehow just the thought of the people in control over govt seems inherently wrong, why only heathens would think they are bigger than govt, the mighty bread giver.
How dare we allow a spaghetti monster to rule over us and make govt a third place entity under man and God, not over. These words alone are foreign to libs, the idea that man has the power to abolish govt? Ohhh The Horror!

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"

The Steele Dossier that was paid for by the DNC/HIllary campaign and created by the Russians says exactly the opposite about the situation.
The dossier was an attack on Trump and provided to Hillary, whom the Russian's already knew they could easily buy (Uranium One).
Trump was one of the richest people in the world and of course would have relationships and influence with people in many countries where. Hotels and resorts all seek to be a presence in major cities and resort areas around the world. Look at the top Hotels in Russia and you will see American brands on many of them.

Quote from: carolina73 on July 08, 2019, 07:59:25 AM
The Steele Dossier that was paid for by the DNC/HIllary campaign and created by the Russians says exactly the opposite about the situation.
The dossier was an attack on Trump and provided to Hillary, whom the Russian's already knew they could easily buy (Uranium One).
Trump was one of the richest people in the world and of course would have relationships and influence with people in many countries where. Hotels and resorts all seek to be a presence in major cities and resort areas around the world. Look at the top Hotels in Russia and you will see American brands on many of them.

You forgot the FBI...

https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-calls-out-dirty-cops-at-fbi-who-made-11-payments-to-christopher-steele/