Remember his Administration sent no help for those who died in Benghazi, the IRS has been caught harassing conservative groups, "If you like your doctor..." and the Obamacare website debacle, Fast & Furious. This is the most corrupt administration ever.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
But don't worry: I keep reading how white male heterosexual Christians are THE most threatened group in America. Come the revolution, you're golden.
Updated On: 4/17/14 at 06:50 PM
Ukraine is not as guilty as Russia. It is the lesser of the two evils, at the least. Those who attempt to claim that both parties are to blame are simply trying to justify Russia's terribly misguided actions.
Considering that Russia is increasingly turning into a xenophobic, homophobic and generally intolerant society, while Ukraine has been relatively tolerant and Western-oriented, my bet is on Russian provocateurs attempting to lay the groundwork for the Russian invasion.
Not to mention that Crimea is now under the Russian control so Ukrainians can not be blamed for what's going on there.
For once I agree with every single word typed in your post, siny! You are right of course. But that doesn't stop other "open minded" apologists from trying to create doubt by simply suggesting that Ukraine could be to blame... without any proof. Ya. Ok.
Meanwhile, Russia has publicly acknowledged its desire to take Ukraine back, shown a pattern of radically conservative behavior (homophobia/xenophobia/racism/antisemitism/etc.), and has been caught redhanded with photographic proof of undercover Russian security forces posing as Ukrainian protestors.
But yeah, Ukraine could TOTALLY be responsible for all of this. At least in PeeJay's world. Right.
I have mixed feelings about your message, Taz. I certainly worry about their safety, no doubt, but just to run away just gives them what they want -- whomever "they" are. Don't they have the right to be there?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
The tomb of the rabbi that was spray-painted with a swastika is in Dnepropetrovsk, which is in the Russian-speaking part of the country that is still under Ukrainian control (barely).
Dnepropetrovsk has seen violent neo-Nazi activity in the past few months, mostly against the Russians there. But the Jews are not safe. In 1941, somewhere around 11,000 Jews of Dnepropetrovsk and neighboring villages were rounded up by the Nazis and taken away to be shot, while their Ukrainian neighbors watched.
Today, a merry-go-round stands on the spot where the Jews were rounded up.
And a swastika is painted on a rabbi's grave.
But, yes, maybe the spray-painters and the people attacking the Russian speakers were Russians pretending to be Ukrainians to make Ukrainians look bad.
Eastern Ukraine is a very complicated area for Americans to comprehend. They have a different sense of good guys and bad guys there than we do, more nuanced, perplexing and contradictory.
"But, yes, maybe the spray-painters and the people attacking the Russian speakers were Russians pretending to be Ukrainians to make Ukrainians look bad. "
Whether you'd like to believe it or not, there is compelling evidence that suggests pro-Russian forces are disguising themselves as Ukrainian protestors who, interestingly enough, are accused of doing the very things you list in your post. It's always well and good to be open minded but as they... If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck.