How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?"

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    So now that we got the opinions, diversions and history lessons out of the way...

    The current government of Iran has made it into a terrorist Country, operating with "at least" 3-4 additional terrorist proxy groups. The only reason they have not been dealt with until now is because they had easy oil. Previous US Presidents have failed at different levels to handle them. Their people finally rose up against them and were slaughtered by the 10's of thousands. They either have nukes or are/were on the verge of having them and they have/had the missile capability to really f--k things up in this world...with proven and expressed intent to do so.

    Whether you vote D or R...you like President Trump or hate him...has nothing to do with any of this. At least he's doing something...not just talking about it.

    YMMV
     
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    One way to avoid being asked about "super secret" sources is to identify them when you post. They're not secret then.

    I'm not saying it's always necessary to go as far as the standards of source acknowledgment and verification used on Wikipedia—but even going partway that far would markedly improve a typical forum post.
     
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    Cardone was owned by the now bankrupt company First Brands, which is why Fram products aren’t being made now, because they owned Fram. First Brands owned quite a number of auto parts suppliers.
    So who added “family owned” to your information? No one is buying up these First Brand auto parts companies and shutting them down.
     
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    Holy cow, Carter wasn’t in office, Reagan was. Carter was the leader of the Carter Center, that’s your story? LOL

    Sounds like you need to unfilter and read some original source.
     
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    I stopped counting how many times he declared victory over Iran and at least four ‘attack’ incidents. I have a low expectation of Trump’s ability to tell us what is going on in the theater.

    Perhaps you can tell us?
    • Peace negotiations going on?
    • Military attacks going on?
    • Gulf States are happy with Trump’s war on Iran?
    • In addition to Israel, what other allies are there?
    Bob Wilson
     
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    As I said before...you get the same information I get. But...he did bomb the sh-t out of them, killed their top layers of government and destroyed much if not most all their military capabilities. I judge according to actions...not words.
     
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