A New Direction.

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by pipoz4444 » February 23, 2019, 1:36 pm

Hi, and what I like about Politics or the Political Leaders, is that it is and they are, a great Divider. It/they tend to separate the Sheep from the Wolves. :roll: :-k

On one hand you have the outspoken................. Political leaders and on the other you have those who are aligned to a Politically correct form of messaging to the people. I don’t see any on the world stage, who fit in the middle ground, at this time

Whilst most of the names are taken mainly from the G20 Countrie, a few more have been added for affect, of those who appear to be shaping the World Politics and or their respective Domestic Politics and those who also seem to attract most of the attention from the World Media are, :-s :-s

Abe, Shinzo (Japan)
Ader, Janor (Hungary)
Arden, Jacinda (New Zealand)
Duterte, Rodrigo (Philippine)
Kim Jong un (North Korea)
Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore)
Macron, Emmanuel (France)
Erdogan (Turkey)
Nieto, Enrique (Mexico)
MBS (KSA)
Macri Mauricio (Argentina)
Marino, Brey (Spain)
May, Teresa (United Kingdom)
Merkel, Angela (Germany)
Modi, Narendra (India)
Morrison, Scott (Australia)
Muhammad..Maktum (UAE)
Netanyahu, Binyamin (Israel)
Putin, Vladimir (Russia)
Renzi, Matteo (Italy)
Rousseff, Dilma (Brazil)
Trudeau, Justin (Canada)
Trump, Donald (USA)
Vazquez, Tabare (Uruguay)
Xi Jinping (China)

Have left South Korea and South Africa out from the G20 list, as its unlikely anyone knows who their Political leaders are and I don't see any others outside this list that might “Leave a Footprint in the Sand” during their Tenure, but I could be wrong. Names taken from Link: https://www.geni.com/projects/Current-W ... aders/6177.

Some of these people will leave a legacy of what they stood for, what they actually did and or what they tried to do for their respective Counties, whereas others will simply fade away into oblivion, never to be thought of again.

Group 1: Like it or lump it, but you will or might remember Trump, Xi Jinping, Putin, May, Abe, Morrison, Ader and maybe one or two more, for the decisions/directions, in their time.
Group 2: It unlikely that you will remember any of these, Trudeau, Macron, Merkel, Arden, Nieto, Marino, Renzi, Rousseff, for what they never did.

Those who will have made a difference on the World/their Country platforms, are likely to have come from Group 1. Whether you agree with that difference, for the better or the worst, is your own personal prerogative.

I may not agree with all of the Group 1 Leaders - Policies/Decisions and the like and or what they advocate for all of the time, but do I prefer have Group 1 running the show, rather than a bunch of Group 2's. =; [-(

I presume this is a Forum where one can express ones views, with a reasonable degree of Decorum and Civility \:D/ \:D/

Just my 2 cents worth

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Giggle » February 23, 2019, 1:52 pm

Trump is America's president and he's doing a GREAT job!

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by trekkertony » February 23, 2019, 2:17 pm

A reasonable reflection

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by jackspratt » February 23, 2019, 2:20 pm

Hmmmm?

"Footprint in the Sand"

Angela Merkel - 4 term Chancellor of Germany (the 4th or 5th largest world economy) since 2005, and defacto leader of the EU.

Scott Morrison - "un-elected" Prime Minister of Australia (13th largest economy) since August 2018, after deposing an "elected" Prime Minister, and a very good chance of being chucked out in 3 months time.

:-k

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by vlad » February 23, 2019, 2:36 pm

I have given you my thoughts on what has happened to the forum so it is up to you if your happy to carry on the way it is or change direction. There's little point going round and round blaming posters or accusing who posted this who posted that. As Papafarang say's no one gets a look in these day's so someone needs to look at this and improve it.As for me and this is just my opinion I will not withdraw my membership but due to the Americanisation of the site iv'e decided to take a back seat and see what changes will be made if any.

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Below is a PM I received from a member some time ago and this is my last post as I am deleting all from my computer.
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by pipoz4444 » February 23, 2019, 3:24 pm

jackspratt wrote:
February 23, 2019, 2:20 pm
Hmmmm?

"Footprint in the Sand"

Angela Merkel - 4 term Chancellor of Germany (the 4th or 5th largest world economy) since 2005, and defacto leader of the EU.

Scott Morrison - "un-elected" Prime Minister of Australia (13th largest economy) since August 2018, after deposing an "elected" Prime Minister, and a very good chance of being chucked out in 3 months time.

:-k
Footprint in the Sand: I think it is derived from the Bible (but then again I am not Religious), although some credit the phrase to a Poem, composed my Mary Stevenson :roll:

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by samuel » February 23, 2019, 3:36 pm

how to exclude several forums from the list of unread posts?
that would help me a lot to get away from all this trump bs.
thanks for any help.
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Doodoo » February 23, 2019, 3:44 pm

LS keeps on trying but not yet, 21 minutes and 7 postings. Not quite there yet waiting for the record to be broken of posting drivel for the uncommon man to read

Good luck

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Giggle » February 23, 2019, 4:11 pm

Brittle know-it-alls want to start threads and then whine when Lone Star eats them for lunch.

Take a hike Brittle idiots.
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by jackspratt » February 23, 2019, 4:44 pm

pipoz4444 wrote:
February 23, 2019, 3:24 pm

Footprint in the Sand: I think it is derived from the Bible (but then again I am not Religious), although some credit the phrase to a Poem, composed my Mary Stevenson :roll:

pipoz4444
I gave no religious connotation to the saying.

My understanding is "leaving a mark on history". Perhaps I am wrong in that.

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by pipoz4444 » February 23, 2019, 4:57 pm

jackspratt wrote:
February 23, 2019, 4:44 pm
pipoz4444 wrote:
February 23, 2019, 3:24 pm

Footprint in the Sand: I think it is derived from the Bible (but then again I am not Religious), although some credit the phrase to a Poem, composed my Mary Stevenson :roll:

pipoz4444
I gave no religious connotation to the saying.

My understanding is "leaving a mark on history". Perhaps I am wrong in that.
Re. I gave no religious connotation to the saying: Neither did I. [-o<

I suppose the four Words can mean a number of different things to any individual, but yes "leaving a mark on history" or even stretching it to mean "contributing to change for the right reasons", is an appropriate understanding from my point of view \:D/

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Lone Star » February 24, 2019, 7:53 am

pipoz4444 wrote:
February 23, 2019, 1:36 pm
Hi, and what I like about Politics or the Political Leaders, is that it is and they are, a great Divider. It/they tend to separate the Sheep from the Wolves.

. . .
I looked at some of the US Presidents and the overall impact of their policies -- foreign and domestic.

FDR - positive
Truman - neutral to positive
Eisenhower - neutral to positive
JFK - positive
LBJ - negative
Nixon - neutral to positive
Carter - negative
Reagan - positive
GHWB - neutral to negative
Clinton - positive
GWB - neutral to negative
Obama - negative
Trump - positive
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Udon Map » February 24, 2019, 8:57 am

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by DuiDui49 » February 24, 2019, 9:33 am

Pay no attention to the faults of others,Things done or left undone by others.

Consider only what,by oneself,is done or left undone.


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Re: A New Direction.

Post by FrazeeDK » February 24, 2019, 9:44 am

No listing of Prime Minister Moon Jae-In of South Korea? He might just get a peace deal from the North Koreans which would allow the U.S. forces to decamp from South Korea totally... That would be a significant event...
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by GT93 » February 24, 2019, 10:00 am

I prefer the oddball threads reflecting how whacko Thailand and life can be. They're probably crowded out a little on udontrump but that's hardly the end of the world.

I try not to get involved much in the Trump threads. I find their religiosity a bit of a turn off.

You've raised an interesting thread here Vlad.
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Re: A New Direction.

Post by newtovillagelife » February 24, 2019, 10:43 am

Giggle wrote:
February 23, 2019, 4:11 pm
Brittle know-it-alls want to start threads and then whine when Lone Star eats them for lunch.

Take a hike Brittle idiots.
I'm sure he would like to eat you for lunch Giggle... :oops:

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Lone Star » February 24, 2019, 11:35 am

Giggle wrote:
February 23, 2019, 4:11 pm
Brittle know-it-alls want to start threads and then whine when Lone Star eats them for lunch.

Take a hike Brittle idiots.
Sure looks that way.

No way to know for sure. They usually don't respond to the topic. Too busy concerning themseles with ME.

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Re: A New Direction.

Post by Lone Star » February 24, 2019, 11:40 am

FrazeeDK wrote:
February 24, 2019, 9:44 am
No listing of Prime Minister Moon Jae-In of South Korea? He might just get a peace deal from the North Koreans which would allow the U.S. forces to decamp from South Korea totally... That would be a significant event...
Agree. To this point, his leadership has been extraordinary!
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