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AZJonnie

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13. The 'beauty' of this bit of sophistry

Mon Feb 17, 2025, 07:54 PM

Feb 17

is that the phrase "take care of our own houses" is nebulous to the point of nonsensical. When talking about a huge country of 300M+ people, 'the house' will literally never be 'taken care of', not even close. Thus, this statement is exact logical and functional equivalent of saying 'fuck all the rest of y'all'.

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US House Speaker Johnson: West will only survive if countries prioritise national interests [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 17 OP

Time in office is their greatest asset. The more time they waste in disagreement the better. /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 17 #1

Stupid and short sighted CanonRay Feb 17 #2

Johnson's "common sense" is called Jingoism Sessuch Feb 17 #9

When a conservative says common sense BOSSHOG Feb 17 #29

That attitude is pure bullshit. Still thinking of the United States is a piece of real estate. Walleye Feb 17 #3

I remember in Baby Bush's administration BOSSHOG Feb 17 #26

FUCK RIGHT OFF, YA LITTLE FREAK Leghorn21 Feb 17 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author BadgerMom Feb 18 #37

So in other words butt out of our poli-junkie Feb 17 #5

Where is this stand all together or fall individually? This guy sticks his foot in his mouth every day I swear. SWBTATTReg Feb 17 #6

Psst Johnson...We were doing fine until you election denier assholes showed up. PS. Fuck off. Evolve Dammit Feb 17 #7

Yes! Linda ladeewolf Feb 17 #30

Glad he wasn't in a meaningful position in 1939. surfered Feb 17 #8

Yes, because all the campers kerouac2 Feb 17 #10

Dumbfuck says what? Basso8vb Feb 17 #11

"We're for ourselves... except for our monetary backers." sakabatou Feb 17 #12

The 'beauty' of this bit of sophistry AZJonnie Feb 17 #13

Absolutely. I got mine, and fuck y'all. johnnyfins Feb 17 #35

Welcome back, 1914. Itchinjim Feb 17 #14

I hope that when Johnson's house catches fire.... 70sEraVet Feb 17 #15

PERFECT ANALOGY johnnyfins Feb 17 #36

Yeah, Progressive dog Feb 17 #16

Canada IS (for now) your ally. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 17 #25

The survival of the West was NEVER in danger, until idiots started voting for wannabe Dictators like Turnip. eppur_se_muova Feb 17 #17

We were doing just fine until the Republicans fucked everything up. Baitball Blogger Feb 17 #18

We're not prioritizing national interests. We're taking them backwards. Initech Feb 17 #19

The only way the west will survive is when this administration and the thugs in Congress are thrown out of office. JohnSJ Feb 17 #20

Who Is In Charge In This Administration? DallasNE Feb 17 #21

Mighty Xtian of him Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 17 #22

Small Johnson -- one more lickspittle Turd "yes" man. Tarzanrock Feb 17 #23

Single minded focus on "America First" leads to "America Alone"; very bad for economies to be alone . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 17 #24

So the House Speaker sets foreign policy now? LearnedHand Feb 17 #27

His national interests are muskrat and 47 vapor2 Feb 17 #28

He's always been a shitheel. enigmania Feb 17 #31

i.e. Lets go back to European countries and other countries going to war with each other! DSandra Feb 17 #32

You know what these idiots are doing? Baitball Blogger Feb 17 #33

Fart noises Solly Mack Feb 17 #34

I have a feeling that his comment will not age well Renew Deal Feb 18 #38

Hey Speaker Johnson swong19104 Feb 18 #39

more proof his "faith" is a bunch of fucking nonsense Skittles Feb 18 #40

Counter-argument: The EU exists. DetlefK Feb 18 #41

we were doing just fine 4catsmom Feb 18 #42

Our Christian Taliban promoting selfishness. nt Hotler Feb 18 #43

Putin speak Old Crank Feb 18 #44

Wrong. The West will only survive, as we have since WWII, through cooperation. Martin68 Feb 18 #45

Another jumped-up bought & paid for traitorous slug NotHardly Feb 18 #46

Which history tells us again and again is exactly the wrong approach. malthaussen Feb 18 #47

Survive what?! Oh yeah, the invasion of the screaming wombat MAGAs! "Accept, support and do what we say or KPN Feb 18 #48

Putin is all smiles. Swede Feb 18 #49