To: carranza2 who wrote (186433 ) 4/15/2022 8:38:14 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217713 Re <<The dimwitted ... ant's nut sack >> :0)VIDEO Lyric Don't Pay The Ferryman lyric (1) ... arguably controversial take on state of is , but undoubtedly mirthful expression of controversial view. ... but yes, given there is or ought to be a long list of issues at higher ranking of priority, unless one tees up moral / philosophical / and possibly practical stop-aggression-now-when-earlier-better / no-appeasement slogans entailed in the Ukraine narrative(s), it is difficult to see how Ukraine ruled by Zelensky matters more to Team USA than, say, China Taiwan under Tsai, just for example Wheat vs chips, chips win But, and a however, neon gas also important, because it feeds into chips, albeit alternate sources are more plentiful, given that TSMC grip on chips is tighter, than Russian hold on palladium All very complicated.(2) ... however, and a big however, the 'other side' might intone, that given the security guarantees Team USA / Nato gave to the Ukraines when convincing them to nuclear disarm way back when, the issue then becomes are any and all guaranties by USA / Nato any-good-at-all the minute after they are made? Such is the burden of empires per implicit admonition of the founding fathers. IOW, constitution issue arises. The USA Constitution, as both expression of intent and guidance on behaviour, is actually a very good document. The degradation came in successive waves as generations replaced generations.(3) Wonder what happens should any presidential candidate cut through the chase and actually ran on Reset to Original Constitution State ticket? Answer, the United becomes Disunited or Un-United, a guess. IOW, the software of the machine has been upgraded a few cycles too many that a hard-fork is more easily done than yet another upgrade. If so, issues arise, and issues that shall cost a whole lot of gold.(4) Historically China had something akin to the Constitution , per "Mandate from Heaven" en.wikipedia.org ... and just as historically, the fix is the problem, only refreshed by hard-fork perhaps between 65 - 75 times, always worked out for the better, eventually, per tautological logic (note, there were recurring episodes of hardwired TeoTwawKi and inescapable Darkest-Interregnums. Side notes, the ways to make it across from one regime to another protocol, and one schema to a different but same sovereign are few: - Skip out, away, and opt-out by voting with feet - Engage in change-process and not lose - Gold, buried deepen.wikipedia.org