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 Stirlingsays  05 Jan 20 9.26pm |
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Ah...I get it now, Michael Bloomberg doesn't just want power like all the rest. Michael Bloomberg is Jesus. The 'berg' should have been a clue, but I missed it. 'Jesus Bloomberg, Superstar Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Jan 2020 9.27pm)
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Teddy Eagle  05 Jan 20 9.35pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
No. Because it's good to hear someone who is themselves very wealthy and could potentially benefit from the kind of policies being pursued by the Republicans under Trump, recognising the folly of the current administration. It's good to know that in the USA someone is also prepared to put the national interest before their own, just as those MPs did in the last Parliament here, even to the point of spending a large amount of his personal fortune in doing so. Whether you agree with him or not that is worthy of admiration. Another interpretation is that a 77 year old who’s the 14th richest man in the world feels he’s untouchable.
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cryrst  The garden of England 05 Jan 20 9.49pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
No. Because it's good to hear someone who is themselves very wealthy and could potentially benefit from the kind of policies being pursued by the Republicans under Trump, recognising the folly of the current administration. It's good to know that in the USA someone is also prepared to put the national interest before their own, just as those MPs did in the last Parliament here, even to the point of spending a large amount of his personal fortune in doing so. Whether you agree with him or not that is worthy of admiration. Yes you have to admire the brexit politicians.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 05 Jan 20 10.59pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
Another interpretation is that a 77 year old who’s the 14th richest man in the world feels he’s untouchable. I truly cannot understand the logic behind that comment. It's known that Bloomberg is very altruistic. No-one though is untouchable when you enter US politics, especially when you take on people like Trump and his support base.
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| Teddy Eagle 05 Jan 20 11.03pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I truly cannot understand the logic behind that comment. It's known that Bloomberg is very altruistic. No-one though is untouchable when you enter US politics, especially when you take on people like Trump and his support base. Really? His age and wealth mean he’s not exactly planning for the future. In any people over the age of 75 aren’t the most responsible in their comments.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 05 Jan 20 11.12pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Yes you have to admire the brexit politicians. Not me. I am sure some are sincere although I disagree with them. Many though are either self serving or opportunists. It's the those who fought for remaining in the EU in the face of insults and character assassination in the popular press and on social media that I admire. Sticking by their convictions and not changing their minds. Stubborn refusal to acknowledge the truth that all politicians actually know more like.
If that was their motive they would have found ways to reverse their position, knowing all they have discovered in the past 3 and more years. You speak like a true brexiteer,well done. How can that possibly be true? I am not, have never been and never will be, in favour of our country leaving the best thing to have happened to us since WW2, which will also probably see the end of the UK as we know it.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 05 Jan 20 11.25pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
Really? His age and wealth mean he’s not exactly planning for the future. In any people over the age of 75 aren’t the most responsible in their comments. I can assure you from direct current personal experience that is completely untrue. At 75 I am full of energy and determination. Whilst the precise length of my future is unclear it still matters a lot but the future of my loved ones matters even more. I think Mr Bloomberg, like me, feels the need to be active and affect things while he can. My own opinion is that people of our age are much more responsible in our comments than younger people as we have a wider experience to call upon and less need for confirmation from others. Dementia sufferers excluded of course.
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| Teddy Eagle 05 Jan 20 11.42pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I can assure you from direct current personal experience that is completely untrue. At 75 I am full of energy and determination. Whilst the precise length of my future is unclear it still matters a lot but the future of my loved ones matters even more. I think Mr Bloomberg, like me, feels the need to be active and affect things while he can. My own opinion is that people of our age are much more responsible in our comments than younger people as we have a wider experience to call upon and less need for confirmation from others. Dementia sufferers excluded of course. Yes, I know you’re 75. That’s why I said 75 - just a small attempt to lighten the mood.
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| cryrst The garden of England 06 Jan 20 5.54am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
And remainers arnt self serving?
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 06 Jan 20 6.58pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
And remainers arnt self serving? Not in my case, or most of the others that I know. We are much more interested in the futures of the coming generations than our own. I believe that the USA will become a waning power and it is foolish to align ourselves too closely with them. We are too small to face the future alone and end up being squeezed between a dominant China, the rest of Asia, a declining USA, a resurgent Russia and the EU. Our place is within the EU.
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| cryrst The garden of England 06 Jan 20 7.07pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Not in my case, or most of the others that I know. We are much more interested in the futures of the coming generations than our own. I believe that the USA will become a waning power and it is foolish to align ourselves too closely with them. We are too small to face the future alone and end up being squeezed between a dominant China, the rest of Asia, a declining USA, a resurgent Russia and the EU. Our place is within the EU. How about out of the EU benefits the future generations!
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 06 Jan 20 8.51pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
How about out of the EU benefits the future generations! Pigs might evolve wings soon too!
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