tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post895268333461131611..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Closing the trade deficitUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63354444084385592222011-04-08T09:25:45.101-07:002011-04-08T09:25:45.101-07:00Hmmm. Adelson should be worried that Obama will be...Hmmm. Adelson should be worried that Obama will be tempted to use the FCPA to "get" the funder of what is likely to be his most effective rival.<br /><br />Do they do things like that in Chicago?neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40326432892254617312011-04-05T18:51:16.730-07:002011-04-05T18:51:16.730-07:00The FCPA is primarily a massive redistribution of ...The FCPA is primarily a massive redistribution of wealth (and frequent flier miles) from American businesses to American lawyers. You have no idea how many talentless lawyers who couldn't even argue a case or write a brief end up making millions jetting around the world maintaining FCPA compliance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31877052814714994132011-04-05T13:45:07.529-07:002011-04-05T13:45:07.529-07:00The G Word:
Evangelical philo-semitism is a Stock...The G Word:<br /><br /><i>Evangelical philo-semitism is a Stockholm Syndrome reaction to the hammering they take from the white-hating establishment (and it's a good sign of just who's leading that hammering. Cui bono.)</i><br /><br />I have a different theory.<br /><br />Christianity and Christians need a Big Fat Enemy, whether Satan himself - or stooges such as Jews, blacks, communists, capitalists, witches, Muslims, etc. If a persecutor or other real enemy does not exist at the place and time, Christians will make one up. That is especially true with the more militant Christians, such as the southern evangelicals.<br /><br />The counter to the Great Enemy is the Great Friend. That is the function of the Jews and Israel in the minds of militant Christians.<br /><br />Note that middle eastern Christian groups such as the Lebanese, Armenians, Copts, Maronites and such - with <b>very real</b> enemies - are less likely to buy into western evangelical fantasies about Jews, Israel, and Harry Potter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12378555800386235462011-04-05T13:01:57.129-07:002011-04-05T13:01:57.129-07:00I like Newt for a couple reasons. First I understa...I like Newt for a couple reasons. First I understand that he used to have a cast of a T Rex skull in his office. Secondly because his alternate history triolgy on Gettysburg is a fun read although his military judgement is very questionable.<br /><br />But Newt either won't run or will lose in the primaries. Newt was a legislator. The Republicans will certainly prefer to run someone with executive experience against Obama. <br /><br />They need to run a candidate who is sharply contrasted with Obama. They will want to keep the focus on Obama. That means they will want someone who is against Obamacare - say goodby to Romney. They will want someone who has few negatives and has prima facie gravitas - bye, bye Palin and Bachman. They will want someone with executive experience - so long Gingrich.<br /><br />Business leaders like Perot or Trump usually have to go with third parties. Republicans tend to automatically nominate men with the appropriate resume when it's "their turn". <br /><br />So by process of elimination the Republican's will be led inevitably to Pawlenty.<br /><br />You say you've never heard of him or know what he's done? Good. Pawlenty's candidacy will keep the focus on Obama.<br /><br />This is not my original brillant analysis. Bret Hume said something very much like this last night on the news. That makes it the conventional wisdom, the mainstream analysis.<br /><br />Oh, I forgot Huckabee. Hume wouldn't say so, but alas Huckabee seems to be losing his weight battle again. He's too fat or at least like Gingrich not ectomorphic enough to run against a taller, fitter Obama. Pawlenty is also tall and thin. He'll look fine on the stage in the televised debates.<br /><br />The Republican message should win. They're just shopping for an appropriate envelope.<br /><br />AlbertosaurusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9787820031168242412011-04-05T11:20:23.499-07:002011-04-05T11:20:23.499-07:00That's retarded. It's like saying buying t...<i>That's retarded. It's like saying buying toys made in China doesn't increase the trade deficit because some foreigner (the factory manager) now has extra US dollars.</i><br /><br />Okay, I guess it really is me. Am I the only one who thought Steve meant forgoing the Fragrant Grease in China hurts our competitiveness?Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55772513798837049442011-04-05T10:54:42.504-07:002011-04-05T10:54:42.504-07:00Well, Evangelicals sure gambled on Bush and the Ir...Well, Evangelicals sure gambled on Bush and the Iraq War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1450932434860856882011-04-05T10:22:12.182-07:002011-04-05T10:22:12.182-07:00anony-mouse said...
Bribes to foreigners are ...<i>anony-mouse said...<br /><br /> Bribes to foreigners are capital flows so they don't increase the trade deficit (in fact they lower it since now some foreigner now has extra US dollars).</i><br /><br />Either I really missed what Steve was saying, or there's something a little off about you.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67283311607158316112011-04-05T09:51:46.577-07:002011-04-05T09:51:46.577-07:00"Gingrich will just tell the evangelicals tha..."Gingrich will just tell the evangelicals that Adelson is also Bibi Netanyahu's financial angel, so he's helping bring the End Times, and everything will be all right"<br /><br />Evangelical philo-semitism is a Stockholm Syndrome reaction to the hammering they take from the white-hating establishment (and it's a good sign of just who's leading that hammering. Cui bono.) White Southern evangelicals are at the pinnacle of groups hated by the establishment. Black and brown Christians don't feel the need to genuflect toward Israel. Of course it's easier to mock the victims than confront the powerful.The G Wordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88298686032890384732011-04-05T08:15:38.199-07:002011-04-05T08:15:38.199-07:00How 'bout a Newt/Trump or Trump/Newt ticket? D...How 'bout a Newt/Trump or Trump/Newt ticket? Double the joke, double the fun!Dutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65357041728574613592011-04-05T08:13:29.942-07:002011-04-05T08:13:29.942-07:00Old School Protestants (what's left of them) d...Old School Protestants (what's left of them) don't deplore gambling as much as New School Protestants love Israel.Dutch Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687679491743923216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49822137730140690402011-04-05T07:12:13.479-07:002011-04-05T07:12:13.479-07:00FOX news is certainly pimping hard for Gingrich, a...FOX news is certainly pimping hard for Gingrich, although they also do so for Palin, and - to a lesser extent - Romney.<br /><br />Gingrich is nothing but a slimy fat toad.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28068565678997296852011-04-05T04:28:06.998-07:002011-04-05T04:28:06.998-07:00Newt is a jerk in his personal life, brilliant onl...Newt is a jerk in his personal life, brilliant only by comparison with the typical Speaker of the House and, should he run for President, will do about as well in the primaries as Rudy did. But he was the best Speaker of the House since Sam Rayburn, give him that. For the first time in 60 years, the House under Gingrich was a force for fiscal restraint.Henry Canadaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86575189071749367402011-04-05T02:33:20.005-07:002011-04-05T02:33:20.005-07:00There's about maybe five Jews in Alaska. Palin...There's about maybe five Jews in Alaska. Palin had an Israeli flag in her office because, duh, Alaska is the White Zionist hangout. The place where working class Whites go to make (dangerous) working class money. There's a reason there's about 20 Alaskan themed reality shows on cable." <br /><br />"Evangelical White working class Whites like Israelis and Jews because they see themselves as "New Jews" including the Zionism part."<br /><br />Whaaaaaaaa?<br /><br />No, Whiskey. <br /><br />Have you ever *met* an evangelical White person? <br /><br />The reason evangelicals like Israelis and Jews is because they think the actual, literal existence of a country named Israel means Jesus is coming back soon and they won't have to die. E.g., Hal Lindsay's Late Great Planet Earth and his theory that the "End Times clock" begins counting down with the establishment of Israel in 1948.<br /><br />The Whites who see themselves as Jews would be the Mormons. Their Zion is Utah.JSMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83042213684659499732011-04-05T01:12:03.837-07:002011-04-05T01:12:03.837-07:00Does Japan or Germany have their own FCPA?
By prox...<i>Does Japan or Germany have their own FCPA?</i><br><br />By proxy, since many German firms thought it was sexy to register on Wall Street. Some like Siemens have found out that it only enables US agencies to set them up for multi-billion corruption cases in order to strengthen the US competitors. That was obvious from the start, but CEO's seem to like being sexy.<br /><br />Traditionally German and Jap firms have smeared customers in Third World countries like India and Africa where corruption is built into the social fabric. The US drive against "corruption" has dampened that a little, but I suspect the schemes have been outsourced since most of these firms now operate local subsidies and "independent" firms which make it harder to trace corruption. <br /><br />The US of course employs its diplomatic core (via Wikileaks) and military to keep out the competition from Europe and Japan.headachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36946350266393988102011-04-05T01:05:29.915-07:002011-04-05T01:05:29.915-07:00Whiskey sez:Evangelical White working class Whites...Whiskey sez:<i>Evangelical White working class Whites like Israelis and Jews because they see themselves as "New Jews" including the Zionism part. </i><br><br />Whatever they are, they are not following the New Testament. Christianity and Zionism are like oil and water, the don't mix except in the fantasy of "Zionist" Evangelicals and the pockets of Zionists. <br /><br />There is a reason for the hatred and continual aggression by Jews towards Christianity, it renders their religion, and by extension their self-perceived privileged status, defunct. Sorry, that's not my fault, but that of Christ and his apostle Paul. So please direct your venom against them.headachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46321343134946854292011-04-05T01:01:29.055-07:002011-04-05T01:01:29.055-07:00The FCPA is a good thing. It began after Lockheed...The FCPA is a good thing. It began after Lockheed bribed the Minister of Defense of Italy. <br /><br />If the FCPA wasn't around, big corporations would have influence over American foreign relations and other sensitive areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51793371567374557942011-04-05T00:55:10.699-07:002011-04-05T00:55:10.699-07:00Gingrich is a CFR/Rockefeller stooge. He was the G...Gingrich is a CFR/Rockefeller stooge. He was the Georgia coordinator for Nelson Rockefeller's 1968 presidential campaign. More of the same Bush-Clinton-Obama BS.Thripshawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-66532498799210610742011-04-05T00:54:52.517-07:002011-04-05T00:54:52.517-07:00Ron Paul is my candidate. At least he stands for ...Ron Paul is my candidate. At least he stands for something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18805565851794669242011-04-04T23:38:18.569-07:002011-04-04T23:38:18.569-07:00Trump's my dark-horse candidate. Ala Clinton i...Trump's my dark-horse candidate. Ala Clinton in 1991. He's got lots of money. He's already well defined (no Palin type smears on him are possible). People know him. And he senses a market gap. Too many RINO-esque, PC driven guys who cannot due to PC respond to his main themes: Restore economic competitiveness (get tough with China), manufacture stuff again, there is a Muslim problem.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47355060457121410442011-04-04T23:36:25.112-07:002011-04-04T23:36:25.112-07:00There's about maybe five Jews in Alaska. Palin...There's about maybe five Jews in Alaska. Palin had an Israeli flag in her office because, duh, Alaska is the White Zionist hangout. The place where working class Whites go to make (dangerous) working class money. There's a reason there's about 20 Alaskan themed reality shows on cable. Evangelical White working class Whites like Israelis and Jews because they see themselves as "New Jews" including the Zionism part. <br /><br />Gingrich is an idiot. Running that ad with him buddying up with Pelosi over Global Warming already made him a non-starter. Total ego. Trump's got some power.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21084973013294194252011-04-04T23:27:23.569-07:002011-04-04T23:27:23.569-07:00Gingrich has got to be one of the most phony pols ...Gingrich has got to be one of the most phony pols in the US. I read an article in a left-wing mag about the disgusting manner in which he dumped his cancer-stricken former wife. The guy is insufferable. In addition to that he is a classic Rhino. When asked about him Ron Paul just rejected him offhand as being an unprincipled person. <br /><br />At least Palin is good-looking, even if she does not have any principles or policies other than the knee-jerk "supporting Israel" nonsense, which is really just a mafia-type buy-off.headachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91054289653302397952011-04-04T21:10:09.405-07:002011-04-04T21:10:09.405-07:00Good norms have to come from somewhere, and global...Good norms have to come from somewhere, and global corruption from its current level is probably an improvement to the norm. Also, it makes sense for large rich countries like the USA to eat some of the cost of global norm improvement. I don't think it's virtuous to snark against it.<br /><br />Hopefully Anonymous<br />http://www.hopeanon.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3773783353692464292011-04-04T20:50:43.432-07:002011-04-04T20:50:43.432-07:00I can't wait to see how Newt's efforts to ...I can't wait to see how Newt's efforts to court the Christians will go. Here is how he responded to a question about his repeated adultery and three marriages from David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network in an early March interview.<br /><br />“There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” said Gingrich.<br /><br />Newt's passion for this country led to his adultery, so that's okay, right?Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16924281965670643642011-04-04T20:25:13.478-07:002011-04-04T20:25:13.478-07:00"Bribes to foreigners are capital flows so th...<i>"Bribes to foreigners are capital flows so they don't increase the trade deficit (in fact they lower it since now some foreigner now has extra US dollars)."</i><br /><br />That's retarded. It's like saying buying toys made in China doesn't increase the trade deficit because some foreigner (the factory manager) now has extra US dollars.Larsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90042736745082235872011-04-04T20:06:50.146-07:002011-04-04T20:06:50.146-07:00The way to lower the trade deficit is to lower the...The way to lower the trade deficit is to lower the value of the dollar. Everything else is just for show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com