Economic nihilism policies

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Sunday November 30, 2008 · 12:05 PM PST

2008/11/30 · 12:05

What is the best way to cook a frog? If someone wanted to, the could boil some water and toss em in like cooking a live crab or lobster and listen to them scream as they die. Perhaps a frog could jump out if there is a place for them to jump to.

The same principles can be used for economically crushing a nation and try to force 'regime change'. We try to do it with economic sanctions (and mutual agreement with our friendly nations) against 'unfriendly' countries like we did with Iraq and are doing with Iran. Those policies are a 'throw-em-in-boiling-water' method...nothing like making the civilian population suffer to try to get political change.

We're buddies with China these days but sent 50,000 of our soldiers to die in vietnam to 'fight against the spread of communism'. Isn't that strange? We are so fond of China that people are trampling each other to death to buy some crap from there. What a great country we are -snark

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Reason for hysterical driving of globalism

Milton Friedman was an economic God incarnate and knew all

Private central banks want to rule world and crush humanity

US politicians don't know squat about economics and banking lobbyists write policy

US higher education system in economics has been fatally flawed for decades

Government has bankrupted the country and want total meltdown to cover it up.

Foreign workers like sweatshop wages and work conditions a lot

American workers don't deserve livable wages, health care and decent working conditions

Wealthy people want to watch millions upon millions die and suffer because they're bored

I got mine...FU

US politicians understand it perfectly and believe destroying the US workforce is good business

Deficits don't matter

I feel very successful working at WalMart

The Chinese people make the best plastic stuff in the world

Pie

What? Is globalism bad?

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Reason for hysterical driving of globalism

Milton Friedman was an economic God incarnate and knew all

0 votes

Private central banks want to rule world and crush humanity

3 votes

US politicians don't know squat about economics and banking lobbyists write policy

9 votes

US higher education system in economics has been fatally flawed for decades

6 votes

Government has bankrupted the country and want total meltdown to cover it up.

0 votes

Foreign workers like sweatshop wages and work conditions a lot

1 vote

American workers don't deserve livable wages, health care and decent working conditions

0 votes

Wealthy people want to watch millions upon millions die and suffer because they're bored

2 votes

I got mine...FU

7 votes

US politicians understand it perfectly and believe destroying the US workforce is good business

5 votes

Deficits don't matter

1 vote

I feel very successful working at WalMart

0 votes

The Chinese people make the best plastic stuff in the world

0 votes

Pie

1 vote

What? Is globalism bad?

3 votes

HR 1955 - Congress overwhelming votes to keep you in line

FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph

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Friday November 09, 2007 · 7:55 AM PST

2007/11/09 · 07:55

In another display of adherence to the principle that the will of the people is the sworn enemy of the state, congress, with unprecedented bipartisan support rarely seen in recent years (404 Ayes to 6 Nays), passed the "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007".

http://www.govtrack.us/...

A summary statement says: To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other nefarious reasons. Oops, sorry I threw the nefarious part in to clarify their wording with my humble sentiments.

If you're going shopping, don't read further.

FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph

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Tuesday September 05, 2006 · 10:26 AM PDT

2006/09/05 · 10:26

Last week I stayed up to watch Jon Stewart, the Daily Show and the Colbert Report several times and noticed quite a few pretty raunchy girls gone wild commercials prior to and during the shows. Then somebody here at the Daily Kos had mentioned something about the Lou Dobbs program yesterday so I recorded the 1 am show on tivo.

Well this is just an observation but I cannot get over how the few programs on television that I care for are inundated with girls gone wild advertising. Read More

Charlie Daniels calls for war on opposition

FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 · 8:43 PM PDT

2006/08/30 · 20:43

According to good 'ol boy Charlie Daniels:

Terror is real, it's here to stay and it can't be ignored away, placated away, dreamed away or whisked away by some self-serving politician who has nothing but criticism to offer? It can only be destroyed and it's either them or us.
...(yada yada yada)
I think it's time we developed the same policy toward them. There is no middle ground, no compromise and no sanctuary. It's all or nothing...

meaning, if I understand you correctly, develop the same policy the neocons are executing in the 'global war on terror' on those who oppose neocon foreign policies right here in the 'good 'ol usa'.

The full diatribe is here:

Charlie Daniels soapbox Read More

Nancy Grace says bloggers support cop killers

FreeTradeIsYourEpitaph

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Tuesday August 08, 2006 · 7:10 PM PDT

2006/08/08 · 19:10

Yes that is what she says. Apparently John Parsons ESCAPED from jail in OH and is on the lam. John Parsons is accused of killing an Ohio off-duty police officer while robbing a gas station.

But apparently there are some bloggers who Nancy says supports cop killers like Parsons....How many 'blogs' did 'they' find? It sounds like 2, one being a relative. Read More

Political economics - Iraq as an example

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Saturday July 29, 2006 · 10:59 AM PDT

2006/07/29 · 10:59

Joshua Holland at Alternet.org wrote an article regarding why Iraq is in such a miserable state and will continue to be.
Bush's Iraq: A Bloodbath Economy
Many of the points Holland makes about what has been done in Iraq applies directly to what is being done in the US albeit the US government hasn't told the military to use "shock and awe" to devastate the US civilian population and win their hearts and minds...at least not yet. But large corporations, oh yes you are free to roam the earth serving your bottom-line, exploiting the vast natural resources and populations without regulation, without fear of trade barriers...
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Democrats - How to win big just say no more free trade

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Tuesday February 28, 2006 · 9:52 AM PST

2006/02/28 · 09:52

It may seem simplistic on the surface, but most Americans as well as many millions perhaps billions outside of the US know that free trade is an economic pariah around the world. Yet, despite massive trade deficits, a negative savings rate for most Americans, the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs in the US, decaying education systems, infrastructure, healthcare systems, we still don't hear democrats shouting against this machine of economic control and selective destruction. Read More

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Economic nihilism policies

HR 1955 - Congress overwhelming votes to keep you in line

Suspect advertising during Dobbs and Jon Stewart

Charlie Daniels calls for war on opposition

Nancy Grace says bloggers support cop killers

Political economics - Iraq as an example

Democrats - How to win big just say no more free trade