tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post8283378161195204110..comments2024-02-24T05:11:34.559-05:00Comments on Conservative Black Woman: Sultan Knish Asks What's Wrong with A Little Wealth Distribution Anyway?Conservative Black Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447535512847936593noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-80800587474361008682009-06-05T16:02:21.097-04:002009-06-05T16:02:21.097-04:00MISSING WORD: Bottom-line, a worker has NO busines...MISSING WORD: <i>Bottom-line, a worker has <b>NO</b> business and no right to harm the company or entity he works for, because the worker of today has no right to ruin things for the workers of tomorrow...</i>JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-27666736696444770622009-06-05T16:01:11.416-04:002009-06-05T16:01:11.416-04:00“Again, nobody put a gun to their heads, nor did a...<i>“Again, nobody put a gun to their heads, nor did anybody stop them from just saying: "We can't do business like this" and closing up shop. Since they were making their money (management) making substandard vehciles, they figured they'ed ride it to the end, and they did. They share the blame, I don't understand why you can't or won't see that.”</i> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />That’s absolutely wrong.<br /><br />Until this current bankruptcy, the UAW actually told GM, Ford and Chrysler how many cars they could make.<br /><br />American cars have greatly improved, after abandoning the “planned obsolescence” of an earlier era, in fact American cars have actually been better made (in terms of quality) than their competitors over the last decade.<br /><br />Bottom-line, a worker has business and no right to harm the company or entity he works for, because the worker of today has no right to ruin things for the workers of tomorrow and that’s what those contracts DID.<br /><br />I’m glad you can see that those UAW contracts made it impossible for Chrysler, Ford and GM to compete with the foreign auto-makers who build THEIR cars in America!<br /><br />Yes, THAT was entirely due to the government, which took lobbying money to allow those foreign competitors into the country without the UAW albatross that was hung around the necks of the “Big Three”. But do those in government have any responsibility for the workers or the companies in the American auto industry?<br /><br />Hell no!<br /><br />Government officials rightfully could care less whether those companies and those jobs remain viable.<br /><br />So, government officials only did what they ALWAYS do – look out for SELF first.<br /><br />It’s the UAW that SHOULD’VE seen the negative impact of its contracts and recognized that so long as other Americans were willing and able to do those SAME jobs (for other companies) for a third less, than THAT was the new market rate for THOSE jobs.<br /><br />The UAW, in effect, chose NOT to save those companies and NOT to save those jobs.<br /><br />They SHOULD’VE worked for the SAME rates as their fellow workers in all those “Right to Work” States.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-55023231165639617592009-06-05T11:43:21.602-04:002009-06-05T11:43:21.602-04:00@JMK:
"That HUGE disparity in compensation p...@JMK:<br /><br />"That HUGE disparity in compensation packages (the "Big Three" paying a full THIRD more) made it impossible for U.S. auto-makers to compete."<br /><br />Again, nobody put a gun to their heads, nor did anybody stop them from just saying: "We can't do business like this" and closing up shop. Since they were making their money (management) making substandard vehciles, they figured they'ed ride it to the end, and they did. They share the blame, I don't understand why you can't or won't see that.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-28938698443896858482009-06-03T23:32:00.189-04:002009-06-03T23:32:00.189-04:00"My point, is if your business needs a worker...<i>"My point, is if your business needs a worker, and you ahve to pay them x amount of dollars because if you don't they go to work for your competition...."</i> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br />THAT'S exactly what <b>I SAID!</b><br /><br /><i>"A UAW member isn't worth a cent more than an auto-worker in TN or AL.</i><br /><br /><i>"If Americans are willing to do those jobs at a total cost of $50/hour (incl wages, pension and health benefits) than THAT'S the prevailing MARKET RATE!"</i><br /><br />So, YES, THOSE are indeed the rules....and once the U.S. government allowed foreign auto-makers to come into the USA and make cars in Right-to-Work states, it, in effect, endorsed the lower wage rate as "the prevailing market rate".<br /><br />Otherwise, the government would've demanded that either (1) those foreign auto-makers pay the prevailing UAW compensation rates (it DID NOT), OR (2) PAY tariffs/taxes ON their products to the point where their products were leveled to that of the "Big Three" (again, it DID NOT).<br /><br />The U.S. government set the stage for the demise of the American auto industry, when it allowed competitors into the country who were not bound by the same UAW packages America's auto industry was.<br /><br />That HUGE disparity in compensation packages (the "Big Three" paying a full THIRD more) made it impossible for U.S. auto-makers to compete.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-62936786947098886252009-06-03T11:39:42.427-04:002009-06-03T11:39:42.427-04:00@JMK:
"That is, while virtually ANYONE can b...@JMK:<br /><br />"That is, while virtually ANYONE can be trained to sweep a floor, work on an assembly line, frame a house, etc. NOT many people can create and maintain a viable enterprise where nothing existed before."<br /><br />You miss the point. It becomes about supply and demand, a floor sweepr can only demand so much, a docttor much more. My point, is if your business needs a worker, and you ahve to pay them x amount of dollars because if you don't they go to work for your competition, oh well, thems the rules.<br /><br />Sure, the business owner will make the lions share, as he or she should, but, your workers are stil the consumers in most cases, in an ideal model, the proble, that some of the workers are now in parts of the world where they are not consumers to the other business in the loop.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-78934357997171275472009-06-02T23:42:05.593-04:002009-06-02T23:42:05.593-04:00"Without the worker there is no product produ...<i>"Without the worker there is no product produced, why is that so hard for you all to figure?"</i> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />Except for the most highly skilled labors (ie. patent law, thoracic surgery, neurology, etc.) most skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labor is both common ("a dime a dozen") and competely interchangable.<br /><br />That is, while virtually ANYONE can be trained to sweep a floor, work on an assembly line, frame a house, etc. NOT many people can create and maintain a viable enterprise where nothing existed before. While the entrtainment "artist" is generally far more creative than the average person, the highest form of creativity on earth, the "greatest artist of all" is the entrepreneur, who creates viable businesses and industries where nothing existed before.<br /><br />That is how skills are valued by the market. The most common and easiest to master skills have a huge supply compared to demand and pay little, while skills that are harder to master and more dangerous (ie. mining, trucking, high-rise iron work) tend to have fewer practitioners, or less supply than there is demand and thus pay somewhat more.<br /><br />America's auto workers were and ARE in direct competition with their fellow Americans working for foreign auo-makers, here in the U.S. - they ignored that fact at their own peril and are now paying a terrible price.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-44632615811929042122009-06-02T23:29:49.446-04:002009-06-02T23:29:49.446-04:00"If you don't fault the big three for the...<i>"If you don't fault the big three for their stupid short term business models, don't fault the worker for looking out for their short term interest.</i> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />Both the short-term and LONG-term best interests of the worker is the viability of the Company he/she works for.<br /><br />The current "government deal" with the American auto-makers breaks all previous UAW contracts. They're all null and void.<br /><br />So are most, if not all of the promises made to retirees. They've been modified (reduced) or simply bought out.<br /><br />In effect the "government plan" the "Obama plan", if you will, reduced the UAW contracts to the levels of the "Big Three's" foreign competitors.<br /><br />So, those UAW demands drove the "Big Three" into bankruptcy, cost the UAW membership tens of thousands of jobs and ultimately resulted in their wages and benefits being renegotiated downwards.<br /><br />That's what happens when Union's demands undermine a Company's viability.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-19209373763020045542009-06-02T15:15:20.018-04:002009-06-02T15:15:20.018-04:00@JMK:
"Without the Company....without its sustain...@JMK:<br /><br />"Without the Company....without its sustainability/profitability, there is no work, there is no livelihood for the workers. Why is that so hard for so many folks to figure out?"<br /><br />Without the worker there is no product produced, why is that so hard for you all to figure?DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-30741417553281278732009-06-02T14:57:15.424-04:002009-06-02T14:57:15.424-04:00@JMK:
"The worker is merely selling a COMMODITY, ...@JMK:<br /><br />"The worker is merely selling a COMMODITY, his/her labor."<br /><br />Exactly, and selling that commodity to the highest bidder. The worker should gte the most he or she can for their product, their labor, the businesses are the consumer. If you don't fault the big three for their stupid short term business models, don't fault the worker for looking out for their short term interest.<br /><br />FOllow your own reasoning.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-34354344871118399662009-06-02T13:39:18.082-04:002009-06-02T13:39:18.082-04:00"you seem to be able to grasp the oncept as it app...<I>"you seem to be able to grasp the oncept as it applies to the workers, not the management..."</I> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />Not at all, DJ.<br /><br />The COMPANY'S job (EVERY Company's JOB) is to respond to the CONSUMER.<br /><br />The worker is merely selling a COMMODITY, his/her labor.<br /><br />There's NEVER anything wrong with catering entirely to the CONSUMER, it's what makes CAPITALISM work.<br /><br />Moreover, we are ALL conusmers, we are NOT all workers.<br /><br />A long while back I learned and accepted that "you'll never get rich (or even do all that well) working for someone else," so I took it upon myself to learn to invest.<br /><br />Over the past five years, I've earned nearly as much as I earned from working, from a series of pattern investments, one being simply buying unl gasoline futures in February (before the Summer blends come into effect - early March) and selling them by late May....it has been reliably and significantly profitable.<br /><br />It's not that I don't sympathize with workers....I AM ONE, but I recognize that ALL WORKERS are selling a commodity (their own skills/labor) and some skills/labor is innately more valuable than others.<br /><br />I also built decks for a long time and at one time hired five crews to keep up with that business.<br /><br />I factored in the cost of that labor along with all my other "commodity costs" - wood, nails, railings, concrete for anchoring posts, etc.<br /><br />Often, on say, a $3,600 deck, the cost of my inanimate materials would be around $1000, the cost of my animate materials (human labor) would cost around $1200, leaving me with about $1400 at the end of that job.<br /><br />The thre guys on that crew who "worked their asses off banging nails" would make appx $400 each for two to three days work and I took $1400 for myself.<br /><br />But I paid for all the ads, I paid for the tools, equipment and materials and I dropped everything off for every job and I dealt with the customers.<br /><br />The worker, in that instance, just came to a job site, banged nails for about ten hours or so and went home.....not me. My job never ended, fielding calls from prospective customers, dealing with complaints, getting permits, licenses and all that good stuff.<br /><br />IF a fictitious Union would've forced work rules and compensation packages that cut into my end at all, it would simply no longer be worth my while to do that.....and all those guys wouldn't have had any work. I actually worked longer and harder than anyone who worked for me. In fact, I TAUGHT all those guys how to do their jobs, as I learned it from a tough old German boss, who taught me....along with a lot of invaluable life lessons.<br /><br />Without the Company....without its sustainability/profitability, there is no work, there is no livelihood for the workers. Why is that so hard for so many folks to figure out?JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-72010710656145540102009-06-02T13:15:02.552-04:002009-06-02T13:15:02.552-04:00@JMK:
You wrote: "As to the causes of the U.S aut...@JMK:<br /><br />You wrote: "As to the causes of the U.S auto industry's demise, the car companies merely responded to American consumer demand, which is their primary responsibility."<br /><br />Then in that same vien, the UAW went tgo get as much as it could for its members. In any case, neither looked LONG TERM.<br /><br />Again, you seem to be able to grasp the oncept as it applies to the workers, not the management, I don't understand why you can't ever place blame to businesses when what they do causes them to fail.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-28879652833653454242009-06-02T12:50:24.685-04:002009-06-02T12:50:24.685-04:00"I have never denied that the UAW or Government we...<I>"I have never denied that the UAW or Government were part of the problem, you just seem to act as if the UAW and Government were the only problems, when in fact their poor business models were and in my opinion, are the primary agitating factor."</I> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />I appreciate the thoughtful reply and yes, there are indeed a number of points of agreement here.<br /><br />One thing, however, is that I've NEVER heard ANYONE Right or Left call for "ending public assistance".<br /><br />Very few on the Right (perhaps a few more on the Left), in fact, support my view that dependency should NEVER be "encouraged or enabled", requiring limiting the actions of those who are dependent to focus them entirely on the task of self-improvement.<br /><br />That would, of course, require mandated birth control - not allowing the dependent to bring children into such a dysfunctional and chaotic environment.<br /><br />As to the causes of the U.S auto industry's demise, the car companies merely responded to American consumer demand, which is their primary responsibility.<br /><br />Americans LOVE bigger cars and "light trucks" (Pick-Ups and SUVs). The "customer is ALWAYS right," ergo the consumer is NEVER wrong.<br /><br />Now the "Big Three's" management DID indeed approve all those cost-prohibitive UAW contracts, but GOVERNMENT allowed foreign competitors to come into America (a very good thing) but without the UAW albatross around their necks. That gave those foreign competitors an edge in the "Big Three's" home market! They probably SHOULD'VE either mandated that those firms take on the existing terms of the UAW contracts OR tariff those products to make up for the disparity in costs....although either of those two tacts would've almost certainly driven out those foreign auto-makers.<br /><br />The result of that government action was that America's "Big Three" could NOT compete with the domestic-based foreign competition because of the labor cost disparity - the other car-makers had a labor cost a full THIRD lower than Ford's, GM's or Chrysler's.<br /><br />Of course workers everywhere want the most compensation they can get, BUT it's vital that worker demands DO NOT harm or disable (render less competitive) the entity they work for and owe their allegience to.<br /><br />We are still in the first phase of this economic downturn, with widespread and massive private sector layoffs and downsizing.<br /><br />The next stage will be a LOT more painful for a LOT of people unused to being effected by such things.<br /><br />As tax revenues dry up from a downsizing private sector, state, local and ultimately the federal government will all have to downsize as well in response to dwindling revenues and that'll mean fewer law enforcement, teaching and bureaucratic jobs.<br /><br />Much of that will hopefully be carried out via attrition (simply not replacing retiring workers and adding that workload to those that remain), but there WILL BE a certain number of layoffs, as well.<br /><br />There've already been layoffs throughout many of California's Municipalities. New York, with Wall Street downsized and looking like it won't return to the "financial Capitol of the world" it once was, is looking at cutting its Police Force by 5,000 and its looking to close 16 fire companies around the City, similar cuts are being looked at in education and social services.<br /><br />A healthy public sector DEPENDS on a vibrant and POROFITABLE private sector.<br /><br />That's why I'm almost certain that "the worst is yet to come" in this downturn.<br /><br />Unlike UTS, here, I don't like seeing anyone else do poorly. Fewer jobs and fewer opportunities mean MORE dependency and MORE deprivation.<br /><br />I want to see MORE opportunities, MORE work and a social services system dedicated to getting people out of dependency and back into work.<br /><br />For whatever reason YUTZ does not. He seems to see poverty and deprivation, like everything else, only in racial terms and seems to think other people's doing poorly is in some way in his own interests.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-60379102399836138772009-06-02T11:49:05.505-04:002009-06-02T11:49:05.505-04:00"Many on the far-Left have begun calling Rahm Emma..."Many on the far-Left have begun calling Rahm Emmanuel, “Obama’s Karl Rove”, as Emmanuel, one of the architects of the “Blue Dog Democrat” revolution – running Conservative Democrats across the South and out West, in 2006 and 2008, resulting in over 20% of today’s Congressional Democrats being Conservative, “Blue Dog” Democrats - is said to be behind the Obama administration’s goal of “saving Capitalism” rather than transitioning to a more government-run, or socialistic system."<br /><br />Name one and provide a quote.uptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-80553249571488900552009-06-02T11:21:53.568-04:002009-06-02T11:21:53.568-04:00@JMK:
Thank you for laying out your position clea...@JMK:<br /><br />Thank you for laying out your position clearly and intelligently. Though of course we are not in 100% agreement, there are a few fundamentals we seem to be able to agree on. I agree on limits to benefits, always have, but more often the folks on the right side of the fence seem to be pressing those limits to mimic no help at all, whereas the left may go to far, the right generally does not go far enough.<br /><br />You wrote: “Be that as it may, I am very happy to see that you’ve conceded my point that the UAW is primarily responsible for the “Big Three’s” demise”<br /><br />I have never denied that the UAW or Government were part of the problem, you just seem to act as if the UAW and Government were the only problems, when in fact their poor business models were and in my opinion, are the primary agitating factor.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-12452685454258580352009-06-02T11:03:55.601-04:002009-06-02T11:03:55.601-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-24297038631546646552009-06-02T10:32:12.031-04:002009-06-02T10:32:12.031-04:00“JMK is the type who blames government for everyth...<I>“JMK is the type who blames government for everything, especially when corporations screw up. Regular people should NEVER get hlp from the government, JMK would cut WIC, Medicaid and Food Stamps, but has no porblem watching the government underwrite big business when they screw up.”</I> (DJBA)<br /><<br /><<br /><<br />Actually you couldn’t be more wrong DJ, like virtually all Conservatives, I support the most vital government functions, especially the safety and security functions of government. I just want even those functions, streamlined and made as cost-effective as is humanly possible.<br /><br />I even support basic public assistance, though I also support mandatory birth control and even abortion for all those who are chronically dependent – those mired on public assistance, incarcerated felons and those committed long-term to mental hospitals.<br /><br />Dependency should never be encouraged. In fact, in my view, and I'm sure you'd agree, those who are dependent should be focused on ONE thing and ONE thing ONLY, self-improvement and all social programs should limit the actions of those on such programs to those which fulfill that goal.<br /><br />Ironically enough, the far-Left is currently angered that the government is looking for only “a short-term involvement in the private sector.” Many on the far-Left have begun calling Rahm Emmanuel, “Obama’s Karl Rove”, as Emmanuel, one of the architects of the “Blue Dog Democrat” revolution – running Conservative Democrats across the South and out West, in 2006 and 2008, resulting in over 20% of today’s Congressional Democrats being Conservative, “Blue Dog” Democrats - is said to be behind the Obama administration’s goal of “saving Capitalism” rather than transitioning to a more government-run, or socialistic system.<br /><br />The primary reason that socialism, or the “Command (government-run) economy” DOESN’T WORK is that it’s worker-centric, as opposed to the private sector being consumer-centric.<br /><br />A consumer-centric economy puts the customer and consumer needs/wants first and seeks to give the people more of what they want at the best possible price, even at the expense of worker pay and benefits. The worker-centric economy puts the needs and wants of the worker first and that is always disastrous. That’s why socialist economies produced goods with very few designs, virtually no innovation and little popular support.<br /><br />Be that as it may, I am very happy to see that you’ve conceded my point that the UAW is primarily responsible for the “Big Three’s” demise. With labor costs a full one-third higher than its domestic competitors, the “Big Three” could not compete.<br /><br />I’m glad you’ve come around on that particular point.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-32038353102122626272009-06-01T13:38:46.292-04:002009-06-01T13:38:46.292-04:00DJBA
"JMK is the type who blames government for e...DJBA<br /><br />"JMK is the type who blames government for everything, especially when corporations screw up."<br /><br />Even though out of all of the posters here, he's the only one who receives a government paycheck.<br /><br />You gotta love the consistency of these righties!uptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-58660110235092590862009-06-01T13:04:54.905-04:002009-06-01T13:04:54.905-04:00@Conservative Feedback:
Your reply was: "Don't wo...@Conservative Feedback:<br /><br />Your reply was: "Don't worry bro. I understand."<br /><br />Actually, you DON'T understand, or more to the point, you are trying to be deceptive at BEST.<br /><br />I am sure you used the specific example of Idi Amin as specifically for the imagery it causes.<br /><br />Man up at least.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-21827106122441302742009-06-01T12:58:37.167-04:002009-06-01T12:58:37.167-04:00[quote]Did you just compare this administration an...[quote]Did you just compare this administration and by mutual implication Barack Obam to Idi Amin?[/quote]<br /><br />Actually, DJ Black Adam - if you understood basic sentence analysis like what my 3rd grader is doing in school - YOU'D have noticed that the FOCUS of my claims was about PLAYING UPON PEOPLE'S RESENTMENTS......not a comparison between the goals of the "Amin Administration" and the "Obama Administration".<br /><br />Don't worry bro. I understand.Constructive Feedbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417405356099504421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-69871056104850647402009-06-01T11:51:55.187-04:002009-06-01T11:51:55.187-04:00@Uptown:
JMK is the type who blames government fo...@Uptown:<br /><br />JMK is the type who blames government for everything, especially when corporations screw up. Regular people should NEVER get hlp from the government, JMK would cut WIC, Medicaid and Food Stamps, but has no porblem watching the government underwrite big business when they screw up.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-20613201206784570742009-06-01T11:45:24.867-04:002009-06-01T11:45:24.867-04:00For CBW and JMK
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!
"...For CBW and JMK<br /><br />YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!<br /><br />"The change in America's financial rules was Ronald Reagan's biggest legacy and the gift that keeps on taking."<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/opinion/01krugman.htmluptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-9620755542725341302009-06-01T10:22:38.853-04:002009-06-01T10:22:38.853-04:00"Did you just compare this administration and by m..."Did you just compare this administration and by mutual implication Barack Obam to Idi Amin?"<br /><br />Yeah he did.<br /><br />CF is a shameless bootlickin Tom.<br /><br />He's actually proud of it.uptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-24028830155338479022009-06-01T09:27:26.327-04:002009-06-01T09:27:26.327-04:00@CF:
"Just as Idi Amin was able to play upon the ...@CF:<br /><br />"Just as Idi Amin was able to play upon the resentment of the Ugandan peasant who looked angrily through the plate glass window of the Chinese and Indian merchants who sold goods in the Ugandan's native country as they stood on the outside with fire raging in his eyes, so is the case in our present circumstances."<br /><br />Did you just compare this administration and by mutual implication Barack Obam to Idi Amin?<br /><br />Simply amazing....DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-74155275495161969142009-05-31T13:20:38.713-04:002009-05-31T13:20:38.713-04:00I really admire your column!
I appreciate your ap...I really admire your column!<br /><br />I appreciate your approach to this administration - and check out our new article - I think you'll appreciate it!<br /><br />http://ping.fm/mhaQE 6 Months of Obama - list of problems and questions - new article! Please Read!dirtyrottenscoundrelshttp://dirtyrottenscoundrels.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081245598457508568.post-38865122588645629312009-05-30T22:17:56.725-04:002009-05-30T22:17:56.725-04:00[quote]begins providing patronage to the supporter...[quote]begins providing patronage to the supporters of the ruling party. [/quote]<br /><br />It is critical to understand what is going on.<br /><br />Just as Idi Amin was able to play upon the resentment of the Ugandan peasant who looked angrily through the plate glass window of the Chinese and Indian merchants who sold goods in the Ugandan's native country as they stood on the outside with fire raging in his eyes, so is the case in our present circumstances. <br /><br />For those who have been drawn to the leftist snipers that have been taking shots at evil corporations since his formative years in college....today offers the opportunity for those who have seen themselves as having been keep off of the up escalator in their chances to make it to the top have instead turned to the GOVERNMENT as a means of TAKING CONTROL over the force that most threatens them.<br /><br />Where as (in their view) corporations operate as closed clubs - THE GOVERNMENT functions off of POPULISM and POPULARITY. In building a political machine they can execute a takeover of the means of production.<br /><br />It is my view that THIS is the foundation that Obama and many of his leftist followers are operating from.Constructive Feedbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417405356099504421noreply@blogger.com