tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post5495511235218306844..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: On Korea, what is Trump's history of comments?agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-78493202324706209102017-04-18T09:42:51.781-04:002017-04-18T09:42:51.781-04:00*HUGE* today: President Trump is going to take a s...*HUGE* today: President Trump is going to take a sledgehammer to H1b in his<br />Hire American, Buy American executive order.<br /><br />For my household, personally, this is the most consequential day of the Trump presidency.<br />I don't know how many people it will affect, but this is a HUGE step in lifting up the working and middle classes. It will probably fly under the radar for the MSM and the pundit class, but *this* is why I, so many of us, made those calls and knocked on those doors. Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-57181019204125075962017-04-17T22:01:09.373-04:002017-04-17T22:01:09.373-04:00This has nothing to do with anything we've bee...This has nothing to do with anything we've been talking about, but that Ossoff guy in Georgia reminds me of Jared Kushner. I like Kushner, btw, and think so much of the palace intrigue-he's the enemy of Trump's people is overblown. I *do* believe in Trump having family who can keep him centered. I *do* like the idea of a Clan running things. No, I've never been the biggest Ivanka fan, but that she's too my left is such a trifling matter that misses the big picture. The trouble of following politics too closely is that we magnify our differences.<br />True story: my husband and I moved in very different political/social circles on the internet and we even once got into a bitter argument over this...in real life, one would be *incredibly* hard pressed to tell what the differences between us were. I said to myself, "The political internet is unhealthy. The reality is we are so very, very, VERY similar, but we have managed to find communities so uniquely tailored to us, that we feel far apart.<br />I honestly feel that so many of my "bitter" enemies online could be my friends in real life. I mean, I have friends I love so dearly, whom I'd lay down my life for, who dislike Trump. This was the biggest thing that made me feel twitter was bad, psychologically.Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-967956595863400232017-04-17T21:50:27.200-04:002017-04-17T21:50:27.200-04:00Don't want anyone to become paranoid. These t...Don't want anyone to become paranoid. These trolls showed up at Steve's shortly after all those alt-right pieces were being written, the only difference now is mostly that they're being strategic rather than emotive. That's fascinating because it shows they've learned something since 2015. <br /><br />Are they doing similar to other "influential" haunts like MPC, 4chan, etc.? I don't know, but keep it in the back of your mind that people are afraid of us.Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-43847913536127811712017-04-17T21:17:33.940-04:002017-04-17T21:17:33.940-04:00I don't know if that's just a coincidence,...I don't know if that's just a coincidence, but I was just at Steve's and his place is crawling with doom and gloom types, but here's the thing: they've only just become active in the last month. They're either accounts that seemed dead, no comments in years, or they're new. But they only tweet "we should just stop, give up, you/Trump got cucked, etc." They also do the too-mean-for-friendlies insult thing of Steve, and Trump. At the same time, regular trolls who half-heartedly insult Steve, his readers are also showing up.<br /><br />Ag surely is aware; just an FYI for everybody. Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-61575040921605917272017-04-17T21:13:23.792-04:002017-04-17T21:13:23.792-04:00Don't worry, we know you're not an ignoram...Don't worry, we know you're not an ignoramus libertarian traitor who wants our very expensive military to protect the nations who have sucked out our entire manufacturing industries.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-22984908285517495322017-04-17T18:13:42.506-04:002017-04-17T18:13:42.506-04:00(The PA above is not me, the established commenter...(The PA above is not me, the established commenter whose gone by that handle for years.)<br /><br />PA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-6022929234789287622017-04-17T18:10:21.235-04:002017-04-17T18:10:21.235-04:00"It is your true policy, for your Navy will n..."It is your true policy, for your Navy will not only protect your rich and flourishing commerce in distant seas, but will enable you to reach and annoy the enemy and will give to defense its greatest efficiency by meeting danger at a distance from home."<br /><br />(Farewell Address)<br /><br />The phrase "not only" means that the most fundamental purpose of the Navy was to protect our commerce overseas, and annoying the enemy before they could reach our homeland was icing on the cake.<br /><br />Do we not have vital trade interests in the Pacific that warrants ensuring Korea is under our purview?<br /><br />"And he means "enemy" as someone sailing over here to hit our shores, ports, rivers, etc. Not some ideological enemy, or a nation resisting incorporation into our sphere of influence."<br /><br />In the context of the times, certainly. But our sphere of influence is assuredly threatened.<br /><br />"Our use of the Navy in East Asia is the exact opposite of Jacksonian -- protecting the off-shoring of our manufacturing, and shielding the ships loaded up with containers of Asian goods for import, not American goods for export."<br /><br />Our Navy protects our commercial and trade interests. Period. We are not "protecting" China.<br /><br />"We control the world's seaways so that the elite stockholders and Wall Street banks can destroy our own manufacturing capacity while strengthening the position of foreign rival industries."<br /><br />So, what are you specifically doing to stop these madmen? How are you personally involved in this situation.<br /><br />"The Navy in the Asian region has become nothing more than the police force of the cheap labor lobby. Disgraceful."<br /><br />Is it not in the interest of capitalist enterprises to look out for their property? To maximize profits and minimize costs? How do you propose to regulate their activity without violating free market principles?PAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-72273965504359472802017-04-17T16:18:20.240-04:002017-04-17T16:18:20.240-04:00I doubt I could find the documentation, but during...I doubt I could find the documentation, but during the election I read that he believed in the 80s that the superpowers should use ruthless pressure to denuclearize their satellites to prevent proliferation. It may have been in Foreign Policy or on a Realist website. I think somehow Roy Cohn was involved in the story, but my memory fails.alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711124138623943842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-42275980396944998832017-04-17T16:14:49.843-04:002017-04-17T16:14:49.843-04:00You're absolutely right that the elite wish to...You're absolutely right that the elite wish to colonize the Middle East. But they probably also want to colonize China, or at least open it up to American immigration. That may be partially why they are going after NK now. <br /><br />In "The Next 100 Years", George Friedman explains that the American government wants to divide China up into spheres of influence, allow our corporations to go inside the country in force.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-50892890445080057482017-04-17T13:09:24.953-04:002017-04-17T13:09:24.953-04:00This is another test of "Jacksonian" for...This is another test of "Jacksonian" foreign policy, since Jackson wanted the Navy primarily for defending our commerce abroad:<br /><br />"It is your true policy, for your Navy will not only protect your rich and flourishing commerce in distant seas, but will enable you to reach and annoy the enemy and will give to defense its greatest efficiency by meeting danger at a distance from home."<br /><br />(Farewell Address)<br /><br />The phrase "not only" means that the most fundamental purpose of the Navy was to protect our commerce overseas, and annoying the enemy before they could reach our homeland was icing on the cake.<br /><br />And he means "enemy" as someone sailing over here to hit our shores, ports, rivers, etc. Not some ideological enemy, or a nation resisting incorporation into our sphere of influence.<br /><br />Our use of the Navy in East Asia is the exact opposite of Jacksonian -- protecting the off-shoring of our manufacturing, and shielding the ships loaded up with containers of Asian goods for import, not American goods for export.<br /><br />We control the world's seaways so that the elite stockholders and Wall Street banks can destroy our own manufacturing capacity while strengthening the position of foreign rival industries.<br /><br />The Navy in the Asian region has become nothing more than the police force of the cheap labor lobby. Disgraceful.<br /><br />If we continue to waste billions using our Navy to defend off-shoring hotbed South Korea, Old Hickory will be spinning in his grave.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.com