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08-27-19 01:26 #52
Posts: 5465TANSTAAFL Correction
Originally Posted by BigBossMan [View Original Post]
Yes. I know it's grammatically incorrect.
No free lunches in Colombia either, but I've found a lot of cheap ones.
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08-26-19 01:13 #51
Posts: 407Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
We now have a population that's out for retribution on the capitalistic class, and that's not a good thing. Once again the last 3 were corporate stooges and as you said did the most politically expedient thing.
Not to mention the US bulked up its geo political rival in the process.
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08-26-19 00:57 #50
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by GeneHickman [View Original Post]
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08-26-19 00:08 #49
Posts: 407Originally Posted by BigBossMan [View Original Post]
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08-26-19 00:07 #48
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by BigBossMan [View Original Post]
Anyway probably best to return to discussing chicas.
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08-25-19 23:30 #47
Posts: 426Tanstaafl
This is a term that they used to teach in junior high growing up in California John Birch country.
It means "There is no such thing as a free lunch".
Think of all the things that Trump has promised us are free.
The tax cut would pay for itself based on the Laffer curve. Trump gave Arthur Laffer a Medal of Freedom. Of course, deficits keep risng in a good economy.
The trade war would pay for itself because China pays the tariffs. Even if the China is paying the tariffs, which I don't believe, all the money is being transferred to our farmers who are probably the most competitive in the world. The farmers need free markets not a bailout.
And, of course, the wall. Mexico will pay for the "great big beautiful wall. " I just don't trust the guy. He reminds me of a snake oil salesman.
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08-25-19 23:07 #46
Posts: 426I find so many linkages between the policies of Trump and Sanders
When asked by CNN's Brianna Keilar if he would use tariffs to cut a deal with China during his own presidency, Sanders said that he would.
"Yeah of course, it is used in a rational way within the context of a broad, sensible trade policy. It is one tool that is available," he said. "You're looking at somebody, by the way, who helped lead the effort against permanent normal trade relations with China and (North American Free Trade Agreement). ".
If you don't think that Bernie Sanders is a nut case who would lead the United States to ruin, I can't help you.
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08-25-19 17:08 #45
Posts: 407Originally Posted by Arcangel [View Original Post]
The chinese tend to have a greater ability to tolerate an authoritarian regime than most americans and for certain I can.
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08-25-19 16:27 #44
Posts: 19Sa
I've had great success with SA in the US finding young hotties. Latin, even conservative Muslim girls (hijab and all) that go crazy with a romp in bed. I'm Hispanic myself and know the culture but would like to know your experiences with SA in Colombia. I'm not looking for a girlfriend-hell I got plenty in Colombia, I'm just looking for NSA companions for a few days when I'm in town. I mostly travel to Bogota.
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08-25-19 14:30 #43
Posts: 5465Originally Posted by GeneHickman [View Original Post]
Japan on the other hand is a democracy, and furthermore post WW2 has a pacifist constitution. So completely different kettle of fish. Anyway, I know this is not a board for this, but despite disagreeing on many other things, on this issue, I think Trump has it right. If there was a Democratic transition in China I would be a lot more open about it all.
They profited immensely from the arrangement. Having the US pay for their national defense allowed investment in infrastructure.
And, just like China, there were lots of issues with intellectual property theft and counterfeiting of US brands. They almost destroyed the US guitar makers by copying and improving their designs, often at the same factories where they were making guitars for Fender and Gibson. Then there was the entire home electronics industry. And let's not forget the automotive industry.
South Korea has done the same thing. They profit at our expense, but we allow them to do it, because our companies are still profiting from the arrangement.
If you take your technology to another country, because you want to cut your labor costs and boost your stock price, you're accepting those issues. They're figured in to the decision.
What Trump fails to understand is that it all comes back around. In the end the free market balances out. All those Japanese automakers now have factories throughout the US. Not just the car factories, but all the other factories, assembling all the little parts. The jobs we lost came back. The revenue we lost came back.
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08-25-19 13:45 #42
Posts: 5465Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
Don't worry, I won't make you work that hard.
In my experience, Trump supporters tend to take any criticism of Trump personally. The responses tend to be a bit emotional.
If the criticism is clearly deserved, they'll invoke "what aboutism. " Trump's infidelity = "what about Clinton?" Trump's immigration policy = "what about Obama?
However, supporters of other politicians, once again, in my experience, tend to be more open to discussion. They are more likely to agree their politician hasn't been perfect. You can debate with this group.
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08-25-19 11:36 #41
Posts: 127Level playing field
Originally Posted by GeneHickman [View Original Post]
Hugo Chaves thought that his will is stronger than market forces. The troll in the White House is the same. Venezuelans think they don't have to do anything much besides squeezing the juice out of their soil and getting dollars for it. Americans think they can stay rich by filing patents and seeking rent on them.
The thing is, many people in the US have come to believe that when god created the world he made (white) americans as lords and everybody else as servants. They will not accept a levelled playing field and cannot understand that the american century is coming to an end. They think a war is necessary to preserve the status quo. So far it's a trade war.
The USA had a winning streak until 1945 that makes them believe that war is the solution for every major problem. However, in reality wars are not "good and easy to win". In war there are only losers. Look at the state if the British empire in 1945 compared to 1914, after they had "won" two monstrous wars against the upcoming power of the day.
What worries me is that people have short memories and today more and more politicians and their followers are talking like they did before 1914. Saying that they want to make their country great again, and implying that they are happy to sh $t on everybody else to achieve it.
There are plenty of things to rightly criticize about China today or imperial Germany then, but that doesn't mean that war is the best or only way to make the world better.
Gene, please do me a favour and try and put yourself in the shoes of a Chinese.
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08-25-19 04:35 #40
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by GeneHickman [View Original Post]
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08-25-19 03:12 #39
Posts: 407Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
And finally to end on a mongering point. You all do realize we would have zero chance with these beautiful chicas if there was not a delta in the purchasing power of our currencies right? They are not hanging with us because they find our 60 yr old weenies and 40 inch guts and balding heads sexy. No matter what they tell you! Lol
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08-25-19 03:05 #38
Posts: 407Originally Posted by BigBossMan [View Original Post]
The system you espouse works well Within a group of states with similar if not same legal frameworks and democratic tenets. Version 1.0 was the United States, each of the 50 states developed and there were some equalizing mechanisms.
China is a geopolitical rival and a communist state at that. They are an autocratic form of gov't at the end of the day. Their regional activity has not been peaceful, be that rhetoric directed at Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, South China sea etc.
Japan on the other hand is a democracy, and furthermore post WW2 has a pacifist constitution. So completely different kettle of fish. Anyway, I know this is not a board for this, but despite disagreeing on many other things, on this issue, I think Trump has it right. If there was a Democratic transition in China I would be a lot more open about it all.