Did you personally dismantle it with your feet, your hands, or with a trusty Bic ? ;-)
Posted on 12/21/2007 7:23:12 PM PST by mdittmar
I’d say Eternal Vigilance & JohnnyZ outflank me on doing a close scrutiny of actual policy of Romney. I tend to do a general overview of the records of as many leading elected officials as I can, but doing the nitty-gritty work of going line by line over the day-to-day actions, the appointments, the legislation, that’s a mammoth undertaking. I cover the breadth, but they cover the depth.
It was EV who alerted me that some of my beliefs on Romney were incorrect based on my initial general review, and were, in fact, even WORSE than I had initially believed. His role, for example, on the gay marriage debacle. Another one of those Romney lies of “Well, I’m against it,” while his actual orders were to make it the law of the commonwealth, carrying out the orders of an odious Supreme Judicial Court ruling that has no basis in history and everything on view-of-the-moment liberal judicial activism. Whatever happened to Governors standing up to bullying courts ?
I don’t think that one is necessarily saying to be an isolationist when they say they are against globalism.
Phyliss Schlafly, whom I immensely respect, has eloquently and articulately stated the problem we have with globalism. We Americans cannot compete with foreign goods which cost far less when wages paid are approximately 30 cents per hour. We Americans can also not compete against imports which are not taxed, where American companies are forced to abide by taxation, patent, and insurance laws.
It is not a level or even playing field. Americans lose/lose with globalism. Our industries get exported, as do jobs. We get defective/toxic products in return.
It’s not good.
I do understand what you’re saying. We’ve got to find a way to improve things for us while not isolating ourselves. We do have to realize that we are in a global economy now, and we can’t just suddenly turn back the clock and try to undo that. It will be a tough task to strike the best balance without ultimately crippling either end, but not impossible.
I think a good start would re-impose tariffs, this will begin to level the playing field.
I also believe it would revive our economy and help increase wages as productivity would increase.
We have become nothing more than a service economy, and have become beholden to foreign countries for our country’s income. I find this dangerous and unacceptable.
All our eggs are going into foreign baskets. We will only become crippled when the time comes when these foreign companies decide to “hold hostage” these goods upon which we rely. And if we can no longer make these goods, because there are no longer any industries here, or people who know how to work machinery, we find ourselves in the exact same position as we do with the Middle Eastern oil.
I’m more of a free-trader myself. Of course, that’s not necessarily a panacea. Tariffs may not have the desired effect, either. Of course, if you could make the argument and have economists and experts in this field come up with a suitable and workable solution, I’d be willing to take a look and support it. This isn’t really my area of expertise in the political realm and I’m not 100% firm in my beliefs in this area, except for that of supporting our being fully engaged on the world market. You are right that we shouldn’t get ourselves into the position of being at the mercy of other nations, either. Of course, we could do something about the oil situation tomorrow, but the radical environmentalists have stood 110% against taking advantage of our own natural resources. Let’s see if the people will tolerate this if gasoline goes up towards $5-$7-$10 a gallon. They’ll tell the environmentalist kooks to STFU.
The sooner the better. But, you also realize, they are doing the same with companies. In fact, I wouldn't doubt that the kooks are a major reason as to why manufacturing companies began going outside of the U.S. If all U.S. companies of consequence are shut down, I'm sure it'll be the kooks who exert their influence to prevent them from reopening. So, for even safety measures against the kooks, it's also important to keep American companies in business in America.
I was thinking, too, my concerns have also been with big labor, and their unreasonable demands that have driven a lot of industry overseas. We should never have lost our automotive and steelmaking industries, but yet we have. My grandfather, who was a worker in the tool & die industry, fought like hell to keep unions out of his company. He knew ultimately the chilling effects they would have.
Unions were very very good to have back in the day. They are the reason why children and women were no longer required to work like slaves. And also why men were given better conditions under which to work. We are talking being able to stay alive here.
I think once the government stepped in though, the unions should have stepped out. They did what they needed to do (and will again, if necessary in the future), at the time. They have harmed what they first helped.
Merry Christmas! Good representations both, but the slide began during Bush the First and has been continuing to this day. Reagan cost the unions much power at a time when they really were ladling the gravy over their worth. Clinton accentuated the problem with protectionism when they lost scads of membership (while overseeing loss of jobs overseas) - playing both sides against the middle. The man is truly a supervillain.
Now the Unions are Full Press Court for Obama, illegal aliens and screw the little Americans who paid all those dues over the decades to insure this wouldn’t happen. I had to personally dismantle a Harold Ford for Senate sign that the local Union neglected to dismantle two months after his loss.
But both of you made me aware that we citizens are growing ever-more complacent and subject to a feeling of powerlessness when our elected representatives (and the unelected bureaucrats) pull the rug from under us. Compean and Ramos languishing in prison, the Middleton decision to allow suit-filing illegals to remain hidden, on and on with scalawags writing legislation from the bench when responsible judges are put on the defensive by the bought press for maintaining the status quo of upholding the law as it’s written.
It’s obvious that most of this is pulled off by parties trusting that the “Average American” isn’t looking nor cares, trusting that their allies in the media will keep the Joes complacent and compliant. Too bad for them that the uncontrollable media is getting out there and the people accessing it are not happy with what they’re learning.
Did you personally dismantle it with your feet, your hands, or with a trusty Bic ? ;-)
Amen to that!
And a blessed and Merry Christmas to you, as well, NRT!
Well Geez, it was an offensive blight on the landscape that contributed to the raising of responsible citizens’ blood pressure every time they had to see it. Therefore it was my civic duty to see it removed.
See previous post. Didn’t need a lighter but thanks for the suggestion.
Did you mean to post that to fieldmarshaldj? I’m assuming you’re talking about your Harold Ford Senate Sign? (and not something else, ahem.... : )
I felt that way about the Corker signs. :-\
When will Conservatives in TN get their representation for a change ?
No no. These local Union Hall hockey pucks were determined to leave their Ford For Senate sign up forever. When month three after his defeat arrived without them taking it down it was my civic duty to do so as I had to assume they were waiting for “undocumented immigrants” to do that for them.
Just helping out.
I’m so glad you’re so helpful and willing to perform your civic duty! Carry on!! : )
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