Posted on 12/13/2013 2:57:59 AM PST by markomalley
That rapid-fire Navy 5” on the foredeck of the Cowpens shouldn’t need more than 30 seconds to minimize the threat from four Chicom tin cans plus the LST. And don’t forget there’s a little buddy Fast Attack sub running nearby on the Cowpens flank. That Fast Attack can get off four shots quicker than the Commie commander can write “kissmyassgoodbye” in Chinese. If a shot gets fired I expect Locklear can kiss his comfy Chicom-sucking billet to vanish is a spray of bird’s nest soup. Those Chicom cans may not know they are already targeted and really, really shouldn’t do anything dis-courteous.
Starting back in the 1960’s we started fitting our surface ships with a thing called the Countermeasure Washdown System. I helped build the first ones. It works like a car wash for ships. Our ships are made to be fully operational in an industrial strength rain storm. Squirting our guys with a couple fire hoses has got to produce a great big WTF?
Let me give you the reverse. The government says I cannot sell you my gun because it passed a law. That’s not liberty. Free trade (keep in mind that the US of A was set up as a giant free trade zone, hence the Commerce Clause) means I get to sell whatever I want and I get to buy whatever I want. That’s liberty.
Now comes my neighbor and he’s selling his lawnmower. It is a good price and he takes $25 American for it. That’s free trade. Who is richer or more powerful or anything else doesn’t matter. That trade is completed. He got what he wanted and I got what I wanted.
There is no trade deficit. He never has to buy a thing from me and I am still at liberty. Nothing has been lost.
You’re confusing the economic prosperity of moving away from low level manufacturing to higher level manufacturing and invention. Would you rather be making the widget or getting all the royalties from it?
We don’t farm anymore either and that’s a sign of prosperity. At the turn of the last century 40% of employment was on farms now it’s down to 3% and no one is starving. That’s an improvement. Do you see it now?
BTW my neighbor is a Red Chinese. ;-]
Your brain is not capable of understaning anything about me…….or economics.
I’m sorry for you. Arrogant and ignroant is no way to go thru life…..now go back to your Richard Trumka gay porn festival….
Except our citizens largely can’t take advantage of free trade. its the multinational corporations run by foreigners that benefit from free trade the most.
See this video and get back to me……you really need an economic primer, on supply and demand, the pricing impact in the market, etc.
It’s only two minutes, and you’ll know 1000X more about econ than you do now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Gppi-O3a8
Seriously, if you think only “multinational corporations” blah blah balh….you’re occupy wall street material…...
Panasonic
Vizio
Sharp
Toshiba
All make TVs in the US. DOH!! betcha that hurts
….and Wal Mart stores have no shoppers?????? just rich multinational corportate bosses…..LOL!!!!!
Boy that was predictable.
How will people buy anything without a job?
Free trade is all about transfer of wealth, out of America and into other countries.
Nothing is more expensive than the way we manufacture, off shoring to slaves to save a few pennies on the dollar and losing the republic in the bargain, I HATE YOU OPEN TRADE OPEN BORDER A$$HATS with a passion.
Obama will bow and apologize.
You big anger. You little intellect. Bad combo.
And once again, you have now accused me of a fourth item that’s absurd and baseless, proving once again you of tiny intellect.
Possibly, certainly not out of the realm of reality, but many of China’s men are in the 35 year old range and no longer have that nesting feeling. They want money and prosperity. They seek a better life and children keep them from it to some degree. I think the lack of women issue has been overblown to some extent and while what you say about sending men off to war to divert attention is very true, I think China is looking to stretch its economic muscles, including military sales, as much as it may want to stretch its military muscles. The Chinese do encourage their people to live in foreign lands, send back ideas and technologies, and integrate; of course, as long as all that benefits China.
“China isn’t a rising power”-—let me split that hair just a bit with you. The waning I see is with the Peeeoples Party of commies. there are plenty of hard working non-political chinese who can get along just fine with out the commie crowd in Peeking. The CPCC does indeed see trouble coming and that would explain the outside instigating-—happens every time a crooked bunch of leaders wants to divert attention from its own failings-—in any country.
By the way can you condemn the Chinese for their bellicose military nature? You haven't done that yet.
I stand with Reagan, Friedman, Sowell, Palin, Williams, Santelli, Kudlow, Limbaugh, Levin….
You stand with Richard Trumka.
I win. You lose. QED.
It’s weird but the chickens are actually American chickens being sent to China for processing. I do not want to catch a ride on the USS Chickenship.
Oh Really. What state?
I condemn China for a lot of things…..but this is where you really prove that your reading comprehension is less than kindergarten….this issue us NOT ABOUT CHINA….only your obsession is. I’ve said about a thousand times that the crap China pulls is nothing our elected officials can really address. That is not condoning. I don’t get to vote in China.
You’ve said the dumbest four things ever said in the history of FR on this thread….and I’ve tried to correct them as you go……
No, America loses
Pretty obvious. Americans are getting poorer and Chinese are buying lamborghini’s.
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