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Capitalism Magazine ^ | August 19, 2003 | Walter Williams

Posted on 08/19/2003 10:13:15 AM PDT by luckydevi

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To: GraniteStateConservative
Before I was saved, I enjoyed pornography.

For me the most poignant indicator of how far Russia had fallen was noting in the 90's the increasing appearance of Russian girls in porn. They were perfectly willing to do things top tier American porn stars didn't. They stood out because they were magnificently beautiful. Magnificently beautiful American girls do not go into porn. Yet. They have other options. I wondered, do these women have so few options that they will do just about anything to get a ticket out of Russia ? Are the marital pickings in the motherland that lean ?

When the economy collapses, vice skyrockets.
241 posted on 08/22/2003 9:46:06 AM PDT by Tokhtamish
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To: GraniteStateConservative; Texas_Dawg
For the privilege of trading with us tariff-free? Yes, we can make all sorts of demands.

No, who cares if Chinese metalworkers are sometimes, er, "immersing their whole selves into their work" it's the ecooooooooooooooooonomy first. Always the ecooooooooooooonomy. </sarcasm-in-case-it's-not-obvious>

242 posted on 08/22/2003 11:48:11 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: Texas_Dawg
You created a false choice for the American consumer in your post #149. Buying only foreign-made goods hurts the American consumer because it puts him/her out of a job. It does not matter if everything at Wal-Mart costs a nickel if YOU DON'T HAVE A NICKEL.

Am I a prick? I am definitely the worst nightmare of free trade Judas Texans like you who don't mind enriching the brutal tyrants running China at the expense of Americans. I may be a prick but I am a stiff American prick and I will be fighting for fair trade for my countrymen long after limp peckers like you have surrendered.

243 posted on 08/22/2003 4:51:59 PM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
I may be a prick but I am a stiff American prick and I will be fighting for fair trade for my countrymen long after limp peckers like you have surrendered.

And shafting the poor all the way to the bank with you and your buddies. Just remember how much you want to tax the poor when you start that "look at how much I care about the little man" garbage next time. Totally bogus. You don't give a flip other than how it profits a few people you like.

244 posted on 08/22/2003 5:24:56 PM PDT by Texas_Dawg (I will not rest until every "little man" is destroyed.)
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To: luckydevi
Free trade bump.
245 posted on 08/22/2003 8:01:03 PM PDT by waterstraat
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To: Texas_Dawg
Here's a question for you. Which of the following is more likely to result in the overthrow of a capitalist political system and the mass embrace of Marxism?:

1)The inability of an educated, hard-working person to find a decent job paying a living wage... or

2)The inability of a person to buy cheap Chinese-made tennis shoes...

You think you are the friend of the American "little guy" because you want him to be able to buy cheap foreign goods and accuse me of being his enemy because I want the American "little guy" to have a decent job!

246 posted on 08/23/2003 4:57:13 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

Good question!
247 posted on 08/23/2003 5:15:30 AM PDT by waterstraat
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
You think you are the friend of the American "little guy" because you want him to be able to buy cheap foreign goods and accuse me of being his enemy because I want the American "little guy" to have a decent job!

Nope. I don't claim to care about the "little man" or "the poor" anymore than anyone else. That is an exercise in extreme self-righteousness that only your side would feel comfortable doing. Populism is thoroughly disgusting.

I simply demonstrate that for all your "you don't care about 'their jobs and national security" claims, every bit as much can be said about you as well. I discuss economics, not your little self-pity parties.

248 posted on 08/23/2003 8:11:56 AM PDT by Texas_Dawg (I will not rest until every "little man" is destroyed.)
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To: Texas_Dawg
Like I said.

You talk like a gated community fatcat. A sure fire loser in hard times.
249 posted on 08/23/2003 9:51:45 AM PDT by Tokhtamish
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To: Tokhtamish
You talk like a gated community fatcat.

Thanks, Karl.

250 posted on 08/23/2003 9:55:19 AM PDT by Texas_Dawg (I will not rest until every "little man" is destroyed.)
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