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Patrick J. Buchanan Examines "The Slow Awakening of George W."
Washington Times ^
| 09-17-03
| Buchanan, Patrick J.
Posted on 09/17/2003 7:06:29 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Texas_Dawg
Please PM me your next picks
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posted on
09/17/2003 2:03:58 PM PDT
by
y2k_free_radical
(ESSE QUAM VIDERA-to be rather than to seem)
To: dogbyte12
He also may just be a poorly trained PR guy for some entity that benefits from outsourcing.
Whatever the case may be his presence here (and perhaps other places) is his full time job. Looking at the number of posts he makes, it seems likely that an employer would remove him from the payroll for not working.... unless his postings ARE part of his job.
To: Recourse
Are you on board with this? Yes, I am on-board with Buchanan. As long as his detractors have no answer to his statements except to compare him to the assholes on the Left, or assert their usual ad hominems, I'll stand by his assertions.
Now let's hear your solutions to America's problems; I'll see who I can compare your ideas to.
403
posted on
09/17/2003 2:06:06 PM PDT
by
bimbo
To: StolarStorm
Is there a way the mods can trace his IP? If there is a .edu at the end of the trace then we would know for sure he is a plant.
404
posted on
09/17/2003 2:06:49 PM PDT
by
JNB
(I am a Catholic FIRST)
To: EternalVigilance
Pat's initial phrase sounded stilted to me in written form, especially for a sentence that was a dig at the President's level of education. Pat's phrase sounded to me like a dig at anyone who believes they were "educated" at Harvard.
405
posted on
09/17/2003 2:11:02 PM PDT
by
bimbo
To: JNB
Sure they can and they probably have. He's stirred up quite an enemy list. Most likely it has been decided that he encourages debate on the topic, even though he tends to race bait (which is my personal problem with him) and responds with canned (seminar) answers.
There are several posters on these threads that respond with the exact same phrases over and over.... almost like they are working from the same boiler room.
To: Lazamataz
Eta tak trydo pisat slavyanski bykvi c latinskim alphavetam.
To: StolarStorm
That is when I lost it with him. He race baited me. I am pro Israel, but he kept insinuating that I was a Nazi, and that I wanted to gas jews. That was the end of civil debate with him.
You can call me stupid, you can call me ugly, fat, thin, tall, short, but don't call me a supporter of the Holocaust.
I told him that I was hurt by the accusation, so of course he continually repeated it. Showed me something about his character. If anybody here genuinely believes that he is full time wheeler dealer on wall street who just happens to post all day, please stand up and be counted. (no, he can't vote for himself).
To: RussianConservative
Yessir, it is hard to write Russian without the proper (cyrillic) alphabet, but ... we manage. :o)
(PS: I am continually stunned every time I successfully understand anything in Russian).
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posted on
09/17/2003 2:20:56 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: A. Pole
Rasing the CEOs pay is another matter - it is an investment in the most productive individuals, it is never too high.If the company flourishes under the guidance of a CEO he deserves whatever he can get. The problem is that at present, CEO's rake it in even if they are total failures that destroy companies.
The money given to those folks does far more damage than the money given to the workers at the same company.
Whatever happened to merit pay?
410
posted on
09/17/2003 2:25:04 PM PDT
by
sakic
To: Texas_Dawg
Does this make me a "neocon" or a "merchant" or a "Zionist" or a "globalist" or whatever the codeword is today? It makes you a creep.
An uneducated, Chinese child who (because China uses child labor) is a PR person for an outsourcing firm, in between your posts as a Democrat Underground member.
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posted on
09/17/2003 2:25:19 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: bimbo
Pat's phrase sounded to me like a dig at anyone who believes they were "educated" at Harvard. Absolutely. To me too.
That's what made me do something so stupid as to critique grammar! ;-)
To: Texas_Dawg
Actually that was somewhat of a trick question. Most overseas investment doesn't show up on a trading board because many of the recipients are not a publicly traded entity. There are many studies that show capital is flowing into third-world developing economies in record numbers.
Since many of these countries are state owned or the business entities are not publicly traded they would not show up in your trading systems.
To: Texas_Dawg
Since many of these countries companies are state owned
To: sakic
Here is the problem with merit pay. How long is it based upon. You have free agent CEO's who come in, tell that they will get merit pay, stock options if the company is up for a few quarters.
All of a sudden, an opportunity for very wonderful new equipment comes in. It will cost a ton to upgrade, but over the long haul it will make the company grow leaps and bounds. What is the CEO to do? Does he spend all the money on the outlay, or does he hold onto money as profit for a few quarters, giving himself a huge bonus because of "performance". Even in this case, the company is doing "super" but not really, when ya look 5 years down the road.
A good incentive plan would be to pay the CEO's well. Expect performance, question their actions and have them justify their decisions, and put the stock options out for them to only be excercised say 3-5 years after they leave the company. I feel terrible for a CEO now who does the right thing, invests in new techs, and gets a lower bonus, while their successor sits on their hands, skips R&D, and lives off the fruit of their predecessor. Most huge companies have many fundamentals in place that really are out of the hands of a 3-5 year shelf life CEO. It's 5 years later often when the fruits of their actions will be known. They will feel responsible in long term growth, grooming a capable successor, and will benefit the company and economy.
To: bimbo; Tokhtamish
Well, I support free trade, just like Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Tom DeLay, Dick Armey, and Newt Gingrich.
Tom DeLay has consistently voted for fast-track trade negotiations for the President.
Newt Gingrich, in fact, suggested that we add Great Britain into NAFTA to create a larger free-trade bloc.
An analysis of voting on 30 key issues in the 107th Congress finds that few members of Congress voted consistently for free trade. Only 15 House members opposed barriers and subsidies in more than two-thirds of the votes they cast. They were all Republicans. The most consistent free traders in the House were Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Charles Bass (R-N.H.), Richard Armey (R-Tex.), Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), Phil Crane (R-Ill.), Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.), and John Sununu (R-N.H.).
I'm not sure what party you should vote for, I suppose "United We Stand" or the Green Party would fit your reasoning.
To: Recourse
Reagan believed in "Trickle-Down" economics, which promotes capital investment domestically. The rest Bush, et-all are just followers of Reagans ideals. They incorrectly interpret "Free-Trade" as increasing domestic investment. Capital investment in the local economy by business is what creates jobs and grows the economy.
I'm a Reagan man myself, but he meant for trickle-down to trickle in the US not some far away land. Don't misinterpret his intentions he would have been hard against any trade agreement that reduces domestic investment.
To: dogbyte12
It drives people away from the President. Then you and Willie and ex-snook and many, many others at FR should be very happy.
To: RockyMtnMan
Oh, really. What do you think the Caribbean Basin Initiative was? In 1982, President Reagan proposed the Caribbean Basin Initiative, which provided duty free access to the U.S. market on a nonreciprocal basis to a large number of products from the region.
Reagan also was the first U.S. politician to propose the idea of NAFTA in 1979.
To: StolarStorm
I'm doing pretty well, and I'm against outsourcing and temp visa programs. I also know a guy with 900 million bucks that is also very concerned about the job situation. Warren Buffett is a huge trade protectionist and pro-tax Democrat as well. Limousine liberals. They do it because they "care", you know.
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