tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post58087793667261742..comments2023-11-07T04:53:01.453-08:00Comments on Dispatches from the United States of Mordor: Is Dmitry Babich Right? RT's CrossTalkGerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-33034325617174025842017-03-07T06:34:29.428-08:002017-03-07T06:34:29.428-08:00One of MANY reasons. :)One of MANY reasons. :)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-83752030069327612552017-03-07T05:41:08.689-08:002017-03-07T05:41:08.689-08:00So THAT's why you're Farmer John! It's...So THAT's why you're Farmer John! It's all coming to light now!Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-22255886867950263222017-03-07T05:14:54.475-08:002017-03-07T05:14:54.475-08:00My mother's family owned and farmed private sm...My mother's family owned and farmed private small farms in the midwest for 100 years. I got my start in life w/40 acres, inherited from my mom, and sold back to my uncle who farmed it.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-31545899132212204032017-03-07T05:09:44.751-08:002017-03-07T05:09:44.751-08:00The midwest is agricultural. They're ALL kula...The midwest is agricultural. They're ALL kulaks. They aren't "proles". The problem with your "model" is that it targets "urban" workers, not petite bourgeois "kulaks".-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-61296841873226082352017-03-07T05:04:21.376-08:002017-03-07T05:04:21.376-08:00Well, not everyone is embracing the shift from Rom...Well, not everyone is embracing the shift from Roman "republic" to "imperium". Where's "Brutus" (John Adams) when you need him?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-57917108391728881942017-03-06T13:17:40.548-08:002017-03-06T13:17:40.548-08:00I was referring to the 'meritocratic doctrine&...I was referring to the 'meritocratic doctrine', Jersey.Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-13603112785378732352017-03-06T11:52:46.366-08:002017-03-06T11:52:46.366-08:00The Clintons? They were later, nominal players. ...The Clintons? They were later, nominal players. Part of the New Democrat movement that started in the 80's, moving the party to the right in the belief the country was heading that way. Go along get along. They called it "triangulation," or some such nonsense.<br /><br />The economic/political landscape you see today is really just the same Milton Friedman school in action since the mid-70's. An incessant war on inflation, with the middle class and upward mobility the collateral damage.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-17320763711552653182017-03-06T11:11:19.185-08:002017-03-06T11:11:19.185-08:00Do read Seth Ackwerman's essay on the destruct...Do read <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democratic-labor-party-ackerman/" rel="nofollow">Seth Ackwerman's essay on the destruction of the Labor movement...</a>Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-10384606010583408002017-03-06T11:09:10.274-08:002017-03-06T11:09:10.274-08:00The result of the 'meritocratic doctrine',...The result of the 'meritocratic doctrine', no doubt...<br /><br />The Clinton's have <i>sooooo much</i> to answer for, IMO...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-91337316824931560482017-03-06T11:06:04.575-08:002017-03-06T11:06:04.575-08:00The installation of the post-WW II Order, as suppo...The installation of the post-WW II Order, as supported by the US was a Good Thing, but it also made the US a Superpower.<br /><br />Now with the 'Unipolar moment' it seems the US is after Full Spectrum Dominance.<br /><br />It doesn't seem to be boding so well for Mordor, right now though...Gerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07752117708821629614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-70410485885775874362017-03-06T10:58:32.838-08:002017-03-06T10:58:32.838-08:00The DNC hasn't been in the US heartland for de...The DNC hasn't been <em>in</em> the US heartland for decades. Not since the labor movement was destroyed in the 80's.<br /><br />JMJ Jersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5181936002477690850.post-51292164152147614452017-03-06T09:51:48.934-08:002017-03-06T09:51:48.934-08:00Hollowing out the world economy has been the modus...Hollowing out the world economy has been the modus operendi since WWII and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan" rel="nofollow">Marshall Plan.</a> Now I'll grant you that the world needed to "bootstrap" their economies in the immediate aftermath of WWII's devastation... by why do the policies implemented continue to this day? It's crazy.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com