tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post3498985098121235062..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : 'Trump and the Invasion of the West'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-71561895464513256282018-07-05T07:52:43.721+03:002018-07-05T07:52:43.721+03:00IMHO it’s all about your own prejudices. And while...IMHO it’s all about your own prejudices. And while incarcerating children may gladden his base, it also rapidly peels off independents, which are the always the key to electoral success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-66947635074406275042018-07-03T23:11:18.032+03:002018-07-03T23:11:18.032+03:00I don't think that Donald Trump can build the ...I don't think that Donald Trump can build the wall by itself. He is the president of the U.S. of A. but he can't do whatever he likes and when. First of all, money.<br /><br />I live in NY, or, rather, I live in the burbs, working in the City. I am familiar with the street economy, from food carts to supermarkets to boutiques. Eliminating the fancy boutiques, the rest of the street economy functions with immigrants, the vast majority Mexicans. Their uber-efficiency and reliability is what make the wheels turn ih the big Apple. <br />Of course, this has no connection whatsoever with the billionaires from the 57th Street - they live in their ivory-glassy-towers, if they ever live there, I heard that the vast majority buy uber-expensive apartments for investments and that the uber-tall buildings I pass by every day on my way to the express-bus are half-empty. <br />But I digressed. <br /> Doina Maneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16570678726060647933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-67775306708777827252018-07-03T19:46:38.644+03:002018-07-03T19:46:38.644+03:00The only reason why I was reluctant to vote Trump ...The only reason why I was reluctant to vote Trump was that I realized that he is quite efficient and competent, capable of implementing what he sais he will, unlike all other politicians who are plainly incompetent. His tenure has not changed this view. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-17161451582505908222018-07-03T04:17:54.483+03:002018-07-03T04:17:54.483+03:00The US is pretty lucky to have Mexicans and other ...The US is pretty lucky to have Mexicans and other Hispanics coming in. They are hard-working, Christian and often conservative-- quite a few Latinos voted for Trump. Of course he dealt with them cruelly, which his followers love. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-32276270449474480252018-07-02T10:35:45.801+03:002018-07-02T10:35:45.801+03:00I can def agree, that like you, i didnt nec care ...I can def agree, that like you, i didnt nec care about the wall before or understand why it was necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-552969345581905972018-07-01T22:42:31.821+03:002018-07-01T22:42:31.821+03:00"Viewed as a very left-wing position until th..."Viewed as a very left-wing position until this week, abolishing ICE is starting to move further into the Democratic mainstream. What’s unclear is how many more Democrats will take up the cause." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/29/17518176/democrats-to-abolish-ice-movement-gillibrand-de-blasio-ocasio-cortezPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-73263838862365635832018-07-01T19:20:24.358+03:002018-07-01T19:20:24.358+03:00A very good post. My relations with a very old Rom...A very good post. My relations with a very old Romanian friend are becoming frayed because he is completely dependent on the EuroNews and CNN view of 'caged children' and similar matters. <br />it has shifted someone who was a staunch anti-communist to the left/ I don't think he is alone in being brainwashed almost in an Antena 3 style.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-3306499174226929632018-07-01T17:58:22.796+03:002018-07-01T17:58:22.796+03:00Great article.Great article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-52884460814852049322018-06-30T15:20:50.025+03:002018-06-30T15:20:50.025+03:00Trump is actually trying to build a wall or at lea...Trump is actually trying to build a wall or at least make it look like he is. He's been blocked by Republicans so far. He will eventually. He's figured that the art is to promise symbolic things and execute them no matter how unrealistic. The US - Mexico border is too long. <br /><br />On the bigger picture you are right that this children crisis is the final piece of establishing immigration as a major issue and the left has bit the bate. So far the left has been defining the major issues and the right has been duly taking their assigned villainous positions. Trump has been changing the map thus turning the table. That's why really the extreme hatred.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-59864463631153865272018-06-30T12:35:36.286+03:002018-06-30T12:35:36.286+03:00The great irony of defining socialism as “No perso...The great irony of defining socialism as “No person in America should be too poor to live” is that a century of experience shows that socialism creates and even institutionalizes poverty, while capitalism has lifted most of the world out of it. To have people believing such rubbish is the triumph of Marxist deception in education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com