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Title: Lou Dobbs is an idiot, deal with it
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ambrosini.us
URL Source: http://ttp://www.ambrosini.us/blog/ ... bbs-is-idiot-deal-with-it.html
Published: Nov 23, 2006
Author: ambrosini.us
Post Date: 2006-11-23 11:10:49 by tinfoil wonderballs
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Views: 184
Comments: 7
I have never blamed the poor of Mexico, China or India for corporate America's avarice and our political elites' cowardice. --Lou Dobbs All that is wrong with Lou Dobbs is captured in this quote. He would like to believe what he said, and his intentions I'm sure are quite honarable, but as the late Milton Friedman said, "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programmes by their intentions rather than their results." Trade restrictions are bad, bad, bad for the poor of Mexico, China and India. They are bad, bad, bad for American consumers who have to pay more for Mexican, Chinese and Indian goods. In fact, trade restrictions only help "dominant special interests" like trade unions and low-productivity industries. Its ironic that Dobbs would lament "our political elites' cowardice" and then advocate giving those political elite more power over the economy. We should reward their cowardice by allowing them to decide which industries get protection and which special interests get 'subsidies'? No, we should judge policies by their results not their intentions. Trade protection results in more poverty and an empowerment of already entrenched powers. Protection in its effect, not its intention, is an unmitigated bad. And Lou, We The People established the Constitution in part as a check on populist whim. We wouldn't need a Constitution if the knee-jerk reactions of the people was always sovereign.
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It's getting harder and harder to con the goobers into shipping their livelyhood overseas fot the benefit of the elites like the Bush and Cheney families. I'm now working on a new slogan: "Let Bush ship your job overseas or two gay guys in the East Village will get married". That ought to scare the rubes back into compliance.
I woke up with a woody on Lou Dobbs this morning for some reason. I'm busy going nuts over on LP now. I'll be back to smear propaganda around this place when I'm finished.
can't you take off on Thanksgiving ! ? !
“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains – however improbable – must be the truth!" - Doyle
I have never blamed the poor of Mexico, China or India for corporate America's avarice and our political elites' cowardice. --Lou Dobbs This sounds like a quote from Dobbs' recent interview of a freetrader, during which he repeatedly interrupted him, misconstrued his positions, appeared unable to answer his arguments, and finally cut the man off altogether, terminating the interview when he apparently realized that he was no match for an intelligent guest.
Halarious, just halarious.
We don't have "free trade." We have "elite managed free trade" - which includes the creation of supra-national, unelected governing elites usurping and harmonizing our laws and sovereignty. I don't know of anyone who opposes unregulated, unmanaged free trade between persons, companies, or nations. But the elites are going to see to it that that doesn't happen. It interferes with their real agenda - which has little to do with trade.
But, that describes economic policy of the two major parties, does it not? What gives, why have I believed such childish nonsense until twelve seconds ago?
When the going gets weird the weird turn pro. - Hunter S Thompson
Formerly Fun and Happy Balls.
Formerly balls alert.
#2. To: All (#0)
Formerly Fun and Happy Balls.
Formerly balls alert.
#3. To: tinfoil wonderballs (#2)
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#5. To: tinfoil wonderballs, (#1)
I'm now working on a new slogan: "Let Bush ship your job overseas or two gay guys in the East Village will get married".
#6. To: tinfoil wonderballs (#0)
#7. To: ratcat (#6)
I don't know of anyone who opposes unregulated, unmanaged free trade between persons, companies, or nations.
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