'Meet the Press' transcript for May 23, 2010 (Tom Friedman fantasizes about China)

Meet the Prerss ^ | 5/23/10 | Tom Friedman

[teddyballgame]

MR. FRIEDMAN: Well, David, it's been decimated. It's been decimated by everything from the gerrymandering of political districts to cable television to an Internet where I can create a digital lynch mob against you from the left or right if I don't like where you're going, to the fact that money and politics is so out of control--really our Congress is a forum for legalized bribery. You know, that's really what, what it's come down to. So I don't--I, I--I'm worried about this, it's why I have fantasized--don't get me wrong--but that what if we could just be China for a day? I mean, just, just, just one day. You know, I mean, where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions, and I do think there is a sense of that, on, on everything from the economy to environment. I don't want to be China for a second, OK, I want my democracy to work with the same authority, focus and stick-to-itiveness. But right now we have a system that can only produce suboptimal solutions.

[Hunton Peck]

Actually, I see it was just a few days ago. How time doesn’t fly when you’re marvelling at the psycopathic derangement of leftists.

[Travis McGee]

Could be Korea lights the match.

[GOPJ]

You're right about this, fool. He wants to BE China for a day - but he wants all the decisions to be cast in stone forever. In short he's a pig. A totalitarian.

How would he like it if one of us wanted to "be China" for a day and outlaw all liberal ideas - forever. What jerks.

[Noumenon]

Could be Korea lights the match.

Very possible. Another scenario: SEIU thugs, in their 'enthusiasm 'for Dear Leader, cross the line and kill someone in a spectacular manner. Won't be a big step from protest/intimidation on the front porch to lynch mobs and Molotov cocktails.

Datapoint: no arrests and not a word from the MSM on last week's little incident. That's more telling than anything else.

[DuncanWaring]

Datapoint: no arrests and not a word from the MSM on last week's little incident. That's more telling than anything else.

The Army and Air Force Reserves have "One weekend a month and two weeks a year".

That incident was the 0bama Civilian Security Force equivalent of "Weekend Drill".

The police escort is a clear example of the power of The State being used to protect the Brownshirts.

[Squantos]

This trash is 2 pounds on a 3 pound trigger.......

[Travis McGee]

I’d say.