Posted on 01/28/2017 12:57:41 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Every conservative and every American worth his salt knows that there is no such thing as free lunch. And that big government does not make us more free.
Too bad they get all balled up when they talk about globalism (big government on steroids) and free trade (government control of trade on steroids).
Thanks Jim for all you do
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Hear, hear!
TANSTAAFL.
Somebody pays, ain’t nothing free except air and they’d like to change even that.
BUMP.
There is free trade. The TPP, in its current form, ain’t it.
“We can throw rocks, Manny. We WILL.”
Globalism is a side door into the Totalitarian tent.
bttt
I much prefer Trump’s idea of negotiating trade deals one on one with potential trade partners, always ensuring to place our own interests first... and if they don’t work out, ie, the other guy takes unfair advantage, get the hell out fast!
No trade deal should even come close to ever destroying entire industries in America! And stay away from technology thieves like China! They’re gonna rob you blind.
I have since come to realize two things. The first is that there is a huge chunk of the world that, barring a massive awakening and conversion, will never see the light, and that is the chunk that embraces Islam.
The second is hidden in a quote from John Adams in a letter he wrote to his wife: "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain."
What he doesn't state is, what happens to the generation whose parents study "painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain"? The answer--and I say this as a man whose doctorate was in musicology--is that they must either rise up and study politics and war to defend the land from those who see it as weakened by all the painters, poets, musicians, architects, sculptors, weavers, and ceramicists, or they must roll over and allow the barbarians to conquer them.
Globalism, like all idealist enterprises, stumbles because it refuses to accept the obvious condition of humans, as steeped in self-centered sin and wanting for themselves what others have worked for, without cost. America can be the shining city on a hill, and some of the world might say conclude it wants to be like us in some ways, but the rest are like Christ's thief, who only know how to steal, kill, and destroy, and we must guard against them at all times, with borders and with military and LEO who combine the rule of law with the necessities of defense.
Free lunch? I guess you never used the old “I left my wallet in my other pants” trick.
That is one outstanding post, FRiend.
An outstanding novel.
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Globalism is doomed to failure by God.
And, in our case, America was founded as a Judeo-Christian nation and our Constitution and systems of governance and law established and based on Judeo-Christian principles; and true Americans have fought and will continue fighting to keep it that way.
But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.
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