tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post626846466395845658..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: What To Write, What To Write....Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54295696513835339382016-02-18T09:43:20.060-05:002016-02-18T09:43:20.060-05:00I SO wish the Republicans hadn't said, out of ...I SO wish the Republicans hadn't said, out of the gate, that they wouldn't consider ANY candidate. Now anyone (Grassley, e.g.) who says, "We'll see who the candidate is" is considered a RINO. Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-79256202865007358902016-02-17T19:19:40.996-05:002016-02-17T19:19:40.996-05:00If we're going to be on the wane, could we at ...If we're going to be on the wane, could we at least be Gondor instead of Rome? Gondor in its wane still stood for something, at least some of the time.... ;-)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64972361702787371702016-02-16T23:01:43.078-05:002016-02-16T23:01:43.078-05:00I begrudgingly must agree. we have created a world...I begrudgingly must agree. we have created a world economy we can no longer compete in. I work for a manufacturer that actually exports to China and Japan. I'm sure it is only a mater of time before they build over there. They have already moved a large portion of the process across the ocean. Will we ever be great again? Hell, I hope we can just maintain.<br /><br />Cookiecookienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84470126138599333572016-02-16T22:23:44.551-05:002016-02-16T22:23:44.551-05:00Sadly, I believe you are absolutely correct... We&...Sadly, I believe you are absolutely correct... We're on the downhill slide and picking up speed.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-15892226541493068212016-02-16T14:57:29.780-05:002016-02-16T14:57:29.780-05:00I'm going to say the high tide was during the ...I'm going to say the high tide was during the Kennedy presidency, with the drop coming right at the end.<br />We saw an uptick with Regan, and will likely see another. But the peaks won't be as high, and the valleys will be lower.Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62696502627167253452016-02-16T10:45:15.882-05:002016-02-16T10:45:15.882-05:00Carrier got a $5.1 million tax credit in exchange ...Carrier got a $5.1 million tax credit in exchange for creating "green" jobs, i.e., building more and more efficient HVAC equipment.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I'm sure their union priced labor out of the market, and even with the tax credit, Carrier probably determined it isn't economically-feasible to continue manufacturing here. Who owns the means of production? To whom are the officers of the corporation ultimately responsible? I'd rather face the wrath of the workers and the government before facing the wrath of the stockholders.<br /><br />And as I have written elsewhere, I sure wish Joe Donnelly would work on making Solyndra pay back the half-billion it wasted and left the taxpayers on the hook to pay back before he worries about a paltry few mil in tax credits for a local employer. But I guess Donnelly figures he's gotta protect his phoney-baloney job.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59393984732508363652016-02-16T09:17:32.268-05:002016-02-16T09:17:32.268-05:00I often wonder how historians of the future will r...I often wonder how historians of the future will remember the nation that was. I feel like our apex was some time during the 1950's. We wee propelled to greatness by two factors: We had a large quantity of relatively untouched natural resources, and our nation built a large manufacturing base during World War 2, a factory base that was untouched by the war, leaving the US as the only nation in the world capable of manufacturing anything for several decades.<br /><br />There were other nations with large labor pools, and once they built up their manufacturing capabilities, they were able to beat out a nation that became soft and squandered its capital building discotheques and baubles, so that we arrive where we are now: A nation of self absorbed, spoiled children who require safe words to cope with even the most minor difficulties.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.com