Are Governor Newsom and our Democrat super-majority fluffing the pathway for a future Kamala Harris run for governor? One way is to ensure an even greater Democrat-voting majority in this state - expand the government workforce.
We have them, Monica. What we don't have is shared format to give them more coverage. Look at our town alone, where is the wider shared format that allows everyone access to the "good thinkers" who already exist amongst us. Including you.
I was never a fan of Henry Kissinger. He appeared to have Richard Nixon wrapped around his finger and some have even argued he was an Israeli asset. But at least he was highly regarded and competent as Secretary of State. He managed a policy of detente with the Soviets and opened the door of diplomacy with China. Fast forward to our foreign policy with Russia and the Biden administration who has managed to bumble our relationship with Putin and Russia. Jake Sullivan and Anthony Blinken have led us to the brink of world war.
Russian fears of the west go way back, Napoleon, Hitler, Japan. The paranoia of English dominance is well established. Ironically, the royal family, Queen Victoria was a cousin of the last Czar, Nicholas. The Russian view the Brits as the true fascists in world history and being the oppressors of the third world.
The incompetence of Joe Biden in foreign policy has led us to being overrun on our southern border, the brink of war in the South China Sea and a non winnable land war in Europe.
Trump and Rubio will have their hands full in reversing the disastrous foreign policy of Biden, Harris, Blinken and Sullivan.
UK has shrunken so dramatically from their former British Empire days, this seems like an exercise in futility on Putin's part.
Though indelible impacts on the Russian soul inflicted by Napoleon and Hitler do remain even today, as perhaps they should. Millions of deaths, vast swaths of destruction within Russian territories inflicted by these prior European assaults has not yet died out, among even the younger Russians today. Many in Russia ask today for just a thank you from Americans and the British for their own role winning WWII in Europe.
Who else remembers the pull down maps in our elementary school classrooms when half the globe was colored pink to show the sun never did set on the British Empire. Pitcairn Island and Cape Cook's memorial plot in Hawaii are about all that remains today. And the non-voting penguins on the Falkland Islands.
The British legacy remains intact for both romantic and practical reasons, across the globe. But as a global threat today, this does need a good dose of Kissinger real-politik.
The European order, Britain and to a lesser degree France, Belgium and Holland left pain and despair through out the world that remains today. I would not expect any thanks from the Russians over WWII especially after events like Leningrad. Remember, it was the Red Army that finally defeated the Reich. The Russian people have suffered like no other in the world. Yes, the war in Ukraine is sad and criminal but these feelings are nothing new. In part, it goes back to WWII when Ukrainian SS units terrorized Russian civilians. The Russians view our society as undisciplined, decadent and unsustainable. My Ukrainian/Russian wife has given me a different perspective in world history.
Much of what I’m reading suggests conservatives love small government. Can someone post data on how much government shrunk under Trump and Bush. Maybe a department by department comparison I can share with friends? Thanks.
Good question Gene. This is what I found. When Trump took office in January 2017, there were about 2,093,868 federal employees. By the end of his term in December 2020, this number had risen to approximately 2,171,513. This represents an increase of around 77,645 employees over four years. So added just under 4%.
Gene, Should be easy to find. Have you looked? That is exactly the transparency tax payers need.
Keeping mind there are federal government jobs, but also state, county, municipal and special district government jobs over which Trump or Bush had no control. As well as government contract jobs and collateral government benefits supported jobs.
Yes, conservatives do support limited government. Liberals like expanding and more intrusive, micro-managing government. That is one fundamental difference. But there still is over-lap on these fundamentals. we like more police and military; democrats like more social worker and support staffers.
As for the Democrats continuing to tyrannize CA, I keep saying to people that if you want to understand the future of this state you've got to think outside The Coast.
Speaking of Ellen, I've been trying to make sense of all the coincidences around her leaving and her friendship with Diddy. Are they just that, coincidences, or did she leave for a less suspicious country (i.e., one with extradition to the US) so that she could quickly move to another country with no risk of being shipped back to stand trial? It's being coincidentally compared to Pizzagate, which is the media's go-to conspiracy theory to debunk any allegations against their favored Democrat celebrities. I'm not saying there was anything to Pizzagate - I spent all of an hour rummaging through what seemed most plausible and wasn't convinced. But it does seem plausible that this fear so many Leftist celebrities blab on about of being incarcerated by Trump which is why they must leave the US now may not be mere coincidence, but rather a very real possibility they would face trial over being accomplices in Diddy's alleged sex trafficking and Freak Off party illegalities.
Fifty-five years ago I was a young teenager privileged to work as an usherette at the Hollywood Bowl. One night I was in the celebrity access tunnel that leads from the limo parking to the front area boxes and I was passed by Kissinger and his bodyguards. We made eye contact and I never forgot it. Years later when David Icke started his rants about the Reptilians I knew exactly what he meant. I had seen one up close.
With regards to the mechanics of the start of a war, I wonder what the U.S. undercover operation response time is to know when Putin gives the official orders to fire off nuclear missiles towards the U.S. And what is our reaction time with a "sleeping" President? Putin seems he hasn't got much to lose these days and might enjoy leaving the earth with a "bang." Putin certainly doesn't seem to be having a problem killing off his own people and the Ukrainians, maybe he'll take on the world.
I thought Kissinger was one of the good guys. Wrong!!
He was a globalist who thought it best if we were governed by unelected tyrants.
That’s what a favorable press can do.
Are Governor Newsom and our Democrat super-majority fluffing the pathway for a future Kamala Harris run for governor? One way is to ensure an even greater Democrat-voting majority in this state - expand the government workforce.
96% of all new jobs in this state over the past two years were government (taxpayer funded) jobs: https://notthebee.com/article/more-than-96-of-all-new-jobs-in-california-in-the-last-two-years-have-been-government-work/
See how well "term limits" worked for us?
Behind every disaster or crisis in the United States is someone from Harvard.
-Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is one of the best.
Hundred percent agree with you! We need more good thinkers like him.
We have them, Monica. What we don't have is shared format to give them more coverage. Look at our town alone, where is the wider shared format that allows everyone access to the "good thinkers" who already exist amongst us. Including you.
I was never a fan of Henry Kissinger. He appeared to have Richard Nixon wrapped around his finger and some have even argued he was an Israeli asset. But at least he was highly regarded and competent as Secretary of State. He managed a policy of detente with the Soviets and opened the door of diplomacy with China. Fast forward to our foreign policy with Russia and the Biden administration who has managed to bumble our relationship with Putin and Russia. Jake Sullivan and Anthony Blinken have led us to the brink of world war.
Russian fears of the west go way back, Napoleon, Hitler, Japan. The paranoia of English dominance is well established. Ironically, the royal family, Queen Victoria was a cousin of the last Czar, Nicholas. The Russian view the Brits as the true fascists in world history and being the oppressors of the third world.
The incompetence of Joe Biden in foreign policy has led us to being overrun on our southern border, the brink of war in the South China Sea and a non winnable land war in Europe.
Trump and Rubio will have their hands full in reversing the disastrous foreign policy of Biden, Harris, Blinken and Sullivan.
UK has shrunken so dramatically from their former British Empire days, this seems like an exercise in futility on Putin's part.
Though indelible impacts on the Russian soul inflicted by Napoleon and Hitler do remain even today, as perhaps they should. Millions of deaths, vast swaths of destruction within Russian territories inflicted by these prior European assaults has not yet died out, among even the younger Russians today. Many in Russia ask today for just a thank you from Americans and the British for their own role winning WWII in Europe.
Who else remembers the pull down maps in our elementary school classrooms when half the globe was colored pink to show the sun never did set on the British Empire. Pitcairn Island and Cape Cook's memorial plot in Hawaii are about all that remains today. And the non-voting penguins on the Falkland Islands.
The British legacy remains intact for both romantic and practical reasons, across the globe. But as a global threat today, this does need a good dose of Kissinger real-politik.
The European order, Britain and to a lesser degree France, Belgium and Holland left pain and despair through out the world that remains today. I would not expect any thanks from the Russians over WWII especially after events like Leningrad. Remember, it was the Red Army that finally defeated the Reich. The Russian people have suffered like no other in the world. Yes, the war in Ukraine is sad and criminal but these feelings are nothing new. In part, it goes back to WWII when Ukrainian SS units terrorized Russian civilians. The Russians view our society as undisciplined, decadent and unsustainable. My Ukrainian/Russian wife has given me a different perspective in world history.
Much of what I’m reading suggests conservatives love small government. Can someone post data on how much government shrunk under Trump and Bush. Maybe a department by department comparison I can share with friends? Thanks.
Good question Gene. This is what I found. When Trump took office in January 2017, there were about 2,093,868 federal employees. By the end of his term in December 2020, this number had risen to approximately 2,171,513. This represents an increase of around 77,645 employees over four years. So added just under 4%.
Gene, Should be easy to find. Have you looked? That is exactly the transparency tax payers need.
Keeping mind there are federal government jobs, but also state, county, municipal and special district government jobs over which Trump or Bush had no control. As well as government contract jobs and collateral government benefits supported jobs.
Yes, conservatives do support limited government. Liberals like expanding and more intrusive, micro-managing government. That is one fundamental difference. But there still is over-lap on these fundamentals. we like more police and military; democrats like more social worker and support staffers.
What I’ve been able to find does not confirm the belief, that’s why I was asking this brain trust.
I find numbers are well controlled by the Dems and fabricated in such a way that makes the Dems look better than another party.
As for the Democrats continuing to tyrannize CA, I keep saying to people that if you want to understand the future of this state you've got to think outside The Coast.
Speaking of Ellen, I've been trying to make sense of all the coincidences around her leaving and her friendship with Diddy. Are they just that, coincidences, or did she leave for a less suspicious country (i.e., one with extradition to the US) so that she could quickly move to another country with no risk of being shipped back to stand trial? It's being coincidentally compared to Pizzagate, which is the media's go-to conspiracy theory to debunk any allegations against their favored Democrat celebrities. I'm not saying there was anything to Pizzagate - I spent all of an hour rummaging through what seemed most plausible and wasn't convinced. But it does seem plausible that this fear so many Leftist celebrities blab on about of being incarcerated by Trump which is why they must leave the US now may not be mere coincidence, but rather a very real possibility they would face trial over being accomplices in Diddy's alleged sex trafficking and Freak Off party illegalities.
Fifty-five years ago I was a young teenager privileged to work as an usherette at the Hollywood Bowl. One night I was in the celebrity access tunnel that leads from the limo parking to the front area boxes and I was passed by Kissinger and his bodyguards. We made eye contact and I never forgot it. Years later when David Icke started his rants about the Reptilians I knew exactly what he meant. I had seen one up close.
When you have an elitist attitude with the backing of propaganda paper mills (called the drive by media what to you expect).
The size of government continues to explode, and they demand more control, and more of your tax money all in the name of compassion.
After all as Regan warned us "We are from the government and here to help you...."
With regards to the mechanics of the start of a war, I wonder what the U.S. undercover operation response time is to know when Putin gives the official orders to fire off nuclear missiles towards the U.S. And what is our reaction time with a "sleeping" President? Putin seems he hasn't got much to lose these days and might enjoy leaving the earth with a "bang." Putin certainly doesn't seem to be having a problem killing off his own people and the Ukrainians, maybe he'll take on the world.