Tag: "China"
Who is to Blame for Solyndra’s Bankruptcy? Oh, You Won’t Believe This One…
I’m pretty sure that if someone invented a Gall-O-Meter and pointed it toward Washington, the resulting overload explosion would leave a Chicxulub-sized crater. The Department of Labor, headed by anti-capitalist Hilda Solis, has launched its own investigation into SolyndraScam. It’s not looking toward the White House or the “green jobs” loan program or the board [...]
China Is the New Culprit, But What’s the Crisis?
Ever since I determined that President Obama has replaced that “The Buck Stops Here” placard with one that says “You Don’t Ever Want A Crisis to Go to Waste” on the Resolute Desk, I’ve been on the lookout for The Culprit. You know who The Culprit is. It’s the person or group who is actually [...]
On the Matter of Freedom, We Should Never Be on China’s Side
On Friday, the Nobel committee will award the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who truly deserves it, a Chinese dissident named Liu Xiaobo. Mr. Liu won’t be there to receive his award because he is in a Chinese prison, serving an 11-year sentence for “subversion”. His wife won’t be there either, because the tyrants in [...]
China to Google: Get Bent! We’ll Censor Whatever We Want.
Two weeks ago, Google discovered what every other sentient being not blinded by the patchouli fumes of rampant hippiedom already knew: China is run by a bunch of murderous tyrants who aren’t nearly as interested in opening up their country as they are in keeping a couple of billion people under their decrepit thumbs. After [...]
I’d Rather Boot Friedman than Reboot America
So here I am, listening to Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas Album and browsing memeorandum when I come across this giant chunk of silliness from Thomas Friedman. Read the whole thing if you like, but I just want to swoop in and knock down a few low-hanging fruit. First, it’s patently ridiculous to say that Chinese people [...]
China Goes Out with a Bang, and the Whimper of the Oppressed is Barely Heard
Oh yarf. BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China. It looks like China got everything it wanted out of the Olympic Games: a clean bill [...]
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