Random thoughts:
- Pipedream for jobs. Neither Presidential candidate will move jobs growth to 4-5%. Making the US economy grow fast enough for that kind of job growth is Kimiwildly unrealistic. But we all know a politician never achieves what hey promise. They always find excuses for failure. The US economy struggles to reach 2% growth per year. In 200 years per capita incomes in advanced economies like the US have grown 1.5 to 2% per year, but Americans think their economy can grow more notwithstanding the facts. Inflates expectations from after WWII might be to blame, and I explained in an earlier blog that the 150s were a very unique time that can never be repeated.
Sorry folks, the US economy is going to be ordinary for the foreseeable future, and, in my opinion, may keep plodding forever.
- Trump doesn't use emails because his attention span is limited to a max of 140 characters.
- Why don't we want to see Trump's tax returns as much as they want to see Hillary's emails? The Less We Know [the easier we can be misled?]
- I hear people (who?) are trying to intimidate voters, but IT IS A SECRET BALLOT, so who do they intimidate? Is this "stop and frisk" for voters?
- Does anyone really believe Donald Trump does not have a private positon and a public position in his business dealings? He has too much at stake to give away his position, right? What did Trump say when he was asked if he would honor the election results? " I will keep you in suspense."
- WikiLeaks leaks on Hillary emails reveal what? Every email leaked can be seen either for, or against Hillary. Example: "My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders" can be seen as very good for America and the World if you read about a concept of "comparative advantage" in Economics 101.
com·par·a·tive ad·van·tage
noun
noun: comparative advantage; plural noun: comparative advantages
the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity (such as making a specific product) more efficiently than another activity.
. . . The More You Know! . . .
Example: Hillary told bankers they "have to be held accountable" as well as saying more "chummy" things so they would come to the table to resolve the issues. A fundamental practice to write and effectively implement a new law is to make your opposition comfortable when they have to be part of the solution!
- Good news: the budget deficit has been in a six year decline; Bad news: the budget deficit grows for first time after a six-year decline
- The Battle of Mosul will not solve the Sunni versus Shea disagreements. ISIS is Sunni. Iran is Shea, Turkey is mostly sunni. etc. The battle is actually a religious disagreement lasting hundred of years. So how do we think bullets will solve it?
- Yemen? What does the US gain by supporting Saudi Arabia's fight against the rebels in Yemen? "The war has been a humanitarian disaster for Yemen and a study in the perils of the Obama administration’s push to get Middle Eastern countries to take on bigger military roles in their neighborhood." Oh really? Are we talking out of both sides of our mouth? Politicians say Obama made a mistake not taking sides in Syria, but when he did so in Yemen, it is a mistake? What?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/world/middleeast/yemen-saudi-us.html
- Trump wants to change free speech so he can sue people in a court of law. Trump wants to "open the libel laws" to make it easier for public figures to sue the media for opinion articles and news stories they deem "unfair." Limiting free speech is a very slippery slope. As President, imagine how Trump might use such a law undermining the same free speech he is practicing today. Notwithstanding the US is the most litigious people in the world with the most lawyers per capita, a change like Trump's will inhibit free speech in a very bad way.
- Criticism against the US and Obama for not intervening to fix the Syrian Aleppo crisis seems misplaced. There was never a time when the US could have intervened effectively. Long story short, there was no way to pick the right rebels to support. There are no less than 10 "rebel" factions fighting in Syria. The rebels in Aleppo, the supposed "good guys, we need to help, are holding innocent civilian non-combatants, as human shields as Russia declares a cease fire so non-combatants can leave Aleppo, That is a tactic used by ISIS in Mosul.
- Evangelicals who support Trump do so at the cost of their soul, in my opinion "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul." Check your history re Dwight D. Eisenhower on his Supreme Court nominations, thinking they were conservative. Rationalizing support for a racist, misogynists, body shaming, p**sy grabbing, demagogue, handicap baiting, lying, fraudulent, mean, sexual predator, sex fiend who cheated on his wife and has had three wives, so a religion can get supreme court nominees they like, is absolutely selling their soul to the devil. At what point do the Evangelicals see evil?
7 Things Christians Are Giving Up By Supporting Donald Trump
November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 / John Pavlovitz
http://johnpavlovitz.com/2016/11/02/7-things-christians-are-giving-up-by-supporting-donald-trump/
Paraphrasing he Bible:
“What will it profit a Church if it gains the Presidency but loses its soul?”
- Play a game with me. Name five leaders from different countries with these traits in specific circumstances and name the countries. The country is in dire economic straits. The poor to rich gap is growing fast. Economic anxiety is high, and government is very polarized and cannot get their work done. Elitism is growing as the rich get richer. The people resent the elites. A man steps into the spotlight to rescue his country. He is loud, and some media say he is a "big mouth" and a " pathetic dunderhead." He can play to a crown like in a reality show. He an use / fan fear and anger to make his point against the dysfunctional government. He offers himself as the only person who can solve the problems of the country. He says he is the one to shake things up. He defines demagoguery through his actions and speeches. He can e charming in company, but never forgets a slight. He resents intellectuals. He cannot bear public humiliation. He wants to limit free speech.
OK? Ready to name them?
#1 Huge Chavez from Argentina, rest his soul in peace;
#2 Donald Trump running for President of the United States;
#3 Turkish President ErdoÄŸan;
#4 Hassan Rouhani if Iran
#5 Can you name #5?
