In addition to it being Hallie’s birthday, today is also the 20th anniversary of the curshing of the Tienanmen Square protest. At the time of the protests I was in the Navy. My ship was in drydock so I had plenty of time to watch the events on CNN. It was stunning to watch these people bravely ask for their right to choose their destiny. It was so sad to watch the carnage that ensued, but now the country is safe for Starbucks, Apple Computer, and the thousands of other Western companies that have set up shop there.
My 2007 visit to Tienanmen Square has been on my mind today, too.
The way the far left wing is running this country, the Chinese will soon have more freedom than we will. Gov’t run healthcare, gov’t run auto industry, gov’t run media (fairness doctrine)…etc.
Let me know when the far left wing is running the country. I can’t wait.
I suppose you like the gov’t taking over private businesses?
Is this what Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson …etc had in mind when they helped form this country?
No, I don’t like the government taking over private businesses. But it sure beats having our financial system implode completely and our transportation manufacturing industry disintegrate.
Ideally, these industries will be better managed in the future where these kinds of incidents aren’t allowed to happen. For finance, that means breaking up banks and using regulation to ensure they play by the rules. For the car industry, … well, I don’t know what can be done to save it. Fire all the incompetent bastards who let their companies slide into irrelevance and retool the whole damn things, top to bottom.