Adieu, 2010, Bonjour, 2011!
I wonder where 2010 went. I also wonder where 2009, 2008, or even where 1990 and 1980 went!
New Year’s 2011, traditionally a time for renewal which rarely happens and for resolutions which few people keep, is upon us and the airwaves and blogosphere are awash in reminders of what notables died this past year, of what happened of consequence in 2010, and of what we can expect and/or hope for in the next year.
As for New Year resolutions, I’ve rarely made any ever since I resolved to stop supporting the New York Yankees during the Billy Martin-George Steinbrenner wars, then relented and changed my mind after they made peace, then re-resolved after those wars resumed, then relented again.
I finally gave up on New Year resolutions. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=3251)
Showing posts with label 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010. Show all posts
Friday, December 31, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Red Dawn 2010
Red Dawn 2010
During the height of the Cold War, Hollywood produced a zany comedy titled, “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” meant in part to defuse the Russian threat by satirizing it. The 1966 movie featured left wingers Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, and Theodore Bikel and generally fulfilled its purpose.
We should expect to see people such as Woody Allen and his ilk in a sequel, “The Chinese Are Coming, the Chinese Are Coming” any day now even if the threat from China is not perceived with quite the same fear as was felt with the Soviet Union.
A few months ago, I posted an article “The Coming War with China” which hypothesized the plausibility of a Sino-American war sometime in the future and based that hypothesis on China’s unprecedented build-up of its war machine including its first real navy, our own precarious economic position, Chinese research targeting our power grids, etc.
(See “The Coming War with China” here: http://tiny.cc/8pbi7)
Just as weapons are never developed which are not eventually deployed, nations, especially nations with global ambitions, do not engage in massive military expansion without an eye toward using that military.
Some people disagree with that theory as it relates to China as evidenced by an extended comment posted on my website in reaction to “The Coming War with China.”
The commenter, a self-described ex-patriate living in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is “disgusted with U.S. culture” even as he’s presumably enamored with Chinese culture, its hundreds of millions of poor, its one-child and abortion policies–and its military build-up at the expense of taking better care of its own people.
The commenter fails to identify himself in any way aside from being a disgusted ”ex-pat” who is shamed by anti-Asianism in America. He does incorporate a link to noted lefty Abe Sauer’s rant about a new flick, “Red Dawn 2010″ which, Sauer says, perpetuates unfair stereotypes about China and its ambitions.
Sauer calls MGM’s yet to be released “Red Dawn 2010,” a xenophobic distortion. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1718)
During the height of the Cold War, Hollywood produced a zany comedy titled, “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” meant in part to defuse the Russian threat by satirizing it. The 1966 movie featured left wingers Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, and Theodore Bikel and generally fulfilled its purpose.
We should expect to see people such as Woody Allen and his ilk in a sequel, “The Chinese Are Coming, the Chinese Are Coming” any day now even if the threat from China is not perceived with quite the same fear as was felt with the Soviet Union.
A few months ago, I posted an article “The Coming War with China” which hypothesized the plausibility of a Sino-American war sometime in the future and based that hypothesis on China’s unprecedented build-up of its war machine including its first real navy, our own precarious economic position, Chinese research targeting our power grids, etc.
(See “The Coming War with China” here: http://tiny.cc/8pbi7)
Just as weapons are never developed which are not eventually deployed, nations, especially nations with global ambitions, do not engage in massive military expansion without an eye toward using that military.
Some people disagree with that theory as it relates to China as evidenced by an extended comment posted on my website in reaction to “The Coming War with China.”
The commenter, a self-described ex-patriate living in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is “disgusted with U.S. culture” even as he’s presumably enamored with Chinese culture, its hundreds of millions of poor, its one-child and abortion policies–and its military build-up at the expense of taking better care of its own people.
The commenter fails to identify himself in any way aside from being a disgusted ”ex-pat” who is shamed by anti-Asianism in America. He does incorporate a link to noted lefty Abe Sauer’s rant about a new flick, “Red Dawn 2010″ which, Sauer says, perpetuates unfair stereotypes about China and its ambitions.
Sauer calls MGM’s yet to be released “Red Dawn 2010,” a xenophobic distortion. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1718)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
How To Blow Elections
How To Blow Elections
For a political party or for an individual, winning elections is usually a challenging task, an uphill battle–unless you’re the incumbent. On the other hand, losing elections is as easy as pie, as simple as not putting your heart and soul into the task of winning.
Just ask John McCain.
This coming November and two years after that Republicans have a rare opportunity to reclaim the House and Senate and, should they show they’re worth it, to win back the presidency in 2012.
It would be an almost unprecedented achievement, following two successive trouncings by the Democrats after which, just as in 1964 and 1976, they were declared over and done with, dead as a political party by many in the mainstream media.
At this point in time, the off-year election and the presidential election are the Republicans’ to lose given the widespread sentiment of anti-incumbency, the continuing collapse of Obama’s favorability numbers, and of his presidency, and given the overall dissatisfaction among the electorate with the state of the economy and the union.
Americans got more change than they bargained for with Barack Hussein Obama and are more than ready for a reversal.
Nevertheless, with minimal effort, Republicans are eminently capable of losing. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1521)
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