‘An air of revolution’

12 Responses to ‘An air of revolution’

1. Seneca III says:

   January 24, 2014 at 20:22

   I have been following and occasionally communicating with Tiberge for a long time now. He is extremely well informed, an excellent analyst and runs what is arguably the best English language blog covering events in France. Gallia Watch is well worth adding to your blogroll if you want to keep up with what is brewing and, hope against hope, may spread to the rest of Europe including Britanistan.
   • KG says:

     January 24, 2014 at 20:35

     Thanks, Seneca. I’ll add it to the roll.
     France has always seemed to me to be a promising pot in which to brew revolt against the EUSSR.
2. Robertv says:

   January 25, 2014 at 05:51

   Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying Australia will use its G20 presidency to promote free trade.

   http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-23/tony-abbott-delivers-keynote-speech-at-world/5216324

   
   • KG says:

     January 25, 2014 at 06:16

     I’d be more impressed if he dealt with issues of liberty back here in Oz, Robert. ‘Free trade’ is rapidly becoming code for globalisation, the export of jobs and third-world invasion of the West.
   • Robertv says:

     January 25, 2014 at 08:27

     What’s wrong with globalisation ? Don’t you want to sell your coal outside Oz ? A free market is a global market.
     • Wombat says:

       January 25, 2014 at 10:16

       The powers that be have made skeptics of us, mate.

       The devil is in the details. We can say “free trade” all we like but none of us have any idea what they’re colluding to foist on us.
3. KG says:

   January 25, 2014 at 08:52

   What’s wrong with globalisation? Didn’t you read “..the export of jobs and third-world invasion of the West”? Those are just two of the things that globalisation – as presently preached and practised – brings.
   “Free trade” by itself is something else entirely.
   • Col. Bunny says:

     January 25, 2014 at 09:22

     Pat Buchanan recently offered some insight into free trade. I am mildly convinced of the benefits of free trade — not an educated opinion, mind you — but when the Chinese keep their thumb on the scale by artificially holding down the value of the yuan, extorting trade secrets from businesses wanting to do business in China, stealing secrets outright through large numbers of students and trainees living in the U.S., and otherwise jacking foreigners around in Chinese markets, well, there’s hardly anything left to the “free” portion of the phrase.

     Thanks for the mention. As always.
     • KG says:

       January 25, 2014 at 09:38

       You’re most welcome, Col.
       The link is visible (not very, though) here but it doesn’t work and I’m not sure how to fix it.
       I’ll go look for the original item. Thanks for that.
   • Col. Bunny says:

     January 25, 2014 at 09:24

     PS – the link to Buchanan is there under the word “insight”. It’s invisible to me in my browser.
4. KG says:

   January 25, 2014 at 09:42

   I found this:
   ‘Suicide by Free Trade’ By Patrick J. Buchanan

   http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/suicide-by-free-trade/
5. Darin says:

   January 25, 2014 at 12:21

   Free trade is just like the Free market,it has never really existed.Government sets the rules and regs so it can pick the winners and losers by setting up defacto monopolies.

   Want to compete with your local cable company?First thing you must do is get FCC licensing and approval to operate.Want to import or export an item?First thing you must do is pay for customs inspections and docking permits.The list goes on and on,just look at NAFTA.Many small business people thought it would be a boon for crossboarder trade.In the end it was,only not for them,but the large global corporations that had the political muscle to get the treaty passed through and signed.

   Milton Freidman did a talk back in 1978 and explained why we in the US and probably everyone else in the western world will never see tax reform.The simple answer is influence is the only product politicians have to sell.Tax reform would take away their influence,same holds true with free trade.

   Like the man said,congressmen and senators don’t spend $40-50million dollars to get elected to jobs that pay $150,000 for nothing