All Posts Tagged With: "Trade"
WalMart Sweat Labor – The Case for Tariffs
My son and I agree on just about everything philosophically – but we differ in problem solution. He and his friends are on a big toot to boycott WalMart in protest of Chinese sweat labor. There is no argument from me on the atrocities of the Chinese labor market. But the idea of boycotting WalMart […]
2Jan2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Life or Death – Warrior Virtues
The disaster of September 11, 2001, redefined our nation’s leadership. Perhaps. It may also be that the disaster of terrorism merely focused or gave clarity to a foregone destiny. Our President, George W. Bush, issued his proclamation. He did so with a sense of nobility right out of the Dark Ages. He said, “There is […]
14Nov2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Life or Death – Warrior Virtues | Continued
Conservatives of 2008 – Raping and Pillaging
Something is way out of whack in the logic of the Conservatives of 2008. The logic is guilt or honor by association. The logic goes something like this: “I believe in Jesus and I believe we should drill for more oil in our backyard.” Thus given that Jesus is a solid belief it follows that […]
2Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 8 comments | Continued
President Bush – State of the Union – 1-28-08
Tonight is the final State of the Union address by President George W. Bush. The speech is on. President Bush began with recounting seven years of turmoil and debate, calling on the Congress for unity in Government. Bush calls on the Congress to make tax relief permanent. If any bills to raise taxes reach my […]
29Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Foreign Policy – Ron Paul is almost right
Son, I am scaring myself. I listen to Ron Paul and find merit in some of what he says. The problem with Ron Paul rests with frequent leaps of logic. He is one of those conspiracy theory folks who sees ghosts in every corner. The problem is there is occasionally a ghost and no one […]
25Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Moral Economics
Son, We in this country are on the verge of a recession. I see two realities in this prediction – one is an academic understanding of economics – the other is the real human disaster of poverty and despair. I’ll speak first to economics – it is important to understand some basic principles. A recession […]
24Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Moral Economics | Continued