Monday, September 14, 2009
Is this the US or the Middle East
A reader sent this to me and I do not know if the translation is correct (nor do I know what they cut out), but there are a couple points about this video;
1. Is he talking about the middle east or the US and our progressively lazy population where we don't produce anything here and just buy it from the Chinese?
2. Is he still alive? Such outspokeness would have raised the ire of terrorists and extremists and I presume he's on somebody's hit list.
3. Why the hell can't the MSM show this guy and parade him around a bit to show that there are moderate Muslims in the world and they're not all terrorists? Oh, that's right, because he's advocating capitalism. And THAT is the true sin, a sin worse than terrorism in the eyes of the left in this country.
Regardless, I would gladly sit down and have a beer with this guy.
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2 comments:
1) MEMRI is a reliable organization for such translations. This is no "Downfall" parody on Youtube.
2) I recently met a former client who had moved his business to Qatar. He told me that the higher ups are trying desperately to promote research, development and hard work in anticipation of the day that the oil runs out. So this is consistent.
3) I recommend de-alcoholized beer if you sit down with the Imam.
"Is he talking about the middle east or the US and our progressively lazy population where we don't produce anything here and just buy it from the Chinese?"
Goddamn it Captain, you're supposed to be an economist, but once you start going off on a tangent about how lazy and unproductive Americans are, the quality of your arguments goes to shit. Do a little research next time.
The US is the 2nd largest manufacturer in the world. China produces approximately 3.87 trillion in manufacturing every year, while the US produces 2.73 trillion in manufacturing. Their total workforce and their total workforce in manufacturing outnumbers the US by more than five to one. We're doing pretty damn good, considering.
Saying we don't make anything is just stupid and wrong. I know I've pointed this out to you before. When you write crap like this is makes me embarrassed to refer this site to anyone who has more than half a clue what the statistics actually look like.
Oh yeah, and to put this guy in perspective, he's in Qatar. They're the richest people outside of Luxembourg.
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=100&v=67&l=en
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