The worst foreign-policy mistake of the modern era was not merely opening trade with Communist China. It was believing that trade would tame Communist China. Nixon used Beijing to split the communist bloc and pressure Moscow. That was strategy. What came later was surrender dressed up as commerce. Bush, Clinton, and Bush II handed Red China market access, capital, technology, manufacturing capacity, and, eventually, WTO legitimacy while pretending that American exports would create balance. Instead, America imported dependency, deindustrialization, fentanyl precursors, surveillance supply chains, university influence, political corruption, and a rival empire financed by our own consumers.
Let us remember that billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai, China - under the protection and encouragement of that anti-American regime - is a major financial backer of a New York City-based nonprofit called the People's Forum, an extreme left wing organization that works tirelessly to undermine American democracy and to promote with massive funds every radical, left-wing, anti-American, anti-Israel, antisemitic movement in politics and on college campuses.
His wife is the founder and funder of Code Pink, another group seeking the destruction of America as we know it. How is he not under investigation or is the flow of money so huge to the "right" people?
GREAT!!! Better late than never. I hope they throw the book at him - er, well, in his case, two books - "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and "The Communist Manifesto".
This battle waged from China against countries/politicians through the control of minds and messaging with social media is real and about to win the war of dominance in America.
What China is successfully doing to destroy Takaichi is also being done to Donald Trump today. China will steal the midterms by causing millions to stay home out of misdirected anger at POTUS. This is only possible with a corrupt and lying media as a frontline soldier to help them - and they have been building this army for more than a decade. Just yesterday, Natalie Winters published reports on the “china trips” inviting US media to China, happening since 2009! They return with a new respect and devotion to China which shows in the efforvescence of their reporting.
China IS destroying America without firing a shot and it may come full circle this November. The results of the midterms determine our future, and China is working that deal from all angles.
Why was/were;are any land or any farms,, etc sold to any foreign nation, especially our worst enemy, China? Who is asleep in the rules making department? Drain the swamp and the president better get busy on this matter and finish off Iran asap. You can't be nice to these people, they only understand terrorizing and winning at any cost.
Good question. It is aggravating to citizens when we see this kind of "attack" on our homeland. Many of these footprints are very close to military bases. Why? Are they placing equipment on the land that can surveil the electronic data? It should all be reclaimed immediately and future sales to non-citizens should be banned.
Let's not forget the Chinese Biden Balloon that traversed the entire United States and floated over military bases before it dropped into the Atlantic.
I've never totally understood this concern. IF we did go to war with China, what would happen to that land? Would they load it onto trains and ships and haul it away?
Huh? you seem to be missing the point entirely. First of all, if they own land next to a military base, what do you think they are doing? Bingo...spying on our military. If they are using it to grow food, etc., what do you think they are doing? Likely putting chemicals into the soil which drains into our water supply AND the food or crops they are growing...you get the rest? No one is worried they will take the actual land and do anything with it. Capiche?
You weren't the only one. I've noticed that every online forum who features him saying anything, on any topic, all the comments are "Pass the SAVE Act already!"
If Thune was actually on America's side and also possessed some semblance of leadership skills, we would already have enacted every piece of legislation we ever dreamed of. That is a fact. Democrats would have shoved their entire agenda and more down our throats. But Thune is too dignified to stoop to the level of saving our Republic. His name will live in infamy and ignominy.
Help me out here, because I have trouble understanding the logic: "If Thune was actually on America's side and also possessed some semblance of leadership skills, ... Democrats would have shoved their entire agenda and more down our throats."
The guy the Senate RINO's would have chosen to replace McConnell was either Cornyn or Thune - Scott didn't have a chance. IMO, I thought Thune would have been better than Cornyn but I now think both are equally horrible & we would in the same situation with Cornyn.
China needs oil. They have to import most of it to keep their economy going. Where did they get a lot of that oil? Venezuela and Iran. The Trumpster is squeezing them where it hurts, just ask Cuba. President Trump is committed to bringing production back to the US in line with the Hamilton system.
Jake, I am so disgusted with many of my fellow Republicans with their lack of support for Trump who is the greatest president in my lifetime. He is doing such amazing things behind the scenes that is reshaping the entire geopolitical reality of the world. And our worthless "allies" are crying about the price of gas and how Trump's doing the right thing might cost us the midterms! Freaking worthless lackeys. Trump is setting the stage for a Middle East that will never plague us again, and may even become a new nexus of commerce. Trump's solution for everyone - let's make a deal and make some money together and benefit everyone!
And I heard Thune's excuse for not staying in session to pass the SAVE Act is that the senators have to return home to campaign for the midterms! Can you freaking believe that? Hey Thune, you lying traitor, if you pass the SAVE Act you will help to ensure a big win in the midterms.
Thune, because he is a the worst. A gubmint lifer, dressed as a Republican, doing the commies work for them.
Oh how I would love to see how much the Red Horde has put into his pockets. Plenty, I can assure you.
Hopefully the people of SD will dump his ass this year. PDJT needs to push him to the side.
Maybe, we could trade him for John Fetterman.
To my Western NY friends…get out now!!! You are going to pay for the total destruction of NYC on Mandami’s watch. Hell, I would rather live in DC or Portland than NYC. But watching NYC descend into total chaos might be fun to watch from down here in Georgia 😆
There is one man who can beat the Red Horde and that man is PDJT.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these Unites States of America.
Thune is just a symptom. We need to unmask who the powers that be are behind the Repukes that keep ensuring our agenda will be sabotaged. Look who we were offered as the only choices for Senate Majority Leader, Thune or Cornyn! Two complete slugs that are even denser and dumber than McConnell was. At least the old coot knew how to manipulate things to get HIS way when he wanted. Thune lacks even that capability. He is a real jackoff.
The answer about who to dislike is easy: the media. McConnell will be gone in months. I would bet Thune will get primaried in 2028 and if the Republicans hold the Senate he may not keep the Majority Leader position. Jeffries is simply useless but keeps the Dems weaker. Xi is actually doing his job even if we hate it.
But the media just lie. And then lie some more. And when in doubt, call those who point out the lies fascists or racists or Nazis. And heaven forfend that anyone criticize them. My proposal: have Elon Musk create a way the public can directly answer the lies. Interrupt news shows with facts. Make certain opposing voices are heard through the Internet.
Best punishment: Three strikes and, oh boy. First strike, a required apology repeated every day for a week. Second strike, allow twenty percent of a broadcast to be real fact checks. As for the third strike: has anyone ever seen on the PLAYBOY CHANNEL the show Totally Naked News? Let the liar stand and explain why they have lied. Nasty, but I would bet more care would be taken.
If McConnell is pushed out now, Democratic Governor Beshear would nominate Charles Booker, the current Democratic candidate for the seat and that would give him a nice boost. McConnell is probably staying in now to prevent that from happening.
The Kentucky legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto to strip the governor of unilateral appointment power, requiring that an interim appointment be chosen from a list of 3 names submitted by the same party as the departing senator.
The last time Thune was running for re-election, Trump tried to talk Kristi Noem into challenging Thune - but she declined, saying that she like the job of governor. In retrospect, not a great decision as she would have easily beaten Thune.
If we lose the House and the Senate at the midterms, our republic is finished. Any future elections are completely irrelevant because they won't matter. Democrats take control again - game, set, match.
I hope if it comes to that there are enough freedom-loving Americans that will never bow to any progressive or collectivist. Collectivists are the nemesis of a prosperous and civil society.
Of Red China, it's easy to get to the top when you build upon a foundation of the remains of human beings that you crush on your way up. The pattern was set centuries ago during the construction of the so-called Great Wall, built by millions of slave laborers whose sole reason for existence was to build. If they died, their remains were interred along with the rest of the fill upon which the wall was erected. Today, the same practise allows the communist tyrants to assert dominance over their fellows and to expand the exercise to seek dominance over the rest of the peoples of the globe. The outcome of that exercise currently hangs in the balance.
When you fail to heed the warnings of our forefathers trouble lies in wait. This nation has survived some extremely rocky times but always had the moral clarity to regain the way forward. We lost the way by allowing the government take over parenting and establish a Department of Education which promptly turned to career mis-educators brainwashing their charges. This merged with the death of honest and un-biased media creating the costly schooled morons adoring any ism but protesting the Nation and Patriots who gave their all for the right to be an AMERICAN . jmho
True, but journalists can be beholden to other parties besides politicians and bureaucrats: businessmen, officials, their bosses, opinionated wives ... And it must be true that in Jefferson's day, politicians and bureaucrats were not as numerous as today.
I always referred to them as the Red Chynks just as I refer to the Arab Muzee’s as goat fking rug pilots.
You’re never gonna win the war unless you can accurately name your enemy.
I’m old enough to remember watching old Popeye Cartoons on TV that portrayed the WW2 Japs as near sighted, buck-toothed weirdos who only knew how to say ‘So Solly’ and this was in 1954.
I’m also old enough to remember guys like William Buckley telling us how political correctness was going to be the death of the West
Lindsay was a human being-imperfect, but doing his best for the good of our state and our nation. I appreciate that he kept his eyes and focus on “True North”- that which is good and right for all.
He was my senator too. I frequently disagreed with him and sometimes he annoyed the hell out of me, but I will never forget the way he stood tall at the Clinton impeachment trial and the Kavanaugh hearings. God bless him.
Not sure how this will turn out myself. Ralph Norman is a good option. IMO. I am not voting for her simply because of her name-that’s for sure. Just an aside. There are probably more like myself, but perhaps not as many as will do what you suggest. Guess we will see…..
The fundamental error that we in the West but specifically America make vis a vis other nations is that we think that homo economicus always trumps homo ideologicus. In fact just look at NYC, China, Iran, Russia, NK, and Cuba. These nations and city states are driven by an ideology that is anti-human welfare and driven only by a desire to control the lives of its citizens. We seem never to learn from any historical record.
Don't forget that Slick Willy paved the way for politicians to be paid by Asians. Maybe it was H.W., but Willy was paid by Barry Seal and Co. via Mena leading the way in the 90s.
The worst foreign-policy mistake of the modern era was not merely opening trade with Communist China. It was believing that trade would tame Communist China. Nixon used Beijing to split the communist bloc and pressure Moscow. That was strategy. What came later was surrender dressed up as commerce. Bush, Clinton, and Bush II handed Red China market access, capital, technology, manufacturing capacity, and, eventually, WTO legitimacy while pretending that American exports would create balance. Instead, America imported dependency, deindustrialization, fentanyl precursors, surveillance supply chains, university influence, political corruption, and a rival empire financed by our own consumers.
Would that the world will realize that Islam, like Chinese Marxism, cannot be tamed.
They can only be defeated.
Eradicated, they aren't gone until they are dead.
Genius comment
B4 she they thought it wss working... to some extent it was... then came eleven...
Huh?
Let us remember that billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai, China - under the protection and encouragement of that anti-American regime - is a major financial backer of a New York City-based nonprofit called the People's Forum, an extreme left wing organization that works tirelessly to undermine American democracy and to promote with massive funds every radical, left-wing, anti-American, anti-Israel, antisemitic movement in politics and on college campuses.
His wife is the founder and funder of Code Pink, another group seeking the destruction of America as we know it. How is he not under investigation or is the flow of money so huge to the "right" people?
He is currently under investigation:
https://www.firstpost.com/world/after-india-neville-roy-singham-faces-us-federal-investigation-over-funding-allegations-14027812.html
GREAT!!! Better late than never. I hope they throw the book at him - er, well, in his case, two books - "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and "The Communist Manifesto".
Books ain't what I had in mind 😕 .
Hoping against the fates he is indicted and when a no show Sec. Bessent ties up every f**king dime possible and proceeds to forfeiture. hopin------
😳😱😱😡
This battle waged from China against countries/politicians through the control of minds and messaging with social media is real and about to win the war of dominance in America.
What China is successfully doing to destroy Takaichi is also being done to Donald Trump today. China will steal the midterms by causing millions to stay home out of misdirected anger at POTUS. This is only possible with a corrupt and lying media as a frontline soldier to help them - and they have been building this army for more than a decade. Just yesterday, Natalie Winters published reports on the “china trips” inviting US media to China, happening since 2009! They return with a new respect and devotion to China which shows in the efforvescence of their reporting.
China IS destroying America without firing a shot and it may come full circle this November. The results of the midterms determine our future, and China is working that deal from all angles.
Why was/were;are any land or any farms,, etc sold to any foreign nation, especially our worst enemy, China? Who is asleep in the rules making department? Drain the swamp and the president better get busy on this matter and finish off Iran asap. You can't be nice to these people, they only understand terrorizing and winning at any cost.
No farm land anywhere should be sold to China. That country is used to being hungry.
Good question. It is aggravating to citizens when we see this kind of "attack" on our homeland. Many of these footprints are very close to military bases. Why? Are they placing equipment on the land that can surveil the electronic data? It should all be reclaimed immediately and future sales to non-citizens should be banned.
Let's not forget the Chinese Biden Balloon that traversed the entire United States and floated over military bases before it dropped into the Atlantic.
Some individual states have been passing bills to prohibit such land sales.
I've never totally understood this concern. IF we did go to war with China, what would happen to that land? Would they load it onto trains and ships and haul it away?
Huh? you seem to be missing the point entirely. First of all, if they own land next to a military base, what do you think they are doing? Bingo...spying on our military. If they are using it to grow food, etc., what do you think they are doing? Likely putting chemicals into the soil which drains into our water supply AND the food or crops they are growing...you get the rest? No one is worried they will take the actual land and do anything with it. Capiche?
First - thank you Mr. Surber for yet again for a thorough history lesson - Second, Thank you for repeating PDJT's beautiful tribute to Linsday Graham
Thune.
You can’t really dislike vegetables and the rest are simply enemies.
I'm surprised people got the Kathleen Kennedy reference
She's made so many bombs we should call her Miss Iran
I watched his speech at Lindsey Graham’s memorial service in the Capitol and I just kept yelling at the television, “Pass the SAVE Act, you idiot!”
You weren't the only one. I've noticed that every online forum who features him saying anything, on any topic, all the comments are "Pass the SAVE Act already!"
I chose him too, because right now he won’t lift a finger to help the USA.
If Thune was actually on America's side and also possessed some semblance of leadership skills, we would already have enacted every piece of legislation we ever dreamed of. That is a fact. Democrats would have shoved their entire agenda and more down our throats. But Thune is too dignified to stoop to the level of saving our Republic. His name will live in infamy and ignominy.
Daschle half brother maybe with the name Thune as a ruse ? No, Tom was just his idol, a S. Dakota guy as senate boss.
It was shocking at the time that Daschle, who was the DEM Senate leader, lost his election.
I forgot all about all Tom.
Help me out here, because I have trouble understanding the logic: "If Thune was actually on America's side and also possessed some semblance of leadership skills, ... Democrats would have shoved their entire agenda and more down our throats."
I’m guessing just a missing “not” in the sentence.
I do this sort of thing myself all the time when typing fast. Thanking our gracious host for having an edit function!
McConnell
Yes, but Thune is making McConnell look somewhat better.
Thune IS McConnell. 2.0.
And was in line for it years ago.
The guy the Senate RINO's would have chosen to replace McConnell was either Cornyn or Thune - Scott didn't have a chance. IMO, I thought Thune would have been better than Cornyn but I now think both are equally horrible & we would in the same situation with Cornyn.
Absolutely.
When I said Thune was in line I meant that he was first. Cornwyn was second. I’ve forgotten who else was on the roster…
Ken Paxton holds the monkey wrench! I think I’ll donate a little…
China needs oil. They have to import most of it to keep their economy going. Where did they get a lot of that oil? Venezuela and Iran. The Trumpster is squeezing them where it hurts, just ask Cuba. President Trump is committed to bringing production back to the US in line with the Hamilton system.
Jake, I am so disgusted with many of my fellow Republicans with their lack of support for Trump who is the greatest president in my lifetime. He is doing such amazing things behind the scenes that is reshaping the entire geopolitical reality of the world. And our worthless "allies" are crying about the price of gas and how Trump's doing the right thing might cost us the midterms! Freaking worthless lackeys. Trump is setting the stage for a Middle East that will never plague us again, and may even become a new nexus of commerce. Trump's solution for everyone - let's make a deal and make some money together and benefit everyone!
And I heard Thune's excuse for not staying in session to pass the SAVE Act is that the senators have to return home to campaign for the midterms! Can you freaking believe that? Hey Thune, you lying traitor, if you pass the SAVE Act you will help to ensure a big win in the midterms.
Every day I think I can't loathe him more. Every day I'm proven wrong.
Thune has the mindset of a pig at the trough, move over so I can hog your share too.. He only cares about John Thune and his handlers.
Thune, because he is a the worst. A gubmint lifer, dressed as a Republican, doing the commies work for them.
Oh how I would love to see how much the Red Horde has put into his pockets. Plenty, I can assure you.
Hopefully the people of SD will dump his ass this year. PDJT needs to push him to the side.
Maybe, we could trade him for John Fetterman.
To my Western NY friends…get out now!!! You are going to pay for the total destruction of NYC on Mandami’s watch. Hell, I would rather live in DC or Portland than NYC. But watching NYC descend into total chaos might be fun to watch from down here in Georgia 😆
There is one man who can beat the Red Horde and that man is PDJT.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these Unites States of America.
Thune is just a symptom. We need to unmask who the powers that be are behind the Repukes that keep ensuring our agenda will be sabotaged. Look who we were offered as the only choices for Senate Majority Leader, Thune or Cornyn! Two complete slugs that are even denser and dumber than McConnell was. At least the old coot knew how to manipulate things to get HIS way when he wanted. Thune lacks even that capability. He is a real jackoff.
The answer about who to dislike is easy: the media. McConnell will be gone in months. I would bet Thune will get primaried in 2028 and if the Republicans hold the Senate he may not keep the Majority Leader position. Jeffries is simply useless but keeps the Dems weaker. Xi is actually doing his job even if we hate it.
But the media just lie. And then lie some more. And when in doubt, call those who point out the lies fascists or racists or Nazis. And heaven forfend that anyone criticize them. My proposal: have Elon Musk create a way the public can directly answer the lies. Interrupt news shows with facts. Make certain opposing voices are heard through the Internet.
Best punishment: Three strikes and, oh boy. First strike, a required apology repeated every day for a week. Second strike, allow twenty percent of a broadcast to be real fact checks. As for the third strike: has anyone ever seen on the PLAYBOY CHANNEL the show Totally Naked News? Let the liar stand and explain why they have lied. Nasty, but I would bet more care would be taken.
It's unacceptable to me that Thune lasts until 2028.
If McConnell is pushed out now, Democratic Governor Beshear would nominate Charles Booker, the current Democratic candidate for the seat and that would give him a nice boost. McConnell is probably staying in now to prevent that from happening.
The Kentucky legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto to strip the governor of unilateral appointment power, requiring that an interim appointment be chosen from a list of 3 names submitted by the same party as the departing senator.
I didn't know that. But, then again, I would bet Beshear would pick whoever would confuse voters the most. But I like the idea behind the law.
I believe a replacement must be of the same party in the seat iIrc.
It my understanding they changed the lease to require a special election. ?
The last time Thune was running for re-election, Trump tried to talk Kristi Noem into challenging Thune - but she declined, saying that she like the job of governor. In retrospect, not a great decision as she would have easily beaten Thune.
If we lose the House and the Senate at the midterms, our republic is finished. Any future elections are completely irrelevant because they won't matter. Democrats take control again - game, set, match.
I'm afraid then that the war turns hot. It's not like the left isn't already waging violence on the country.
I hope if it comes to that there are enough freedom-loving Americans that will never bow to any progressive or collectivist. Collectivists are the nemesis of a prosperous and civil society.
Howling laughing at the idea of interrupting news shows with facts, Pinocchios, and apologies to the public for lying!!!!!
Of Graham, "De mortuis nil nisi bonum."
Of Red China, it's easy to get to the top when you build upon a foundation of the remains of human beings that you crush on your way up. The pattern was set centuries ago during the construction of the so-called Great Wall, built by millions of slave laborers whose sole reason for existence was to build. If they died, their remains were interred along with the rest of the fill upon which the wall was erected. Today, the same practise allows the communist tyrants to assert dominance over their fellows and to expand the exercise to seek dominance over the rest of the peoples of the globe. The outcome of that exercise currently hangs in the balance.
When you fail to heed the warnings of our forefathers trouble lies in wait. This nation has survived some extremely rocky times but always had the moral clarity to regain the way forward. We lost the way by allowing the government take over parenting and establish a Department of Education which promptly turned to career mis-educators brainwashing their charges. This merged with the death of honest and un-biased media creating the costly schooled morons adoring any ism but protesting the Nation and Patriots who gave their all for the right to be an AMERICAN . jmho
About the media, I dunno if they were ever "honest and un-biased, Marlan; Thomas Jefferson himself hated them.
For good reason ; twas the media that pinned the Sally Hemings mess on him .
Agreed but not as blatantly unified nor inter-wed to politicians and established bureaucrats Wim. jmho
True, but journalists can be beholden to other parties besides politicians and bureaucrats: businessmen, officials, their bosses, opinionated wives ... And it must be true that in Jefferson's day, politicians and bureaucrats were not as numerous as today.
I always referred to them as the Red Chynks just as I refer to the Arab Muzee’s as goat fking rug pilots.
You’re never gonna win the war unless you can accurately name your enemy.
I’m old enough to remember watching old Popeye Cartoons on TV that portrayed the WW2 Japs as near sighted, buck-toothed weirdos who only knew how to say ‘So Solly’ and this was in 1954.
I’m also old enough to remember guys like William Buckley telling us how political correctness was going to be the death of the West
And isn't it funny how that PC crap always only went in one direction? Funny how that worked.
Yeah why weren’t we let in on the Joke
We were the joke!
Lindsay was a human being-imperfect, but doing his best for the good of our state and our nation. I appreciate that he kept his eyes and focus on “True North”- that which is good and right for all.
He was my senator too. I frequently disagreed with him and sometimes he annoyed the hell out of me, but I will never forget the way he stood tall at the Clinton impeachment trial and the Kavanaugh hearings. God bless him.
9 are running for his seat but I cannot see the public not just electing his sister
Not sure how this will turn out myself. Ralph Norman is a good option. IMO. I am not voting for her simply because of her name-that’s for sure. Just an aside. There are probably more like myself, but perhaps not as many as will do what you suggest. Guess we will see…..
Agree. Two of his finest moments.
The fundamental error that we in the West but specifically America make vis a vis other nations is that we think that homo economicus always trumps homo ideologicus. In fact just look at NYC, China, Iran, Russia, NK, and Cuba. These nations and city states are driven by an ideology that is anti-human welfare and driven only by a desire to control the lives of its citizens. We seem never to learn from any historical record.
What we HAVE learned is that when something can't go on forever, it won't.
Like McCarthy said, there's a communist behind every Bush, 41 and 43. Borderline traitors.
Don't forget that Slick Willy paved the way for politicians to be paid by Asians. Maybe it was H.W., but Willy was paid by Barry Seal and Co. via Mena leading the way in the 90s.
Oh, that good old landing strip in Mena, Arkansas. Bill and Hillary knew it well.
Search YouTube for on of Seal's pilots named Roger Reeves. Entertaining.
Was there not a pilot named Barry Seales as well ?
Yes sir, Barry Seal. “American Made” is the movie that tells his story. Good flick.
I had tears in my eyes reading that eulogy. Thank you for sharing that.