Irony in modern times (Page 4/4) sourmash DEC 31, 11:21 PM Disagree. The Hong Kong junk is because of the CIA running up their typical games of dissent against what will by the master race if China is left to the become what they're on course to become. No they aren't really a master race. But they're moving into Africa because it's there, Europeans aren't there anymore and Africans haven't shown an ability to maintain what Europeans built there in the past. They also need the natural resources to produce that economic curve too so they're going into the world and Africa has resources. Cuba is a good example of a blind failure of US policy. I'd argue that 'Cuber' did the unforgivable by nationalizing Jewish money and holdings on the island. And they won't let it go regardless of all the other wins all over the world. So in walks China with a bucket of money for a starved nation. What China was in the past doesn't dictate what they have become. They're moving to NS. And how they got where ever they are can be summed up with this blurb: quote Black or white cat matters not as long as it can catch mice. This literally translates as: It doesn't matter if a cat is black white, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat. In this case it means the form of government doesn't matter as long as it gets the desired results. Moving from what they were to something else that allows them similar controls is fine. quote This proverb was either composed or made famous by Deng XiaoPing in 1961 when he exclaimed, "I don't care if it's a white cat or a black cat. It's a good cat so long as it catches mice" when his critics pointed out that his ideas were Capitalistic (free market). The response was meant to say, "It does not matter if it's Communist or Capitalist, as long as it works"... Deng XiaoPing probably saved China from collapse (as the Soviet Union experienced). He changed China’s economy from pure Communism to a hybrid where the free market (Capitalism) is encouraged. More about Deng XiaoPing Hence the statement wherein I said they "adapted". China figured out what the Soviets couldn't consider, and that is a way to adapt and still thrive. I admire then in the aspect that they want to remain nationalist. But again, the authoritarian crap is no good. MidEngineManiac DEC 31, 11:26 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: , that all the guests (other doctors) had a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Yeh ? So ? A lot of us still do. sourmash DEC 31, 11:35 PM quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: OK... I self-identify as an F-86 Fighter Jet that runs on moonshine. Now fuel me up. Haven't had moonshine in years now. All the old sources died off and who do you trust anymore? sigh