tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4119046524512950147..comments2024-03-28T05:21:23.190-05:00Comments on Althouse: Obama snubs the Dalai Lama.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43281541081892960052009-10-07T02:57:01.157-05:002009-10-07T02:57:01.157-05:00C-fudd, apparently now a slave to the Joooish-Bols...C-fudd, apparently now a slave to the Joooish-Bolshevik conspiracy, writes:<br /><br />"IN Tibet, unlike the Zionist Settlers in Occupied Palestine...the world has concluded that it is both odious but has brought immense benefit to the People.<br /><br />The peasantry, the 95% of the population brutally repressed by the Dalai Lama and his aristocracy - has seen a doubling in life expectancy. Gone from illiteracy to mass literacy in two generations, and seen a tripling or quadrupling in their standard of living since the 70s."<br /><br />Have you ever compared the life expectancy of Palestinians pre-1967 to today? Or their literacy and infant mortality rates? Or compared them to the rest of the Islamic world - say Iran?<br /><br />By the way, Fudd, how long are you going to keep lying about your age? You pretend to be a generation X'er, or even Y'er (my money's on XXY) but in reality you are an aging boomer.Gary Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338791760274457388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70622851959845678952009-10-06T19:35:04.453-05:002009-10-06T19:35:04.453-05:00Joe wrote of the Dalai Lama:
His own belief that h...Joe wrote of the Dalai Lama:<br />His own belief that he's above it all while having every need catered to by sycophants would make him a very dangerous "leader."<br /><br><br />And how is this different than any other leader? If you're in a position of power, whether its the head of a state or the head of a company you have your needs catered to and are surrounded by sycophants trying to get your ear.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55385369590389414442009-10-06T16:43:15.314-05:002009-10-06T16:43:15.314-05:00Related video, which strikes me as very nice.
The...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=FgFpSUFqRJg&feature=user" rel="nofollow">Related video</a>, which strikes me as very nice.<br /><br />The music arrangement sounds modern Chinese though.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3106296356097254052009-10-06T15:52:39.440-05:002009-10-06T15:52:39.440-05:00And I'd add to patm that at least the Pope is ...And I'd add to patm that at least the Pope is chosen by his peers after a lifetime of accomplishment. The Dalai Lama was a little boy when he was chosen. I don't see any reason he should be given any deference (although he does have the loyalty of millions of Tibetans, deserved or not).Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594474501025558830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27978278267162579752009-10-06T15:50:38.830-05:002009-10-06T15:50:38.830-05:00I completely agree with patm.I completely agree with patm.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594474501025558830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77855401900186022812009-10-06T15:46:32.773-05:002009-10-06T15:46:32.773-05:00I never understood why the Dalai Lama gets as much...I never understood why the Dalai Lama gets as much deference as he does.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594474501025558830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66822847945666637462009-10-06T13:05:14.764-05:002009-10-06T13:05:14.764-05:00Who I feel bad for in all of this is Richard Gere....Who I feel bad for in all of this is Richard Gere. Man, not only was the Dalai Lama dissed, but he was dissed by The One.<br />His head must be exploding at the same time his heart is breaking.<br /><br />Sucker.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39018980130124196632009-10-06T12:19:48.615-05:002009-10-06T12:19:48.615-05:00I'm in the The Dalai Lama is a complete ass an...I'm in the The Dalai Lama is a complete ass and fraud camp. The notion of supporting him and a Free Tibet is a complete contradiction of terms. Revenant is wrong; the Dalai Lama isn't a deposed aristocrat, he's a deposed dictator. This is NOT a freedom loving man. Moreover, the man is a Chauncy the Gardner idiot. His own belief that he's above it all while having every need catered to by sycophants would make him a very dangerous "leader."Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6684020783925877862009-10-06T11:37:15.431-05:002009-10-06T11:37:15.431-05:00A fairly common theory on both sides of the politi...A fairly common theory on both sides of the political spectrum is that wealthy Elites moved into power after Watergate and have dominated US trade, immigration, economic policy since them....to the detriment of the US worker and the fiscal strength of America. That for 35 years Americans have not really had an effective vote about Free Trade for Freedom Lovers!!, job outsourcing, levels of immigration pushed on us - because it is all directed towards huge wealth gains to the Elites and a global lowering of high wages - masked only by geometrically expanding debt,<br /><br />Leading to where we are today - an uncompetitive debtor nation with China as the nervous backer of our currency and continuity of government funding.<br /><br />Part of that "bargain" with the Ruling Elites is that US rulers now have to dive for the phone if Beijing is in the line because Chinese power has also geometrically multiplied along with our debt. Anything that pisses off the moneymen has to be weighed very, very carefully. <br /><br />In the new big scheme of things, Tibet has to be lowered on the list of priorities, considerably.<br /><br />Especially considering Tibet's past.<br />Through most of history, Tibet was a vassal State to China. <br />The Chinese invasion, cultural eradications of temples, etc in the 50s and early 60s remain a black eye. As does the Han races aggressive, Borg-like spread..which has also been tried and repelled with necessary shedding of Han blood in the Koreas, Vietnam, Indonesia. IN Tibet, unlike the Zionist Settlers in Occupied Palestine...the world has concluded that it is both odious but has brought immense benefit to the People.<br /><br />The peasantry, the 95% of the population brutally repressed by the Dalai Lama and his aristocracy - has seen a doubling in life expectancy. Gone from illiteracy to mass literacy in two generations, and seen a tripling or quadrupling in their standard of living since the 70s.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76019205457288047222009-10-06T11:16:07.017-05:002009-10-06T11:16:07.017-05:00There's an opposition in many of the comments ...There's an opposition in many of the comments between communism and capitalism.<br /><br />However, communism is just state-run capitalism.<br /><br />In Smithian capitalism the role of the state is to make sure that business practices are on the up and up.<br /><br />In communist capitalism the role of the state is to take over all business practices, so there is no separation watchdog to make sure there is a balance in all the checks. The government is both the sole corporation and the one that silences any watchdogs in communism.<br /><br />Communism and capitalism are both capitalist, but in the former the government and the corporations are one and the same thing.<br /><br />The Dalai Lama has never read Adam Smith. If he had he could possibly enlighten Obama, IF Obama would let him talk to him.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76462807178922703562009-10-06T11:14:34.523-05:002009-10-06T11:14:34.523-05:00I wonder what they will cover their old bumper sti...<i>I wonder what they will cover their old bumper stickers with?</i><br /><br />Save Darfur<br /><br />Assuming there are any Darfurians left that is.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47508969007633076382009-10-06T11:01:20.536-05:002009-10-06T11:01:20.536-05:00So I guess all liberals are throwing Tibet under t...So I guess all liberals are throwing Tibet under the bus. Oh, that old grumpy Dalai Lama! <br /><br />I wonder what they will cover their old bumper stickers with?PatCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920623662477828662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62748075780436445202009-10-06T10:37:07.348-05:002009-10-06T10:37:07.348-05:00And in truth, the righties don't know anything...<i>And in truth, the righties don't know anything about the Dalai Lama except that Obama dissed him and that's a bad thing.</i><br /><br />I think I saw a movie about him once : ) (in addition to the Free Tibet sticker someone gave me in College). <br /><br />I am mainly concerned here because a) China always looks like it's going to gobble up the little countries and b) I'm concerned about the motives here and whether this has anything to do with our mounting debt. We don't want to be beholden to China of all people.Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53155384108472827472009-10-06T09:41:55.539-05:002009-10-06T09:41:55.539-05:00Oh my fucking god this is one of the sharpest exam...<i>Oh my fucking god this is one of the sharpest examples of pure idiocy I've heard here lately, (and there's tough competition)! </i><br /><br />I don't know Cookie. I think you pretty much have that category sown up.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16590203678322896672009-10-06T09:31:08.714-05:002009-10-06T09:31:08.714-05:00Robert Cook:
Mind you, I'm no partisan of Oba...Robert Cook:<br /><br />Mind you, I'm no partisan of Obama, not at all, but he is merely an aspirant, still in training, for the Olympic team of appalling Presidents, while Bush won the gold every time out.<br /><br /><br />Now if you could have worked "spartina" into that sentence you'd have the trifectarosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172156026949084339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6666386965940610262009-10-06T09:22:47.914-05:002009-10-06T09:22:47.914-05:00Jason (the commenter) wrote: Hey, at least he does...Jason (the commenter) wrote: <i>Hey, at least he doesn't earn an "Obama is like Bush" tag for this, because even George W. didn't do something like this.</i><br /><br />How about: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/peopleevents/e_hostage.html" rel="nofollow">Obama is like Carter</a>.<br /><br /><i>New Years Eve, 1977: President Carter toasted the Shah at a state dinner in Tehran, calling him "an island of stability" in the troubled Middle East.</i><br /><br />Meanwhile, back to the present: Obama's State Department no longer cares to track Iranian Human Rights abuses.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41270606276289369632009-10-06T09:14:23.937-05:002009-10-06T09:14:23.937-05:00Ed Morrissey counters the critics.<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/obama-snubbed-dalai-lama-to-appease-china-telegraph/" rel="nofollow">Ed Morrissey</a> counters the critics.Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31123987567090009282009-10-06T09:09:06.773-05:002009-10-06T09:09:06.773-05:00Gunga-a-lunga.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnHaTlI1p7o" rel="nofollow">Gunga-a-lunga.</a>Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38497139199353232312009-10-06T09:03:48.871-05:002009-10-06T09:03:48.871-05:00In order for Tibet to be under the bus, the bus mu...In order for Tibet to be under the bus, the bus must be some 18,000 feet above sea level. Will it still run?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28776196989885828972009-10-06T07:28:37.553-05:002009-10-06T07:28:37.553-05:00I'm with Patm on this. And Obama probably has...I'm with Patm on this. <a href="http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4111" rel="nofollow">And Obama probably has it right</a>.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60610794641934386722009-10-06T07:25:22.275-05:002009-10-06T07:25:22.275-05:00McChrystal says something inconvenient - off with ...McChrystal says something inconvenient - off with him!<br /><br />Dalai Lama is an embarrassment to the Chinese - off with him!<br /><br />Just how big is this bus, anyway?millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288790458928188846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86005894724721664432009-10-06T07:21:21.159-05:002009-10-06T07:21:21.159-05:00There's a llama in Michigan named Dolly.There's a llama in Michigan named Dolly.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76105345667884407602009-10-06T07:17:56.042-05:002009-10-06T07:17:56.042-05:00I guess I'm just amazed at the mimes of the le...I guess I'm just amazed at the mimes of the left. The whole "Free Tibet" movement was a feel-good thing for leftists; now that Teh One™ has abandoned the Dalai Lama for his 30 pieces of silver, the left instantly reverses its course to say how bad the Lama is and how irrelevant Tibet is.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288790458928188846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35585521443007163552009-10-06T06:32:53.548-05:002009-10-06T06:32:53.548-05:00The Dalai Lama once had power and wisdom but it wa...The Dalai Lama once had power and wisdom but it was rooted in the country and people of Tibet. Now he's an uprooted tree that will most likely live the rest of his life as a traveling house plant.Dad Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172007701510004771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84902488408368435312009-10-06T05:39:05.129-05:002009-10-06T05:39:05.129-05:00"Obama has done more in eight months to disgr...<i>"Obama has done more in eight months to disgrace America in the eyes of the world than Bush was ever accused of doing in his eight years."</i><br /><br />Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh my fucking god this is one of the sharpest examples of pure idiocy I've heard here lately, (and there's tough competition)! Windbag, you are accurately self-named.<br /><br />Mind you, I'm no partisan of Obama, not at all, but he is merely an aspirant, still in training, for the Olympic team of appalling Presidents, while Bush won the gold every time out.<br /><br />As for the other guy here who reviled Obama for being a "marxist," a "god damned marxist" I think he said, you're running neck and neck with Windbag...Obama is, as were his predecessors, the hireling of the monied owners of America, somewhat less overtly brutish and stupid, perhaps somewhat more measured, but he is doing what he was hired to do: making sure those with great wealth continue to accrue greater wealth.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.com