► Show Top 10 Hot Links

Posts Tagged ‘China’

Chinese and US Navy Ships Face Off again

by Phantom Ace ( 18 Comments › )
Filed under China at May 6th, 2009 - 8:39 am

The Chinese navy again challenges the US Navy , this time in the Yellow Sea. Obviously Obama’s outreach plans are not working.

Chinese and American ships clash again in Yellow Sea

China demonstrated its growing naval confidence again in the latest standoff between American and Chinese ships.

The fifth such incident in two months occurred on Friday in the Yellow Sea when a US Navy surveillance ship turned its fire hoses on two Chinese fishing vessels.

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the American ship was operating in China’s exclusive economic zone without permission and had violated Chinese and international laws. “We express our concern about this and demand the US side take effective measures to ensure a similar incident does not happen again,” he said.

My take on this is China has no respect for Obama. They view him as weak and know they can push him around. Personally, I think the US shouldn’t even be there and I really could care less about Korea and Taiwan. We should focus on the Islamic threat, not China.

Is It Time To Dump Pakistan?

by Phantom Ace ( 8 Comments › )
Filed under Islamic Supremacism, Islamists, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Pakistan at May 4th, 2009 - 8:24 am

Ralph Peters has an excellent article about how the US should stop giving aid to Pakistan. I agree, Pakistan isn’t our friend and supports Islamists.  The are a lost cause and our Tax money is better spent on home that that cesspool.

TIME TO DUMP PAKISTAN

A better strategy’s obvious. But Washington has trouble with the obvious. At our pathetic State Department, habit trumps innovation every time. And the Pentagon can’t seem to see beyond the immediate battlefield.

What should we do? Dump Pakistan. Back India.

Washington’s deep thinkers will cry, “But China might move in!”

If China wants Pakistan, let Beijing have it. That would be fun to watch. Take on the Taliban? Given China’s ghastly ineptitude in dealing with its Uighur Muslims, more power to ’em.

I agree, let China deal with Pakistan. It is better for us to ally with India. They are more similar to us in values and aren’t backstabbers. They also are fighting Islamo-Fascism but it is a no brainer. The problem is that Muslims have too much influence on the American government. This is why the US makes dumb mistakes that later come to haunt us. Pakistan is a waste we should cut them off.

(Hat Tip: Speranza)

The Cyber Threat to America

by Phantom Ace ( 10 Comments › )
Filed under China, Russia at April 27th, 2009 - 2:00 pm

This is an under reported story. China and Russia are conducting Cyber spying on America. This is a serious risk that needs to be discussed.

THE CYBERSPY THREAT

AMERICA needs to pay a heckuva a lot more atten tion to the cyberthreat. Now.

Sure, the Pentagon is refuting a Wall Street Journal report last week that hackers pinched loads of data on the military’s newest, high-tech fighter aircraft from contractors’ computer networks via the Internet.

But even if the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program wasn’t actually penetrated by cyberspies, it’s still a chilling wake-up call for the United States.

However, the Pentagon seems to be finally getting serious.

Government rumblings, such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates‘ creation of a Pentagon cybercommand, may hold some promise in protecting military networks, but the cyberthreat clearly exceeds that.

At least Def. Sec. Robert Gates knows this is a threat. I salute his alertness and wish the Pentagon luck.  Securing our information systems structure is vital to our security.

Another Example of Economic Elitism

by Phantom Ace ( 48 Comments › )
Filed under Economy at April 27th, 2009 - 8:25 am

If you want to see why the Right is in trouble, it is articles like this one. As is known the American IT industry has been decimated by India and China. Our companies no longer want high skilled American workers. Instead they want to outsource to India or enemies like China, or bring in more Indians and Chinese with the H-1B Visas. This has led to decreased wages and lower standard of living that has contributed to this economic crisis of course this Globalist/Free Trader doesn’t grasp this.

We Need an Immigration Stimulus

The pace of lower-skilled migration has slowed due to higher unemployment. This could make it less contentious to ease the path to legalization for the 12 million undocumented workers and their families in the U.S. It’s also a good time to ask why we turn away skilled workers, including the ones earning 60% of the advanced degrees in engineering at U.S. universities. It is worth pointing out the demographic shortfall: Immigrants are a smaller proportion of the U.S. population than in periods such as the late 1890s and 1910s, when immigrants gave the economy a jolt of growth.

Immigrants have had a disproportionate role in innovation and technology. Companies founded by immigrants include Yahoo, eBay and Google. Half of Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by immigrants, up from 25% a decade ago. Some 40% of patents in the U.S. are awarded to immigrants. A recent study by the Kauffman Foundation found that immigrants are 50% likelier to start businesses than natives. Immigrant-founded technology firms employ 450,000 workers in the U.S. And according to the National Venture Capital Association, immigrants have started one quarter of all U.S. venture-backed firms.

This is all BS. H-1 B visas lower wages and squeeze Native Born Americans out of Hi-Tech jobs. This leads to lack of native born which is dangerous. By doing this, this discourages Americans from getting involved in these industries.

I favor Immigration, but not the type that destroys the well being of Americans like the H-1B Visa program. Globalization has destroyed America, why keep going down a dead end path. We have plenty of talent here, let us use it!

Update:

Just for the record, I am NOT an Economic Conservative. I am Rightwing on National Security issues and Libertarian on Social Issues. I stand for the Traditional Judeo-Christian/Greco-Roman Culture of America/Europe/Latin America/Israel/Phillipines. However when it comes to economics, I stand with the Populist side of the economic debate. I support free markets but not Corporatism/Free Trade/Globalization. That is where I stand. I put National interests above Corporate interests.