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Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our
own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This
is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from
loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on
with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is,
they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the
world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day
fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is why America is currently fighting so many wars.
This is the final ninth of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
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Chinese monuments to THEIR history
Conservative traditional nations always have monuments to their history. They revere their past and teach the lore to their youth. They are never ashamed of it, but rather use it as examples of how to live your life in various ways where all the good attributes are passed on one generation to another.
We used to do this with such American heroes as Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, Davey Crockett, and George Washington. It’s sort about how the Marxist progressive liberal democrats in the United States worship Karl Marx, Che, and Barrack Obama.
Statues are erected to the heroes that have shaped the society that we live in. Those that want to change the society, and demolish the social order, desire to tear down those statues.
The Chinese SJW folk wanted to do just that. Luckily they were stopped in the 1970’s and today, China honors it’s collective past.
For those of you who are fixed in thinking that these are just” statues, you are missing the point. The point is a continuation of societal virtues for a continuation of the positive aspects of ones’ culture.
For instance, where would the Thanksgiving turkey be, if no one celebrated Thanksgiving? What if they called it “Eat a bird day”, like how the progressive liberal Marxists have done away with saying “Merry Christmas” at work in America. We treasure our past through stories, and history. We also eat our history, in great delicious bites…
Cultures and societies all over the world honor their past. They do this through holidays and celebrations that are set aside for the people to enjoy. Thanksgiving for instance is one such holiday that celebrates the “breaking of bread” with outsiders by the Puritans. We celebrate it by eating turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, baked candied yams, fresh oven baked bread, salads and other such tasty enjoyments.
Further, we have many variations of this holiday that has developed over the years. Such as having turkey sandwiches (hot and cold) all week long, and turkey soup, as well as the leftovers from the main event. Good eating, for certain. Life is too short, not to eat well.
Now, who wouldn’t want to eat some delicious turkey sandwiches? I for one, love to heat them up with gravy and eat hot turkey sandwiches. I like to use the normal “white bread’ for this, and then pour the hot turkey gravy all over the sandwich.
They be swanging…
Other nations, not having to worry about war and excessive taxation to support the wars, can spend their time on other things. This is often in the form of new and unique parks, buildings, public structures, and just plain fun things to do.
Riding a swing is pretty darn popular in China.
Life is about having fun. We are all so caught up in the news that is designed to frighten and manipulate. Don’t allow that. Think about good things, important things, delicious things.
Life is far too short.
This is a fine and delicious club sandwich. I really like it because it has bacon, turkey, ham and fresh delicious tomatoes. It is really good on toast, with a side of coleslaw and piping hot home fries with salt and a goodly amount of ketchup. Not to mention a great frosty beer.
Racing through the snow
Yeah. I know, I already talked about HSR, but I just cannot help myself.
Why worry about carbon emissions when everyone is using public transportation? What if it was cheap, clean, well maintained, and easy to access? Wouldn’t you prefer to use it for casual rides to the local store? Wouldn’t you prefer to use it to go to work?
I know that I do. It’s stress free (usually).
If only 10% of the population uses HSR and public transportation instead of driving, that means that there will be an extra 10% more of fuel availability. this will be reflected in cheaper gasoline prices. As such everything is affected that is impacted by gasoline costs… like food.
Po-Dunk China
And as I had stated earlier on, let’s keep this all in mind, shall we…
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
In case I am not making myself clear on this issue. This little po-dunk Chinese town looks like it has nice infrastructure, good roads, is clean and has a happy vibrant population. This could be Detroit. This could be Los Angles, and this could be Baltimore. But No. No. Noooo. The money is for use else where.
That money is for far off wars where large amounts can be skimmed away without any kind of accountability. Who is left holding “the bag” for their greed? We are.
And, you can see how this manifests all over the United States.
Typical street scene in Los Angles. There are many beautiful cities in America. Consider Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Charlotte. These are our cities, and they DO need to be managed properly. They also need to have funds allocated to the people who live there. Not in wars in distant lands.
America. Wake up and look around. These are our cities. If the elected officials have failed we have two and only two options. They are;
Continue using the same methods and elect replacement officials. Hope that they will do a better job than their predecessors. (Don’t hold your breath.)
Scrap the system. “Nuke from orbit.” Start all over from scratch and appoint trained, and talented (real) experts to manage the city.
Look around people. Those whom are running the nation are frigging idiots. They do not have our best intentions in mind. They are evil, corrupt and have gamed the system against us. Either we go along with their game, or we start all over.
These sociopaths are not liberal or conservative. They are not Democrats or Republicans. They are not beholden to a country or community. They care not for their fellow man. They don’t care about future generations. They care about their own power, wealth and control over others. They have no conscience. They have no empathy. Right and wrong are meaningless in their unquenchable thirst for more. They will lie, steal and kill to achieve their goal of controlling everything and everyone in this world. This precisely describes virtually every politician in Washington DC, Wall Street banker, mega-corporation CEO, government agency head, MSM talking head, church leader, billionaire activist, and blood sucking advisor to the president.
-Us vs Them
You can easily see just how bad they have been when you compare the United States to other nations. Oh, it’s one thing when there were only three news stations and they controlled everything. Now they are trying to do that again through Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Don’t let them.
This is not acceptable…
this is Los Angles today. This is not acceptable, and the purists that believe that “one day” this situation will change and reverse itself are deluded.
Do you know what this looks like?
I’ll tell you. It looks like the rich oligarchy in control of the American government has declared war on the American people. That is what it looks like. In many ways, the liberal progressive cities in America look like war zones.
Was this in Vietnam, or Los Angeles? It’s hard to tell. I think maybe we need to complete scrap the system and start all over.
What is needed is to tear out the rich oligarchy that has completely destroyed America, extract them, and set in place preventative measures to guarantee that this sort of thing will never happen again. Sort of like this…
Bonus awards for employees
In China, bonuses are quite common. No, I’m not talking about the (tiny) fractional add-on bonus you get for this or that which are common in American factories. I am talking about the real deal… cold hard cash. Handed to you in person. No strings attached, and no taxes due.
Yah. You spend that money girls.
Guangzhou
Yes, America has been put in a stranglehold by powerful interests. They do not care what happens to the country or the nation. All that they care about is their power. For them, it is not enough to live like Kings. They want to live like Mayan rulers. With the rest of the population treating them as Gods.
These sociopaths are not liberal or conservative. They are not Democrats or Republicans. They are not beholden to a country or community. They care not for their fellow man. They don’t care about future generations. They care about their own power, wealth and control over others. They have no conscience. They have no empathy. Right and wrong are meaningless in their unquenchable thirst for more. They will lie, steal and kill to achieve their goal of controlling everything and everyone in this world. This precisely describes virtually every politician in Washington DC, Wall Street banker, mega-corporation CEO, government agency head, MSM talking head, church leader, billionaire activist, and blood sucking advisor to the president.
-Us vs Them
This comes into sharp focus when you visit other cities elsewhere in the world.
How the factory owners live
In China, as a traditional nation, it is a land of merit. It is a meritocracy and great rewards await the successful person. Many of them are so far removed from what a typical American would be exposed to that I won’t even bother reporting on them.
That’s it for now.
Thank you for visiting. I hope that you enjoyed yourself, got a taste of what life is like in another nation, and maybe obtained a better or worse appreciation of your home nation.
I apologize for my various rants and raves, but it adds some color to the article. Like how you can add hot chili peppers to pizza. Too much and the pizza is inedible. Too little, and it is too bland. What we strive to do is to hit that “green zone”, the “just right” mixture of fact, opinion, humor, and rant.
BTW. I wish you all a great life, and happy travels. No matter who you are, or where you are. Go get yourself a nice cigar, and a tall pint of frosty beer, and maybe some delicious food. Treat yourself. Have a good time.
The time is ripe for a pizza, some beer and good times with your friends. Life is too short not to have beer and pizza. I’ll tell you what. Enjoy yourself, and don’t forget to make sure that the beer is ice cold, and the pizza is fresh out of the oven.
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Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a
series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It
is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I
am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series
of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and
enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks
in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very
mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are
some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem
odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events,
while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
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Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues. But, please… please keep in mind that this post is all about directing America back to what it is supposed to be. Not what it has become.
“Nothing the Party says is true. Nothing the Party does is good. Even the war itself isn’t real. The Party wants you to believe we are at war so as to channel your aggression away from their rightful target: The Party. Big Brother is not real. He is pure fiction, created by the Party. The real rulers of the State are unknown, faceless manipulators who, because they are not known are able to wield power without let or hindrance. People of Oceania, you are being duped. The Party doesn’t serve the people — it serves itself. We are not at war with Eurasia. You are being made into obedient, stupid slaves of the Party. Open your eyes. See the evil that is happening to you. The Party drops bombs on its own citizens. It is the Party, not the Eurasians, who are our enemies. Rise up. Throw off the yoke. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, People of Oceania.” – Emmanuel Goldstein – 1984 Film
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on
with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is,
they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the
world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day
fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is why America is currently fighting so many wars.
This is the eighth of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Oasis in the dunes (video 41)
“Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here’s American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here are 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!”― Bill Hicks
While America has been manipulating its’ citizens, and financing wars everywhere. The rest of the world has been minding their own business, and living life to the fullest.
Hey! Here’s an oasis. Bet ya didn’t know that they had them in China, did ya? Have you ever wondered “why not?”
Getting the groom drunk (video 42)
America is a progressive liberal utopia that is only a few election votes from full realization. President Donald Trump may be out of office as early as 2020.
We’ve got a populace so dumbed down and indoctrinated with social justice gibberish by government schools that a large proportion actually believe socialism will lead to prosperity. Just like Venezuela and Cuba.
The reason young people are turning to socialism is because they aren’t actually experiencing free market capitalism.
We are trapped in a paradigm of crony capitalism or corporate fascist capitalism. The few at the top reap the vast majority of rigged benefits, while the average worker gets screwed. To keep Joe average compliant the oligarchy creates a box to put him in. The box is fear.
Fear of everything. Fear of other nations. Fear of what is outside the door. Fear of what you eat, or don’t eat.
Meanwhile the rest of the world moves forward.
Here is a small village in China. Traditional. They expect the groom to drink all that beer to “prove” that he is worthy enough to marry the bride. It’s a Chinese tradition. Note also all the aprons being worn by the housewives in the audience.
Traditional nations, even if the culture is different, are the same. China is a very traditional conservative culture and society.
In the United States, we have had the last one hundred years of cultural rewrites, and the last fifty of them has been all about enacting progressiveness in the Untied States. The Marxists have been wildly successful in their implementation of progressiveness in the United States. Just look at what we deal with on a daily basis…
In a traditional society, like what America once had, beer is considered a normal drink. There are no limitations on drinking it. There are no store hours when it can or cannot be purchased. There isn’t any need to obtain a license to sell it, and anyone can buy it without any age restrictions.
In a traditional society, especially one that is conservative, beer is drunk brazenly and with everything. It is a fun common beverage of choice at BBQ and family events.
Traditional societies do not accept the progressive dogma, and act as antibodies resisting it’s implementation.
Historical China
In traditional nations, history is revered. It is treasured, maintained, and taught in schools. In progressive societies, statues are town down, history is rewritten in such as way as to show disdain for the past.
China, as a traditional conservative nation takes care of it’s historical buildings.
Dancing upon arrival
Other nations, other cultures, and other societies have their own fads, fashions and quirks. While waving huge trashcan sized asses about is considered “feminine” in the United States, in China the fad is “dancing upon arrival”.
Here is what being “ladylike”, and “feminine” is like in the progressive United States today…
Well, all I can say is that other cultures and other societies do things quite differently. Here is the latest fad in China today…
Reenactments of History
Now, I love this next video. I really do.
The Chinese have seen empires come and go. You think that Europe had a complicated history? You have no idea. China is a long, long tale of empires that rise and fall with wars and conflict for over 5000 continuous years.
They are pretty tired of fighting and conflict.
Anyways, the way that they have ruled (in the past) was quite authoritarian. As such they maintained the pomp and circumstance to quite a degree. It’s really quite impressive, I’ll tell you what.
Sure beats what Obama gave us. Remember him riding a bicycle?
Anyways, here’s how Chinese traditionally ruled…
Riding through lilacs
When you are not throwing away your money on mindless and endless wars, you don’t need to tax the citizenry so much. Instead, they can be taxed less. Thus opening up opportunities for investments, business and growth. In China, under the low rates of taxation, people combine their money together and set up businesses. Here’s one made by a group of High School buddies.
They just pooled their money. Set up a water slide ride on the side of a hill and charge a small fee to use it. Easy, fun, and they are their own bosses.
Low taxation means individual success.
Petrified of heights
Here’s another example of a park built from some High School friends that pooled their money together and set up a park. Why does China have so many businesses? Answer; because they are not taxed to fun endless wars. That’s why.
and
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the
next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary
about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is
the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the
British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal
press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a
series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It
is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I
am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series
of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and
enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks
in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very
mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are
some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem
odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events,
while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not
find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy
notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a
necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money
off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you
because I just don’t care to.
You can start reading the articles sequentially by going HERE.
You can visit the Index Page HERE to explore by article subject.
You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is the seventh of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Crazy Shapes and exciting buildings (video 36)
China is about some amazing building designs and strange shapes. While everyone “knows” about the “bird’s nest” in Beijing, and the Pearl Tower in Shanghai, the rest of China has some pretty amazing buildings as well.
Now, America is no stranger to skyscrapers. We invented the term, and led the world in their construction. Indeed, it was one of the things that put New York City on the map. For years hard-working American men labored and created these massive structures that towered into the sky.
Here’s some of the great men taking a lunch break during building construction. Of course, it takes a unique kind of man to go work and labor so hard at such dizzying heights. Don’t you think?
I’ve read somewhere ( I don’t recall if it was on the Internet, or something that I heard) that the people who built the skyscrapers were American Indians. They were fearless regarding heights, and were absolute work-horses when building skyscrapers. But, you know what? These folk in the pictures really don’t seem to have the ethnic features of American Indians. They seem to be Irish or of Italian decent.
Hard working American men taking a lunch break from building some of the largest buildings in the world. The picture is from New York city.
Lately there hasn’t been too many new skyscrapers going up in America. The money has gone into other things. Here’s what you find when you do an image search for “Amazing American Buildings”;
Image search for “Amazing American Buildings”. Note that none of them seem to be newer than the 1970’s. Most seem to be dated from the 1930’s and the 1940’s.
In comparison, let’s look at the image search for “Amazing Chinese Buildings”…
In contrast, the Chinese buildings are all new, modern, and built within the last ten years (if not sooner). They are big, beautiful and of unique and noteworthy shapes.
Of course, I argue that a contributor to this variance to be our wasteful spending in the eight wars that we are fighting simultaneously.
I mean, good golly! The former Soviet Union left Afghanistan after being entrenched in that morass for ten years, and we American laughed at them. We referred to Afghanistan as the Soviet “Vietnam”. Well, who’s laughing now, eh?
Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Vietnam. Afghanistan was the ground for one of the last Cold War battles between the United States and the Soviet Union, after the Red Army rolled into the country on December 24, 1979.
- Afghanistan: The Soviet Union's Vietnam | News | Al Jazeera
We’ve been fighting there almost twenty years. And Even “Mad Dog” Mathis left his role because he disagreed with President Trump that we need to leave Afghanistan. Ah… fiddlesticks!
Here’s what is possible when you aren’t burning money on nothing…
Visiting Tibet (video 37)
China is about visiting Tibet.
Have you ever wanted to visit Tibet? I have, and I have many friends who feel the same way too. Well, if you ever wanted to go there and drive around, it’s a little bit like this video below.
New Squad Support Weapons (Video 38 A&B)
China is also deploying some amazing small arms at the squad level. You see, while America is busy being the “policeman of the world”, China holds their military in strict adherence to protecting their shipping lanes. Because of this, their military doctrine is different than America’s.
In some respects, their mission doctrine is so limited that their versatility is crippled.
The American military is much more versatile. The American military can fight for the Saudi oligarchs in Iran, as well as secure Panama for the EU banking interests. Versatile. American military can fight in Bosnia, as well as Yemen, or Nigeria. Americans can and have fought just about everywhere.
You pay off the right people, and our military can do your bidding. The only issue is the price. Which is the price that the rich oligarchy is asking. Not the price in manpower and lives. For to the American leadership, people are disposable.
They are. That’s a fact, Jack. Read your history.
Bodies of US Airborne paratroopers lie near a command post during the battle of An Ninh, 18 September 1965. The paratroopers, of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, were hit by heavy fire from guerrillas that began as soon as the first elements of the unit landed. The dead and wounded were later evacuated to An Khe, where the 101st was based. The battle was one of the first of the war between major units of US forces and the Vietcong
Here’s some videos of Chinese squad level small arms. As a weapons enthusiast, I found these very interesting. Most especially the first video.
As Americans, when we read about Chinese advancements in weapons and technology, we view them through an “American prism”. Which is to say, we make assumptions on how they will be used, based upon how we use them.
Americans assume far too much about China.
We run about with our arms held up high like Chicken Little shouting “the sky is falling!”. We mistakenly think that China is like America and are happy deploying military forces all over the world to help other nations and police for global world stability. Or else, something along the lines of a 1930’s era attempt to become the dictator of the world.
"China is saber rattling!"
The Chinese don’t care at all about global world stability. They are about only one thing. That is Chinese stability and Chinese health.
War in the Congo, meh.
Conflict in Egypt… yawn.
Military insurgency in Sierra Leone… “what me worry?”.
They do not care.
Unlike the United States, China has structured their military in a defensive role, primarily. For an offensive role, they have nuclear and biological weapons and delivery systems.
America is all about fighting global wars with unlimited financing for every reason under the sun. The baseline assumption is that the conflict will [1] be conventional, and [2] be limited to the country so attacked. America would be unaffected.
China is about defending it’s ability to conduct trade. The baseline assumption is that if anyone tries to attack it militarily, it would use EVERY weapon at it’s disposal right-off-the-bat at the attacker. This includes nuclear, biological, and germ warfare from on the onset.
China does not believe in conflict escalation.
There are many misconceptions about China. One of the biggest is that since America has an amazing military, in both size, scope and experience, that China would be an easy “walk over” were any kind of military conflict occur between the two superpowers.
"We can put one or two carriers off the coast of China and plink at their cities, and they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines would all support us."
I am here to tell you that your illusions are dangerous. Just because the Chinese are not fighting proxy wars in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Jordon, or any other nation, that they do not know how to fight. They do. And, make no mistake, they play to win.
China is about delicious steaks. Let’s talk, or better yet, look at some video of some delicious Chinese steaks. I, for one, enjoy a good steak. You can take your whole-wheat tofu burger with avocado and bean sprouts and shove it where the sun don’t shine.
When you are not throwing money away trying to shoot up mud huts, and napalming school children, the value of your currency can remain stable. Inflation is aggravated when a nation is on a war stance.
America fought a useless war in Vietnam. We ended up killing so many people and losing so many young men. And for what, and why? Trumped up fear about the “domino effect”, yeah sure…
In other words… your money is worth more. And, at that, you can use it to purchase things that otherwise you couldn’t afford. Like steak. Thick, juicy and delicious, steak.
Cooked medium rare, with a nice red interior. With the juices flowing out as the knife slices through the slab to the bone.
Housewife cooking video (video 40)
In traditional societies, such as China, and America 50-years ago, the household is run traditionally. The man, as the head of the household, would go work and earn money and give all the money to the wife to budget. The wife, would be in-charge of finance, budgeting, and all domestic matters including raising the children and educating them.
Vintage American advertisement depicting an American housewife cooking for her family. This is sadly no longer part of the American cultural scene. However, in nations that do not engage in non-stop wars, they still do maintain traditional roles. This means that his scene, with minor cultural differences, can be seen all over China.
This relic still exists in China, though it has been modified to some degree by the necessities of modern life. For in China, multi-generational households run traditional, and conservative is the norm.
Here we have a housewife showing show she cooks delicious and nutritious meals for her family. So that when the husband gets home from work, and the children come home from school, this is what they can look forward to eating…
One of the things (there were multiple things) that accelerated the movement of progressive thought and Marxism into American society were the numerous wars that America had to fight. For each time there was a war, men had to leave their homes and go off to distant lands to fight, and die. This left the household without a breadwinner, and thus the housewife had to leave the home, and take up work to support the family.
Wars contributed to the breakup of traditional American families.
Thus, one of the things that you will discover is that the more progressive a nation is, the smaller the number of traditional households that exist. Today, in America, very few households are run traditionally. Instead they are run progressively. I am sad to say this, but it is quite true.
In traditional families, house clothes are worn inside, holidays are celebrated, and households are kept immaculate. This is a scene that is sadly not so common in the United States, but is very common in China.
In fact, the odds that an American reading this would be part of a traditional conservative run family, even if they themselves were conservative, is practically zero.
To understand the extent of this statement, and it’s most dangerous implications, please check out this link (it opens in a separate window).
Oh, yes… one more thing…
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you because I just don’t care to.
You can start reading the articles sequentially by going HERE.
You can visit the Index Page HERE to explore by article subject.
You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is the sixth of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Traditional parades (video 30)
China is about traditional parades.
Most nations have parades, and all of the traditional conservative ones do, and incorporate some tid-bits and stories from history within the parade elements. For instance, when I was a boy growing up on Pennsylvania, the parades would have a skit or two about Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed.
Well the same is true in China. They have parade elements that show things about the enormous Chinese history. As well as some of the local history and of the local minorities.
Today, of course, these historical displays have been displaced in progressive liberal nations, such as the UK, Sweden, and the United States with LGBT, and gay pride displays. History has been displaced by socialist and Marxist thoughts and politics.
It’s for a better world… they tell me. Though, I’m not at all convinced.
Here’s a parade in China.
Mother and child reunion (video 31)
China is about boys reconnecting with their Moms.
Deja Vu – Mother And Child Reunion
The young man is working at “er le ma”. This is a food delivery service. You use the APP, pick out the food you want, and they deliver it straight to you. Their major competition is the yellow-jacketed Kangaroo delivery service.
We don’t know the story between him and his mother. But we can guess. Perhaps they did not approve of the girl that he wished to marry, or had other plans for him. In any event, he left home, and is now working at what ever job he can get to build up a life for himself. This is what men do.
Though it can be hard on the loved ones.
Here we have the reunion. And yes, this is all VERY Chinese. Notice his reaction when he tastes his mothers’ cooking. He eats some, thinks and says that it is just like the way his mother cooked it.
The idea that men need to leave the nest and build up a life for themselves is a very traditional conservative ideal. As such, I have a very good write up on this subject. It opens in another tab. You might want to check it out.
Tearing down the house (video 32)
China is about rapid construction, and rapid tear-down…
In the United States, we tend to use dynamite and “wrecking balls”. In fact, wrecking balls are quite famous in the United States, as they are associated with liberal politics and progressive change. Here we have the iconic progressive wrecking ball doing a number on traditional America to the cheers and glee of the entire Hollywood audience.
Again, to repeat, the iconic symbol of a “wrecking ball” is a meme used by the progressive socialist Marxist democrats in the United States. It is used figuratively to illustrate how all the history, traditions, culture and society of traditional America is being destroyed by progressive Marxists to create a utopia with the likes of Obama and Hillary Clinton in charge.
Meanwhile, in conservative China, this is how to wreck a building…
Oh, and by the way, the traditional way of doing things has over 5,000 years of experience. Most of the “new” ways of doing things are just repackaged old failures. Here’s an example of what can happen when you follow the tried and true traditional way of getting things done on a local level…
Saw this in my small town. City council wanted to plop a new fire station in the middle of a residential area, instead of in the corridor where studies showed the need was greatest. The fire dept. wanted it in the center of the town so they would answer on average one less call per day for mutual aid from the surrounding county & other municipalities. We showed up in council chambers like a Frankenstein pitchfork mob, and the council backed down. They were so afraid for their safety, they all fled the chambers immediately after the vote had been taken and the proper result realized.
- nickedknack
Adventures after dark (video 33)
China is truly a land of adventure. This is from a regional tourist promotional video of some sort. I’m not all that clear on it’s history, but it is an enjoyable watch. Check it out.
Again, the point that you (the reader) should keep in mind is that the rest of the world is moving forward. They are living their lives at their pace and making the rules as they go. Meanwhile Americans are being boxed in by fear and manipulation by wealthy oligarchs. This is what the world is like.
The world does not look like a “Save the Children” commercial, a war-torn rural desert town, or a Venezuelan garbage dump. It actually looks more like this…
Disco-building light-shows (video 34)
China is about light shows on the sides of buildings. The video below is of Shenzhen, China but it could have been taken at any Chinese city. Synchronized LED light displays are now quite common in China. This includes buildings, public works such as tunnels, bridges, and underpasses, and all other public buildings.
Just imagine what could be done if we (as Americans) trimmed off a few billion dollars from fighting in Yemen and devoted that money to American beautification and livability efforts domestically. You know, it doesn’t cost too much to plant trees, and to hire a staff of people on welfare to pick up trash, sweep the roads, and maintain the public spaces.
Heck! Think of how beautiful San Francisco could be if they took all the people now on welfare and gave them a paid job (at minimum wage) to pick up the shit, discarded needles and rubbish that plagues that city.
Ah, but no one wants to hear my option; That both Russia and China don’t give welfare out. They will pay you to work, but will not pay you to sit and do nothing.
Being treated like royalty (video 35)
China is a place where they literally treat you like royalty. Can you just imagine this level of treatment? Granted, it’s not common, but if you really want to impress someone, the Chinese will pull out all the stops. My goodness!
Now this is what I call “rolling out the red carpet treatment”!!!!
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you because I just don’t care to.
You can start reading the articles sequentially by going HERE.
You can visit the Index Page HERE to explore by article subject.
You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our
own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This
is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from
loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on
with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is,
they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the
world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day
fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is why America is currently fighting so many wars.
This is the fifth of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Enjoying Life (video 25 A&B)
Again, once you are now throwing money away on waste, bribes, corruption, wars in far off nations, and other useless pursuits, you can spend it on yourself. You can spend the money on your friends, and on your nation. They money can go towards “good” causes. Like improving the environment, taking care of sick people, and building the local environment to make it more attractive and livable.
Which is about a vibrant nightlife when everyone walks about and enjoys the night air together.
You can be yourself. You can do the things that have value to you. You can make your own life meaningful, delicious, and worthy of your time. Not only that, but it is cheaper to do so. The value of the paper that we use as money goes up. You can do more things with it!
When America was involved in only one war, not eight, the price of beer was quite low, don’t ya know.
The habit of constantly throwing money away in things that DO NOT ADD VALUE causes a decrease in the worth of the money you have. I will never forget that when I was born, my mother saved up for months to by me a $100 savings bond so that I would have some savings when I would get old. By the time she died, and I discovered the bill, I could barely afford a pizza with it.
The only way the evil oligarchy can control you is to keep you in fear. That is the only way. So they feed a constant fear-based narrative to you 24-7. They want you living as serfs under their control. Do not allow them this.
Take life by the horns and live it, and to heck what anyone else thinks. Live your life on your terms. Do not allow the wealthy and the powerful to control you. Don’t jump when they pull the puppet strings. And of course, don’t react to every news article you read.
Um. Maybe I have been ramming home the idea that money should be spent wisely by the government. This isn’t a very popular opinion.
My opinions are not popular.
But the truth is that Americans have been living like the North Koreans have. In North Korea it’s a never ending threat of war with America. It’s a 24-7 broadcast news about war, and the need to get ready to defend Korea from dangerous aggressors.
Well, it’s the same thing in America.
The mainstream media is all fear-based broadcasting. And the constant need to spend more money on “defense”, and to “protect American interests“. How many time have you heard that phrase, eh?
The United States spends more on national defense than China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and Germany. While the chart above illustrates last year’s defense spending in dollar terms, the United States has historically devoted a larger share of its economy to defense than many of its key allies. Defense spending accounts for 15 percent of all federal spending and roughly half of discretionary spending. Total discretionary spending — for both defense and non-defense purposes — represents only about one-third of the annual federal budget. It is currently below its historical average as a share of GDP and is projected to decline further.
While America has been burning money, the rest of the world hasn’t. Instead, they have been using it to improve the lives of THEIR CITIZENS. They have been building roads, bridges, tunnels, hospitals, infrastructure, and much, much more.
Unless America gets control of the lust-for-war that seems to preoccupy Congress and the mainstream media, the days ahead will be grayer and more sober for Americans. The halcyon days of “riding the gravy train of success” are over.
The game has changed, and America and Americans must step up to the plate and “up our game”.
Dated graph. Note how it constantly updates and redefines the trajectory of the Chinese rise in global dominance. It’s not a mystery that the latest graphs on this subject cannot be found on the internet easily. They hold a message that might cause some gastric distress.
Both the IMF and the World Bank now rate China as the world’s largest economy based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), a measure that adjusts countries’ GDPs for differences in prices. In simple terms, this means that because your money stretches further in China than it would in the US, China’s GDP is adjusted upwards.
And it won’t be too long before China’s economy surpasses the US’s by other measures, too. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) predicts it will happen in 2029.
China is well on its way to becoming the world’s leading economy, and is already there in PPP terms. However, in order to surpass the US’s highly diversified, tertiary economy, there’s more to do: China still needs to make the all-important transition from a resource-intensive manufacturing hub to a modern, consumer-driven economy.
-World Economic Forum 2016
All of this, when taken together, points to a very clear picture. That for America to remain the dominant global superpower, it needs to seriously curtail it’s love for war. Otherwise, it will fail to compete.
For America to remain a global leader it must curtail it’s participation in wars.
Who wants us to plunge back into the Middle East, to fight a new and wider war than the ones we fought already this century in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen?
Answer: Pompeo and Bolton, Bibi Netanyahu, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Sunni kings, princes, emirs, sultans and the other assorted Jeffersonian democrats on the south shore of the Persian Gulf.
And lest we forget, the never-Trumpers and neocons in exile nursing their bruised egos, whose idea of sweet revenge is a U.S. return to the Mideast in a war with Iran, which then brings an end to the Trump presidency.
-Pat Bucanan
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants America to fight a war with Iran. To this end he is very active in providing financial enticements (bribes) to leading American Senators and Congressmen to support yet another military action, only this time in Iran.
Think about this all for a while. Let it simmer.
In the meantime, let’s just run through some videos and hold back on the narrative for a spell. OK?
Stairs. Lots and lots of stairs. (Video 26)
China is about stairs. Everything always seems to go straight up into the stratosphere. This is true for parks, and buildings, as well as for just about everything else. China is a land that is very friendly to mountain goats.
Amazing Parks (Video 27)
China is also about amazing parks.
I wrote another series of posts on this subject. It might be worth your time to visit them. You can click on the link below, and it will open up in another link. That way you can stay on this thread and keep on reading.
Anyways, parks in China are really quite beautiful. Check out this really nice video to give you a better idea of what I am talking about…
Maybe after seeing this video you might want to go to a park and visit it. You know, you don’t need to book a flight to China and go there to experience the beauty of a park. America is filled with parks all over the place. Why not spend some time and visit one or two yourself locally?
It is time for a nice family vacation. You can just take a day off from work today, and hop in the car and just go out to a local park. It need not be a big issue or adventure. Just do it. Stop on the way for lunch. NOT McDonald’s. Instead go to a local diner. Order a blue-plate-special. Life should be lived. Just enjoy the time that you have.
Swarm Drones (video 28)
China is all about swarm drones.
China has mastered this technology and they have applied it toward public light displays that are nothing sort of amazing. I do believe that eventually it will eventually replace firework displays. This technology has been in Chinese incubation labs for the last five years or so at least.
I am confident that there are military applications of this that the Chinese are exploiting, but of course, it’s not public knowledge. Not in China, and of course, not in the Untied States.
Swarm drones. Check it out.
Robotic Luggage (Video 29)
China is also about robotic luggage. I mean why not. Eh? They make robotic sex dolls, robotic assembly equipment, robotic construction equipment, and robotic patrol boats, why not luggage?
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the
next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary
about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is
the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the
British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal
press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a
series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It
is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I
am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series
of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and
enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks
in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very
mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are
some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem
odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events,
while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not
find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy
notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a
necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money
off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you
because I just don’t care to.
You can start reading the articles sequentially by going HERE.
You can visit the Index Page HERE to explore by article subject.
You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our
own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This
is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from
loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on
with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is,
they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the
world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day
fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is the fourth of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Bubble Hotels (Video 19)
China is about staying is a bubble hotel.
You would think that it would be so very difficult to have anyone to visit a hotel, or park in China. You know, with all the negative publicity about pollution… eating dogs… bird flu sickness, etc. But, China has parks and hotels. While the American media is all rife with anti-Chinese sentiment, the rest of the world (with the exception of the UK, for reasons related to progressive socialism) has a very positive view of China.
High Speed Trains (Video 20)
China is about high speed trains that go just about everywhere.
I’ve covered this in detail elsewhere, actually. If you want to read about what I have to say about this subject, you might want to visit here. (Don’t worry the link opens up into another tab so you won’t lose your place here.)
Anyways, here’s another great micro-video of a speeding Chinese HSR train.
First Day of School (Video 21)
I just cannot help myself. Here’s a screen-shot from one of my all time favorite movies. It starred Rodney Dangerfield, and it’s from 1988. Of course, it’s “Back to School”. I well remember when I first got this movie. I had just got my Beta-MAX player and this video was one of the first that I could watch on it. That and “One Crazy Summer”, and “Better off Dead”. All complete 1980’s classics.
Back to School. Back to School is a 1986 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Sam Kinison, Paxton Whitehead and Robert Downey Jr. It was directed by Alan Metter. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father who goes to college to show solidarity with his discouraged son Jason and learns that he cannot buy an education or happiness.
I was in MAJestic training at NAS China Lake, and at the end of the day, I would ride my motorcycle back to the apartment (pick up some take out through KFC) and we would eat chicken and watch Rodney Dangerfield. BTW. Chicken and beer go together quite nicely. They really do.
Chicken and beer go great together. Here are some chicken legs that are very tasty when you dip them in ranch dressing. So are chicken wings, as well. Notice the fine beer. It is fantastic if it is perfectly chilled. I’ll tell you what.
Anyways…
Sorry about digressing so. I do love a great bite of chicken and beer. I love how it smells and how it tastes, and the icy cold beer washes it down just perfectly. Now, back to school…
China is about sending your child off to the first day of school on their own.
Everyone has children, and the parents want the best for them. They take care of them, care for them and try to teach them. This is a major parental role that is part of human nature. While there are extreme variances on the amount of parental supervision between the parenting types, the Chinese do take care of their children.
If you want to explore this subject a little further, you might want to check out these other posts. Don’t worry, by clicking on them, you will discover that they will open up in other links and tabs.
China – a land of traditions (video 22 A&B)
China is a land where traditions are honored, appreciated and emulated.
All traditional conservative nations honor their past. They promote the memories by erecting statues. They hold parades, and children perform skits and reenactments of past events. They learn lore about famous people and recite poems dedicated to them.
In progressive socially liberal nations, the opposite is true. They tear down statues. They rewrite history and disparage heroic individualistic action. Any holidays become bland and are provided generic names, and the celebrations towards them are ridiculed if not banned.
China is a traditional Chinese-conservative nation. America is a progressive-liberal nation.
Chinese factory (video 23)
The American and British tabloids often depict China as the home of “sweat shops” and forced manual labor with “child labor” and other such injustices. In all the years that I have lived in China, and at all the many hundreds of factories that I have visited, toured and worked with, I have never seen anything that even remotely resembles the mainstream media narrative.
Here we have a typical assembly line.
A propagandized narrative that demonizes another group of people, a nation, or a type of person is usually a prelude to eventual war. The only way to prevent war is by diffusing the mainstream media narrative by exposure. Otherwise, the narrative festers than you have such things as the Nazi’s putting Jews in concentration camps, the Rwandan genocide, and the attacks on White People in South Africa.
The NeoCons in the United States rely heavily on the mainstream media to drum up support for a condition of non-stop war.
Quick Commentary (video 23 and 24)
When you are not spending money blowing things up, but rather creating things instead, life takes on an entirely new meaning.
You can enjoy life.
You can have fun. You can dance, and you can be yourself. No matter how strange it may appear. Please, I implore you, don’t be manipulated by the oligarchy to sacrifice your home, your money, your lifestyle, and your very lives for some far off war in a place that (supposedly) has “national security” interests.
Life is far too short not to enjoy yourself.
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the
next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary
about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is
the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the
British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal
press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a
series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It
is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I
am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series
of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and
enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks
in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very
mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are
some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem
odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events,
while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not
find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy
notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a
necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money
off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you
because I just don’t care to.
You can start reading the articles sequentially by going HERE.
You can visit the Index Page HERE to explore by article subject.
You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is the third of a mighty mega-post.
As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…
Please kindly note that this post has multiple embedded videos. It is important to view them. If they fail to load, all you need to do is to reload your browser.
Playing catch with your buddies (video 14).
China is about playing catch with sandbags. Then going to have a bunch of beer and hard alcohol with food afterwards.
I really like this video. It reminds me of an event that I had when I was a young lad in elementary school. My father went on a business trip to New Brunswick, Canada. Between the long rides in the car, and me sitting inside the car for hours while he conducted his business, he took me to a local festival.
Travel can expose you to all kinds of new things and adventures. Did you know that there is a history of Scottish settlers in New Brunswick? Well there is, and their history is glorious. As a boy, the experiences that I witnessed at the fair made quite a big impression on em, and no it wasn’t because they wore skirts either.
I was too young to know what was going on. However, there was some kind of he-man Scottish-historical reenactment of some type that we were able to observe. Here, the guys were all wearing kilts, and throwing enormous things. They hauled logs, threw axes, and tosses enormous heavy balls.
I well remember thinking how, one day, I too would be able to be so masculine and strong. Though, I never did get to wear a kilt, I certainly did get my fair share of carrying heavy things. LOL.
Here’s some dudes in China kind of doing the same thing…
Humans live in other nations. They aren’t the cardboard “cut out” like the media wants us to believe. The media refers to them as “Chicoms” or “Chinese communists” which is true is one sense, but absolutely false in another. The demonetization of one group of people is an effective way for the American oligarchy to drum up support for yet another military war effort. Be aware. We are constantly following the path that brought Rome to it’s knees.
China is about swimming in a pool and then going to the KTV afterwards. You know, everyone likes to swim. Even if you can’t, and most Chinese can’t really, they do like to go into shallow pools and chill out and have fun. This Chinese gal (in the micro-video below) is pretty typical.
The 1960’s situation comedy “Gilligan’s Island” was very influential for young boys such as myself. Here, we were presented an idealistic fantasy. One where there were two single women on the island, and each one as a female archetype.
I have always enjoyed looking at pretty girls in swimsuits. This is true today as it was back in the day when I would sneak a peek at the Playboy magazines stashed away in my father’s pile of magazines in the basement bathroom.
In my family, heck in most families from the Western Pennsylvania, the men-folk would have “their” bathroom in the basement. Of course, the women-folk would have their bathrooms which would always be immaculate and well-tended to. The men’s bathrooms, not so much. They would tend to be dusty and cobwebby, and damp. Though there was always a great collection of men’s magazines stashed there.
Oh, back in the day. Hugh Hefner and Roman Polanski. Both standing in front of the black Playboy airborne command post.
These magazines would range from magazines about hunting and fishing, to Popular Mechanics, and Popular Science magazines. There would also be the Men’s magazines, like Stag, and Men’s Adventure. And, of course, Playboy magazine.
Just for the fun of it, here’s Angelique Pettyjohn with William Shatner as Captain Kirk in one of the early Startrek episodes. Who would ever know that extraterrestrials looked so very human? I most especially like the green hair. I guess that she uses “copper tone” for highlights.
Also the aluminum foil halter / boob-holder is a nice touch. She and Kirk look like great sparring partners, though why is he shirtless, and she all covered up? It just doesn’t seem fair. Now, does it?
Anyways, pretty girls in swimsuits and moving about in water is something that I do enjoy looking at.
When I was a boy, there was a pretty popular saying at that time. It was “make love not war“. The idea was that it would be better to get high and have sex than to lose your life in some swamp in Vietnam. Now that I am older, I can better appreciate the thought that went into this saying. Though… my generation had a different saying. It was “Have a nice day“.
This is a very common meme that surfaced sometime between 1972 and 1974 all over the country. My sister had a baton, and a tee shirt with this logo, and I got a frizbee with this logo on the plastic. Sometime later, my dog chewed the frizbee up, and we were forced to use inside album jackets to de-seed our weed. LOL.
Playing Golf (Video 16 A&B)
Did you know that you can play golf all over the world? Yeah. And, not only that, but it is a very popular pastime.
Of course, we might be aware of golf courses in Scotland, and Canada. And we might hear, from time to time, about golf courses in Japan and Korea. But did you know that China has the most golf courses in the world, and that the largest ones are in China. In fact, I went and played at a 100-hole course in Dangguan a few years back. Now that is one enormous course. It most certainly is.
The course was Mission Hills, and if you ever get the opportunity to travel to China, go on out there. Now, I have to remind, or alert, you all to the fact that it is hot and humid. It is like playing golf in Florida. Only, since this is China, it is much larger, with pretty girls as caddies.
Hey, how would you like to tee off here…
View of the fairway after teeing off at Mission Hills in Dongguan, China. This is pretty typical, and the view will be pretty much like this one, all year long.
Of course, you don’t want to get stuck in a sand trap or plink one into the lake or the many pools that like just about everywhere. However, a golfer with reasonable skill can navigate the traps and “dog-legs” with ease. There won’t be any mishaps, though you might find yourself stuck in the ruff (or is it rough) from time to time.
Here’s another view…
What a beautiful day to go out and play some golf. In Chinese it is called “gao er fu”. These courses are everywhere.
And here’s another video showing one of the many, many, many driving ranges in a typical city.
I think that golf is a most excellent activity, and it deserves the time and concentration to get us up and out away from our social media and out walking in the sunshine with all that great air and clouds.
When I go out and go golfing it usually ends up a little something like this. CADDYSHACK, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield, 1980. (c) Orion Pictures.
Scams, scams and scams (Video 17)
China is also about people trying to pull scams and trick you up. You have got to be careful. Pay attention to this video. But it’s more than that, pay attention to the surroundings.
Average guys – dressed casually.
Typical 7-11 style convenience store.
Easy access to cigarettes and alcohol (whiskey and VSOP).
Easy access to betel nuts (Banned in the USA).
Now some kickers…
Buying cigarettes – hassle free and no ID required.
Monitored by CCTV with direct feeds into the police station.
Interior Decoration – Chinese style (Video 18 A&B)
China is about apartments that look like the Taj Mahal.
This would seem quite strange to Americans who associate homes and dwellings to be carpeted, with earth-tone painted particleboard walls, and wide multi-floor layouts. China is different, and a significant percentage of all the new homes, and decorations in China are done as polished stone slabs over concrete foundations.
This is the norm.
And here’s another micro-video. Here we see the housewife making up some food in one of the newer high-rises in China. These buildings are everywhere, and aside from the differences in layout and some minor cosmetic issues, they are all of this style and ilk.
You will also notice that in China, the housewife pretty much makes sure that the house is in order for when the man of the house comes home. There aren’t any kids toys lying all over the place, and everything is not only tidy, but cleaned immaculately.
Notice how this traditional conservative Chinese house is run. The housewife wears house-slippers inside. While more often than not the entire family would wear pajamas and “house clothes”, she is either right back from work, or getting ready to go out. You can learn a lot about the Chinese just by watching a precious few videos.
Throw away the “cardboard cutout” of “evil chicoms”. These are people just trying to live their own life. They have no idea about all the nonsense out of the American news media and how dangerous it can be. Instead of focusing on shooting people, blowing up cities, and “spreading progressive democracy all over the world” how about sitting down, having a beer and just make friends. Enjoy your time. There is too much hate spewing in the American airwaves. Chill out and get a grip.
吴海啸 – 你是我的ok绷
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
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Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues.
Sorry.
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Steam-Shovel Doggie-Paddle (Video 8)
Why rent a tug boat, when you can just doggie-paddle up the river?
China is watching a steam-shovel doggie-paddle up a river…
To many Americans, who have been fed a steady diet of “Save the Children” commercials, war in Yemen, War in Somalia, and War in Afghanistan, it seems that the rest of the world still farms with oxen, and owning a shovel is a rare thing. It isn’t. High quality (and low quality, as well) tools and earth-movers are all over the world. We’ve been too busy playing in the mud in the primitive cultures around the world to notice what the rest of the world is doing.
Beer and Chicken (Video 9)
Life is far too short not to enjoy some chicken and beer with your friends. Why not? On a nice evening, how about cooking some chicken, and drinking some beer (make sure it's icy cold - it's best that way) and just hamming it up with your friends. What's stopping you?
Life is too short not to enjoy it with your friends. Really! You should be eating some wonderful chicken and enjoying some fine beer. You deserve it.
China is all about eating out with your friends outside on the porch, and having some delicious chicken and beer…
People like to eat. Humans eat. We also like to eat chicken. Chicken is domesticated all over the world and it is a rare, rare thing to be in a place where you cannot eat chicken. We have spent so much of our time thinking so much about our “American uniqueness” that we have lost sight that many things aren’t all that unique about America. They are common all over the world… What is unique is our Constitution and those of us that follow it as it was written. That is what makes us special.
Depth-charges using the dreaded evil plastic straw! (Video 10)
While Americans are banned from using plastic straws, the rest of the world happily uses them. They are totally oblivious to the efforts being made by Americans to alter their actions and behaviors. Oh, yeah. Did you know that in other nations, the only people that are forbidden to use plastic straws are prisoners inside of correctional institutions. Funny thing, that.
China is about having “depth charges” through a straw. (Nope, China won’t ban plastic straws. Only liberal progressive nations do that.)
A bomb shot typically consists of a shot glass of hard liquor that is dropped into a glass partially filled with beer but sometimes with some other beverage. Many variations exist. When the shot is dropped into a superpint it is commonly known as a "Depth Charge," because it resembles the anti-submarine weapon being dropped on a target.
Oh yes. Please take notice of the poodle sitting on the chair to the left. Yes, in China you are allowed to bring your pets into the restaurants with you. In America you would never see any of this.
There are three reasons…
Plastic straws are banned in the larger cities.
Pets are banned from restaurants.
It’s against the law to drink beer (and whiskey) under 21.
While America has been raising taxes, again and again, over and over. Then throwing the money over military actions in near-poverty stricken third-world nations. In order to improve the lives of Americans, the money is now missing, so the only thing left to do is to improve things without money – by regulation and law. Thus, not only are Americans poorer, the money is getting squandered, but we are being regulated and taxed to a level unheard of in the rest of the world (though the UK is trying hard with “catch-up”).
Going to have fun with your GF (Video 11)
This is a pretty common thing. I wouldn’t bring it up except that it has happened to me time and time over and over in China. Yet not once in the USA. I mean, there are tons of pretty American girls, and all sorts of hotels in the States. It must be a cultural thing. I guess.
America is filled with attractive women, at least outside the liberal enclaves, where the progressives roam. This is screen capture from TOS “Bread and Circuses” which is a nice fit for the theme of this rambling post. Can you guess her role, and how our hero (Captain Kirk) leveraged the situation for his advantage?
Anyways, China is all about having a pretty girl take you by the hand up to the hotel room…
And, at that… here’s to happy endings.
Happy endings, 1960’s Star Trek style.
Happy endings are legal in China. They are illegal in America. Is anyone surprised?
High School Basketball (Video 12)
All over the world, people enjoy playing sports. If I were to criticize anyone, it would be that they are not having enough fun in their life. You should have fun first, and work on a career second. Putting a career first to the extend that your life becomes dull and lifeless is a wasted pursuit.
There is a large and vocal minority that wants to bleach away all fun and enjoyment out of peoples lives. This is the progressive way of doing things. It serves the interests of the wealthiest so that they can lord over the rest of us as our owners. This is just the beginning, and they are only getting started.
China is about playing basketball in the High School gym…
How about instead of spending billions of dollars blowing up mud huts, and terrorizing poor farmers having sex with their donkeys, why don’t we all just settle our differences over some friendly games of basketball, or soccer, or billiards. Heck, I’d even vote for dominoes, or a cut-throat game of poker than have another trillion wasted in Afghanistan, don’t you agree?
Disco Streetlights (Video 13)
China is all about synchronized light displays. Even in small towns and rural villages. Don’t ask me why. I have no idea. But, it is a fun and creative thing to do. Not to mention that it increases the life of the LED’s used in the streetlights.
When you are no longer focused on problems, you can find other venues for creative activity. Like disco streetlights, glow in the dark automobiles, or robotic sex dolls. It doesn’t always have to be about killing other folk.
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.
Links about China
China and America Comparisons
The Chinese Business KTV Experience
This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.
Learning About China
Contemporaneous Chinese Music
This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.
Parks in China
The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.
Really Strange China
Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.
Articles & Links
You’ll not find any big banners or popups here talking about cookies and privacy notices. There are no ads on this site (aside from the hosting ads – a necessary evil). Functionally and fundamentally, I just don’t make money off of this blog. It is NOT monetized. Finally, I don’t track you because I just don’t care to.
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You can also ask the author some questions. You can go HERE to find out how to go about this.
Well, what is China like? Is it a smog filled “hell hole”, or is it a Stalinist storm-trooper stomping dictatorship? Just what the heck is it, and what is it like?
This is a post that I threw together after reading a fellow American justify the eight wars that America is currently fighting all over the globe. As he said “…it our duty to police the world because no one has it better than us.”
Eh? Say what?
Of course he was referring to a United States military presence all over the world. And at this I shake my head. Why is my tax dollars being spent in Timbuktu? Why are we building bridges, bases and helping the Saudi’s fight their wars?
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants America to fight a war with Iran. To this end he is very active in providing financial enticements (bribes) to leading American Senators and Congressmen to support yet another military action, only this time in Iran.
Don’t the Saudi Arabians have enough money?
Why do WE have to do it? Why can’t THEY deal with their own issues?
Some background
To best understand what this question and the answers that it garners, we need to have a little background first.
Most non-Americans would be absolutely surprised to discover that the bulk of Americans think that the world is one big garbage dump, and only America is a half-way decent place to live. With this belief, it makes sense that America spread “American-style democracy” all over the world. No matter what the cost.
And so we do. Oh, yeah…
Linda J. Bilmes and Michael D. Intriligator, ask in a recent paper, “How many wars is the US fighting today?”
Today US military operations are involved in scores of countries across all the five continents. The US military is the world’s largest landlord, with significant military facilities in nations around the world, and with a significant presence in Bahrain, Djibouti,Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Kyrgyzstan, in addition to long-established bases in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Italy, and the UK. Some of these are vast, such as the Al Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar, the forward headquarters of the United States Central Command, which has recently been expanded to accommodate up to 10,000 troops and 120 aircraft.
Citing a page at US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) website, they highlight the “areas of responsibility” publicly listed:
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) is active in 20 countries across the Middle Eastern region, and is actively ramping-up military training, counterterrorism programs, logistical support, and funding to the military in various nations. At this point, the US has some kind of military presence in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
US Africa Command (AFRICOM), according to the paper, “supports military-to-military relationships with 54 African nations.”
[Gosztola points out that the U.S. military is also conducting operations of one kind or another in Syrian, Jordan, South Sudan, Kosovo, Libya, Yemen, the Congo, Uganda, Mali, Niger and other countries.]
Altogether, that makes 74 nations where the US is fighting or “helping” some force in some proxy struggle that has been deemed beneficial by the nation’s masters of war.
-U.S. Currently Fighting 74 Different Wars … That It Will Publicly Admit
Good thing that we are in Turkmenistan. I can see how a farmer in Iowa would trudge down to his Congressman, and demand (by pounding on the desk) that his son goes and fights “the good cause” way off there. Just like you and your relatives have. Just like everyone in Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois have. </sarcasm>
By the way… where is Turkmenistan? Do you even bloody know?
But those are just the public operations; the public stuff that you might be able to find in a newspaper or two. However, there are many, many secret and covert operations all over the globe, don’t you know.
Beyond that, there are Special Operations forces in countries. Jeremy Scahill in Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield, writes, “By mid-2010, the Obama administration had increased the presence of Special Operations forces from sixty countries to seventy-five countries.
Scahill also reports, based on his own “well-placed special operations sources”:
…[A]mong the countries where [Joint Special Operations Command] teams had been deployed under the Obama administration were: Iran, Georgia, Ukraine, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Yemen, Pakistan (including in Baluchistan) and the Philippines. These teams also at times deployed in Turkey, Belgium, France and Spain. JSOC was also supporting US Drug Enforcement Agency operations in Colombia and Mexico…
Ah, yes. His statement stuck to me. I mean, it really did. I thought, you see, that that bunch of ignorance pretty much died off during the Bush years. So I was really taken back to have it repeated again, to my face.
I guess he is just fine throwing away money that is Constitutionally intended to be in our wallets. Hey! Some people don’t care what happens to the money once it is removed from their wallet. They justify it.
Obama was very liberal with the tax monies, as well as the money not yet collected. He gave it away like party favors at a drunk frat party.
However, I for one, do.
It affects MY quality of life. It affects my family. It affects what I do, how I eat, and my general health.
Hey! Dear reader, how much do you manage to save out of each paycheck every month? Not only that, but you and your family (with both working) how much are you able to save? You cannot. That is because of taxes, and you know what? Most of our tax money goes in to wars. War. Endless, endless wars…!
And no amount of bafflegab is going to change that.
Feminist bafflegab.
America is not supposed to be like this.
You have to understand that America, as founded, was the most amazing nation ever to grace this good earth. There are many reasons for this, but nothing can say it better than this…
America's founders embraced a previously unheard-of political philosophy which held that people are "...endowed BY THEIR CREATOR with certain unalienable rights.." This was the statement of guiding principle for the new nation, and, as such, had to be translated into a concrete charter for government. The Constitution of The United States of America became that charter.
Other forms of government, past and present, rely on the state as the grantor of human rights. America's founders, however, believed that a government made up of imperfect people exercising power over other people should possess limited powers. Through their Constitution, they wished to "secure the blessings of liberty" for themselves and for posterity by limiting the powers of government. Through it, they delegated to government only those rights they wanted it to have, holding to themselves all powers not delegated by the Constitution. They even provided the means for controlling those powers they had granted to government.
This was the unique American idea. Many problems we face today result from a departure from this basic concept. Gradually, other "ideas" have influenced legislation which has reversed the roles and given government greater and greater power over individuals. Early generations of Americans pledged their lives to the cause of individual freedom and limited government and warned, over and over again, that eternal vigilance would be required to preserve that freedom for posterity.
-Footnote: "Our Ageless Constitution,"W. David Stedman & La Vaughn G. Lewis, Editors (Asheboro, NC, W. David Stedman Associates, 1987) Part III: ISBN 0-937047-01-5
You see, America today in no way resembles what our Constitution says it is supposed to be. It has turned in to a huge enormous monstrosity.
"Allow me, just now old enough to apprehend the freak show for what it is, to put something radical to my conservative forbearers:
Little about the presentstate of American life is worth conserving. Nothing of what the Founders envisioned remains."
-Andrea Yung
We Americans, living in this mess, move along with the flow and ebb of the political and social winds. Often making the most absurd statements, and rationalizations. Thus this fellow that I was chatting with.
He then went on to say that “We need to police the world. We need to spread democracy... ...the rest of the world is one big shit-hole, seriously.” And then asked me, “Have you ever seen the Mexican side of the border?“
America is very beautiful once you leave many of the urban areas. The sky is often awesome, the roads are wide and often clear of traffic. Many of the houses are large and spacious. When compared to other nations, the United States appears to be (hands down) the most desirable place to live. So it is natural to assume every other place is a hell-hole.
Now this is coming from a guy who doesn’t even has a passport, has never tried to get a visa, and his only experience outside the borders of our country was by watching reruns of Baywatch.
Ah. that old “no one has it better than us Americans” argument. We are so fortunate. Eh. Well, it plays well in Peoria. And it’s a good conversation stopper. As we, as Americans, have all seen the “Save the Children” commercials. That money-generating venture brought images of poverty into the living-rooms of Americans for decades.
So the argument seems to have some validity.
Seems to.
Being older with some experiences…
But, you know, I am from a different generation. I grew up in the 1970’s, and at that time between all the smoking blue haze we came to appreciate the strengths of the American system. We did so cranking Jimmi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Yes, Jefro Tull, Alice Cooper, Boston, Manfred Mann, Traffic, Uriah Heep and Three Dog Night.
"I'd love to change the world... but I don't know what to do.
That 70s show was a television comedy that sort of reflected what it was like living and growing up in the 1970’s.
And…
We knew, since the Vietnam war was still fresh in our minds, that America should be for Americans. We did not need to be off throwing money, and wasting lives in some off-the-beaten track for some globalist oligarch.
We knew that America was wasting money in Vietnam. We knew that people were dying there, and many of them were friends, or relatives. We knew that what ever benefit would come of that war, none of us would ever see that benefit.
We knew that the war was just pissing away American resources.
Americans in Vietnam. We fought and died there for “democracy”. When the truth was that it was an effort with the wealthiest in America to game the situation for their very own personal advantage.
We, almost my entire generation, felt betrayed by those older than us. Those who ended up throwing away lives in far off rice paddy’s, and making laws against marijuana that everyone was obviously breaking. What was the matter with these people? We asked.
Why can’t they just let us be? Why do they have to take too much of our money, regulate too much of our lives, and go off fighting wars that are too far away? Why?
Things were so different the. We weren’t expected to apologize for being born. We weren’t ashamed of our nation. We were American gosh darn it!
Well, that was only the tip of the iceberg.
A few more years passed. Ronald Reagan did put the breaks down to some degree, but he made some other blunders that (sad to say, eventually) set the stage for what was to come…
President Bush Senior spent most of his Presidency trying to undo the good works of Ronald Reagan. In many ways he was very successful.
First, was President Gerald Ford Bush (Senior) who made it his life’s work to undo “Reaganomics”, and implement The New Global Order. Then came a succession of socialist criminals, such as Clinton, Bush Jr and finally Obama.
Each one, in their own way, contributed to the state of affairs that America is enduring today. Each one played a role. Each one created the situation leading to all the complaints that we Americans have about “our” government.
They snipped the brake-lines to the American Constitutional government, and it has been in free-fall ever since.
Free-fall.
Ahhhhhhhhhh.
Those of us, still trapped in a rapidly decaying world try to grasp for straws trying to make out some sense of reason to the hordes of pink-haired ignorance, the black-thugs of Antifa and the BLM that seem to want to put average Americans in concentration camps.
So we listen to the news. Many, well meaning of course, have no idea just how tainted it really is. They believe the news.
They believe CNN when they announce that there are spontaneous protests all over the nation to ban plastic straws.
They believe MSNBC when they announce that President Donald Trump is a full Communist spy on the payroll out of Russia (oh and he likes to pee on bed sheets, too). And they believe FOX when they say that our military isn’t big enough and another “few” trillion dollars would be all that is needed to make the world whole again.
The most dangerous lies are the ones that you WANT to believe. Which is why FOX is just as dangerous as CNN. They both lie. It's just that they focus on different target audiences.
You maybe should open up a window or two and let some fresh air get inside your house. You’ve been cooped up way too long. Maybe since when the Partridge Family, or the Rat Patrol was on television, me thinks.
The world has changed, bub.
Beautiful shanghai at dusk showing the Huangpu river and financial district skyline in sunset. The fellow that I was talking to considered this city, Shanghai to be a “Hell hole” worthy of fighting to “free those imprisoned by the evil communists”.
While you have been sitting there reading American news, American politics, American music, and viewing American-centrist shows, the rest of the world has moved on.
We, as Americans have been boxed in by wealthy and powerful forces. Their objective is for them to achieve “ultimate wealth and power”. As such, they are an evil oligarchy, and they control you, the reader, through media lies, and intentional omissions of news.
Some parts of America has been completely engulfed by this poison. You can see it. It’s not pretty.
Modern Detroit today. At one time Detroit was the automobile capital of the world. It produced products like no other. But successive generations of leadership decided to focus their energies elsewhere, and Detroit fell onto bad times. This is not the only place where this has happened. We have the “rust belt” in the Midwest, and of course, we all know about the crime riddled Seaboard cities.
Luckily, many parts of America has been spared. There are really very nice areas that have not been polluted by this blight. But the dark days are fast approaching.
Beautiful Cleveland, Ohio. This small Mid-West city is typical of what America and is is populated by people that it represents. While there is a major blight in most progressive liberal areas, the rural and smaller cities has so far been spared the progressive influence.
But, why has this blight effected the USA in the first place?
While Bush had the United States fighting in the deserts of Africa, the rest of the world were planting trees, building malls, and rapid mass transit.
While Bush was giving the dictator of some unpronounceable tiny county, trillions of dollars to build up THEIR infrastructure, and build THEIR hospitals, our infrastructure was allowed to decay and fall apart. And when we complained about it, they came after us. Accusing us of tax evasion, or sexual deviance.
While Obama was working on “diversity initiatives” all over the Untied States, the rest of the world were improving their hospitals. While we Americans were being told by Obama to pay more in taxes, to tighten our belts, the rest of the world were having their tax burdens eased, and living under substantially improved lifestyles.
Yes, let me be the first person to tell you, the reader this, while we have been spending bundles and bundles of money in places that you cannot find on a map, the rest of the world has been getting wealthier, better, stronger, and healthier.
Kanye West – Stronger
No longer does the rest of the world look like a “Save the Children” commercial. For the most part, it tends to look like an upscale suburb of Chicago.
“In terms of financial cost, the numbers are staggering. Afghanistan alone has cost a trillion dollars. Just think what we might have accomplished at home if that money had been spent on education, job training, medical research, infrastructure improvements, water purification and sanitation. You can add to this list. It’s all important, but taking a backseat to our military funding.”
-Endless war is bad for America
Scene from the Science Fiction comedy called Idiocracity. It traces the dumbing down of the average American and the resulting effect that it has on society.
So, here’s the slap in the face for you all.
Laugh-In is no longer broadcast on network television, Hugh Hefner is dead, and Playboy magazine is no longer published like it used to be. No one wears “Earth Shoes” anymore, and “love beads” are worn as often as the waitress tells you that your elephant bell-bottom jeans are “groovy”.
Times have changed. The rest of the world has moved on.
The rest of the world has moved on, and I believe that we need to pay attention to what is going on. We need to open our eyes, look around, ask questions and just listen.
We need to look at the world around us.
The American mainstream media has failed us.
Politicized media, from both sides of the spectrum lie and tell partial truths.
There are no “experts” that have all the answers. They are all frauds.
You might need to visit Australia, Germany, Poland, or Thailand. Americans, listen up, the rest of the world does NOT have it worse than America. They have it differently, true.
But, worse… I don’t think so.
The rest of the world could care less about what is going on in the USA. They don’t know what the IRS, who the NSA is, and why the FDA is important. Though, they do have a pretty good idea about the CIA, LOL.
I’m in China, so we are gonna talk about China.
If I were in Australia, I’d talk about that absolutely amazing nation. Indeed, those Aussies have no idea how fortunate they are. Australia is an amazing place. It really, really is. From Kings Cross to Brisbane, it’s awesome from the top to the bottom, and I cannot find anything wrong with it at all.
Beautiful Brisbane, Australia. Australia is a land of wonderful weather, beautiful girls and impressive scenery. Also, you should try their prawns. They are amazing!
And you know, what? The same is true about some other places, like New Zealand. Those Kiwi’s have it good too. I’ll tell you what. The thing is that they don’t go strutting around like a peacock, or like a big cock that is so sure of himself proclaiming “New Zealand is the best!”. They know they are good, and decent. They know that.
Milford sound in New Zealand. Queenstown is known to be the adventure capital of New Zealand, and actually, the world! However, in case you’ve been living under a rock, New Zealand’s beauty is the true draw.
Thailand is in a class by itself and I won’t spend too much time on all the great fun that can be had there. You just need to go out, and experience it yourself. After all, where else in the world will all the pretty ladies call you a “handsome man”, eh?
Getting ready to have some fun in Thailand. It the land of great food, amazing natures, and many, many smiles. This is a photo of a foreigner getting some money out of an ATM. If you are frugal, you will need to husband your money carefully, as Thailand has an enormous tourist industry, and you will need to be careful or else watch your money disappear before your eyes.
Canada has it’s charms, I’ll tell you what. But, it seems too much like a sister-brother nation to the United States. They seem to want to copy whatever progressive pronouncements come out of liberal academia. I know, I know, they speak French, and have politics more in like with the UK than anything resembling America, but it’s a very beautiful nation with some outstanding parks and scenery. Not to mention, just great people.
Still, still, it’s a gorgeous place, with some great fishing. If you ever get a chance to go fishing in Canada go do it. You will not be sorry. Just remember to take some bug-repellent. You will need two or three gallons of it.
Watch out! One of the signs features a large mosquito carrying someone away. Well, maybe they don’t get that big, but you’ve got to be well equipped.
Well, I’m in China. So I am gonna talk about China.
I’m not gonna narrate too much. Just a little wee bit. It will help you, the reader, better understand the context of what is going on in the videos, and that should lead to a better understanding of what you are witnessing. After all, watching Cirque du Soleil without any context would leave anyone confused and disoriented.
So, I’ll just let the micro-videos speak for themselves. You all can come to whatever conclusion you come to. That way the ignorant can’t blame me for “brainwashing” you, the reader.
As they often tend to do.
The following videos describe the China that exists today, and not the “Save the Children” image so rampantly promoted in American media on both sides of the political spectrum. As we used to say in the industry “don’t shoot the messenger”.
They are fun videos. I hope you enjoy them.
Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to
illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on
with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is,
they are doing just fine thank you.
And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s
resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the
world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day
fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.
This is a Paleo-conservative response to the hordes of Neocons that argue in favor of global armageddon.
This is what China is. (Video 1)
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It is rare for a single company to make everything for their products. They buy screws from a screw manufacturer, they get rubber parts from a rubber manufacturer, and get glass from a glass manufacturer. Over the last two decades a system has developed where a company can retain control of it's products, but utilize cheap off-shore labor.
While the rest of the world was “off shoring” their products, China was learning, acquiring, and building. While the rich oligarchy in the USA and Europe were taking their enormous profits and investing in political power, liberal initiatives, and spending the money on lavish entertainments, China was working hard and studying.
It’s paying off.
Scene from the television show “Star Trek”. TOS season 2. It pictured a world where America adopted the way that Rome ruled the world only doing so contemporaneously. I wonder, would Americans recognize the similarities between Ancient Rome and modern Washington DC?
While all this has been going on, some curious trends started to manifest.
Today, many manufacturers all over the world implement “supply-chain management”, which means (in layman’s terms) that they farm out critical sub-assemblies, and parts to other factories in other nations where the manufacturing costs are low. As such, they are able keep their core factories and manufacturing facilities and maintain their local labor rates, social benefits, and environmental controls, but only conduct final manufacture of components.
We know about this every time we call a help line that gets rerouted to India, or when we discover that it will take a month or longer to get a spare part for our American made product.
Many companies do this. Many, that you, the reader, have no idea has so many off-shored components and assemblies. Hey! Surprise!
And now for my first video…
China is about selecting the interior color scheme in your car…
I really love Bentleys. I love everything about them. The primary assembly plant is in Crewe, England. They do a lot of supply-chain management and most of it is with Chinese and local suppliers. One of the things that I admire about Bentley is how they installed solar panels over their parking lot. How’s that for innovation, as well as keeping the parked car cool and out of the hot sun?
Bentley parking lot, all protected from the sun with solar panels.
The point of this is simple. While almost every American company is outsourcing products, parts, and sub-assemblies to China, they are not alone. EVERY developed nation is doing this. America is not the only nation that out sources.
Getting close to nature – Camping Chinese style. (Video 2)
People are people everywhere. We like to eat, talk, and play with our friends. We like to fish, play sports, and just have a good time.
China is about having fun with your friends. Here we talk about camping in the wilds “Chinese style”.
I think that everyone should experience camping with friends and family. In fact, it is the core of some of my greatest memories. Though, for me, putting a tent up often meant getting rained upon. Sigh.
Notice that there are a couple of things that I would like to point out to the reader to take note of and observe.
It is done as a group. The Chinese find strength in friendships. In America, it’s every man for himself, lone-wolf style. So camping in the USA is usually in small groups of two to four people. Camping in China is often a much larger communal experience.
There are different activities to meet the different styles and pleasures of the individuals. Some gals just want to sit at the table, drink wine and watch the guys play. Some want to play around and have a good time, while others want to cook and play some sports. What ever makes your boat float, I say.
Tents are there for passing out, sex, and naps, not to mention spending the night. They are usually the first thing to go up, and the last thing to take down. They serve as the anchor to the campground or camping area. Not the fire-pit, which would be more common in the USA.
They use portable tables, and stoves. It is rare to have open fires in China.
The point of this is that people all over the globe enjoy themselves. They fish. They eat. They get drunk, fall in love, and have a great time. (Maybe not in that exact order.) The rest of the world is not a Brazilian garbage dump or a smog filled desert. It’s not.
New, big and modern. (Video 3)
With two decades of rapid advancement, it should come as no surprise that antiquated infrastructure would be replaced, and new systems put in place. What is surprising is the pace, and the extent at which is is done. The speed, pace, and quantity of new structures is unlike anything seen int he United States.
China is about miles and miles of big, brand new, impressive skyscrapers, modern efficient public transportation, and fun night light shows.
This is not confined to the first top level cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. It permeates the entire Chinese society. It is everywhere. China was not squandering it’s resources fighting eight wars all over the globe, nor policing the Muslim world. They were solving their own domestic issues.
It is evident if you take a gander. Here’s a small town in China. Yes… believe it or not 4 million people is a town in China.
"It's all Chinese propaganda from behind the red-firewall. He's gone full Chicom. All you need to know is to check out his other postings. You shouldn't read or listen to anything he says."
-(Name removed by request)
The point of this is that the money wasted on wars against primitive people in crude terrain for appease the oligarchy could be used on Americans. It could be used on Americans to improve the lives of Americans. Or at the very least to curb the out of control devaluation of the US dollar.
China is all about the party. (Video 4)
Chinese culture is traditional conservative. They follow the model that has been in place in China for 5000 years. They tried the progressive liberal Marxist technique under Mr. Mao and it darn near exterminated 30 million people. Since the 1970's they have implemented a new type of government. They call it "Socialist with Chinese Characteristics".
What it is, using American vernacular, is a Conservative Dictatorship following Reaganomics, and a "Make China Great Today" philosophy.
Being conservative, and traditional, drinking alcohol is part of the culture. All those attempts to cub “vices” stems from progressive and liberal schools of thought.
In past in America, people could drink and smoke and party to the wee hours of the night. This all started to change when progressive liberal values began to “improve” American life, society and culture. One of the first things that they tried to do was ban drinking. It failed, so they started to tax it. Then came smoking. Then came all sorts of restrictions on various other vices. Don’t let the progressive democrat narrative of freedom to “get high” fool you. They only want to control you, and the most effective way is to control access to vices.
If you talk to someone who says that they visited China, but they cannot tell you about the KTV experience, they are either lying or lived a very exclusive life. You know, how Hillary Clinton mingles with the people in Walmart. The Chinese party scene is not like what you have in the United States, where a certain percentage of the population, maybe 20-40% might want to go out and drink and dance. In China, it is ingrained in the Chinese culture.
Everyone, to one extent or the other, parties.
Friends, family and business associates will naturally invite you to dinner and drinks, and if they and you are worthy of friendship, a KTV. If you are not worthy of such an experience then you are, and will forever be, an outsider.
Thus one way that you can determine just how knowledgeable a "Chinese expert" is in the understandings of China, Chinese people, and Chinese culture, is to ask them about their experiences drinking, singing, and hanging out with the Chinese people on a personal basis.
The more experiences they have, the more visceral their understanding is of the Chinese sphere.
China is about going out to the clubs or the KTV’s with tons of pretty girls and getting drunk to the gills…
Most people around the world party and have a great time. This would continue whether or not Americans burn money in wars or not. However, the kinds of parties that you have and the extent of your enjoyment at them are a function of the value of your currency. By devaluing the USD through constant fiscal mismanagement, and endless wars most Americans have to settle for the cheaper kinds of entertainment. It’s beer and Doritos instead of steaks and galas.
China is ENORMOUS. (Video 5)
China is an enormous nation, about the same size as the USA, but with a billion more people.
Yes it is. In fact, it is geographically similar to the size of the United States. That means that it is enormous.
United States is around the same size as China. China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1 billion people (1 billion fewer people live in United States).Size of United States compared to China - MyLifeElsewhere
A size comparison between the United States and China. They are roughly the same size. Though, I would tend to say that while China has more mountains, the USA has a longer coastline. Also there is a greater difference from the one end of the nation to the other.
China is about amazing parks, scenery that seems like it came from a science fiction movie, and strange and exotic wildlife…
"These videos that you post aren't from China. They are actually from parks in America. You should stop being so deceptive."
-Gonzoberry
The size of the nation does not change whether it is involved in wars or not. However, the quality of the life inside that nation is a function of the amount of money the government spends on it. China has been spending billions of dollars improving China, the infrastructure and the lives of it’s people. America has been squandering it in Yemen, Libya, and Afghanistan, to name of few places.
Diverse range of cultural stratification. (Video 6)
All nations are culturally stratified to one degree or the other. China is no exception. However, the rapid rate of growth over the last two decades has created a melting-pot of social classes, and they all mingle together.
America is stratified. There are the oligarchy that lives in their exclusive areas, and the “upper middle class” which are now almost entirely working for the government, and the rest of us. We are further segregated in where we live. There are the urban liberals, and the rural conservatives, and it is quite a rare thing to fall outside those two groupings.
In China there is a mish-mash of cultures, and social stratification. This can manifest in different ways depending where you are.
China is about getting a $1 haircut on the street…
Social stratification arises through all cultures. The best way to manage it is to provide services based on merit, and ability. The worst way is to provide services based on what group or “tribe” you are a member of, or what your gender is, or some other characteristic based on demographics. China provides services based on merit, and thus the society is homogenized. India and America provides services based on other concerns, and that leads to dangerous social stratification.
Playing with your dog. (Video 7)
Life is about living. have a good time and enjoy yourself. Why not? Eh?
And China is about going for a ride with your dog…
Every nation has people enjoying their time with their pets. This includes China. Where most of China enjoys playing with their beloved dogs. They don’t eat them (at least 99.95% doesn’t). One of the things that aides social stratification is the creation of an “us” vs. “them” mentality. One side demonizes another, and makes them seem inhuman, cruel and evil. Thus the reason for the last five decades of anti-Chinese propaganda originating out of the liberal media outlets in the United States.
Yes, China is many many things.
While America is willing to pour trillions of (taxpayer) dollars into third-world shit-holes all over the globe, China has a different plan. China invests the money for China. In China, it is “Make China First Today”.
In America, you have a percentage of the population that also see the value in this. They voted for Donald Trump, and they wear MAGA hats, which is pretty much an Americanized version of the Chinese slogan.
Here’s to all those people in America that believe that America should be great again, and stand for something.
Here’s to all those people in America that believe that America should be great again, and stand for something. Here’s to a nation that puts God before everything else, and accepts the premise and the promise that Rights are ordained by God, and NOT by man. Here’s to all the people who have fought for and died for this belief.
And…
Looking that the world as it is, first hand, both the good and the bad, gives you a better perspective on your own life. There are good and bad things about the USA, just like there are good and bad things about China.
Continued…
OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.
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