tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post8554431189918013414..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: The Refugees of Relative PovertyBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-81092662600666921292010-02-04T15:07:23.457+00:002010-02-04T15:07:23.457+00:00Nice send off.
BTW - we spent a month driving a...Nice send off. <br /><br />BTW - we spent a month driving all over Mexico, most of it away from the tourist areas. The difference between one side of the border and the other is like the difference between a moonscape and the Garden of Eden, especially the drive from Mexico City north into Brownsville TX. After miles and miles of dry brown fields and complete desolation, the huge green farms erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-18210786512812181502010-02-04T11:26:39.451+00:002010-02-04T11:26:39.451+00:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-68368759906604497052010-01-29T13:52:14.396+00:002010-01-29T13:52:14.396+00:00Ah, thanks David.
Also thanks all, especially Wor...Ah, thanks David.<br /><br />Also thanks all, especially Worm - "V. jealous"... no writer can ask for more...Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-3521951049137910842010-01-29T13:41:47.917+00:002010-01-29T13:41:47.917+00:00Just a quick gloss on Peter's otherwise admira...Just a quick gloss on Peter's otherwise admirable comment, because the Supreme Court's decision in <i>Citizen's United</i> is being almost universally misreported.<br /><br />1. The Court did not hold that corporations were "citizens" with "rights." It held that the First Amendment was a limit on Congress's ability to abridge free speech ("Congress shallDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-20008837651736018372010-01-28T22:19:41.222+00:002010-01-28T22:19:41.222+00:00This is wonderful, Brit.This is wonderful, Brit.Ian Wolcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824138231723753507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-81094910333200691582010-01-28T21:39:54.149+00:002010-01-28T21:39:54.149+00:00Great stuff Brit - and true. The world is indeed t...Great stuff Brit - and true. The world is indeed turned upside down.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-42004878244639835972010-01-28T13:43:00.683+00:002010-01-28T13:43:00.683+00:00Listening to even the ostensibly moderate left on ...Listening to even the ostensibly moderate left on this issue can give one an alarming glimpse of a collapse into barbarism. A perfectly decent chap in our office spent a week's holiday in Cuba last month. I was hassling him rather lightly about supporting totalitarianism, and he told me he really liked Cuba because it was safe (!!!) and the people were so friendly. It's true they were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-88732575259873282442010-01-28T12:49:28.306+00:002010-01-28T12:49:28.306+00:00Steady on Brit, remember Orson Wells radio play, h...Steady on Brit, remember Orson Wells radio play, hope none of our cousins across the puddle have logged on.<br /><br /><i>It's already happened here.</i> For years Irish building tradesmen came to Britain looking for work, over the past eight years the trend was reversed.<br /><br />Walk into any of the automobile manufacturers styling and design studios anywhere in the world, from Toyota'maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-54141725796198426782010-01-28T12:47:59.425+00:002010-01-28T12:47:59.425+00:00"In 2003 the governments of Cuba and the US b..."In 2003 the governments of Cuba and the US both blamed each other for the apparent deaths of 25 Americans believed drowned while trying to get to Cuba on a makeshift yacht."<br /><br />Swiftian brilliance! V. jealous of your talents!wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-40958796702123846592010-01-28T11:53:00.733+00:002010-01-28T11:53:00.733+00:00I feel for the victims at the other end. It must b...I feel for the victims at the other end. It must be very uncomfortable to sit on such a steep pinnacle. In fact, I was reading just the other day about how London bankers are fleeing to Switzerland where presumably they can feel closer to the median earner.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.com