tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post564893792939872535..comments2024-03-29T13:53:27.554+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: Aliran's pathetic exampleKTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-10434241879310036902016-11-14T15:48:00.521+08:002016-11-14T15:48:00.521+08:00Lets hope Trumpie doesnt turn out to be another ve...Lets hope Trumpie doesnt turn out to be another version of Australia's Clive Palmer, making all the right noises to the masses just to get his foot in...then ended up delivering nothing but tears for all. Barb+CEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12053113536789215160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-29407099677771228562016-11-13T22:31:59.940+08:002016-11-13T22:31:59.940+08:00I have travelled extensively in the United States,...I have travelled extensively in the United States, and much of my working life was with American corporations. When I retired, I was the highest ranking Malaysian in the company I worked for.<br /><br />My take on the US election results.<br />No, Trump's Electoral College win was not primarily due to extreme bigotry, hateful xenophobia, abuses and fear-mongering. To be sure, there was some of that, but many of the swing voters who switched to Trump had voted for Obama - twice in 2008 and 2012. They are , for the most part , not hateful racist.<br /><br />United States went through a deep Financial crisis in 2008. Millions of people lost their jobs. By and large , at a Macroeconomic scale, the US economy has recovered. Apple makes Billions of Dollars of Profits. So does Google , Facebook , Boeing , General Electric, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel etc. etc. etc.<br /><br />United States is still the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world. But America's underclass has received little or none of the economic gains. The jobs are gone, perhaps permanently. They are the "forgotten people" as Donald Trump said.<br /><br />If you want to understand more about the key dynamic of the 2016 Elections I recommend you read the best selling book "Hillbilly Elegy". Its available in Malaysian bookshops, certainly in Australia.<br /><br />It is one man's moving account of his journey from deep poverty in Appalachia, to the US Marines, to Yale University and Silicon Valley.<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-lives-of-poor-white-people<br /><br />Donald Trump spoke to and for this American underclass, the way Hilary Clinton and his elitist team did not. <br /><br />I don't know how sincere Donald Trump is on addressing their pain - I suspect he is not. But they listened - and they voted.<br /><br />Monsterballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694084861364885645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-85397303888705219122016-11-13T12:13:59.374+08:002016-11-13T12:13:59.374+08:00Ramasamy needs to have his nuts check.Maybe he nee...Ramasamy needs to have his nuts check.Maybe he needs to see a shrink.Donald Trump have been accused of raping an 13 year old girl.And also by his first wive,Ivana.And a dozen women have came out that he groped them by the breasts and pussies too.Is this pariah a good example for law abiding people?brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18125168104617279859noreply@blogger.com