The volatile, brainless and obnoxious president of the Philippines made an ass out of himself by calling Obama a 'son of a bitch' on the eve of a meeting with Obama. This of course was very unwise. The Philippines needs US help in many areas. Duterte's personal feelings for Obama are irrelevant. Obama wisely cancelled the meeting. This was an example of an all too prevalent trend of current politicians operating on their personal ego trips instead of doing the job they were elected by the people to do. That little gaff will cost the people of the Philippines dearly. https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippine-president-says-regrets-son-bitch-remark-044044357.html It kind of reminded me of Trump and his constant ill advised habit of calling various people derogatory names when they disagree with him or, God Forbid, say he doesn't know what he is talking about. One of the themes of Donald Trump's campaign has been the demonizing of immigration. This is a relatively popular theme and echoes favorably in certain segments of the population. But is the demonization of immigration REALLY justified? The US has a problem that is rarely discussed in relation to immigration: The ageing US population. People are getting older. https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf Not only do we have the passing bolus of the Baby-Boomers but medicine is making people live longer and longer, and couples are having fewer and fewer children. As the population ages we have a higher and higher ratio of retired people to active workers. Contrary to what most people believe, when you pay your Social Security taxes that money is not squirreled away for you, gaining value. Instead, current social security taxes are used to pay current social security recipients. For that 70 year old retiree to collect his social security check, somebody has to pay that money into the system... or the system will go broke. Who is that going to be?? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...wrong-immigration-is-a-solution-not-a-problem Do you think Trump has analyzed this issue to understand the nuances of the population results of factors like immigration, ageing and modern medicine? For that matter has Clinton? The US simply cannot afford a Trump (OR a Clinton ) in its current historical context. These are not bar-room issues for a bloviating ignoramus but require thoughtful deliberate solutions.
multiple sources say he called Obama son of a whore. not a son of a bitch. Today he said it was not personal... then he went on to say he is going to eat terrorists.
Well things I read get harder to believe every day. http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines/duterte-vows-to-eat-abu-sayyaf-terrorists-1.1891942 Yes...he said quite graphically he would eat terrorists in public.
To some......when govt fails to deliver the only answer is bigger govt, likewise they only see a BIGGER population ponzi scheme can save the current ponzi scheme.
Trump IS NOT against legal immigration, but ILLEGAL immigration. It is unfair to believe that he is being racist, anti-latin or anti-mexican in his rhetoric. If we had 11 million German or Chinese illegals in this country, the same issue would be taking place. For more than 100 years people have stood in line, sometimes for more than a decade, to come to this country legally. Why should people that cut the line illegally be given any privilege?
Yes, Duarte is acting like an ass, but only because he knows, like Putin and Li Keqiang, that Obama is weak. My opinion.