TRANSCRIPT OF SEAN HANNITY V ANN COULTER ON ASIAN HISTORY AND ECONOMIES (FEB 23, 2009)

2/23/2009 7:20:40 PM Sean Hannity sounds like he finally got laid over the weekend. Also, he makes sure to put that plug in for Ann Coulter. Anymore of this good feeling and I might have to invite him over and be best friends with him.

Sean, your analysis of Japan was incoherent. After 1990, the Japanese changed their trade strategy and they do not “peg” to the greenback. They like all other banks play the money markets where they reinvest in the yen. Japan did not reach their peak manufacturing until around the mid 1990s but they had changed their trade strategy and business model by then and elected a liberal government to open up their markets. The Japanese economy is based on a man named Edward “Deming” and his obsession with quality; however, this advice was often overlooked as not appealing to business circles in the USA. The Japanese economy was very centralized up until this time. I do not have time to go into the Deming story after World War II.

I do not want to get into China or other Asian nations. However, feudal Japan is much different than other Asian economies. You have six clans in feudal Japan during the period of the Shogun and Samurai. Then you have the period of western influence (Admiral Cook) where gunpowder wiped out the Samurai class. Then you get the reemergence of the Samurai in the late 1800s and the rise of the imperial Japan. We can also go into Shintoism and Buddhism; although Shintoism is more of a secret society because of the nationalism it fosters. Buddhism in Japan is more a philosophy than religion; but there were specific periods of influence.

After World War II, the Samurai system was outlawed and all swords and weapons were banned. Today you cannot carry a sword or a handgun in Japan. However, Japan is one of the unique countries in the world where crime is virtually obsolete. These factors have no correlation to their economic success or business strategies. The Japanese are very homogenous unlike the Chinese and other Asian societies who rely on trade and investments in other societies. Their economy thus liberalized once they began to face economic woes in the 1990s. 2/23/2009 8:11:36 PM China is the cradle of Asia and goes back much longer in history. At one point, China was the center of the world and the big question is how they went from the epicenter of Asia (Han) to a communist superpower (Yuan)? When you can tell me, please let me know because I am an expert on the topic. 8:19:53 PM If you try to read a few books on the topic, it will be obvious.

Asian societies are very resilient and do not want the pity westerners sometimes poor over. In their history they have never experienced famine. Only until communism in the 1900s did famine begin to cause concern because the basis of Maoism is greatly focused on the anti-bourgeoisie society. Maoism is very advanced to understand but once you grasp it, very simple to explain. A good book is by US Army Gen. Griffith on the interpretation of Mao Tse Tung; that was my first book on the topic at age 10. 8:36:42 PM Stop transmission.