Hong Kong political protests

Hong Kong is in the spotlight... it is in middle of protest... demanding selecting their chief by popular vote and not the 1200 member committee.

This was part of the agreement when China taking over the Hong Kong... this is that "2 systems" part.

Now, please, please re-watch those Tiannamen Square massacre video tapes. Tanks! Bullets! The government can crush you.

Hot blood is not afraid of tanks... give me liberty or give me death you say?

I'd like to remind you. Even the US President is not by popular vote. You can win popular vote and lose electoral vote and still lose. This is a wacky system that no Americans are protesting (they probably should). Even the founding fathers were not in favor of popular votes... why? (go ask a good US history teacher you may get some possible answers).

Now, is a popular elected chief going to make everyone happy, solve all of Hong Kong's problems? I am afraid... not.

Now... do the countries with popular vote elected presidents all run perfectly? Waita minute, over the 100+ years of British rule how come no one demanded electing their own governor?

That housing market need to be more affordable... and if the price ever comes down the poor guys who paid for expensive house will complain... Someone will always complain.

Why has Hong Kong be so successful economically? It's got that freedom, low tax, and all that... (ask someone who knows a thing or two about why a free economy works well) It also has an education system that make kids need to work hard...

So Hong Kong should be preserved... keep that lassez-faire, keep that traditional Chinese (I'm flying back to Hong Kong to protest on the streets if they force simplified Chinese onto it).

I do not want to see Tinannamen Square in Hong Kong, but look, it CAN HAPPEN. The kids won't go away. The government won't back down. Think... "ha, what the government going to do about it?" I was exactly thinking that in 1989. Then comes the tanks.