Our government is building a wall along the border with Mexico to keep illegal aliens out. Many Americans are happy about that and think it's about time.
But wait. Maybe the fence will keep us in when we want out. We live in a republic which has evolved into a democracy. (Plato said, "Democracies become despotisms.") The nation is looking more and more like an empire as we station soldiers in 120 countries, we go to war without asking the people's representatives for permission, the press is managed, the national debt is at least $10,000,000,000,000, terrorists are targeting us everywhere, the economy is in a dither, China has claims on the century, oil is headed for the stars while real estate sinks below sea level, our government pays corporations to move overseas, the soil is depleted of nutrients, businesses outsource white collar jobs, you have to press a button to use the English language, the currency you earn is the laughing stock of the world, and a good cookie costs ninety-five cents. Not only that, the government lies to us. What if they're lying about the border fence and plan to use it to keep us in, instead of aliens out?
It's all so simple.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
NOBODY VOTED FOR WASHINGTON
Do you hear about anything else these days? The candidates, the polls, the questionable friends of the candidates, the debates, the gender factor, the race factor, the geezer factor, hope, and change make the headlines.
All of this could have been averted if we would only adhere to the Constitution. Our first six presidents were chosen the legal way (by the Constitution) until the bullying political parties seized the election structure and changed the procedure - in extra-legal fashion.
The first six presidents were probably our best, and they were chosen by electors chosen by the state legislatures. Can you top Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams? Send me a list of six better chief executives. I need a good chuckle.
It's all so simple.
All of this could have been averted if we would only adhere to the Constitution. Our first six presidents were chosen the legal way (by the Constitution) until the bullying political parties seized the election structure and changed the procedure - in extra-legal fashion.
The first six presidents were probably our best, and they were chosen by electors chosen by the state legislatures. Can you top Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams? Send me a list of six better chief executives. I need a good chuckle.
It's all so simple.
Monday, April 28, 2008
THE DEBATE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Three months before The Decider unleashed his attack on Iraq, Saddam was interviewed by Dan Rather of CBS. At the conclusion of the discussion, Saddam challenged President George W. Bush to a debate to be broadcast all over the world. Saddam said a debate "might stop a war."
The mad but naive operator of the human shredding machine (never found) and producer of countless stockpiles of WMD (never found) could not have imagined how soon his two sons and a 14-year-old grandson would die in a hail of "Coalition" gunfire in their bedroom. Then, Saddam himself was tried and executed for something, I forget what. Oh, I think he ordered violence against his enemies who were trying to overthrow the government.
President Bush did not dignify the challenge to debate with an answer, and the war drums pounded louder and louder.
Saddam had been a CIA operative, you know, so he had plenty to say but no one to tell. Hey, that's probably why Bush wouldn't debate him. While vice president of Iraq, Saddam rounded up and delivered suspected Communists to the CIA office in Baghdad for enhanced interrogations. Bush might have had to wrestle with the strange fact in a face-to-face meeting.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for all "enemies" to debate in public before attacking each other?
The world should have demanded a debate instead of a shooting war. A Bush-Saddam debate might have resulted in a cheaper settlement of the dispute with thousands of people still breathing. Alive & Well beats Shock & Awe..
It's all so simple.
The mad but naive operator of the human shredding machine (never found) and producer of countless stockpiles of WMD (never found) could not have imagined how soon his two sons and a 14-year-old grandson would die in a hail of "Coalition" gunfire in their bedroom. Then, Saddam himself was tried and executed for something, I forget what. Oh, I think he ordered violence against his enemies who were trying to overthrow the government.
President Bush did not dignify the challenge to debate with an answer, and the war drums pounded louder and louder.
Saddam had been a CIA operative, you know, so he had plenty to say but no one to tell. Hey, that's probably why Bush wouldn't debate him. While vice president of Iraq, Saddam rounded up and delivered suspected Communists to the CIA office in Baghdad for enhanced interrogations. Bush might have had to wrestle with the strange fact in a face-to-face meeting.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for all "enemies" to debate in public before attacking each other?
The world should have demanded a debate instead of a shooting war. A Bush-Saddam debate might have resulted in a cheaper settlement of the dispute with thousands of people still breathing. Alive & Well beats Shock & Awe..
It's all so simple.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
The term "nanny state" is a familar one that applies in many circumstances when the government assumes the protection function for irresponsible individuals, corporations and organizations.
Most Americans want the government to keep the airlines safe, but a man named Ron Paul insists that it's up to the airlines to provide safe flights. What a concept. Mr. Paul is on target, as usual.
The principle is violated throughout our society.
On a tiny scale, who is responsible for providing clean shopping carts in the supermarkets? Well, the companies, of course. But major chains delegate the task to their customers and offer a paper cloth for them to use.
See here, Mr. Groceryman, don't present me with a dirty, germ-infested cart in which to load my food. I deserve a clean cart, I demand one. I'm not going to be a shopping-cart-cleaner-upper volunteer.
Listen to me or I'll send my lawyer grandson after you and you'll have to give me free groceries for the rest of my life.
It's all so simple.
Most Americans want the government to keep the airlines safe, but a man named Ron Paul insists that it's up to the airlines to provide safe flights. What a concept. Mr. Paul is on target, as usual.
The principle is violated throughout our society.
On a tiny scale, who is responsible for providing clean shopping carts in the supermarkets? Well, the companies, of course. But major chains delegate the task to their customers and offer a paper cloth for them to use.
See here, Mr. Groceryman, don't present me with a dirty, germ-infested cart in which to load my food. I deserve a clean cart, I demand one. I'm not going to be a shopping-cart-cleaner-upper volunteer.
Listen to me or I'll send my lawyer grandson after you and you'll have to give me free groceries for the rest of my life.
It's all so simple.
Friday, April 25, 2008
STIMULUS MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM
President Bush says free money is on the way. Don't laugh when you pocket the fresh capital from the government, because the joke is on you. The treasury is empty - new dollars were printed for the project - and the increased amount of currency in circulation is inflation that cheapens the value of our money. This will cause rising prices. Inflate the currency and you raise prices, just as surely as power corrupts.
Of course the economy will get a boost, as will prices and future taxes. Short term joy; long term misery.
It's all so simple.
Of course the economy will get a boost, as will prices and future taxes. Short term joy; long term misery.
It's all so simple.
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