by
JC Sullivan
China, the communist nation, has not allowed a small number of protesters to disrupt the Olympics and grab the world's television headlines. Good for China! Never mind what they're attempting to protest. The point is the Chinese are controlling western media attempts to portray to the world the lack of some individual rights. Just like they attempt to control the import of pornography via the Internet. Let's compare this to the Democratic National Convention opening this week in Denver.
We're already seeing them gather with their costumes and choreographed actions. Network cameras are right there, broadcasting to the world how bad it is here in the U.S. I've always wondered who pays these folks for their antics.
It's too bad we aren't more like the Chinese in this case.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
An Argument for Admission to NATO
by
JC Sullivan
The Russian Bear has awakened from its hibernation. Declaring a defense of Russia, they have begun a war that threatens to expand and involve the United States, a terribly risky venture. Russian apologists would have us believe that Russia is fearful of being "surrounded" by nations that look to the West, rather than to the East. They have good reason to believe it. Those of Eastern European heritage know what "Katyn" and "Ukraine starvation" and "Gulag" mean. Moreover, they know it can happen again.
In 1940, in the Katyn forest, Russian communists executed an estimated 22,000 Polish military officers, police officers and civilians taken prisoner in the 1939 invasion of Poland by both the Third Reich and Russia. Included in this figure is the execution of prisoners of war at Starobelsk, Ostashkov and in Kalinin (Tver) and Kharkiv, Moscow.
At that time, Poland’s “draft” required university graduates to become reserve officers. Russian communists included them in their round up of Jews, Ukrainians, Georgians and Belarusians of Polish citizenship. In Smolensk was the headquarters of the NKVD (Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del. Here the Soviet secret police murdered “political prisoners” from West Belarus and West Ukraine.
The Russians also operated forced labor camps for those they did not murder outright. The late Russian exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn liked them to a chain of islands, the “Gulag Archipelago.” An estimated 29 million people passed through them between 1929 and 1953. They were imprisoned for being absent from work, petty theft or by telling a joke about the government, just like American late show hosts David Letterman or Jay Leno say today. Those sent to the Gulag were mostly there without any trial.
From Prague, Askold Krushelnycky wrote about the Communist-generated “…famine deliberately engineered by the regime…claimed millions of lives, mostly in Ukraine but also in some other parts of the Soviet Union. Today it is considered one of the worst atrocities of the Communist regime and a terrifying act of genocide. Even so, the famine of 1933 is relatively unknown." Krushelyncky writes "Estimates of how many people died in Stalin's engineered famine of 1933 vary. But they are staggering in their scale -- between seven and 11 million people."
Given this history, one is only left to conclude that former Soviet "Republics" have more to fear from the Russian Bear than the Russians have to fear from them. Does anyone not understand why Ukraine and Poland wish to join the NATO family?
Sullivan is an internationally-published writer and US Army veteran who served in Europe with NATO forces. He resides in northeastern Ohio. His website can be found at http://www.geocities.com/osuileabhain2000/Index.htm
JC Sullivan
The Russian Bear has awakened from its hibernation. Declaring a defense of Russia, they have begun a war that threatens to expand and involve the United States, a terribly risky venture. Russian apologists would have us believe that Russia is fearful of being "surrounded" by nations that look to the West, rather than to the East. They have good reason to believe it. Those of Eastern European heritage know what "Katyn" and "Ukraine starvation" and "Gulag" mean. Moreover, they know it can happen again.
In 1940, in the Katyn forest, Russian communists executed an estimated 22,000 Polish military officers, police officers and civilians taken prisoner in the 1939 invasion of Poland by both the Third Reich and Russia. Included in this figure is the execution of prisoners of war at Starobelsk, Ostashkov and in Kalinin (Tver) and Kharkiv, Moscow.
At that time, Poland’s “draft” required university graduates to become reserve officers. Russian communists included them in their round up of Jews, Ukrainians, Georgians and Belarusians of Polish citizenship. In Smolensk was the headquarters of the NKVD (Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del. Here the Soviet secret police murdered “political prisoners” from West Belarus and West Ukraine.
The Russians also operated forced labor camps for those they did not murder outright. The late Russian exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn liked them to a chain of islands, the “Gulag Archipelago.” An estimated 29 million people passed through them between 1929 and 1953. They were imprisoned for being absent from work, petty theft or by telling a joke about the government, just like American late show hosts David Letterman or Jay Leno say today. Those sent to the Gulag were mostly there without any trial.
From Prague, Askold Krushelnycky wrote about the Communist-generated “…famine deliberately engineered by the regime…claimed millions of lives, mostly in Ukraine but also in some other parts of the Soviet Union. Today it is considered one of the worst atrocities of the Communist regime and a terrifying act of genocide. Even so, the famine of 1933 is relatively unknown." Krushelyncky writes "Estimates of how many people died in Stalin's engineered famine of 1933 vary. But they are staggering in their scale -- between seven and 11 million people."
Given this history, one is only left to conclude that former Soviet "Republics" have more to fear from the Russian Bear than the Russians have to fear from them. Does anyone not understand why Ukraine and Poland wish to join the NATO family?
Sullivan is an internationally-published writer and US Army veteran who served in Europe with NATO forces. He resides in northeastern Ohio. His website can be found at http://www.geocities.com/osuileabhain2000/Index.htm
Friday, May 23, 2008
ELECTION 2008
It began when John Kennedy was murdered. Up to that time, America was in a positive mode. Since that time, however, American media has fed us with European-style communist propaganda. You know what I mean. On the other hand, depending on your age, maybe you do not.
If you are too young to know, look at old film or newspapers of France. Labor unions led the way, carrying caricatures of their leadership, ridiculing them. It has been exported to America.
Democratic Party leadership, i.e. its Central Committee, with its roots in our working class, has been taken over by leftists. The agenda is straight out of post-WWII Europe.
With the possibility of an American leftist becoming the next American President, it will be business as usual. We will continue to hear how bad America is. The domino-theory will continue to operate with friends being overtaken by kooks. Our American media will ignore it (how about Lebanon, Iran or Venezuela and Nicaragua).
The change has been slow and insidious, culminating with leftist judges changing law in spite of the will of Americans. A court just ruled our military "don't ask, don't tell" policy to be unconstitutional. The door was opened a crack and it's now been kicked open. Those discharged for being homosexual, excuse me, "gay", can now sue the military? Need another recent example?
A federal court just ruled that gay marriages are legitimate. With more leftist judges being appointed by an American leftist President, who knows what other door will be opened a crack, only to be kicked open when we least expect.
Just this week I heard an African-American elected official in Washington attempting to intimidate American oil executives. She could not spit out the words she wanted to, a sad spectacle. She ended up by blurting out "Nationalization", referring to the American oil industry. That's what Venezuela has done,under their leftist leader Chavez.
It is unfortunate that many do not know how it was up until November 1963. They are only going to learn about it through their own initiative.
If you are too young to know, look at old film or newspapers of France. Labor unions led the way, carrying caricatures of their leadership, ridiculing them. It has been exported to America.
Democratic Party leadership, i.e. its Central Committee, with its roots in our working class, has been taken over by leftists. The agenda is straight out of post-WWII Europe.
With the possibility of an American leftist becoming the next American President, it will be business as usual. We will continue to hear how bad America is. The domino-theory will continue to operate with friends being overtaken by kooks. Our American media will ignore it (how about Lebanon, Iran or Venezuela and Nicaragua).
The change has been slow and insidious, culminating with leftist judges changing law in spite of the will of Americans. A court just ruled our military "don't ask, don't tell" policy to be unconstitutional. The door was opened a crack and it's now been kicked open. Those discharged for being homosexual, excuse me, "gay", can now sue the military? Need another recent example?
A federal court just ruled that gay marriages are legitimate. With more leftist judges being appointed by an American leftist President, who knows what other door will be opened a crack, only to be kicked open when we least expect.
Just this week I heard an African-American elected official in Washington attempting to intimidate American oil executives. She could not spit out the words she wanted to, a sad spectacle. She ended up by blurting out "Nationalization", referring to the American oil industry. That's what Venezuela has done,under their leftist leader Chavez.
It is unfortunate that many do not know how it was up until November 1963. They are only going to learn about it through their own initiative.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Monday, May 05, 2008
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT
Cleveland's left wing newspaper, the Plain Dealer, has finally said it - "Democrats fear black backlash if Obama's denied the nomination." Doesn't that have a totally negative connotation - as if he DESERVES the nomination? And what are African-Americans going to do - pull out their gun stash and attack white voters who backed Clinton or McClain?
The problem with the vast majority of American Democratic black voters, as I see it, is their narrow focus. They don't see things in black and white - they see them in black only. And vote black.
Folks, we don't live in a democracy. This is a REPUBLIC - representative government. Popular vote doesn't win elections. And black America forgets there's others who vote. And, judging from the Plain Dealer, we better vote the way black Democrats want us to vote or else.
Senator Obama initially defended his former pastor. When his campaign finally realized that middle America didn't take too kindly to the inflammatory remarks, Obama finally changed his tune. That's what chameleons do. And maybe it's why some of us don't trust him to be President.
Sullivan is an internationally published Irish-America writer residing in northeast Ohio. His website can be visited at http://jcsullivan.net/
The problem with the vast majority of American Democratic black voters, as I see it, is their narrow focus. They don't see things in black and white - they see them in black only. And vote black.
Folks, we don't live in a democracy. This is a REPUBLIC - representative government. Popular vote doesn't win elections. And black America forgets there's others who vote. And, judging from the Plain Dealer, we better vote the way black Democrats want us to vote or else.
Senator Obama initially defended his former pastor. When his campaign finally realized that middle America didn't take too kindly to the inflammatory remarks, Obama finally changed his tune. That's what chameleons do. And maybe it's why some of us don't trust him to be President.
Sullivan is an internationally published Irish-America writer residing in northeast Ohio. His website can be visited at http://jcsullivan.net/
Monday, April 28, 2008
ELECTING A LEFTIST AMERICAN PRESIDENT
The consequences of America's continual drift left will peak with the election of a socialist president. The federal courts, already tilted left, will then crash left with the appointment of their favorites. A federal judge in Ohio, for example, has already gerrymandered the political boundaries of a Cleveland suburb so that a minority can sit on the town council. The boundaries had been set up since 'day one' but it was ordered. The city affected could hardly afford to fight big brother in this case.
We have been reading about the loss of jobs in America. We can truly blame both the democrats and republicans for it. They've been asleep at the switch. But its not simply about jobs - its about capital, or the lack thereof. It is fleeing the coop. It has no flag, it goes where it gets. With a leftist President, its gonna get worse.
Former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer targeted those American industries he could sue for umpteen millions. Other states followed suit, literally. Cleveland's Sherwin Williams, for example, is being attacked for manufacturing lead-based paint. A kid left unsupervised on a porch ate the paint chips that were coming off it. While the story is indeed a tragedy, apparently its the fault of Sherwin Williams. These stories and countless others are forcing investors to find other areas in which to invest.....and apparently many of them are not within the boundaries of the United States.
Since Ohio Governor Strickland took office, overtime for has topped over $1,000,000. In one year the state payroll rose 116 million dollars. What's the state's payroll? Only 3.6 billion, an increase of 16%.
This trend will only increase with the election of a leftist President. More "jobs" will flee as federal and state tax and spend policies continue to dominate. Federal and state judges from the left will incerase. We can expect other federal mandates and state expenditures to creep into our lives and change the landscape of a free enterprise system. It's soviet style folks, and it used to be called communism.
We have been reading about the loss of jobs in America. We can truly blame both the democrats and republicans for it. They've been asleep at the switch. But its not simply about jobs - its about capital, or the lack thereof. It is fleeing the coop. It has no flag, it goes where it gets. With a leftist President, its gonna get worse.
Former NY Governor Eliot Spitzer targeted those American industries he could sue for umpteen millions. Other states followed suit, literally. Cleveland's Sherwin Williams, for example, is being attacked for manufacturing lead-based paint. A kid left unsupervised on a porch ate the paint chips that were coming off it. While the story is indeed a tragedy, apparently its the fault of Sherwin Williams. These stories and countless others are forcing investors to find other areas in which to invest.....and apparently many of them are not within the boundaries of the United States.
Since Ohio Governor Strickland took office, overtime for has topped over $1,000,000. In one year the state payroll rose 116 million dollars. What's the state's payroll? Only 3.6 billion, an increase of 16%.
This trend will only increase with the election of a leftist President. More "jobs" will flee as federal and state tax and spend policies continue to dominate. Federal and state judges from the left will incerase. We can expect other federal mandates and state expenditures to creep into our lives and change the landscape of a free enterprise system. It's soviet style folks, and it used to be called communism.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
AT THE CROSSROAD OF SACRIFICE
Prior to WWII, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin traveled to Germany in the hopes of avoiding war. He returned to England proclaiming "Peace in our Time." Not long afterward they were drawn into war.
Adolph Hitler led the German people into WWII with catastrophic results, despite Chamberlin's erroneous read of the situation.
George S. Patton, American Army WWII General in Europe, prayed for spiritual and corporal guidance each day. He sacrificed the few to save the many.
As we move forward in time, I look at the young children across the street playing on their lawn. I see my grandchildren and do not want to see them in harm's way. What decisions are we to make that will insure the peace?
WWII restored peace. However, it is known that had England, France, Poland and others stood up to Hitler early on, there would still have been sacrifice but it would, in all probability, been far less than what the eventual casualties of WWII were.
The crossroads we face now is one we could call unity. While I am fearful of giving power to Muslim radicals I am also fearful of nuclear explosions in this world we inhabit. Do we continue to act now and hope our sacrifices are relatively small, or do we withdraw and hope for "peace in our time"?
Adolph Hitler led the German people into WWII with catastrophic results, despite Chamberlin's erroneous read of the situation.
George S. Patton, American Army WWII General in Europe, prayed for spiritual and corporal guidance each day. He sacrificed the few to save the many.
As we move forward in time, I look at the young children across the street playing on their lawn. I see my grandchildren and do not want to see them in harm's way. What decisions are we to make that will insure the peace?
WWII restored peace. However, it is known that had England, France, Poland and others stood up to Hitler early on, there would still have been sacrifice but it would, in all probability, been far less than what the eventual casualties of WWII were.
The crossroads we face now is one we could call unity. While I am fearful of giving power to Muslim radicals I am also fearful of nuclear explosions in this world we inhabit. Do we continue to act now and hope our sacrifices are relatively small, or do we withdraw and hope for "peace in our time"?
Thursday, March 20, 2008
American Failure
There has been much bashing of the American president by both the Left and the Right in this great nation. Some blame the Democrats, others blame the Republican Party. As I see it, the problem is a reflection of all of us.
Congress appears to be reading newspapers instead of reading the American people.
Linked to this is the American people's inattention to what their elected leaders have been doing, or rather not been doing.
In other worlds, we're all to blame.
Congress appears to be reading newspapers instead of reading the American people.
Linked to this is the American people's inattention to what their elected leaders have been doing, or rather not been doing.
In other worlds, we're all to blame.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
"A Man Without A Country" - Philip Nolan and Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's "Spiritual Adviser"
Readers may well remember the movie of the same name about a fictional U.S. Naval Officer who cursed “Damn the United States! I wish I may never hear of the United States again!” Thus was the Philip Nolan court-martialed. (http://www.bartleby.com/310/6/1.html)
Senator Barack Obama's so-called spiritual adviser said the same thing last week. Only he invoked the name of God. We all saw the video on television. Mr., I'll not call him Reverend, Wright was obviously reading the lines. They must've been written by Moscow. I'm calling for Mr. Wright to become a non-fictional Man Without A Country.
Question - shouldn't that particular church have its tax status revoked because of using the pulpit for politics?
“WASHINGTON (with a date which must have been late in 1807).
“SIR—You will receive from Lieutenant Neale the person of Philip Nolan, late a lieutenant in the United States Army.
“This person on his trial by court-martial expressed, with an oath, the wish that he might ‘never hear of the United States again.’
“The Court sentenced him to have his wish fulfilled.
“For the present, the execution of the order is intrusted by the President to this Department.
“You will take the prisoner on board your ship, and keep him there with such precautions as shall prevent his escape.
“You will provide him with such quarters, rations, and clothing as would be proper for an officer of his late rank, if he were a passenger on your vessel on the business of his Government.
“The gentlemen on board will make any arrangements agreeable to themselves regarding his society. He is to be exposed to no indignity of any kind, nor is he ever unnecessarily to be reminded that he is a prisoner.
“But under no circumstances is he ever to hear of his country or to see any information regarding it; and you will especially caution all the officers under your command to take care, that, in the various indulgences which may be granted, this rule, in which his punishment is involved, shall not be broken.
“It is the intention of the Government that he shall never again see the country which he has disowned. Before the end of your cruise you will receive orders which will give effect to this intention.
“Respectfully yours,
“W. SOUTHARD, for the “Secretary of the Navy.”
Senator Barack Obama's so-called spiritual adviser said the same thing last week. Only he invoked the name of God. We all saw the video on television. Mr., I'll not call him Reverend, Wright was obviously reading the lines. They must've been written by Moscow. I'm calling for Mr. Wright to become a non-fictional Man Without A Country.
Question - shouldn't that particular church have its tax status revoked because of using the pulpit for politics?
“WASHINGTON (with a date which must have been late in 1807).
“SIR—You will receive from Lieutenant Neale the person of Philip Nolan, late a lieutenant in the United States Army.
“This person on his trial by court-martial expressed, with an oath, the wish that he might ‘never hear of the United States again.’
“The Court sentenced him to have his wish fulfilled.
“For the present, the execution of the order is intrusted by the President to this Department.
“You will take the prisoner on board your ship, and keep him there with such precautions as shall prevent his escape.
“You will provide him with such quarters, rations, and clothing as would be proper for an officer of his late rank, if he were a passenger on your vessel on the business of his Government.
“The gentlemen on board will make any arrangements agreeable to themselves regarding his society. He is to be exposed to no indignity of any kind, nor is he ever unnecessarily to be reminded that he is a prisoner.
“But under no circumstances is he ever to hear of his country or to see any information regarding it; and you will especially caution all the officers under your command to take care, that, in the various indulgences which may be granted, this rule, in which his punishment is involved, shall not be broken.
“It is the intention of the Government that he shall never again see the country which he has disowned. Before the end of your cruise you will receive orders which will give effect to this intention.
“Respectfully yours,
“W. SOUTHARD, for the “Secretary of the Navy.”
Sunday, March 09, 2008
RACE AN ISSUE IN OHIO PRIMARY?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer today (Sunday, March 9th, 2008) reports that race played a major role in Barack Obama losing Ohio and Hilary Clinton winning. Are readers supposed to be surprised that racial politics played a role in the Ohio Primary? While the Plain Dealer writers spun it to be whites voting against a black candidate, the fact is that virtually ALL African-Americans voted for Senator Obama. Doesn't the pendulum swing both ways?
Hiram College Professor Jason Johnson, evidently an African-American, dismissed the Obama loss as hardcore white folks voting against a black man. White voters I know only voted against this particular black man. They're ready to support the right man or woman, regardless of religion, marital status or color. This far-left candidate just isn't the one.
University of Maryland Professor Ronald Walters, apparently another African-American, put Reagan Democrats in a group he calls "economically sensitive." And these guys are teaching young Americans?
Seems to me the narrow-minded bigots here aren't white guys.
Visit Sullivan's website at http://www.geocities.com/osuileabhain2000/Index.htm
Hiram College Professor Jason Johnson, evidently an African-American, dismissed the Obama loss as hardcore white folks voting against a black man. White voters I know only voted against this particular black man. They're ready to support the right man or woman, regardless of religion, marital status or color. This far-left candidate just isn't the one.
University of Maryland Professor Ronald Walters, apparently another African-American, put Reagan Democrats in a group he calls "economically sensitive." And these guys are teaching young Americans?
Seems to me the narrow-minded bigots here aren't white guys.
Visit Sullivan's website at http://www.geocities.com/osuileabhain2000/Index.htm
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
What You Get With State Control of the Internet
According to Fox News on 03/04/08, "Several million users will not be able to follow political news or access Web sites operated by political parties during the largest Internet blackout in the nation's history, reported the Tribune.
Iranian officials offered differing public explanations for why the republic would restrict private access to the Internet, according to the Tribune.
"Shutting down the Internet service will depend on security plans and on the Ministry of Telecommunication," Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi told an Iranian daily quoted by the Tribune.
Another election official told the Iranian press that an Internet blackout would ensure that government online service would operate without interruptions despite recent upgrades to its lines."
Can we expect the same thing in the America of the future? When the door is opened a crack by the Left, it always follows that it is then kicked wide open.
Iranian officials offered differing public explanations for why the republic would restrict private access to the Internet, according to the Tribune.
"Shutting down the Internet service will depend on security plans and on the Ministry of Telecommunication," Interior Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi told an Iranian daily quoted by the Tribune.
Another election official told the Iranian press that an Internet blackout would ensure that government online service would operate without interruptions despite recent upgrades to its lines."
Can we expect the same thing in the America of the future? When the door is opened a crack by the Left, it always follows that it is then kicked wide open.
Monday, February 11, 2008
My Fear of African-American in Political Office
We're seeing a phenomenon in American politics with the candidacy of Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama for the office of President. As individuals, I don't fear either. However, I've long thought that African-Americans (A-As)are black first and American second.
There's a joke about having Irish Alzhemers - one forgets everything except the grudge. The fact that Senator Barama does not wear the American flag in his lapel signals to me that me has a grudge - he's a member of an African-American nation and is not one of us.
Speaking of the Irish, we are proud of our Irish roots. However, I don't know any who are Irish first, American second. The majority of us came to America better equipped - we had a shirt on our back, our strong faith, and we spoke English. That's about it.
The ancestors of most Americans did not arrive on these shores as slaveholders or with gold in their pocketbook. Neither did they have the economic value that slaves had. Southeners will tell you that, in the case of the Irish, they were given the jobs that blacks wouldn't be given. Why? Slaves had value and Irish laborers did not. I've also read accounts about Civil War era slaves who were obviously better fed than the soldiers in both camps.
What could we expect from an A-A President? Let me leave that to your imagination. However, the American Left has rarely taken issues head-on. They can't win them with a direct approach. But, when they've been able to open the door to a political issue just a crack, it has then been kicked open. What would happen with an A-A President? The first thing that comes to my mind is the issue of reparations.
I'm not writing this because I'm anti-black - I'm pro-American. The big issue in the upcoming Presidential race should be about investment in America. Our national economic policies continue to force capital to flee our country as fast as water over Niagara Falls. What is now disappearing is the industrial backbone of this nation - the American working class. No, not unions, Democrats or Republicans - American jobs. And our bankrupt American government, which would have been called "Red" in the old days, is the cause.
If you believe the Democratic candidates for President, Republicans are the problem. I you believe Republicans, Democrats are the problem. Both say their style of Government is the answer. However, Americans who incorrectly perceive this are the problem - they elect people who would like us to believe that Government is the answer. It is not. Americans are the problem.
Quit treading on me.
There's a joke about having Irish Alzhemers - one forgets everything except the grudge. The fact that Senator Barama does not wear the American flag in his lapel signals to me that me has a grudge - he's a member of an African-American nation and is not one of us.
Speaking of the Irish, we are proud of our Irish roots. However, I don't know any who are Irish first, American second. The majority of us came to America better equipped - we had a shirt on our back, our strong faith, and we spoke English. That's about it.
The ancestors of most Americans did not arrive on these shores as slaveholders or with gold in their pocketbook. Neither did they have the economic value that slaves had. Southeners will tell you that, in the case of the Irish, they were given the jobs that blacks wouldn't be given. Why? Slaves had value and Irish laborers did not. I've also read accounts about Civil War era slaves who were obviously better fed than the soldiers in both camps.
What could we expect from an A-A President? Let me leave that to your imagination. However, the American Left has rarely taken issues head-on. They can't win them with a direct approach. But, when they've been able to open the door to a political issue just a crack, it has then been kicked open. What would happen with an A-A President? The first thing that comes to my mind is the issue of reparations.
I'm not writing this because I'm anti-black - I'm pro-American. The big issue in the upcoming Presidential race should be about investment in America. Our national economic policies continue to force capital to flee our country as fast as water over Niagara Falls. What is now disappearing is the industrial backbone of this nation - the American working class. No, not unions, Democrats or Republicans - American jobs. And our bankrupt American government, which would have been called "Red" in the old days, is the cause.
If you believe the Democratic candidates for President, Republicans are the problem. I you believe Republicans, Democrats are the problem. Both say their style of Government is the answer. However, Americans who incorrectly perceive this are the problem - they elect people who would like us to believe that Government is the answer. It is not. Americans are the problem.
Quit treading on me.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
American News Media - How to Speak With A Forked Tongue.
A man went berserk in Kirkwood, Missouri this month, killing several people. The dead included police officers and citizens who held political office. A picture in the news showed the killer to be African-American.
I suppose those killed were all white as there was no mention in any reports of their racial background. If they had been black, and the shooter white, American news media would have applied a different standard and certainly would have spun the story in a different fashion, e.g. it would be portrayed as a racial event. And we would see the City Hall protests. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson et al would be flown in to give the outcry of injustice a sense of legitimacy in the eyes of the press.
However, because the shooter was black, this story does not further the agenda of the American left.
I suppose those killed were all white as there was no mention in any reports of their racial background. If they had been black, and the shooter white, American news media would have applied a different standard and certainly would have spun the story in a different fashion, e.g. it would be portrayed as a racial event. And we would see the City Hall protests. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson et al would be flown in to give the outcry of injustice a sense of legitimacy in the eyes of the press.
However, because the shooter was black, this story does not further the agenda of the American left.
Friday, February 01, 2008
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
I've always been puzzled by the fact that Ohioans can go to West Virginia, Michigan, Canada, New York and elsewhere to gamble, yet Ohio has successfully fought it.
I picked up the Plain Dealer this morning and saw the headline "CAN THIS NUMBERS GAME HELP FIX OHIO'S BUDGET?" State-run Keno, they profess, could raise $73 million smackeroos in a year. This is occurring five months after Ohio outlawed video gambling games in bars and taverns. They stuck it to veteran's clubs too. How can the State of Ohio have their cake and eat it too? Well, here's their fork-tongued, crafted answer.
Governor Strickland opposes casino gambling. State-run Keno is not a casino game, it's a lottery game. Well, thanks for pointing out the difference to me. I thought for a minute there you were trying to take over the gambling trade in Ohio.
This past December Governor Strickland launched another program called "Connect Ohio." According to lw.pennet.com, Strickland says it "will help expand broadband services across the state by working with local communities and providers to map gaps in access and facilitate local technology planning teams that will encourage adoption of broadband and other technologies."
Does anybody else think this is akin to the attempt by the state to, degree by small degree, eventually control the Internet in Ohio (read $$$), just like the attempt to have state-controlled gambling?
If the Gov. was smart he'd say it's all to benefit Education. That's worked in the past.
I picked up the Plain Dealer this morning and saw the headline "CAN THIS NUMBERS GAME HELP FIX OHIO'S BUDGET?" State-run Keno, they profess, could raise $73 million smackeroos in a year. This is occurring five months after Ohio outlawed video gambling games in bars and taverns. They stuck it to veteran's clubs too. How can the State of Ohio have their cake and eat it too? Well, here's their fork-tongued, crafted answer.
Governor Strickland opposes casino gambling. State-run Keno is not a casino game, it's a lottery game. Well, thanks for pointing out the difference to me. I thought for a minute there you were trying to take over the gambling trade in Ohio.
This past December Governor Strickland launched another program called "Connect Ohio." According to lw.pennet.com, Strickland says it "will help expand broadband services across the state by working with local communities and providers to map gaps in access and facilitate local technology planning teams that will encourage adoption of broadband and other technologies."
Does anybody else think this is akin to the attempt by the state to, degree by small degree, eventually control the Internet in Ohio (read $$$), just like the attempt to have state-controlled gambling?
If the Gov. was smart he'd say it's all to benefit Education. That's worked in the past.
Monday, January 28, 2008
"It's time for....."
Senator Ted Kennedy has spoken his mind in support of his candidate. "It's time for Barack Obama" What gives? Is it "time for" Hilary Clinton because she's a woman? "Time for" Barack Obama because he's an African-American? Time for John McCain because he was in the Hanoi Hilton?
Sorry folks but I don't wear the cape of "time for" and the generalization that it assumes. It insults what's left of my intelligence. If I like a candidate's ideas, and that candidate has no legs, I'll vote for that candidate. If my candidate is female? Black? I'm listening to their ideas and how they would manage the issues I deem to be important to Americans. I'll cast my vote based on this, not because I'm supposed to feel one way or the other.
This crafted appeal to the feelings of the American voter is nothing more than a manipulation. And lots of folks continue to fall for it.
Sorry folks but I don't wear the cape of "time for" and the generalization that it assumes. It insults what's left of my intelligence. If I like a candidate's ideas, and that candidate has no legs, I'll vote for that candidate. If my candidate is female? Black? I'm listening to their ideas and how they would manage the issues I deem to be important to Americans. I'll cast my vote based on this, not because I'm supposed to feel one way or the other.
This crafted appeal to the feelings of the American voter is nothing more than a manipulation. And lots of folks continue to fall for it.
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
EARLY IN THE RACE
Americans have just witnessed the 2nd state to host a presidential primary with "winners" being John McCain and Hilary Clinton. What hoopla!
Iowa was touted as Senator Obama Barack's rise. Does Iowa even count?
In New Hampshire, less than 200,000 people turned out to vote. And the pollsters were surprised at the outcome. Way to go New Hampshire! Turned those folks on their pinheads.
It's interesting, however, to see that faith, religion and color don't seem to matter anymore. Nor do issues. The outcome of this election will be interesting. Women will vote for Clinton. African Americans will vote for Obama. Who will "white" men vote for?
Iowa was touted as Senator Obama Barack's rise. Does Iowa even count?
In New Hampshire, less than 200,000 people turned out to vote. And the pollsters were surprised at the outcome. Way to go New Hampshire! Turned those folks on their pinheads.
It's interesting, however, to see that faith, religion and color don't seem to matter anymore. Nor do issues. The outcome of this election will be interesting. Women will vote for Clinton. African Americans will vote for Obama. Who will "white" men vote for?
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
OHIO SCRAPS 2 YEAR OLD 21 MILLION DOLLAR VOTING SYSTEM
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections recently voted along party lines to change the two year old electronic voting system. The two Republicans voted no, the two Democrats yes. The tie-breaker was cast by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. She had previously recommended scrapping it.
Voters in other Ohio counties had no problems with identical and/or similar systems. Why Cuyahoga County? One is lead to believe that there are only a few of reasons for it:
1) The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections doesn't know what they're doing.
2) Cuyahoga County voters are too dumb to do things right.
3) There is a deliberate effort to sabotage the electronic voting system.
4) Jennifer Brunner and the Democratic Party will somehow benefit from the new ($9 million)
way of doing things.
5) Cuyahoga County will go over to Dennis Kucinich in the upcoming Presidential Elections.
6) All of the above.
Voters in other Ohio counties had no problems with identical and/or similar systems. Why Cuyahoga County? One is lead to believe that there are only a few of reasons for it:
1) The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections doesn't know what they're doing.
2) Cuyahoga County voters are too dumb to do things right.
3) There is a deliberate effort to sabotage the electronic voting system.
4) Jennifer Brunner and the Democratic Party will somehow benefit from the new ($9 million)
way of doing things.
5) Cuyahoga County will go over to Dennis Kucinich in the upcoming Presidential Elections.
6) All of the above.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
How our friends and fellow Americans will lose the War
If I were the other guy, given the propensity of the American Congress, I'd just wait things out. You know sooner or later we're going to pull out. How about a little historical perspective behind my thoughts?
Henry Kissinger, a German-born naturalized American citizen, negotiated "peace with honor" on behalf of the American government of the time. The so-called Vietnam peace treaty was signed in Paris, France. We pulled out and it wasn't long afterward that the other guy came out of his hole and pushed into the capitol of South Vietnam, Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City). After the military victories won there by our courageous fighting forces, we allowed the other guy to win the political victory and eventual military victory.
There are times I like to be wrong but I've seen it happen before. Once we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq they'll come out of their holes. The fact that they can kill at will doesn't matter. 50 innocent people were blown up this week there. They will blow up 50 anywhere they choose and nobody's standing with us in our attempt to prevent it.
Let's see what happens when we have radical Muslim governments in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, etc. Then-President Jimmy Carter turned his back on the Shah of Iran and we "lost" them. Who will then turn their backs to us? We still don't know who are friends are.
Henry Kissinger, a German-born naturalized American citizen, negotiated "peace with honor" on behalf of the American government of the time. The so-called Vietnam peace treaty was signed in Paris, France. We pulled out and it wasn't long afterward that the other guy came out of his hole and pushed into the capitol of South Vietnam, Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City). After the military victories won there by our courageous fighting forces, we allowed the other guy to win the political victory and eventual military victory.
There are times I like to be wrong but I've seen it happen before. Once we pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq they'll come out of their holes. The fact that they can kill at will doesn't matter. 50 innocent people were blown up this week there. They will blow up 50 anywhere they choose and nobody's standing with us in our attempt to prevent it.
Let's see what happens when we have radical Muslim governments in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, etc. Then-President Jimmy Carter turned his back on the Shah of Iran and we "lost" them. Who will then turn their backs to us? We still don't know who are friends are.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thumbprint Identification
I recently had to ask a claimant to provide identification. He was seeking money for a auto-rental truck accident (he was in the car) that appeared to be staged. He asked me to meet him at a residence that was not where lived. In my presence, he pulled out a Social Security card from a desk drawer. It had his name on it. As he put the card back into the desk drawer I glanced down at it. Inside the drawer were many social security cards.
Whatever happened to the idea of thumbprint ID? Couldn't this solve a myriad of problems? For example, people who vote twice (like those who put Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich in office).
How about people with multiple IDs? Who knows, there might be the John Smith who is employed by a government beauracy or private industry, and then there might be the same John Smith, aka Muhamed whatever, drawing social benefits from Uncle Sam.
Wouldn't thumbprint ID eliminate cheaters? The pool of deceivers that would be cut from their income stream might be far larger than anyone could imagine.
Whatever happened to the idea of thumbprint ID? Couldn't this solve a myriad of problems? For example, people who vote twice (like those who put Cleveland's Dennis Kucinich in office).
How about people with multiple IDs? Who knows, there might be the John Smith who is employed by a government beauracy or private industry, and then there might be the same John Smith, aka Muhamed whatever, drawing social benefits from Uncle Sam.
Wouldn't thumbprint ID eliminate cheaters? The pool of deceivers that would be cut from their income stream might be far larger than anyone could imagine.
Sell the Ohio Turnpike and help Iraqi Refugees
There has been talk this year of selling the Ohio Turnpike. There has also been talk about settling Iraqi "refugees" here. I've got a plan that will solve both issues.
Sell the Turnpike to Iraq. Can you see it - an Iraqi in every Toll Booth!
Sell the Turnpike to Iraq. Can you see it - an Iraqi in every Toll Booth!
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