It's Not Too Late. It's Never Too Late

Apparently Mrs. Palin has mentioned that it might not be too late for someone to jump into the race quite yet. I wonder if that "someone" would not be her. She opened the door a bit with her statements. Yea! That is just what the country needs. A quitter, possible philanderer(ess), and all around nut job in the race. Don't we already have too many fools and jackasses already? Is another one needed?

Good God! Will this sad comedy never end? If this keeps up I may write in the local bartender with my vote.

No wonder a good bit of the rest of the world is laughing at us. They shouldn't laugh real loud though. We ain't above whoopin a little ass.

Loudmouths Everywhere

There has been a good bit of blather on the "news" networks of late about the cost of the tropical system that blew through the NE over the weekend. There are those who think that the non stop coverage was just a bit over the top. I would have to agree. Part of the problem in this country is media hype. There are numerous competing organizations and they are all in the business of getting the "news" out. In reality they are in the entertainment business. It is not like the old days when there was a nightly news report and the rest of the programming was some true entertainment. Now the "news" is entertainment. It is probably just a bit unhealthy. When screechers like this Nancy Grace can scream on and on and on about the Casey Anthony trial, well, things are going just a bit too far. That particular affair was, at best, a regional news story. Non stop news and commentary by such jerk offs as Olbermann, Hannity, etc. etc. seem to have the effect of polarizing the populace. Don't get me wrong. We need a free press. I just don't think we need weeks of coverage of some guy's cock. It just goes too far at times. A journalists jobs is to inform and investigate. It is not to entertain.

With all that being said, one issue that has come up is about the so called Tea Party. Would these folk accept govt aid if their area was struck by disaster? Would FEMA and the federal fast response agencies' (ie Coast Guard) help be rejected. Probably not. You see what you have in this Tea Party, is for the most part, the loudmouth fringe. Don't get me wrong. I am for a reduction in the size of the FedGov but I understand the need for a government that is not completely hamstrung. It amuses me when these Tea Party folks get on their horse and cry about wanting to totally gut U.S. government. It is hard to take them seriously. They are just another flash in the pan movement that will go the way of the Perot bunch. Hypocrites many of them. This Cantor has just been recently exposed with great fanfare.  Don't worry though, those of the far far left are perhaps even more silly. Most of then really seem to live on some sort of Utopian fantasy island.

It just seems silly that the fringe on either side of the political spectrum seem to get the most play on these various "news" networks. We see the spectre of Maxine Waters braying about this or that and of course Dumbass Sheila Jackson Lee being "outraged" about something or other. Then we are forced to see Palin wandering around talking (and looking) like some sort of deranged soccer mom. The media is in love it seems with her "playing hard to get' in the upcoming Republican race. Extremists and fringe loons just seem to get most of the play.

That is a shame.

Common Ground With The President

I am not a fan of President Obama. I did not vote for him in 2008 and will not in 2012. The main problem now is that it is hard to picture who will run against him with any success in 2012. Palin is a loon. Huckabee is interesting but probably does not stand a chance. Romney reminds me of Texas Governor Rick Perry for some reason. I can't stand Perry. I don't know; it is a conundrum as they say. Bring back George I or America's first Black President I say and just forget his abrasive wife. America needs to also forget about that psycho Howard Dean. How about Alan (not Johnny) Keyes. That would be a kicker. If the Liberals disagreed with him, could the conservatives call them racist? Would Reverand Al, a great man of God, say that Mr. Keyes was not Black enough and therefore it is ok to criticize him? That would be funny as hell. Speaking of Al, just exactly where does he conduct services? Does anybody really know? Oh well, no matter. At this point the current President has over three years left to do his little part in damaging our great country and I thought that as a patriotic American, I should try to find some common ground somewhere with him and his administration. Turns out I have. Let's look:

The other day our President was in Mexico and noted that America's immigration policy was broken. How right he is and I have a quick and easy fix. Put up the fence and do it now. Guard it tightly with troops, border agents and other immigration officials. It would not be necessary to completely eliminate immigration from the south, but it it could be controlled by having "entry points" that are staffed by immigration professionals. It would be of course necessary to ensure that all those desiring entry be disease free, have a certain educational level or marketable skill, be sponsored, and have at least a working knowledge of the English language; both verbal and written. They would only be allowed to stay for a certain length of time, and there would be provisions to become American citizens if they so desire, provided of course they meet the requirements. Seems simple enough to me. I wonder what President Obama meant by "broke" however.

The President wants to close the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station's terrorist detention facility. He does not think that it should have ever been created and utilized in the first place. I believe exactly the same thing. I do not think those interned there should have ever reached that destination. Those that are housed there are not real soldiers of a nation that were captured in war. They are not really "enemy combatants" and therefore not really prisoners of war. Since they wear no nation's uniform, they are to be considered terrorists. It is not clear that there is protection under the Geneva Convention for this vermin. I do not think so. It is totally different from the Abu Graib incident where unfortunately American troops were filmed humiliating Iraqi military prisoners. That was clear violation of the laws of warfare, but non uniformed Mohammedan terrorists can arguably be captured, interrogated and eliminated. I wonder what President Obama's reasoning concerning this facility is.


While on the campaign trail, then Candidate Obama made a statement that maybe Americans should learn Spanish. I could not agree more! I think that all Americans so inclined should learn a foreign language. In Europe, most people have at least a working knowledge of some language other than their native one. Americans should also do the same. Go ahead and study to your heart's content. Enrich those at Berlitz and Rosetta Stone. Add more foreign language instructors at the high school and college level, put more people to work as private tutors etc. It would be good for the economy. Do not however go about your lives conducting your daily affairs with toleration for those that refuse to even attempt the English language. When ordering in a restaurant, speak English (even if you have knowledge of Spanish Farsi, etc. etc.). Point at the number on the menu if the waiter/waitress refuses to attempt to communicate in English. The same goes for any other daily endeavor, exclusive of "life or death" emergencies. Visitors to this nation can get a pass to some extent, but think of this. Would you go to France or Russia and expect their citizens to accommodate you because you can not communicate with them? Of course, chances are the persons you contact in those countries will have a working knowledge of English anyway, but you get my point. Those that came before us learned the language of this country which is, (like it or not Johnny Mata), English. They were forced to to communicate and make their way. There was no "bilingual" education. There were no "bilingual required" job advertisements. People learned English and that is the way it was. Is it so wrong to require adherence to our common language? It is small sacrifice for living in this great land. America is a melting pot but it is not, or at least should not be, the "Tower of Babel."
I wonder what then Candidate Obama's reasoning for Americans to learn Spanish was.