HOW CAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO U.S. BE SOLVED?

HOW CAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO U.S. BE SOLVED?

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Some people figure that illegal immigration into the United States is not that they are here using our resources; it’s that these people are, in many cases, using our resources without contributing to anything. Some immigration experts…..always government officials… call the problem a convoluted, unsolvable mess. I will grant you this; immigration into the U.S. is an ongoing mess.

 

However the issue of undocumented illegal immigration into the United States is solvable, and is not a complex issue. There are two simple questions that you need to ask yourself with regards to immigration into the United States;

1. Do these people have citizenship identification papers?

2. Do these people have a sponsor, or relatives who are legal citizens living in the United States?

 

If the answer to either question is in the negative…..back they go to the country of their origin…..and guess what, I’m not sorry. Usually the predicament that these people find themselves in can be traced to their front door, whether it be a lack of decent jobs in their country, or the inability of their country to afford them a job that will sustain them in a minimal fashion.

 

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

I suppose that you could call the gross domestic product, GDP, the gold standard for how a country is rated on the world’s stage of finance. Believe you me, the more that a country’s domestic product is divided, gives an accurate picture of how that country operates, acts, and reacts to its citizens, workers, and to what extent public funding programs (entitlements) are available to its people.

 

People need to earn a living wage, it’s not just the right thing to do, it’s a mandatory rule of any successful culture in today’s world. Without exception countries of the world are judged by how their people are taken care of. Oh sure, I understand that a self absorbed conservative will misconstrue what I am saying, figuring that I’m another bleeding heart liberal who figures that the poor should be taken care of by the government and the people of wealth.

 

Sorry dick reed breath, what I am saying is that it’s the responsibility of those Captains of Industry to continually strive to create more jobs that will pay their workers a living wage. If that were the case, everybody would benefit, the Captains of industry, the workers, and the federal government.

 

Of course the Captains would realize a bigger share of the profits through the efforts of their labor force; the workers would of course make more money per hour, and could pad their financial books because of the owner’s additional revenue, and the overtime necessary to meet production schedules. The federal government would, of course, enjoy the additional tax revenue that would be developed by the prosperity that was enjoyed by the Captains who would need bigger production areas, and warehouse storage buildings.

 

All in all a happy and winning atmosphere for all of those people that are involved with such a scenario…..however, illegal immigration does not figure anywhere in my plan for a winning business situation. My plan calls for better distribution of that U.S. GDP and immigration can do nothing but drive down wages, and throw a monkey wrench into the overall operation of the success of the American worker.

PURCHASING POWER PARITY

Anybody who knows me realizes that I don’t usually use terms like Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) or Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Actually I’d rather not waste my time “pontificating” what I consider to be “high falutin” words, or catch phrases…..life’s too short.

 

The United States has been built on immigration, blood, sweat, tears, labor, and dreams…..dreams of being able to have the opportunity to catch a piece of the  Great American Dream. And the best part of the entire equation is the fact that almost without exception, American citizens each…..in their own way, actually do catch a piece, no matter whether that piece is big or small.

 

Of course there’s a brand new issue that is sapping American workers, it’s called outsourcing, and between illegal immigrants, and the outsourcing of American jobs overseas, it’s a wonder that we, as a nation, are as solvent as we appear to be.

 

I’m retired, so I need to either read or watch the plight of the American purchaser and how little power he has. There are a whole slew of low wage earners here in the United States…..not including immigrant workers. For employers, class distinction with regards to how they pay their workers does not enter into the equation, it’s getting whatever product made and shipped for the lowest possible wage and benefits.

 

For employers it’s getting whatever job done with the least possible employee interaction…..if a machine can do the job, all the better, machines do not get sick, don’t ask for time off, do not require vacations, nor benefits…..and machines never, ever talk back…..and never have tried to unionize. An added benefit, machines never get pregnant, therefore do not need maternity leave.

 

It’s a funny twist however, because when an American worker, legal, or illegal is working for a sub-standard wage, he can’t afford to purchase whatever it is that he is producing, so that product, with all of its lower cost, in many cases is sent overseas for distribution. You’d think that a business-man would understand that fact…..but apparently he doesn’t.

 

HERE IS PART OF WHAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BRINGS WITH IT

Illegal immigration imposes enormous costs, monetary as well as crime related, on an unsuspecting society. In many instances American citizens, labor leaders, and business owners sing the praises of what the hard working immigrant brings to the work place, and that is an undeniable fact.

 

Many immigrant workers are quite, stick to their jobs, do them either as good as or better than their American counterparts…..and almost never complain. To many of these people, family is everything, and to have a family requires that a person work…..therefore the job that an immigrant has is second in line to how he prioritizes his life.

 

Illegals can also bring the unsavory underbelly of the criminal element into the United States, gangsters, drug abusers, and traffickers, and even human flesh peddlers. According to statistics, many illegals are chased out of their countries; some of these people are highly organized, and have direct links back to their countries and the materials that are necessary for their lives of crime.

 

In my opinion the question of immigration into the United States is upside down, an immigrant used to have to speak English, had to count, and needed to pass a competency test before they were even considered for citizenship. I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin, population 103,000, and they say that there is a sub-culture of around 10,000 undocumented illegals that are living here, working here, driving on the streets, and receive (on occasion,) emergency room medical treatment.

There are hard working, humble, and polite people, and for them (like I said) family is everything. There have been several different era’s connected with immigration into the United States, and on each occasion, there was industrial revolutions going on. The same can be said about the current time here in the U.S.

 

Only this time the revolution is going backwards…..back to a time when labor in the United States languished in an unsupportive time…..kind of like share-croppers, you know, those folks who busted their butts bringing in the crops for the man. And after all was said and done, the only thing that the worker could look forward to was another growing season, and the same ritual all over again…..kind of like a vicious cycle, with the exact same results as in past years.

 

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THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY!

THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY!

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I’ve never fully understood exactly what the above term means, The Laws Of Our Country, what does that simple phrase mean, do other countries not have laws, are we the leaders in making laws, are other countries lawless? You see, to understand exactly what that little group of words means can be a tough nut to crack.

 

We now have speaker of the house John Boehner, and Senator Ron Johnson in a challenging mode, filing lawsuits to question whether President Obama is following the rules of his office the way that he is supposed to. Speaker Boehner and Senator Johnson have both taken their disagreement with the president to the next level…..”as it were,” and through the courts are hoping to put the president on the rack!

 

There complaints seem to be two fold, yet amount to the same thing, for Boehner his contention is that Obama is not adhering to his sworn oath of office…..that is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Members of Congress swore to the oath, members of the Senate also swear, as do all sorts of elected officials, locally, regionally, and at the state(s) levels…..there seems to be all sorts of solemnly swearing going on all over our country.

 

These elected officials, almost no matter the level, and importance of their position are expected to swear their allegiance to all sorts of higher authority, whatever that authority might be. Judges on every level are usually required to swear oaths, and to uphold their integrity of the office that they occupy.

 

What with all the solemnizes, oath taking, and promises that are pledged to safeguard higher thinking, being incorruptible…..and always doing whatever is best for the greater majority, I’m wondering how in hell any wrongdoing can take place. I mean these people do serve the public…..RIGHT. it’s one of the first things that is mentioned whenever you get one of these old crow-baits (somebody that’s been in an elected position for decades), how they’ve dedicated their lives to PUBLIC SERVICE.

 

The essence of Boehner’s impending suit will be the fact that President Obama’s use of executive action is criminal, and that he (Obama) is circumventing the American people and their elected representatives through that executive action use. And in the process, changing as well as creating new laws…..in fact creating his own laws.

 

HERE’S THE SKINNY ON THE BOEHNER’S LEGAL EAGLESE

What Speaker John Boehner will be attempting will be to legally reign in Mr. Obama, by compelling him to follow the letter of the law as prescribed in his oath of office, to faithfully execute the laws of our country. According to Boehner, and some of his colleagues, this unusual action is necessary because the president continually circumvents Congress, creating his own laws, and excusing himself from others.

 

What Boehner and his minion will attempt to do to the president is to cut off presidential shenanigans when Congress is in recess, deadlocked or in a complete disagreement with the executive office of the president. Executive orders, executive action…..presidential memorandum, and I assume time-outs, sitting in the corner for an hour, to bed with no supper, and television privileges suspended would also be included in what Boehner wants to take away from Mr. Obama.

 

AND THEN THERE WAS A WISCONSIN JOHNSON

United States Senator Ron Johnson, (R-Wis.) “man I love to do that” has announced a lawsuit to bar members of Congress and their employees from getting any employer-sponsored health insurance, saying it’s not fair that the Obama administration is making him decide which staffers can keep federal contributions to their plans.

 

Before Obama-Care took effect, lawmakers and staff got their health care coverage from the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. However as of January 1^st these people must get their coverage from the new health care exchanges.

 

In one article that I read from the Huffington Post, there was a reference to Senator Johnson as that “wealthy Wisconsin Businessman,” had declined to use the health care coverage from the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Johnson sited the fact that Americans expect their elected officials to use the same benefits, coverage, and health care services as are available to them.

 

That is all fine and dandy; however everybody with an ounce of brain knows that, that isn’t the way that the Federal Government operates. A key here would be what the Huffington Post used to describe Mr. Johnson…..”A wealthy Wisconsin businessman,” he, Johnson, can afford to piddle around with insurances, he’s got money and he isn’t the average Joe on the street.

 

I’m sure that some of Johnson’s staffers cringed when their boss started talking about the Affordable Care Act, and how he was going to mess around with the workings of what they hope will be the final solution to a huge problem across the entirety of the United States. Johnson wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act…..post haste…..if not sooner.

 

I’m always leery whenever I see, read, or hear rich people talking about governmental programs that seemingly will help those less fortunate obtain a modicum of services that those affluent folks simply use, take for granted and pay full price for…..because they can afford it.

 

We are a country of laws, of that there is no doubt, however whenever laws come into conflict with the laws of human kindness, or right and wrong, of being able to take full advantage of benefits that are out there, it is criminal to not allow everybody from access.

 

As long as the United States of America has a foreign policy that distributes billions of dollars to help those less fortunate, to give aid to the needy…..and to grease the skids…..we each should expect, and demand everybody here in the United States is afforded good quality services through the tax dollars that we pay.

 

Oh yea, let’s put things into proper perspective…..President Obama has used executive orders/action 144 different times during his term and a half 144 times, George W. Bush used his presidential powers 291 times, Bill Clinton 364 times, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt a whopping 3,522 different times.

 

Now…..put that in your pope and smike it!

 

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TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT…..THAT IS THE QUESTION!

TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT…..THAT IS THE QUESTION!

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I am so sick of partisan politicking…..and the silly season (election cycle) is almost upon us, I’m not sure what us quote-unquote sane people are going to do. The latest salvo across the bow, at least here in Wisconsin is Governor Scott Walker lumping Democratic candidate Mary Burke and former Governor Jim Doyle together when talking about Burke’s stand on raising taxes to the tune of billions of dollars between 2005 and 2010.

Walker accused Doyle of raising the burden of higher taxes on the middle class through tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phone and garbage. The tax hikes created billions in state deficits, and unemployment rates higher than the national average,

I believe that anybody who reads my blogs understands the disdain that I have for politicians, Democrats, Republicans, Teabaggers…..and any other political party that’s out there. The United States is in trouble…..deep trouble, almost to the point where a fix is impossible. Don’t get me wrong, America is, and has been, a grand experiment, possibly the grandest and greatest in the history of the world.

However there are forces out there who figure that the United States is an exception to the rules of…..well…..humanity. And that is just not true, there are rules and regulations, not written down, but non-the-less have to be followed, that the U.S. is simply oblivious of. At this point, the citizens of the world do not care about the needs of the United States; I’ll say that again, because it bears repeating; citizens of the world do not care about the needs of the United States!

I’ll tell you why I feel this way, and in the end, if you are swayed to my way of thinking, you’ll wonder why you didn’t see the simple essence of my thought process. With very little exception, country’s worry about their own, worry about the care of their own, and in the end do care for their own. That is not to say the country’s care for their people is always the best of efforts, however they do make an attempt to care for their own.

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

Here in the United States, we have a jumble of contradicting issues in how to take care of our own…..and in some cases, the political forces would simply as soon take the ill, the poor, and the non-producers out into a field under a big oak tree…..and walk away. Walk away and let those people die, putting an end to the tedious job of taking care of those less fortunate, or those who aren’t willing to produce, and work.

When Governor Scott Walker, his administration, and his handlers throw out wild accusations of how a former elected official operated, there are actually two different trains of thought that emerge here. Of course number one, the American taxpayer is paying way too much on taxes; and number two, the programs that will benefit from these taxes are unnecessary.

Without exception when an additional tax is proposed, there is little or no talk about what the program that the tax would pay for will do for people, whether these people are in need, and actually who benefits from whatever program has been suggested.

I have decided to completely block off these silly politicians and their rhetoric concerning tax hikes, or those politicians who pledge to never raise taxes. The tax pledge thing is completely asinine; there are times when, in an emergency, additional funds are necessary, and the only way to get them is through our tax system.

Republicans are always talking about unbalanced budgets, Democrats are always talking about unbalanced budgets, and both parties are always talking about deficit spending. And both parties are always selecting committees to study why budgets aren’t balanced…..like it’s some kind of secret thing that can’t be understood.

The real problem is that we, as the constituency aren’t being represented properly; there are all sorts of in-fighting between the parties that wastes the efforts to address the real issues. As I mentioned at the top of this article, I’m sick and tired of partisanship, bickering like little kids. It’s a smokescreen that blocks the real issues from view.

I say we fire the whole lot of them…..no more incumbents, vote each and every jerk…..even those who aren’t jerks. I’m for term limits, get on the band wagon…..let’s go…..one term only, one term only, one term only. Sounds like a great war-cry to me!

 

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THE DELICATE CONDITION OF AMERICAN’S MEDICAL HEALTH CARE!

THE DELICATE CONDITION OF AMERICAN’S MEDICAL HEALTH CARE!

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American’s health care and the value of a dollar bill, they go together like Mom and her apple pie, you read about it every day, but with little exception people don’t shout out in anger or despair, they bite the bullet or continue going to the emergency room for their health care maintenance. People simply do not talk about the issue because it touches so many and has the potential to touch so many more.

The loss of a job where health care is offered, a catastrophic illness or injury or those people who do not have access to medical health care can all end up in an emergency seeking some sort of medical care, knowing that they don’t have any type of medical insurance.

Health care insurance is less than a hundred year old concept in the United States and it took a tax exemption to get the ball rolling. In 1939 group health care was introduced as an employee benefit and in 1940 insurance premium funds were exempt from federal taxes. This exemption set the stage for the development of the group health insurance market. The tax exempt status of health insurance premiums remains in effect to this day.

In 1966 Medicare and Medicaid were introduced by the Lyndon Johnson administration, putting the federal government in the health insurance business in a big-time way, today these two programs are called entitlements and contribute significantly to the country’s deficit.

The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1974 (HMO) was supposed to be a panacea for governmentally operated health care aid…..and did work for a while…..but not so much anymore. HMO’s were supposed to curtail out of pocket costs…..and to a degree it has, but overall the act has done little to combat the raising costs of medical care.

Of course everybody has heard about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (PPACA) and the jury…..of course, is out…..way out with regards to how it will work. Enacted in 2010 with relatively little fanfare, the (PPACA) has become a political football, and whatever good the act was designed for is probably years off in measuring whether it was a good, mediocre, or bad idea.

THOSE THAT DESIGNED THE PPACA

Those people and organizations who sat down and designed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did so with little oversight from the actual people that it was supposed to benefit. Part of the problem IS the very people who’s task it was to design the act…..an act that, to a degree, would eliminate those people who are in position to gain the most from the patients who are supposed to be protected.

There was, and is, absolutely no benefit for doctors, medical clinics, or hospitals to change the programs that govern the costs of medical procedures, care, aftercare, and prescriptions that all help to doctor sick or injured people. Every time a patient walks through the entry doors of a doctor’s office, or a health care clinic, a hospital, or an emergency room there is a ka-ching that goes off at the admittance desk. What is the first question that you are asked when being admitted to a health facility…..”And you’re insurance company is?”

There is a similarity between a hospital and a gambling casino, they are both clean, brightly++++lit++++, and perform the very same service…..they take your money. Hospitals do however give something in return, medical treatment…..but down at the end of the line, each person feels the same, no matter which place they are talking about.

It was a stroke of genius, those people that submitted their names, or were nominated to be a part of the designers of the Patient Protection plan…..I know, I talk from experience, I spent a bit more than a week in a medical facility…..and am paying for the services rendered to this day, nine months later, and will continue paying for the foreseeable future.

Health care is a tempting target for thieves and legitimate health providers, how could it be any other way when one considers that more than $2.8 trillion a year is spent…..or approximately 17% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  Hell, I’d be tempted.

AND THE PERPETATORS ARE

Well, I suppose just about anybody that works in the industry, from the heads of the medical care profession, to those that administer the care to the janitor who cleans up the mess. You didn’t really think that a band-aid costs $25, did you?

And the worst part of the entire situation is the fact that everybody knows that it’s going on, and we all know those that are cheating…..and we do nothing what-so-ever about it. Doctors, nurses, administrators, advertising agencies, pharmaceutical companies…..and government officials…..and patients…..we are guilty to some degree.

It is an atmosphere, an attitude…..and a business as usual practice that allows the carnage to continue, and it will continue until we wake up and smell the roses…..and I don’t mean the Four Roses either! We need a complete overhaul of our medical process in the United States, if we don’t; it’ll be one of the major issues that, in the end…..will spell our demise as a country.

 

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JUSTIFICATION FOR DRONE MURDER!

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The United States can use lethal force against American citizens that are overseas, if that person is part of an enemy organization seeking to attack the United States, according to a once-secret memo released Monday. The 2011 killing of one such American, al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki…..was justified because it was carried out under applicable laws of war, the memo said.

I served in the U.S. military, so I was aware that wars did have rules…..in fact 161 such rules, but these rules of engagement can be defined differently, depending on which country is interpreting them. Apparently the United States figures that the use of drones to eliminate enemies against the state, no matter where they collect their mail from…..U.S. citizens.

It’s what happened to American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki, his teenage son, Abdularhman al-Awlaki, Abd al-Rahman Anwar al-Aulaqi, and Jude Kenan Mohammed. These targeted killings are unprecedented in the annuals of American military history, and speaks to exactly how antiquated the rules that govern military action, and the Geneva Convention rules that many nations have signed into, and accepted as the rule of law during military confrontations.

To my way of thinking, the above mentioned deceased were executed without the benefit of legal advice, a trial of their peers, and the chance to defend themselves…..and address their accusers. Each, as American citizens deserved these rights. The United States military acted as judge, jury, and executioners.

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General stated that “since 2009, the United States, in the conduct of U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces outside of areas of active hostilities, has specifically targeted and killed United States citizens.”

I HATE WAR

Without a doubt, when men make war, the activity brings out the very worst in man…..not just a few, but mostly every man. War is not romantic, and it does not bring out the best in man, quite the contrary, it brings out the beast that seems to be in every one of us.

We seem to be on a runaway train that is doing nothing but gaining speed, as a people, we are committing atrocities, one human against another. Nobody seems to be immune to the malady, and worse, few men seem to want to get off of the train.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…..As a people, we seem to need an enemy. Without Russia to kick around…..we went out looking for another combatant to play war against. The Middle East was ready, seemingly willing, and able to cross swards with the United States. The trouble is, these terrorists are proving to be a worthy adversary.

Throughout U.S. history war has been uppermost in our storyline, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Indian wars, Spanish-American War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean conflict, Vietnam, the cold war which lasted from 1946 into 1990…..and now the war on terrorists. Will it ever end…..this hunger for military confrontation?

HAVE YOU NOTICED THE REMOTE CONTROL APPROACH TO WAR

Modern warfare, the 21^st century war-making is totally different than any wars that have been fought, and in some cases even thought about. Medical research and practice has meant less death resulting from wounds, but many more debilitating injuries that need long term care.

There is no conscription in the United States and the management and release of news with regards to what is available is monitored like at no other time in the history of the United States. In addition a patriotism practice is at an all-time high.

And the trust factor seems necessary in today’s edition of how the United States practices its war encounters. Targeting U.S. citizens for drone strikes with the expressed purpose of their death is tantamount to murder…..there is no other way to view a situation where a remote controlled machine is sent out to identify, and then shoot a human being.

Are these people guilty of a crime…..of course they are, if you read, listen, and watch news coverage of the incidents. Our intelligence services, Homeland Security, and the Pentagon all are doing yeoman service that helps collectively to keep and protect American citizens.

Since the attacks in September of 2001, some in governmental positions, the intelligence community, and our military have been writing new, and far reaching materials that seem to be destroying some of our inalienable rights as prescribed by the Constitution. I’m wondering if the next drone eavesdrop activity, or a targeting of American citizens will be covered with vim and vigor by our media…..or if it will be quietly put in the middle of section C.

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IT’S WHORE-WOMPY TIME AGAIN!

IT’S WHORE-WOMPY TIME AGAIN!

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I’m not sure why people still care whatever it is that Dick Cheney has to say, I personally tired of his act a decade ago…..and apparently time hasn’t helped this relic of a politician to come to grips with what he’s all about. Richard Bruce Cheney that’s who, the guy simply loves to hear himself pontificate…..do you know exactly what the word means…..pontificate, “to speak or write and give your opinion as if you actually knew what you were talking about.”

Yup that would be Dick Cheney alright; he’s never seen or heard of a political point of view that didn’t jibe with his wacky opinion that he didn’t either want to attack, or in fact did attack. What Dick Cheney has is a hard case of being vaccinated at birth with a Victrola needle (a Victrola was a phonograph machine that used to play records, the needle made the sounds on the (disc) audible to the human ear). The guy goes on and on, usually about America’s foreign policy and how only Dick Cheney knows what he’s talking about, and how the U.S. should act.

Now it seems that much of America’s news media, print, radio, and television are up in arms with how Cheney, and his daughter Liz disrespected President Obama, and how he’s carrying on with the mess in the Middle East. I hate to say this…..well wait a minute, I don’t actually HATE to say this, but the president being called out, or his decisions questioned actually is how a democracy is supposed to work…..jerks like Dick Cheney have the right to say whatever they might deem necessary about the president, his job performance, his decisions, in fact his mouth wash, and the brand of his cologne. It’s the great American experiment, and the experiment is ongoing, you know glass houses, stones and all that stuff.

WHAT RUFFLED FEATHERS THIS TIME

According to the former Vice President in the George W. Bush administration, the current president Obama is wrong on so many issues. Cheney stated that President Obama is “wrong about so much at the expense of so many.” “To many times to count, Mr. Obama has told us he is ENDING the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan---as though wishing made it so.”

How quickly Mr. Cheney forgets what his boss, Commander in Chief, U.S. President George W. Bush proclaimed back on May 1, 2003….war in Iraq was at an end…..and that “the mission was accomplished.”

Or the other times when Cheney, some other administration official, or the president himself talked about weapons of mass destruction, or Saddam Hussein’s involvement with the attacks on the world trade centers, the Pentagon, or a rural area in Pennsylvania.

How about Cheney’s assessment that there was irrefutable proof that Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction were in strategic areas throughout the country, or (Saddam) had, or shortly would have, access to nuclear weapons or that Saddam would have nuclear capabilities within three years.

So now after eleven years, Dick Cheney and his daughter, Liz seem confident that enough time has passed, and that American citizens will have forgotten about all of the “gaffs” that the Bush administration uttered and issued during the eight years that it was in power. Like a line out of the movie, the Marathon Man…..”is it safe out,” Cheney figures that it’s safe out…..and he can rant.

For whatever reason many conservative Republicans and Teabaggers figure that there can only be peace through power or aggression. That attitude is actually full of holes, unless suddenly people like being shoved around and intimidated.

I LISTEN TO LIMBAUGH, AND HANNITY…..AND THEY SOUND THE SAME

These talking Heads all seem to have a message, the same message, Limbaugh talked during his 6-18 broadcast that President Obama wants to destroy America, at least as it is known today. Late in the afternoon, Sean Hannity echoes the same message in substance as the Limbaugh talk, with just a different wrapping paper on the outside.

I think that it is silly for anybody to think that President Obama wants to weaken the nation through his actions as the countries commander and chief. After all, Obama’s got to live here too, he, his wife, and their two daughters.

How long does it take for these conservatives and Teabaggers to come to the realization that what is going on in the world…..today didn’t just happen overnight, it took at the very least a couple of decades for this silliness of what is now little more than a religious conflict of ideals.

Dick Cheney is 73, Dick Cheney is in ill health…..and the world, as Dick Cheney knew it, has passed him by. Sure, he might have more access to current events then I do…..but not much more. After all…..Dick…..you are a retired political official, and as such, you’ve been pushed out and to the sidelines.

Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran are all sites of a smoldering caldron of differences in religion, elitist power, and opportunities for personal wealth beyond simple dreams. I suppose that you could add a dash of ignorance, a measure of misunderstanding, topped off with a few sprinkles of misguided attitudes.

Iraq and Afghanistan were never areas of conflict and war that the United States was ever going to WIN, U.S. troops were, and are viewed as invaders, infidels, and thugs with guns. Iraq, and Afghanistan as well as the entire region became a giant marketing project, the U.S. with its masterful war machines, and the “terrorists” with their sticks and stones.

ONE THING DICK CHENEY AND HIS PALS HAVE FORGOTTEN

Suicide bombers are a unique type of person, apparently they’ve got some sort of death wish…..the only thing that I’d strap around my middle would be a money belt. Dynamite or plastic explosives and my Dunlop shall never meet. My belly is reserved for sun-tan oil, and the occasional T-bone expansion.

The Middle East has been at war for more than a thousand years, their hardened, tough, and don’t play backyard baseball in their formative years. I would venture to say that they probably “play some sort of war game” that hones their survival abilities.

These Iraqi’s, Afghans, Iranies have fought wars, and made wars down through the annuals of their history, blood-baths, missing body parts, and shooting somebody’s head off is second nature to a portion of these Middle Easterners.

For breakfast these people fry up a Dick Cheney, have a side of Paul Wolfowitz, and wash it down with a generous portion of Sean Hannity. You know, even though I feel that these conservatives are bad for America, I really believe that they love their country, and that is really the sad part. We can’t get together and share ideas…..and work for a better America in particular and a better world in general.

 

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A MAN WHO TRADES FREEDOM FOR SECURITY DESERVES NEITHER!

A MAN WHO TRADES FREEDOM FOR SECURITY DESERVES NEITHER!

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The above blog heading for June 10, 2014 is borrowed from good old Benjamin Franklin, and actually reads, “The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.” Now I’m not questioning the wisdom of Mr. Franklin, nor am I questioning his patriotism, no indeed, what I mean is that in Franklin’s time, war usually was a necessity. However, even during Ben’s time, the waging of war was not taken lightly…..pretty much unlike it is today.

The consequences of war carried a hell-of-alot more diverse effects on the population during the infancy of the United States than it seems to in today’s world. One’s got to remember that there wasn’t any electricity, paved roads, cars, trucks, or fast food establishments that cater to us…..today. Absolutely not, in the late 18^th century it was an almost a fulltime job to stay alive.

Since the Great War, World War I, the United States has been involved in 37 military conflicts counting World War II. To tell you the truth I was kind of flabbergasted, I looked for a list of casualties, and the cost of our warring mentality but could come up with neither. An educated guess would be a million deaths, and billions and billions of dollars spent in the name of…..well you pick-um, wealth, patriotic beliefs, fighting for freedom, policing the world, rescuing oppressed people, or job creation.

Putting a finger on the exact monetary numbers is really, really hard to do, pretty much because some of the costs for waging war are all over the board of budgets. It’s costly, this security effort that it seems like every American desires. Protection and serenity is necessary as we Americans go about our daily efforts to attain the American dream.

I’m not joking either, can you imagine having to devote much of your time to simply staying alive, and grubbing for something to eat every day…..like in the times of Benjamin Franklin. Wars have been waged and won by our forefathers so that we could devote much of our time to collecting as many greenbacks as possible.

Americans come from hardy stock; of course that stock has been diluted by the mingling of the races, as well as our core values and educational resources. Oh, oh, do you detect a touch of racial bias here…..absolutely not…..I’m simply stating a fact of our lives in the 21^st century. My meaning of dilution by mingling of the races is simply referencing to the fact that there is change taking place right under our eyes. History will judge the outcome of this unintentional cultural and physical revolution.

As far as I’m concerned, the mingling of the races is a good thing, because by doing so, everybody comes to realize that we really all the same, and the color of a person’s skin is, actually only skin deep. Once you get through that 16^th of an inch of skin there’s blood, muscle, grizzle, bone and body organs. To a degree body parts and fluids are interchangeable, no matter the ethnicity of the bearer, or the receiver.

VETERANS AFFAIRS…..THE CARE FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS, AND THE ROLE OF DONATING

Did you realize that the United States is spending more for soldiering than at any time since World War II, that includes the Korean War, and Vietnam? And it gets worse…..since 2001 the United States has spent more than $1 trillion, and that by 2018 that figure will be washed away in a flood of money that’ll amount to about $2 trillion dollars.

Can you imagine what you could do with $2 trillion dollars…..neither can I, and I’ve always dreamed the big dreams, forming huge business, Cadillac’s in my garage, houses in different climate zones to take advantage of temperate weather. Remember me being a baseball lover…..to live where baseball can be played, and I can have 12 months of it.

There are, of course, intricate lists of costs for the average taxpayer for our country’s soldiering all over the world…..and in many cases, not even asked to interject our military might, we take the initiative through our foreign policy priorities…..and of course that old bug-a-boo, to protect our interests.  

So you say that “how people receive us, what they think about our agendas and how we deal with foreign peoples is accepted, so we must be doing something right…..right.” Well actually we aren’t being accepted too well, and it’s been going on, this smoldering anger for decades. We’re just too damn preoccupied with chasing that almighty dollar bill to see what is way past the writing on the wall stage.

The price of freedom has been going up for decades, and it’s measured more in dollar bills (sadly) then in the body count. How has this been achieved you ask, the answer is easy, news correspondents are now imbedded, meaning that the news gatherer is fed all sorts of propaganda for his reporting, and he usually accepts what he’s fed.

You now also have Fox News, and conservative radio talk show hosts singing the praises of how our soldiering is saving the world, while quelling our enemies…..a super-human achievement. I hear, read or see about how our returning hero’s need our help…..additionally, to care for external wounds, and those pesky wounds that can’t be seen. To deny these people their due would almost be criminal. The VA clinics, hospitals, rehabbing, and the individual mental care can take forever…..and additional financial payment is necessary to care for these people.

There are dozens of veteran help organizations that civilian’s can support with monthly payments…..this (membership) patronage does not count against the Federal Governments military budgeting, and there is no accurate way to measure those that help make up the short-fall for our returning soldiers…..and I find this shortfall sickening and disgusting.

When will be wake up and understand that waging war is way too expensive for us to foot the bill, we don’t need a Republican, we don’t need a Democrat that holds sway on Capitol Hill, we need somebody with a distaste for wasting human beings, time and money on trumped up wars on terror, bully boys, conservative, liberal governments, Capitalism, Socialism, Communism. And America’s foreign policies…..please give me a large break, we need somebody who’s willing to accurately structure the policy that’ll serve people throughout the world.

 

HAVE A NICE DAY!