Isn't It Time?

Our Government has a tendency to use our Military to occupy other countries. We enter the country, with a noble purpose, with the consent of the rulers of that country, but when our noble purpose has been accomplished we don't leave. We leave a military presence. How would we like it if other countries did the same to us? Isn’t the United Nations a good example of foreign countries entering our borders and then never leaving? How do we like it?

On a world map the United States appears quite insignificant but we have the most intelligent population in the world. While there are examples of people other than Americans bettering mankind they could not have done so without the example and benefits offered by the United States. For just a minute think about how many people from Middle Eastern countries have ever benefited mankind? How about South America? How about the Far East with the exception of Japan? How about Eastern European countries? How about na-da, zip, zilch, zero? The people of the United States are the impetus behind change and improvements for civilization as well as the world. When people in other countries look at the us they see a country that will change their way of life. And we know how much people like change.

Isn’t it time to bring our military home from around the world?

Isn’t it time to stop allowing any U. S. company do business in other countries without the permission of the government of those countries? And at the same time citizens, of any country not permitting all U.S. companies free access to their markets, are not allowed to hold any interest in companies operating in any form within the borders of the United States.

Isn't it time to begin enforcing the hiring practices prohibiting the hiring of non-citizens not holding proper work permits? How about jail sentences and multi-million dollar fines for companies and people hiring those non-citizens? When a citizen of the United States works in France, no other member of that family is allowed to work in France. How about similar restrictions within the United States for all non-American citizens and jail terms for violators?

Isn't it time to evict the United Nations and all of the spies it brings with it?

Isn't it time to let the world know they do not need to like us but if they harm us in any way we will destroy their country? We have proven that killing civilians works. We did it. If you doubt, ask the Japanese. We have proven a small group of determined fighters can defeat the best army and navy in the world. If you do not believe, ask England. For the other side ask the people of Viet Nam about France and the United States. The United States is too large to fight small countries. Our weapons are too expensive to use and at the same time our soldiers are too precious to not protect them with those weapons.

Not everyone is cut out to live in a democracy and we should not require it to be a friend. Some countries function better under a dictatorship. Look at England they have a King or Queen and we had a war to get away from that. Remember Tito and Yugoslavia? Look what has been happening since Tito was killed.

We need to protect our borders and then live and let live.

Iraqi Elections

The elections in Iraq on January 30, 2005 continue to prove the insurgents are not crazy. They have a cause for which they are fighting and we, the people of the United States, are part of that cause. Can you imagine a more shocking picture than for one of the buildings, where Iraqi people living in the United States were voting, to explode, killing and injuring hundreds of people? I cannot!

Since no terrorist activity ocurred what conclusion can we draw? There can be only two alternatives. Either the enemy we fear so much are not able to carry out such a criminal act or they do not care to carry it out. Allowing that anyone with enough determination can destroy a building as long as they are willing to put forth the effort it must mean the "bad guys" have no interest in carrying out such acts within the borders of the United States.

A few years ago a survey was taken concerning why peoples of other countries hate us at a time we think they should love us. Some of the conclusions of that survey showed that those people did not like the influence the West has on their cultures, their children, their way of life etc. I imagine if the survey was given to Christians within the borders of the United States the results would be quite similar.

Look at the beginning of the Arab people.

Ishmael was Abraham's oldest son, by Hagar the concubine He was born at Mamre, when Abraham was eighty-six years of age. At the age of thirteen he was circumcised. (Wouldn’t that make you mad?) He grew up a child of the desert, wild and wayward. On the occasion of the weaning of Isaac his rude and wayward spirit broke out in expressions of insult and mockery and Sarah told Abraham to “Expel this slave and her son.” Abraham dismissed Hagar and her son with no more than a skin of water and some bread.

Ishmael settled in the land of Paran, a region lying between Canaan and the mountains of Sinai; and “God was with him, and he became a great archer”. He became a great desert chief, but of his history little is recorded. He was about ninety years of age when his father Abraham died. On this occasion the two brothers met after being long separated. Isaac with his hundreds of household slaves, Ishmael with his troops of wild retainers and half-savage allies, in all the state of a Bedouin prince, gathered before the cave of Machpelah, in the midst of the men of Heth, to pay the last duties to the 'father of the faithful,' ”. Of the later events of his life little is known. He died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years, but where and when are unknown. He had twelve sons, who became the founders of so many Arab tribes or colonies, the Ishmaelites, who spread over the wide desert spaces of Northern Arabia from the Red Sea to the Euphrates, “their hand against every man, and every man's hand against them.”

What has changed? Looks like history continues….

Privacy vs Security

With the Patriot Act permitting the collection of information at random looking for signs that indicate a potential troublemakers we are being asked -- told -- to give up more privacy.

Surveillance devices, ranging from lasers that can monitor members of a crowd for abnormal vital signs, to biometric scanners that pick out individual travelers at a distance and link them to databases containing their detailed personal information, are proliferating at an unprecedented rate.

Ways to spy on Internet chat rooms are being researched by our government. Black boxes in rental cars using global-positioning satellite technology to track and map a vehicle's travels, alerting the rental company if the driver speeds or crosses into Mexico in violation of the contract. National standards for drivers' license i.e. a de facto national ID card are being developed. The Patriot Act minimizes judicial oversight.

The government is evaluating a proposal for a universal database hold billions of pieces of information about ordinary citizens.

Current laws are inadequate to keep up with the technology.

How long before we delete that phrase from the national anthem....land of the free.....?


George Washington "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force ... Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearsome master.”

Was He Ever Wrong!

On July 4, 1776, George III, king of England wrote in his diary, “Nothing happened today.” Because of the slow communications of his time, he did not realize our Declaration of Independence had been signed and that the British Empire would never be the same.

Always Thinking

An Oklahoma state senator hopes to revive cockfighting in his state by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors.

The Oklahoma legislature outlawed the blood sport in 2002 because of its cruelty to the roosters, which are slashed and pecked to death while spectators bet on the outcome. But state Sen. Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta, Okla., and a longtime defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $100 million business.

To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.

"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," Shurden said. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."

Is this a great country or what?

Demise of the American Business

One practice that will continue to have a major influence on the demise of American businesses is the continued practice of the Executives becoming millionaires while the people who trusted them and followed them become unemployed. Loyalty and trustworthiness must be allowed back into the American company.

Armored Hummers

The soldier who asked the infamous question of Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, was given the question by a reporter from Chattanooga who then contacted the soldier responsible for calling on the people to ask questions and persuaded him call on the soldier with the question. Has anyone considered a court martial for one or both of those soldiers? Who is running these news conferences the military or the reporters?

Iraqi Elections

You cannot give a nation democracy. If the people are not willing to fight for it and to die for it they will never be a democracy. As long as the common citizen allows the outsiders to bomb and to kill there is nothing anyone else can do for them. We need to have the elections in January, allow the people who want to vote, to vote, count the votes and leave. If the new government doesn't want help from other nations there is nothing that can be done for them. It is sad that so many of our young men and women have been maimed or have died for something the Iraqis are not willing to do the same. While I am at it, women do not belong in combat zones. If a man loses an arm he can eventually learn how to dress himself. A woman who loses an arm will never be able to put on clothes with closings in the back with only one hand. She will always need assistance with dressing herself and will ever be dependent upon other people. Women do not belong in combat zones.

Steroids and Sport

Why hasn't anyone hit these idiots in the ego? When a person uses steroids they are admitting they aren't "man" or "woman" enough to get the job done. They are not good enough. They are not macho enough. A class action should be filed for fraud. Not against the individuals but against the team or league. They are not producing the product for which they are charging.

Terrorism?

The fact that it is so easy to terrorize the United States and the "bad guys" have not since the 9/11 mistake means they don't want to even though the media keeps everyone nervous as does the Homeland Security debacle. Can you imagine an easier target and more impressive demonstration of terror than blowing up one of the major television news anchors on camera while in Iraq? I can not!