Wikileaks, best thing to happen our Foreign Policies

WikiLeaks is the best thing to happen to our Foreign Policies in history. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Nothing to be afraid of. If we are using our ambassadors to spy we are doing what every other country does. With "leaks" like this wars will not be so easy to start. Mrs Clinton is probably more correct that you want to believe when she said one of her counterparts said "Don't worry, you should hear what we say about you."

Wikileaks. . .

WikiLeaks is the best thing in history for the people of the United States.  An additional side benefit is we see our leaders are not as clueless as they appear in public. Here are some fun parts:

Word to the Wise

"A word to the wise isn't necessary. It is the dumb ones who need advice."

Federal Ratio

The Federal Ratio" the 3/5ths rule of slaves had more of an affect than most people think. 

Recently I read a book on the writing of the Constitution in 1787. The south would not have signed the Constitution unless they were allowed to continue to own and bring in additional slaves. A white man in South who owned 5 slaves had in affect his vote plus 3 while a white man in New York had 1 vote. This edge came from the number of representatives allowed per state. 

The affect: during the 62 years between Washington's election and the Compromise of 1850, slaveholders controlled the presidency for 50 years, the Speaker's chair for 41 years, the Chairmanship of the Ways and Means committee for 42 years. The only men to be reelected president Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson were all slaveholders. The men who sat in the Speaker's chair the longest, Henry Clay, Andrew Stevenson,k and Nathaniel Macon, were slave holders. 18 out of the 30 Supreme Court justices were slaveholders. Seven justices delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott decision and a majority were slaveholders. Gives more reason for the North to want to be rid of slaves.  And gives additional reason for the South to have wanted to keep their slaves and the Federal Ration.

We the People are Responsible

In a country of the people, for the people, and by the people who is ultimately responsible? The government we elect or the people who elected and tolerate them.

The person who hires someone to commit an illegal act is as guilty as the person committing the act. The citizens of the United States are as guilty as the leaders we elect. We are all targets of the enemy. That is why everyone needs to vote responsibly and that means informed. Ignorance is no excuse, our laws support that idea also. We all are as responsible as our leaders for there stupidity and we are easier to kill. 

Foreign Policy

No one can successfully lead this country except from the middle. our elected officials do not have a clue. If they did they would have chosen different leadership. Homefully Boner understands but he most likely does not. When Newt was the man he had no clue so we will just have to wait and see.
 
Where I disagree with those calling themselves conservatives is the United States has made some pretty stupid decisions. While we did not deserve it our leaders should have seen it coming the 9/11 attack. The United States cannot and should not export its culture or its military to other countries. How would we like a nice big flashing electric sign in Thailand language that says "Our Hot Dogs are Real Dogs?" How would we like a sign from India that says "Cows are Holy, Eat Chicken?" How would like a Iranian military base just outside of Knoxville? So, I do not blame the bad guys as much as I blame us. We can expect more and since we know better we will now deserve it.

 

And do not forget, the primary cause of death for the "heroes" was faulty communication gear caused by the NYC taxpayers not willing to pay for better ones. If its not for our stupidity the death toll would have been less than it was.

 

Ethics in Government

Individuals in government know, without being told, if they do something to benefit a corporation they can depend on that corporation showing their appreciation with campaign contributions or jobs. This permits plausible deniability but is still unethical and immoral. If you do something that benefits me I will repay the favor without you asking and without me saying anything to you. Our government has been so corrupt for so long we are forgetting what ethics and honesty in government looks like.

 

Thanks, John Jenkins
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When in Rome. . .you're about 120 miles north of Naples.

George's Admissions

Apparently in his book George admits or confesses to authorizing torture which is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Some countries are calling for his being brought up on Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes. Should be interesting. Apparently we tried people for that same crime.

 

The problem George has is we as a country agreed to not torture prisoners or war. George violated an agreement the United States had made and the United States said it was willing for our leaders to be punished if they violated such agreements. One of the last things Bill Clinton signed before he turned the reigns of power over to George was an agreement which we agreed to turn our leaders over to such powers for prosecution.  Obama has to be careful because in Afghanistan he could find himself in the same pickel.

Not a Christian Nation

Neither the colonies nor the United States was ever a Christian nation and we are not today. If we were was, it owning human beings like property that exhibited our Christianity? Do black people still rate at 3/5ths of us white guys? Or was it our habit of murdering all the natives, men, women, and children we found and stealing their property? Killing those children may have set God against us. Didn't Jesus say something about having a millstone around our neck would be better than doing what we did? I believe his name was Standing Bear. He went all the way to the Supreme Court to have himself declared a human being. That was in 1903. To the Supreme Court means the system fought him all the way. So for the first 127 years of our existence our Christianity was exhibited by our acceptance that the Native Americans were not human beings. 
 

Holiday Tree

We have finally won. We should be ecstatic. The government finally agrees with us. Christ is not in Christmas and never was. Thank God for Obama's fine leadership in this area. Do we disagree with him or is it we do not want him agreeing with us?
 

Stop the Hassle

To the Media:

 

When was the last time you reported on the following groups committing terror activities:

 

1) Caucasian women of any age?

2) Negro women of any age?

3) Hispanic men or women of any age?

4) Caucasian men over 30 years-of-age?

5) Negro men over 30 years-of-age?

6) Men or women of Middle East descent over the age of 50-years-of-age?

7) Men or women of Middle East descent under the age of 50-years-of age?

 

 

ANSWER: #7

 

Why hassle the other groups? If you were looking to cast a movie you would select by category so why not for National Security?

 

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Do Roman para-medics refer to I.V.s as "4s?"

Britain Disagrees

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/09/british-deny-bush-claims-foil-terror

 

 

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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Do Roman para-medics refer to I.V.s as "4s?"

Middle East Israel or Iran?

The only friend we need in the Middle East is Iran. No one else can help us. Only Iran can provide military assistance AND oil.

NFL and Spearing

Hitting with the helmet used to be "Spearing" and was illegal. These fellows are professionals. When their is helmet to helmet contact it is intentional every time. Anyone doubting that is naive. For me personally it does not bother me to see a football player laying on the ground paralyzed from the neck down. They knew the risks and they are a member of a union that wants helmet to helmet hits to be just part of the game. Morons are morons no matter how much they are paid. Just stop whining about all of the injuries. 

Juan Williams et al

The Constitution prohibits the government of passing laws prohibiting freedom for speech. I says nothing about individuals and corporations. Anyone but the government can prohibit individuals from speaking, if they are strong enough or influencial enough.

Thanks, John Jenkins
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Do Roman para-medics refer to I.V.s as "4s?"

Lower your Expectaions.

I saw a headline something about doubts within the Republican party about repealing Obama care. The Republicans have not a clue so do not be like those Obama supporters who are disappointed in their boy, do not expect anything from the Republicans. Government is government no matter the party. Obama is not the blame for Obama care, everyone who voted for anyone other than McCain is responsible for Obama care. I have not looked but my guess is split votes between T-Party and Republicans let the Dems keep seats in the House and Senate. Morons are morons, no matter the party.

Thanks, John Jenkins
865-803-8179  cell
Gatlinburg, TN

Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

Do Roman para-medics refer to I.V.s as "4s?"

2012

The Republicans will be graded on one item and that is ObamaCare. If they repeal it they will have been successful. If they fail to do that they will have failed and Obama will win in 2012.

Violent Video Games vs Pornography

 

If we cannot make laws prohibiting violent video games on the grounds of Free-Speech then prohibiting pornography is also unconstitutional. If you do not believe viewing violent video games affects people why do you sell commercial time in or on your media?

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Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
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Census taker. "We are trying to find out how many people are in the UnitedStates." "Well," the old man answered,"you're wasting your time with me; I have no idea."

Natural Law

I read a book on Job by Wayne Jackson. You have to remember Wayne Jackson has a good reputation among Churches of Christ. On the subject of God intervening in Natural Law he writes: Do you realize what sort of world this would be if God directly intervened, suspending His natural laws, each time one of His creatures encountered a life-threatening situation? This would render the law system of our planet completely undependable and make life a sphere of hopeless confusion. Such a haphazard system, in fact, would argue more for atheism that it would for theism. He does not address the issue Christians practice and that is asking God to intervene and provide, security, health, and comfort.

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"And do not forget brethren, that we are drifting."

J.D. Tant

Re: I read that. . .

It is nice to understand history. If you think that is useless how about: After debating the issue for five minutes in 2009, the Common Council in Madison Wisconsin voted to make the pink plastic flamingo its official city bird. So when you are in Madison no wise cracks concerning pink plastic flamingos. Or  maybe this one, hang gliding is banned at national parks in Ethiopia to prevent stampedes. Antelope often mistake the contraptions for vultures. So if you were thinking of going hang gliding in Ethiopia, you should think again.

Thanks, John Jenkins
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"And do not forget brethren, that we are drifting."

J.D. Tant

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Grover W. Hastings <gwh1206@comcast.net> wrote:

John, YOU are something else!! I don't have time for such useless info to me. For you, it must be important. To each his own.

I thought growing up was something that happened automatically as you got older.  

But it turns out it's something you have to choose to do. 

Grover W. Hastings

gwh1206@comcast.net

In God We Trust

"If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under."  President Ronald Reagan

On Oct 26, 2010, at 6:33 PM, John Jenkins wrote:

The "V" sign with the back of the hand has been a profane gesture for more than 100 years in England meaning essentially "up yours" which gives a slightly different view of those pictures of Winston Churchill making such a gesture. 

During WWII the meaning of the gesture changed. A Belgian politician, Victor de Laveleye who went to England when the Nazis took over his country and directed radio broadcasts for the BBC suggested listeners in Europe use the letter "V" as a symbol of resistance. In French the V stands for "victoire" translated "victory" and in Dutch it stands for "vrjheid" for translated "freedom". In the United States it means "peace" which does not make sense. To have peace you have to have victory. With victory we have vrjheid. 

As for me I like to think Churchill intended the original meaning.

Thanks, John Jenkins
865-803-8179  cell
Gatlinburg, TN

Email: jrjenki@gmail.com
Website: http://www.greenbriersolutions.com 
Blog: http://littlepigeon.blogspot.com/

"And do not forget brethren, that we are drifting."

J.D. Tant