Stuff on the High Seas

Oh my oh my how the international community is fickle.  Let me get this straight - North Korea sinks a South Korean ship totally unprovoked and ... I think I hear the crickets.  There is nothing - no condemnation.  Our country just says the international community should do something (notice not our country).  Kind of reminds me of the line about "we are going to send you a really, really mean letter"  or something like that.  Funny - that was not even an issue.

But wait! - Some Israeli Military ships stop some ships attempting to run a blockade and offer to unload, inspect, then let the shipment pass with any humanitarian aid.  Then the people on the ships start acting like California cops on Rodney King to the Israelis and when the Israelis defend themselves - it is  like" Oh how dare you attack these 'Peace Ships'!"

I guess antisemitism is popular again (then again to be anything even slightly appearing as half negative against islam is punishable by the death penalty).

Well, I have seen the videos - pretty clear the "Peace Ship" folks were not on any sort of peace mission. 

That's all for today - stay safe!

Can Anyone Tell Me Why We Need Immigration Reform?

Well, can you?  I mean, we have all sorts of laws concerning immigration and we allow over half a million legal immigrants into our country every year.  "Well, what about amnesty?" - some people say.  I cannot figure out one thing about amnesty - that is why?  No one has been able to tell me what the real purpose of amesty is - besides making bunches of illegal aliens no longer illegal.  So I challenge anyone who bothers to come across this blog to please tell me what is it that amnesty accomplishes.

Do you wonder what is wrong with immigration in America?  I will give you a hint:  Maybe it is because of Border Czar * - Alan Bersin.  I mean if you see a problem, first look at who is in charge.  This guy was one of those "recess appointments" by Obama.  I do not understand why more people aren't calling this guy to the carpet concerning our immigration issues. He reports to: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano

Supposedly his job includes:
   • Coordinate all of the department's border security and law-enforcement efforts..
   • We expect him to handle illegal immigration and drug violence issues along the Mexican-American border
   • Previous experience: Chairman of the San Diego Regional Airport Authority (2006 to 2009); Secretary of Education for California (2005 to 2006); Superintendent of San Diego Public Schools (1998 to 2005); U.S. Attorney for San Diego (1993 to 1998)
     • Talking about border security shortly before he was named Clinton border czar in 1995, said he wanted to focus on suspected smugglers of both drugs and people and was not interested in prosecuting “economic migrants.”

Bersin previously held a similar job in the Clinton Administration. He is tied to the policy in 1994 when the U.S. shifted focus from the arresting of immigrants who actually crossed the border to an increased border presence designed to stop border crossing in the first place. When Bersin left the position in 1998, border arrests were on pace for an 18-year low of just more than 200,000.

So maybe, just maybe just one more of these Obama appointments is the real reason for non-enforcement of immigration laws and  why we are in such a mess today.

Anyways, stay safe!

Our Country is Not an Embarrassment - Our President Is

Once again, I am embarrassed by our President. Don't get me wrong, I pray for him every day (after all, if he is gone then clueless Joe Biden takes over).  Yeah when the President of Mexico - you know Mexico, the country where the government can take your land, business, and everything else just because they want to country.  The country that is basically no longer safe for US citizens to visit because the streets cannot be made safe from drug cartels and other criminal gangs.  That Mexico - anyways their president says Mexico's violence and problems is America's fault!  Yes, in his country firearm ownership is banned totally, yet somehow we need to ban assault rifles because it is America's fault because we have "assault weapons."

Maybe if Mexico was less corrupt and actually took care of the drug lords then he may have some inkling of a point.  But so what?  The windbag from our southern neighbor spouts idiot remarks.  However, our spineless leader (spinless when it comes to standing up for America)  stands by and sheepishly smirks at the remarks.  He embarrassed me and most Americans by NOT calling down Mexico's President when he spouted his idiot saying.

Ok, I vented - stay safe and take care.

What I came Across Today

I was looking for a particular photo for my other blog - and I came across this. I thought it was quite funny. I post it in honor of the TOTUS.



Enjoy! And stay Safe!

American Power Act - Are you Kidding?

Look What John Kerry is doing "for" you now.

"The American Power Act" is simply a "cap and trade bill." Don't believe me? read "Part II Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment." It is nothing but cap and trade.

OK, I know some of the cap and trade folks are nuts - but guess what is claimed by the wing-nut blog "Center for American Progress". They actually think they can legislate fewer
hurricanes in Florida. No, I am not kidding! Their words: "Florida or Gulf Coast residents would face fewer severe tropical storms that can destroy homes and property, and cost millions of tax dollars to clean up." How naive can they be to think they can legislate hurricanes? It has "Reducing Global Warming Pollution" in the bill.

Ok, so this is based on AL Gore's claims about global warming er, I mean climate change, and he says the oceans will rise.



Note that Al Gore just spent nine million dollars on a house that would be in the flood zone (it is ocean view property) - I guess he doesn't really believe what he preaches - then again, anyone that thought he was doing anything other than an info-mercial for carbon credits he is scamming folks for deserve to be scammed.

The claim it will create jobs - there is no evidence of this, and more likely it would wreck the economy. First of all, no one knows how much "cap" to cap. (I know it says there will be a "panel of experts" but who chooses the experts?

This is the worst bill I have seen in ages - but then again John "I want to make sure and tax our troops" Kerry came up with the bill.

Ugh! Idiots in Congress and they do more of what people do not want!

Much Ado About Nothing

Well, after being home a while I see that there is still much ado about nothing. This seems to be by political folks that want to take away focus from what is important and focus on made-up issues.

What I am focusing on is the "new" immigration law in Arizona. All sorts of people have dropped the race card on this claiming it is a law that allows abuse and racial profiling.

Let's look at the facts:

• The law does not allow any police to stop anyone to ask for identification as an illegal alien.
• The law requires that stops be made as they are now under the law using reasonable suspicion or probable cause for a violation of the law.
• The law requires police to check for documentation on people they suspect are illegal aliens that have already been detained.

Note: Police always ask for identification on people detained before the law changed.

So where does anyone get racism out of this? Where do you get profiling from. There is NO CHANGE in how police can stop and detain people.

The only change is that the police can hold illegal aliens they have already detained for another reason under the state law.

So what is the problem? The only people that should be complaining are the police in Arizona - they are now doing someone else's job!

With all that is going on - I believe the stirring up of all of this is to get focus of of real issues so that people get off of the unemployment issues, the grow deficit, lack of immigration reform, lack of intelligence on terrorists and the like.



Anyways Stay Safe!

Why is anyone upset thatpolice ask for identification.

Back Home and Checking Headlines

Who would have thought that a volcano would have shut down air travel in Europe? What intrigues me is that it seems to be that there is more seismic activity lately than ever before, or maybe it is just that the news of this activity is more readily available. For instance, 9 earthquakes of 4.0 or higher have occurred today (so far) as I am writing this. However the USGS says we are not having more earthquakes than normal. They say that the fact that we have so many monitoring stations now is why we see so many earthquakes reported. OK, I did start with a volcano, so I figure I will chase that a bit more.

Did you know that in 1991 one volcanic eruption (Mount Pinatubo) cooled the earth for an average of 2 degrees for an entire year? Of course, this goes back to the whole global warming/climate change discussion. Of course it is not a discussion once someone discussing uses the term “denier” which means they would rather make personal attacks rather than intelligent discussions.

I just think it is interesting that one volcano can effect so much and millions and millions of people could not make such an effect if they tried with all of their might.

Maybe I am wandering, don’t really care – I am at home re-cooping and not a lot else. Whatever you do – stay safe!

Health Care Passes and is Signed

Well, I saw Obama sign the Health Care bill on CNN…sort-of. CNN was carrying the story live, when they had breaking news of how some lawmaker in the UK proposed that Israeli Ambassador get out of the UK because of the assassination in Dubai. (Interesting as there is no evidence Israel had anything to do with it besides Dubai Police saying so. An amateurish assassination with what now …20 plus agents involved to kill one guy? Gun-running is deadly business and it is more likely the guy tried to short change his suppliers or had in the past)

Anyhow – back to the signing of the bill. Before CNN cut away – Joe Biden was doing his marathon how much can he kiss Obama’s a$$ speech before he drops the f-bomb. After CNN flashes back to the signing – Obama had already signed the bill and he was grinning ear to ear.

I do not know if the Health Care Reform Bill is more good than bad. It does appear to be constitutionally questionable, but likely cannot be challenged in the courts for some time to come as there has to be some sort of “damages” before the case can be handled in court.

I hope it ends up being a good thing – but all I can say is only time will tell. What I do know is that it for sure welfare for insurance companies. Right now, health insurance is the only legalized pyramid scheme in the US. I know, I am a licensed Insurance Agent. Chances are if you pay $500 for insurance, only about $150-200 of it is actually for health insurance. It seems AIG is Obama’s favorite recipient of our tax dollars - first, with bailouts and now with this. Maybe deeper looking finds a different financial institution as all insurance companies are pretty much run by banks.

Whatever happens – Stay Safe!

Time is Running Out on Liberia

I will be leaving Liberia less than a month from now. I guess over-all more good than bad. Some of my friends know of the hell I went through with a superior - which will likely not be resolved.

What I have learned is that the reporting of misconduct of superiors in the UN system seems to be little more than smoke and mirrors. The Ethics division which is supposed to protect whistle blowers say they do not want any misconduct reported to them. Other units seem to just drop the ball whenever Superiors are reported.

I find it interesting that the United Nations has the weakest of all protections for people who work there.

The plight of the whistle-blowers in North Korea is well known that nothing was there to protect them from their superiors and their own firings.

This is how the UN supports whistle-blowers in Somalia.

The only way UN employees can get justice is to go to court:

To report cases of corruption, malfeasance, waste, harassment and/or retaliation
please contact United States Mission at the UN (USUN)at their whistleblower hotline: USUN-UNTAI@state.gov. USUN assists UN whistleblowers and will protect your identity. If you are aware of problems at the UN, including crime, corruption, fraud, or retaliation against whistleblowers, please contact USUN-UNTAI@state.gov. Your confidentiality will be ensured.

Anyways – be safe!

Ronald Reagan and the Nobel Peace Prize

I don't know why I was thinking this - but it popped into my head. Why didn't Reagan win the Nobel Peace Prize?

He was President from 1981-1989. Here are the winners during that period with my comments in italics:

1989 THE 14TH DALAI LAMA (TENZIN GYATSO) , Tibet. Religious and political leader of the Tibetan people. O,k probably well deserved
1988 THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES New York, NY, U.S.A. This one is a cop-out when you do not want to choose.
1987 OSCAR ARIAS SANCHEZ , Costa Rica, President of Costa Rica, initiator of peace negotiations in Central America. Well deserving of such an award with his peace efforts in Central America.
1986 ELIE WIESEL , U.S.A., Chairman of 'The President's Commission on the Holocaust'. Author, humanitarian. Guess who was President while he was on the commission.
1985 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR Boston, MA, U.S.A. These guys possibly deserved it. – However, I believe Reagan actually did more to prevent nuclear war than these guys did.
1984 DESMOND MPILO TUTU , South Africa, Bishop of Johannesburg, former Secretary General South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.). for his work against apartheid. He was a deserved recipient.
1983 LECH WALESA , Poland. Founder of Solidarity, campaigner for human rights. He probably could not have even held the marches and protests without the support of the US externally and the build up of American military power under Reagan.
1982 The prize was awarded jointly to: ALVA MYRDAL , former Cabinet Minister, diplomat, delegate to United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament, writer.
ALFONSO GARCÍA ROBLES , diplomat, delegate to the United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament, former Secretary for Foreign Affairs . I believe once again a cop-out when Un gets any of the prizes
1981 OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Geneva, Switzerland see abaove – same stuff

Another interesting point is that Gorbechev gets the Nobel Peace prize in 1990 for “helping end the cold war.” Now that is a real hoot, since there is no way it would have happened without Reagan. Carter, his predecessor, won the prize mostly for his mid-east peace initiatives (he won it in 2002). As Reagan was giving his inaugural address, 52 U.S. hostages, held by Iran for 444 days were set free. There were no Major conflicts during Reagan’s term that the US was involved in. The most major conflict in the world was the Iran/Iraq war.

Ronald Reagan encouraged Gorbachev to pursue major arms agreements. Gorbachev and Reagan held four meetings between 1985 and 1988: Reagan believed that if he could persuade the Soviets to allow for more democracy and free speech, it would lead to reform and the end of Communism. Speaking at the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987, Reagan challenged Gorbachev: saying, "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Note: The Berlin Wall was torn down beginning in 1989 and then two years later the Soviet Union collapsed.)





Reagan and Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty at the White House in 1987 which eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons. Gorbachev was offering major concessions to the U.S. on the levels of conventional forces, nuclear weapons, and policy in Eastern Europe.

Compare that with Barack Obama...

Stay Safe!