Day: March 8, 2016

BiBi: Call His Bluff!

I need to apologize for my lax reporting on international situations….but I have finally got my hands on the Bin Laden documents and I have been pouring over them looking for stuff…..

Plus the media has been laser focused on a woman’s lawsuit for naked pics, and some women in Texas that was stopping traffic by being nude and finally some driver gets pulled over because there is a small tree embedded in the radiator of a car….now those are news! (sarcasm in case you missed it)……

While on break I was reading some news and one event that had me up thinking was BiBi’s failure to come to the AIPAC meeting this year….

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that he will not be making a visit to Washington DC later this month to attend the AIPAC annual conference, and by extension is also refusing a proposed White House visit with President Obama.

White House officials expressed outrage at the news that Netanyahu was not only declining their invitation, but hadn’t declined to them personally, saying they first heard about it in the Israeli press, along with false claims from Israeli officials that there was no possible time to schedule the meeting with Obama.

Israeli officials insisted that the cancellation was because of the proximity to US primary elections, though no primary elections are scheduled for the duration of the planned visit. This  was seen as another slight to the White House, referencing Obama’s refusal to meet Netanyahu last year in the lead-up to the Israeli elections.

This is a class act, the PM of Israel, if he wants to play a game then I say give him a game.

I have an idea (it will never see the light of day….but what the Hell)……

Just for being a d/bag all arms shipments are suspended……and then inform the Saudis, who have become butt buddies with BiBi, that any attempt to be a middle man for Israel will result in sanctions and a suspension of ALL military aid.  Send word to Israeli government that all settlements must halt or any American company doing business in Israel will be sanctioned and fined.  Then meet with Palestinian reps to talk about the recognition that they richly deserve (I know this part will be tricky because no one knows for sure who reps who)…… meet with EU partners and work up a plan for dealing with the escalating violence on the West Bank.  Finally, give American companies willing to rebuild Gaza a tax incentive (to be determined later)……inform UN that the US will NO longer work as a surrogate for Israel….all dual citizenship holders will be told to pick one over the other…dual Israeli citizenship will NO longer be recognized.

How’s that for a plan?

Now my question is….does the US have the cajones to call Israel’s bluff?

But could it really be the BiBi is just pouting?

he White House is exploring the possibility of supporting a UN Security Council resolution that would set the principles for a permanent Israeli-Palestinian agreement. The resolution would be brought to a vote before the end of U.S. President Barack Obama‘s term in office, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

American support for a UN Security Council resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian issue

Some of Obama’s advisers, as well as senior officials at the State Department in Washington, believe that the American president’s legacy on the Israeli-Palestinian issue should be a Security Council resolution that would determine principles for the end of the conflict.

Such a resolution would replace the Security Council’s Resolution 242 from 1967 and Resolution 338 from 1973. It would serve as a new source of authority for the peace process, secure and preserve the two-state solution, and make it clear to the Israelis and Palestinians what concessions they would have to make if they one day decide to renew the peace process.

War, Peace, and Bernie Sanders

I will admit it…I am an unashamed “peace-nik” and the person I vote for must have an agenda that includes the possibility for peace and prosperity…..so far most of the candidates show me nothing more than arms of the M-IC…..and that includes both parties……

As it is today….there is NO one in the GOP that would make me more optimistic that our involvement in foreign conflicts would be diminished……….

Recently the vice chair of the DNC, Tulsi Gabbard, has resigned her position with the DNC and endorsed Bernie Sanders…..I like her….she is a war vet and has an excellent head on her shoulders…..she resigned from the DNC because her chairperson is a die-hard Clinton supporter and has done nothing for the other candidates in her party…..

I will be watching her because she has a real problem with the M-IC and its influence on politic and internationally…..I like that!  Someone has got to take on the “fat cats” in the M-IC…..someone has got to let the public know what all the profiteering is doing to the fabric of this country……I am pleased to see that a woman has stepped up and accepted the challenge.

Her endorsement has come to Bernie at the time when he needs for others to stand up to the M-IC and to help get the message out to the voting public……recently an article in the LA Progressive had an excellent piece on this situation…..

Source: War, Peace, and Bernie Sanders – LA Progressive

She made an excellent point when she said…….

“War is a very real thing,” she said. “If the Syrian war continues, we won’t have the resources to fund important social programs. This isn’t a question of the past — it’s a question of today. Regime-change wars do nothing to strengthen our national security, but they do strengthen our enemies.”

AMEN!  And now the American people need to see what all this interventionism is doing to the world and this country……

Plus Rep. Gabbard is the perfect example of a strong woman to be mentioned during Women’s History month….

Politics of disillusionment and the rise of Trump

Since the Summer I have watched Donald Trump rise in the ranks as a “viable” GOP candidate…..many have found this sort of an enigma because he was written off by many pundits as nothing more than a “joke-ster”…….boy did they blow that analysis!

But if these same pundits had been on the street talking with people or even listening to them they would have quickly realized that the American people, from both sides of the spectrum, are fed up with the antics and the games being played by our elected representatives…

After much has been written about the phenom that is Trump….most still struggle with an adequate reason why he is doing so well in the polls as well as in the voting…..

While the US pundits struggle some of the rest of the world has been more accurate in their analyses on the Trump phenom…..maybe because they do not work under the same news filter as the American MSM…..

I have found some really excellent op-eds on this situation in an unlikely place…..AJE…..

………when I was in the United States, I asked a number of senior Republican Party figures about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the presidential nomination. All laughed out loud. It simply won’t happen, they told me. The Republican Party machine would take care of him.

I doubt if they are laughing now. On “Super Tuesday” this week Trump won seven out of eleven states. The likelihood of Trump challenging for the White House seems less of a joke by the week.

Source: Politics of disillusionment and the rise of Trump – Al Jazeera English

While I was researching this situation I ran across another op-ed that helps explain this turn of events….

Many American pundits try to explain it a way with all sorts of lame and purely speculative answers……but the truth is much simpler and not as biased as the MSM here in this country….

These same toads are also amazed at the rise of the Dems candidate Bernie Sanders and they have struggled with his successes also…..but that also can explain what these people keep missing…..what chaps their butts is that even without the proper reporting by the MSM Bernie keeps winning….that part I like!

Source: US elections: It’s the system, stupid – Al Jazeera English

I think it is an accurate analysis….disillusionment is the one cause that many have been overlooking for the past 6 months…..the problem is that feeling by the American voter could be disastrous for the country in the long run…..

Trying to create a buzz for the media some of Trump detractors are claiming that he will soon peak and they are throwing money at their prediction…..

Ted Cruz’s relatively strong performance in Saturday’s GOP contests has raised a host of questions about the Republican race going forward, much of them centering on Donald Trump. Some highlights:

  • The New York Times details how anti-Trump groups are pouring millions into TV ads in key states amid “nascent signs that he may be peaking with voters.”
  • NBC News lays out why Trump’s lead of 87 delegates is weaker than it appears.
  • A post at Hot Air explains that a closer look at Saturday’s results shows that Trump didn’t under-perform at all; the key is that Cruz surged largely at the expense of Marco Rubio.
  • One thing for sure: Trump is scrambling an Electoral College map that has been stable over the past four presidential elections. Politico digs in.
  • On a similar note, the AP says that if Trump is the nominee, his path to a general election win “would be a GOP map unlike any in recent years.” Think working class, white voters in traditionally blue states.
  • Cruz says multiple media outlets have told him they’ve got big exposés ready on Trump, but don’t plan to run them until June or July, reports Talking Points Memo.
  • In the arena of Trump rivals, a Cruz super PAC is going after Rubio aggressively in the senator’s home state of Florida, hoping to secure a potentially campaign-crippling defeat, reports Politico.

Why not?  The media create the Clinton front runner status….why not try to make Trump a loser and spend, spend, spend on the candidacy of Ted Cruz?

Personally, I think Trump can weather the barrage from the opponents….but if the media joins the pile on then he may have a hard uphill battle….but then it all depends on how gullible the American voter chooses to be.

The Constitution and the Standing Army

Thanx to the election we will hear the word “Constitution” more than any other time……the problem is most people that use the Constitution as a prop have little knowledge of what the entire document has to say….only the parts that pertain to their little rants…..few take the document in its entirety…..

I always like reading opinions on the Constitution……since there is NO one left alive that we can confer with on the actual meaning……opinions is all that is left.  The one thing that is certain is everybody’s opinion is valid…..we may not like what is said but until you can produce someone that was there………. then all are valid……I do however avoid those individuals that use the issue to go on some rant not substantiated by rational thought…basically those opinions are just blah, blah, blah….

I have given my thoughts on the 2nd amendment……..

Source: Why The 2nd? – In Saner Thought

I recently read a piece about the idea of a “standing army”……interesting and maybe my reader may find it so…..also…..

The U.S. Constitution can reasonably be seen as a massive tax and mercantilist trade-promotion program. However, there’s a third leg to this stool. It was a national-security program as well – almost a proto-PATRIOT Act. Indeed, these three elements formed an integrated project: it gave the new central government independent power to raise revenue by […]

Source: The Constitution and the Standing Army – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com

I think that too many Constitution wannabes take some of the wording too literal or out of context……and that shuts down any rational analysis and makes them an invalid opinion writer……

2016: It’s About The Issues!

I have heard that comment on many occasions……the people are the only thing that matters in 2016….we must vote for the person that would do the most for our citizens….

Today is another set of primaries…..I know WTF?  Don’t worry my friends…there are more!

In case you are still not sure about the stands on the issues…..maybe I can offer some help from from my sources…….if you are voting today….maybe this will help in your decision……

 

Are you sure your supported candidate has your best interests at heart?

If you truly want what is best for this country then maybe you should keep some of this stuff in mind as you set about deciding where to put your vote…..just a thought.

The media is doing all they can to discourage the voter……they consistently give the delegate count which, according to them, is almost insurmountable for Bernie…..but the truth is a bit more factual…….Super delegates are just butt lickers that are rewarded for their cheese eating ways……

Please…DO NOT make your choice by the erroneous information the media keeps spreading…..make your vote count by learning the facts and let the MSM speculate all they want…..but for God’s sake do not use them for your decision.

Obama Intensifies Wars and Threats

In case you are unaware of it…..I think the US is doing disreputable damage to itself with all the interventions we are involving ourselves in around the global……

Basically, the nation is committing suicide and has been doing so since the mid-1980’s…….it began with Bush1 and has continued through Obama……

The Obama Administration is expanding its military power and threats against Russia and China as well as increasing its war efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria while preparing to restart Washington’s old war in Libya. Most of this has been revealed in the first six weeks of the 2016 election year and President Barack Obama’s […]

Source: Obama Intensifies Wars and Threats – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com