2008 Presidential Campaign
Telling it like it is.
Here is an example from the black entrepreneur demographic.
By the way, you did not need to be black to buy into some of the hope and change buzz. I am old enough to remember some of that from the late sixties and early seventies. Kids are gone, ready to retire, along comes this slick politician stirring up old memories and grandiose dreams. Anyway the monk sets it straight.
Criticism of Obama?
Perhaps there are a few non partisan people out there who are just fed up with Washington and the current Pied Piper.
Here is an example from the female entrepreneur demographic:
CNN interview of exCIA re Libya
This “expert” is definitely outspoken, but what would you expect from an ex CIA counterintelligence analyst – Michael Scheuer.
Canadians and Afghan Terrorists
Adopt a terrorist!!
A lady Canadian Libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the government, complaining about the treatment of captive insurgents (terrorists) being held in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.
She received the following reply:
National Defense Headquarters
M Gen George R. Pearkes Bldg, 15 NT
101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa , ON K1A 0K2
Canada
Dear Concerned Citizen,
Thank you for your recent letter expressing your profound concern of treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorists captured by Canadian Forces who were subsequently transferred to the Afghanistan Government and are currently being held by Afghan officials in Afghanistan National Correctional System facilities.
Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinions were heard loud and clear here in Ottawa.
You will be pleased to learn, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself; we are creating a new department here at the Department of National De fence, to be called ‘Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers’ program, or L.A.R.K. for short.
In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to divert one terrorist and place him in your personal care.
Your personal detainee has been selected and is scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence in Toronto next Monday.
Ali Mohammed Ahmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded in your letter of complaint.
It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommend in your letter.
Although Ahmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his ‘attitudinal problem’ will help him overcome these character flaws.
Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences.
We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling.
Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers.
We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group.
He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion) this might offend him.
Ahmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters (except sexually) since he views females as a subhuman form of property.
This is a particularly sensitive subject for him and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code that he will recommend as more appropriate attire.
I’m sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka over time. Just remember that it is all part of ‘respecting his culture and religious beliefs’ as described in your letter.
Thanks again for your concern. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job and care for our fellow man.
You take good care of Ahmed and remember we’ll be watching.
Good luck and God bless you.
Cordially,
Gordon O’Connor
Minister of National Defense
Alternative to ObamaCare – Free Medical Clinics
There are some free or inexpensive medical clinics in some of the major metropolitan centers. Not nearly enough. They are financed by charities or churches. With President Obama spending trillions on health care, why is this not a central issue?
Most of the egregious aspects of the US health care system would be solved by a sensible, effective system of municipal medical clinics.
The first criticism of all clinics is that they only get the bad or inexperienced doctors. That is true. Consider these solutions:
Define medical personnel as doctors, nurses, medical technicians etc.
New Medical Personnel – Pay rate range should be from twice the minimum wage to four times the minimum wage. No interest or principal due on student loans during full time service at the clinic. At the end of full time service, student loan principal reduced by the amount of pay received while employed by the clinic.
Experienced Medical Personnel – Zero salary, only tax benefits and student loan benefits. Compensation calculated on a basis of 200 work days per year. Use income tax paid last year divided by 200 as the daily compensation rate realized as a federal tax credit. For example, if a doctor paid $50,000 in federal income tax last year, then his daily rate would be a $250 federal tax credit per day worked at the clinic. Furthermore, student loan principal would be reduced yearly by the total amount of compensation received from the clinic by the doctor during that year. Furthermore, as long as a doctor worked at the clinic 20 days a year, then all student loan interest would be suspended for that year.
The poor performance of the economy provides a window of opportunity with regard physical facilities. There are many vacant buildings which are fully functional as offices in all metropolitan centers. Some of these are in foreclosure, some are available at severely discounted leases or purchase prices. The medical equipment necessary should be available at very attractive pricing. But we cannot allow the federal government to do the facility or equipment procurement.
Democrats Love Europe
Several months ago Greece experienced very harsh economic realities. Because of the common currency used in Europe, the rest of Europe felt the ripples of the Greek difficulties. Later it was Spain, Portugal and Italy. Now it is Ireland. Basically, the welfare estate in Greece has grown beyond the ability of the Greek economy to support it. The story is pretty much the same throughout Europe. With paid holidays, paid retirement, paid health care, paid education for everyone, … the general population has lost its motivation to work at all. Plus they are so entrenched in the welfare estate that it is now a right not a privilege.
What is amazing is that the Greek population is angry with their government for this predicament. The government gives the people what they want. Government cannot pay for all of it and eventually goes broke. People do not support cut backs on their paid holidays, paid retirement, paid health care, paid education for everyone, … Welcome to nanny state land. Accountability has been erased from their dictionary.
By the way, if Greece and most of the European countries has such ideal living conditions, then why is the net population movement from Europe to the USA?
The Democrats love Europe. Obama loves Europe. His changes for the USA are toward the European model for society. I have a suggestion for Obama and his Democrats – emigrate to Europe. Stop trying to change the very fabric of our country.
Does any understand the Napoleonic Code? Something about guilty until proven innocent I think …? We should try that one with our Congressmen and Senators.
If you love the European model, then be my guest. File papers. Move to Europe. I wish you only prosperity and good luck in your new home.
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