Nobel Peace Prize---why bother?

This week the Noble Peace Prize was given to the European Union.

This week, the world saw that the Nobel Peace Prize is a joke.

The European Union "won" this prize by "promoting peace and stability in Europe."  Wrong.  The prize for that accomplishment goes to NATO.  All the European Union is doing is trying to force the economically stronger members into constantly bailing out weaker members who are living well above their means while contributing nothing.

The alleged "superstate" is built on sand and it is beginning to falter. It is also taking a more regulatory tone and acting in a most undemocratic manner.

In other words, the European Union is going to turn into the Soviet Union.

But it will collapse before reaching that point.  Like its Soviet predecessor, it has too many internal contradictions that will one day tear it apart.

Besides, every member of the Europe is in debt to Germany...so guess who the real power in Europe is.

If there is no one worthy of giving the Peace Prize too, just leave it vacant for a year.  That is better than cheapening it and making it a laughing stock.

Presidential Debate 2012

At first I was going to title this entry "Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber" but after watching the debate last night, I had to admit that Mitt Romney decisively defeated Barack Obama.  It was obvious from the beginning the Republican nominee, regardless of what anyone thinks of him, came prepared and ready to do battle.

Obama, without his teleprompter, looked lost and at times, distracted.  He spent a lot of the debate looking down and it was clear he wanted to be someplace else.  This is what happens when you try to defend indefensible policies that have clearly failed.

 I am not sure if Mitt Romney is the answer but he is not Obama.  That might be his greatest strength.  In a moribund economy with $4 a gallon gas prices, 8%+ unemployment, little to no growth, and haunted by the specter of a looming fiscal cliff replete with tax hikes added with vanishing hope along with a chaotic foreign policy, that might be all he needs.

Our Anniversary!

September 27, 2008--Michelle and I were married!  Time for pizza, muffins, and fish sticks! :-P

Middle East in chaos...again

The Middle East is in chaos....big surprise....Yes, that was sarcastic. Not only is the Middle East in chaos but so is Greece, soon to be followed by Italy and Spain, Moslem communities in Western Europe, and even on the east side of India all the way to Indonesia and the Philippines.

US foreign policy again acts in its usual limp wristed way after the profane murder of the ambassador to Libya. Meanwhile, US soldiers have been shot at, and shot back at, their alleged Afghan allies, Iraq had done nothing to stop Iranian overflights to Syria, and the Arab Spring has degenerated into attacks on Americans, prompting the evacuation of diplomatic personnel from many of the regions countries.

In other words, America is running away.

All this will do is embolden the enemy, Some say we should not be there in the first place.  They might be right.  So, why do we continue to send foreign aid to those countries that clearly hate us? Especially when there are so many people here at home who need help.

If we are going to leave, then turn the aircraft carrier battlegroups and Tomahawk missiles loose and give them a reason hate us.  It is better to be feared than held in contempt.

Have you seen any Chinese embassies attacked?

Or Russian?

Those countries have a history of hitting back at terrorists.  No terrorists are going after Russian and Chinese targets and only terrorists with a death wish will shoot at the Israelis.

Let them hate, so long as they fear...

In Remembrance

9/11 Memorial

September 11, 2001 was an event no one on this entire planet is going to forget.  The memorial on site is grand and solemn and dignified but some feel it may be too much.  Might it be more fitting to have a green patch with trees along with a granite plaque of the victims names?  Perhaps a piece of quiet and peace in the middle of the world's busiest city instead of a $700 million dollar "complex"?

These are some questions that have been raised. How you feel is, of course, up to you.

I have the story from yahoo.com for your consideration:

http://news.yahoo.com/wtc-memorial-magnificent-steep-price-132938429.html

Stupid Human Tricks

If you want to see people acting like complete idiots, check out either, or both, the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.  Watch a couple of minutes and stomach a speech or two and you come to one conclusion:  Aliens not only will not make contact with us but absolutely refuse to do so.  I would not be surprised to learn that this planet is under some sort of extra-terrestial quarantine.

I saw a little bit of the both and concluded it was a waste of time.  The DNC is about three hours away in Charlotte, NC so that catches a little more of the local coverage and I found it ironic that the Democrats decry "corporate greed" (rightfully so...) but had planned on having their candidate's nomination in Bank of America Stadium.  In fact, having their convention in Wall Street South seems a little hypocritical. 

On the other side, Mitt Romney is shouting about "fair share" of taxes when he is clearly a creature of Wall Street.

It would be great to see George Washington or Teddy Roosevelt return but it does not look like that is happening this time around.

Sometimes you feel like you should flip a coin in the voting booth. When you look at an out of control government spending money like a fleet of drunken sailors, crippling unemployment, constant trial ballons about higher taxes, and increasing poverty, it is clearly time to change course.

Unfortunately, voting for the other guy has the same feel you have when you throw a Hail Mary pass....