Happy Greek Independence Day!

Happy Greek Independence Day

EPA gets bodyslammed

An overreaching dictatorial federal agency claimed it could not be taken to court was and lost badly in a unanimous 9-0 decision. Reading the story will make you angry and wonder if you are living in the United States of America or the Soviet Union. The Supreme Court got one right for a change. Hopefully they do again with that Obamacare horror in June.

The story, from CNN, for your consideration:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/us/scotus-property-rights/index.html

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Everyone is Irish today!

Time to leave...

After the horrific news of a lone US serviceman going on a nighttime rampage, killing sixteen civilians, nine of them children, it has become obvious it is time to leave. First, there was the inadvertent burning of the Koran that resulted in rioting that killed 30 people. Six US service people were shot by their supposed Afghan "comrades" after that incident.

Then came this tragedy. We may never know what happened completely but what we do know is bad enough. No one in Afghanistan will ever trust Americans again.

It has been 11 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Afghan army still cannot operate on its own, Harmad Karzai clearly can't stand us and Osama Bib Laden, harbored, yes harbored, by our alleged ally Pakistan, is dead.

We have done all we can do. Afghanistan is, and always will be, a basket case.

Enough American blood and treasure has been spent. Tine to leave and no will think twice if any US soldiers spit on the ground as they leave. Let our armed forces personnel come home to their families.

What about Afghanistan?

Let the idiots kill each other.

Spring FORWARD, Fall BACK!

I could shout about gas prices and how Obama 2012 looks just like Bush 2008 but I am pretty sure you see enough of that.....

Daylight savings time approaches and the Sunday after is always fun as no one arrives anywhere on time and store open at wrong times and clocks are off for a week!

Remember....Spring FORWARD, Fall BACK!

Not too much happening right now as I am getting ready for the thesis defense and all the idiotic last minute stuff that happens but we are getting it taken care of. Inch by inch, foot by foot, yard by yard. That reminds me....

Why are we not using the metric system? All based on 10 and a lot easier to convert.

Kind of random post this week but I have a lot to do.

At least it keeps me off the streets!

US intelligence agencies conclude.....

....that Iran is not, I say again, not, constructing any nuclear weapons, though for some reason the story says "bomb." The reactor that attracts so much attention on Iran's southwest cost is not being used for military research, US intelligence agencies conclude. Granted, there is a capability to do so since the Iranians are engaged in nuclear research but there is no military applications as yet.

So why continue to surround and harass Iran? Such behavior only pushes them towards military applications. The answer may well lie in an attempt to once again drive up oil prices with the aid of a manufactured "crisis".

Has Iran shown a history of imperial aggressiveness? Yes, it has. But it is not doing so at the moment. Nor can they.

Iran's economy is not that strong. They are surrounded by the US military in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, and the Persian Gulf . Iranian threats to Israel cannot be carried out because the US, and probably Israel, can knock the missiles down before they come close. Furthermore, Iran's relationship with Hamas has fallen apart so Iran's ability to strike at the Israelis is degraded even more. Unfortunately, there are still Iranian proxies in southern Lebanon but can they seriously damage Israel? Even their best effort in 2006 could not seriously damage Israel nor has any meaningful attempt repeat the effort.

Oil traders (maybe "traitors" is a better spelling) continue to harp about an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran. Have they looked at a map? Does any Israeli airplane have that kind of range to get there and back? And somehow, I don't see Jordan or Kuwait giving permission for overflight and even Iraq would not allow that, especially considering their experience in being on the receiving end of an Israeli strike back in 1981.

When these same speculators shout about Iranian efforts to shut down the Hormuz waterway, remember, Iran has a small navy that the US Fifth Fleet can destroy within a day. Also remember that when Saddam Hussein began blowing up oil wells in Kuwait during the Gulf War in 1991, oil prices did not move.

Who are the real villains here?

All these threats only reinforce the "Americans are coming to destroy Iran" propaganda Tehran feeds its people. And it suits the purposes of those seeking to steal more from the American people. And the sad thing is is that the morons in Tehran might actually be less of a threat to America.

Pic from CIA World Fact Book

Story for your consideration from New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/world/middleeast/us-agencies-see-no-move-by-iran-to-build-a-bomb.html

Now he's worried about gas prices?

Gas prices are heading for $4 a gallon by the end of next month. On a much faster pace that the 2008 spike that led to this horrific economic situation. Back then, Candidate Obama railed against the White House (justifably) for not doing anything to allieviate the situation. Now four years later, prices have leaped from under $2 to $4 and President Obama has done nothing. In 20o8, he called for a comprehensive energy plan. In 2012, after vetoing the Keystone oil pipeline project, he is calling for a comprehensive energy plan.

So what has he been doing for four years?

Everything a politician uses the world "comprehensive", they sound like used car salesman.

That is because that is what they are.

Congress has a 9% approval rating.

You are better off talking to a used car salesman.

So much for "Hope and Change"

The story from from USAToday.com for your consideration:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/02/obama-mocks-gop-on-gas-price-issue/1#.T0ajUvmD-QY