Archive for April, 2009

Does President Obama have his own “Iran Hostage” Event?

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Is the worlds most powerful navy really being held at bay by four pirates in a row boat?  Can our sharp shooters really not take out four gunmen who don’t have cover?  Or is there more to this story that we don’t yet know?

Captain Phillips was amazinly brave to put himself in harms way to spare his crew.  Are we, as a nation, letting this brave man down with our inaction?

Ofcourse not, the administration is “watching the situation closly”, said Robert Gibbs, Whitehouse Press Secretary.  FBI hostage negotiators have been dispatched to the scene to engage in negotiations.

Have we reached the point where we can start counting the days like we did with the Iran Hostage crisis?  On November 4, 1979 our newly elected President encouraged the release of hostages after 444 days of captivity.  Was it the fear of additional talk or the likelihood of military action that moved the stalemate?  More importantly, is the threat of more talks going to help Captian Phillips?

Please Mr. President, send a message to these pirates that America will not tollerate this behavior.  Sometimes the bullet speaks louder than a voice.

Bring home Captian Richard Phillips.

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Fantasy Football – Pick Me Video

Friday, April 10th, 2009

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Let Not This North Korean Character Push Us Around…

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Does anyone else feel like this is a cartoon and Elmer Fund is drawing a line in the sand and Bugs Bunny keeps crossing it?  “Provocative [...] serious consequences.” said Secretary Clinton.

Today North Korea launched it’s missile and put a satellite in to orbit.  This means they can now hit anywhere on the planet and what is the “serious consequences“?  A special meeting of the security council has been scheduled for later today.

OK, so meetings are her preference…What are her intentions?  Apparently she is going to deliver a message that normalized relations is now going to be very hard to achieve.  Is anyone still concerns that President Bush completed work on the missile defense program?  At least now we have the chance to knock one of these things out of the sky.

I have no doubt Mrs Clinton feels she is doing the best for our nation.  I applaud her effort, but how far is she willing to go: how many lines is she willing to draw in the sand?  Will they act before or after the next attack on American soil?

Why didn’t we shoot this missile out of the sky?  Over international waters we have the authority.  The Satellite is more than likely flying over our country, why not take out the satellite?  She said serious consequence.  Would the demonstration of our abilities be a good deterrent?

God save America and all of the Free World!  Please.

Ed

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Has Current American Politics Become a Magic Show?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

magic3Anyone who has seen a talented magician knows the trick is happening in the other hand.  Are we losing interest because we are TOO focused on the Misdirection?

I feel like we are all watching prestidigitation by master magicians.  While trillions of paper bills are being printed (without backing) our leaders have us focused on stories like AIG and the protests at the G20.  Sure it is important to keep abreast of world and domestic events, but where is the reports of the devaluation of the dollar?

Conservative talk shows, of course, which congress wants to control via the “Fairness Doctrine“.  If congress is able to re-implement the “equal time” rule, will the magic trick staging finally be complete?

Conservative talk radio beats out liberal talk radio in almost every demographic across America.  Conservative news beats liberal news.  Why?

In mediums that live or die by advertising dollars, why do so many Americans flock to conservative discussion?  Oops, that is the slight-of-hand that I am talking about…the right question is why would congress want to legislate what American’s watch or listen to?

I think it is because without the conservative voice being so predominate in the market place the magic trick becomes easier.  The difference is between staged magic and close-up magic.  When we go to Vegas and see the big magic productions, we know it isn’t real, when we are up close to the magician we are amazed by the skill.

If congress takes away our ability to get up close to those making the political magic, then we might become oblivious to the production behind the scenes.  Maybe that is the goal?

Ed Bejarana
BusinessBlogging.net

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