Diplomacy
Nothing Succeeds Like Secession
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Diplomacy, Politics | No Comments
The recent talk about Texas seceding from the Union made me think about the good it would bring about. The first question would naturally be why didn’t they think about this when George Bush was governor (Did I really use the word think and George Bush in the same sentence? Shame on me!)
Now don’t get me wrong I don’t want to lose Texas from the Union. If we did where would I get my Texas Toast? I know that in reality we would never let Texas secede. We more or less settled the secession question with that little Civil War thing.
Does Texas realize that it has the largest border with Mexico of any of our states. With the lack of Federal funds to help them they might as well change the name of El Paso to Ellis Island and avoid that bothersome fence building. Do the Texans really believe that Mexico will honor their borders? I know that Texas won their independence from Mexico but in all fairness it was with the help of lots of Americans, both Houston and Austin were born in Virginia. I’m not so sure that the Mexicans have gotten over losing Texas and they may want it back. By seceding, Texas would be a separate country responsible for its own defense. This might be something to think about when you consider that they can see Mexico from their door step.
How Dare He?
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | Diplomacy | No Comments
A quick perusal of my blog would give a person the idea that I think that President Obama can do no wrong. I hate to disillusion people, but this week my opinion of him changed.
At the 5th Summit of the Americas, President Obama shook hands with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and also accepted a book from the dictator. Pat Buchanan was one of the people decrying this act. He, like alot of the right , was perturbed that Obama did not defend our country while the members of the summit had the nerve to criticize our government. The fact that he didn’t at least walk out leads the right to belive that he is weak.
President Obama afterwards defended his actions by the weak excuse that Venezuela has about one six hundredth of our defense budget and also claiming that they have oil. I’m beginning to believe that Presinent Obama is unaware how a President should act. Since I am a patriot I will try to help.
First he has to realize that if we have a six hundred to one advantage then we should use it to show we are not weak. If we only used one three hundredth to attack Venezuela we would still be able to successfully wage another two hundred or so wars . If you really want to prove you aren’t weak, Mr President we could attack North Korea or Iran. If we really want to prove we are crazy and consequently should be feared we could attack NATO.
How dare Mr. Obama shake hands with a dictator and then even accept a book. Doesn’t Mr. Obama know that the proper thing to do when a dictator offers to shake your hand is to respectfully decline with the explanation “no you’ve got cooties”. Then he goes and accepts a book from that same dictator; well we might as well give him the keys to the White House.
The final straw was when he wore a suit and tie to the meeting. nothing says you are weak like wearing suits. He goes without the suit jacket in the Oval Office why not here? If it had to be a suit, couldn’t it at least been camo with a flak jacket. The way he is acting the summit nations might start to believe that we want peace and cooperation in the world. How dare he?