Category Archives: Politics: International

When "They" say "We" then "You" are "Them"

Posted on October 9, 2009 | Leave a comment

So, Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize.  And for no good, or even existing, reason.  After all, he was nominated only 12 days[!] into his Presidency.  Which begs the question:

When a group of devout Socialists hands this prestigious award to a 12 day old leader, it seems pretty clear that those Socialists feel he is a Socialist.

Yikes.

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Why Would We Tax Chinese Tires?

Posted on September 12, 2009 | Leave a comment

When American’s are really struggling right now to make ends meet, why would the United States impose a tax on tires being shipped to the country?  I mean, if we are really trying to give our consumers the opportunity to save and spend money, why, why would we tax something that they need?

“China strongly condemns this grave act of trade protectionism by the U.S.,” the spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, Yao Jian, said in a statement issued on the Ministry website (www.mofcom.gov.cn) Saturday.

“This step not only violates the rules of the World Trade Organization, it is also contrary to the relevant commitments that the United States government made at the G20 financial summit.”

I am having a hard time understanding why we would impose trade restrictions that would endanger our relationship with China; one of our largest trading partners.

I should re-read this thing–be right back.

Oh, I see now:

The United Steelworkers union, which represents workers at many U.S. tire production plants, filed a petition earlier this year asking for the protection.

It said a tripling of tire imports from China to about 46 million in 2008 from about 15 million in 2004 had cost more than 5,000 U.S. tire worker jobs.

Forget I asked.  These are not the droids you are looking for.

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I Bet the Cairo Speech Did This

Posted on July 18, 2009 | Leave a comment

I never thought that we went into Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction.  I also never felt that we went into Iraq because Mr. Bush needed to finish what daddy started.  I have always felt that it was something else.  Now, that’s where it ended for me.  I only have so much, so much…ahhh, so much — noodles.  If ya know what I mean.  But The Voice of Reason?  Now SHE has it goin’ on.  She has maintained that we moved into Iraq to set up camp next to Iran.

I know why I married her.

But maybe she was wrong.  Maybe it’s because ol’ Dubya was straight talkin’.  Maybe we were just bringin’ some ol’ fashion freedom:

America chose to save us from the most evil party, and the most despicable President in the universe [Saddam].

America gave the lives of 4,000 of its people to Iraq’s land to instill security and democracy,

America came bearing democracy for Iraq

America canceled all of our debts and urged the rest of the world to do so,

America allowed Shias to practice their religion

America opened the world to us

America urged the Gulf States to allow Iraq to return to the Gulf Cooperation Council

America decided to withdraw from Iraq cities and hand these cities over to the Iraq forces on June 30 in preparation for the final withdrawal from Iraq.

After six years of liberation, we now know who our friend is….

Maybe we aren’t so bad after all.

HatTip TJIC

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Obama’s Advice: Don’t Do What I Do

Posted on July 14, 2009 | Leave a comment

President Obama recently returned from his overseas trip.  A trip in which he paid a visit to Ghana to deliver a speech to the Ghanian Parliment.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I think that it’s perfectly acceptable, recommended in fact, that Presidents travel the world and deliver speeches like this.  Further, I actually enjoyed the message that he gave early:

We must start from the simple premise that Africa’s future is up to Africans.

I love it.  In fact, it’s what is at my Libertarian heart.  Personal Liberty-Personal Responsibility.

Most of the speech was as you would expect, but I did have to laugh at Obama’s advice on creating wealth:

No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top … or the head of the port authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery.

So, lemme get this straight.  Obama’s advice to Ghana is for the government NOT to take a cool 20% off the top.  But his advice to America is to increase the skim we are already taking off the top?

Nice.

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A Tale of Two Nations

Posted on July 3, 2009 | Leave a comment

So, we have two nations involved in power conflicts; Honduras and Iran.  In Iran, we have a nation that is a center player on the world stage.  They are center in Mid East peace, they continue to provide oil and their regime continues to insist both on having nucs and destroying Israel.  In Honduras we have, well, not much.  Interesting take that our President has in handling each crisis.

In Iran, I think that Obama is right to be very careful and avoid giving too much ammunition to the current ruling party.  Anything that we would be able to do or say* would be used by the sitting President as meddling by the US and would simply stir up anti-American sentiments in that nation.  The President is right to allow the people of Iran to work this out for themselves.

The other nation, Honduras, is another matter all together.  Here, Mr. Obama IS inserting himself and calling for the ousted leader to be reinstated.  While it’s true that a sitting President was “arrested” and taken out of country, the facts on the ground are not very clear that the sitting President was a lawful one.  IN any event, Mr. Obama is clearly NOT affording the people of Honduras the same opportunity as he is the people of Iran.

Which brings up the question of why.  My thoughts: the sitting President is an ally of Hugo Chavez, an ideological brother of President Obama.

* Let’s not forget that Obama’s Administration IS talking.  In fact, they are talking about taking credit for the protests.

…privately Obama advisers are crediting his Cairo speech for inspiring the protesters, especially the young ones, who are now posing the most direct challenge to the republic’s Islamic authority in its 30-year history.

In both cases, claiming to energize the protesters and then just letting them hang AND defending Socialist regimes–Obama is showing what we knew when all ya’ll not me elected him.  He is a rookie at this whole thing.

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Awesome

Posted on January 14, 2009 | Leave a comment

While not fair; the Chairman is certainly not the World Healer we they say he is.

Check this out

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