1.4 Billion Dollars to Mexico?

How dumb is our government? Mexico is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and we are going to spend 1.4 billion dollars in aid and training and equipment? The last time we did this with Mexico, the men we trained went over to the winning side, the drug cartel side. The equipment went with them as did the weapons. I don't know where the money went.

Not much has been revealed about the agreement. Some are saying some of the funds will be used to combat terrorisms. Who's against that? Right? Seems to me we could and should clean up our own act by closing the border. This in turn would greatly reduce much of the drugs on our streets. We should also crack down, no pun intended, on drug use. This is something we can do. We know who the traffickers are, who the users are.

I'm not saying it's easy to do. I just don't see why we haven't wanted to. I know there has been a lot of money spent on "the war on drugs", but with too many restrictions and who knows how far money has made it up the chain of command. There's a tremendous amount of money to be made, and a lot of it is floating around. Someone has got to start the ball rolling. It's in our court: someone pick it up and run.

Michael Huckabee

I can't hold back any longer: Michael Huckabee for President. There, I said it, but not as well as his web site. Michael Huckabee has got it all. Go read and let me know what you think.

Veteran's Day

Let me start out by giving thanks to all our fallen heroes and those serving today. Also to the families who lost loved ones and those separated from their very own heroes.

Now, politics as usual. While Nancy Pelosi made some admirable remarks, she just couldn't leave out politics on this special day. She had to be derogatory in her comments regarding the Republican's block of the Senate's veterans bill. Both parties knew it was heading for a veto.

The ten billion dollar domestic spending add-on to the veterans bill made the bill outside the parameters of the President's budget. Add-ons are a practice used by both parties, I know. This one stands out because we are at war and I think we should put all that BS aside and show some appreciation for those fighting in distant lands.

So the battle in Washington rages on even on the one day set aside for honoring some truly selfless people.

God bless all who serve.
Stranger

Viva La France

How refreshing to hear someone say something good about the United States of America. That it came from the lips of a Frenchman and not from one of our own made it so resounding. Break out the brie and French wine!

French President Sarkozy gave a speech to a joint session of Congress the tone of which I've been longing for. He received standing ovations, especially when he remembered the sacrifices we made freeing France from Hitler. Also moving was when he said the thought of an American dying in battle gives him pause to reflect the loss as if it were one of his own. He praised us for the endless pursuit of freeing people from oppression. Sarkozy went on to say that America welcomed immigrants not to offer handouts, but to give them the opportunity to be self sufficient and successful.

I can only hope that one day I will hear that the majority of our politicians speak as highly of the USA as President Sarkozy.

Green Sham--Really

Does anyone feel like we are in kindergarten? Al Gore, the celebrated inventor of the Internet, is going to save the planet? Come on, this is so fallacious. It was just thirty years ago we were warned of the non-stoppable ice age coming our way.

We all know the earth is alive and dynamic. There is nothing static about our planet, let alone our solar system. And don't forget we are talking about a one degree rise in temperature that occurred during the beginning of the last century.

I feel bad for Gore. Although he is making a bundle of money with this, I believe he will be ridiculed for some time to come.

One can always find people with opposing views on any any subject, but common sense will win the day on this one. First it must play itself out.

Law of the Sea Treaty

The United Nation's proposed Law of the Sea Treaty is a redistribution of resources and wealth scheme at our expense. I must say this is in line with the "new world order" crowd. It gives control of the oceans to UN third world countries who will line up to extract as much out of the USA as possible.

The UN is primarily made up of anti-American communist states and dictatorships. It's inept and corrupt. Need I remind you of the food for oil program?

The USA is doing fine. We don't need other countries subverting our constitution. We can not give up our sovereignty; we can not weaken or negate any part of our constitution. The UN would have the right to tax the USA, to take us to court and fine us.

I think it's time to split the UN into two organizations--one made of democracies and the other made up of communists/dictatorships. We could demonstrate which is better for the people of each and which works economically. We would then welcome any country who would like to join with us.