odin1970, posts by tag: politics - LiveJournal

Lets start with North Korea. So they are threatening to test a nuke and everyone is running around scrambling. Let this be a lesson to all of you reading, manipulation can often be achieved with threats, but in the end you have to be able to back it up with a quantative action. If you are intrested in politics you will note that this "threat" coincided with the ascension of a new Japanese prime minister. Amoung his ambitions is is to ammend the constitution to allow a more robust japanese military.

This is where things get messy. Flash back to WWII Korea was always one country, sadly for them it was occupied by the Japanese, rather brutally. As WWII progressed japan began to loose, in the end Russia declared war on Japan and pushed through Korea. Russia made it to the now infamous "38th parallel" and that is where they stopped. At the end of WWII Russia and the U.S. didnt agree on much and Korea was one of them. Much like germany, Korea was split into two halfs one with a communist rule, one with a democracy.

As the cold war played out, democracy won and now the North dosent have Russia for support any longer. China, while still communist is rarely interested in anything other then commerce and trade so it is unlikely it can affect the North to much. Oh yeah in cold war era there was the Korean War which was a UN action, not a U.S. action (a very popular misconception). The majority of the troops were US troops due to thier availability from occupied Japan.

North Korea invaded the South claiming that there is only 1 Korea and that thier political system was as viable as democracy (at the time it was). With the support of Russia financially and an ill equiped chinese army the North invaded successfully. The UN hit back and pushed them back to the 38th and then signed an armistice, not a peace treaty.

That subtlty is important because technically it is just a repreive, not a permenant treaty North Korea believes it is still at war, and after the fall of Russia and the economic surge of china, reliant on western consumption, North Korea stands alone.

So what about Japan? And here is what scares the koreans. Japan was always a militant country, Japan has defeated Russia in war, China, and almost the U.S. its the one country in the world where resolve and nationalism is built into the fiber of its people. The new PM wants to rebuild the military of Japan and make it a force, last time they did that Korea was over run and occupied.

So if you were North Korea wouldnt you threaten to test a nuke? I would.

I am going to be very blunt because without a firm grasp on reality one cannot comprehend the simplicty of my proposition. The object of war is to achieve an objective. The war on Terror is a war in which the objective is to kill extreme elements of islam, or convert it into a more moderate form through democracy.

I understand these concepts, most of us do they are pretty straight forward. Here is the blunt part, we are trying to do both at the same time and thats why we have not and will not win. You cannot tell people that the path to moderation is democratic change and reform, then dictate to them the terms in which they must adhere to it. My personal preference is to take the "moderation by democracy" element out of the equation and let people find and develop thier own destinies.

However, I am in favor of killing elements of Islam. Again, let me put it bluntly, if you know someone wants to kill you, and is planning the actual event do you negotiate of kill them first? Killing them first eliminates the possibility of it ever happening, and the expense of negotiation.

So here we have a wonderful story of the U.S. military rules of engagement:

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KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Wednesday it is looking into the unauthorized release of a photo purportedly taken by an American drone aircraft showing scores of Taliban militants at a funeral in NBC-TV claimed U.S. Army officers wanted to attack the ceremony with missiles carried by the Predator drone, but were prevented under rules of battlefield engagement that bar attacks on cemeteries.


NBC quoted one Army officer who was involved with the spy mission as saying "we were so excited" that the group had been spotted and was in the sights of a U.S. drone. But the network quoted the officer, who was not identified, as saying that frustration soon set in after the officers realized they couldn't bomb the funeral under the military's rules of engagement.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2006091… (I took only parts of the article)

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So you see here is the blunt truth, our own democratic rules prevent us from excersising one of the elements of war. This is one of the reasons why we lost in Vietnam and will loose in the middle east, we have rules of engagement, our enemy does not. In the end they will win. there is one major historical comparisson that bares mentioning.

The Colonies in the 1770's were fighting against the greatest empire in the world, Britian. Britian had "Rules of engagement" the colonists did not. in the end the United States was born. We need to look at our own history, and simple logic to rectify this.

If you have a chance to kill the man who is planning to kill you, you do so, because if you dont he might live for another day, and that day might be the day he kills you.

A made for TV movie to be broadcast this week in the states, and everyone is shitting apples. Why? Well first, its still a prickly subject with a lot of americans. Americans are depicted in many ways, lazy, fat, arrogant, and to a degree some of that is true. However what is lost in the depictions is the fact that americans will always fight back, and we will fight back harder and fuck anyone who stands in the way(see japan). Bottom line is when you start a fight with the U.S. we will hit you back hard.

A lot of people tell me "yeah but Iraq is costing you billions" Well I got news for them, the economy over here is strong we arent having shortages or hardships at all. The U.S. can afford this war, for now. That said, people are still pissed about 9/11, pissed at muslums and pissed at our government. this movie is based on the 9/11 commission report and has some fictional depictions.

Basically democrats are in an uproar because they feel the movie incorrectly portrays the Clinton administration as being soft (almost abstructionist) in its dealing with terrorism.To a degree that is true, and clinton didnt do anyone any favors in Rhuwanda either. Clinton wasnt a war first president, he believed in diplomacy and talking and almost brokered a deal in the middle east with the palestinians and the jews.

He was on the right trak, but he also knew that bin laden was an issue and that he needed to be taken out. The U.S. is one country that can act unilaterally and pretty much get away with it, Clinton could have bombed afghanistan and sold it to the U.N. Sure we would have gotten shit, but what else is new? When your the U.S. everyone is a critic, even those who accept sizeable aid packages.

So this movie will heat up the politics here in the states, its time for mid term elections and the republicans have a real shot at loosing thier majority. That will put us in a domestic quagmire here in the states, as nothing will get done, untill bush leaves. So you will see more little ditties like this 9/11 movie in the news, why? Its the political season in the U.S.

If you are intrested in politics, and world affairs these mid term elections are very important, it could shift the balance of power in washington and make Bush a lame duck. Is that good ? Is that bad? its hard to say it depends on where you stand on some key issues, but like it or not its on the horizon.

So for all my LJ friends who are in the U.S., make sure you vote, and make sure you are aware, and if you have time watch the movie.

So yesterday a woman on a flight from England gets a little stir crazy and she has to be subdued, handcuffed and the plane gets escorted by two f-15's to Boston. Come to find out she has hand cream and a screw driver in her purse, and she just had visited Pakistan.

After the foiled plot last week, you are not supposed to have hand creams of any kind. So this woman, after going to pakistan gets on a plane with two banned items and causes a problem.

Who the fuck is in charge of this shit? Let me tell you something, If I get on a plane if I see anyone who is suspicious, muslim, or has any type of accent at all I want them fucking strip searched. Racial profiling? You bet your fucking ass, I havent heard of anyone from New Zeland flying planes into fucking buildings, fuck them !

I am not a prejudice person, but what the fuck does it take a rocket scientist to figure out who the fucking threats are who arent? She was in pakistan for christ sake, and she got on with a screw driver? All you fucking baggage handler/security people can stick it up your ass ! Fuck her, and fuck these radical piece's of shit, this is war god dammit, strip search them and do a god dam cavity search, fuck the civil liberties.

Those who wont like it, then dont come to america ! and kiss my american ass on top of it.

There is one more fucking thing, this war in Iraq..... Where the fuck are all the oil tankers anyway? Why havent we sent oil tankers over there to start pumping the oil out and shipping it back the U.S.?

We spend billions fighting that fucking war, and we get no oil? are you shitting me? Fucking gas is 3 fucking dollars a gallon. Stick it up your ass! Everything is turning to shit fast, I mean we know they dont want us over there, and we shouldnt be there. So what do we do? Invade, defeat thier army, occupy and rebuild them? Are you fucking kidding me? Please fucking blow my house up, I want to be rebuilt.

there are thousands of people in New Orleans who dont have shit, living in god dam trailer parks... and we can spend billions in Iraq and not even get any oil ? STICK IT UP YOU're ASS ! The people running this country are nuts, they have no concept of how the hell to run a show. You take care of your own first, and fuck everyone else. Every god dam troop should be pulled out of Iraq and and afghanistan now.

No matter when we do it they will claim victory anyway, I mean some of these people live in fucking caves, survival is victory. So we pull out, take the oil and if we get hit again we hit back with a massive air strike against major metropolitain area's, just like we did against Germany.

We leave these fucking people in shambles and let them feed thier kids shitty, and piss filled water, you think they are going to fuck with us after that? When they cant even get water out of faucet? War isnt pretty, and this whole rebuild and win the hearts and minds is a crock of shit. They hate us because we support Isreal.

And let me give you another little bit of information. After WWII the middle east was carved up by those fucking genius's in London and Paris. You see Persia encompassed most of it, there was no fucking Iraq Iran, isreal, they just created pretend borders. So this asshole from Iran says "Israel should be wiped off the map" Well no it shouldnt but he wasnt to far off when he said "if europeans feel guilty about the holocaust they should give up land for a new jewish state"

How many smug shitty snickers you think that got in Europe? Well the guy might be right because the cancer in the middle east isnt Muslims, its the Jews, they have been plopped down in the middle and have slapped around everyone around them. Muslims dont like it when you defeat them in battle, over and over they get the crazy notion that its better to die for a lost cause.... And thats part of the problem.

As long as Israel is there, and we are over there the muslims will be pissed and will continue to keep trying to kill us en mass. I dont think Israel is going anywhere, but we need to pull the fuck out, take the oil and start spending that money here in the U.S. and all those countries who dont like us, who feel the need to critique us at nauseum can stick it up thier ass.

Rant over

Yes, another political rant but some good bathroom talk mixed in for fun. First let me tell you how my morning started, I had two women from Boston come to my office to learn about what I do as far as controls on budgets and so on.

No big deal right? Well it wasnt until they walked in. One of them was a very small petite asian woman, I mean the mousey glasses the whole bit, accent. The other one was this loud mouth Boston Irish (if you live in MA you know what I mean) woman about 55 who looks like she just left a bar.

So I am talking to them, and they start arguing. loud mouth irish woman to the asian woman "I cant put it another way to make it simplier for you to understand" I roll my eyes, buckle up and pucker up... Asian woman "You know, just because I cant say every word in english dosent mean I dont know what your saying".

YIPIEE ! You stupid bitches, what the fuck do you want from me anyway? I mean these two bickered on and on, I never wanted to take a shit on two people so much in my life, anyway when I masterbate later you know I am imagining a threesome with these two, in the bathroom, me on the hopper taking a shit...

But Im going off on a tandent...

So Isreal and hezbollah do a ceasefire, huge mistake. Israel got nothing they set out for and they look silly now. It was no win to begin with because all Hezbollah had to do was survive and they win, Israel couldnt knock them out.

So now we have this fucking UN resolution to send peace keepers over there to keep the peace. Are you fucking kidding me? This is the middle east, they hate the jews, there isnt going to be any peace. The Jews should have bombed lebanon until the cows came home, because the only way there is going to be peace is if these people really get there asses handed to them.

So who sends the peace keepers? You think Muslims want any more westerns occupying thier land to keep peace for with the jews?

Am I the only one who sees the inherent flaw in the strategy here? Muslums are pissed because we are over thier occupying thier soil and they hate the jews for the same reason, so we are sending more westerns to protect peace with the jews?

Yeah, that isnt going to stoke extremism...what the fuck am I some genius? (well the bathroom scene is brilliant....) We need to get out of there, smile as we but thier oil and let them fight each other. fuck sending more people over there, they dont want us there, isnt it obvious ?

when discussing these concepts its important to get to the core meaning of each. Christianity stripped down, is the belief that Jesus is the messiah. "Christ" is the surname given him, but it is not his birth name. The word Christ means "the anointed one", and thus Christianity is the belief that Jesus of Nazareth is the messiah, the messiah is by definition "any person who was anointed by a prophet of God" (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messi…)

So Christianity believes that Jesus is god son and born to the world to absolve heathens of thier sins. The core factor in christianity is that only god knows, and only god knows whom he has revealed this to.

So it is possible that god didnt annoint jesus as messiah, that infact his apostiles did so to further his church and his teachings. It is also possible that god DID annoint him messiah and infact Jesus is "Christ" and that mythology that has been woven around him is infact true.

There is one crucial factor that has to be considered when comparing Christianity to Evolution, and that is the matter of Faith. Unless God has revealed to you, or anyone the true nature of Jesus, it requires you to make a mental choice of faith to accept it as true.

This is the core difference between evolution and christianity.

Evolution is "evolution is the measurable change in the heritable traits of a population over successive generations." (source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolu…)

Note the key word in the defintion is "measurable" it implies that there is some way, or some fact by which you can draw a factual conclusion to the outcome. Evidence that is tangable that can infact be proven is the core element to evolution, and that is the key difference to Christianity.

Evolution dosent require faith, it requires a measurement of some factor or condition that proves the theory.

However, what evolution cannot prove is the begining of it all. At some point, life started. If evolution requires a measurement of some factor or condition, and there is no factor or condition how can the theory apply? It cannot, unless one employs faith.

And this, this is the real problem with the two theories, in the begining both require faith in order to solidify thier claims. Evolutionist can point to the "big bang" as the start of life and creation, but they cant tell you why that big bang occurred or for what purpose.

Personally I beleive in evolution, I believe we have evolved into who we are, with God's blessing. I find it hard to believe that god himself has intervened in all of our history given the millions of worlds out there he has to attend to. I believe god set us up on a course to succeed to reach where we are today, god set up the original parameters of life and evolution took over and guided the course.

I believe evolution is like an artist who has a canvas and they paint a masterpiece, God, for his part, gave the artist the frame by which to paint within.

Here we go, next up Alberto !

The first named storm of the season for the U.S. and central america. Its officially summer now that the hurricanes are starting up.

So I have been reading online about the congress and thier attempt at a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, or as they like to say: "to state in the constitution that marriage is between a man and a woman".

Well, technically the definition of marriage does state that it is between a man and a woman, but its nieve to think that it still applies in that manner in 2006. Homosexuality has been a human reality since we started and to attempt to supress it, or to allow for written laws that openly allow for discrimination is an ignorant and repugnant approach.

I live in the only state in the U.S. that allows same sex marriage, guess what? The fires of hell havent opened up and swallowed us, we are all still alive, well and for the most part happy, you might even say "gay" (pun intended).

I have no problem with people who dont support gay marriage, I think its a personal decision that you come up with based on your faith and upbringing and live accordingly. If you dont support gay marriage, or homosexuality thats your choice, however if you repress it, or oppress it then I have a problem with you.

The way the U.S. federal system is set up the constitution is the only way to impose federal law on states. States can make thier own laws, and I say let each state decide for themselves if they want to allow legal gay marriages. That seems about as fair for everyone as I can concieve under the current system.

So a few other things:

1. I am taking a lot of supplements now, herbs, minerals, enhancers, amino acids you name it I am taking it to enhance my athletisism. My problem is I am super horny. Now I know I say this alot, but I am really dying here, to the point where sex isnt enough, I am masterbating dam near 3 times a day. Im not a sex addict, I mean I dont cheat on my wife, I could, but I dont. Its very very hard to cope with sometimes, its not fun.

2. sunshine, 2 days and counting !

3. On this date in 1886 Ludwig (Louis) II, King of Bavaria died. The signifigance? Ludwig II was also known as the "mad king" he built lots of remarkable structures, Schloss Neuschwanstein (meaning new swan stone castle) is remarkable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neusc…

4. And last but not least.... My orchard is begining to bare fruit ! Yes, I have a peach tree, an apple tree, and a pear tree, this year they all have fruits growing. These tree's dont produce every year and it is rare to have them all produce in the same season. My cherry tree isnt going to produce this year. So the point? I have a green thumb too !

Right now in the U.S. the immigration debate is the number 2 issue finishing behind Iraq (gas prices arent far behind). So the president had a speech last night, I watched it because I am a political animal, I like to know what is going on. Bush said something very telling in that speech. Now I know this will sound very partisian to point out 1 quote but I will try and tie it into a larger point.

Bush from last night: "We do not yet have full control of the border, and I am determined to change that"

Here is the problem. Since 9/11 Bush has run (successfully) public campaigns about the war on terror and the need to protect the homeland. Yet, as he admitted last night we dont have control over our own border, clearly a contradiction to his own policies. Mexico represents the largest number of illegals in the U.S. What is often lost in the debate is that these people come here to work and provide for their families.

Noble, and valuable to the U.S. economy. Yet how is it that after 9/11 we dont have control over our border? How can this guy who has spent billions on security for Iraq and Afghanistan not made our own border a priority? Bush wants to have a workers amnesty for those already here, I support that by default because we arent shipping 11 million people out of the country, it isnt going to happen.

So what is the logical course? You stop the bleeding, you send troops to the border and stop people coming in illegally. It should have been dont after 9/11, this country should have been sealed up like a drum, but it hasnt been, and that rests at the feet of Bush and his administration.

Come to find out Iraq didnt have any WMD, yeah there are mass graves and saddam was a bad guy but we didnt need to invade, Iraq was contained, and as they say "sometimes the devil you know is better then the devil you dont". The Iraq war has cost us true security, the resources spent on Iraq should have been spent on border security, port security and funding for first responders.

Thanks again Mr president for looking like an ass last night and putting your foot in your mouth, it makes being one of your critics all the more simple.

If you live in Massachusetts then you know what this day is, if not well its a state holliday that celebrates the battle of of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, which is generally considered to be the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Its also the day of the running of the Boston Marathon.

And Its a state holliday so I dont have to work !

So a little politics if I may... This whole Iran bit, if you live in the states have you noticed that your gas per gallon price has gone up about 20 cents since this nuclear issue has come to the front? Iran has massive natural gas and oil reserves and here is the rub, if we put sanctions on Iran we will be driving up the price of gas.

Basically you prevent Iran from selling its gas, you have less in the market, less product in the market means higher prices (assuming demand stays the same). Its also hurricane season again in the states and that might mean refineries in the gulf get shut down. So even less gas and oil on the global market.

Now we move to africa, ever hear of a place called Chad? Its a country that, you guessed it produces a fair amount of oil. Rebels attacked the capital yesterday and were repelled, reports from the AP say that rebels will begin to target oil infrastrucure as a means to bring the government to bare.

Ever hear of a place called Nigeria? Nigeria is one of the largest producers of oil in Africa with a projected 4 million a day (a fucking day !) next year. But the country is in its own civil war with militants taking oil workers captive for concessions with the government.

What does all this mean? It means that as China and India become Superpowers and consume more, the world becomes more and more dependant on oil. Oil consumption on a global scale is the catalyst for a lot of the problems we have now. So much time and energy has been put into how to get it, who should have it, and why that we have taken our eye of other means by which to producr energy.

If more isnt done to increase other technologies to produce energy, and India and China and the U.S. continue to consume millions of gallons of oil a day, and the produces of oil (I havent even gotten into Venezula) continue to have problems or use oil as a tool of manipulation, be ready for more war, more bombs and more death.

April 1st, heh it was 25 years ago yesterday (or the day before) that regan got shot. Im getting fucking old man, I remember we got out of school early and my mom was home crying (that and the booze). Its just odd when you remember something clearly, 25 years past.

So yeah no jokes on me, but I got christine on a very old bar room gag. I asked her how do you get 30 cents from 2 coins and one cant be a nickle (5 cent piece). She claimed you couldnt do it, I bet her I could. The bet was dirty of course I asked for a blow job, didnt work, but I got her to bet me pizza. (her treat, with lots of meat on it...).

So how do you get 30 cents with 2 coins and one cant be a nickle? A quarter and a nickle. Your saying "yeah, but one cant be a nickle" ahhhh grasshoper, a quarter isnt a nickle is it? Therefore the conditions are met, one cant be a nickle, but the other one can.

So after that nothing much went to the hardware store to get my lawnmower balde sharpened. You should do it 3-4 times a year you will have a great lawn if you do. Hung out with Kyle most of the day, it was cool getting him outside to run around.

My little bub is getting older, he will be in school in september man, Im happy and scared, I mean hes been so much fun as a little kid, I love him so much. Thank god I have Christine who is always there to check me. I often give advice for the guys who stop by here on how to read women, I have a little tip for my lady friends, a pearl of wisdom from yours truly.

"Men need to feel not only in control but the master of thier domain, even if, often they are not, it is the clever woman who allows her man to have this gift but maintains her equal footing by gently guiding her chosen in a direction she deems appropriate." (quoting myself from a prior email)

Yes men are fools, alot, we are asses and can really make things hard on a relationship, yet, when cleverly managed we can be wonderful partners. The quoted advice above might be from a fool, but is given with the full knowledge of its power.

Happy april fools day.