Headed into an Abyss

 

I wrote an article a while back on Iran and was thinking of publishing it to see if there was any interest.  Lo and behold, the Colonel has Iran on his mind.  Will lead with his thoughts and post my article as a comment.

d13thecolonelsays:

February 21, 2012 at 9:22 am • Edit

@ SK…..Cannot blame the Iranians……I would be doing the same thing as A Jad….OIL is his weapon right now. ….he fired it. He says, “ok, want sanctions? I will do my own”…..he is betting that Iran can out last Britain and France and he is threatening to cut off other Europeans. He knows that our President has all but stopped domestic production and cannot supply England or France, and he has, so far because of his nuclear ambitions, has the Saudi’s buffaloed into not turning up the volume to make up for his decreasing supply (Remember that Europe is very dependent upon Iranian oil)…he, Ajad…simply does not care about his people and they are now powerless to throw him out and unless the remaining hard line mullahs and clerics get rid of him, they will lose control to the fiercely independent and reckless fundamentalists that are taking over. I remind you of my map that I submitted last year…..and which countries would fall and when to the fundamentalist….you will see that I am correct to the penny, and many thought it would not happen. It is and it will. The ME is headed into an abyss and A JAd is positioning himself into the total picture of control. Give him a nuke…and it will happen. Well, too late, he will have his nuke and then, when he extends his control, I want to see what people on here think or what excuse they will give him. But, do not blame the Iranians…..Persian history tells the story……read it.

The United States is much weaker now because of Obama…..the only thing that Asians and Arabs understand is power….the big stick…they always have responded to it and always will..they thrive…THRIVE….off the weakness of others,…Just look at history. It tells you the mindset. A first grader, that cannot even read, can figure out what this administration is doing. To ignore it and think otherwise, puts anyone of that thinking in the ostrich classification.

The problem that we have here…..is a European mindset…..an entitlement mentality. This world is not meant to live in peace….never has and never will….power is the name of the game….if you want a seat at the big game…..you better play it.

My President?

My President.

Ok, I’m a WASP.  Most of you know me as the racist, sexist homophobic LOI, but surprisingly I have some LIBERAL friends.  And Oh what a contrast there is on my facebook page.  I haven’t responded yet, and may not anytime.  My first thought was negative, second, third, fifth, well, I have few positive thoughts about our Commander-in-Chief.  But when I finally stepped back, I have to admit what appears to be a janitor getting a fist bump from THE President, well that is kinda cool.  For him.  The janitor.  And maybe for African-Americans as a whole.  Here it is MLK’s day.  How many years did it seem having a black man for president was strange fiction just like putting a man on the moon?  But then we did reach the moon, so whats another good analogy?

Moving on, we’ve been to the moon and elected Obama.  It never was an issue to me about his skin color, but I was not raised facing racism.  I wasn’t ever the minority.  As I grew up, the whole black/white thing just wasn’t important to me.  My friends were all colors and we didn’t pay attention to it among ourselves.  And it makes me wonder what my friend is thinking, why they are so proud of our president for a fist bump?  I don’t go on facebook often, so I might have missed any negative posts they made, but I’d bet they have never posted anything negative about Obama.   Aren’t we supposed to be critical about those we elect to serve us?  I know I’ve said some very negative things about Bush and think I was right to do so.

Do liberals get a free pass on their rose color glasses double standard?  My first negative thought on Obama:

Economy/jobs suck!

Attacked Libya?  No congressional approval!

Fix the corruption in WallStreet?  How, by hiring all of them for your administration?

But my mind didn’t wonder long or far as I caught up on the other posts.  Kent had a few interesting articles, but what caught my attention was one from Judy.  Let me ask everyone to form an opinion on this first.  Do you think the US soldiers that were killed at the Ft. Hood shooting should receive the purple heart?.(1)(2)

Since then I’ve asked a few people what they thought on the Ft.  Hood victims.

A liberal thought, “they were at work, so yeh, they should get them”.

A vet thought, “they should get death benefits, but not the purple heart.  Unless they displayed valor in some way”.   I’m not going to say I have the answer here, but it was a terrorist attack.  Call it a domestic, or home grown terrorist but no one buys “workplace shooting” .  Sorry, but that is insulting.

And I am OK with my FaceBook friends having their own thoughts on things.  We don’t have to agree on everything.  But this does make me want to rant.  I know the “My President” person pretty well.  She is a truly beautiful, happily married,  mother of one.  Pretty intelligent and well-informed on most issues, or so I thought.

Even the back of his head is photogenic.

Yes, OK, he is photogenic.  Is he Presidential?  Shouldn’t that be the question?  I get that you like him and can even see why that might be, but how about the job he’s done?

Has he earned re-election because of his handling of the economy?  Still Bushes fault?  Didn’t he say if we passed the stimulus, he would fix the economy and get us back to work?  He said himself that he would be a one-termer if that failed.  He doesn’t have to explain any of his failures, you do it for him.

Foreign policy?  He hasn’t closed Gitmo, but did get us out of Iraq ( a little later than promised).  Are you happy we attacked Libya?  How have things gone in Egypt with his deft moves?  Syria is shelling it’s own towns.  Libya was a “humanitarian mission”, why is he silent on Syria?

He promised our health costs would drop when ObamaCare was passed.  Mine has gone up about two grand?  I’m not in a union or with McDonald’s, so I missed out on all those exemptions  he was handing out to his buddies.

How many major promises has he broken?  What does it take before you will say he has failed?  Maybe he is a great guy (not to me ) but he’s not a great president.  Not just by my standards, by yours and his standards.  All the criticism you, me and Obama heaped on Bush and the Republicans, judge him by that and he has failed miserably.  He is more unpopular than George Bush with Muslims worldwide!  Could you have ever predicted that happening?

I’ve known people who vote their party line, both Democrat and Republican, and loyalty to a party is something we have all seen.  But if you gush “My President” over this guy, I think you are willfully ignorant.  Blinded by the vision he promises to the reality he has delivered.

(1)http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2012/01/obama-declares-fort-hood-work-accident.html

(2)http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/forbidden-table-talk/2011/mar/11/fort-hood-revisited-whats-name/

Open Mic

Some Explanations are In Order…

Greetings SUFA! I know, you are wondering who is this stranger and why is he acting as if he knows us. But it is me. I am still alive. I figured that it was about time that I forced myself to sit down and offer some explanations as to why you haven’t seen very much of me over the last few months. I do honestly feel bad about it. Here I went and created this site and after three years of ranting and arguing, I up and practically disappear on you. There are several realities that have contributed to this and I am hoping to fill you all in on them today. I will also discuss the future of SUFA towards the end so that we can begin figuring out how to handle these new realities. Because what I don’t want to happen is for SUFA to go away. I believe that somehow breaking through the lack of critical thinking barrier that so many Americans are stuck behind is still way too important to give up now.

War with Iran

I re-post this here so to solicit comments and discussions about the topic.

After reading this piece – a piece that I am in great agreement with – I am very disturbed.

Rozeff articulates in this essay parts of  my Theory of Hegemony, where I suggest that it is always the actions of the Hegemonic power that is the causation to political events and not the Weaker power – the Weaker power always and only can react to the actions of the Hegemonic power, and cannot be the cause.

RIP Joe

More Open mic

How’s That Government Meddling Workin’ Out for Ya’?

By Richard N. Weltz

Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union an agricultural commissar from the Ukraine was summoned to the Agricultural Ministry in Moscow to report on the year’s potato crop. “Ah, Comrade Minister,” said the commissar, beaming, “If all the potatoes harvested this year were put into a single pile, it would reach to the feet of God.”

“What!” exclaimed the minister, “you know that in Communism there is no God.”

“Also,” sighed the commissar, “in the Ukraine is no potatoes.”

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/hows_that_government_meddling_workin_out_for_ya.html#ixzz1jLrPHuYF

JAC’s Blank Page

Sounded more interesting than open mic….

It Couldn’t Be Because You Suck….

Another day, another claim from a Democrat that opposition to someone is surely based on the fact that they are not white. Eric Holder, embattled Attorney General, gave an interview to the New York Times. I read the interview and was utterly shocked (sarcasm mode activated) to find that he believes the criticism of his actions while Attorney General are based on the fact that he is black. I don’t want to make this about Democrats and Republicans, but this has been, overwhelmingly, a tactic employed by the Obama administration and the Democrats over and over again throughout the last three years. And it isn’t going to stop until they face the backlash that they should face for it.

Merry Christmas to All

Hello all my SUFA friends and family!!  I imagine that you have all assumed that I dropped off of a cliff and some of the regulars are taking the time to build a workable robot to replace me. You would think that with the Black Flag computer program we would already have the initially planning completed! The truth is that I have been extremely busy over the last month or two. I owe a great debt for LOI and others who have realistically been the voice and heart of SUFA when I have been unable to. I cannot promise that my schedule will let up just yet, but I do have a few things to say…

Open Mic, Chapter 7

Atonement, Quotas and Self-Destruction

Looking back, we discover that most societies have at one time disadvantaged some of their constituent groups. This could happen by ignoring them, by denying their potential, or by active discrimination. If discrimination, negative, or positive is proven, then democratic principles demand rectification.

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4883

Happy Hanukkah!

The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December. Often called the Festival of Lights, the holiday is celebrated with the lighting of the menorah, traditional foods, games and gifts.

Open Mic extended

KUHNER: Obama’s Watergate

Officials cover up culpability for gun smuggling and murder

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner– The Washington Times –Thursday, December 15, 2011

A year ago this week, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered. He died protecting his country from brutal Mexican gangsters. Two AK-47 assault rifles were found at his death site. We now know the horrifying truth: Agent Terry was killed by weapons that were part of an illegal Obama administration operation to smuggle arms to the dangerous drug cartels. He was a victim of his own government. This is not only a major scandal; it is a high crime that potentially reaches all the way to the White House, implicating senior officials. It is President Obama’s Watergate.

Documents: ATF used “Fast and Furious” to make the case for gun regulations

Would the Progressive faction of the Democratic Party knowingly allow criminals to buy thousands of guns that otherwise would have been denied just to support their agenda for more gun control?  The ATF instructed several gun dealers to make sales they knew were illegal.  They told them to ignore(break) the law to assist them in tracking the guns…..

A Day of Infamy by T-Ray

Seventy years ago today Dec. 5, a young man turned in his sidearm, helped remove the machine guns and ammo from P40s and P36s, and park them on the apron in front of hangers #2 & #3. The planes were parked with military precision a precise distance between wing tips. The propellers were aligned using string. The orders were to prepare for a General’s and Admiral’s inspection the next morning. The young man had been on a presidentially ordered full war time alert for over a month. Until this day the planes were dispersed around the field, some in netted bunkers. They were armed and warmed up periodically. The men had been issued sidearms with ammo and told to load and chamber a shell. No one had been on leave for over a month. The local papers had warned the previous weekend that war was coming very soon. Everything was calm in paradise.

New Open Mic

Over 400 posts,  new thread to speed things up.

A Video Worth Sharing

Thought some of you might enjoy this and others might need to give it some serious thoughts. An excellent presentation by a 19 year old University of Iowa student named Zach Wahls. If only there were more like him….

Fox News Makes Me Dumberer

I had to post this. Since our resident lefties went on the attack this morning against good ole USW when I called this study complete BS. Of course, no one bothered to address the study itself. They simply took shots at me and shots at Fox News in general. But a simple reading of the article that Mathius provided regarding the study was enough, in my opinion, to prove my point.

Open Mic Thread November 30, 2011

Sorry for my lack of participation lately. A whole lot going on the USW world. I will provide more information when I have the time to do so. In the mean time, here is a new open mic thread for everyone.

OPEN MIC

Just A Citizensays:

November 21, 2011 at 10:45 pm • Edit

Great article. Note, it is from the perspective of the writer. But the writer does not tackle the question of when the slide began in history. Only from the writers life experience. Being from that time, I agree with much of what he says about how the radicals were able to use the JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X assassinations to infuse their agenda into the mindset of the young and disgruntled. Sound familiar????

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/the_tipping_point_and_the_crossroad.html

JAC has found an interesting article.

Global Warming Part IX?

Obama on Rick Perry: “Governor Whose State Is on Fire Denying Global Warming.”

So Obama and liberals make the claim Republicans don’t believe in science because they don’t buy the media/Al Gore position that the science is settled, consensus, etc…  IMO, science is never settled, you have a few “Laws of Science” with a LOT more theories(like evolution).  Does “global warming” cause wildfires?  Sure seems to me wildfires have been around a lot longer than global warming.  Again, IMO, global warming began around the time of our civil war, with the end of the “Little Ice Age”.  Perspective, when it warms enough the Thames river in England or the Hudson in New York stop freezing several feet thick, it has warmed! (In England, they had winter carnivals on the Thames, so very THICK ice from very cold winters) And I think Obama has done what politicians do, twisted words and meanings around.  I have never heard Perry say AGW is bulldookey, and damned few Republicans for that matter.  And wasn’t this Bushes fault a couple years ago????

A Heavy Heart…. The Penn State Scandal

I have gotten a few emails and messages asking my thoughts on the Penn State scandal over the last few days. It doesn’t surprise me that I am being asked an opinion. I am an alumni. I have met Joe Paterno and spoken with him. I am a staunch advocate for the University. I love my school. I will admit that this is all a little painful. Not only the treatment of Paterno, which I think borders on ridiculous. But just the overall black eye that it being given to my beloved alma mater hurts. But I won’t back down here from writing about it. And I won’t stop loving PSU either…

America, Once Upon A Time by Plainly Spoken

Our American society is going through tumultuous times.  Politically the country is continuing the heightened battles of beliefs that have been exacerbated by ten years of war and unpopular governance by the party in power.  Acerbic demonization of the political opposition is daily fair for consumption by the people coming from the mainstream and social media in America.  The American economy has been beaten down with people struggling to maintain their livelihood, leading to comparisons with the Great Depression in the intensity of the difficulties.  Families are fighting to hold on to their homes, with a foreclosure epidemic still unchecked from years of suspect lending practices and inflated housing markets.

Capitalism: A Hate Story, Part I

The discussions the last few days around the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd has resulted in some interesting thoughts coming out on all sides. A few weeks ago (months ago?) Mr. Stella claimed that I must know that Capitalism is a failed enterprise because I refused to answer Noam Chomsky’s claim that capitalism would not survive for five minutes without government. A claim that tonight I call nonsense. And I will tell you why, Mr. Stella. It is because in the first place, what Chomsky refers to as capitalism in most of his “intelligent” discussions is actually nothing more than a convenient manipulation of the definition of capitalism in order to fit his argument.

Open Mic for October 28, 2011

Good Friday to everyone. I know that the last few weeks have been rough as I haven’t been around much to post articles or offer my thoughts. Work certainly hasn’t slowed down any but I am making an effort to at least get some stuff posted. I will also work with the other authors here at SUFA so that they can make things happen when I can’t. Thank you to LOI and G-Man who both took time to make SUFA work over the last few weeks. I will offer up a few topics for open mic this morning. Not a ton of time to comment on them but I will offer my quick thoughts…

Fair Share….What Is It and Who Determines

“FAIR SHARE!”, shouts the POTUS from the pulpit of politics. Standing behind a podium with a Presidential Seal that allows this mantra to spew forth, the POTUS fixes his glance…it is not about Class Warfare (as he stifles the ever present snicker), it is math. This from the lips of a man that cannot add numbers to reach two much less understand the concepts of math. It is clear that he took the same math class that Warren Buffet has taken. BUT, class warfare is a subject of another time. So, what is exactly “fair share”?

Let’s Not Forget Reality

With the news last week that President Obama intends to have all troops out of Iraq “by the holidays,” many of the major “news” outlets have begun a campaign to give the President an inordinate amount of credit for what many Americans feel have been foreign policy wins. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Even here at SUFA we had folks give him more credit than he deserved for foreign policy actions in the past. But before we start just handing out “Obama 2012: Tough on Terror”campaign buttons, we really should take a look at how we got to where we are before we start pretending that the President is somehow a foreign policy savant. Because the reality is that the media’s plan to paint Obama as having victories in the foreign policy realm are really nothing more than an attempt to pretend that the economic ineptitude of his administration isn’t a reason to not re-elect him….

Weekend open mic

Open Mic

I’m guessing USW is still swamped, so posting open mic and a few topics.  First a question for all, if we look at what events are taking place today, what is the most important one(s)?  Watching FOX this AM, they are talking about Obama and his employment plan, the tragic car crash, the prisoner exchange in Israel (One for one thousand).

I still think the Middle East is a powderkeg.

I think the world and US economy may be the biggest story.

The Sad American

As I write this today, I can’t help but feel sad about the country that I love so much and how it’s moral values have gone in the gutter so quickly. There was a time when we were a land of laws and moral values that exceeded anything in history. Now, we are simply becoming another empire that will fail from within, as history will tell it. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by an American missile. He was said to be a TERRORIST! Another American, Samir Khan, was also reported to have been killed in the drone hit. Both of these men, claimed to have been part of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization are reported as dead. Interestingly, Awlaki has been killed 4 times now, as reported by the media. He was killed a few times in 2009, but that didn’t seem to be enough, so they killed him again. So what is exactly wrong with all of this?