Salvete. So I go onto the Senate website, hoping to see some of the debate about the most controversial program in United States history. I find a link called, "Capitol Camera." I clicked on it and saw a view of the United States Capitol building.
Because I want to see the building with a few fluttering flags on it as opposed to what's actually going on in there.
Honestly, who really watches that? News rooms, maybe, as opening footage, but there's practically no use for that.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Ted Cruz is a Hero
Salvete. If you could put a finger on the most heroic event that occured on the American Senate or the American House of Representatives floors, What event would it be?
There are doubtlessly quite a few examples throughout American history (David C. Calhoun's speech, for example), but there are very few that we have deemed "heroic" since the turn of the millenium. The passing of laws usually boils down to a majority smashing a minority. Politicians are notoriously corrupt, self-centered, and mediocre.
Enter Ted Cruz. Last night, he stood up on the podium for over 18 hours to protest Obamacare. He knew his single action would not stop the vote, nor would he likely be able to swing the vote in his favor. He merely got up and stood for what he believed and, to put it plainly, ranted about the way things are going now. He read a book for his child, he did not use teleprompters. If this guy was not on the losing side of history, this guy may very well be praised throughout history. It's Ted Cruz, with a small team of supporters, against the world. He defended himself against plenty of opposition, confronting plently of biased questions with biased answers. Ted Cruz is the underdog and would likely lose, yet he spoke until he could speak no more. That is heroism.
In the aftermath, I watched a senator from Maine (which, according to http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/, is the dumbest state in the country) defend Obamacare in a fallacious (but, I admit, mediocrely valiant) counter to Ted Cruz's heroism. The fact stands alone: Ted Cruz is a hero.
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There are doubtlessly quite a few examples throughout American history (David C. Calhoun's speech, for example), but there are very few that we have deemed "heroic" since the turn of the millenium. The passing of laws usually boils down to a majority smashing a minority. Politicians are notoriously corrupt, self-centered, and mediocre.
Enter Ted Cruz. Last night, he stood up on the podium for over 18 hours to protest Obamacare. He knew his single action would not stop the vote, nor would he likely be able to swing the vote in his favor. He merely got up and stood for what he believed and, to put it plainly, ranted about the way things are going now. He read a book for his child, he did not use teleprompters. If this guy was not on the losing side of history, this guy may very well be praised throughout history. It's Ted Cruz, with a small team of supporters, against the world. He defended himself against plenty of opposition, confronting plently of biased questions with biased answers. Ted Cruz is the underdog and would likely lose, yet he spoke until he could speak no more. That is heroism.
In the aftermath, I watched a senator from Maine (which, according to http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/, is the dumbest state in the country) defend Obamacare in a fallacious (but, I admit, mediocrely valiant) counter to Ted Cruz's heroism. The fact stands alone: Ted Cruz is a hero.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
9/11
What is the darkest day of American history? Is it today, September 11, twelve years ago, when our country was humbled by terrorists and hundreds of people killed? Is it September 17, 1862, the single bloodiest day of the Civil War? December 7, 1941, the "day that will live in infamy"? What is our darkest day?
September 11, 2001 was a horrid day. We lost potentially the greatest buildings and greatest people in our time. September 11, 2002. Our enemies laugh at us, waving their victory flags. September 11, 2003. We were now six months at war. Good. We were doing something, getting revenge, rebuilding our reputation. September 11, 2004. In record time, America becomes war-weary. Forget 2001. America doesn't want to go to war. September 11, 2005. The anti-war sentiment grows to levels not seen since Vietnam. 9/11 Truthers rise up. "Hey! It wasn't the Muslims! It was the government!" September 11, 2006. pro-Muslim movements begin, demanding an end to the war. September 11, 2007. Would-be president Barack Hussein Obama runs with a platform that wants to bring the Iraq War down. September 11, 2008. Obama wins. September 11, 2009. Iraq is now a sleepy backwater topic for American politics. No one cares any more. September 11, 2010. More of the same, but this time al-Qaeda is itching for more power. A reluctant America with a reluctant leader is powerless against them. September 11, 2011. We've somehow been at war in Egypt and Libya, fighting a war that was neither advantageous nor helpful to either America or the Middle East in general. Egyptian Muslim extremists plan to take Egypt by storm in the upcoming "election," while Libya destroys itself. September 11, 2012. Everyone is anticipating the elections when suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere, our ambassador and his bodyguard are shot in a shady part of Benghazi. We learn later that Secretary Hillary Clinton told the necessary military assistance not to save the lives of our American military.
September 11, 2013. Nothing. No one talks about or even remembers Benghazi anymore. People still don't care for the Iraq War, despite countless terrorist attacks on the United States. Muslims march on Washington under the guise that they've been treated unequally since the attack. Most people have forgotten everything about 9/11 except that the phrase "9/11" is a bad name.
9/11/01 was horrid. It has taken the lives of hundreds of people. But what is worse is the Sun-Tzu-style psychological defeat of America, punctuated by the murder of our ambassador 11 years later. No one cares. We have no fiery spirit for American spirit and our desire to take back our dignity is all but destroyed. In fact, there is a fiery spirit AGAINST American fighting spirit. America is encouraged to not defend itself from attacks because you would hurt various small minorities if you did. Political correctness and tolerance will kill America if we don't watch out. I need not remind you of the fourth war with Syria that we plan to have. This will give al-Qaeda a third opportunity to take over the region.
September 11, 2001 may not be our darkest day. I propose that September 11, 2013 may very well be our darkest day.
September 11, 2001 was a horrid day. We lost potentially the greatest buildings and greatest people in our time. September 11, 2002. Our enemies laugh at us, waving their victory flags. September 11, 2003. We were now six months at war. Good. We were doing something, getting revenge, rebuilding our reputation. September 11, 2004. In record time, America becomes war-weary. Forget 2001. America doesn't want to go to war. September 11, 2005. The anti-war sentiment grows to levels not seen since Vietnam. 9/11 Truthers rise up. "Hey! It wasn't the Muslims! It was the government!" September 11, 2006. pro-Muslim movements begin, demanding an end to the war. September 11, 2007. Would-be president Barack Hussein Obama runs with a platform that wants to bring the Iraq War down. September 11, 2008. Obama wins. September 11, 2009. Iraq is now a sleepy backwater topic for American politics. No one cares any more. September 11, 2010. More of the same, but this time al-Qaeda is itching for more power. A reluctant America with a reluctant leader is powerless against them. September 11, 2011. We've somehow been at war in Egypt and Libya, fighting a war that was neither advantageous nor helpful to either America or the Middle East in general. Egyptian Muslim extremists plan to take Egypt by storm in the upcoming "election," while Libya destroys itself. September 11, 2012. Everyone is anticipating the elections when suddenly, out of seemingly nowhere, our ambassador and his bodyguard are shot in a shady part of Benghazi. We learn later that Secretary Hillary Clinton told the necessary military assistance not to save the lives of our American military.
September 11, 2013. Nothing. No one talks about or even remembers Benghazi anymore. People still don't care for the Iraq War, despite countless terrorist attacks on the United States. Muslims march on Washington under the guise that they've been treated unequally since the attack. Most people have forgotten everything about 9/11 except that the phrase "9/11" is a bad name.
9/11/01 was horrid. It has taken the lives of hundreds of people. But what is worse is the Sun-Tzu-style psychological defeat of America, punctuated by the murder of our ambassador 11 years later. No one cares. We have no fiery spirit for American spirit and our desire to take back our dignity is all but destroyed. In fact, there is a fiery spirit AGAINST American fighting spirit. America is encouraged to not defend itself from attacks because you would hurt various small minorities if you did. Political correctness and tolerance will kill America if we don't watch out. I need not remind you of the fourth war with Syria that we plan to have. This will give al-Qaeda a third opportunity to take over the region.
September 11, 2001 may not be our darkest day. I propose that September 11, 2013 may very well be our darkest day.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Obama's Syria Speech
Well, I just heard most of Obama's speech. Here are my thoughts.
For one, I find it interesting how he began with a blatant appeal to emotions. Yikes. If America is that shallow and illogical, I fear for this country.
Obama noted the concerns of the left and right on the issue of Syria. I like that he recognizes the concern, or at least tries to recognize the concern. Unfortunately, he didn't give sufficient answers to the concerns in his speech. For example, he said that al-Qaeda will in fact gain more control in Syria if America does not act. Perhaps, but they definitely will gain more power if we take out an outpost of their greatest rival in Syria. Also, he noted that this will be a "short" war. When Russia says, "Don't touch Syria" and we touch it, there will likely be huge consequences. It will not be a short war, just as the North figured that the Civil War would be short but that the Civil War was the biggest and bloodiest war in our history.
I think the biggest qualms that I had about his speech was his appeal to the right and left. Obama said, "And so to my friends on the right, I ask you to reconcile your commitment to America's military might with a failure to act when a cause is so plainly just. To my friends on the left [note the change of tone in his voice. Not too important, just interesting], I ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom and dignity for all people with those images of children writhing in pain and going still on a cold hospital floor."
Wow. Either he or the speechwriter really don't know the stereotypical liberal or stereotypical conservative. Notice how Obama equated liberalism to freedom and conservatism to military might. Because military might is all that conservatives care about when it comes to war, and liberals only care about freedom when it comes to war. Mr. President, the cause is not so plainly just, nor is it clear, like you said about midway through the speech. It's like WWI; there really isn't that much of a difference between sides, and it might just be better to let the two sides fight themselves into oblivion. I find it almost comical how Obama also gives a second outrageous Appeal to Emotions.
Well, I hoped you all enjoyed the stereotypical Obama speech, and I'll see you tomorrow.
For one, I find it interesting how he began with a blatant appeal to emotions. Yikes. If America is that shallow and illogical, I fear for this country.
Obama noted the concerns of the left and right on the issue of Syria. I like that he recognizes the concern, or at least tries to recognize the concern. Unfortunately, he didn't give sufficient answers to the concerns in his speech. For example, he said that al-Qaeda will in fact gain more control in Syria if America does not act. Perhaps, but they definitely will gain more power if we take out an outpost of their greatest rival in Syria. Also, he noted that this will be a "short" war. When Russia says, "Don't touch Syria" and we touch it, there will likely be huge consequences. It will not be a short war, just as the North figured that the Civil War would be short but that the Civil War was the biggest and bloodiest war in our history.
I think the biggest qualms that I had about his speech was his appeal to the right and left. Obama said, "And so to my friends on the right, I ask you to reconcile your commitment to America's military might with a failure to act when a cause is so plainly just. To my friends on the left [note the change of tone in his voice. Not too important, just interesting], I ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom and dignity for all people with those images of children writhing in pain and going still on a cold hospital floor."
Wow. Either he or the speechwriter really don't know the stereotypical liberal or stereotypical conservative. Notice how Obama equated liberalism to freedom and conservatism to military might. Because military might is all that conservatives care about when it comes to war, and liberals only care about freedom when it comes to war. Mr. President, the cause is not so plainly just, nor is it clear, like you said about midway through the speech. It's like WWI; there really isn't that much of a difference between sides, and it might just be better to let the two sides fight themselves into oblivion. I find it almost comical how Obama also gives a second outrageous Appeal to Emotions.
Well, I hoped you all enjoyed the stereotypical Obama speech, and I'll see you tomorrow.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Impeachment
Salvete. The actions of many politicians nowadays have been horrifyingly embarrassing. Obama has just recently rejected the opportunity to ease relations with Russia. Before that, his administration spied on conservatives while letting extreme leftist wackos slide by. Before that, there was the IRS scandal. Before that, we learned that Hillary Clinton told our American military to not protect our ambassador and his bodyguards when he was clearly under the threat of death. (I will hopefully elaborate on Benghazi this September 11th.) The American government is hoodwinking us left and right, and we do practically nothing!
We've given threats. We say that we should impeach Obama. We say that we should secede. We say that we should really do better this next election by pitting a practically white male (Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, etc.) in a heavily divided party up against the potential first female president (Hillary Clinton) in charge of a unified, determined party.
We're going to lose this next election. No one reads the political news anymore. No one cares that the Democratic candidate helped kill our American ambassador. No one cares that she's been practically behind it all. All they hear is "first female president" and they go nuts. Hillary Clinton, the evil braggart, will get a second term, and we will have had darkness for sixteen years in a row with many more years to come.
We need to take the radical conservatives seriously. Impeach Obama, and don't stop! Why not dismiss all the traitors, Republican and Democrat? There have been senators and congressmen that have profited at the expense of the American people, and clearly nobody likes it, but we do nothing! Why are we so afraid of standing up and refreshing the government? Why have we given presidents eight years to reign by consistently reelecting presidents that we don't like? The ability to impeach was given to us in our Constitution for a reason, yet America has only seriously attempted to impeach two different presidents for petty crimes and were met with meager success.
Republicans are being drowned out. Conservative values cannot die peacefully or all is lost.
See you on September 11th.
We've given threats. We say that we should impeach Obama. We say that we should secede. We say that we should really do better this next election by pitting a practically white male (Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, etc.) in a heavily divided party up against the potential first female president (Hillary Clinton) in charge of a unified, determined party.
We're going to lose this next election. No one reads the political news anymore. No one cares that the Democratic candidate helped kill our American ambassador. No one cares that she's been practically behind it all. All they hear is "first female president" and they go nuts. Hillary Clinton, the evil braggart, will get a second term, and we will have had darkness for sixteen years in a row with many more years to come.
We need to take the radical conservatives seriously. Impeach Obama, and don't stop! Why not dismiss all the traitors, Republican and Democrat? There have been senators and congressmen that have profited at the expense of the American people, and clearly nobody likes it, but we do nothing! Why are we so afraid of standing up and refreshing the government? Why have we given presidents eight years to reign by consistently reelecting presidents that we don't like? The ability to impeach was given to us in our Constitution for a reason, yet America has only seriously attempted to impeach two different presidents for petty crimes and were met with meager success.
Republicans are being drowned out. Conservative values cannot die peacefully or all is lost.
See you on September 11th.
Obama, America, Russia, Syria, and Sweden: What the Heck is Going on?
Salvete.
Imagine this: You are in charge of the superpower Country A. You have been constant rivals with superpower Country B. You have also been allies with Country C. Country B wants to attack Country C and comes to you for permission, to ease tension and whatnot. The leader of Country B comes to a city on the outskirts of your country, refuses to go any farther, makes the conversation awkward, and promptly leaves to go visit Country D for the fun of it. Nothing is settled, and in fact Country B has made things worse.
Now replace Country A with Russia, B with America, C with Syria, D with Sweden, and the leader with President Obama. As Russia, if there was no threat of nuclear war, I might very well end diplomacy right there, move more troops to Syria, and possibly outright declare war on America. Obama did an absolutely horrifying job with easing tensions and satisfying Russia. Putin must be furious, and America is in no better situation. I recommend that the president himself apologize for his actions there. I don't care that Russia let in Snowden. The American government has a responsibility to look after its people and act according to America's best interests. The current administration has done nothing of the kind during its conflict with Syria. WWIII is even closer now.
I will say, though, that I envy Obama for visiting Sweden. I'm part Swedish myself, but I've never been there. Oddly enough, I believe that Sweden is relatively conservative, but I'll explain in a later post.
This has been the first post that I've written in a while. I hope to be more consistent, but my work load is hindering me slightly.
Imagine this: You are in charge of the superpower Country A. You have been constant rivals with superpower Country B. You have also been allies with Country C. Country B wants to attack Country C and comes to you for permission, to ease tension and whatnot. The leader of Country B comes to a city on the outskirts of your country, refuses to go any farther, makes the conversation awkward, and promptly leaves to go visit Country D for the fun of it. Nothing is settled, and in fact Country B has made things worse.
Now replace Country A with Russia, B with America, C with Syria, D with Sweden, and the leader with President Obama. As Russia, if there was no threat of nuclear war, I might very well end diplomacy right there, move more troops to Syria, and possibly outright declare war on America. Obama did an absolutely horrifying job with easing tensions and satisfying Russia. Putin must be furious, and America is in no better situation. I recommend that the president himself apologize for his actions there. I don't care that Russia let in Snowden. The American government has a responsibility to look after its people and act according to America's best interests. The current administration has done nothing of the kind during its conflict with Syria. WWIII is even closer now.
I will say, though, that I envy Obama for visiting Sweden. I'm part Swedish myself, but I've never been there. Oddly enough, I believe that Sweden is relatively conservative, but I'll explain in a later post.
This has been the first post that I've written in a while. I hope to be more consistent, but my work load is hindering me slightly.
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