Republicans and I agree on one thing. We both dislike Homeland Security.
So let's save money by dissolving Homeland Security. We go back to the old ways, where the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Departments are separate agencies.
Federal agencies should have one main goal. It is difficult to be all things to all people.
If Congress wants to control immigration decisions, it is a lot easier to do with just one agency involved.
The Secret Service needs to concentrate on protecting our President, et al. If the Secret Service is a step child of Homeland Security, our President, et al, are less secure as evidenced by the recent news.
The Coast Guard needs to concentrate on protecting our coastlines, and keeping idiots from drowning. These tasks are difficult enough, without the Coast Guards' money being reallocated to the Secret Service and to ICE.
Sometimes ideas look good on the drawing board, but do not work in real life. Grownups admit their mistakes and try to fix the ensuing problems.
LET'S DISSOLVE HOMELAND SECURITY!
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
PEACE OFFERING
Let's make Ukraine neutral territory, with its neutrality guaranteed IN ADVANCE by the United Nations.
We need to protect ALL of Ukraine's sovereignty, because Ukraine gave up its atomic bombs in exchange for ALL of Ukraine's borders being acknowledged by Russia, et al. Therefore, Ukraine's borders INCLUDE CRIMEA.
The UN should supervise ALL of the Ukrainian elections, so that there is no possibility of other countries interfering with the internal politics of the Ukraine. Any federalization of Ukraine will be done using elections supervised by the United Nations.
All of the gas and oil pipelines and power lines running through the Ukraine will be considered to be neutral and available for use by any country with electricity, gas, or oil to sell to Europe.
Russia owes some reparations to Ukraine. It seems like building the mythical bridge to the Crimea is an excellent win-win reparation.
This way, the UN will be pre-authorized to protect the Ukraine, so the only way to stop the UN from immediately stopping any cross border raids is to ask the security council NOT to act as a result of a particular event.
Without a need for a military, Ukraine can use all of its resources to clean up the mess caused by the mythical Russians.
There is no reason that this solution can not also work for Syria. It that case, reparations will be in the form of a German engineered four lane Autobahn from Damascus to Baghdad, with rest stops for every historical site. Eventually, this road could go all the way to Persia.
A road would be good, as this might be the last time that anyone can tour the middle East while it still has bazaars in the grand old fashion.
We need to protect ALL of Ukraine's sovereignty, because Ukraine gave up its atomic bombs in exchange for ALL of Ukraine's borders being acknowledged by Russia, et al. Therefore, Ukraine's borders INCLUDE CRIMEA.
The UN should supervise ALL of the Ukrainian elections, so that there is no possibility of other countries interfering with the internal politics of the Ukraine. Any federalization of Ukraine will be done using elections supervised by the United Nations.
All of the gas and oil pipelines and power lines running through the Ukraine will be considered to be neutral and available for use by any country with electricity, gas, or oil to sell to Europe.
Russia owes some reparations to Ukraine. It seems like building the mythical bridge to the Crimea is an excellent win-win reparation.
This way, the UN will be pre-authorized to protect the Ukraine, so the only way to stop the UN from immediately stopping any cross border raids is to ask the security council NOT to act as a result of a particular event.
Without a need for a military, Ukraine can use all of its resources to clean up the mess caused by the mythical Russians.
There is no reason that this solution can not also work for Syria. It that case, reparations will be in the form of a German engineered four lane Autobahn from Damascus to Baghdad, with rest stops for every historical site. Eventually, this road could go all the way to Persia.
A road would be good, as this might be the last time that anyone can tour the middle East while it still has bazaars in the grand old fashion.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
PLEASE BUY MY BOOK
PAWNS OF POWER by Pamela Smith went on sale yesterday on Amazon. It is a young adult fantasy novel, with swords, of course. It is a fun read.
If you want literature, read Ashenden or To Kill A Mockinbird. %<)
If you want literature, read Ashenden or To Kill A Mockinbird. %<)
Monday, February 2, 2015
A KOCHS* CONSPIRACY?
IMHO, the Kochs* have infiltrated the progressive movement. They give money to those who "drank the coolaid"** so that the progressives are undermined by taking indefensible positions. The plan is to make us all look crazy so we will be ignored.
My favorite insanity from the Kochs is that cow farts are causing global warning. I would be LOLing, but cow farts are smelly methane, which is one of the cleanest burning fuels we have. The Kochs are trying to convince people that methane is a bad thing. Maybe they own coal plants.
My least favorite insanity is that wind turbines will not kill our large endangered birds, like eagles, condors, albatross, and swans. You do not have to worry about that, say the Kochs, as we can always put up nets to protect the birds. THEN THEY BUILD THEM WITHOUT NETS TO PROTECT THE BIRDS.
The animal rights Kochs protect feral animals. Unfortunately, we have to kill feral animals or we will not have any wild animals left.
All of this global warning propaganda is an attempt to be in a position to say, "Oh, we cannot put health clinics in Africa, because the fuel we have to burn will add to global warming."
THIS STUFF IS REALLY COMPLICATED. Which is why being an environmentalist is a specialty.
* Kochs - A generic term for someone who spends boatloads of money in an attempt to return the world to the nineteenth century.
** This is a reference to a group that drank poison upon request of their leader.
My favorite insanity from the Kochs is that cow farts are causing global warning. I would be LOLing, but cow farts are smelly methane, which is one of the cleanest burning fuels we have. The Kochs are trying to convince people that methane is a bad thing. Maybe they own coal plants.
My least favorite insanity is that wind turbines will not kill our large endangered birds, like eagles, condors, albatross, and swans. You do not have to worry about that, say the Kochs, as we can always put up nets to protect the birds. THEN THEY BUILD THEM WITHOUT NETS TO PROTECT THE BIRDS.
The animal rights Kochs protect feral animals. Unfortunately, we have to kill feral animals or we will not have any wild animals left.
All of this global warning propaganda is an attempt to be in a position to say, "Oh, we cannot put health clinics in Africa, because the fuel we have to burn will add to global warming."
THIS STUFF IS REALLY COMPLICATED. Which is why being an environmentalist is a specialty.
* Kochs - A generic term for someone who spends boatloads of money in an attempt to return the world to the nineteenth century.
** This is a reference to a group that drank poison upon request of their leader.
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