Can not slick this one over

While drill baby drill is a bit shopworn, it does speak to the much larger problem we have to deal with. First the BP gulf disaster is unprecedented and there is plenty of blame to go around as we are seeing it being thrown around right now.

Green energy is the buzz word at the moment there are serious problems with that approach.Many companies are going green on there own because green products will sell in today's economy and business's both large and small will look to their bottom line. We are greening and we do not need more government interference, regulations and laws. Just move over and let us do what we do best. invent, invigorate and induce our best and brightest to get busy bringing us out of this demoralize funk we have been sinking into for years.

Now lets address practical issues. I am glad to see the automotive industry working on the new breed of transport though I would like to see more help for the smaller inventive companies in the for of tax breaks and loans and grants whenever possible. Some good work is being done out there and we should know about it. Now this is progress and it will only get better over time, but that is the rub. We have to go to work, shopping, doctors, kids sports, a hundred things we do just living our lives. We can change some of our habits, carpooling whenever possible, Making lists to achieve a logical sequences of errands that will save fuel and time and many other ways (blog me and tell  me the ways that you save energy). We can only do so much, two vehicle families usually are because one parent cannot do everything and be everywhere that a growing family requires. The answer some will say is to cut back, but where and is it our governments business to take them to task and/or punish them if they don't fit some unworkable schedule imposed by Washington. Single mothers with a teenager who is sometimes forced into the position of substitute adult and/or working at a part time job to help support family; not only will need that second car and by necessity will only be able to afford an older fuel inefficient car (mom's car might not be any better. These situations, these people, unless they win a lottery, will probably be in these circumstances for a long time. These vehicles run on gasoline as do a huge majority of our defenses vehicles.

Transports, carriers, jets, planes, trains and automobiles, every branch of our military heavily depends on our existing fuels, fuels that we are running low on, fuels that our national security and our ability to wage wars (boy do I hate these wars, our wars but that is the subject for future blogs).

As much as we hate to accept it we are forced to be dependent on what we have for the time being. The bright point is that this will give our ingenious citizens time to perfect green fuels that will work for everyone not just those in the top ten percentage of people who have disposable income.  So that brings us back to

Drill baby drill. This phrase needs to be dropped from our lexicon. It is used as a put down by to many people and it is becoming offensive (lets try for some civility shall we?) We must drill new wells our older well are slowing up, drying out. New wells are necessary. I think we know we have to reexamine our underwater drilling. We cannot control problems remotely and with the tremendous pressures that the wells are subjected to. Had this well been in water a few hundred feet down it would have been repaired by now. Remember earlier I said there was enough blame to go around, well green team take up your share. Had you not been so aggressive in your demands we would have wells closer in and more on the continent. Wells we could take care of, so all that underwater deep sea damage, well we all need to shoulder our guilt for allowing this to happen and move on. New wells.The Alaskan site is but a small, very small Part of our beautiful landscape and we need much stricter state oversight. I mean they have the most to gain but most definitely the most to lose and they are aware of their responsibility to the land that they all love so dearly.

Our refineries are really in shambles and need major repairs as do our pipelines and transport systems. The up side of this is that many workers will be needed to fix things and a large portion of those could become permanent jobs. (beats those temp. census workers jobs.) Anyhow I digress.

This also brings us around to "Cap and Trade".  We have to kill this turkey. It is much to costly and damaging. Lets start slowly with our electric grid. It really needs repair and quickly. Again it is a matter of national security. Our ability to protect and defend ourselves makes this a job that can't wait. Enemies and sunspot flares can put us totally in the dark, so this is a very high priority. I want oversight on it though. Both Bush and Obama could have and will put many things into the grid that can be used to check up (spy on) ordinary citizens, I'm sure with the best of intentions but I don't want or need another big brother.

Time to get busy and while we are at it lets us the rest of that stimulus money and fixing the roads and bridges here in the U.S.A., without all the new agencies, oversight committees and the occasional czar or two. Hire the engineers and builders, open the jobs up to any and all that are qualified for their desired positions and leave the labor

We are running out of fuel, time and patience. Tempers are short and frayed. It is more important now more than ever that we use some common sense and start pulling together. United we stand divided...

High Fives Everybody!

We are really on top of it aren't we? Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Foot Hood, brought him down in a blaze of gunfire. He came on the radar months earlier as he started on his road to radicalization.  Lets see now, he brought unauthorized firearms onto a U.S. Military Reservation. He was armed disobeying army rules and regulations and shot and killed unarmed citizens and military personnel. Now tell me again why is he in Texas' custody?  The underwear bomber, Abdulmutallab, turned over to the criminal justice system, the Times Square bomber left to the state of New York, The "long suffering" terrorists' in Gitmo to be tried in New York,  and I have to ask why? Why? The only reason this makes any sense to me is that the Federal government wanted the highest punishment allowed but does not want the federal government being seen as executing Muslims regardless of their crimes or citizenship:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan - AMERICAN TRAITOR - International Terrorist
Anwar al-Awlaki  - AMERICAN TRAITOR - International Terrorist
Faisai Shahzad - AMERICAN TRAITOR - International Terrorist
Abdulmutallab - International Terrorist
These are  international terrorists, regardless of their nationality, and as such their terrorist acts against the citizens of a sovereign state (the United States of America) should be tried by the legally recognized protector of that country, our military. As American citizens, traitors should also be tried by Military Tribunal.  As much as it pains me, I must disagree with President Obamas decision to order the assassination of Awlaki, bring him home, if possible, convict him and put him in front of a firing squad. I am beginning to think that that is the reason behind all of these Islamic terrorists prosecutions being handled in civilian courts. I don't know about you but I am very unhappy with this turn of events. Its time to show some teeth and put a little grit back in our spines. To not do so makes us look weak to the world, as these criminals are foisted off on our civilian courts and in some instances might muddy up the proceedings. If the underwear bomber had blown up the airplane in midair which state would have had to try him, the state he originated, the state or states over which he successfully blew up the plane, the state or states over which the parts of wreckage or human limbs landed or the state in which the plane managed to land? I want to see these jokers interred at Gitmo, tried by the military tribunals, and serving their sentences at "the Observational Base for Avian Migratory Analyists', D.C..
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 I also want to take some of their toys and privileges away. We have children in America that do not have computers, internet, etc. Incarcerated, murderous, Islamic radical  terrorists will not have them either. The basics Religious dietary restrictions will be observed. Cells very austere until privileges are earned. Spitting, throwing vile concoctions on the prison personnel and attempted attacks will get you time in complete isolation just as are prisons are controlled, and if any other country complains lets offer a large (very large fee) for pictures of the inside of some of their prisons and post those on the internet.
Dammit, we are the U.SA., WE LEAD, we don't get lead around by the nose.

Promises, promises, that's all they ever make, thats all we ever get.

One thing I promise as president is to not sign a law that I can't read or understand. The determining factor will be that any bill submitted to me must be able to be read and understood by my accountant (when I can afford one,) my high school economics teacher, my college study group and my grandmother. Enough of these 2000+ page bills, with all the whereases and the therefores and all the other puffery. I will highlight and try to put the kibosh on those hidden pork barrel projects. I am so very proud of Nebraskans who rejected outright the Medicaid freebie given as a very underhanded gift from President Obama to Ben Nelson for his health care vote. It took very strong moral fiber and conviction to refuse it, such strong commitment to the country which they love. While elected Senators and Representatives are sent by us to represent our state, they also have a commitment to work within a framework for the betterment of the nation. The citizens of Nebraska understand this and stood proud in their love of America. I hope they serve as a shining example to every state and person in this nation.

Congress makes the laws. The president can set his agenda and give his opinions and his advice but never is he to threaten, hand out privileges or rewards to any one in Congress to "buy" votes for his agenda. This is should be the extent of the president's  involvement.

And, for the record, I disagree with the total concept of "Czars." (What's with that imperialistic title
anyway?) This has devolved to an end run around our laws. The resulting never-ending bureaucracy is just putting us further into the red (sure it's just millions and millions of dollars, but that my dear friends is not chump change). If we find that there are instances that we do need "Czars" they should be confirmed by the Senate with all due deliberation.

I have not decided how I feel about Presidential line item veto privileges. I believe I would exercise a very judicious use of them; but when the next president of a different party starts vetoing items that I feel are important, we could just veto ourselves into circles…one party adding in pork and that sitting president vetoing it out, then the next cycle finds the next Congress trying to pork it in only to find those vetoed out by that sitting president. It boggles the mind, at least my own. I need some ideas folks.

Hello! Welcome! Come on in! Wait…do you have your papers?

I wonder how many people who are expressing anger and outrage about what is being said about the law are really concerned about its implications. I am referring to Arizona Law SB-1070 that was passed in direct response over the problems of illegal aliens trespassing, the environmental degradation of the desert habitat and property rights of the landowners who have had guardianship of these lands, some owners for many generations. We're talking about break-ins, robberies, kidnapping and now possibly even murder of these ranchers, who are isolated and alone as they take care of their land and cattle…even towns and cities are running scared. This state law law does nothing above and beyond The Title 8 United States Code section 1325, "Improper Entry by Alien." This is the Nationality Act, Section 237 (a)(1)(B) This law was passed by the Congress and signed into law by an American President. It is the "Law of the Land." The hue and cry over the Arizona law is being inflamed mostly by mainstream news agencies and entertainers who jump on any current bandwagon for the fame and attention they seek regardless of the damage it might cause, to the detriment of many who are actually involved with the problems. Congress is using this national angst to make political hay and are pushing to cobble together a quick law on immigration reform and get it passed before the November elections, hoping to cash in on the Latino voting bloc.

Everyone, please take the time to read the Arizona Law and the pertinent parts of the U.S. law. Take a read at the complete national immigration law but get a pot of strong coffee and maybe some No Doze. Check the facts of these laws, both state and federal. I call on all journalists and entertainment types to put a fire extinguisher on this fire instead of oil. The country doesn't need this right now. If any of you want a fair and balanced look at U.S. law try reading the Mexican Ley General dePoblacion (General Law of the Population) the outrageousness of it was highlighted in a research paper that was published in 2006 by The Center for Security Policy, in Washington, D.C. This Mexican law is a real eye opener. The Mexican government will bar foreigners if they upset the equilibrium of the national demographics. Say what? If an outsider doesn't enhance the national economic or national interests, or if he shows contempt for the government, he is not welcome there.  He must not be an economic burden, and must show a birth certificate, a bank statement that proves he is financially independent, take a health exam and prove he can provide his own health care. Document fraud is subject to fines and imprisonment, as is alien marriage fraud. Illegal entry is a felony which can get you a  two year prison sentence. Evading deportation is a serious crime, as is illegal entry after being deported. These crimes can get you ten years in prison…that's in a  MEXICAN PRISON, FOLKS, WHEW! Everyone is required to cooperate in enforcing immigration laws, from the Mexican military down to natural citizens who are required to make citizens' arrests and turn the culprits over to the authorities. Everyone is required to show their ID papers if necessary! Mexico maintains a Catalogue of Foreigners, tracks all tourists and foreign nationals. A National Population Registry verifies the identity of everyone and they must carry an identity card. Tourists and other visitors who do not have proper documents and ID papers can be arrested as illegal aliens. There is no public clamor for real immigration reform in Mexico, because pro-illegal speech by outsiders is not allowed. (Remember those quaint little Mexican prison cells with all sorts of criminal elements to share with.) The list is long on what is not allowed by non-citizens, including limited property rights. The Mexican government is demanding that we grant mass amnesty; while the Red Cross protests the treatment of South American illegals and what they must endure by the police, military and gangs (it is hard to tell one from the others) at Mexico's southern border. Many of these people are only on their way north but are left penniless, homeless and hungry in a very dictatorial country. Mexico also instigated an agressive plan to curtail illegal Cuban immigration.  

Arizona harsh and unsympathetic? GIVE ME A BREAK! The illegal Mexicans in our country are not wanted back in Mexico, which is most likely why President Calderon is complaining about our imagined human rights violations. Sending back 10 million or so into his own country could help to destabilize his government even more, quite possibly resulting in a more democratic government for all Mexicans. But look how those numbers are destabilizing our economy. If it's their problem or ours, my vote is for them to solve it at home, in Mexico.

P.S. a good read:

"Whatever It Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security and the War on Terror"

by J. D. Hayworth.
A really good book that examines all forms of illegal immigrations including "anchor babies" which I touched on briefly in my blog thetruthtzar.blogspot.com/2010/05/iet-phone-home-phone-home-go-home.htmlHere there and everywhere.
Another good read is the "Study of the Costs of Immigration" by the National Academy of Sciences about the actual costs of illegal immigration to the country (U.S. Taxpayers.) It's a real eye-opener, especially in these times of economic duress that America is undergoing.

P.P.S. I wonder if  Latinos realize that 30% of our legal immigrants come from Mexico. This means there are less spots available for  immigrants from other countries, including other Latino countries. Mexico doesn't seem to want to give up a percentage of their immigration quotas so the other Pan-American countries can increase theirs. Why do we allow more Mexicans into this nation than any other country? It is certainly not fair.