Best of... Politics

SUN
Pajamas Media: Europe Turns Right

What does this shift in power in Europe mean for global power relationships, key among those relationships being the one between America and Europe. Europe may be embracing ideas that have a history of being promoted in America, but does that make them our friends. Does this mean that they have set aside their anti-American sentiment. Many think that is not the case.

MON
A Blog For All: Clinton's Hsu's To Lose?

Dirty money is like ink from a pen. Once it gets on your hands, washing it removes most of the stain, but there is some that remains for a while. Hilary is going to have to work hard to over come this stumble in her campaign. I am impressed by this step, but she will have to do more. People want to know that she isn't returning the money just because she got caught, but because she didn't know.

WED
NYT source: Israeli airstrike in Syria may have targeted nuke installations

The middle east is looking like a more dangerous place. This is the first I have heard about Syria gaining nuclear technology, and I would wait until more comes in to even guess about that. There was an attack though, both Israel and Syria confirm it. Most likely target would have been arms that were going to Lebanon for Hezbollah forces there. Hezbollah is like your little brother, every time it gets its ass kicked it goes into hiding. Like your little brother though, there isn't a change of mission. Just a planning an laying low until they are ready to strike again.

THUR
Conservation Group Shows Escalating Extinction Crisis

We live on a very small planet, and while I am in no way a Luddite, the environment has to be a concern to us. Some may believe that it doesn't effect us when a species dies, and that may be true that there is no direct effect. There are times in life that you are in a situation where what is legal is different from what is moral. If you see a person drowning in a river, and you can swim out there are help them. There is no legal obligation for you to do so, however you might believe that there is a moral one. I think that the moral responsibility for humynity is to do our best not to destroy the planet and kill off the other species that share this world with us.

FRI
Republicans simply do not believe in our democracy - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth

Free Speech means that there are things that you can say, and there are things that you shouldn't say. I do not think that the armed forces are above question, or criticism. They are a part of our democracy as as such they also are subject to Free Speech. What should and should not be said regarding the military is similar to what I believe should and should not be said about others. You have the right to call the president any dirty name in the book. If you want people to respect you, and your opinions though it isn't a good idea to be trashing the president this way.What should be done, is people ideas and values and actions should be questioned. Motivations can be held up to the light to see if they are what we would expect from out leaders. Personal attacks have no positive place in a political conversation. That means calling a general a traitor is just wrong, you have the right to do it, but you shouldn't.

SAT
Alan Keyes announces for President!

What, is there really going to be another person in this bloody race. There are already so many that it is hard to keep track of them all. This brings the number of Republican candidates to a total of 10.