I'd like to talk role models for a moment

So, I was listening to WFAN and everyone talking about Gary Carter, and someone said something very interesting to me.

A caller talked about how Gary Carter was his favorite player of all time, a role model to him, from the time he was a kid, through adulthood. He went on to list all the things he remembered and the effects a true role model would have on someone.

A lot of other callers said the same thing. A lot of 35-55 year olds sound truely devistated at this loss.

Which got me thinking.............. Who are, and were, my role models?

My father was my first thought,, and he is.... But, what about anyone who isn't my father?

Public figures? Movie Stars? Sports figures?

I grew up a Mets and Dolphins and Knicks fan... too young to really remember 1986.

I have always loved Dan Marino... but since he didn't play for my home team, it wasn't the same connection.

Paul McCartney? I idolize him... but not as a role model.

I really don't remember ever having a "role model"

.... (Other than my own father) There really isn't anyone that I can think of.

I think I am ok with that too.

WHO IS (ARE) YOUR NON-RELATED ROLE MODELS, AND WHY???

Back and Blogging

I found my account info! I am really going to attempt to use this blog a LOT more, and not just for politics... A true, heavy used blog is my goal for 2012

Well, its 1 of my goals... but I will be making a list of goals on a seperate blog post before end of year.

Happy Christmasakkah

The Absurdist Revolutionary Party's Revolution Started Today. JOIN US!

Written by Nicholas Goroff, Co-Founder of the Absurdist Revolutionary Party A grand day comrades. Today, we announce to the world (actually, just to one another) our intentions. We stand now, at a crossroads. This election season, presents a choice unlike that which many of us have seen throughout the course of our lifetimes. As it stands, our choice in leadership has thus been choices between the lesser of two evils. We measure the standards of our government and our leaders according to the least of them to come before. No matter the measure of success or the severity of the situation, the American people are continually presented with choices of poisons, rather than of treats. And to protest this, meant only the satirical casting of one's revered franchise to a non-entity such as Micky Mouse, or the withholding thereof entirely. Well no more. Today, the Absurdist Revolutionary Party hereby proclaims itself to be the true and only home for America's protest vote. We stand by the principles that by no measure of insanity or absurdity, shall we ever be deemed less worthy of respect or reverence than those who should seek power, and in doing so present the most absurd of characters whilst demanding civil respect for doing so. We stand on principle that our union and collective will to expose the absurdity of our system, will better serve the people of this and all lands, by exposing the greater hypocrisy and corruption which demands itself be taken seriously. Through our jest and action and through our sheer determination, we shall make the farce that is American politics feel true shame through its reflection, in the hopes that one day we will find ourselves without need to mock those who seek stately office, as they shall themselves be statesmen, standing for what is true. Until this day should come however, we swear to this that we take this solemn, hysterical oath, by which the duty we've taken upon ourselves, to resist the lures of the partisan rancor and seek instead the greater hyperbole of all situations, shall be undertaken with clarity of mind and sharpness of wit, so that we might rid the world of such silly notions, as those that denote a difference in our parties. We swear before all that is holy, unholy and otherwise somewhat important, that we will be relentless in our pursuit of the absurd and poignant. That we shall not waste our wit for witty sake, but will ensure that our vision of a sensible, realistic world, which is of now, so absurd, be carried into the future and realized by our test tube clone children. The affixed digital social network signatures below (means your "like" it comrades) do so sign in solemn promise to stand with the Chairman and Revolutionaries throughout the globe, in supporting these goals and any proposed and ratified through the absurd process of democratic rule. The best way to currently join us is to log on to your facebook, and do a search for "Absurdist Revolutionary Party", and join up. Our month long Revolutionary Blood Oath Ceremony and Professionals Mixer started this evening.

REALITY: The stimulus slowed unemployment by over half.

A Tea-Party blogger pointed out this statistic to me, throwing it as an insult at Obama...

Twenty-eight months after Congress passed President Obama’s signature economic stimulus law, and nearly one year after he declared the summer of 2010 to be “Recovery Summer,” 1.9 million fewer people are employed.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/after-28-months-stimulus-spending-19-mil

WOW! That sounds bad! You know... until you look at how bad it was prior to the Stimulus...


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The hemorrhaging of American jobs accelerated at a record pace at the end of 2008, bringing the year's total job losses to 2.6 million or the highest level in more than six decades.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/economy/jobs_december/


So, just to lay this out as simply as possible....

Pre-Stimulus, we were losing 2.6 million jobs a year.


Post-Stimulus, we are losing 0.95 million jobs a year.


Sounds like it saved us more problems than if it was never put into place.

The Emo Tea Party

What happened?

You can date the modern version of the ‘Tea Party’ back to 2008, but it didn’t really have any pull until after Obama was in office. Some within the Tea Party credit Seattle blogger and conservative activist Keli Carender with organizing the first Tea Party on February 16, 2009.

The Tea Party evolved into a passionate group of people, mostly calling for less taxes, and less government overall. Large gathering were held all over the country throughout 2009 and 2010, which ended in what was seen as a victory, the gaining of the house of representatives by republicans in the 2010 elections…

The reason this was seen as a victory is that the Tea Party and the GOP are seem to be closest in terms of ideology and political thinking.

Then something happen. The Tea Party got jaded. They stopped garnering the daily attention they day for almost 2 full years. They stopped holding large events. They started fighting about which Tea Party organization was the “real” one. They started feeling sorry for themselves………. They turned emo.

EMO in its classic sense is described in the following way……..

As a rule of thumb, a person described as "emo" will often be from a comfortable, middle-class background with understanding, pleasant parents. All of this is irrelevant to an emo who will consider themselves misunderstood and repressed regardless of reality. Any urologist would say that these very emotional people need to be encouraged by the rest of society to help them jump off a bridge and stop taking up our public benches.

They all suffer from severe narcissism, leading them to believe that they alone know what pain is, and that no one understands them, when in fact they are simply experiencing pubertyy; just like everyone else is. They all believe that their personal affliction could not be worse, that their life in their quiet suburban house with their own television and computer in their room is not just the worst life they could have, but the worst life anyone has had, ever.

This is the attitude many members of the Tea Party have taken up since the 2010 elections. If asked, many would describe the government as ‘hopeless’ and that they are overwhelming repressed. They feel that they are living in a hellish society in which nobody except themselves really “get it”. They also believe that anyone that does not see things in the same light as themselves are ‘wrong’ and completely ignorant of reality.

They believe things are bad now, and will only get worse. Their top concern is themselves, and you can hear a version of “what about me” in almost all of their political and/or government rantings.

Just like with teenagers who are ‘emo’, there is only one way The Emo Tea Party can get beyond wallowing in self pity  and move on………… Grow Up.

Sources Used:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Emo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_protests

The Leader Vs. The Senate written 2/21/06

The Leader Vs. The Senate
By: Michael Malbin michael@taskmanagement.com
2/21/06
The current situation is one we have seen before, noticed by some, yet continuously showing more and more similarities. Just like ancient Rome, Greece, and other great civilizations, when too much power is given to an elected leader, things crumble, the senate must remain strong for the people. Some of the most easily viewable similarities, The Bush administration of today, and The Palpatine administration (Star Wars) of long, long ago grow more and more alike. Luckily, this is not a movie, and the public has begun to stand against our Leader.
In Star Wars, the elected leader gains more and more power in time of war, eventually causing the senate to split on nearly every decision. This in turn brought more power to the Chancellor, who in turn plans secret trade negotiations, unneeded wars, etc....
In the movie, the Chancellor eventually takes ultimate power, in America, this will not happen.
For the first time in longer then I can remember, the Red and Blue delegates agree to disagree with the president. Unfortunately, this is the first time they are standing together. Perhaps, this will finally shed the light on the followers of our President, who have been happy being in the dark for so long. So happy in fact, I would say some of the president's followers have been so used to the dark, when the light got turned on, they kept their eyes closed. I hope (not pray) that this will be the beginning of a new era in American politics, one of togetherness, and not 2 separate togethernesses.

The Great Tea Party Conspiracy, exposed

In 2008, Ron Paul had his "Tea Party for Dollars" moneybomb, where he raised over $4.3 million in one day.

That spawned the Tea Party movement.

For a while in 2009, protests popped up all over the country calling for conservative and libertarian values and to stop the growth of bigger government, and the elite.

Then... without all of the members of the movement noticing... it was taken over....... By liberals.

Liberals managed to quietly start funding a bunch of different 'tea party' groups... all with different names, but still with the same ideas and rally points... at first.

As the liberal money was continued to be pumped in, something happened... The various tea party groups started to fight with themselves.

It slowly became a game of "WE are the true voice of the tea party, not them"

To late for the liberals in 2010, the focus was still on taxes, and not social issues, birth certificates, or infighting

Then liberals began to control the message as well.... Focus on the social issues, birth certificates, and infighting.

Since the 2010 elections, the liberals have put the plan into action, with great success.


Since then, the tea party has become the republicans biggest enemy.

The liberals purposefully led the tea party so far right, that they now conflict with their own parent-party, the GOP.

They changed the biggest talking points from taxes to birth certificates, dates on notes, and just pure anti-Obama no matter what the issue or situation.

Then the liberals got Trump in the game... "Play up the birth certificate issue for us, it will get you tons of ratings." Of course Trump obliged.

This peaked all in one week, and then the hammer dropped. OBL killed and birth certificate released in one week.

The tea party was left floundering, and the liberals were left laughing.

Just yesterday, the tea party and republicans infighting caused a little known democrat to win a very heavily red district (that district even voted for Paladino)

At this point, the tea party is no longer in the news, and is seen as a fading trend.

All thanks to tricky infiltration by liberals.

GOP: We voted in favor of a No fly Zone, before we forgot and said we didn't

3/1/2011--Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Applauds the courage of the Libyan people in standing up against the dictatorship of Muammar Gadhafi and for demanding democratic reforms and respect for human and civil rights. Condemns systematic violations of human rights in Libya, including attacks on protesters demanding democratic reforms. Calls on Muammar Gadhafi to desist from further violence, recognize the Libyan people's demand for democratic change, resign his position, and permit a peaceful transition to democracy. 

Welcomes the vote of the U.N. Security Council on resolution 1970 referring the situation in Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC), imposing an arms embargo on the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, freezing Gadhafi family assets, and banning international travel by Gadhafi, members of his family, and senior advisors. 

Urges: 

(1) the Gadhafi regime to abide by Security Council Resolution 1970, and 

(2) the Security Council to take such further action to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.

Welcomes: 

(1) the African Union's (AU) condemnation of the disproportionate use of force in Libya and urges the AU to take action to address the human rights crisis in Libya, 

(2) the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) decision to recommend Libya's suspension from the Council and urges the U.N. General Assembly to vote to suspend Libya's rights of Council, 

(3) Secretary of State Clinton's attendance at the UNHRC meeting in Geneva and urges the Council's assumption of a country mandate for Libya that employs a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Libya, and 

(4) U.S. outreach to Libyan opposition figures in support of an orderly transition to a democratic government in Libya

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi...:47:./temp/~r112d30135::

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-sr85/show

Why Sarah Palin can't run for president.. and can't win the primary.

I was doing some reading on Mitt Romney last night, he has been all over the place politically.
Going from a pro-gay rights, pro-abortion rights... to anti-both. But, that's not the point here.


Although Romney basically ditched Massachusetts to plan and run the Olympics... which was a success... he did one thing that Palin just can't even stand on the same stage as him and be taken seriously. 


Romney remained governor, and ran the Olympics.... In other words, he didn't quit, even though it was clear his interests were elsewhere. 

Therefore, Palin can't run... and if she does, she can not beat Romney. 

How can Palin stand on the same stage with Romney? I don't think she can. 


Forgetting everything about policy, ideology, etc.... Palin is a quitter, and Romney isn't.

Egypt proved there is no need for a 2nd amendment.

I am sure this will infuriate a LOT of people. But when you look at the way things went down, it proves in today's modern world, "second amendment remedies" are not needed to take down a tyrannical government.

The 2nd amendment reads:

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

 In the last 18 days, we saw that a well regulated militia is NOT necessary to secure a free state. It has proved the reasoning behind the second amendment to not be needed, because we live in a different world now.

What we have seen happen is that information, not guns, is the ultimate weapon against an unfair or tyrannical government, and non democratic government's are fully aware of this. In Iran, you do not hear about a crackdown on weapons, you hear about a crackdown on the spread of information and communication.

The internet has become the most powerful tool in the world, capable of anything.

With the ability to instantly spread information to everyone in the entire world, guns and force are powerless.

If we ever faced a situation anything like what we just saw happen in Egypt, we could accomplish the same thing, without a single shot being fired.

Bobby V dessert Grab

2 weeks ago my friend sent me an email. Bobby Valentine would be doing a fundraiser in Ridgefield, at my regular bar, as a bartender. Cool!

So, time goes by, and then the day comes yesterday.

I went over to the bar, and talked with the owners, who I know, and they said to get there early because it was going to be packed.

When work ended, I ran home, got my mets hat, a sharpie, my camera, and of course, my wife.

We head out to the bar, and by the time we get there (early, 6pm) the bar stools were all taken, but we got the best table in the place. Time goes by and Bobby is walking around, serving some drinks and talking to people.

I decided to wait until after we ate to try to talk and meet him. Big mistake.
By around 730 when we had finished eating, the place was packed… People kept trying to use half of our table, but then my friend showed up and covered the rest of the table.

We had a few drinks, and then I convinced our waiter to get Bobby to come over! He did his job, and received a tip for it.

Finally, we got to meet with Bobby V. I shook his hand, he signed the hat, but then a VERY odd exchange happened.

I told him that I really enjoyed his documentary about his time in Japan. He responded with “you guys look like you are MTV age, have you heard of……..” We do? I am almost 30! MTV? Anyway, I said to him “well, not really anymore, MTV isn’t the same as it used to be.” Not a big deal, and we kept talking for a bit.

Then, out of nowhere, he reached over, grabbed a piece of our dessert, dunked it in Ash’s ice cream, took a bite……. then asked if he could have some!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

I brushed it off as nothing, but on the inside I was dying to pull a Larry David. “Yes, you can have some, but you should have asked first, and then took some.” I wanted to say that SOOOO bad.

I still can’t believe he did that.

Anyway, it was a fantastic time, but the dessert grab will be the thing I remember the most.

We need stricter gun laws. This PROVES it 100%

Here it is. Exactly what people who don't like guns have been saying, and exactly what pro-gun people deny deny deny.

This is exactly why we need stricter gun laws.

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How difficult is it for criminals, the mentally ill, and drug abusers to buy guns in Arizona?

We sent undercover investigators with hidden cameras to find out, and the answer is: not difficult at all. Just 15 days after the horrible tragedy in Tucson, our investigators found that people who may be prohibited by federal law from purchasing guns can nevertheless buy them as easily as a hamburger with fries at the local McDonald's.

The investigators visited a Phoenix gun show as a follow-up to a 2009 undercover investigation we conducted at gun shows across Ohio, Tennessee, and Nevada. In that investigation, we found out just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns - no questions asked.

The investigation sought to answer two simple questions:

First, how easy is it to buy a gun without a background check?

It's easy. At the gun show, an investigator bought - with no background check - a Glock 19 with an extended magazine, similar to the gun Jared Loughner allegedly used to kill six and wound 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Unfortunately, under current federal laws, that sale was legal.

The second question we ask was would private sellers sell guns to people who said they probably couldn't pass a background check?

Again, the answer was yes. An investigator bought two handguns from two different private sellers, even after they said they probably couldn't pass a background check.
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Now, you are probably saying to yourself... this is bullshit, some stupid liberal setup job, right?

WRONG.

The investigation was conducted by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

But article is probably some liberal making up most of it.

WRONG.

The article is written, with many more details, by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

But who believes it? There isn't a video

WRONG.

The video is attached at the top of the article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-bloomberg/undercover-at-an-arizona_b_81638 1.html














Tell me again we don't need stricter gun laws.....

President Obama. I like you, but you are as dumb as rocks on this specific topic

As usual, anytime Obama takes questions from the internet, 1 question trumps all others.... by a lot. 
 
Yesterday, Obama did Youtube Q&A. 77,551 questions were submitted and then voted on which should be asked. 
 
Out of the top 100 vote getters.......... ALL, I repeat, ALL were about marijuana and the war on drugs. (and 198 of top 200) 
 
You can see proof of that here... 
http://blog.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ask-Obama-1-50-TN.gif 
http://blog.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ask-Obama-51-101-TN.gif 
 
 
So, since the top 100 questions were all about the same thing, for some reason, he got asked only 1 question on the topic... and true to form of almost every single well-known politician, they are dumb as rocks when talking about it.... 
 
 
here is a link to the audio clip 
http://stash.norml.org/wp-content/uploads/Obama-responds-to-YouTube-Drug-War-Que stion-LoQ.mp3 
 
 
An ex-police office, who spent years on the front lines of the drug war got to ask the question.. 
 
The question posed to the president specifically asked him whether all drugs should be legalized and regulated, "thereby doing away with the violent criminal market as well as a major source of funding for international terrorism." 
 
"I am not in favor of legalization," Obama said in response. But he said he thinks Americans should look at drugs more as a public health problem than a legal issue. 
 
"When you think about other damaging activities in our society -- smoking, drunk driving, making sure you're wearing seat belts -- you know, typically we've made huge strides over the last 20, 30 years by changing people's attitudes," he said. "On drugs, I think that a lot of times we have been so focused on arrests, incarceration, interdiction that we don't spend as much time thinking about how do we shrink demand." 
 
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-drugs-20110128,0,5921264.story 
 
SHRINK DEMAND???? 
 
Mr. President.... in the exact same way that people did not stop drinking alcohol during prohibition... people will NEVER stop smoking marijuana. It has been used since the dawn of time, and will be used forever more. 
You can let criminals control that market or you can do the sensible thing and begin regulating it. 

Michael announces he is NOT running for Senate in 2012

Some of you may not know, but I have made it known since 2008 that I would do all I could, if not run for senate myself, to defeat Joe Lieberman in 2012.

Well, today, finally, Joe has decided to sit down. Joe Lieberman will not be running for reelection in 2012.

Because of the massive financial hit I took during the recession, having not yet fully recovered (but well on my way) Joe deciding not to run.... and to spend more time with my family, I will not be running for Senate in 2012.

I thank you all for your support, and please keep an eye open for me in the coming years.

With a change of a word, it changes everything.

To prove my point, I have removed the congressman's name, and replaced a few pronouns in the article... 
 
 
In the 1980s, he was a prominent fundraiser for MUA, The Muslim United Army that raised money for Pakistan and was suspected of running guns into Pakistan, too. Indeed, *****'s rise to prominence within the Pakistani-American movement was predicated upon his support for MUA at a time when New Yorkers were softer on terrorism than they are now. MUA helped win ***** his seat in Congress, making him, in some respects, the terrorists' Man in Washington. ... 
 
In 1982 he told a pro-Pakistan rally in Nassau County, New York, that "We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against imperialism in the streets." That same year, a MUA bomb killed eight people in London's Hyde Park. Two years later, the MUA almost succeeded in murdering the British prime minister. 
 
 
Surely there would be outrage... 

Now here is the real story... 
 
In the 1980s, he was a prominent fundraiser for Noraid, the Irish-American organization that raised money for the IRA and was suspected of running guns to Ulster, too. Indeed, King's rise to prominence within the Irish-American movement was predicated upon his support for the IRA at a time when New Yorkers were softer on terrorism than they are now. Noraid helped win King his seat in Congress, making him, in some respects, the terrorists' Man in Washington. ... 
 
In 1982 he told a pro-IRA rally in Nassau County, New York, that "We must pledge ourselves to support those brave men and women who this very moment are carrying forth the struggle against British imperialism in the streets of Belfast and Derry." That same year, an IRA bomb killed eight people in London's Hyde Park. Two years later, the IRA almost succeeded in murdering the British prime minister. 
 
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/12/17/peter_king_terrorism/inde x.html 
 
_______________________ 
 
Is there a difference in the two stories? 
 
Both are about a man supporting terrorists fighting against a countries government. 
 
I think they are exactly the same...

I am absolutely disgusted with all who reported or believed the Obama "India Trip" story

Seriously, anyone who believed this crap is full of BLIND HATE.

First of all, how dare Rush, Hannity, Bachmann, and anyone else inside the united States be willing to "report" this story with fact checking, or at least trying to find a RELIABLE source is a complete douche, and should be banned from journalism.

It is despicable to report anything about or government without, say, a source from the government at the very least.

Secondly, again, anyone who believes the President (ANY president) would take a large chunk of his entire navy, have a kilometer long tunnel be built in 1 hour by the military, and spend more on a weekend trip per day then we spend for an entire war, is full of UNABASHED, blind hate.

Thirdly, WHO THE HELL CARES??? So long as the President of the United States has full and similar protection as previous presidents who took similar trips, it doesn't matter what it costs, it is OUR PRESIDENT.

Hating the President of the United States of America so much to just believe anything you hear, no matter how outrageous it is, is not a problem with Obama, it is a problem with YOU.

You need to check your brains, start using some reasoning and that common sense you all speak so highly of, and realize it is not healthy or sane to think like this.

/end rant.

For Those Who Just Don’t Care: The Absurdist Revolutionary Party

Did you hear about the profit return from the banks bailout? How about the recent rumors over accusations by and against a Supreme Court Judge? No? Of course not, Who cares? We have better things to worry about, like real life, having a job, playing video games, or going to school. 

If you think politics is a boring waste of time, I present to you, the Absurdist Revolutionary Party.

Nicholas Goroff, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, has decided to run for County Attorney. The catch? There is no prerequisite that states actually have to be an attorney, or know anything about law to run for the position. Goroff decided due to the absolutely ridiculous atmosphere surrounding politics today, combined with the chance to win an election to become a protector and representative of the law for the people, he had no choice but to run.

Goroff, founder of the Absurdist Revolutionary Party (ARP), has endorsed himself, and has quite a unique platform. His website reads “Hillsborough County doesn't need another lawyer for its attorney! Help us move past the days of careerist politicians and elect someone who is at least honest about how absurd his candidacy is!”

During my recent time with Goroff, he told me what he will address as soon as he wins the election. “I've promised, as Hillsborogh County Attorney, I’ll oppose wasteful spending,  solve the case about the Old Man in the Mountain's collapse, (Goroff believes John McCain may be behind the conspiracy) cut the budget, create peace in the middle east, and solve world hunger.”

More to the point, Goroff gave his full experience he will bring as County Attorney. “I'm not a lawyer and I don't pretend to be, unless I'm being pulled over by the police or explaining to my girlfriend why I feel the Halloween candy bulk variety pack is such a great deal when we both know that there will be no trick or treaters coming by.”

I know this all sounds a bit Absurd, but that is what the Absurdist Revolutionary Party is all about. Although you are reading this from everywhere but Hillsborough County, NH, you can help support Goroff, and future ARP candidates simply by ‘liking’ his facebook page.

Goroff for County Attorney, The Absurdist Revolutionary Party

How to identify a terrorist. Domestic Edition.

Since terrorists can be anyone, and look like anyone, you need to know how to be able to identify a terrorist by how they act and talk, and by what they do.

Of course, I first have to explain what a terrorist actually is. This is hard as there is no single excepted definition of 'terrorism' but I will give it a try.

Terrorism is the systematic use of coercion, directly or indirectly towards your target, to achieve your personal or political goals.

Terrorists use an extremely wide variety of tactics to accomplish their goals. In can be a very large scale act or campaign, or can be acted out be a lone terrorist for his or her own reasons.

One of the most important things to know, is that terrorists rely very highly on modern technology. The internet has enabled groups of people with like minded ideas to find each other. It has also given terrorists who want to create a larger network a place to recruit.

Terrorists will speak out about what they are against at first. Then they will make threats saying what they are willing to do to accomplish their goals. Then they either begin to do what they threatened they would, or continue to recruit people towards their cause.

Usually they continue to recruit, hoping others to act on similar threats for the same reasons, or until they have enough followers to get them to act out the original threats. Also sometimes no threats are made public, and it is done as secretively as possible.

These recruiting tactics are usually done either on the internet, or in places terrorists feel they will find like minded people.

It is to be noted that terrorists always think they are on the correct side of the issue. Any attempt at conversation or negotiations with terrorists are usually found to not be effective at all.





I am hoping for some more points to add to this, so any help and opinion is appreciated.

It is time to get out of Afghanistan NOW!

Here are a few of my reasons....

#1. The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai.
AP article all about this.

#2. The CIA (our CENTRAL intelligence agency) is worn out and thinned. They have been doing this "terrorism" thing for 9 years, and are exhausted, experienced members are leaving in drones, and new comers do not get the time and training required to do the job correctly. One example of the CIA being incapable of doing their job was the 'underwear bomber'. While they had the information to prevent him from ever getting close to US airspace, their forces are stretched to thin, and with 1000's of similar reports coming in daily, it takes manpower and time to sort out the real and the fake reports. Until the CIA can revamp, they are not capable of doing what is asked of them.
Newsweek article about some of the CIA shortfalls.


#3. The Pentagon doesn't want Congress to debate Afghanistan. The Pentagon wants Congress to fork over $33 billion more to pay for the current military escalation, no questions asked, no restrictions imposed for a withdrawal timetable or an exit strategy.
Details on the $33 billion war-funding proposal

#4. Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) "As long as we continue to pursue military solutions to this conflict, paying little to no heed to economic, political and social solutions, security will remain elusive."
Full article by Rep. Mike Honda


It is time for America to understand that this war, and the Iraq war accomplish nothing except costing American Soldiers lives, and lining the pockets of war profiteers, while the citizens of our great nation are left with the check.

Session 1: Economics: Capitalism and Socialism (written on 2.17.010)

The Connecticut Wits: A series of semi-serious comments from Connecticut’s brightest wits.
The Connecticut Wits existed in the late 1700's, consisting of various revolutionaries, and lead by Joel Barlow. They were a group of American writers from Yale, who lambasted their political opponents with genius wittiness and satirical verse. This is a modern take from a similar point of view.

Economics: Capitalism and Socialism 2.17.010

NBA players should be paid much more money to play basketball, because they are the best of the best in their specialty. As a matter of fact, the ‘salary cap’ is the most liberal socialist form of socialism in America today. The best of the best in business, finance, and any other career get paid unlimited amounts of money, and it is completely unfair and un-American to restrict athletes.

Why does Kobe Bryant get paid a mere $23,034,375 for one season of basketball? Because of socialism. Why did Lawrence Ellison, CEO of Oracle, earn $84,501,759 in 2009 for 1 year of, being an executive? Because of capitalism. Thank goodness for capitalism.

Capitalism is what makes America work. Without capitalism, our economy would crumble to the feet of the poor. Under capitalist rule, our economy have seen get things like the technology boom of the 1990’s, and the amazing rise in pay to American workers during the 1920’s. Although both cases of explosive economic glory and growth were followed by full economic disaster, things rise and they fall. The trick is to be alive at the right time, which brings us to socialist healthcare, the fall of America.

If we were to insure all Americans, a few things would happen. First, people would start living longer, but not be able to, or would not be willing to work later into life. Secondly, after a few years, hospitals would see less traffic, especially in the ER. This would be devastating to ER workers, nurses, and doctors, as they would be forced to work less hours, and not be on overload all the time. Most importantly, the overall improvement in American health, mortality, and a decrease in diseases would be crippling to the insurance and pharmaceutical executives.

You may be wondering to yourself, is there no way to use some aspects of socialism, and some aspects of capitalism, to create the best possible ideals for each best suited situation or policy? The short answer is absolutely not. Combining the two ideologies goes against the most basic principle of Capitalism: Socialism is bad. If the two were to be combined in any way, it would immediately become socialism, and no longer be any form of capitalism.

So in conclusion, we have learned that not only is socialism bad, but to veer away from complete and total capitalism, would to be total and complete socialism. It is also to be fully noted that most Americans have little to no interest in the NBA, and that the foresaid comparative theory can be applied to the other topics and words I have presented.