War on Sale

If a leader were foolish enough to want to encourage a tactical-weapon attack upon their country, what would such a leader do? Well, they would essentially put war on sale, by lowering the cost to the aggressor. On the other hand, if one wanted to discourage any sort of attack upon itself, one would keep all options on the table for retaliation, and would make that policy known to all the world, repeatedly. They would reinforce the high cost of such a mistake.

Well, President Obama has issued a revision to our policy for nuclear weapons use, clarifying that we will not resort to nukes when attacked by a non-nuclear aggressor. So you decide: is he discouraging attack, or encouraging it?

Now, you might say that those foolish enough to attack the U.S. wouldn't be the sort to worry about retaliation anyway. Nukes or no, they would attack regardless. So then Obama's policy change brings no benefit. It brings only increased risk, and unnecessarily. Risk that is upon his head.

The Unsavory Side of Chicago

I enjoy Chicago-style hot dogs. Yum! Jam 'em down. Chicago-style pizza? Double-yum! Jam it down. Chicago Jazz, and Chicago architecture? You bet! Eat that stuff up.

...But then there's Chicago-style politics, as has been on full display in that past few weeks, pushing this abomination of legislative slop. YUCK! Looks horrible, stinks to high-heaven, and tastes even worse! But like it or not, it got jambed down all our throats. Even many Dems were holding their noses on this one!

Prediction: We better get used to foul and reeking meals from these modern Chicago-style gangsters running D.C. This latest win will not mean sweeter or smoother things to come for us. The political filth is only going to get worse. Open wide, and eat what you've voted for, America.

Paying It Forward

The Obama Health Care plan would apparently have us paying now, or soon enough, for health care coverage that would kick in later. Some 4 years later. The argument is that a certain amount of funds need to be on hand before coverage can be provided, and it will take that long to gather up the necessary fund balance. Let us suspend all reason for just a moment, and just let all of that go as is. Instead, let's focus on what this "plan" represents. It would mean that the government would be accumulating revenues that are reserved for covering those eventual health care costs. Our federal government...hauling in billions...to be spent later...on a promise. ...Riiiiiight. Let us now count the times that our federal government actually kept its greedy, grubby mitts off of any revenues within its reach or imagination, and resisted spending those funds elsewhere. Who among us really believe that they will not spend every single accrued health care dime, and dimes they've not yet accrued, on something and everything other than what it was accrued for, leaving behind yet one more unfulfillable promissory note to us. Don't you fall for it!!