We need a Cold War

There was a time when the people of the United States of America were united on victory. There was a time when “We the People” wanted to be on top and win. We were united in telling ourselves that sometimes sacrifice was needed in order to win and survive.

You may think I am talking about a time during our Nation's founding. Or I may be referring to the time of the two Great Wars. Or maybe I am talking about the Korean war. You would be wrong. I am talking about the 70's and the 80's.

Not all that long ago but so long from the memory of the Nation as a whole. We had a defined enemy. It was called the Soviet Union. The Cold War was red hot. We had movie and TV show about us kicking the butt of the Soviets. We cheered whenever we beet them in sports matches. Remember the Dream Hockey Team?

Oh yes, we had a collective pride in our nation and our military. Sure we had the rough spots like the Vietnam conflict. We had gas lines in the 70's and high interest rates in the late 70's and early 80's. But we were united. We had that cold war mentality. We felt as a nation we needed to win at all cost.

But we did not give up our freedom and liberty to do so. We won the Cold War without the Patriot Act. We had no need for the NSA because the CIA and FBI and Military Intelligence was all we needed.

Oh, sure you still had stupid Liberals whining about military spending. Sure you had environmentalist hugging trees. But the nation did not put up with corrupt government. Remember Nixon? No we as a Nation saw what our goal was and we did not allow anyone to get in our way of that goal.

Of course it was not all roses to be sure. We disagreed on how to win and we disagreed often on how to win. But we all agreed that we did need to win. That we had no choice but to win. We did not even entertain the thought of defeat. We did not even suggest the thought of cutting and running. We were America after all. We were the leader of the free world. The entire world looked up to us. Those who did not look up to us, feared us. That is why the Soviets never pushed the button first.

They knew our resolve to win. They saw how we mustered our might, our people, our resources to crush those who stood against us and freedom. We took no shit from anyone. We let those who would do us harm that their price would be heavy and great.

Now we have a mentality of cut and run. Reduce our liberty in order to be safe. Let other nations walk all over us and our allies. And we have those in leadership that not only argue about how to win but that we should not win at all.

What has happened to us as a Nation? Did we really get spoiled after we won the Cold War? Did we really lose our way? Did we really get so numb and dumb that corrupt leaders can bilk our nation of billions of dollars, blame someone else and the American public doesn't hold them accountable? How did we get to this point? How did we lose our way?

Simple really. We lost our collective goal. We lost our National Pride to win at all cost while preserving what made us great to begin with. Freedom and liberty. We need that Cold War mentality back. We need to elect leaders that understand there is evil in the world and that we are the people who can stop it cold. We can win. We have done it nearly every time we put our collective minds to it.

There is nothing this nation cannot accomplish. All we need is the leadership and the will to win once again. We need to think of those that would do us harm as the fallen Soviet Union.

Hell, maybe Putin could do us all a favor by resurrecting the Soviet Union and reigniting the Cold War. Maybe then the People of this great nation will rise again to their full potential and defeat all that would do us harm, roust and jail the corrupt in politics and go back to strong, steady and real progress and prosperity.

I cannot believe I am saying this but, for the sake of our great nation, please Prime Minister Putin. Put Russia back on the map. Give us a common enemy again that we cannot ignore. Help us regain the greatness that was the United States of America.

The Sunday Wrap Up, Feb 24, 2008

The Sunday Wrap Up, February 24, 2008

I have to say that I am happy that the pilots of the B-2 Stealth Bomber that crashed this week end are alive and healthy. Our freedom took a small hit when one of only 21 of these marvels of technology went down.

The military says those magnificent birds cost a cool 1.2 billion US dollars each. That means the total fleet cost a very cool 25 billion to build. Yes a very expensive aircraft fleet but money well spent. In fact we should probably build more of them. In fact we should build more stealth fighter jets and maybe even stealth rockets.

Lets face it the cost of freedom is very high. It cost a lot in blood and money. If you think for one moment that we would survive as a nation with a week military, then I would suggest you look at every other nation with a weak military. Most of them have changed governments many times since our nations founding.

We have a special place in history for being a steady and reliable and amazingly enough we have had over 40 bloodless changes of power. And despite what the Liberals call President George W Bush, there will be another bloodless change of power next January. Amazing.

And all of this brought to you by the men and women who fly, drive, sail and use the amazing and sometimes expensive equipment that protect our nation and our liberty.

Global warming or global cooling or is it man made global climate change? Now even I am confused. Anyway, it seems that Sir. Richard Branson has a first for the record books. His Virgin Atlantic Airlines has just flown the first commercial jetliner fueled by bio diesel

Now, we all know that bio fuels are not the answer to our energy problems (not that we have energy problems in the first place) and our climate pollution problems. However, they claim that bio fuels will solve some of our energy and pollution problems. Bio fuel emits less pollution than regular jet fuel.

This is all well and good except for the fact that bio fuel takes away from people fuel. What is people fuel? It is commonly referred to as food. Bio fuel is made from different kinds of edible food products such as corn, wheat, coconut and other food stuffs and food staples. Even sugar cane can produce bio fuel.

But that is just the tip of the ice burg with the problems of bio fuel. The main problem is the reason we are traveling down the bio fuel road to begin with. It seems that those in the know are now confused about this as well.

This is evidenced by a recent AP story about this historic event. Although it is not about the fuel itself, it was about global warming or global cooling. Well here is an excerpt from the story, you decide.

Aircraft engines cause noise pollution and emit gases and particulates that reduce air quality and contribute to global warming and global dimming, where dust and ash from natural and industrial sources block the sun to create a cooling effect.

So my question is, if jet aircraft can cause both global warming and global dimming which, in the end produces global cooling, then should we not start flying these things around the globe in strategic places? I mean should we not fly air craft in areas that are too hot so it can give them some relief?

How can you get hotter and cooler at the same time unless you are sitting in an air conditioned car in Arizona? Trust me on this folks. These people are going to be coming after you wallets and they are going to push for laws that limit or eliminate your freedom and liberties. They will do this all in the name of “saving the planet when they don't even have any logical or conclusive evidence that man is the cause of any climate change taking place on our globe.

Read the story for yourself: AP – Virgin Flies Biofueled Jed From London