King Kwame of Detroit may now be out of bullets.
The Michigan Supreme Court won't even give his appeal the time of day. All of the documentation that he wanted to remain hidden will now be realeased. I have not seen it, but at the very least it is promised to expose his dealing's on many matters.
I'm told it is extremely embarrasing at the very least, but may well expose additonal criminal behavior. I say additional, because it is this writer's opinion that he has already committed perjury to which he should be prosecuted.
The question still remains; after all is brought into the light of day, is the interbreeding in Detroit politics so robust, that the King wll not be dethroned? I think probably so.
What's it going to be Detroit?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Crashing Through
A couple of weeks ago a movie review and now a book. The Mole Hole really is a full-service Blog!
Anyway....
I just finished reading one of my Christmas gift books titled "Crashing Through" by Robert Kurson. A very interesting read that I give an 8 to, on my scale of 10. More science than entertainment, but with some human reflection too.
This is a true story about a man blinded at the age of three in a chemical accident, who's chance encounter with a leading opthalmalogist gives him an opportunity at regaining his vision through a very cutting-edge procedure. It actually involves non-embryonic stem cells.
Much of the book occurs before he has the operation and involves all of the emotions surrounding the decision whether or not to have it. You might think that the decision should be an easy one, but this is a person who has not let blindness stop him from living a very ordinary life anyway. A loving family, a successful career and otherwise excellent health. So he wrestles with the question of his need to see, against the risks that are involved with the procedure; some of them potentially deadly.
Throughout history, only 20 individuals have regained sight after a lifetime of blindness. In this case, it's been 43 years for him. So this would be a very rare occurrence without much precedent in terms of preparation, and then the reaction to either success or failure.
I won't write anymore, because there are so many unexpected turns which contribute to this very interesting story.
It will suffice to say that there is a lot more to seeing than a functional eye.
Anyway....
I just finished reading one of my Christmas gift books titled "Crashing Through" by Robert Kurson. A very interesting read that I give an 8 to, on my scale of 10. More science than entertainment, but with some human reflection too.
This is a true story about a man blinded at the age of three in a chemical accident, who's chance encounter with a leading opthalmalogist gives him an opportunity at regaining his vision through a very cutting-edge procedure. It actually involves non-embryonic stem cells.
Much of the book occurs before he has the operation and involves all of the emotions surrounding the decision whether or not to have it. You might think that the decision should be an easy one, but this is a person who has not let blindness stop him from living a very ordinary life anyway. A loving family, a successful career and otherwise excellent health. So he wrestles with the question of his need to see, against the risks that are involved with the procedure; some of them potentially deadly.
Throughout history, only 20 individuals have regained sight after a lifetime of blindness. In this case, it's been 43 years for him. So this would be a very rare occurrence without much precedent in terms of preparation, and then the reaction to either success or failure.
I won't write anymore, because there are so many unexpected turns which contribute to this very interesting story.
It will suffice to say that there is a lot more to seeing than a functional eye.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
King Kwame's Kommandments
This guy is beyond belief.
Now the King, who in his early mayoral days actually signed into law a policy which stated that any electronic communication on city owned equipment would become intellectual property of the city and the public domain, now states that because he and what's her name used leased equipment, that law doesn't apply!
Note, the difference. City owned versus leased.
Sorry folks. Apparently the King makes the laws and so he can change them. Or maybe they were just meant to apply to everyone else?!!
How does a guy this damn huge fit through so many loopholes?
It's good to be da King!
Now the King, who in his early mayoral days actually signed into law a policy which stated that any electronic communication on city owned equipment would become intellectual property of the city and the public domain, now states that because he and what's her name used leased equipment, that law doesn't apply!
Note, the difference. City owned versus leased.
Sorry folks. Apparently the King makes the laws and so he can change them. Or maybe they were just meant to apply to everyone else?!!
How does a guy this damn huge fit through so many loopholes?
It's good to be da King!
Bye Bill
We lost a strong voice today in William F. Buckley.
A very good thinker. Reasonable. Considerate. But unwavering in his convictions.
Called it like he saw it, period.
I wish I'd seen more of him in his prime. Some of the debates I did see, and I wouldn't relish taking him on. You'd really have to "bring your game" as they say!
R.I.P.
A very good thinker. Reasonable. Considerate. But unwavering in his convictions.
Called it like he saw it, period.
I wish I'd seen more of him in his prime. Some of the debates I did see, and I wouldn't relish taking him on. You'd really have to "bring your game" as they say!
R.I.P.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
A Sure Sign
Today it's snowing again. We are way above average in the white stuff. And even though it's not yet March, I can "feel" spring.
The first tangible sign came today. Out waiting on my precious pup to decide if she wants to "go" or not, it was no
t dawn yet, but out of the gloom came the voice of the Cardinal. Very, very distinctive. I know it very well. This has long been my favorite bird. One of those tough ones that sticks it out with the rest of us through the long winter. Robins by comparison, are wimps. How the heck did they become the state bird? Nominated by a democrat, no doubt. They scare so easy!
Anyway, this was no ordinary chirping, but a song about establishing territory and well,....you know.
An odd thing to hear with the snow falling so robustly. But that's the way the seasons change around these parts. There are other things more subtle. I think it has to do with lengthening light, or maybe even the angle of it, as the sun is already a third of the way to it's northern apex. Things like that; driving some internal clock which tells us. Yes, we might need a calendar to give us the exact day, but we could come darn close to picking the week of the year without one.
I don't mind winter all that much, but I like spring better. So does the Cardinal if you listen to him.
The first tangible sign came today. Out waiting on my precious pup to decide if she wants to "go" or not, it was no
t dawn yet, but out of the gloom came the voice of the Cardinal. Very, very distinctive. I know it very well. This has long been my favorite bird. One of those tough ones that sticks it out with the rest of us through the long winter. Robins by comparison, are wimps. How the heck did they become the state bird? Nominated by a democrat, no doubt. They scare so easy!Anyway, this was no ordinary chirping, but a song about establishing territory and well,....you know.
An odd thing to hear with the snow falling so robustly. But that's the way the seasons change around these parts. There are other things more subtle. I think it has to do with lengthening light, or maybe even the angle of it, as the sun is already a third of the way to it's northern apex. Things like that; driving some internal clock which tells us. Yes, we might need a calendar to give us the exact day, but we could come darn close to picking the week of the year without one.
I don't mind winter all that much, but I like spring better. So does the Cardinal if you listen to him.
Friday, February 22, 2008
UNacceptable
I'm just learning of a new House of Representatives sneak attack called the Global Poverty Act. Sponsered by Dem Adam Smith from Washington. It was passed quietly last fall and will now be coming up for Senate review. The sponser in the Senate? Obama.
In Mr. Smith's words, "It's time that the United States take a more aggressive role in helping the one billion people worldwide who live on less than $1 a day". Very noble of those in the House to decide on a new charity for taxpayers to support; at only $845 billion over the next dozen years. But the real issue is that they've sought to tie the Bill to much broader goals promoted by the U.N.. Here's where our antenna should go up!
This would tie us to the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which among other things calls for banning "small arms and light weapons" and ratifying the Kyoto Accord, the International Criminal Court Treaty and the Convention on Biological Diversity. All U.N. pet projects and liberal "feel good" stuff. Which really means that we should turn and run in the other direction.
If we really want to fight poverty, we can do it without the U.N.'s waste, inefficiency and ulterior motives.
Thank goodness the some daylight is starting to shine on this Bill. It will not survive now. At least not in this form. At least not until President Obama is ready to sign it into law.
Oh God. Did I really just type that?!
In Mr. Smith's words, "It's time that the United States take a more aggressive role in helping the one billion people worldwide who live on less than $1 a day". Very noble of those in the House to decide on a new charity for taxpayers to support; at only $845 billion over the next dozen years. But the real issue is that they've sought to tie the Bill to much broader goals promoted by the U.N.. Here's where our antenna should go up!
This would tie us to the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which among other things calls for banning "small arms and light weapons" and ratifying the Kyoto Accord, the International Criminal Court Treaty and the Convention on Biological Diversity. All U.N. pet projects and liberal "feel good" stuff. Which really means that we should turn and run in the other direction.
If we really want to fight poverty, we can do it without the U.N.'s waste, inefficiency and ulterior motives.
Thank goodness the some daylight is starting to shine on this Bill. It will not survive now. At least not in this form. At least not until President Obama is ready to sign it into law.
Oh God. Did I really just type that?!
Waterblogged
Day three at the Great Wolf Lodge water park, resort, etc..
A real eyesore to the good residents of Traverse City when it was built several years ago. In all of our travels to and fro through the city, we always wondered about what it was like inside it's formidable, synthetic log walls. This year we decided to check it out for daughter's 8th Birthday.
It is a small city within itself. I don't know how many rooms; but a lot! The lodging is so-so and the food is just OK, but what they do know how to do is keep 4000 screaming little kids in wet bathing suits totally entertained! The one thing that I give then extra-credit for is friendliness and attentiveness.
The waterpark is about two acres under one roof, with five waterslides, three pools, a waterfort, and a flowing river. Oh, and the main attraction is a 1000 gallon barrel of water three stories up, which dumps down on willing victims every five minutes! We've spent about 15 hours in the water so far, and will probably get another couple of hours in before check-out tomorrow. It's a ton of fun with a little kid to share it with.
Now the down side. My skin is just about gone from the super-chlorinated water designed to defeat any kind of germ or parasite. My eyes have turned red, and no amount of Visine can correct it. One ear has about 20% hearing through the waterplug. There's little skin left on my feet after wading and sloshing along the abrasive walls in every water attraction. And my body is just plain sore from crashing water tubes, climbing wet stairs, and body-slamming the bottoms of these kid-shallow water courses. Not to mention being pummeled by the aforementioned thousand-gallons of water dropped on my head. It hammers you with such force that I quickly learned to hang on to my swim trunks to keep them from being washed down to my ankles!
Oh well. She's only eight once and she's having a water-fest she'll never forget.
I will heal.
A real eyesore to the good residents of Traverse City when it was built several years ago. In all of our travels to and fro through the city, we always wondered about what it was like inside it's formidable, synthetic log walls. This year we decided to check it out for daughter's 8th Birthday.
It is a small city within itself. I don't know how many rooms; but a lot! The lodging is so-so and the food is just OK, but what they do know how to do is keep 4000 screaming little kids in wet bathing suits totally entertained! The one thing that I give then extra-credit for is friendliness and attentiveness.
The waterpark is about two acres under one roof, with five waterslides, three pools, a waterfort, and a flowing river. Oh, and the main attraction is a 1000 gallon barrel of water three stories up, which dumps down on willing victims every five minutes! We've spent about 15 hours in the water so far, and will probably get another couple of hours in before check-out tomorrow. It's a ton of fun with a little kid to share it with.
Now the down side. My skin is just about gone from the super-chlorinated water designed to defeat any kind of germ or parasite. My eyes have turned red, and no amount of Visine can correct it. One ear has about 20% hearing through the waterplug. There's little skin left on my feet after wading and sloshing along the abrasive walls in every water attraction. And my body is just plain sore from crashing water tubes, climbing wet stairs, and body-slamming the bottoms of these kid-shallow water courses. Not to mention being pummeled by the aforementioned thousand-gallons of water dropped on my head. It hammers you with such force that I quickly learned to hang on to my swim trunks to keep them from being washed down to my ankles!
Oh well. She's only eight once and she's having a water-fest she'll never forget.
I will heal.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Great Escape
Last week, we lost another hero of the Second World War. RAF Squadron Leader Bertram "Jimmy" James died. He was 93. By rights, he should have been gone more than 60 years ago.
James was shot down by the Luftwaffe in June of 1940. He survived, but was captured and sent to Luft Stalag 1 on the Baltic Sea. From the moment he was deposited there, he began his escape attempts. He once tried to walk out of the front gate in disguise. On another occasion, he tunneled out of solitary confinement.
His persistence got him a transfer into what was the toughest POW camp in Germany, Luft Stalag 3, in 1943. Supposedly escape-proof. It was from here that James joined an incredible 200 other prisoners in the most elaborate escape scheme of the war. It was the true life story behind the Hollywood epic, The Great Escape. James was the “sand man”; responsible for transferring sand dug from the 365 foot tunnel code-named “Harry”, out to the prison yard.
On the freezing night in March 1944, he was the 39th man to got through the tunnel. As in the movie, it really did end up 30 feet short of a wooded area they wanted to emerge from. Still, he and 75 others did escape that night.
James was disguised as a foreign worker, and headed for the Czech border, but was recaptured within two weeks and sent to the Sachsenhausen death camp. He was one of the lucky ones. Fifty others recaptured were promptly executed by the Gestapo. Only three made it back to England.
Even Sachsenhausen couldn’t contain James. He escaped from there and was recaptured once more, and this time sent to Dachau, where his death sentence was to have been carried out immediately. Only the American liberation of the camp saved him, and so on May 3, 1945 he was finally free. After the war, he joined the British Diplomatic Corps.
James made a total of 13 escape attempts. Of that, all he would say was “I was no hero. I was just a guy who wanted to get home.” He finally has. God Bless Jimmy James. A hero.
James was shot down by the Luftwaffe in June of 1940. He survived, but was captured and sent to Luft Stalag 1 on the Baltic Sea. From the moment he was deposited there, he began his escape attempts. He once tried to walk out of the front gate in disguise. On another occasion, he tunneled out of solitary confinement.
His persistence got him a transfer into what was the toughest POW camp in Germany, Luft Stalag 3, in 1943. Supposedly escape-proof. It was from here that James joined an incredible 200 other prisoners in the most elaborate escape scheme of the war. It was the true life story behind the Hollywood epic, The Great Escape. James was the “sand man”; responsible for transferring sand dug from the 365 foot tunnel code-named “Harry”, out to the prison yard.
On the freezing night in March 1944, he was the 39th man to got through the tunnel. As in the movie, it really did end up 30 feet short of a wooded area they wanted to emerge from. Still, he and 75 others did escape that night.
James was disguised as a foreign worker, and headed for the Czech border, but was recaptured within two weeks and sent to the Sachsenhausen death camp. He was one of the lucky ones. Fifty others recaptured were promptly executed by the Gestapo. Only three made it back to England.
Even Sachsenhausen couldn’t contain James. He escaped from there and was recaptured once more, and this time sent to Dachau, where his death sentence was to have been carried out immediately. Only the American liberation of the camp saved him, and so on May 3, 1945 he was finally free. After the war, he joined the British Diplomatic Corps.
James made a total of 13 escape attempts. Of that, all he would say was “I was no hero. I was just a guy who wanted to get home.” He finally has. God Bless Jimmy James. A hero.
Kwame's Kover-up Kontinues
The King of Detroit is digging his grave deeper and deeper.
Now he says that the "City of Detroit" has decided to fight the release of he secret dealings all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court. I have faith the the Court is not even going to give this the time of day. But here he is using tax payer money to deny the tax payers their right to know, and calling it a decision by the City! This is absolutely ludicrous.
Even in the most disfunctional city government in the country, I can't believe that this will last much longer. It's been sickening to see the City Council sitting around doing next to nothing.
The county Prosecutor needs "30 days" to make up her mind if perjury's been committed! Are you kidding?
The only positive coming from this bunch of clowns, is that by their inaction, they only give him more rope. The King will fall. Some of these others had better make sure they don't end up tangled in the same rope.
Now he says that the "City of Detroit" has decided to fight the release of he secret dealings all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court. I have faith the the Court is not even going to give this the time of day. But here he is using tax payer money to deny the tax payers their right to know, and calling it a decision by the City! This is absolutely ludicrous.
Even in the most disfunctional city government in the country, I can't believe that this will last much longer. It's been sickening to see the City Council sitting around doing next to nothing.
The county Prosecutor needs "30 days" to make up her mind if perjury's been committed! Are you kidding?
The only positive coming from this bunch of clowns, is that by their inaction, they only give him more rope. The King will fall. Some of these others had better make sure they don't end up tangled in the same rope.
Friday, February 15, 2008
The Future is Not Plastics
For those of us who've spent a significant amount of time working in the Plastics industry, (30+ for me), there is an incredible evolution we've witnessed around it's capabilities and applications. Thousands of items that we use in our daily lives have either been transformed into plastics from other materials or invented because of what plastics can do. Very few people ever stop to think about it. If Jay Leno did one of his famous "Jay-walking" episodes and interviewed the typical braintrust that he stumbles into, I'll bet he'd get some really wacky answers about where plastics come from and what products come from it.
Of course, other than a few cellulose (plant) materials, 98% of plastics come from oil, and as such, have the same foreign-dependency and inflationary price issues as other oil products like gasoline and natural gas; problems that everyone is familiar with. I've been living with these price and supply issues both at home and on the job!
When I read about these issues and even the idea about eventually running out of oil entirely, I think about plastics mostly, first because I live in that world, and second because I think that alternative energy will solve the issues around gas and gasoline. But there is no such thing as "alternative plastics".
An interesting take on life without plastic is referenced below. It would be a different world; way beyond even what she manages to include in her blog I think.
http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2008/02/14/news/plasticland.txt
It's one of those things that someday our children's-children or their children perhaps, will have to overcome. If we had to do it sometime before that, we'd be up the creek without a paddle; unless it's a birchbark canoe!
Of course, other than a few cellulose (plant) materials, 98% of plastics come from oil, and as such, have the same foreign-dependency and inflationary price issues as other oil products like gasoline and natural gas; problems that everyone is familiar with. I've been living with these price and supply issues both at home and on the job!
When I read about these issues and even the idea about eventually running out of oil entirely, I think about plastics mostly, first because I live in that world, and second because I think that alternative energy will solve the issues around gas and gasoline. But there is no such thing as "alternative plastics".
An interesting take on life without plastic is referenced below. It would be a different world; way beyond even what she manages to include in her blog I think.
http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2008/02/14/news/plasticland.txt
It's one of those things that someday our children's-children or their children perhaps, will have to overcome. If we had to do it sometime before that, we'd be up the creek without a paddle; unless it's a birchbark canoe!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Making Martyrs
Imad Mughniyeh, the suspected mastermind of dramatic attacks on the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine barracks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s, has died in a car bombing in Syria.
No one's claiming responsibility. No fanfare. Just someone completing a job that needed to be done.
So sorry Hezbollah. Too bad Iran. Hey, he's in a better place. Isn't that you're belief? Well someone just made this a better place.
No one's claiming responsibility. No fanfare. Just someone completing a job that needed to be done.
So sorry Hezbollah. Too bad Iran. Hey, he's in a better place. Isn't that you're belief? Well someone just made this a better place.
Hey, It's For The Kids
Two new proposals for Michigan public schools are now being promoted by Governor Granholm and others. One would raise the minimum age at which kids can legally quit school and the other would allow for a fifth year of high school for those that are too far behind and lacking credits to graduate in four.
I have issues with both of these.
First of all, I reject the idea of both just on the basis of big government working to get bigger. Keep more kids in school beyond the age of 16 by law, and then give many of them another year to complete their studies. I can see a high school of 1000 students now, maybe growing to 1400 or 1500! Let's see now....we'll need many new teachers, bigger buildings, buses, etc.....all being proposed in a state where the public education system is already in financial trouble. Oh wait....Taxes will do it....at least out of the workforce we have left in this state!
Beyond the financial implications, the idea of moving the minimum age from 16 to 17 or 18, is just another example of government attempting to control. Do not misunderstand me; a kid leaving school at 16 is absolutely wrong for them, but it's something that parents must be responsible for, not government. Forcing a kid to stay in school when he quits trying and doesn't want it, creates more issues more everyone to manage. And if he's already "checked out" on the whole idea of school, how are we going to motivate him? How will they manage the distractions? Schools can't function as correctional institutions. They're asked to do too much of that now, and are failing.
On the idea of "fifth-year seniors" I can speak with some authority. My own son basically did just that. He was very fortunate I think, that once he failed to graduate with his peers, his counselor and other advocates he had at his school helped him to get back in and complete his degree within an additional semester. A big part of that I know had to do with his learning deficiencies and his school's understanding of that. I am grateful for this, but if it hadn't been there for him, there were others ways for him to get it done. I just can't see offering this same thing on a large scale. It's more dumbing down of the school system where there is too much of that already. The vast majority of students come equipped enough to handle high school and meet it's objectives in four years. Failure to accomplish it, I believe, is laziness in most cases and not disabilities. Here again is a parental and student responsibility, if indeed it is an issue of laziness. The alternative very simply, is that the kid does not deserve a diploma, and doesn't get one. The idea of giving them one more year to do it is ridiculous.
There are many problems in public education today. Having kids spend more time in it, isn't fixing anything.
I have issues with both of these.
First of all, I reject the idea of both just on the basis of big government working to get bigger. Keep more kids in school beyond the age of 16 by law, and then give many of them another year to complete their studies. I can see a high school of 1000 students now, maybe growing to 1400 or 1500! Let's see now....we'll need many new teachers, bigger buildings, buses, etc.....all being proposed in a state where the public education system is already in financial trouble. Oh wait....Taxes will do it....at least out of the workforce we have left in this state!
Beyond the financial implications, the idea of moving the minimum age from 16 to 17 or 18, is just another example of government attempting to control. Do not misunderstand me; a kid leaving school at 16 is absolutely wrong for them, but it's something that parents must be responsible for, not government. Forcing a kid to stay in school when he quits trying and doesn't want it, creates more issues more everyone to manage. And if he's already "checked out" on the whole idea of school, how are we going to motivate him? How will they manage the distractions? Schools can't function as correctional institutions. They're asked to do too much of that now, and are failing.
On the idea of "fifth-year seniors" I can speak with some authority. My own son basically did just that. He was very fortunate I think, that once he failed to graduate with his peers, his counselor and other advocates he had at his school helped him to get back in and complete his degree within an additional semester. A big part of that I know had to do with his learning deficiencies and his school's understanding of that. I am grateful for this, but if it hadn't been there for him, there were others ways for him to get it done. I just can't see offering this same thing on a large scale. It's more dumbing down of the school system where there is too much of that already. The vast majority of students come equipped enough to handle high school and meet it's objectives in four years. Failure to accomplish it, I believe, is laziness in most cases and not disabilities. Here again is a parental and student responsibility, if indeed it is an issue of laziness. The alternative very simply, is that the kid does not deserve a diploma, and doesn't get one. The idea of giving them one more year to do it is ridiculous.
There are many problems in public education today. Having kids spend more time in it, isn't fixing anything.
Monday, February 4, 2008
The Bucket List
You won't see a lot movies reviewed on this site. The main reason being how few new releases I see every year. Maybe 10 in a "busy" year!
I've started 2008 with a good one though, thanks to a bootlegged Russian copy of one currently still at the theaters, which was delivered by a source that I cannot divulge. That whole process is kind of unbelievable. No....it was not in Russian, but there were enough symbols and titles and such at the front of the recording, that I knew where it came from.
Anyway, this was a copy of "The Bucket List". A story of two, terminally ill "opposites", who only have a few months each left to live. It's basically the classic tale of individuals learning about the importance of what money can't buy, which has probably been told a thousand times before. But this one was interesting in the way each of them finally realized it. One had to start from scratch (filthy rich his entire life - Jack Nicholson), and one just needed it reaffirmed (Morgan Freeman), but not until he had a chance to live with the rich one in a money's-is-no-object lifestyle for a few months....and over many adventures making up their "Bucket List".
I recommend it mostly for the message it sends, and the interesting perspectives for each character. They cast these two guys perfectly. It's easy, not very deep, but does make you stop and think at times. It's an unlikely story and yet predictable. Neither survives the end of the movie, and there will be a tear I think in most eyes, but you still feel good at the end. That makes it a winner for me.
A bucket list is a list of things you want to do, or should do, before you die (kick the bucket!). I have no such list myself and don't want to make one. They say in the movie that 99% of those polled, would not want to know the precise time of their death. I would guess that maybe once you have an idea of when that's going to be, a list starts to form in your head and heart, whether you want it to or not.
Tony In '09!
In 2009, the European Union will be electing a President for the first time after it's ratified it's constitution, which is expected sometime this year. At that point, the Presidency of the EU becomes much more important than the sort of figurehead position that it is now. The new President will be a much more meaningful title, for one who can shape agenda and policies on critical issues like trade and defense.
Our good friend Tony Blair has been mentioned as a serious contender for that spot. This may have even been at least part of the impetus behind his retirement as British PM. For his part, he is officially "interested" but not committed yet to running.
Let's hope that he commits and wins! (Although I really don't know how that process works).
The U.S. needs more strength and fire than what we have been getting from the EU, especially with NATO, Islamofascists and the resurrection of Russian bullying in eastern Europe. Some of the other names in contention for this position are from Italy and Luxembourg, and appear to be the typical weak-kneed, liberal, euro-punks that have done little to make the world safer.
Of course, Tony Blair has many detractors within the EU. Although England has borne much more than it's fair share of expenses to support the EU, it (and Blair) have taken a lot of heat regarding the slow, methodical British approach to implementing it's changes. And then of course, it's support of U.S. policies, in which the typical euro-whining exposes their real issue with Tony Blair.
With our leadership about to be weakened in November as far as it's commitment to the War on Terror, it would help the cause for freedom to have a stronger, more decisive EU to help offset. I want Tony! We need him. Now how the heck can I cast my vote?!!
Our good friend Tony Blair has been mentioned as a serious contender for that spot. This may have even been at least part of the impetus behind his retirement as British PM. For his part, he is officially "interested" but not committed yet to running.
Let's hope that he commits and wins! (Although I really don't know how that process works).
The U.S. needs more strength and fire than what we have been getting from the EU, especially with NATO, Islamofascists and the resurrection of Russian bullying in eastern Europe. Some of the other names in contention for this position are from Italy and Luxembourg, and appear to be the typical weak-kneed, liberal, euro-punks that have done little to make the world safer.
Of course, Tony Blair has many detractors within the EU. Although England has borne much more than it's fair share of expenses to support the EU, it (and Blair) have taken a lot of heat regarding the slow, methodical British approach to implementing it's changes. And then of course, it's support of U.S. policies, in which the typical euro-whining exposes their real issue with Tony Blair.
With our leadership about to be weakened in November as far as it's commitment to the War on Terror, it would help the cause for freedom to have a stronger, more decisive EU to help offset. I want Tony! We need him. Now how the heck can I cast my vote?!!
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