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Chirp Chirp-- Silence From Notes

Sunday's posts to my three blogs and two personal sites were targeted to Notes From The Underground. I posted the same message to all of my sites, worded differently of course, but the same meaning prevailed in all of them. The post that I made here received 1 comment. Anonymous, why would you post that you didn't understand what I was saying? Why would you want to lead me to believe that I didn't make my point in plain enough terms and fail to leave your name? Please, if you have the balls to leave a comment on any of my sites, have enough balls to leave your name so I can check out your thoughts. Reading and commenting on my posts is like having a conversation. To read and comment without leaving your name is like walking into a conversation between two people you don't know and putting in your two cents worth. I would like to know what you think. You read my thoughts, give me the courtesy of the same. But maybe that is something that I really don't want to do. Your comment said that you didn't understand what I was trying to say. Do you not understand English? Or are you uneducated? Because here I explained my position in more detail then the other four sites. My suggestion is, that if you truly don't understand what you are reading, don't comment. But if you understand the words, but don't agree with me, by all means comment. But have the courtesy of leaving your name and either a link or the name of your blog or site.

All of this being said, Notes From The Underground has been mysteriously quiet. I'm thinking maybe his reads at work. That might explain why he has been quiet on a Sunday. But one thing still baffles me. Why hasn't he posted to his own blog in three years? He has the balls to comment on my postings but posts nothing of his own. Perhaps he has an allergy to critical observations of his own views. I'm thinking maybe he's just trying to be a fly in the ointment, a monkey in the wrench to paraphrase a movie line. But ultimatly I've come to the conclusion that he's just yellow.

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Yes Here Too

If you are not up on all of my sites, you may not know that I'm currently involved in a bitter battle of intellect with an idiot called Notes From The Underground. Because this moron has angered me, I've decided all of my resources are now geared to his downfall. Notes is a liberal who is blindly defending the rogue organization known as the American Civil Liberties Union. He has taken issue with my criticism of that Communist organization. And used a decision by the United States Supreme Court in defense. But why he did I'm not sure. The case that he cited involves something similar, but different than the issue.

The original point was that the ACLU is more concerned with granting United States Constitutional protections to foreign terrorists who are being detained at the marine base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba than those of United States citizens. These terrorists were not captured in the United States. They have not lived in the United States. They are not citizens of the United States. And they are not being held in the United States. The Court case cited by Notes is, Ex Parte Quirin which was a petition for leave to file habeas corpus. The petitioners were Nazi spies captured in the United States in 1942. All of these spies were once living in the United States. One of the spies was a citizen of the United States. All of them returned to their native Germany when war in Europe broke out. In Germany they all received military training and training in explosives and resisting interrogation. They were all then returned to the United States in two groups via submarine. One landed in New York, the other in Florida. They landed wearing German Marine uniforms. After landing they changed out of their uniforms and donned civilian clothing, They then burried their uniforms. They then set out to cause damage to military material factories. The petition of the spies was denied by the Supreme Court.

News contends that the detainees at Guantanamo are entitiled to relief in the federal court system because of Ex Parte Quirin. Constitutional protections are granted to all US citizens and foreigners who committed their crime in the United States or are being held in the United States. The detainees are none of the above. They are enemy POWs and beligerant non-combatants and are subject to trial by military tribunal. The Department of Defense can hold any or all of them until hostilities against the United States by the powers to which they belong are ended. At which time the Department of Defense either has to re-patriate them to their countries of origin or hold a military tribunal and charge the detainees with crimes.

But Notes don't understand this. And I am making it my point to make sure he does.

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Lebanon, There's Hope Yet

Sunday, February 27, 2005 is going to go down into history as one of those dates to remember. The pro-Syrian government resigned in mass amid growing pressure both international and domestic. The government, loyal to Syria, faced growing anti-Syrian protests and international pressures. The people of Lebanon are protesting in defience of laws prohibiting such protests. The crowds vow to keep protesting until Syria withdraws their troops and ends their 16 year occupation of Lebanon.

The bottom line here is, the Lebanese are tired of Syria's negative influence in their country. They see growing democracies in their neighborhood. They are aware of the free elections held in Iraq and the Palistinian Authority. They see reforms happening in Saudi Arabia. They are seeing that their current situation is not popular anymore. They realize that Lebanon used to be a vacation paradise. And it could be again. If they can get rid of the negative influences. They see democracy developing and wish to be involved. Terrorism is a cancer on the world, and they see that. They no longer wish to be seen as a training ground for the world's terrorists.

I applaud them. We should be offering public support to a freely elected Lebanese government. Economic aid packages to be awarded once Lebanon is free. Help them become what they once were. Support them in any way they wish to be supported. Freely elected democracies are the answer to achieving peace in the middle-east.

Europe - Who Needs Them

Now I don't mean to offend our friends from Great Britain, Poland, and Italy. I'd include Spain, but they turned out to be without a backbone too. We pulled France's fat out of the fire not once, but twice in a fifty year period. When we needed them, where were they. Sitting at home, drinking their wine and bad mouthing us. And the Germans, don't get me started. The Berlin airlift means nothing to them? How about the destruction of the Berlin wall? For that matter all of Europe owes us a vote of thank you for ending the Cold War. If we had left the continent anytime between 1945 and 1989 the Soviet Union would have swallowed Western Europe like an asprin. So as far as I'm concerned, I don't think that we should be sending any economic aid to any country that failed to respond in our favor in the past 5 years. Germany is calling for the end of NATO and maybe we shouldn't oppose it. Maybe we ought to let them just implode. I'd be calling on Great Britain to secede from the EU. We need to close our remaining bases in Germany and take our money where it will be appreciated. Close Frankfurt and move the AirForce to Poland, Bosnia, or move it all to Italy. I believe the Italians and the Pols would appreciate an influx of US Dollars. And Bosnia could use more in economic aid. We could spend our foreign aid packages where it would do us more good. In countries that are friendly to us. All that cash would work wonders in Iraq. Imagine how many roads, bridges, and power plants could be re-built. And maybe we should be trying to strike a deal with the new Iraqi government. Become their #1 and maybe only oil customer. It's an idea.

Some Dems Calling For Troop Withdrawal

Some Dumocrats are calling for a time-table for a US Troop withdrawal from Iraq. Giving any kind of time-table at this time will only help the insurgentcy and cost our troops lives. Senator Edward Kennedy is leading the Dumocratic effort to broadcast to the world and to our enemies, when we plan on leaving. Why not tell them our toop movements and operational plans in advance? What right do we have to tell the Iraqi people that we are going to leave on a certain day ready or not? Then all the insurgents have to do is wait it out and keep up the war of harrassment. Just be a big enough thorn in the side to keep the Iraqi forces from developing enough to defend the country against both foreign and domestic threats. We have an obligation to make sure that the day we leave, Iraq doesn't get swallowed up by Iran and Syria. We destroyed their infrastructure and means of defending themselves. And in doing so, we took it upon our responsibility to defend them. So no Mr. Kennedy, we are not going to give a time-table. So just sit down, have another drink or fifty and keep quiet. Because, if you haven't noticed, the country isn't on your wavelength. And you still are no John Kennedy.

Election Day A Federal Holiday?

Today on FoxNews.com, there is a story about Dumocrats introducing a bill to make Election Day a Federal Holiday. There are a couple of problems with the bill. First, Wednesday is the most productive day of the week for business. Mondays and Fridays are the least productive. Mondays being a day of getting back into work mode and Friday winding down from work mode. By making Election Day, the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, a holiday, the most productive day of the week would be eliminated. And to top that off, who says if you give people the day off for Election Day, if they'll leave home long enough to vote.

The other problem with this bill is some of the provisions in the bill. The bill requires that a paper receipt be given to the voter once his/her vote is cast. The bill gives the right to vote to persons who had that right revoked due to being convicted of a felony. 4.7 million convicted felons to be exact. Nothing like flooding the voter rolls with 4.7 million potential voters for the Dumocratic Party.

Now I do think that the idea is well intentioned, but it's lacking in actual substance. It is a little bit of wishful thinking to assume if you give people the day off, they will actually use that day for the purpose of conducting what boils down to Federal Business. And what about election officials? Aren't they government employees? On Federal Holidays, all government employees are given the day off. So who would count the votes? Who will man the polls? This is just another pie in the sky well intentioned idea, that lacks substance.

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