Monthly Archives December 2014

Today the decision by Sony to cancel the premiere of “The Interview” because of terrorist threats and  President Obama opening the door to a rogue nation without preconditions may set us for disaster in the future. G-D knows I pray that I’m wrong but when a shark smells blood it is more likely to attack and today our country had two open wounds.   The United States government should have instead done what it needed to protect the interest of private citizens from terrorist attacks and not open the door to Cuba until they showed various steps to normalization with the U.S. Instead we had the worst timing possible as we  capitulated to terrorism threats while the administration played the weakest hand possible in dealing with Cuba.   Evil reads weakness and I fear will act toward our weakness.

If you know me you general won’t see these two words positive and regulation in the same sentence but there are exemptions. Usually I prefer incentives for businesses to do the right thing but when it comes to our national security and the rights of an individual then government might have such a limited right to get involved.  Here are two examples where I believe the government should act. FOR THOSE THAT OBJECT PLEASE PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE REMEDY.

(1) GAS NATIONAL SECURITY ACT– Our country must not be dependent on oil from the Mideast to survive and currently members of OPEC are trying to destroy this industry in our own land. Therefore the government must purchase and store gas from the foreign markets to insure our industries don’t go bankrupt. By buying the supply it will regulate the price so our companies can still survive and our government can release that oil should OPEC try to raise prices excessively in the future.

(2) EMAIL PRIVACY ACT– Individual citizens should expect a certain degree of privacy when they send private text, emails or other ways to communicate. Therefore the press should be forbidden to report on such emails or other ways to communicate without the consent of at least one of the parties.

Jeb Bush is not my first choice for the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination a matter of fact he’s probably not in the top five but that doesn’t mean I can’t look at his candidacy objectively. I’ve listed (below) what I consider the most positive aspects and negative aspects of his run do you concur. Who know maybe by being objective and discovering who else is running he might move further up the ladder or fall further down but at least this is a start.

POSITIVE

1. Can raise monies needed for campaign.

2. Has experience as a successful governor.

3. Is not afraid to take an unpopular decision.

4.  Is considered intellectual and is a fine speaker.

5. Has experience running for office.

NEGATIVE

1. People might be tired of the Bush name in Presidential Politics.

2. Is in favor of “Common Core”

3. He is one of the favorites of the established and/or moderate wings of the party.

4. Doesn’t provoke the excitement of the grassroots of the party.

5. Keeps the party as the old party with no new types of faces in the mix.