Winning a Cold War With China

As mentioned yesterday, Obama seems intent on beginning a cold war with China. Whether it be with statements that, "the United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay."; the deployment of extra troops to Australia; or the gifting of twenty-five F 16 fighters to Indonesia the Obama administration seems determined to build up US, allied, and "friendly" strength in a wall of power around China.

But can the US win a cold war with China in the same way it did with the Soviet Union, through pure military build up?  With the Soviet Russia, the American economy was truly the main force behind the conflict that the USSR just could not keep up with let alone match. But the Chinese economy does rival the US one. In fact many of the key components to US military weaponry are made in China, so an economic war would be disastrous for America.

The focus needs to shift then. Before the USA can even begin to contemplate battling China, they must first build up their own struggling economy. Products must be manufactured in the states, ending the dependence on foreign corporations. "Drill here, drill now" must be joined by "Private sector Jobs here, private sector jobs now" and "Build it here, build it now". If this was accomplished the United States' economy would be once again strengthened and could get back to being unrivaled in the world. Only then could America even hope to win this new conflict.

Except we live in the world of Obama's Hope and Change, where reality takes a back seat as we are driven at extreme recklessness across the bridge to nowhere. In Obama's world giving our military technology away is a good idea. In the Nobel peace prize winner's mind a few marines (why 250 not 300?) will stop the millions of Chinese, should they ever try to do something. In this President's head, we are still the un crippled United States of America that no one messes with, because we can not only take them on, but all their friends with them.

It's time to wake up and realize the situation. Reality does not go away if you just ignore it. As much as we do need to protect ourselves from increased Chinese influence we need to start doing that by rebuilding ourselves at home first. And to do that, we must elect a President who won't bow to other governments. A President who's allegiance is to the Flag of the United States of America and to The Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Only then can we worry about a cold war with China.

F16s to Indonesia

In case you missed it, we are now giving F-16s to Indonesia. Yes, not selling, but giving 25 of our fighters. To a quote unquote friendly nation. Yes, Indonesia is one of the more powerful nations in that part of the world, and strategically key due to its location, since we seem to be beginning a cold war with China. But, it is one of the most unstable governments in the area as well, constantly fighting rebels and separatists. The country is also a haven for terrorists, including Al Qaeda, who last I checked we were still at war with.
So lets repeat, we are gifting F 16s to an unstable government, who is only semi friendly, that harbours (or at least doesn't fight to get rid of) terrorist organizations that are currently at war with The United States of America. What could go wrong?
If we are serious about giving away military tech (that may be old for us, but is still beyond top of the line for most countries) how about we give it to a proven friend, that's stable, and helping us fight the war on terror? But that would be intelligent, and the administration again and again shows it is not that.
The only real possible benefit to this is the increased presence around China, but does any really thinking Indonesia would get involved if the situation actually went to war? No, they'll stay out of it, then back the winner.
At the very least we could've sold the jets to them, then we'd at least have gotten something out of it. We are facing a bad economy aren't we? O it wouldn't have solved it or anything, but when refurbishing the engines costs up to $30 million a plane, you know we could've made a few billion easy.
So President Obama and Secretary Clinton, what real benefit was there to handing over our technology to a place that will likely lose it all too quickly to our enemies? I'd love to hear about it or see it.
Lets face it, this at best another blunder by the administration, if not a complete failure. Hopefully our troops will never be shot at with these planes, but I'm sure the tech will lead to something new being shot at them.


Update: This article was picked up by Landmark Report.

My Blogcon11 and Plans

For those that totally missed it, Blogcon11 was this weekend here in Denver. Sadly I missed out on the conference, due to not being able to get it off work. Luckily, I was able to head on down Saturday evening and spend time meeting and conversing with various bloggers and twitterers. This did mean I missed Occupy Denver's attempted invasion, but did get to see a few of them (and the police keeping an eye on them) on my way to the hotel where blog con was at.
A very special thanks to @Jimmiebjr for introducing me to many of those that I met, the blogging and cpac advice, and talking with me most of the night.
Someone else that I met, and spent most of the night was Karen Harrington who is running for Congress in Florida's 20th district. She was awesome, totally real, and literally just hung out with us the whole night. If I lived in her district she would completely have my vote, I'd likely even volunteer at her campaign.
Through out the night I met a couple dozen people, some of whom I talk to regularly, others who are known to many of you, and some who I'm sad I hadn't heard of before.
If you're reading this and I didn't specifically mention you, it's not meant as a slight, I did consider mentioning everyone I met in here, but decided that was too much like bragging rather than thanks. Many of you I didn't get to talk to as much as I'd've liked, and some of you I did get to for bits at various times. I'm grateful for all of you who took the time to meet and talk with me. Definitely look forward to expanding that in the future.
To those that I didn't get to meet, I'm saddened by that, but time was limited. Hopefully we'll get to rectify that soon!
Twas all in all a great night, and I really hope I get the chance to repeat it at Cpac12.
If you haven't had the chance to meet people like that or go to a convention, you should seriously think about it. Tis definitely worth it!

There are some things that were suggested to me, that I had been thinking of anyways, which will hopefully help me become a better blogger for you. I'm going to do my best to find a time, that each week I can write on something, so that y'all can always expect some kind of regular piece. For me it will be a bit of a struggle as I generally only write when inspired, as I like those pieces since they just flow out.
Also, I hope to purchase a notepad of some sort so that I will no longer be limited to my droid for all my writing. This will greatly increase my ability to write, as well as read your blogs.
With any luck both of those will take place within the remainder of 2011.
As I've mentioned, I hope to be able to go to Cpac12. Working on it, may take some doing for me to make it, but I'm really hopeful! Prayer that things work for me to get there would be appreciated.

Shelby for President

In a move to show their ever increasing intelligence Occupy Denver has officially announced a leader, Shelby, a three year old border collie. This move was made in response to requests from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to form a leadership that he and other Denver city officials could meet with. One could easily be reminded of a certain Roman emperor that set his horse as his highest advisor.

A blatant slap to the face of intelligent Americans and all of humanity, Shelby shall no doubt become a mascot for not just Denver, but other cities as well, maybe even the whole movement. We likely now have our third Presidential candidate. Shelby in 2012!

In normal society this would be the end of a movement. But in this ludicrous movement which seems to draw crazies, it will bring even more. Already Occupy Denver has invited all

civic minded dogs to join the march.

So no longer is this just a human movement. Animal Farm anyone?

We must hope that this will bring about an end though. For if not, more of our tax dollars will be wasted cleaning up and ensuring the safety of the rest of America from these occupy groups. Tis time for sanity to kick in, to say nothing of morality and decency.

Pumped Up Kicks

If you listen to any kind of top 40 radio, you've more than likely heard this song Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks". What you might not be aware of is the words.
To most people it describes one school shooting or another, with the main character also finishing off his dad as well. Some say that this is a song that promotes school violence in response to being bullied. Others that it is only trying to make us more aware. In various interviews, the band seems to give mixed signals on this as well.
Either way this is an important issue. The fact that some teens get to the point where they decide taking a weapon to school to use on their peers is extremely troubling. The aftermath of such a decision all the more so. Liberal forces within our country use it as an excuse to impose more government controls to limit our freedoms. Guns especially are targeted. But the guns aren't the issue.
The issue is that teens today see such violence as a possible way out, if their peers mistreat or don't accept them. Parts of society have taught them violence and even suicide are the ways out. But they aren't.
O we could blame the music, video games, TV, and movies that involve and maybe even encourage violence. But again, that's not the issue. Censoring the first amendment rights would be a wrong following a wrong, just as is attacking the second.
The issue is society and what it encourages and promotes. Games, music, TV, and movies only mirror what society accepts. O sometimes they'll be on the borders of acceptability, or maybe even beyond, but the majority only gives what is asked for. The real issue isn't what the song actually means, but what caused society to get to a place where it wants songs like that.
So how do we fix society? How do we keep another kid from going to school and shooting their classmates? How do we re instill morality and law?
No matter what, we can not do it by taking away freedoms. Any society that thinks it can save itself by doing so is sowing it's own down fall all the more.
Education, not just in schools but in values is the key. Without ethical values and morality being taught, society will crumble. History shows this time and time again. Will we repeat it? Or will we finally learn from the lessons of the past?