Saturday, June 03, 2006

STRANGE AND TROUBLING HAPPENINGS

THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WHITE HOUSE THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THAT HALLOWED RESIDENCE OF PRESIDENTS WHEN THE "GIPPER" WAS OUR PRESIDENT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK OF GOLDMAN SACHS CEO HENRY PAULSON BEING NOMINATED TO PRESIDENT BUSHS' CABINET AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IS A VERY TROUBLING NOMINATION. WHY PRESIDENT BUSH APPOINTED A MAN WHOM IT IS ALLEGED IS AN AVOWED ENVIRONMENTALIST IS BEYOND RATIONAL COMPREHENSION. THIS MAN HAS USED STOCK HOLDERS INVESTMENT FUNDS, DURING HIS TERM AS CEO, TO FUND RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES.HE IS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE WEALTHY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP "TNC". AN AVOWED SUPPORTER OF THE "MAN MADE" GLOBAL WARMING CONCEPT,AND AN ADVOCATE OF GOVERNMENT ACTION TO STOP "GLOBAL WARMING".
HE VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED A SENATE BILL WHICH WAS ,MERCIFULLY DEFEATED, ENVIRONMENTAL SENATE BILL "KYOTO LITE". SPONSERED BY SENATORS McCAIN AND LIEBERMAN, THE "KYOTO LITE" BILL WOULD HAVE MANDATED CABON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BE ROLLED BACK TO 2000 LEVELS WITHIN FIVE YEARS. IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY RELIABLE ECONOMISTS THAT IF THAT BILL HAD PASSED INTO LAW IT WOULD HAVE COST THE U.S. ECONOMY HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS JOBS.
THE BILL WAS ANYTHING BUT FRIENDLY TO U.S. PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC WELL BEING! ADDITIONALLY THIS MAN IS REPORTEDLY WEAK ON PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. WHERE DOES PRESIDENT BUSH GET HIS MOTIVATION FOR THIS APPOINTMENT? IT CERTAINLY WASN'T FROM THE CONSERVATIVE BASE IN HIS PARTY!

WATCHING LARRY KING LIVE LAST NIGHT. I USUALLY AVOID HIM LIKE THE PLAGUE, BUT I KNEW THAT CAPTAIN KIMBER (USMC) WAS ONE OF HIS GUESTS. WE HEARED FROM CAPTAIN KIMBER THAT HE WAS RELIEVED OF HIS COMMAND IN IRAQ AND SHIPPED TO A DESK JOB AT CAMP PENDELTON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR HIS ALLEGED LACK OF COMMAND AND CONROL IN THE HADITHA MASSACRE. THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE WAS IN ANOTHER CITY WHEN THIS INCIDENT WENT DOWN! THIS IS A TEN YEAR MARINE WITH 2 TOURS IN IRAQ AND A COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR VALOR. THE CORPS WILL LOOSE A GOOD LEADER WHOSE REPUTATION HAS BEEN FOREVER DAMAGED ALL BECAUSE SOME "SUPERIOR" OFFICERS WERE POLITICALLY DRIVEN TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE "HEAT" COMING THEIR WAY. LOOKS LIKE THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO SHOULD BE CHANGED TO "WE NEED A FEW GOOD MEN WHO DON'T MIND BEING "A FALL GUY!"