Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy... Another Bush Era rolling in?

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This weekend, Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney visited Israel (second source Washington Post) during his overseas tour looking for supporting votes and donations.


*note I am no expert in Jewish-Hebrew customs, I was only aware that today marked an important day from the news reports*


Today was the first day of a three-day visit to Israel. His first mistake is visiting during a very solemn day on the Jewish calendar, the Tisha B'Av. If I were to travel for his intended purpose, a day of mourning is not the best day to visit and "show that we need to stand by Israel".


I am all for standing behind Israel, although I do feel that we take it upon ourselves as a country to to dedicate 100%of our resources to one country. While the US did "found" Israel in the 60's, it is NOT soil of the US.

**correction, I misspoke: The modern nation o Israel was founded by the UN but the US was the primary backer. A brief summary of why can be seen here: http://www.theocracywatch.org/christian_zionism_israel_forms.htm


This visit to Israel brought out some very, very scary words out of the Republican presidential hopeful. In his speech Romney said, "We should employ any and all measures to dissuade the Iranian regime from its nuclear course, and it is our fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so," and "In the final analysis, of course, no option should be excluded. We recognize Israel's right to defend itself, and that it is right for America to stand with you. "
"any and all measures, no option": I don't know about you, but that sounds a little like a threat of WAR. I thought Romney was AGAINST wasteful spending? Would provoking a war with Iran NOT be wasteful spending? 


Obviously he did not learn from his 2000-2008 counterpart George Bush and his endeavors in Iraq and Afghanistan. 


Yes, I know Obama spent about $5Trillion during this term, but a lot of it was towards IMPROVEMENTS to our country and its internal workings, including our infrastructure ( S.1926 (110th) and H.R. 4268 (111th)) and a beginning step towards fixing our broken health care system.


George Bush spent over $10 Trillion on two wars that did what for the US? What did it accomplish other than removing our enemies. 


On top of this Romney contradicts him self in policy. 


He spoke of us being the "peace-makers", yet an hour prior to the speech "one of his senior foreign policy advisers- would support Israel's right to launch a unilateral military strike against Iran" (W.Post)


How can someone claim to not want to use military force say "any and all means necessary", while supporting ones "right" to launch a military strike?


I also encourage you to read the Washington Post article on Page 2 at the end about the "Arab Spring", and think about how hypocritical it is for us to not defend the people of countries (i.e. Egypt) who are pushing for a less oppressive dictatorship towards a more democratic government than what they had. Just another thing to use to press  for an un-necessary military action against countries like Iran who "do not like us."






In short America, please really think about our decision in about 100 days. 


Do we re-elect a president that will try to keep us in peace and improve our broken insides?


OR


Do we go back to militaristic Ideals that compleetly contradict the ideals our country was founded upon? Ignore OUR people while focusing on OTHERS freedoms while our own people struggle day to day?




The choice is yours America, 


Choose wisely!

NO NO ITS TIME TO GO NCAA!!!

First I will admit, I am not a HUGE sports fan. Yes I follow my NASCAR, my Drum Corps, my Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles.
I am a Band-Wagon Philadelphia Flyers fan... I find sports entertaining, but I am not a nut!

That does not mean I cannot weigh in on the NCAA's sanctions against Penn State University, because I feel it hits a little close to home for me.

If you have read my other blog "The Days of Our Lives..." you would know that my son is a patient at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

The pediatric cancer unit at PS-HMC is joined with The Four Diamonds Fund, which though the efforts of many students across Penn State, raises money to:

• raise awareness pediatric cancer
• treatments
• new experimental research
• expansion and research of current treatments
• pay portions not covered by families insurance
• spread love, courage and hope to patients and families

What does this have to do with my feelings on the sanctions? A-LOT!

The hospital is also the medical school for Penn State University. This hospital is also a Children's Miracle Network hospital, and one of the biggest medical networks in Central Pennsylvania. Patients from all over the world have come to PS-HMC for many ground breaking treatments. 

One of the biggest supporting student groups is the athletics department. There is even a "pep-rally" where all the sports teams dress in costumes and do some sort of lip-sync/dance to a song. 

See this video of the PSU Football team during the pep-rally!

Picture from THON. See full album here.

But any-way, enough of the personal linkage.

The NCAA has way over stepped the lines.

I was quite interested in Glenn Beck's reaction.

The NCAA is the self-appointed "ruling body" of collegiate sports. According to their website, they were founded "to protect student athletes".

Honestly with their fines and penalties, against Penn State, will have nothing but a NEGATIVE EFFECT, and will be truly hurting student athletes. Most of these students were never a part of the program when any of these child abuse incidents occurred.

Now, I know many of you are thinking, "well the school is the one who covered it up". OK, well maybe that may have been the case, there were A TON of things that probably could have been done better (i.e. TOM CORBETT initial investigation) HOWEVER, it was the faculty and staff of the school who was wrong, NOT THE STUDENTS!!

The president of Penn State has taken it upon himself to accept the penalty. Where does he get this right from? Tom Corbett says that this will not be paid out of the tax payers pockets.

Tom Corbett says a lot of things but that means nothing. It does come out of our pockets, and you want to know how?

The loss of tuition, the loss of scholarships, the loss of enrollment, it will HURT us more than "help" anything.

A BIG BOX OF CUDDOS to the students, who will be hurt the most by this, for standing up and staying with Penn State.

A BIG BOX OF CRAP to the NCAA and those that think this will ONLY hurt Penn State.

As for the NCAA, Who are they... really WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?!?!?!?!? 

Where do they get off thinking they can impose any sort of fine? 

Are they the US Government?

NO!

Are they the STATE of PENNSYLVANIA???

NOO!!!

Are they any legal entity that belongs to any sort of government that CAN legally impose any sort of fine against a STATE entity?? 

HELL TO THE NO!

The NCAA has too much power, just as the NFL, MLB, and any other sports related "governing body". The main difference is that the "pro" bodies are technically private franchises, that is O.K. but for a non governmental entitiy to fine a STATE EDUCATIONAL BODY is WAY out of line!! WAY OUT OF LINE NCAA

IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO GO! YOU NEED TO BE DISBANDED, YOUR EXISTENCE IS TRULY UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!! Leave the fining to the US GOVERNMENT NOT PRIVATE FIRMS!!

OF course though... I am merely one little human being, I am a TAX PAYER  to the State of Pennsylvania, my words mean shit... or do they??

People we need to stand up to these idiots, write the NCAA let them know they mean SHIT to us, and they have no place!!

It's time for the NCAA to go!

Shameless unrelated plug sorry guys!!

Sorry for this shameless, unrelated plug, but I am on a mission!!


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Anderson Cooper and Occupy both came out this week

An easy one tonight.

So this weekend brought two things out.... Anderson Cooper of CNN and the return of the Occupiers.

All I have to say about Mr Cooper is congratulations on accepting who you are. I don't know much about him other than that and that he has a show on CNN. I wish you and your boyfriend many more happy years and A happy marriage in your future.


On the Occupiers.....

So they're back. After one year I understand only that they are a bunch of frustrated American citizens like you and me, but they have it all wrong. It is obvious these long drawn out protests have no clear direction, they mumble, their mixed messages, mumbled lack of organization mumbled.....


Just like I just did there.

They're a bunch of pussies... I was watching some of them talk on the news after some of them were arrested in Philly for a round of protests durring the week we celebrate our independence. They want change why don't they try and act on it instead of protesting.

They even joined with the striking Verizon workers. LIKE THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM OUT ASS HOLES!!

Cant find a job? Look harder or maybe you're too stupid. Did you know most of the jobs that are out there are not filled because people are not qualified enough or are just too lazy or proud to take a job that may be beneath them??

When you have a family or responsibilities there is no job beneath you, get out there and do something.