Show our Enemies the scene from aircraft leaving Hiroshima.
Do not place troops in war zone, use air power.
We are the greatest nation on the planet. We got in this position as a result of great leadership in business & industry , the drive of the people with high values, and the form of government established in the 1700's.
Now the country is on the wrong track in many important areas.
Foreign policy---
For decades we wasted much time and treasure for what. Nothing changes in in these areas, we lost many great Americans and in a few years these countries wii revert back to the way they were. WW 2 was the exception, since then it has been pure waste. All the diplomacy, the UN, and money associated with these activities, total waste.
With technology as it is, we should stay home and use air power & surveillance to control our enemies.
Debt
We must stop printing money and get a budget. We can not do this forever.
We must eliminate waste in every department of gov and eliminate many.
Environment
We must eliminate the EPA, it is hindering our economic development, and significantly slowing business activity.
Energy
Ten thing that should be done.
Below the fold is my humble 10-point plan: Things President Obama could (but won’t) do to reduce domestic gasoline prices by November 2012.
1. Commit to a strategic goal of North American energy security. That includes reasonable and responsible domestic drilling. That includes taking the lead on the Keystone XL Pipeline; we could find a way to make it happen while addressing the legitimate environmental concerns of Nebraskans. It includes a commitment to maintaining the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and opening ANWR.
2. Ditch the anti-industry, anti-capitalist rhetoric. It is not the President’s or the government’s place to decide when an industry’s profitability is “high enough”. High oil company profits fund more drilling; more drilling means more future supply and lower prices. Besides, American oil companies are not owned by a cabal of wealthy executives, but by America’s pension funds, mutual funds and private investment accounts. “They” are “us”.
3. Stop targeting the oil industry for punitive tax treatment. States such as Texas and Louisiana have production tax abatement programs that have successfully encouraged new drilling. If you don’t believe that the threat of increased taxes discourages drilling, just ask Governor Perry or Governor Jindal.
4. Realize that Uncle Sam is in the energy business and is a partner in industry’s success. Oil and gas royalties are the federal government’s #2 source of revenue, after the income tax. Offshore slowdowns hurt not only industry and jobs, but government revenue.
5. Recognize that industry does not need to be led by government; industry needs to be unleashed and encouraged to innovate. The resurgence of the domestic energy sector was rooted in the private sector, not matter how much President Obama and Dr. Chu would like to take credit for it. The growth in North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas happened in spite of the federal government, not because of it.
6. Trust that no oil operator wants to be the “next BP”. The BP spill cost that company something on the order of $40 billion. Industry safety and environmental commitment is motivated more out of self-interest and less out of fear of the government. When it comes to federal regulation, the nation would be better served by Sheriff Taylor, not Barney Fife.
7. Return offshore permitting to the pre-Macondo pace. Your overreaction to the BP Spill has cost on the order of 500,000 barrels per day of domestic oil production from the Gulf of Mexico. The ridiculous “Worst Case Discharge” calculation as a routine part of offshore permitting is engineering malpractice, in my humble opinion. The professional staff of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is capable of reasoned regulation, but they currently operate in fear of their political masters.
8. Declare hydraulic fracturing & well design to be the regulatory domain of the states, not the EPA. Geology and environment vary widely; Pennsylvania is not Louisiana is not North Dakota is not California. It is insanity to think that one broadly-applied set of rules can be applied to regulate industry without suffocating development.
9. Rescind the recently-enacted royalty rate increase for new onshore Federal oil and gas leases. Secretary Salazar’s stated rationale for increasing the government’s take by a whopping 50% – from 12.5% to 18.75% of gross production – was to equate onshore royalties with the offshore royalty rate. That makes no sense. Higher royalties mean less drilling, poorer economics of production and premature abandonment of wells. Besides, an IHS-CERA Study recently showed that the federal government’s total take of offshore cash flows makes the Gulf of Mexico the second-most punitive fiscal regime in the world, after Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela. [Update: In keeping with the First Rule of Holes, rolling back the royalty rate increase may be the first thing the government should do if it is serious about reducing energy prices. - Ed.]
10. Encourage development of a nationwide distribution system of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Natural gas is clean, abundant and nearly 100% domestic. Its potential as a transportation fuel has scarcely been tapped.
Bonus #11: Get real about the promise of alternative fuels. Recently you said: “You’ve got a bunch of algae out there; If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we’ll be doing alright.” Maybe so, but I will stick my neck out and say it ain’t gonna happen, at least not in my lifetime, not on a scale that will impact pump prices.
Energy policy will be a President Obama’s key vulnerability in November. His goal has always been to encourage alternative fuels by raising conventional energy prices. Alternative energy may poll well, but the average voter who fills his tank with $4+ gas on the way to the ballot box will certainly “Hope for Change”.
Borders
This is simple, control it with whatever force required
Terrorist are terrorist
We should not put up with terrorist around the world, determine where they are by various techniques and eliminate them not by ground troops but by air power.
Attacker Nidal Malik Hasan, was an enemy combatant by any definition. He was also an Army Major who had given every indication to his superiors that he wasn't to be trusted. That, in fact, he was growing hostile and plotting against America and our troops. Then, on November 5, 2009, Hasan did what he had told anyone who would listen he was going to do. He launched an assault on the men and women of Fort Hood Army Base in Kileen, Texas. He killed 12 servicemen and women, and one civilian. He wounded 30 more.
The only difference between Nidal Malik Hasan and the 9/11 hijackers was the weapon he had available. If Hasan had had a bigger gun, a dirty bomb, you name it, he would have gladly used it that harrowing day. Now the Obama Administration and the Pentagon are refusing to call this a battle zone! Why? Because Obama has bent over backwards to politically protect Muslims — even those sworn to destroy our nation.
We must right this wrong. But to collect 100,000 signatures, we must raise $250,000 by the end of the month. Will you help us reach this goal? Our success will bring honor to the men and women who suffered at the hands of an enemy of the United States. There is nothing different about this murderous attack than IEDs blowing up our brave troops in Afghanistan. And, lest we forget, when the American naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked by an enemy of our nation, 78 medals were awarded — including 16 Medals of Honor.
This wasn't "work place violence." This wasn't the action of a man angry with his co-workers or going through a bad domestic dispute. This was a premeditated act of aggression on United States' servicemen and women by a man who Army officials confirmed plotted with known anti-American radicals here and in the Middle East. This is a horrible outrage. A disrespectful spit in the face of the 42 people whose blood was spilled by a man who openly admitted his hatred against our nation. It's a shameful slap down of the families — the husbands, wives, fathers, mothers and children of the dead and wounded. I know the radical left hates our military, but this? How much pain can they inflict on the troops' legacies, onto the hearts' of the survivors and the families of these men and women?
My heart aches for the servicemen and women. My blood boils at the outrage. Please join with me today. With your help, The Center will get 100,000 Americans to take action and demand that Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, the Secretary of the Army, and the members of Congress redress of this deplorable action. We are preparing a full-scale mass media campaign with newspaper ads, mail, television and the internet, and I will spread the news about this project as I speak to American conservatives throughout the nation. Rather , demand their impeachment .
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