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Originally Posted by 5.56X45mm With the current situation in the Middle East with Iran, Syria, Palestine, and the foreign fighters entering Iraq and Afghanistan we will have a hard fight. Israel, our closest ally is facing an impending threat of Nuclear Armageddon from Iran and her allies. She will defend herself and her people. For the State of Israel must survive. But sadly if Israel is drawn into a large scale conflict we more then likely will be drawn into it also. If not the economic attacks that Iran and OPEC is leading against us will seem like a cake walk. |
Why do we have to defend Israel? Can't they do it by themselves like they have so many times before?
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| In regards to our economy; we are facing a major event. We are on the verge of a depression. Sadly this depression is not created by the Bush Presidency; it is created by our own actions and also that of the world. We are taxing our own businesses to death. They simply will not stand for this and will move their resources to better locations like those found overseas. By making they move overseas we are destroying the jobs that were once plentiful. Secondly, our open borders must be closed. I am for the legal immigration of people. That is what makes our nation great. But we cannot continue. For the illegal immigrants but a strain on our public and private sectors. They take income from legal Americans and do not contribute to the public sector. They do not pay taxes but they use public services. This must stop. To change that we can either deport them and close our borders to them or if not then let's at least replace our antiquated income tax system with a national sales tax system. By doing so then at least everyone that is paid under the table contributes to the public sector. |
These companies that are taking business overseas were still making profit, just not as much as they could overseas. I agree that the economy stinks, but I think it has more to do with cutting taxes to the upper class (which pays a lot of money) and then starting two wars than anything else. Immigration is a problem, but it's far from our biggest. The jobs that these Immigrants are taking from "hard working American Citzens" are at McDonalds, Wal-Mart, or public service jobs such as Garbage Collecting. How many Americans really want to make minimum wage anyway?
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| Also our economy is going down because of OPEC. We must shed the yoke of their oppression. To do this we must go after our own resources. We have oil in our own lands and coasts yet we do not go after them. The People's Republic of China, one of our enemies is drilling for oil of the coasts of Florida. The PRC, a nation in which workers' rights and work safety mean about as much as a drunkard trying to sign the alphabet backwards while standing on one leg. Why do we restrict ourselves from these resources? Because of the liberal eco-terrorists; claim that we cannot do the job safely and environmentally friendly. Yet because of them the PRC is going after those resources and we're not. |
Do remember that China is 60 years behind the US Technologically. Soon, they're going to find themselves where we are now.
Also, aren't we trying to reduce our dependence on oil? Why should we try to go after more of it when it's close to wildlife preserves (and it is NOT a clean job)?
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Another issue with the fuel problem is Bio-Fuels. I am all for getting off the oil nipple but turning our food in fuel does not solve it. For one, Ethanol based Bio-Fuel does not produce the same amount as energy as gasoline or diesel. It has a lower BTU output, so what that means is that for your vehicle to get to the same place it must burn more fuel. Not exactly productive if you ask me. Secondly and more important then the first. By turning our corn into fuel we are burning our own food source. Right now as you read these there are food riots all across the world. This is the first time in history that the United States of AmericaUSA, the bread basket of the world is importing wheat instead of exporting it. Also by burn our corn we are providing less feed for our cattle, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and other farm animals that produce food. The general price in food is rising because of this. Milk, Beef, Chicken, Cheese, Corn, Wheat, Rice, etc… How does the price of wheat and rice raise you ask? Because of this more farmers are planting corn for bio-fuel production. I understand why they are doing this. It's a larger source of income because the Federal Government is pushing its production thus the farmers will try and make money. But they only the short term impact and not the long term impact. It's never been wise to burn our food and we should not start now.
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I agree, Ethanol isnt' the answer. Neither are Fuel Cells. Electricity is the solution. Clean up power plants (less coal, more solar power. A 100 square mile strip of solar panels in the Mojave desert could power all of the US.) and use cars that can be plugged in to an AC outlet.
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| Our Government on all levels is starting to become Orwellian in nature. Our government was founded as a system in which we the citizenry of these United States of America were the master and not the slave. But sadly the tides have changed. What once used to be a government of elected representatives that listened to their constituencies is now a government of elitists and abusers of power. We have elected officials in all levels of power that abuse and pass laws that go against our rights. They wish to strip us of our rights to freedom of speech, the right to keep and bear arms, the freedom of religion, the right to be secure in one's home or on their person's, the right to privacy, the right to education whether it is through public or private schools, and many other means to turn use from citizens to subjects. Our schools been corrupted from centers of learning to centers of brainwashing. Our police our being turned from protectors of the peace to the Gestapo/KGB of the State. To stop this is simple. We must fire those in power and continue to do so. From the lowest to the high position in the land. We must send a message. Even those that are running for the Presidency are elitists that believe they know better then we do. Both with the Democrat and the Republican we must stop this. For once we lose our rights they are forever gone. |
True. Says so in the Declaration of Independence. However, good luck rounding up people who will support you.
Then: Give Me Liberty or Give me Death!
Now: Give up your freedoms or we're all gonna die!
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We must make alliances with our enemies. the People's Republic of China is not our ally. They are our enemy. They simply sit by ther sidelines and have us do all the work and they take the rewards. We provide them with our income and with it they produce weapons that will one day be used against use. They are just like Japan in the 1930s. We sold Japan scrap metal and other resources like rubber that was later used against us in war. We must not do the same with the PRC. We send them our jobs, money, and technologies. By sending them our jobs we limit ourselves to produce the good that we need in case we go to war or worse. If they just wish to attack use through economic warfare. They can simply close shop on use and watch us suffer. Also by sending them our jobs we lose skilled labor that would have been used by hard working Americans and that would have demanded and created better jobs but by moving it to the PRC we are shooting ourselves and allowing them to succeed. Because that labor they can now export through goods to the rest of the world. Something that we as a nation once did. The term "Made in the USA" was once a sign of the world's best craftmenship but now it means nothing. Why? Because we continue to support our enemies.
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Actually, when it comes to cars, it's better for the US economy if you
don't buy American. Buy Japanese. Honda Accords are made in Marysville, Ohio. 96% of the Toyota Sienna minivan comes from the US (compared to about 45% of the Ford Mustang). The best way to buy American is to buy Japanese.
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Lastly, please educate yourselves. Most Americans that I have seen and meet are dumb. Some literally, but some in matters that are important. You can have a PhD in Rocket Science but sadly you can be naive in matters of politics and public matters. America was once a nation that was envied by the rest of the world for our education. But now most Americans on the street cannot even name all fifty states or even know if there are fifty states. If we as a nation know nothing then we cannot prevent acts of evil from prevailing. Knowledge is power. Remember that…
In the end, stay safe and keep this great nation going.
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I gotta agree with that one. But for once it's not the fault of the American Citizen. Absolutely NO Geography is taught in schools. It's disgusting. I know people who can't point out Ohio on a map when they LIVE there. But schools are so tightly budgeted along with the Every Child Left Behind Act are causing more strife than good in schools.
It's a mess.