"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
For some time, we've been posting about the so called "cartel war" south of the border.
The net result is 40,000 plus Mexicans killed.
Unfortunately, the Obama administration has never called on Hollywood to stop glamorizing drugs and the other irresponsible habits that have turned the US into a consumer of Mexican drugs.
Pres BO, or hopefully Pres Romney, should tell Americans a little truth: We consume and Mexicans get killed.
Yes, there is a lot of corruption in Mexico.
Yes, there is a dysfunctional political system in Mexico.
Yes, there are many things to criticize about Mexico. Nevertheless, Pres Calderon and Mexico have battled the cartels that our bad habits are funding.
Again, we consume and Mexicans get killed.
It's time for people in the US to see it that way. Drug consumption, whether recreational or addictive, is funding a violence that will eventually creep north of the border.
Frankly, I'm starting to feel sorry for Pres BO. It appears that no one ever tells him anything.
Nobody told him that we were putting 2,000 guns in the hands of Mexican cartels. No one told AG Holder either!
I guess that an ATF bureaucrat came up with the idea of putting "high powered guns" over an international border and not tell Pres BO, AG Holder or Sec Clinton.
Nobody told him that his Energy Dept was restructuring the Solyndra loan and putting the interests of shareholders (big contributors to the Dem campaign) ahead of taxpayers (you and me).
Solyndra was the first of many "green company" loan guarantees to end up in bankruptcies. Nobody told him that all of these companies had serious flaws in their business plan and could not get loans from private sector banks.
Again, I feel sorry for the guy. He seems to be the last guy in the Obama administration to find out everything.
So what's going on?
We must have a very detached president. Or, we have a president with a hearing problem! They are both bad.
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It was a busy weekend and the news didn't stop on Monday. Let's look at three stories that caught my attention.
Let's start with the French election.
Based on news reports, it appears that the French have elected the leftist candidate in Round 1. We should add that the right got 20% of the vote and could decide the runoff or Round II.
We understand that the French are angry and want results. However, it's hard to believe that they would turn left and follow another politician over the cliff.
The left does not have answers for France's problems.
The left is all about slogans and the "blame the rich" nonsense that will drive more capital and hard working people out of France. Get ready for some long lines at the US and Canadian embassy in Paris. I hope that the US State Department sent a big box of blank "visa requests" for the surge coming in France.
Question: What leads people to vote for "slogans and speeches"? I don't know but we are talking about France.
Last, but not least, the right had a better than anticipated showing. The right wants immigration controls and the preservation of French culture. At the same time, no one is telling the Europeans to have babies, or the best way to preserve your culture. It's hard to pass on your traditions when you are not having enough babies to replace your population.
My guess is that the French will eventually throw out the leftist government, too.
What does France need? It needs a leader who will tell the French what they don't want to hear. It needs someone who will tell people to work and stop expecting someone else to take care of them.
We will watch the next round but the first round was a display of political immaturity from the French.
Back here, we were caught "off guard" by a column from the public editor of The NY Times.
What
is a public editor? He is an "in house" critic, or someone who is
supposed to listen to the newspapers' critics are saying.
"According to a study
by the media scholars Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter, The
Times’s coverage of the president’s first year in office was
significantly more favorable than its first-year coverage of three
predecessors who also brought a new party to power in the White House:
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan."
So what's going on? Why the column now?
I think that there are several things going on.
First,
my guess is that a lot of professional journalists are embarrassed by
the media's "in the tank" coverage of Pres BO. From Solyndra to "Fast
& Furious" to the GSA and Cartagena, this is an administration that
can not answer questions.
Last,
but not least, it is nice to see some self-examination at The NY
Times. It's pleasant to read that they are thinking about their image
and responding to the readers, or better said, their former readers.
Speaking of strange scandals, the White House needs to
answer a simple question: Were the Secret Service agents the only ones
seeing prostitutes in Cartagena?
"CBS News correspondent Whit Johnson reports that a law enforcement
official told CBS News that the latest agent under investigation brought
a woman back to the Hilton Hotel in Cartagena, Colombia, just five days
before President Barack Obama would be staying there."
We are not suggesting that Pres BO was aware of this. Frankly, we don't expect any president to get that involved in security details. However, was someone close to the president aware?
We've seen in the last two years that the Obama administration has a hard time answering questions.
Pres
BO needs to slam the desk and demand an explanation. This is a lot
bigger than just some guys "going rogue" in Cartagena. This is about
protecting the president and other key people. Check out our Monday show:
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