Saturday, April 04, 2015

How far can the 2015 Texas Rangers go?


GUEST: Dave Michaels, local sports journalist, joins me for a look at the 2015 Rangers....can they compete without Yu Darvish?  Can Prince Fielder and Derek Holland come back to past form?  Will Joey Gallo be here in September or traded for a front line pitcher in July?   How good is the Rangers' farm system?....we will take a quick look at the AL West.......

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Mr President: We are not playing "Let's make a Deal"

Before I get a comment that I want to bomb Iran, let me say that negotiations are always better than bombs. This is specially true for those of us who have sons in the armed forces!  My friend at church lost a son in Iraq so I know about the cost of war.
At the same time, we’ve learned from history that some thugs love to buy time with deals and arrangements. Do you remember Saddam Hussein playing with UN resolutions for 10 years? Or North Korea negotiating with President Clinton in 1994?
We’ve also learned from history that these people can’t be trusted, i.e. Chamberlain waving his paper about a deal with Hitler.
Please forgive me for being  a bit skeptical with people who keep cheating on previous deals.
I have three problems with this deal:
First, it’s not really a deal but an arrangement that we will get back together and talk again. In street talk, this is giving Iran another few months to get closer to their goal of having a bomb.
Second, Israel does not like it. It worries me deeply that our # 1 ally in the region is not happy.
Third, the deal, or whatever they call it, gives away too much, as the Washington Post explains in their editorial:
THE “KEY parameters” for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program released Thursday fall well short of the goals originally set by the Obama administration. None of Iran’s nuclear facilities — including the Fordow center buried under a mountain — will be closed. Not one of the country’s 19,000 centrifuges will be dismantled. Tehran’s existing stockpile of enriched uranium will be “reduced” but not necessarily shipped out of the country. In effect, Iran’s nuclear infrastructure will remain intact, though some of it will be mothballed for 10 years. When the accord lapses, the Islamic republic will instantly become a threshold nuclear state.
That’s a long way from the standard set by President Obama in 2012 when he declared that “the deal we’ll accept” with Iran “is that they end their nuclear program” and “abide by the U.N. resolutions that have been in place.” Those resolutions call for Iran to suspend the enrichment of uranium.
So what exactly is the deal?  Maybe we will have to sign it to know what’s in it.
We have a president desperately looking for a legacy or what some of the “cultists” in the media call his “Nixon to China” moment.
President Obama needs to understand a couple of things:
Presidents don’t look for a legacy. They do a good job and that’s how they find a legacy. You make the tough and unpleasant calls and legacy comes your away, such as the way we look at President Truman today.
Also, a “Nixon to China” moment means that you go against your base on a major item. For example, you tell Democrats that it’s time to give parents a real choice for their kids’ education.  Or you tell the “gay lobby” that there should be a place in our society for the photographer who is uncomfortable at their wedding.
So this is not a deal. Of course, Iran keeps getting what they want: Time!
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Indiana uproar, Iran nuclear deal and other thoughts with Jim Yardley


GUEST:  Jim, Yardley, contributor to American Thinker, Canada Free Press and editor of Patriot Dreams, joins me for a look at the Iran deal (or framework of a deal) announced by the US......what exactly did we negotiate or did we just delay everything until we meet again.......Also, the Indiana law uproar.....what does it say about our culture.....is there room in our country for someone with specific religious convections.....plus the intolerance of the left.......click to listen:


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