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Subject: 'Time table for withdrawal' and oil problem Author: Tom Saunders, LTC . USAR retired, Professor Emeritus, UNM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 20:42:37 07/22/08 Tue In reply to: CELESTINO J. PRADO 's message, "Re: An e-mail to Bill O'Reilly: oreilly@foxnews.com" on 16:02:11 03/02/06 Thu >> >Bill, can you imagine how hard it is on a retired military man to see a bunch of civilian politicians and pundits pushing for a 'time-table' for withdrawal from Iraq. A basic principal of war, never give a time table for attack or withdrawal to your enemy, much less in the middle of a war. Last night Jay Leno and Chris Mathews were lauding Obama's visit to Iraq and the sense of getting a 'time-table' for a withdrawal. "They, the president of Iraq want us out of there, so lets get out of there." President Bush and his commanders are doing just that, the brigade of the surge is out of there and more troops are being deployed to Afgan. Common sense dictates that you do not announce these moves, to say nothing of the principals of warfare. In WWII you would have been shot for releasing such information to the enemy! Common sense and wisdom escaped our Congress over the past twenty years starting with shutting down any futher drilling or building on U.S. soil, Nuclear Plants, new refineries, natural gas drilling. This move was to appease the environmentalist. They went too far, not realizing the gap they caused when they turned off the spigot of our prime energy sources with the stupid idea that alternative sources of energy like solar and wind could take of the slack of our growing population resulting in growing demand. Now to cover up their responsiblity for our energy crisis, they throw out the old reasons and lies to cover their mistake of the past. Saying the old stuff, oil drilling in ANWR and offshore will not come on line for years, the say anywhere from 5years to twenty, what a coincidence they said the same things twenty years ago. Now the problem will be solved with their restrictions on speculators, granted that is part of the problem but too little for the long range problem that will persist unless we build new nuclear plants, refineries, drill in ANWR...etc Until alternative fuels can catch up, and when that happens then and only then turn off the old spigot! The left does not give a damn if our country becomes a third world type and no longer a super power. Hell, back in 1995, Bill Clinton told an audiance that "we must prepare for when we are no longer a super power or the only one." I am sure he had China in mind, especially when his administration was passing high tech data to China for their rocket programs. Bill Richerson was Clinton's energy secretary at this time, you might remember they arrested a poor guy, Chinese ancestry American, who was later released after a year in jail, that man sued and won a nice sum. He's still up at Los Alamos while the data that arrived in China was classified a just a mistake and missing computer disks. The dumb just get dumber. McCain admitted that Congress had let the people down, but the people really responsible and still responsible will admit nothing and just want to go after Big Oil, and throw more money at technology for alternative enery sources. The same avenue we have been on since the 1970's and the solar panals on houses back then until now, wind power has been around for centuries. Congress must get off its hands and do something even if it is years away, then at least we are moving in the right direction instead of standing still and going down the economic drain. You tell me that if we do go in the right direction that the value of our dollar will not rise? Just the mention by President Bush about lifting the restriction of off shore drilling had an impact on our dollar and our economy. The rest of the world recognized that we had realized our stupidity of the past and maybe, just maybe the United States is on the avenue of success to solving our energy crisis and the world's crisis. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: An e-mail to Bill O'Reilly: oreilly@foxnews.com Author: George (Racist Commercials) [Edit] Date Posted: 05:38:21 08/03/08 Sun Bill O'Reilly, I disagree with you much of the time, but I respect your willingness to discuss most subjects. If any anchor will deal with what I'm about to say I figure it will be you. At one time I as an independent said I would vote for J. McCain over H. Clinton. That would have been a huge mistake as J. McCain has shown his racist mind. I found it quite insulting when Pres. Clinton was referred to as the first black president during one of the debates. Think of what the McCain campaign did. They compared Obama a brilliant young black man, graduating at the top of his class at Harvard Law school to two young Caucasian women of limited education. That’s about as racist as one can get, Caucasian women are know better then any other women on the face of this earth. They like all humans come in many forms, brilliant, imbeciles, beautiful, ugly, kind, selfish. Since he felt the need to air such a ridiculous add, why couldn’t he use an African American, such as D. Washington or Will Smith? No!!! he knew exactly what he was doing, appealing to the fears and ignorance of some insecure Caucasians. I say some because most are not, but all it takes is a small percentage to effect the outcome of this election. America is one of the greatest countries of all time on the planet earth, but until it admits that racism built this country and attacks the disease of ignorance and fear that racism fosters, it will never achieve its potential as the greatest Nation of all time. I believe that many people are not racist, but there are enough racist in this great country to make life difficult for many none Caucasians. The media and most people in this society are afraid to address the issue of race openly and honestly. If J. McCain can link a brilliant young black man with two young Caucasian women of limited education, the symbol that has always been held up as the standard of purity and hardly anything is said publicly, I rest my case. If the American public expects moderate Muslims to speak out against radical islamist, then the same standard should be expected of the majority of Caucasians against the racist minority, unless that majority agrees with the racist minority. When Obama reacts to these baseless statements, he is called a racist. Think about it, when McCain continuely attacked Obama while he was out of the country, Obama always took the high road, side stepping comments about McCain. Don’t let some of the racist republicans steal this election with false racist statements,. I would have no problem with confronting McCain and the racist that crafted that insulting commercial. Sincerely, GEORGE PS. I wish Fox news would not prostitute their female reporters, making them dress like prostitutes. Fox News should show some class and have them dress in moderate business attire the way their male counter parts are required to dress. Fox News should give the average viewer credit for having more intelligence for wanting to get news instead of seeing into their female reporters busom and half way up their thighs. If Fox News would honor their slogan of fair and unbias news they wouldn't have to degrade their female reporters in an effort to acheive higher ratings. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Racist Commercials Author: George (Racist Commercials) [Edit] Date Posted: 05:40:59 08/03/08 Sun >Bill O'Reilly, >I disagree with you much of the time, but I respect >your willingness to discuss most subjects. If any >anchor will deal with what I'm about to say I figure >it will be you. >At one time I as an independent said I would vote for >J. McCain over H. Clinton. That would have been a huge >mistake as J. McCain has shown his racist mind. I >found it quite insulting when Pres. Clinton was >referred to as the first black president during one of >the debates. >Think of what the McCain campaign did. They compared >Obama a >brilliant young black man, graduating at the top of >his class at Harvard Law school to two young Caucasian >women of limited education. That’s about as racist as >one can get, Caucasian women are know better then any >other women on the face of this earth. They like all >humans come in many forms, brilliant, imbeciles, >beautiful, ugly, kind, selfish. Since he felt the need >to air such a ridiculous add, why couldn’t he use an >African American, such as D. Washington or Will Smith? >No!!! he knew exactly what he was doing, appealing to >the fears and ignorance of some insecure Caucasians. I >say some because most are not, but all it takes is a >small percentage to effect the outcome of this >election. America is one of the greatest countries of >all time on the planet earth, but until it admits that >racism built this country and attacks the disease of >ignorance and fear that racism fosters, it will never >achieve its potential as the greatest Nation of all >time. I believe that many people >are not racist, but there are enough racist in this >great >country to make life difficult for many none >Caucasians. The media and most people in this society >are afraid to address the issue of race openly and >honestly. If J. McCain can link a brilliant young >black man with two young Caucasian women of limited >education, the symbol that has always been held up as >the standard of purity and hardly anything is said >publicly, I rest my case. If the American public >expects moderate Muslims to speak out against radical >islamist, then the same standard should be expected of >the majority of Caucasians against the racist >minority, unless that majority agrees with the racist >minority. When Obama reacts to these baseless >statements, he is called a racist. Think about it, when >McCain continuely attacked Obama while he was out of >the country, Obama always took the high road, side >stepping comments about McCain. Don’t let some of the >racist >republicans steal this election with false racist >statements,. I would have no problem with confronting >McCain and the racist that crafted that insulting >commercial. Sincerely, GEORGE > >PS. I wish Fox news would not prostitute their female >reporters, making them dress like prostitutes. Fox >News should show some class and have them dress in >moderate business attire the way their male counter >parts are required to dress. Fox News should give the >average viewer credit for having more intelligence for >wanting to get news instead of seeing into their >female reporters busom and half way up their thighs. >If Fox News would honor their slogan of fair and >unbias news they wouldn't have to degrade their female >reporters in an effort to acheive higher ratings. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]