Archive for December, 2005

Troop withdrawals from Iraq and a Democratic view through rosy lenses.

Posted in National on December 9th, 2005

I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction.

I believe the administration has always planned to withdraw troops after the December Iraqi elections. Indeed this has been stated or implied on several occasions. I think the Democrats are making their current frenzied push for withdrawal in an effort to position themselves to take credit for pushing the president into bringing the troops home.

I don’t think it will work in the long term but may play a role in the mid-term elections. The Democrats simply can’t seem to grasp the fact that most Americans are beginning to wise up to their disarray and demagoguery. The Democratic leadership cannot accept the fact that there are citizens who can actually think for themselves and look at the larger over arching picture with a global perspective.

Only the radical left which hates almost everything about America anyway and those with no grasp of world history can actually view an abrupt US withdrawal as a positive plan.
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The right attitude.

Posted in Citizenship on December 7th, 2005

I found this Jody call while mindlessly surfing Google. I think it displays the attitude that this country is losing at far too rapid a pace.

These boots were made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
If all you’re doing is markin’ time
They’ll walk all over you
These guns were made for shootin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
And if we get a mission
We’ll drill a hole in you
This Army’s trained for fightin’
And that’s just what we’ll do
If you pick a fight with us
We’ll walk all over you

Change the line

This Army’s trained for fightin
to
This countries ready for fightin’

And I think you can see my point.

The original source of this call and a great source for many others is: http://users.netropolis.net/schwartz/jodie.htm

The myth of inadequate radio frequencies for emergency communications.

Posted in Politics on December 7th, 2005

On December 6, 2005 I wrote a letter to the Macon Telegraph as a response to their editorial on the privately funded 911 “discourse projects” report card that alleges inadequate frequencies for interagency coordination. My key point is that there are sufficient frequencies but due to poor planning and coordination between agencies these are not being utilised to their full potential. Where are these questions which are the key point of my letter?

Lastly the real question that needs to asked has four parts:

  • Does every agency in the state have equipment in every response vehicle that is capable of communicating on the interagency frequencies?
  • Has a sufficient degree of planning gone into being able to communicate with other agencies?
  • If not who is responsible when a disaster occurs and interagency communication fails?
  • Do these agencies actively listen to the frequencies on a regular basis?

A link to a static copy of this article.

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