Many, many issues this week but let me start about the nuclear treaty signed by Obama and Russia and the new nuclear policy outlined by Obama. I think and many if not most experts on nuclear issues agreed with the president that the treaty signed with Russia was excellent and the new nuclear policy declaration was very good and much needed.
The only details that matter are that the US and Russia will not make any new nuclear bombs and will reduce by 30% their existing stockpiles; believe me, we still have enough to blow the world up countless of times.
The other detail is a declaration saying we will not use nuclear weapons against countries that do not have any. Special attention was paid to Iran and North Korea, in essence warning other countries that are thinking of developing nuclear weapons to reconsider for their own benefit.
As soon as the treaty and policy was announced I thought, I wonder what the lunatics on the right are going to do with this.
Predictably, Sarah Palin (2012 candidate for president) immediately stated that Obama is endangering our country by weakening it and is scared to punch someone in the mouth that punched him first (not using nuclear weapons against someone that attacked us with non-nuclear weapons such as biological weapons).
When a reporter told Obama what Palin said, he responded that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense agreed with the policy and they know a little bit more about nuclear policy than Sarah Palin does to which she replied that what does a community organizer know about nuclear policy.
Palin was appearing at a conservative’s convention with other 2012 presidential hopefuls; she had the most support (loud) at the convention for demeaning our president at every turn. I realize that politicians must attack the incumbent to show how they would lead differently but Palin has brought politics down to its lowest point (if that is possible) by not disagreeing on specific issue points but by using provocative sound bites that bring cheers from the morons that idolize her but by themselves, have no meaning like stupid kids calling someone senseless demeaning names.
As I mentioned before, this type of gutter politics reminiscent of a lynch mob mentality is scary if it actually has clout with people (evidenced by FOX NEWS and their growing viewers) and if it actually can cause something to happen like politicians to quit (Stupak) or others to run based on those gutter politics and sane people to join in on the insanity. More on that later…
The only details that matter are that the US and Russia will not make any new nuclear bombs and will reduce by 30% their existing stockpiles; believe me, we still have enough to blow the world up countless of times.
The other detail is a declaration saying we will not use nuclear weapons against countries that do not have any. Special attention was paid to Iran and North Korea, in essence warning other countries that are thinking of developing nuclear weapons to reconsider for their own benefit.
As soon as the treaty and policy was announced I thought, I wonder what the lunatics on the right are going to do with this.
Predictably, Sarah Palin (2012 candidate for president) immediately stated that Obama is endangering our country by weakening it and is scared to punch someone in the mouth that punched him first (not using nuclear weapons against someone that attacked us with non-nuclear weapons such as biological weapons).
When a reporter told Obama what Palin said, he responded that the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense agreed with the policy and they know a little bit more about nuclear policy than Sarah Palin does to which she replied that what does a community organizer know about nuclear policy.
Palin was appearing at a conservative’s convention with other 2012 presidential hopefuls; she had the most support (loud) at the convention for demeaning our president at every turn. I realize that politicians must attack the incumbent to show how they would lead differently but Palin has brought politics down to its lowest point (if that is possible) by not disagreeing on specific issue points but by using provocative sound bites that bring cheers from the morons that idolize her but by themselves, have no meaning like stupid kids calling someone senseless demeaning names.
As I mentioned before, this type of gutter politics reminiscent of a lynch mob mentality is scary if it actually has clout with people (evidenced by FOX NEWS and their growing viewers) and if it actually can cause something to happen like politicians to quit (Stupak) or others to run based on those gutter politics and sane people to join in on the insanity. More on that later…
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