Well I wrote a sports rant earlier today but there is so much going on right now it just feels right to put out a rant on the rest of the world. Here it goes.
1.
The President has selected his National Security
Advisor John Brennan as his choice to take over the CIA. Just for past
reference, we already went through this four years ago with Brennan, but he
pulled his name out of the nomination process because he was too concerned
about the scrutiny he would face for failed predictions from earlier. Of course
he’s only had to admit he failed the current president on about a half dozen
occasions since became NSA. Just a short list of his mistakes; Benghazi, The Iranian
Uprising in 2009, the state of the Iranian Nuclear Program, the make-up of the
Egyptian uprising, and the list just keeps on growing. Nice Choice there.
2.
The President has selected former Senator Chuck
Hagel as his choice for Secretary of Defense. Another nice choice, especially
if you are all for allowing the Iranians to do whatever the hell they want –
Unchecked – and if you are absolutely anti-Israel. Chuck Hagel proclaims himself
a Republican and he is….I guess. But he is the Republican who gave Barack the
2008 GOP boost similar to 2012’s last minute boost by New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie.
3.
Speaking of Chris Christie and his instrumental
moment in the Re-Elect Obama Campaign; Today the good Governor came out and
complained that when the President came to New Jersey he said that all the red
tape and bureaucracy would be cut out to make things right. Christie railed the
feds for it now being 70 days since Hurricane Sandy and how it only took seven
days to get cracking on making things right following Hurricane Katrina. Gee,
maybe the good governor should have thought of that when he was hugging
Barack!!
4.
Retired Army General Stanley McChrystal, former
commander in Afghanistan, began his anti-gun rhetoric saying that only soldiers
should carry certain weapons. What a crock of you-know-what. The constitution
has the 2nd amendment and any other gun laws should be left to the
states under the 10th amendment. Once again the 2nd
amendment is about creating an atmosphere that allows the citizenry of the
country to never fear the federal government and enforcement of the 2nd
amendment is what helps to manage that. Of course McChrystal is known for
shooting himself in the foot by shooting off his mouth a little too often in Afghanistan.
5.
Today government officials released a report in
which they state that they think the former FBI agent Robert Levinson was being
held by Iran or one of their proxies. Well, that is an amazing deduction as he
was captured/went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in 2007. Gee, with this
sort of intelligence breakthrough they might be able to crack the whole how
many licks to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop dilemma.
6.
In regards to another overreaching
underachieving government agency, congratulations to the EPA, due to new
stricter (and unnecessary) emissions standards, 15 coal power plants will be
closing in Georgia in the next few months causing a loss of nearly 450 jobs and
reducing the power grid efficiency by 15%. Nice job there, or should I say nice
reduction in the job creation of the federal government’s policies.
7.
Now for a little lighter material. A Dutch non-profit
company, Mars One, is sponsoring a reality TV based program to select the
astronauts it will use to begin the colonization of Mars. Only catch, once you
get to the Martian surface there is no return trip. The good news is that as
far as anyone knows there is no income tax on Mars. Sound good? For more
information go to the following website; www.thenextgiantleap.com.
Well, that’s
it for tonight. Hope I didn’t offend anyone!! Remember, it’s all fun until
someone loses an eye!!
Later,
Bill
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