"America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America."
(Jan 13, 2008 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considering her nomination as US. Secretary of State.)
WE ARE NOT PREPARING TO ATTACK IRAN (April 13, 2006)
I'm putting this on the board so that people can easily how long it will take to have the administration attack Iran over their enriched uranium announcement. Both the presdient and the Secretary of State are on record as saying that discussion of invasion or attack is not actively being pursued.
Pick a date for the lie to come back to haunt them.
ESCAPE FROM BAGRAM (November 7, 2005)
The spectacle of four men escaping from Bagram Prison, and then creating a news clip for the Arab press on how to do it, is simply the latest episode that shows our ineptness at dealing with this kind of war. It would be in the military's best interests to stop worrying about Rumsfeld's image, and start thinking about to either win or disengage.
Sadly, the side issue here is that the Army is getting ready to prosecute a young soldier for mistreating one of the men that escaped. The Army will, of course, give him the usual fair trial, and then convict him--even without direct evidence. Hearsay is what they will use, and as the Army prosecutor said in court, "If we get him back, we will make him available to the defense."
When will this stupidity stop?
RESPECT FOR ISLAM (October 7, 2005)
HRH Prince Charles in the forefront of those who argue for a reasonable and rational approach to Islam. Presently, he and his wife Camilla are in the US for a tour. Hopefully they will have an opportunity to present their views on some public forum.
Prince Charles relates to what many of us have been saying for some time--Islam is a religion of peace, not war, and that small minority of muslims, and non-muslims, who hide under the Islamic banners, should be condemned for what they do--not the people of Islam in general.
Homeland Security
ABOUT US
WHAT TO DO ABOUT FEMA
Reading the current press, one would assume there might be a groundswell for abolishing FEMA among the Members of Congress and the Senate. What would that accomplish? Perhaps it would be better to once again make it independent of the thoroughly ineffective Department of Homeland Security?
Comments would be appreciated.
In interviews this week, the same man who said at the Correspondant's Dinner, "I'm not the same wide-eyed socialist I was four years ago", and his attorney-general, have come out supporting citizenship as a 'civil right' for the thousands of illegal aliens in the country. Now that's the way a true socialist solves a problem--make it go away by law.
Seriously folks, how much more of our liberties are going to be pissed away by this guy, and his minions, as they pander to every minority, and special-interest group around the country. While he is at it, the so-called 'red line' across which Syria had to pass by using chemical weap0ons, to get US action, has been passed, and his answer is to ask for more proof. I guess this is the 'red line plus' or something. He is making the US seem to be a joke across the world, and that is destroying our reputation, and our ability to respond, if it were really needed.
All the while, the Congress is hopelessly deadlocked on irrelevant issues, none of which even closely approach the importance of the erosion of democracy and liberty in the United States. Instead, they want to argue on small changes to the tax code, and how many bullets DHS is buying. Gun control has gone the way it always has--down the shute, as other, more 'pressing' issues, such as so-called immigration reform take center stage, and the Senate finally realized their contributions from the NRA were drying up. Unfortunately, their idea of reform is really not reform at all-but simply another way to call illegals by some other term that will make people forget they are here ILLEGALLY.
WHEN WILL AMERICANS WAKE UP AND SEE THAT THEIR ROSES HAVE WILTED, AND ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE THORNS??????
Anybody who has ever seen Peter Pan, or read the book, must surely have wondered at least once what it would be like to live in a world where one doesn't have to ever grow up. An interesting thought.
Well, the opportunity presents itxself virtually every day in the Nation's Capital -- Washington, DC -- where just about every part of Barrie's novel, or was it a satire, have come true.
First, of course, is Peter Pan. Look back on the presidential press conferences, and tell me that Jay Carney, the White House Spokesman doesn't think, and act, like Peter Pan. In fact, he tilts windmills, like Don Quixote; tells the truth about situations like Pinnocchio, and has about as much charisma and believability as Igor, in Young Frankenstein. (That might be an insult to Igor). Other spokesmen have been caught over the years lying for their president, but Carney simply creates truth as he chooses to see it, without any real adult perspective, and then uses insults with the media to drive over his point. The media, in turn, sits on every word he says, as if it is actually the truth, and not just something they want to think is the truth.
Unfortunately, of course, he can't be Peter Pan, since his boss, Barack Obama, thinks he is, and runs around the country with a wooden sword, chasing the 'bad' peoiple, and trying to convince the American People he is their leader. Peter Pan became the leader of the young people because he EARNED THEIR RESPECT; Obama goes in too many directions, and creates too much political noise to even take the time trying to gain respect. Perhaps he does not care.
Who else could be Tinker Bell than Michelle Obama. She really does try to spread around the pixie dust, in the hopes that a bit of it will fall on people, and they will believe in her husband, Barack Obama, the President. Like Tinkerbell, Mrs. Obama is well-educated, has a lot of common sense, and flits from place to place with a very purposeful agenda.
Snee, the First Mate, is completely Joe Biden, the Vice President. years ago, when asked about the importance of the office, one of his predecessors likened the office to a bucket of warm spit. Biden has let the warmth out of the cuspidor, and, in fact, denied that it is even a cuspidor.
What better group of sailors on the pirate ship than the rag tag crowd that calls itself the Cabinet. Each has proven to be a failure in something, failed to be elected to something, or has well off base ideas on running the country. All seem to have been selected for their disdain of the electorate. What better group to be surrounded by alligators, just waiting for a meal. Captain Hook, their leader and protector seems to be a lot like Eric Holder, the man who could not make it outside Government, was nearly indicted for malfeasance in office in a previous administration, and has a tremendous distain for the law. Just like our protagonish-in-chief, Captain Hook.
On the other side of the argument is the majority of the House of Representatives, and the Minotity in the Senate, who act a lot like the kids in the trees, who want to have their way without growing up. Of course, the Democrats in both Houses are no better, if not worse.
I tried very hard to find places for Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. Finally, I decided that Pelosi was probably one of the alligators, and Reid was irrelevant. That takes cares of the major players.
When will EWashington grow up, and begin to lead, rather than give pain to the people?
The carnage of the Boston Marathon will remain seared into people's minds for a very long time; healing is not an easy thing. Fortunately, people do move on, but they will remember, and that is, perhaps, the most important lesson from the bombing along the route of the Boston Marathon.
Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible, either to predict where another such disaster will occur, or to prevent it in advance. Those who decide to bomb, maim, and kill, have their minds set, and they don't necessarily have the same thought processes exhibited by the majority of people in their daily lives. Their actions are often spontaneous in origin, and their minds become as one channel--moving ahead, despite any obstacles, to complete the task they have decided will earn them a place in history.
One of the most interesting pieces of information I have found, in the years of my writing and studying terrorism, is the sense of asynchronous thought--the lack of consistency or predictability--that seems to surround these people, and makes their crimes a new, and different experience each time they occur. They might chose, as did the two brothers in Boston, a major event, or they may go to some smaller community, and simply go on a rampage. Most then have the courtesy to kill themselves, rather than face the police. Some think they go to heaven as martyrs; others don't believe in heaven, and simply think they have earned their place among those who have protested what they believe is injustice. Whatever the reasons, the bottom line is that they are killers--murderers, not assassins, and deserve whatever the ultimate penalty society prescribes for their actions.
The problem here is that we live in a free society--one where people, such as the two brothers in Boston, can travel freely, buy their goods wherever they choose, and normally avoid detection, because they have committeed no overt crime. In the US, people have become accustomed to their freedoms, and have let down their guard--something these killers know, and use as a support for their actions.
Here in the US, we need to wake up, and begin to be more observant about our surroundings. We need to report packages we see on the streets unattended, and quickly. We need to recognize we are partners with law enforcement, because they cannot do the job in a modern society alone. We need to emulate London, Israel, and other countries, who are also free, but who take their security personally--not leaving it to someone else. Until we change our culture of complacency, we will probably continue to see incidents, such as Boston, and shake our collective heads wondering why it is happening to us.
The media followup to the aftermath of the bombings at Boston, following the Boston Marathon yesterday (April 15th) ranged from adequate and compassionate to the absurd. CNN has already decided that the bombing is the work of 'Right Wing Extremists", even though the FBI and Boston Police don't even have a suspect under their watchful eye. No wonder they have such lousy ratings!
People everywhere, i hope, know and understand that only COWARDS would stoop so low to kill innocent people for no good reason. These idiots have not even taken credit for what they did, whoever they are.
One media outlet reported that an Arab, a Saudi, was under suspicion for the crime, and several incidents have already been reported of harassment of Arab-speaking as a result. That is also too bad, since that same outlet, when the culprit is found, and doesn't turn out to be an Arab, will not bother, as is its custom, to apologize for its mistake.
Boston is a wonderful city; I was born and raised there, and even wrote one of my books on a terror attack in Boston. My choice for an attack was a historic site, not a senseless act in crowd of people. Perhaps I was wrong on how base people who want to kill can be.
What we need to do now, all of us, is to let the law enforcement community find and punish those responsible, and not listen to the wild rumors and innuendo from parts of the media who believe sensationalism is more important than facts.
Anybody know how to get rid of the stupid popup that wants you to get a media player, that xseems to come up every time I log on?
New volume on terrorism, and one on Internet e-mail scams to be published in 2013
Two new volumes, one on terrorism, and one on Internet e-mail scams, are scheduled for publication in 2013.
Twilight in Waterside, another of Tieso's volumes on terrorism, is a change from previous scripts in his widening library of books. This volume speaks to the worldwide drug trade, being supported by the same terrorist-led organizations he has previouslt described, but this time with a twist. These terrorists want to bring a new, more powerfrul narcotic drug into Norfolk, home of the US Atlantic Fleet, and they want the help of the East Coast Mob in doing it.
"This volme speaks to the more common efforts of the Interagency Terrorism Task Forces, led by the FBI, and supported by a wide range of other Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. People need to know that not every terrorist wears a scarf and flowing robes; far more common are those in business suits and homburg hats. We show that in a very vivid way in this book," said Tieso, in his press release.
Twilight in Waterside should be out in late June, early July, 2013, and available from Amazon, and other major booksellers. A Kindle edition is also planned later in the fall.
Another one of Tieso's long time passions has been collecting copies of the various Internet e-mail scam messages; those from the original Nigieran '419' -type scams, and many of the newer ones, which all have a common purpose -- to separate people from their money, their identity, and their personal information.
This book, Internet Fraud: The Stupidity of Some; the Intelligence of Others in the Modern World, covers the world in showing the various types of frauds that show up in the Internet, and especially over e-mail messaging. Each of the messages reproduced in the book was received by Tieso, who has collected much useful information on how to avoid getting burned by the scam artists.
The book is not intended to be all-inclusive; other websites, and authors have tried to do that. What Tieso does is give the reader as sense of what the messages are like, and how to avoid getting stung by them. This volume will be out in early May, 2013, and available as well, over Amazon.com, in both both print and Kindle editions.
Others of Tieso's book, also available, include, Bernie Minihan's Dilemma, For the Sake of Terror, and Night Chill, all on international terrorism, and Avoiding Fale Mirrors, a widely acclaimed business management text. All are available on Amazon.com, in print and Kindle versions, and available as well through major booksellers.
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