tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post2421549058206586792..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Rallying the Republican TroopsAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-7103431678845983202008-11-17T15:51:00.000-08:002008-11-17T15:51:00.000-08:00I'm actually responding to a piece I read on "Amer...I'm actually responding to a piece I read on "American Daily" titled 'There will be no one left to protect you.' but couldn't seem to get the contact/email feature to work there.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, there is not DOMESTIC security, police, or SS/gestapo in the works. Obama is referring to a proposal for a civilian reserve corps the could handle postwar construction efforts such as rebuilding infrastructure--an idea endorsed by the Bush administration!! You all need to relax; it's not going to be a DOMESTIC force--it will be used in OTHER COUNTRIES. In fact, the State Department is already building a force similar to the one Obama described. The Civilian Response Corps, as it is called, was launched two years ago by the Bush administration, after a BIPARTISAN vote by Congress and at the urging of Republicans including former Secretary of State Colin Powell. They are now recruiting engineers, law enforcement personnel, health officers, city administrators and other specialists who could be sent overseas to help re-establish government controls after a crisis. John E. Herbst (former ambassador to the Ukraine) is leading the project and he says, "Our military performed brilliantly," but added that the troops needed the SKILLS and ASSISTANCE of civilians to help re-establish order. Herbst also says, "I believe it would save us LIVES AND MONEY in the long run." So please, please, all you alarmist, and scared paranoid people--RELAX. Obama hasn't even spend one day in office yet, and you're all flying off the handle, and you're basing it on nothing but fear and rumor.<BR/>I think it's a fine idea to have this kind of thing in place to help rebuild in countries which have been, or will be war torn. An additional point is that the Military isn't always trained in the areas where help is needed. In other words, restoring electrical power, or clean water, etc. Again, I just wish that one, people wouldn't get hysterical over something which would be a rebuilding, FOREIGN corps. And, whether or not you or anyone else is against it... it already DOES exist. <BR/>Take a deep breath and give the man a chance to do his job.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817759473733948277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-4349660134454171262008-11-12T05:59:00.000-08:002008-11-12T05:59:00.000-08:00You are correct. Gingrich, on the global warming i...You are correct. Gingrich, on the global warming issue alone, should be disqualified. Happily, he has disqualified himself as it has been reported he doesn't want the chairmanship of the RNC.<BR/><BR/>I remain skeptical of Palin's capabilities.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-88768033685515532722008-11-11T22:35:00.000-08:002008-11-11T22:35:00.000-08:00NOVEMBER 11, 2008Alan - A great analysis of the si...NOVEMBER 11, 2008<BR/><BR/><BR/>Alan - A great analysis of the situation but you are dead wrong on two counts. Newt Gingrich, for all his history knowledge and education, knows nothing about climate history; he actually went on TV with Pelosi endorsing the last Anti-AGW program of the democrats. Newt lost all his credibility with me when he did that, and now I think he a bit old for RNC leadership, considering the important younger vote, that as you note in your column today, suffers from 30 years of brainwashing. They just will not accept Newt, and many in that age group never heard of him.<BR/><BR/>The other error is your faulty evaluation of Palin. You want the Republicans to be the party of energy? That Americans are tired of war? War is not something a country picks up or lays down without consequences. There is and will be a war going on for may years to come. Considering that the Muslims are in a 1400-year old war with us it is somewhat naïve to expect that little ole' war to go away, regardless of how "tired" Americans are of war. Remember, the only motive of Muslims is that they want us dead and out of the way of the glorious world-wide caliphate. Ii was too bad for the party and for America that the present POTUS never got around to telling Americans that the enemy was Islam. We could have set Islam back a few centuries, had he forged a warlike stance among the people, WWII style. Oh well, that is another story.<BR/><BR/>Getting back to energy, there is no Republican politician, bar none, who knows more about national energy needs, planning, and development than Palin. Her exec experience moreover far outshines Biden and Obama put together. <BR/><BR/>The most important thing is that she fired up the conservative base like nothing since Ronald Reagan with the fire in her eyes and real "straight shooting" in her character. She needs to be the next leader of the party to smash the milquetoast/RINO influence of the Eastern establishment, which in my opinion has its collective head in the sands. That is probably because there are not any red states around the beltway, so they are themselves brainwashed with blue state thinking. If the establishment does not see the power behind Palin among the American people, they are blind and will be further extending the grip of socialism on this country with Obama's second term if they do not pick Palin, no matter who else they pick. <BR/><BR/>And I will bet Palin against Putin, Osama, et al, any day of the week. <BR/><BR/>Re your main article "How America Has Changed" -excellent. There is a strong linkage between Marxism, political correctness, and their origin in "Critical Theory". The plan to attack the fairness doctine is an off-shoot -"silence the opposition".Ron Kilmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06737658546763164098noreply@blogger.com