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Is the world going nuts

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:07:37 AM
The Democrats in the middle of a war send a message to our enemies that we'll cut and run and let them win.
Then other Democrats like Bill Richardson says we need to go after Iran.

Iran's capture of British soldiers is a copy of what they have done before without punishment, but it is also similar to a dozen similar communist taking of US troops.

Or doesn't anyone remember history?

I guess not. If they did, they might have to acknowledge their mistakes.
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Narcissism and denial of reality

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:38:50 PM
Well, congress has passed a pull out the troop bill...full of porkbarrel policis.

Hopefully the Senate will stop it.

All the criticism, all the time...

I seem to remember that if France etc. had pressured Saddam to quit, maybe the war would not have occured.
And I seem to remember that one reason the looting in Baghdad started was lack of troops because the thousands of troops that were supposed to come in from Turkey (and would have been able to kill the fleeing Sadamites who turned into the "insurgents") were stopped the last minute.

And, of course, the fact that many of the "suicide bombers" are Saudi or other nationalities doesn't seem to faze anyone.

You can see this with Iran's increased aggression...every time something happens and they get away with it, they go further.




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Zimbabwe police attack prayer rally

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:32:15 AM
Actually, I have posted about this on my EvilMugabe blog, where I have been monitoring the deterioration of that poor country.

Last weekend, since political rallies are forbidden, the joint opposition held a prayer rally. The political opposition has been bickering for the last year, but this rally included church leaders, unions, human rights, student groups, and the political opponents of Mugabe.

The head of the opposition was badly beaten, requiring sutures in his head (the press reports call this surgery) but he seems to have been knocked unconscious, so many are worried he might have brain damage, but is being held in the jail so no one knows.
 
Twelve other opposition leaders were also jailed.

Believers and Zimbabweans around the world are holding a prayer day on April 18th to pray for peaceful resolution of the problems.

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Newt vs Guilliani

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:15:51 PM
In the film "Man for all Seasons", Thomas More gives a talk to a young ambitious student who wants to work with More in the government.
More recognizes that they student has a moral weakness, and offers him a job teaching. The student objects, because he is ambitious, and More refuses, pointing out that he did not have the ability to stand up to the pressures of the corruption of power...and again advises him to be a teacher...and points out that he would be a good teacher, a great teacher...

Newt Gingrich is a good teacher, a great teacher. But he should not be president because of his weakness toward corruption. It is not just that he was shlepping his girlfriend while condemning Clinton for doing the same but that he divorced his first wife while she was dying of cancer.

Guilliani however is not a hypocrite. Everyone in NYCity knew about him and his ambitious wife. And many people who have been through bitter divorces will sympathize with him. He didn't go to his kid's graduation? Ah, but again how bitter was the divorce, and did she turn the kids against him? The point is that Guilliani was a workaholic, and that destroyed his marriages.

So yes, some will criticize him for his affairs, but the affair occured after his marriage had already "died"-- and it was Guilliani who faced prostate cancer when the divorce occured, not vice versa.

As a doc, let me tell you about treating prostate cancer. One of the hormones turns off your own hormones. I once took it for infertility, and cried for six months...so I would warm my male patients about this side effect.
It also ruins your libido, your energy, and your ability to make love.

So here is a man faced with death and impotence (albeit temporary impotence) and his wife divorces him. Yes, the affair started before the cancer, but many men would reconcile with their wives at that point. But it was the girlfriend, not the wife, who stuck it out through the bad parts.

Similarly, one could argue that he never attended his son's graduation. But remember what he did attend: Every funeral of the police and firefighters who died in 9-11.

In the "good old days" the loveless marriage would continue and he would simply have kept a long term mistress at his side.  Here in the Philippines, as one wag put it, our politicians believe in family values. They value all their families (Most politicians have at least one long term girlfriend and family who they support).

As a prolifer, I could not vote for Guilliani, but if it were the choice between Hillary and Guilliani, I would vote for him.

You see, under Clinton, the US government pressured other countries to legalize abortion etc. or lose their foreign aid.

And both of them will decrease our civil rights...but in Guilliani's case, the press and left will prevent it from going too far...if Hillary wins, the press will be silent on abuses of power.


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The double standard

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:46:50 PM
America bad.
That's what leftist prosecutors are doing, playing politics with the law.

So if the CIA kidnapped a man wanted in Italy but left to roam the streets by Italian police, they are shouting about civil rights. Never mind that the kidnapping probably stopped terrorist attacks on Italy.
And if an Italian car tries to barrel through a US checkpoint in Baghdad after giving a couple million dollars to "insurgents" as a reward for kidnappers of a left wing journalist, don't discuss the many Iraqis who died thanks to their money, indict the soldier who shot in self defense.
The US places anti missile shields in eastern Europe because France and Germany oppose them. Putin gets upset, because they will stop Russian missiles (is Russia trying to nuke Berlin?). So the western European press is upset, never mind that such anti missiles will defend them against Iran's nuclear tipped missiles in the future.
Ah, but now Germany wants NATO to be in charge of them. But why? NATO is in AFghanistan, but the number of troops from most of the Western European allies is minimal. Hell, the Philippines have more peacekeepers in Haiti than Germany does in Afghanistan, and Germany is not engaged in combat, merely training troops. (Something that Halliburten could do cheaper).

Even here in the Philippines, the leftists proclaimed a horrific story of US marines who gang raped a poor girl.
When the story came out in court, the story was much less than the initial report. There was no physical evidence of "gang rape", since only a single DNA was found, by Cpl Smith, verifying the Marine's story....that Cpl Smith was drinking and dancing with "Nicole", and she voluntarily went into the van, and had sex with him. No witness, either the marines or those in the bar, said she was "abducted". Finally, the judge convicted Smith of stautatory rape, saying she was drunk and could not give assent....even though a court case half a dozen years ago had said that voluntary drunkeness (as opposed to being slipped a narcotic in a drink) could not be used to claim rape.

So the anti americanism goes on.
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Oklahoma bombing conspiracies

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:09:24 AM
I found a link on the OKC bombing on the BBC and wrote an essay on it for BNN.

I get paid about ten cents an essay, and don't have to bore my relatives and friends who read my regular blog, which is mainly family news and jokes.

But in writing about it, I discovered that a Congressional report was also questioning if an adequate investigation had been done. But the story was "buried" because the report came out on Dec 26th, when no body is reading the news.

But anyway, the important part of the essay is here:

Now the BBC reports:

The FBI man in charge of collecting evidence from the government building destroyed by the Oklahoma bomb has called for the case to be reopened.

Former deputy assistant director Danny Coulson has told the BBC programme The Conspiracy Files that he questions whether everyone involved was caught.

The BBC story, I should note, is part of their TV series on Conspiracies.

However, here in the Philippines it was noted that Nichols had a Philippine wife, and had visited Makati (Manila) at the time when an AlQaeda bomb making Pakistani was in Makati. The Philippine police claim that they met, fueling suspicion that Nichols was taught how to assemble the large complicated bomb during the visit.

Oh well. Can’t rely on Philippine police. The only reason they caught the bombmaker is that his flat had a fire, and someone noticed the bombmaking materials. And of course, the Phiippine police interrogated the guy who was caught and found all sorts of plans to bomb a lot of airplanes at the same time, kill President Ramos, and assasinate the Pope…..if you are into these things, check HERE…I mean, who takes such things seriously?

Except, of course, that some of the plots do end up being done, and sometimes even kill people.

But in the meanwhile, I wonder how many are aware that a Congressional report last December ” chastised the FBI for how it handled the investigation of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing on April 19, 1995.”?

The report notes:

“”A close look at the findings of this subcommittee suggests that it is reasonable to question if all leads were thoroughly pursued, all evidence gathered and properly analyzed. While the desire of most of the victims’ families for swift justice is understandable, with the benefit of hindsight, the McVeigh execution should have been further delayed until there was greater consensus on the subject of John Doe Two….”



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Private insurance for soldiers

Posted by Doctor Poddy on Saturday, March 03, 2007 12:05:54 AM
The mess at Walter Reed is nothing new. Indeed, having worked in ugly out of date government medical facilities for much of my career, it is merely par for the course.

Indeed, it is one reason that I oppose the federal takeover of the medical system, althought I support some type of universal health care.

What our soldiers need is to get insurance vouchers for their care, so they can get treated near home.

It would help the families if their loved ones were closer to home, and they could chose the VA or private alternatives. (for example, you might prefer spinal cord injury rehabilitation at the Local VA instead of a nursing home where everyone was 50 years older than you were).

I wrote about it in more detail on my Xanga blog and crossposted the long essay to Bloggernews
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