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Obama - TV, Healthcare, Afghanistan, TeaParty

    The modus operandi of the Obama Administration is to use and hit many areas as possible, like probing for a weak spot in the enemy defenses.  The enemy being the Constitution and the Americans who stand up for it.  So, in war and healthcare, the best defense is a good offense.  
   Healthcare - the President comes out today says going to address the Congress on the 9th of September.  From the article on the Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26700.html

"Congress technically returns to Washington on Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day. But many members had planned Sept. 9 as their first workday, so Obama is seizing the first moment when he will have maximum impact."

    This tells me two things, one lack of confidence in the original plan, two lack of confidence in the Obama Administration itself.  Looking for maximum impact, meaning reaching the largest TV viewing audience.   "The exact time of the speech has not been set, but prime time ensures a huge viewing audience beyond the Beltway."    This also says that President Obama and his handlers still don't get it. 

    On September 8th, President Obama has a Nationally televised event to grade school kids, that the State Run Media will - in their lap dog fashion - show every single minute then report it like it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Radio host Neal Boortz made a good observation about this event, it may, it just may, break the cultural and generational negative view of education.  B.E.V. will be watching.  

    Afghanistan:  I started doing something really long and detailed, but I don't have the time right now honestly at the first of the month since being like most Americans, we're working our tails off to pay for Congresses and the Obama White House financial failures and theft of the American taxpayer dollars.  Little rant I know.  Afghanistan started as a noble war, but despite all of our experience and hallowed halls of greater learning both military and civilian, the top failed to plan properly and execute the war in a manner that would've ensured a quick, decisive, and lasting victory.  Afghanistan is becoming our next Vietnam, and both Allies and the Pentagon are making overt noises to find exits under honorable conditions.  The troops, as always are doing the most outstanding, unselfish task in processing this war.  As always, it's the politicians who have failed in the execution of the war effort.  Recent headlines of questioning troop increases, monetary cost, are subliminal text of 'we need to leave'.   Unless, our politicians just get out of the way and let loose the dogs of war, the war in Afghanistan will continue into the end of the next decade.  Forcing our military to fight like police officers is how we are losing the war.
   I saw a book at the bookstore:  Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan.   That title, says volumes, from Alexander to America, across the span of thousands of years......nothing has changed.  That slice of land will never be conquered by anyone but God himself, and building a storybook democracy is not going to happen.  The clans will forever be fighting each other.  Today's suicide bombing put an exclamation point on democratizing Afghanistan with this:  KABUL – A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country's deputy intelligence chief and 23 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan's security forces. 
   


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