Listen to the people: Leave Afghanistan

2011's newest word in the dictionary is "occupier", TIME magazine's person of the year was the protestor. This year has proved the people have a voice, people all over the world are standing up to their governments and leaders. In this respect I have a warning to the future President of the United States. LEAVE AFGHANISTAN! The people of America want it, the people of Afghanistan want it, there is no support for this war at home. While the people of America have been focused on the economy and the disparity of wealth in their protests, the wars of the past decade in the Middle East are direct contributors to the depressed economy we are still trying to rebound from.


The human cost:
1875 United States soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, many thousands more injured, 1875 mothers and fathers losing their children. The ones that come home suffer the psychological effects of war as well as the physical. The Afghans themselves have suffered the highest number of casualties then any side in this war. Many deaths were from US drone bombs dropped in the country, the United States "maintains" refugee camps for the survivors of bombings. My generation will pay the cost of this war, we pay it with troops, we pay with a deficit growing as a result of continuing the war, and I believe it will be up to my generation to get us out. No one in Washington knows how to get out of this war, it may be left up to the children of this war to end it.

The money:
The Afghanistan government is so poor and unable to support itself that it cannot support paying it's own police. America pays for the police of Afghanistan while firing police from our states and communities. 1.5 Billion spent each year just on military actions. There is tremendous waste and fraud between private contractors hired to "rebuild" the country and the maintenance of the government of another country. 500,000 dollars to support each troop in the country more then any other war in history.  How can any Republican defend good money after bad in Afghanistan? There is no oversight for these companies hired to rebuild roads which aren't getting built. We have traded our economy for this war. We continually fund this war simply because there is no way not to. Getting troops and supplies to Afghanistan is very complicated and costly. A road going through Pakistan north through the country through dangerous territories hostile to the United States. Another road is being built that will travel through 4 countries. This one road is costing millions to build and costing us millions in under the table costs. We build roads in their country and we can't fix our own roads?!

It doesn't work!
The reason we invaded Afghanistan was to end terrorism. We needed to get rid of the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden was there! After 10 years, terrorism still plagues America, sometimes from Americans. The Taliban has been out of power for years. And Osama Bin Laden was in Pakistan. And now the operation is nation-building. As many Taliban and Al'Qaeda have been trained and born in the last 10 years as has been killed. Our continued presence and bombings breeds new terrorists, more anti-American sentiments, more children who are recruited. The women of Afghanistan have not been liberated in any sense of the word, two months ago there was a story of woman and her child imprisoned for being raped and then forced to marry her rapist to escape prison. America is responsible for the supression of women's rights, we hired the men who oppress and prosecute women. President Bush claimed in many speeches victory and progress and a better lifestyle in Afghanistan. Given the facts we know today I assert he was using propaganda to hide the failing war. History will judge this war and it's efforts by presidents, we did not learn from previous attempts to invade this country. The people of America and the people of Afghanistan have suffered, protested, sacrificed and died for this war. No one wants us there any more. The people need to demand this stop. Ask the Republican nominees what their plan would be for getting out of Afghanistan and demand they end the war. Ask your President to reconsider his position on this war and turn around the troops. Ask your congressman to stop funding the war. Demand this war end! Demand your representatives hear you!

Dems Fire Back At GOP Proposals To Drug Test Jobless: 'You Pee In The Cup'

Seriously?­! Seems like a weak come-back to me...they couldn't fight the Republican­s with the cost of drug testing and taxpayers are funding ALL of these drug tests, most of which will come up negative (waste). Therefore the DEMOCRATS will make it worse!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality - 20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know

The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality - 20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know

Not Pro, Bro...Herman Cain

Herman Cain is everywhere this week and despite the controversy managed to stay the top news story and raise 2 million for it! The thing is his campaign and the candidate himself just didn't respond in a professional and decent way. He lied, he fudged the details, he made "Excuse me!" sound like a weapon. He played the blame game to a new degree, blaming his race, liberals, the media, other campaigns. His campaign manager demanded apologies from the newspaper that broke the story and even accused someone of leaking it. The camera is no one's friend. I am offended by the lack of a coherent story, the candidate hiding/obscuring the truth of the matter. We all want to know what he did, and eventually that will come out. This story is weak and shouldn't have hurt his campaign so much, but his own actions and the actions of Mark Block have hurt him even more and keep the story alive. Then the third woman comes out and make it even worse. The Cain campaign needs to tell the truth and get this out of the news! Herman Cain does not display any interest in letting the truth of this matter come to the public. Remember his lies, America! Remember that Herman Cain will lie when caught, remember his refusals to answer straight up questions. This is just not what a professional campaign for the Presidency does!

"There are alot of reasons not to elect me"

The first negative ad of the campaign season hit the internet via Priorities USA, a Democratic Super Political Action Committee. This phrase PAC will be thrown around a lot in the upcoming election. PACs are giant organizations with the power to raise unlimited funds to buy media time supporting their candidate. This ad is dangerous, simply using his own words against him. It may not change a single mind in America, but you know Romney is kicking himself for giving his opponent ammunition against him.

Ron Jeremy Demotivator LOL

Notes on the News: Secretary of State

In an attempt to streamline this blog and post more often I bring you a new style of posting! I write notes about everything, and as a news junkie I often write down my own opinions on popular stories; generally I wait until I have a few pages on a solid topic to write a short essay. I want to publish my own private thoughts on the news stories I think are important, while many of these topics are fleeting moments in history, there is significance in the commonplace.

-Hillary Clinton - Interesting Time piece highlighting Clinton's foreign policy experience. Nice pictures she looks better with her hair longer.
She seems to be power personified
Love the poem at the end of the piece
Promoting President Obama's foreign policy administration, could be important in 2012, foreign policy is one of the President's positive messages.
Made statement about not being interested in returning to politics, shame brilliant strategist, will she continue if Obama is reelected?
Secretary of State is usually a popular figure, Condoleezza Rice went on Jon Stewart promoting new book, very popular with Republicans even now, they want her to run, maybe 2016
Prediction: John Huntsman will be new Secretary of State, no one else has foreign policy experience, usually SoS is a former political opponent.

TIME Article: 
http://swampland.time.com/2011/10/27/hillary-clinton-and-the-limits-of-power/
Condoleezza Rice Book:
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/196659/no-higher-honor-by-condoleezza-rice