Oh, Hillary

BBC News Headline shows how out-of-touch Americans can be sometimes--even in the White House:

Clinton warns Iran 'becoming a military dictatorship'

Obviously not much of a story there. HELLO, UNITED STATES!! Iran has been a military dictatorship since Ayatolla Khomeini took power in 1979 and Ahmadinejad has not improved anything in the past five years.

PLEASE pray for Iran. There are people there who live in abject poverty yet their government does nothing to help. Instead, the regime there is in fact a threat to its own people.

Update: Because I don't have time to sort through old blog posts.

I'm not a libertarian anymore. Actually, I'm a lot more liberal (okay, moderate) than I used to be. I guess I'm quite the relativist when it comes to government, economics, culture, etc. I realize the need to discern what is important to a culture and to let them seek that. Sometimes (as I'm finding in Britain) people are willing and even, perhaps, eager to pay high taxes so everyone has access to a good health care system. (Yes, actually it is a very good health system. Don't listen to the conservatives who will tell you that nationalized health care will without exception go down the crapper.)

Anyway, there's a lot to say about my new/evolving economic/political views. But forgive me for my semi-dogmatic previous posts regarding politics. (Dogmatism is so hard to avoid. But I try.) I suppose future blog activity will indicate where I stand these days. Hm. Wait and see.

I don't like taxes, I hate abortion, but THIS IS NOT ME.

Dangit. I hate this.

Cultural Differences

I spent last week observing how business is conducted in Latin countries (Nicaragua, specifically). It was a great learning experience. Though the basic principles of business remain the same, the approach and perception of everything is so different in their culture than in ours. We had to adapt our mindset as we tried to apply certain ideas in order to help the small business owners develop their ventures.

And of course, the same applies to international politics, as Mark Silverberg says today in American Thinker. ENJOY.

Michelle Malkin said it best...

And Now, Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Spending Orgy

Obama hasn't even gotten started and his spending plan is already one EPIC FAIL under his

Aaand this is for the people who like to think they understand politics.

Because Black-Eyed Peas and Scarlett Johansen are the latest authorities on politics:




Check it.

Seriously, I can't say it isn't a sweet video.