April 7, 2010 – Daily Brief

The build out is very interesting. I believe the SFV contributes about 1/3 of the City’s total revenue and all they get is a bus.

I don’t get our new nuclear policy. I am no hawk, but I say, if you hit us with chem/bio, you are a good candidate to be nuked into ashes, period. Don’t they understand the concept of “deterrent”? “M.A.D.” worked for 30+ years, after all.

I knew that JP had fled the jurisdicition! If he is smart he will stay in Europe for a year.

Congressman Buck McKeon is “troubled” by President Obama’s new nuclear weapons doctrine. It’s a fair point, but does anyone think McKeon, who holds an Animal Husbandry Degree, knows anything about nuclear war strategy? I hold a communication degree and know next to nothing about nuclear war strategy, but I think I can confidently say that Obama’s doctrine is asinine, irresponsible, and offers a profound demonstration of how out-of-touch with reality most progressive lefties are with the world.

“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. And no matter how great the obstacles may seem, we must never stop our efforts to reduce the weapons of war. We must never stop at all until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of this Earth.” – Ronald Reagan, 1984, in China.

Hey what is the big deal? It only takes a very few nukes to wipe the maps clean. Do we really need nukes in large numbers? Why would anyone care what McKeon has to say.

What Fred Butler said goes double for me. So Jeff, what is Obama really doing other than posturing? Is his plan doing anything other than getting everyone all worked up? This President is only capable of delivering one horrible act of self-promoting bullsh** after the the other.

Good points, Jeff. It’s like clockwork with the damn conservatives on this site – as soon as someone makes a sensible counter-argument, Freddie, John, and the rest of the right wing nutjobs are nowhere to be found.

Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggie” until you can find a rock. -Will Rogers Iran understands this well, and will say “nice doggie” to us to entice us to throw down our rock, while reaching for theirs. Looks like it worked. I prefer the fear and doubt in others of just what we might do. It serves as a restraint on those who would do us harm. Furthermore, although nukes bring civilian casualties, the idea that those civilians in those countries ought to do more to weed out the terrorists from their own lands means they, too, should fear what we might do. If those in the middle east self-policed instead of looking the other way, our job in securing our OWN safety would be immeasurable enhanced. But we lack the guts to keep our eye on the endgame and instead try appeasement. How well did that work 60 years ago?

I’m getting old… make that 75 years ago.

I have decided to become a socialist. I am going to raise all my prices to my customers so that I can give myself a nice raise in pay and get a better health care plan. Yeh, that should work.

John B, I agree what you are saying about the city not listening and being as responsive to cyclists as they could be. There are proactive steps that can be taken without waiting for the city to act, such as volunteering to teach bike safety classes to students and adults, getting funding to do gear give-aways, etc. The magazine gives some ideas of ways to make our city more bicycle friendly: http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-583-22222-1,00.html I am new to the community, so am trying to get to know local bicycle advocates who are willing to volunteer their time to make this community more bicycle friendly.

Good points, Jeff. It’s like clockwork with the damn conservatives on this site – as soon as someone makes a sensible counter-argument, Freddie, John, and the rest of the right wing nutjobs are nowhere to be found. As a proud right wing nut job, I have a family, work, and a ton of other responsibilities that keep me from chasing every crack pot rabbit my ideological blog critics tend chase off into the bush. That said, Hugh Hewitt, who I rarely listen to but happened to catch yesterday pontificating on this move by Obama, said it well. Basically, Obama’s policy is akin to making the police stay at the level of weapons technology they currently use while gang bangers are allowed to develop theirs to their own interests. Obama’s philosophy reflects the typical leftist mind set that it is American military posturing that is stirring most countries to aggressively challenge us. It’s the old, misunderstood bully idea. The bully would be your best friend if you would only seek to understand him. Of course, that sounds all rational until after the bully pounds your head and takes your money. The bully is a bad, period. If he knows he would be slammed, and perhaps he gets one slamming to prove it can happen, he stays restrained in his bullying against weaker subjects.

Mr. Pride, I do not know what went on or didn’t go on with you and those girls, but that is very sad about your dog.

What is going on with Katz? I heard he released a statement to the signal this weekend; did they print it already and i missed it? He would have done very well at the momsblog event. He would have been the only young candidate who could articulate why he was running! I like galvan, but if you’re going to ask a question, make sure its not from an april 1st edition of anything…

Damageinc are you part of the cover band Damage inc.