The Socialist threat to our system

It’s not perfect but I like our system. It has made more people healthier and wealthier than any generation in human history.

So with Europe still reeling in financial crises due to decades of Socialist policy creep, what do the Socialists want to do? Collapse the banking system and thus collapse the West.

That bloke’s blog is so far Left, he doesn’t even like Obama, and certainly not for the reasons the Right doesn’t.

And maybe his conspiracy theory about the South Korean warship Cheonan is mainly correct. Doubtful, but who cares?

He should have a real look into North Korea, read testimonies, watch documentaries, and realise even if the pretext is manufactured, somehow North Korea has to go. It would be a horrible place to live.

Sure, the Military Industrial Complex isn’t our fairy godmother, but how many historical examples of socialism and communism, which ultimately lead into totalitarianism, do people need before they realise Socialism sucks?

Great on paper. Crap on the pavement.

1984 and history has taught us that every time the pigs enter the house, they behave like the previous pigs.

We’ve experimented with capitalist pigs and socialist pigs in various areas of the planet. The capitalist pigs ran a better farm for everyone. So much so, even the communist Chinese are “capos” now.

And no, the link specifically advocates non-violence but they are still holding us to ransom.

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UPDATE

Re that final link: a reply…

Well stated.

As you would know, North Korea has been in the news lately.

You mentioned isolationism and how that doesn’t work. North Korea has a policy of “Juche” which loosely translates to “self reliance”.

If that really worked, you’d think NK would sanction themselves. No need for the West to hold them to their word.

You mentioned it will ultimately lead to “war” (militarism). North Korea’s driving policy of late is “Songun” which means “military first”.

A case in point?

Paging BingBing

Dude, what’s the mood in Korea? Freaking out? Taking it in stride?

UPDATE [bing]

Taking in our stride. The local media and pollies on both sides are calling for the president to have done more and to do more.

As for the rest of us, it was a little tense/exciting yesterday and Tuesday but today was pretty much business as usual.

Folks were a bit tired on Wednesday.

But yeah, nothing else has happened so everyone’s just gone back to their daily lives.

I can’t read people’s minds, but I think people were geared up for more, and almost disappointed in an odd way that it’s just all fizzed.

Not that we really want to deal with a war (the economy!), but Tuesday was a big reminder of how much of a conundrum the Nork issue is and that it’ll all have to end one day… somehow.

You might be able to ascertain my mood at least here and here.

I don’t think I’m the only one who’s gone through a range of emotions and still haven’t really settled on the right one.

My wedding vows?

Now Ive done a few as best man, but never the groom, fear of speechwiting putting you off?

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  Our hearts combine deep like the ocean
And baby you have my devotion

I’ll never ever disagree
And love you for eternity

One love, One life, When it’s one need, In the night

I vow to change the Huggies at 2am,
love the kids and play with them

Having a family with you makes me so glad,
I know I’ll never get sad. *

Mtoto wa bogan ni bogan
(The child of a bogan is a bogan)

Each night I will hug you to remind you of my love
Our romance will rise up to heaven above

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The UN must change

And big time.

It’s bloody ridiculous when you have countries like Iran (stone her to death!) and Saudi Arabia (don’t you dare drive, woman!) set to become big players on the UN Women’s Board.

And what about the Human Rights Council? Saudi Arabia is on that one, too. And China.

What a joke.

Well, former US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, ever critical of the UN (and Obama’s love-in with them), makes his case for change.

In recent years, there has perhaps been more commentary in the United States that is critical of the United Nations (UN) than ever before. Criticism has grown for many reasons: the Security Council’s failure to take its own resolutions seriously, especially in the face of Saddam Hussein’s defiance; the Oil-for-Food scandal; the endless efforts to “norm” the United States into compliance with a liberal agenda that could not achieve a majority within our own democratic system; and international officials who seem to think that UN member governments work for them instead of the other way around. Whatever the reasons, and they are many, the growing criticism has raised the attendant question: what do we plan to do about it? This Outlook describes the sad, and largely unsuccessful, history of UN reform efforts in the past thirty years and proposes a revolutionary change that might actually produce a different result: moving toward voluntary funding of the UN and its activities. In addition, it provides complementary information about the culture of the UN and its member states that any subsequent American reform efforts will have to take into account.

Key points in this Outlook:

* Criticism of the UN has grown, as the United States continues to pay a large portion of the UN budget but wield
remarkably little influence.
* Repeated attempts at UN reform have failed, from “consensus-based” budgeting to the new Human Rights Council.
* To improve transparency, accountability, and performance, the UN should move toward a system of voluntary funding.

Read on.

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