Almost Too Much

I have enjoyed about as much as I can stand of this election cycle.  On the average, I am getting one political “robo-call” every day.  I am tired of the democrat attack advertisements that contain such blatant lies and attempts at character assassination of anyone that is moderate or anywhere to the right of center.   

What worries me is that the majority of democrats seem hell bent, intentionally or not, on destroying our country.  Should we wind up with a democrat president, House of Representatives, and Senate, I have great fears for the First and Second Amendments not to mention the Tenth Amendment and possibly the Fourth through the Seventh Amendments when the First and Second Amendments are neutralized. 

The outrageous national debt and continuous deficit spending scare the hell out of me.  The constant denial by the federal government of high inflation to avoid cost of living adjustments, the government effectively printing money for “Quantitative Easing” of the economy, and the pending “sequestration” is a recipe for disaster. 

The “sequestration” alone is a disaster waiting to happen.  I know only a little about the fiscal reductions it mandates and I comprehend only a few of the ramifications.  I do know it would effectively disembowel the major defense industries and the military.  I shudder to think about the ripple effect on the economy let alone national security. 

My fears extend to our state.  We have seen what a blue administration and legislature have done to our local economy.  We have seen the misleading propaganda, obfuscation, and outright falsehoods regarding tax revenue as well as grossly expensive projects that benefit only the central and western portions of the state with complete disregard for the state debt, deficit, and the economy.  The continuing attacks on the rights provided by the state and federal constitutions are sickening. 

It is almost too much. 

The situation may not be too far gone to fix.  I have some recommendations that might help. 

For president, I recommend Mitt Romney.

For the United States Senate, I recommend Linda McMahon.  For the House of Representatives, I recommend Paul Formica.

For the Connecticut House of Representatives, I recommend Tony Siraguse (District 38 – Montville/Waterford), Andrew Lavery (District 40 - Groton/Ledyard), Harry Watson (District 41 – Groton), Mike France (District 42 – Montville/Ledyard/Preston), and Kevin Ryan (District 139 – Montville/Bozrah/Norwich).

For the Connecticut Senate, I recommend Christopher Coutu (District 19 – Montville/Bozrah/the Lymes/New London/Salem) and Mike Doyle (District 20 – Ledyard/Norwich/Franklin/Sprague/Lisbon).  For District 18 (southeast corner of the state including Groton), I recommend Theresa Madonna.  

Here We Go

OK folks, here we go.  We will get sucked into Syria and we do not have the resources to support it.  More wasted lives and money.  Another excursion with no exit strategy and probably a timeline to allow the bad guys to plan their worst. 

Panetta: US sends forces to Jordan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and PAULINE JELINEK | Associated Press  1130-121010

Excerpt from the article http://news.yahoo.com/panetta-us-sends-forces-jordan-131927741.html

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States has sent military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.

Speaking at a NATO conference of defense ministers in Brussels, Panetta said the U.S. has been working with Jordan to monitor chemical and biological weapons sites in Syria and to help Jordan deal with refugees pouring over the border from Syria. The troops are also building a headquarters for themselves.

But the revelation of U.S. military personnel so close to the 19-month-old Syrian conflict suggests an escalation in the U.S. military involvement in the conflict, even as Washington pushes back on any suggestion of a direct intervention in Syria.

It also follows several days of shelling between Turkey and Syria, an indication that the civil war could spill across Syria's borders and become a regional conflict.

"We have a group of our forces there working to help build a headquarters there and to insure that we make the relationship between the United States and Jordan a strong one so that we can deal with all the possible consequences of what's happening in Syria," Panetta said.

The development comes with the U.S. presidential election less than a month away, and at a time when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee, has been criticizing President Barack Obama's foreign policy, accusing the administration of embracing too passive a stance in the convulsive Mideast region.

The defense secretary and other administration officials have expressed concern about Syrian President Bashar Assad's arsenal of chemical weapons. Panetta said last week that the United Statesbelieves that while the weapons are still secure, intelligence suggests the regime might have moved the weapons to protect them. The Obama administration has said that Assad's use of chemical weapons would be a "red line" that would change the U.S. policy of providing only non-lethal aid to the rebels seeking to topple him.

Pentagon press secretary George Little, traveling with Panetta, said the U.S. and Jordan agreed that "increased cooperation and more detailed planning are necessary in order to respond to the severe consequences of the Assad regime's brutality."

He said the U.S. has provided medical kits, water tanks, and other forms of humanitarian aid to help Jordanians assist Syrian refugees fleeing into their country.

Little said the military personnel were there to help Jordan with the flood of Syrian refugees over its borders and the security of Syria's stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons.

"As we've said before, we have been planning for various contingencies, both unilaterally and with our regional partners," Little said in a written statement. "There are various scenarios in which the Assad regime's reprehensible actions could affect our partners in the region. For this reason and many others, we are always working on our contingency planning, for which we consult with our friends."

A U.S. defense official in Washington said the forces are made up of 100 military planners and other personnel who stayed on in Jordan after attending an annual exercise in May, and several dozen more have flown in since, operating from a joint U.S.-Jordanian military center north of Amman that Americans have used for years.

He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the mission on the record.

In Jordan, the biggest problem for now seems to be the strain put on the country's meager resources by the estimated 200,000 Syrian refugees who have flooded across the border — the largest fleeing to any country.

Several dozen refugees in Jordan rioted in their desert border camp of Zaatari early this month, destroying tents and medicine and leaving scores of refugee families out in the night cold.

Jordanian men also are moving the other way across the border — joining what intelligence officials have estimated to be around 2,000 foreigners fighting alongside Syrian rebels trying to topple Assad. A Jordanian border guard was wounded after armed men — believed trying to go fight — exchanged gunfire at the northern frontier.

Isn’t it Amazing?

Is it not amazing that the unemployment rate falls 0.3% and below the 8.0% "benchmark" just after the first debate and 31 days before the election?  One has to consider the origin of the data and the source of the news. 

You also must consider the fact that the data does not include the underemployed people, part-time employees, and those that have given up looking.

***USATODAY.com Breaking News***

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With 114,000 non-farm jobs added, Wall Street and the presidential candidates focused on the unemployment rate, which edged lower to 7.8% from August's 8.1%.

For more on this story, go to http://usat.ly/iimQp4.