The second agenda item is "Real Security"
It states "We believe in a strong national defense that is both tough and smart, recognizing that homeland security begins with hometown security".
WRONG again!
The homeland security starts abroad, we were attaked from the outside on September 11, and unless we solve our image problem throughout the world, we will always be a target, and all the X-Rays in the world will not buy us security. So, what is the Democratic Party plan for solving the crisis called US foreign policy worldwide?
This is what I want to hear about, this is what the polls are telling us that the American people want to hear about!
The rest of the Democratic agenda is:
3) Energy Independence
4) Economic Prosperity and Educational Excellence
5) A Healthcare System that Works for Everyone
6) Retirement Security
These are worthy goals that always made the top list but never materialized. I hope this time will be different!
Nevertheless, let us get back to what the people need to hear about, our security. I know it is too late in the election cycle for the democratic leadership to go back to the people of America and say, "we were kidding we only have a four-point plan that do not address your top concerns", and oh, boy that would be funny!
Because funny is sometimes bad, we will stick with the six point plan even if the top one is meaningless and the second is wrong!
However, if I have a magic wan that will make all Americans like me wake up tomorrow with an amnesia, which is not strange for us.
What should the Democratic Party change in their agenda?
I understand that a midterm election is usually about domestic policy, and the presidential election is when we remember sometime that there is a world outside America and it can make us miserable. This might be true but not in today's world. In the new world, foreign policy is influencing our daily lives in unprecedented ways.
Foreign policy is like the electricity in our homes or the cars we drive; it is none issue as long as we can turn it on, or drive it.
In our daily lives, from taking a shower, to going to work and everything in between is dependent on oil. When this oil is sixty-six percent foreign, then insuring a reliable an uninterrupted flow of oil is a top domestic issue.
When we cannot travel without taking off our shoes, removing our belts and leaving the toothpaste behind, then it is a top domestic issue.
When our trade deficit represents a debt of two thousand, four hundreds and forty-eight dollars per every child, woman and man in America, it is a domestic issue.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/10/news/economy/trade/index.htm
When our international relations become a domestic concern, we expect our representatives to address it find a real solution and not half-baked, yes and no type solutions.
It states "We believe in a strong national defense that is both tough and smart, recognizing that homeland security begins with hometown security".
WRONG again!
The homeland security starts abroad, we were attaked from the outside on September 11, and unless we solve our image problem throughout the world, we will always be a target, and all the X-Rays in the world will not buy us security. So, what is the Democratic Party plan for solving the crisis called US foreign policy worldwide?
This is what I want to hear about, this is what the polls are telling us that the American people want to hear about!
3) Energy Independence
4) Economic Prosperity and Educational Excellence
5) A Healthcare System that Works for Everyone
6) Retirement Security
These are worthy goals that always made the top list but never materialized. I hope this time will be different!
Nevertheless, let us get back to what the people need to hear about, our security. I know it is too late in the election cycle for the democratic leadership to go back to the people of America and say, "we were kidding we only have a four-point plan that do not address your top concerns", and oh, boy that would be funny!
Because funny is sometimes bad, we will stick with the six point plan even if the top one is meaningless and the second is wrong!
However, if I have a magic wan that will make all Americans like me wake up tomorrow with an amnesia, which is not strange for us.
What should the Democratic Party change in their agenda?
I understand that a midterm election is usually about domestic policy, and the presidential election is when we remember sometime that there is a world outside America and it can make us miserable. This might be true but not in today's world. In the new world, foreign policy is influencing our daily lives in unprecedented ways.
Foreign policy is like the electricity in our homes or the cars we drive; it is none issue as long as we can turn it on, or drive it.
In our daily lives, from taking a shower, to going to work and everything in between is dependent on oil. When this oil is sixty-six percent foreign, then insuring a reliable an uninterrupted flow of oil is a top domestic issue.
When we cannot travel without taking off our shoes, removing our belts and leaving the toothpaste behind, then it is a top domestic issue.
When our trade deficit represents a debt of two thousand, four hundreds and forty-eight dollars per every child, woman and man in America, it is a domestic issue.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/10/news/economy/trade/index.htm
When our international relations become a domestic concern, we expect our representatives to address it find a real solution and not half-baked, yes and no type solutions.
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