IT HELPS TO VENT

It is so easy to be negative, but my goodness….there is really a lot to think about.

And Dear Gramma used to say…”A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.”

So what does one do when he or she has an opinion which is based on sources which are available to everyone…not special in any way? Just little bits of knowledge here and there.

If one enjoys writing and discoursing and debating …arguing…then one is faced with the dilemma: ignore Dear Grandma’s advice and hold forth or keep one’s thoughts to oneself.

At The Study, we believe that having opinions and expressing them in a respectful way whenever possible is one of the delights of life…so compatible with the good things: good food; good drink; good company; and even, sometimes, when possible in light of recent legislation, good cigars or a fragrant pipe.

A few brief observations on this cold, dark, rainy/snowy late winter Michigan night, knowing that at best we can have but a partial understanding of international realities:

The international community, a misleading word indeed, is presently undergoing severe readjustment.

Various nations are working to destabilize the order which does exist.

A number of nations cannot cope constructively with the forces which are in play even though they would like to if they could.

The community does not possess judicial, legislative, or executive authority equal to the task of protecting an international system for the good of all members.

The one nation economically and militarily powerful enough to ameliorate the most destructive scenarios is presently, as has often been the case in the past, undecided about what it must do in the many arenas which cry out for help.

That nation is, of course, the United States of America.

National leadership and the people do not agree on how to deal with the seemingly inevitable growth of the American Empire…

Yes, the accurate word is Empire.

It grows… and it will continue to do so.

It grows with a life of its own.

The Study became aware of a new wrinkle in the Libyan conundrum, an example of how US interests are mixed up in situations all over the world without most people being even slightly aware: the Government of the US is subsidizing the work of hundreds of scientists in Libya to enable them to apply their scientific skills to peaceful persuits instead of toward…you guessed it…the development of weapons of various mass destructions.

The fate of the welfare of those persons is currently of great concern to the US Government, as well it should be, for obvious reasons.

And there is the Peoples’ Republic of China; North Korea; Iran; Syria; Russia; piracy; and on and on and on.
The world used to know what to do with pirates.

We await the verdicts in this case.

And the energy crisis – the refusal of the b.o. Admin to allow development of North American oil reserves…INSANITY…

And the nascent riots of Americans against state and local governments…so reminiscent of the French and London riots of a year or two ago against their governments.
Those were large scale.
The American versions were relatively small.
But the hard working unionists have vowed: "You ain't seen nuttin' yet."

And the insane policy of ethanol subsidy so important to elements of the US Government.

And then I read in the Lenten Message of the Presiding Bishop of TEC that ethanol production is the fault of US gass guzzlers….AND NOT THE FAULT OF THE b.o. GOVERNMENT AND INTEREST GROUPS AND FARMERS…she would have us believe that we are contributing to rising food prices because we drive too much….AND NOT BECAUSE MISGUIDED LEADERS ARE COMPELLING US TO PUT CORN ALCOHOL INTO OUR GASOLINE!!!!!!!!!!!

We are told by elements of the msm that investigating homegrown Muslim terrorists via Congressional hearings will aggravate the hatred of Muslim terrorists everywhere --- say what???

Aggravate them?

How could they be any more aggravated than they already are?

Such ‘experts’ feel that hearings should be held at the same time on the KKK…to avoid any appearance of discrimination.

We tried in vain to come up with any KKK attacks against US national security since the Towers came down.

Help me out here if you can.

And then we have the spectacle of state senators running away to paralyze the democratic process.
Sorry...already touched on that one.

And there is the refusal or the inability of our national government to deal effectively with entitlements and taxation and the like.

And this is but a brief summary.

Stay safe out there.