{"id":84906,"date":"2012-03-22T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/84906\/joko-z-err-d\/"},"modified":"2012-03-22T02:48:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T06:48:09","slug":"joko-z-err-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/84906\/joko-z-err-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Joko A to Z… err.. make that D."},"content":{"rendered":"

A:\u00a0 Afghanistan. <\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

In recent\u00a0 years, this conflict took second place to Iraq in the American consciousness for a couple of reasons, both of which related to it\u2018s sister war, Iraq.\u00a0 First, as it was allegedly an appropriate response to 9\/11, it felt justified in the American body politic.\u00a0 We lose 4000 Americans in a single attack?\u00a0 We gotta go invade SOMEBODY!!<\/p>\n

I learned today, 11 years after 9\/11, that the Taliban, in the aftermath of September 11th 2001, fully cogniscient and admitting of their sponsorship and jurisdiction over one Osama bin Laden, offered to arrest and turn over that Arabic terrorist (mind you, the Taliban is Pushtan, not Arabic, and that these allegiances of ethnicity far overwhelm any religious ties that might occur in that both peoples are Moslem).\u00a0 The GWB administration said thanks but no thanks, we\u2019d rather invade you.\u00a0 It was but mere weeks after 9\/11 that we began our Afghani war, and in our patriotic furvor, no one thought to question that millennial old maxim, do not engage in a ground war in central Asia.<\/p>\n

We could have avoided war in Afghanistan in the first place had we had the maturity to respect the sovereignty of another nation in the first place.\u00a0 I\u2019ll agree that the Taliban, particularly in their treatment of women, are not good guys, but we as an Americans, despite our military ability,\u00a0 do not have the right to impose our morality on the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Saying that we are right, for cultural reasons, to bomb other countries is called Imperialism, a philosophy that was discredited some 60 years ago.<\/p>\n

If we\u2019re not going to intervene in Rwanda, Sudan or Syria where the government has slaughtered their own wholesale, any nation building arguments about Afghanistan\u00a0 fall flat. <\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

B: Birth Control. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh I hope Rick Santorum wins the Republican nomination!\u00a0 Not just because I find Mitt Romney repulsive, but for the simple fact that as a cultural warrior, Santorum is as out of touch with the American public as Mitt is disconnected with Americans economically. Either way, each candidate is so far out of the norm that there is no way they\u2019ll win in November<\/p>\n

C: China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might have seen some commercials lately originating from the GE corporation touting how their manufacturing in Appliance Park, Tennesee, is revitalizing American Industry.\u00a0 I sell appliances for a living and on occasion, sell ones made by GE.\u00a0 At my particular company, where we carry, but don\u2019t particularly promote that brand (like they do at Home Depot), GE is 4th in sales behind Whirlpool, Samsung and Frigidaire.<\/p>\n

About half the appliances on my sales floor are made in the USA.\u00a0 The other half are made in Mexico, Korea, China and Mexico.\u00a0 In the commercials from that GE company, the guy patriotically announces, \u201cwhen that frigate (sic) ships out the door\u2026\u201d, he\u2019s saying that GE fridges are made in the USA.\u00a0 THEY\u2019RE NOT! <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Like I said, my company doesn\u2019t sell a LOT of GE products, but of the GE fridges we do sell, ALL of them are made in Mexico.\u00a0 Okay, so they must make something in Appliance Park, Tennessee, but this claim of revitalizing American manufacturing is WAY overstated.<\/p>\n


\nD:\u00a0 Desisting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was going to make this a blog covering my opinions from A to Z, but I realize now that would be way too ambitious, so I\u2019ll desist at D.\u00a0 Perhaps I\u2019ll pick up this theme again in my next blog, because I think I can find something to say for each letter of the alphabet.<\/p>\n

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