If I could recommend some things to Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, on Foreign policy.

First step is to re-evaluate every foreign relationship, to repair the damage to America's interests in a stable, healthy world, and to establish where America's best interests lie.

Just as the mere stance and determination of President Reagan established a new dynamic after the appeasements of the Carter administration, President Obama's appeasement and one-world-order surrender of American will to other nations stands ready to be redefined -- and desperately needs to be redefined.

America's foreign interests should include freedom for Americans and American business to conduct their affairs in relative security, that America should be capable of responding effectively to threats against our nation, our citizens, and our military (in that order). Foreign aid works like welfare, it makes nations and citizens dependent on the priorities and direction of the government. Within reason, this can be a powerful social and diplomatic tool.

Energy independence of the US will be useless, as long as we depend on stable fuel access to international transport and manufacturers. Use of energy overall has to be brought down, we must localize our lives. The energy answer is less about gas mileage, than about living within walking distance (bicycles) of work, shopping, food, and modest amenities like furniture, clothes production, etc. High speed rail and solar cells to empower investors today won't answer as the foundations of our artificially energy-dependent lifestyles continue to erode. Building out to a local model can be done less painfully, if pursued on a global scale while we still have the transcontinental networks and relationships in place; now is the time.

Thank you.

This snake, named Obama

The New York Times describes the "snake-bit" campaign of Governor Mitt Romney, running against President B. Hussein Obama for the upcoming Presidential election.

There is a pattern here.

Obama opponents have typically been discredited, pressured, and generally ambushed and "snake bit" all through B. Hussein's career.

B. Hussein, our President, has no ethics or morals, and was raised in the subversive lore of Marxism, from the time his parents moved to place him in a school with openly Communist teachings, to his Islamic schooling in (Indonesia?), the infamous enrollment card for Bobby Soetoro.

Meaning that this election, for me, is once again not about a Black President who, contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, was not raised in America, and is as Caucasian in  ancestry as he is in African heritage. This is about the rule of law, about ethics and morals, and about whether rule by rich oligarchs disguised as mob rule should prevail.

I don't agree with George Carlin's solution, to stay home because it doesn't matter. I think there are larger issues at stake. Not only is Obama operating outside the rule of law, and beyond the constraints of the US Constitution and his oath of office, but he surrounds himself with those that hate America, hate democracy, and disrespect the Constitution.

Every person that ever wore uniform in America's service, their descendents, their neighbors, should be appalled by and opposed to B. Hussein Obama.

And so should the New York Times.

Clint made the GOP day.

Clint Eastwood played the GOP convention. That isn't news. It isn't news that his performance, as opposed to scripted, moderated, planned, orchestrated political propaganda, upset many. Or that he entertained many, as well.

Welcome, Mr. Romney, to the real world. The best things in life often stray from the script, the plan.

At a time when America was girding it's loins for the polished presentation of Romney's campaign "message", distributed over several speakers for that repetitive impact that marketing types think matter -- Mr. Eastwood gave a performance. The gist of his message, that Mr. Eastwood feels strongly that President Obama failed to serve the nation, failed to keep the promises he made to get elected, and failed to answer, fully, to accusations, criticisms, and legitimate concerns.

Mr. Eastwood did not give a political "speech", in that the words he used were the message. Mr. Eastwood's content wasn't polished and vetted, and fact-checked. But what Mr. Eastwood, and many Americans, feels, that came across quite clearly, in what may well be a campaign-affecting moment.

The Republican party so-called "leaders" failed to recognize the value of nominating Sarah Palin, that the concept of change from "business as usual" was driving the excitement behind Mrs. Palin, as is the excitement behind Ron Paul. If Clint Eastwood's message is construed by the GOP to mean that the "business as usual" presentations and platforms and goals and values don't change, they, unlike Mr. Eastwood, won't be finding an audience.

Isaac vs. The GOP, climate change deniers, etc.

Billll's Idle Mind reports that tropical storm Isaac, headed for Tampa, FL at the same time as the Republican national convention, was purposely created to support the GOP convention.

It has been reported* that tropical storm Isaac heading toward Tampa, which with suspiciously good timing will arrive at the same time as the Republican convention, was in fact created for that very purpose by climate-change deniers supporting the Republicans. Knowing that the left would like to set Tampa on fire during the convention to try to embarrass the Republicans, the heavy rains are intended to literally dampen the enthusiasm of anyone looking to spend much time outdoors throwing things at cops.

OK, 'Fess up time. That "been reported*" part means *Some guy told [Billll]. Really. Climate change deniers didn't create Tropical Storm Isaac solely to suppress GOP deniers.