British intel: Breast implants may hide bombs

From Freep.com (Feb. 5):

WASHINGTON, DC -- British intelligence agencies have reportedly monitored terrorist communications bragging that women suicide bombers have already undergone surgery to hide explosive bombs in their breast implants.

"You could certainly put a liquid of any kind in a saline device, and a gel implant theoretically could be opened and replaced with a different type of gel," said Maryland plastic surgeon Dr. Craig Person.

"I believe that any liquid in a breast implant, or any gel with a silicone-type of implant would be hard to detect with a body scanner," Person told 9NewsNow. [read more]

Actually, that is pretty clever of the terrorists. Who would think of checking the breasts for explosives? And if the scanning devices don't detect the explosives then what? What will be next explosives in women's buttocks?

I just hope the terrorists keep failing in their homicide bombing attempts. But hope is not enough. All it takes is just one successful attack.

Since militant Jihadists don't respect woman they would have a woman explode rather than a man anyway.

Democrat Questions to Republicans

Here are the questions that Democrat senate candidates are supposed to ask their Republican opponents. If a Republican answers "no" to any of the questions then the Dem is to make his or her "primary opponent or conservative activists know it." My answers follow the questions.

• Do you believe that Barack Obama is a U.S. citizen? Yes, of course. Any conservative that believes he isn't is just giving ammo to the Dems and Obama. Republicans should stick the issues and Obama's ideology. Don't take your eye of the ball, guys. Obama has enough baggage that you don't have to bring his citizenship up.

• Do you think the 10th Amendment bars Congress from issuing regulations like minimum health care coverage standards? The 10th Amendment basically says whatever law is not in the Constitution is left up to the states or the people. Health care is not in the Constitution. Does that answer the question? What would be helpful is to pass a law that says people can shop for health insurance across state lines like you do for other insurances.

• Do you think programs like Social Security and Medicare represent socialism and should never have been created in the first place? Yes, on both accounts. Let's see now. Social Security is where you take from the young and give to the old. Isn't that wealth redistribution ie socialism? I know you get part of your money back when you withdraw money from Social Security (well, all those born after 1964 do. Everyone else is screwed. You see, Social Security is nothing but IOUs from the government.) In my opinion, it was created because FDR thought people did not know how to save money. In other words, they are stupid. Most progressives like FDR think like that. And like all progressive government programs they are mandatory. After all parents (the progressive lawmakers) cannot let their children (taxpayers) make hard decisions for themselves. They are not just mature enough. And they never will be.

• Do you think President Obama is a socialist? Hmmm. During a speech he said in so many words he wanted to "radically transform this country." He mentioned in one of this books he likes to hang out with Marxist's professors during college days. He's hired during his presidency people from the far-left. His administration has taken over GM and the banks. Oh, yea. He's mentioned he wants a universal health care system. Is his ideology on the far-left? Probably. Is a socialist? Not totally, but he has socialistic tendencies.

• Do you think America should return to a gold standard? Probably not. What we need is accountability and transparency in the Federal Reserve. They yield a lot of power. They control not just the interest rates, but the discount rate and the federal funds rate. The Federal Reserve also controls the required reserve ratio. In an old Heritage.org lecture (March 1, 1987), Heller, H. Robert thinks the world should explore the use of a "commodity price index" for price stability.

I am surprised the Dems are not asking "Do you listen to the Rush Limbaugh radio show?" since they got Rush on their minds a lot. Or "Do you listen/watch to Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck?" Or "Have you ever attended a Tea Party event?" Or even "Do you think Sarah Palin is intelligent?"

All these questions are meant to be gotcha questions.

Al-Qaeda Remains Intent on WMD Strike Against U.S., Report Says

From NTI.org (Jan. 26):

The terrorist organization al-Qaeda continues to work to acquire weapons of mass destruction to use in a large-scale terror attack on the United States, according to a report released yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 20).

"Their WMD procurement efforts have been managed at the most senior levels, under rules of strict compartmentalization from lower levels of the organization, and with central control over possible targets and timing of prospective attacks," according to former high-level CIA official Rolf Mowatt-Larssen (Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs report, Jan. 25).

The report came even as a congressionally mandated panel issued a "report card" saying the federal government has not done nearly enough to prepare the United States for an act of biological terrorism (see related GSN story, today). [read more]

If America keeps treating terrorists as common criminals, and not doing enhanced interrogation then another attack could happen. God forbid that ever happens.

Right to Work Key For Economic Recovery

From the National Right to Work Committee's newsletter:

From July 1, 2008 through July 1, 2009, a net total of more than 339,000 Americans moved from forced-unionism states to Right to Work states.

And since April 1, 2000, there has been a net transfer of nearly five million Americans to Right to Work states.

And multi-year data supplied by the Statistical Information Service (SIS) of the IRS show that tax filers who move to a Right to Work state consistently report higher adjusted gross incomes than do tax filers moving out of a Right to Work state. [read more pdf]

I am not against or for anyone who wants to join a union. That's a personal decision. But if you are pressured or coercised to join a union that's a different story. That's similar to what what happened in the old Soviet Union. You were forced to be a Communist. You did not have the right to choose to join or not.

Developing Your Political Intuition

Or if you prefer how not to be conned by a politician. This advice is from my own thoughts and from a Portfolio.com article. Although their advice is for business situations it can be applied to politicians too.

1. Beware of any politician that pits one group of Americans against another group of Americans. For instance pitting the wealthy against everyone else. Or scapegoating banks, oil companies, etc. This is an old technique that only benefits the politician and ends up hurts everyone else. 
2. Beware of any politician that won't state what his/her beliefs are. Or won't state where he stands on the issues. The candidate wants you to project your beliefs on him. 
3. Beware of any politician that uses meaningless or ambiguous slogans or terms. For example, "Change we can believe in", "Vertical politics", "Economic justice", "Climate change" to name a few. Question what these terms mean.
4. Distrust any candidate that uses personal attacks instead of debating the issues. The candidate does not know the issues or cannot defend his position. So, they try to shut down the debate. The personal attack is the last refuge of a person who has lost the argument. Negative political ads are okay as long as they are true. No candidate will put up an ad that puts him in a bad light. It's just human nature.
5. Be leery of any politician that is arrogant or egotistical. They have a tendency not to listen to their constituency. They also have a tendency to be oppressive.
6. Distrust any candidate that says they will fulfill all your needs with no or little cost to you. If they do there will be a big cost. Or they won't fulfill it at all. They don't really care about your needs. They just want want your vote. 
7. Beware of any candidate that tells you what you want to hear whether or not the candidate believes what he/she is saying. Again, they are trying to get your vote. But if they believe what they are saying that is different. Ronald Reagan said America was a shining city on a hill. It made Americans feel good about their country, but President Reagan believed it.
8. Watch when what they say does not match their body language. Both should be in sync with one another. If both are not then they are being deceptive. 
9. Distrust any politician relies too much on emotional/psychological appeals rather than trying to use a logical argument to persuade you. They are attempting to manipulate you. Plus you cannot argue against an emotional appeal. How do you argue with someone who says I love rainy days?

10. Distrust any politician that does not have faith in an individual's judgment. Ask yourself why is this politician's judgment is any better than yours? He can make a mistake just as well as you can. He or she is not your parent. (This point kind of goes along with point 5.)

11. Distrust any politician that blatantly disregards the Constitution. These politicians think they are above the law of the land. They think the Constitution is a "living document" and can write any law irregardless if it Constitutional or not.

The Fort Hood Report: Why No Mention of Islam?

It seems political correctness has entered the military again. In the report about the Fort Hood terrorist attack there was no mention of the Hasan's religion. For that matter not even his name. The report mentioned the names of various slipups by Army officers though. That omission is just plain crazy. The Pentagon did not want to offend the Muslim faith. Really?  Are they afraid of being accused of profiling?

It's all about motive. Every police officer knows that when understanding a criminal. Along with means and opportunity of course. No different with terrorists. In this case Hasan's militant Jihadism was his motivation. For a militant Jihadist if you are not a Muslim then you are the enemy. Period. You cannot overlook that. And if the military ignores that motivation I fear another attack could happen in the military. 

Health Care as a Right

Sen. Harry Reid believes (and other Liberals believe) that health care is a right. Then under socialized health care I should be able to sue the gov't if I feel I don't get good service under that plan. Correct? I mean no service even the gov't can take that right away and interfere with my right to health care.

I believe that health care is not a right. It's not in the Constitution and not even in the Declaration of Independence. Americans have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They also have the Bill of Rights.

What socialized medicine (ObamaCare) does do is interfere with your right to liberty. You don't have the choice to pay the doctor out your own pocket. You have to choose an insurance company or go with the gov't plan. Or you go to jail. Your right to life and pursuit of happiness will probably be interfered with too especially if you have to wait in line months at a time for medical service.