“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic”
If this is the congressional oath of office in the US, aren’t many of the members committing treason by visiting Castro after the attempt on Kennedy, and isn’t the president doing that by talking to Ahmadinnerjacket and SapoToro Chavez?
Is this only obvious to outsiders studying the US?
It is simple for us to say we are a backward and struggling country and then simply say to terrorists, separatists, stay out of our country, but fortunately that is also common sense.
Why invite enemies to your party? Democracy is so fragile and the 7 vices rail against it constantly, that opening your special society to those who want to destroy it is asking for suffering. Who can keep every drunk at a party from making a scene? Who can follow every enemy invited into your country? ICE needs a policy that discerns the poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free and escape oppression from the disenchanted misfits of upper middle class muslim families that are sent to the US for babysitting since they never received useful guidance about morals in their country, and then are brainwashed by idiot imams that unbelievably are allowed to preach hatred within the country that protects their right to do so. Irony or stupidity? I think here we’d ask them to leave, it is clear that what happened in Texas was a hate crime. Who supervises the supervisors? Clearly, nobody wanted to offend the Muslim before he blew people away. Sad lesson. A lot of psychologists go into that field since “they don’t get people” and “want to self diagnose” so again, there is an element of the blind leading the blind there.
Argh! AAAARRRGH!!!! If in the military, a spade can’t be called a spade, the foundation is floating away.
My family is 1/2 and 1/2 in Honduras and the US, and I have to say, in principles, morals and feeling secure about the stability of the future, I actually for the first time ever am more optimistic about Honduras than the USA. That’s a terrible thing to say, but our example, the country needs to go into political/motivational rehab. If the president can’t say “terrorist” or “jihadist” then what the holy hell is his moral standard to judge anything?
Well, I don't know about that. It depends on the circumstances and the purpose. But I think I agree with the rest of your post. I am pretty discouraged about America's prospects going forward. Looks like we're heading for decades long economic stagnation or worse. Heavy handed authoritarianism and potentially severe and widespread crime.
“I actually for the first time ever am more optimistic about Honduras than the USA. That’s a terrible thing to say, but our example, the country needs to go into political/motivational rehab. If the president can’t say “terrorist” or “jihadist” then what the holy hell is his moral standard to judge anything?”
Well stated!