Political rant

So, maybe I'm slow on the uptake, but as I was listening to a local morning radio show on AM, a Mitt Romney commercial came on. One of the things that caught my attention was a line about how in a Majority Democratic state he was a stalwart conservative and he is pushing "philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families." alluding to Reagan in the 80's. The problem I have with this is that leaders have been known, in the past, to play up the nationalistic mom and apple pie view of things, such as our Nationalistic friend Adolf Hitler with his call to national pride "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!". He also gave us such gems as, "What good fortune for governments that the people do not think." and "All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach." Now, I'm not a student of history, but that looks an awful lot like what ive seen coming out of the right side of the political spectrum lately.

But but but...im prior service! Aren't I supposed to be all gung ho, balls to the wall, all go, no quit, Harry Stamper? Well, in some respects I am. I am for damning the consequences if we are in an armed conflict with someone-make it suck so bad that it is over, period. The acts of charity and goodwill combined with men with guns kind of cancel each other out. If you are going to have a war, then have a war. I think that with regards to immigration that maybe we should just annex Mexico. Its unfair to say, "we are all about freedom and refugees and whatnot, but, say, what is your education level and job class?? I know that other countries do this for immigration purposes, but we are about 20 times the size-I think we can handle it. Restrict welfare and subsidies to non-citizens until they prove themselves enough to file for citizenship. Immigration problem solved.

Okay, enough stream of consciousness ranting for one day.